Stoping my yo yo

chuck6w

It becomes very waring on many levels constantly battling the yo yo. Today im turning around.again and changing my path. The one ive been on doesnt seem to.be doing me any good, as week after week the scale.climbes. why are some of is sucessful and othere struggle to make the lifetime change? Whats the secret? I feel like ive tried many things and the problem seems to be me. Well thats the common denomenator. I need.help. i need encouragement. I honestly dont know what else i need.or what it will.take. please.feel.free to add me and encourage me as.i continue once.again down the path to a healthier me.

T0M_K

a lot of people call it rock bottom. the point of no return..which is different for many people. you finally have just had enough and feeling *usually* pretty horrible about your self image that you just draw a hard line in the sand and say I will never ever go back. and no matter what it takes, i WILL move forward. believe in yourself. You are not an anomaly. you can do this like many who have gone before you.

cmriverside

If you've tried over and over and have not been successful, maybe a Registered Dietician and/or a therapist would get you headed in a different direction.

If what you've been doing hasn't worked, something needs to change.

Start by logging all your food today, and for this next week. Just log, don't make any other changes. Look at your food page at the end of the day and figure out small ways to make some changes. Drink plenty of water or non-caloric drinks. Get sufficient sleep. One day at a time.

88olds

Calculate a modest calorie deficit based mostly on modifying food you like and/or controlling portions. Find a way to moderately increase your activity that you can live with. Start a food journal weigh and measure your intake whenever possible. Use NI, or make good faith estimates when you aren't at home. All intake gets logged in the journal no matter what, the good, the bad , and the ugly. Get in the habit of keeping the journal, do it like your life depends on it.

Set a test period, say 1 month. If you have a livable downward trend, set another test period, say 3 months. If the downward trend stalls, make modest adjustments until you get it back. Ride the trend. Keep adjusting. Try to keep an attitude of experimentation. Weight loss is your hobby.

Monitor your thinking. Push back against negative thinking. Expect that at every hiccup your brain will try to tell you it's total failure. Be determined. Are you currently living the life you want? We only get one.

Wrap your head around the idea that it will likely take 1 or 2 weeks for every pound you want to lose. Accept the idea that life has limits. It's ok. Accept that to get the life you want you will have to make some changes and find a way to live with them. You can do it, the changes do not have to be full on radical. Suffering is optional. Weight loss is liberating. Good luck.

chuck6w

Thank you so much for the reply! I believe i can do this following that plan. Im going to post it where i can look daily and make sure im keeping on track.