How many day one's have you had?

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  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    If every day were day 1 it doesn't seem like you'd have a problem. The problem seems to be that you never really have day 1. Make today day 1, as in stick to your plan all day. Then tomorrow you won't need to tell yourself it's day 1.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Day one? Had one of them. The next 570 are one at a time.

    Ooooh - I like this. So true.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    A lot. Maybe 100 by now.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    edited February 2017
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    I had a ton of them. Then I changed my mindset. One difficult day doesn't restart the count, it's all an ongoing process that continually evolves. Do it, or don't. The time will pass anyway.

    This. I've had ongoing issues with weight since I was in puberty.

    I've passed menopause now. This time? This time I finally get it.

    I finally realize that weight management and fitness is a continuum. Every day has its challenges and opportunities. I'm a work in progress for the rest of my life. There will be no more day ones.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    JaydedMiss wrote: »
    Yeah I thought about Sunday but it's Super Bowl Sunday so in advance I said nah... haha. Monday!

    Sounds like a whole lot of excuses to me. Your doing it to yourself i really hope you can one day change your thinking. Only person your hurting is yourself.

    Nah, there is nothing wrong with not starting a diet because it's Super Bowl Sunday.

    Part of living life while managing your weight is understanding that there are just some days where you DGAF.
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    edited February 2017
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    I had a ton of them. Then I changed my mindset. One difficult day doesn't restart the count, it's all an ongoing process that continually evolves. Do it, or don't. The time will pass anyway.

    This. I've had ongoing issues with weight since I was in puberty.

    I've passed menopause now. This time? This time I finally get it.

    I finally realize that weight management and fitness is a continuum. Every day has its challenges and opportunities. I'm a work in progress for the rest of my life. There will be no more day ones.

    Yes! What these women are saying! I HAVE had a million day ones but now when I fall I just see it as part of the process...don't start over but keep going!
  • red99ryder
    red99ryder Posts: 399 Member
    So very many... :(

    But I love @red99ryder 's comment and so many other user's outlook!

    Thanks .. think I stole that but it's true .. every day we start over

    Good luck
  • chrissjourney
    chrissjourney Posts: 121 Member
    Well today is truly my day 1. Don't get me wrong, I try and do my best and I am down a few but the weekend was not so good so in my mind I thought okay I'll start again on Monday. Should I have thrown a whole day away (yesterday)? No, but it is what it is. No go backs, right? Thanks all for your responses!
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    Well today is truly my day 1. Don't get me wrong, I try and do my best and I am down a few but the weekend was not so good so in my mind I thought okay I'll start again on Monday. Should I have thrown a whole day away (yesterday)? No, but it is what it is. No go backs, right? Thanks all for your responses!

    Don't think of it as a thrown away day. Personally, I would have logged it for sheer entertainment value! There are some impressively high calorie counts for a single day on here. I'll try to find one of the threads for you! It will (hopefully) make you feel better about anything you could have possibly eating. In the end, it's not that single day that makes the difference, but what you do the remainder of the time.
  • crzycatlady1
    crzycatlady1 Posts: 1,930 Member
    One. It was a Wednesday afternoon, after I received the news that my oral glucose test came back with a number that put me in the pre-diabetic range. I decided right there and then to lose the extra weight and then I got to it. Lost around 50lbs, normalized my glucose number, and have now been in maintenance for a few years.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,611 Member
    When I'm starting a logging sequence, I choose a Tuesday.

    Why?

    Because I'll give myself the weekend to eat however I want. Then I'll give myself Monday to kind of ease into it. I might log on the Monday but if I go a little bit over, that's OK. Also if I need to get supplies, like my lunch food or something, I can make those preparations on the Monday.

    And then I'm ready to go on Tuesday.

    Plus, to me, Monday is too cliché. Everyone starts on a Monday.

  • chrissjourney
    chrissjourney Posts: 121 Member
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    Well today is truly my day 1. Don't get me wrong, I try and do my best and I am down a few but the weekend was not so good so in my mind I thought okay I'll start again on Monday. Should I have thrown a whole day away (yesterday)? No, but it is what it is. No go backs, right? Thanks all for your responses!

    Don't think of it as a thrown away day. Personally, I would have logged it for sheer entertainment value! There are some impressively high calorie counts for a single day on here. I'll try to find one of the threads for you! It will (hopefully) make you feel better about anything you could have possibly eating. In the end, it's not that single day that makes the difference, but what you do the remainder of the time.

