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70lbjourney
70lbjourney Posts: 2 Member
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I've been on this food roller coaster for over 20 years. I've started more diet programs than I can count. I'm trying again.

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,542 Member
    Hi, and welcome!

    So you have a big advantage: You now know more methods than you can count that don't work well for you. That's a failure of a plan for a person, not a failure of the person. You, the person, are that many steps closer to success, because you've tossed out things that don't work. Very useful!

    So, take a bit of a think: What didn't work for you about prior approaches? Too complicated? Too restrictive? Too much work? Discouraging? etc., etc. Use that information to try something different. If that new different thing doesn't work, try a different different thing. Keep going, with patience and persistence, and you can figure out what does work, find sustainable new habits that get you to a healthy weight and keep you there?

    Why am I so confident that that's true? Because it's been true for a bunch of people here who've stuck it out and sorted through options until something gelled for them (including me).

    I'm a simple woman, don't like lots of complicated diets, extra rules, unnecessary restrictions. It won't be perfect for everyone - nothing is! - but I did this:

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10636388/free-customized-personal-weight-loss-eating-plan-not-spam-or-mlm/p1

    That may or may not suit you - you know best - but it's an option. To that, I added exercise that I find so fun that I'd do it even if it weren't good for me. (Even something more tolerable than unpleasant can work.) It takes some experimenting to find your personal exercise preferences, but it can be pretty magical IME when you do. Start gradually, create just a manageable bit of a challenge - that's what creates fitness progress. As you get fitter, keep that manageable challenge in the picture. You don't need to do some extreme, unpleasantly intense, fatiguing exercise in order to lose weight or gain fitness. (Doing that can even be counterproductive.)

    Best wishes for success: Go get it!

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