Starting again, for the 1000th time...

acoambes

It seems every time I start dieting again, it gets harder. I need to do this and stick with it for my health. Hoping this support group will help. Looking forward to sharing and getting tips from you all.
Anne

mrsrecinos05

I'm right with you.... I keep starting and then falling off. So I could use the motivation to stick with it too. I make a meal plan and everything and then I fall off. My hardest part is dinner.... I hate coming home from a super long day of work and then have to cook.... So our solution is just picking up something before we get home from work... Any ideas would be great...

Barbs2222

I was the same way, every time I started a *diet* I'd fall off because I was miserable. Then I found intermittent fasting, it works really well for me. So this time if something isn't working for you maybe you should find a different way of cutting calories. Some people like to eat the traditional 3 meals a day. Some like to graze all day and some are like me the like one big meal. Good luck

crowleyed72

On dinner there are some healthy crockpot meals you can start in the morning an let cook all day.

sonjabrad

I'm the same!
Everyday for the last few weeks I start off using mfp and by 4pm I've abandoned it and start over eating.
I've got a holiday booked for July so I'm aiming to lose as much as I can by then, I'm 100% going to stick to my calorie goals for tomorrow, trying not to worry about the day after, I just want to get through one day!

annobrien2012

Same here starting again tomorrow for 100th time please add me

mandy_godfree

It helps if you have a specific goal. My biggest problem is when I've hit my goal and then fall right back into bad habits. I lost around 50lbs in 2011 - 2012, and then after the event I slimmed down for, I just went back to my old ways again, and most fatally stopped the exercise. Then came medical problems.

But this time, I set several goals. First was to get moving again, and then I wanted to be fit enough to do my work fitness test easily. I also wanted to be out of pain, and then I wanted to get back down to the weight I was at in 2012, which is where my MFP goal currently is.

But when I reach all of those goals, I've got more in mind. Really I would like to be the same weight as I was at 25 years old, which I think is achievable but after I hit my first weight goal then I will think about setting a new one. I always weigh myself in the morning when I'm at my lightest to motivate myself, but when I hit my target weight in the morning, I will then change to weighing at night so my target weight is my maximum weight and not my minimum weight. I also have constant goals for health now as well. I want to stay at my current fitness level or better, and have several swimming distance goals I want to hit in the future. I have some clothes I want to fit back in to and most importantly I want to keep the shoulder and back pain at bay. If I go more than a week now without exercise the pain in my shoulder is excruciating and I have to get back in the pool to be pain free.

I will keep setting myself goals to keep me running the race (metaphorically speaking) because without goals I will just go back to how it used to be. I have to keep moving my own goal posts. My biggest fear is when I hit my target weight and have to maintain. But I will have to keep exercising for my pain and I have already started planning for how I'm going to transition between losing weight and maintaining it, even though I probably have another 6 months to a year left of losing weight. But whatever happens I will continue to keep logging everything, because I never really notice my food intake until I log it.

AmyOutOfControl

Ditto. I am 20 days in this time. Add me for positive support if you need it.

rochellejoseph3216

Please add me too ladies.. starting again too and definitely need the moral support this time!!

Melionfire

I have been on mfp three times. Have been losing weight and gaining weight since I was 13. I managed to get to my lowest weight at 24 at 147 aND maintained a 155 160 until 30. Then I got a stressful job, got married and had 2 kids. Went on mfp after wedding and lost.24 pounds then.got pregnant and.gained a ton. Came back after baby was born and lost 52 pounds but then stressful job and mommy hood and I forgot everything I knew and began to match my husbands portions and stopped exercising. Got pregnant again and continued to gain. Came back after baby 2 came and have been working on changing my relationship with food and fixing my portion distortion. I am 37.5 down and still can't believe how I must have felt.gross full after most meals because I can't imagine eating the huge portions I use to scarf down. Is this my last time losing I really can't say but I hope to God it is. The main thing is I plan on coming back even if I failed to achieve my goals or had a bad food day the day before. Anyone can add me and I will do my best to motivate and help.

anorman16

I have been off and on diets for several years. I had three kids in the last ten years and my weight would fluctuate between pregnancies though I never got back to my initial pre pregnancy weight of 172 (I'm 5'11"). This is my third go at MFP. I have lost 13 lbs since Jan 4th and almost 3 of those since restarting MFP last week. I am happy losing slowly as I make this a true lifestyle change this time. im just trying to take it one day at a time, one pound at a time and trying to avoid eating for comfort when stressed. That's my downfall. I love exercise and plan to get into working out again with my husband. Feel free to add me as a motivational buddy.

jennybearlv

I'm six months and 57 pounds into my fifth attempt in three years. Keep jumping back on that wagon and you will get it eventually.