    Thank you.
  • chrissjourney
    chrissjourney Posts: 121 Member
    One. It was a Wednesday afternoon, after I received the news that my oral glucose test came back with a number that put me in the pre-diabetic range. I decided right there and then to lose the extra weight and then I got to it. Lost around 50lbs, normalized my glucose number, and have now been in maintenance for a few years.
    Good job!
  • chrissjourney
    chrissjourney Posts: 121 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    When I'm starting a logging sequence, I choose a Tuesday.

    Why?

    Because I'll give myself the weekend to eat however I want. Then I'll give myself Monday to kind of ease into it. I might log on the Monday but if I go a little bit over, that's OK. Also if I need to get supplies, like my lunch food or something, I can make those preparations on the Monday.

    And then I'm ready to go on Tuesday.

    Plus, to me, Monday is too cliché. Everyone starts on a Monday.

    I like it
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    edited February 2017
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    Well today is truly my day 1. Don't get me wrong, I try and do my best and I am down a few but the weekend was not so good so in my mind I thought okay I'll start again on Monday. Should I have thrown a whole day away (yesterday)? No, but it is what it is. No go backs, right? Thanks all for your responses!

    Don't think of it as a thrown away day. Personally, I would have logged it for sheer entertainment value! There are some impressively high calorie counts for a single day on here. I'll try to find one of the threads for you! It will (hopefully) make you feel better about anything you could have possibly eating. In the end, it's not that single day that makes the difference, but what you do the remainder of the time.

    Thank you.

    Sorry, I couldn't find the thread I was thinking of, and then got sidetracked. Some of the counts were coming in over 5K. Mind you, I've had a couple days over 4K.

    Do you have a plan moving forward? Have you read some of the threads here on setting goals, not being solely focused on scale weight (take measurements and pictures), and logging accurately? There is a lot of great information available, unfortunately, a lot of not so great information as well.

    If you haven't done much reading, I would suggest starting here:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300331/most-helpful-posts-getting-started-must-reads#latest

    And if you feel like you need some motivation:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300331/most-helpful-posts-getting-started-must-reads#latest
  • tylerrud2002
    tylerrud2002 Posts: 8 Member
    This is my 3rd attempt at loosing weight
  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    edited February 2017
    so i snoffed at this before but tonight i went through and fully redid my meal plans, Closely matching up my macros using foods i love. Redid my weight loss plan (actually want to lose 5 pounds less now i like my curves)

    It occured to me, First days dont need to be a bad thing ;) When i get to do the math and make new goals i get re excited and it feels like the first day of a new diet, All the excitement of having fresh new fun goals.

    I love all the fun math. Yay for day ones!
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    2.

    the first when i started back in .... 2015? lost 70+ pounds.

    maintained second half of 2016 due to life *kitten*.

    second - jan 1 this year to continue with the weight i have left to lose.

    its a lifestyle change. when i maintained, i simply ate at maintenance, which is easy for me to do without weighing/ logging. to eat in a deficit, i have to track and workout regularly.

    just because you have a day of excess calories does not mean you are starting over it means you ate over days happen. holidays, birthdays, fun weekends. thats why its a lifestyle change you dont worry about those 'one off' days. they are life.
  • lavender51
    lavender51 Posts: 41 Member
    I've had so many "day one"s. I spent years starting a day out well and then slipping up. Then I'd say, "I'll start again tomorrow......."

    Of course, tomorrow never comes :)

    Eventually I just decided that I would plan a day's meals........concentrate on just getting to bedtime without eating anything not on the plan......and that worked.

    It's like the other posters have said.......just take it one day at a time.......when you are successful one day it gives you confidence to be successful the following day etc etc.

    Good luck :)
  • Shanel0916
    Shanel0916 Posts: 586 Member
    I lost count years ago... the important thing is to never give up. Once you truly get going then stop starting over just keep going even after a bad meal, day or week.
  • cnbbnc
    cnbbnc Posts: 1,267 Member
    I had plenty of those days. For me...having to start over and over and over meant I wasn't completely committed to change.

    Sooner or later you just have to suck it up and do it.
  • TheBrocheter
    TheBrocheter Posts: 13 Member
    I'm on my 5th day one.
  • healthybearey
    healthybearey Posts: 140 Member
    Too many! :D
  • 3rdof7sisters
    3rdof7sisters Posts: 486 Member
    Too many, but 1/1/17 is going to be my very last one! :smile:
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