How many times can you start over??!!

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  • sharonfoustmills
    sharonfoustmills Posts: 519 Member
    doesn't matter how many times you try again, only matters that you DO try again

    you can get lots of encouragement here online, I know that is not the same as family encouraging you but it is certainly something that can help bolster you to do better
  • AliceA2013
    AliceA2013 Posts: 65 Member
    Just think of it this way ......

    We all start over every single day! Just add another page to your story!
    :smile:

    I like this :)
  • QuietRager74
    QuietRager74 Posts: 4
    It's a mental thing for me. Id I slip off a few weeks I'm finding it harder and harder, and the food choices get worse and worse, lol!
    I would say try your hardest to just make it one day, do the right exercises and at least eat two out of your three meals in a healthy way. If you want a snack, go for it, but make it a third of whatever it was you would normally eat, throw the rest out!!!!


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  • Cheeky_0102
    Cheeky_0102 Posts: 408 Member
    every minute you make better choices is a minute of healthy longevity added to your life... Balance is hard, but it's somewhere
  • harinkie
    harinkie Posts: 20
    Seems that a lot of people relate. And so do I. I cannot remember the times I started over. Started again last Friday. It's like somebody wrote: same as quitting smoking. You really have to want it.
    Guess what? I quit smoking august 2012!
    And this year I am going to do something again to become even healthier :)
    And so can you :)
  • Me2FitMe
    Me2FitMe Posts: 1,285 Member
    As many times as you need... it's not how many times you fall, it's how many times you get up. Never giving up!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,992 Member
    You can start over as many times as you like. The one thing you CANNOT get back is time though. Getting older doesn't increase metabolic rate as an adult (with the exception of adding lean muscle). So my question is "what's it gonna take to get you to really take is seriously this time?"

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  • JoelleAnn78
    JoelleAnn78 Posts: 1,492 Member
    I like the idea of getting back on track as opposed to starting over --- Did you intentionally quit and now you are making a choice to start fresh.... OR did you slip along the way and you are willing to hop back on board now? I think, for me, it would be the latter. But, if it is the first for you -- You can start over as many times as it takes! Good luck!
  • AglaeaC
    AglaeaC Posts: 1,974 Member
    I choose to view it as committing each day regardless of what has happened in the past. I need to make a promise to myself each morning that I will do my best today.

    "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present."
    Master Oogway

    Don't beat yourself up, what good comes out of that?
  • bethlaf
    bethlaf Posts: 954 Member
    start over until you reach goal!!! keep starting over every meal every snack every day,




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    and dont count the beating yourself over the head about it as exercise!!!!
  • ksmiley412
    ksmiley412 Posts: 274 Member
    Every day is a new day :flowerforyou:
  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
    This really CAN be the LAST time you have to START OVER. You'll never have to do it again. Welcome and good luck.
  • KenosFeoh
    KenosFeoh Posts: 1,837 Member
    I have come to the realization that there is no starting over. There's just life; a continuum of dawns and dusks, good days and bad days. All you ever have for sure is right now, so make the most of it.
  • staceyw37
    staceyw37 Posts: 2,094 Member
    so many positive comments. thanks to OP for having courage to put this topic out there. and thanks to all the kind respondents. helped me a lot too.
    (i reached my goal spring 2012 and by winter 2012 thru now.....well, just not my best self)
    but i'm here and each day, each meal i am challenged to make better/good choices. good luck and know you are in good company with a lot of people rooting for your success!
  • poohbear1958
    poohbear1958 Posts: 175 Member
    You just keep plugging away, if you fall off the train occasionally you just catch the next one. I am 55 also starting on this journey, feel free to add me as a friend and we can give/receive encouragement.
  • magmom10
    magmom10 Posts: 8 Member
    :smile: I have read all these posts over and over and am soooo inspired by all of you!!! I cannot do this alone and I sincerely thank all of you from the bottom of my heart :heart:
    I will keep all your kind words close to my heart!
  • itsscottwilder
    itsscottwilder Posts: 317
    Start over every day actually sounds like one of the better plans I've heard around here.

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