I don't know what to do... :/

ChangingLifestyles

I can't seem to stick to any diet or lifestyle change ..
I can't seem to just eat 1450.
I can't seem to stay away from the chocolate, cookies, burgers, fatty foods, trail mixes, ect.
It's always in my house and it's my parents doing:/

How do you get will power??

gwhizeh

You dont. You develop habits. Breaking the ones you have will be hard. But not impossible. Trade them for better habits. After time it won't be a thought.

My 2 cents

Good luck

determinedbutlazy

I doubt 1450 is enough food for you. You don't have to give up any of those "bad" foods, just limit your intake. If you need support please add me.

MizTerry

Everything in moderation.

verptwerp

I can't seem to stick to any diet or lifestyle change ..
I can't seem to just eat 1450.
I can't seem to stay away from the chocolate, cookies, burgers, fatty foods, trail mixes, ect.

Well, you can start by rewriting those three sentences by saying "I CAN" instead of 'I CAN'T" .....

Make the healthiest choices possible at each meal/snack ...... one meal/snack at a time ......

Baby steps, honey :drinker:

flippinazn

Don't give up just yet!

Sticking to a diet or a lifestyle change is hard. I have been on and off with my diet change, so my weight fluctuates. It just takes time.

As far as eating 1450, it helps if you plan your meals in advance. Plan out what you can eat for snacks if you have urges. For example, I set my breakfast to be a bowl of cereal, lunch as a taco I made by hand, and for snacks bring an orange or a sandwich bag of cereal. 1450 into six meals is about 250 calories; five meals is 290. Logging what you eat right after eating helps determine how many calories are left for your day. Keep that number in your mind next time you have an urge and eat a snack or drink more water accordingly.

Try to keep good food closer to you if you seem to be antsy about eating. That's why I usually have a banana or an orange near me.

HANG IN THERE! KEEP LOGGING in your food and we will try to keep you from going over, or at least I will when I can.

daddyn8

Have you set a long term goal?

When I started my fitness transition it took like three months to commit to just working out.
The first week I tried to just change everything ie. stop eating junk food, just eating "healthy" (fruits,veggies, low fat foods)
I even bought P90X.

So for the fist few days I felt great, then something very unexpected happened. I started getting grumpy, i wasn't sleeping right and i couldn't focus on anything. so without sleep and being grumpy I stopped working out. I was so disappointed in my self that I had given up on P90x That I gave up on eating healthy next thing I knew I was at a fast food joint ordering a number 1 super sized with 2 deserts.

A few weeks went by and a few dozen doughnuts and a lot of fast food. I found myself again ready to try a change this time I would try just p90x. I figured all that jumping around would be enough to get me in shape and I would just try to cut back on the junk food a little. This time I made it about a month I was feeling great working out eating what I wanted. Day 30 hit and I stepped on the scale and I had not lost any weight. I was devastated. I quit working out and was eating the same junk again by the end of the week.

Two weeks later I was ready to try again and this time I was determined. I found myfitnesspal I downloaded the app to my phone. I started learning about food' not just what is bad for you but what exactly each food group does for you. In my first week I learned that I was addicted to salt and sugar, so I cut it out of my diet. It was hard because salt and sugar are in almost everything we eat. After two weeks of limiting my sugar and salt I wanted to quit again. So i did, for a day I ate what ever I wanted and most of the junk food didn't taste the way I remembered from the weeks before. At this point I realized I had eaten the bad food for so long that I had become addicted to salt and sugar. I got right back on my new diet and slowly introduced good sugars back into my diet with fruits. I cooked all my meats with Mrs. dash seasoning. My first weigh in I lost 15 pounds and I hadn't done one work out in 30 days.

The change I had made wasn't to my life style it was how I viewed my life. I now have a 4 year goal. I strength train three days a week because I want to. I cater to my body's needs on a weekly basis and I don't beat myself up if I eat something unhealthy once in awhile. In the year I have been doing this I have lost 35 pounds and I am now working on fitness goals.

Keep thinking about what you want
Set a long term goal
Try cutting salt and sugar just for a week or two
If you cheat on your plan don't stress it just try again tomorrow

pattypraises

For years, my life centered around two constants regarding my weight: winning or losing. This is probably why, at 57, I'm in this battle again. But things are different now. Not with circumstances, not with environment. With me. Weight has become health. Winning has become habits. Losing has become mercy. Having an addictive personality and having succeeded at overcoming several detrimental habits, eating is by far the most complicated of all. I can't simply stop eating. So, learning a long time ago that my ways are not His ways and my thoughts are not His, it came to be real to me that my ideas of weight management and healthy eating were interfering with God's plan for my life, just like any other area of my life where I try to do it my way. I cannot control anything without His ways being my ways. So, recognizing that health is a gift - that my body is the temple of the Holy Spirit - weight management has become, in my mind and heart, a process of dying to self and living for Him, just like everything else in my life. When I stay focused on His love, mercy and grace, when I walk in the measure of faith He has given me, when I acknowledge that this life is not mine, it clears the way to allow His power to strengthen and encourage me. Somedays I believe I please Him; other days, I believe I grieve Him. But every day I believe He loves me and wants me at my best to bring glory to Him and to proclaim the Kingdom by living a joy-filled life.

