When enough is ENOUGH!

Debrab57

Over the last 5 years, I've started many weight loss programs just to eventually fail. I'd berate myself for that failure and say, "I'll do better next time." Next thing you know, I find myself buying new clothes. I've wised up a little over the years and stop giving my good clothes away. Now I just put them in the other room, out of sight, out of mind -- like my weight. I would continue this yo-yo pattern for years. I would look at some of my old weigh ins, realizing that I was a lot smaller than now, but as the years add on, so do the pounds. In my mind, I hear my scale saying, "get off," so I don't get on it. Even my mirror goes blurry when I try to see what I look like. Because of my neglect, I'm starting to have additional health issues. There's that word "add" again. So today, I decided to write down my journey to weight loss making myself accountable, nobody else, just me.

JaydedMiss

you got this. Just dont overcomplicate it. Learn to track-Track everything. Good bad and ugly. No need to do a huge food overhaul, Eat what you want within your calories. Get a food scale. Dont even need to exercise if you dont want but you will. Even just walking. You dont need to be perfect to be beter. Life doesnt need to be perfect to be wonderful. Baby steps are longer term. Baby steps lead to beter choices overall longterm. Set yourself up to succeed, Because you can. And you deserve to. The people on the MFP will be great allies if you hang around and really listen to the things the long termers have to say.

shunggie

This is so similar to my story and a million others out there. It's disheartening but you are not alone. I've done the same thing with the weight loss, there is always an excuse to why it happens but the results are the same. I have no advice but to keep on trying. Beating yourself up- doesn't help, remind yourself tomorrow is another day and I can do better. Good luck!!!

JaydedMiss

shunggie wrote: »

This is so similar to my story and a million other out there. It's disheartening but you are not alone. I've done the same thing with the weight loss, there is always an excuse to why it happens but the results are the same. I have no advice but to keep on trying. Beating yourself up- doesn't help, remind yourself tomorrow is another day and I can do better. Good luck!!!

Beter yet, Every second is a new moment. Its never to late to make a beter choice. No need to wait for the next day to be a new day.

swim777

You can do this. If you lose 5 lbs, that is 5 lbs thinner. Concentrate on small goals. Before you know it..you will be in the groove and you will know you will be successful.

OddDitty

You seem very sad. I understand entirely. Cannot count the starts and stops. But you know what? As long as there's breath in your body there's hope for health and change. I say this as someone newly diagnosed with liver disease. I never drank as much as an ounce of alcohol in my life. It was my obesity that did it. But that's spilled milk. Time to start anew with a fresh view, as they say.

I understand wanting to be kind of secret with it, but if you have family that need to drop some, get them involved. If not, share your journey here. There is a personal blog option on here and if you add me as a friend you're welcome to read mine. I don't mind.

YOU CAN DO THIS! I pray a lot. If prayer isn't your thing, get a friend whom you can call or text. Or even talk to your dog, if you have one. My dachshund also listens to me. He gets a little bored (I suspect because he always goes to sleep lol).

And talk yourself into and out of things. Experiment with foods you may never have tasted before that work into your plan (do you have a plan? If not, get one).

One pound a week is a pound a week. Two is two. Just take it in increments. My goal is ten pounds, for now. Then another ten. Then another ten.

YOU CAN DO THIS!!!