Katkamm77

You have to tell yourself, "I WILL do this". I was another sweet and salty addict. At the end of May I decided, enough! So, I've only been at this a little over a month. I've lost 10 lbs. It was hard at first but, you have to be committed. I chose to exercise 3-4 times a week (hope to build up to more). It takes determination to do it. Every morning I just want to stay in bed when I think of getting up and doing aerobics. But, I make myself get up and do it.

The cravings will get better. After only 6 weeks I don't hunger for the goodies very often. If I cave and have something "bad" I don't get all upset, I just write it in my food diary and try to balance it out somewhere else. I occasionally allow myself something I crave but, plan it, I limit the quantity and don't make it a regular thing. I need this perk less and less. It's all psychological.

The biggest help, for me, is to plan my meals ahead of time (sometimes 2-3 days). This way I know what I can have, I have time to balance my calories and, if I know I'm going out for dinner, I can eat my other meals accordingly. I hate getting caught in a food rush (when I'm hungry, don't know what to eat and just start grabbing anything/everything that I see).

Stick with this. Be determined and committed. Tell yourself you CAN do this and you will.

Davesgrl_92

What it all comes down to is you have to decide what is stronger: You or the cookies. If you say "cookies" you might not have your heart into this life-style change. I'm really not trying to be mean. I wasn't there for a lonngggg time.

kassyjw

Start slow. Don't try to change everything all at once, that is what leads to the yo-yo effect (I know this because I'm guilty of it). Start by cutting out soda (or some other junk food), then cut out something else, and keep going from there. Keep healthy snacks around the house for when you are really craving something. I like to keep portioned out pieces of Ghirardelli 86% cacao chocolate in my pantry, and a small baggie of almonds in my car. Plan, plan, plan, a lot of foods can be made ahead of time and used when needed (quinoa is my favorite).

farway

it comes down to will power, or maybe "Won't power" as in I will not eat chocolate etc, there is no easy way and off loading blame is not really a good idea, it is your hands & your mouth, no one is force feeding you

Perhaps follow your profile quote?

"Do what you know you should do, even when you don't feel like it!"

knekno

This is from NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102728123
Strategies that help 4 year olds not eat marshmallows can help me, too!

SteelySunshine

If you can't stick to 1450 calories exercise more. It's that simple you can eat back or whatever calories you burn that are over your goal for how fast you want to lose weight. So, exercise for an hour or two for more calories. I burn slow so I do exercise for longer. If you can run or whatever you can burn faster. Just figure out what fits your goals and do it.

rhinesb

In my first week I learned that I was addicted to salt and sugar, so I cut it out of my diet. It was hard because salt and sugar are in almost everything we eat. After two weeks of limiting my sugar and salt I wanted to quit again. So i did, for a day I ate what ever I wanted and most of the junk food didn't taste the way I remembered from the weeks before. At this point I realized I had eaten the bad food for so long that I had become addicted to salt and sugar. I got right back on my new diet and slowly introduced good sugars back into my diet with fruits. I cooked all my meats with Mrs. dash seasoning. My first weigh in I lost 15 pounds and I hadn't done one work out in 30 days.

The change I had made wasn't to my life style it was how I viewed my life. I now have a 4 year goal. I strength train three days a week because I want to. I cater to my body's needs on a weekly basis and I don't beat myself up if I eat something unhealthy once in awhile. In the year I have been doing this I have lost 35 pounds and I am now working on fitness goals.

Keep thinking about what you want
Set a long term goal
Try cutting salt and sugar just for a week or two
If you cheat on your plan don't stress it just try again tomorrow

This is what I found too. I cut out extra salt and sugar (cakes, cookies, crackers, candies, etc...) for almost a month and then when I went to eat it again I found that it just didn't taste as good as I remembered. It tasted 'over' sweet and 'over' salty. It made my fingers and feet swell and it just over all made me feel physically bad. The next day I did not even feel the urge to eat the junk and I have just recently gone through my daughter's birthday and had only one slice of cake and was content. In the past I would have had two slices at the party with ice cream and then if there was any left I would have eaten it for breakfast, lunch and dinner until the cake was gone. But not this time. This time I got home with half the cake left and I cut it up in to pieces and had my daughters deliver it to the neighbors and there is now one slide left that I am saving for the birthday girl for when she get's back from her sleep over with her friend. That slice is sitting in there and I have no urge to go eat it.

mmg0327

What really has worked for me staying within my calorie goal has been pre-logging 80% of my day. Every night I log my breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the next day, making sure that I have about 200-300 calories left for snacks. That takes the guesswork out of the big meals (and prevents me from spending all my calories before dinner rolls around). My snacks are where I give in to my cravings--in moderation--and I put my exercise calories burned towards increasing my "snack fund". I also make sure that I log my snacks BEFORE I put them in my mouth. Seeing the number on the screen is usually enough to make me reconsider excessive portions of not-so-healthy foods!
Hope this helps

melindasuefritz

u don't get the will power
you eat all that s tuff and exercise it off and stay under calories