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New and the struggle is REAL!

sahmommy0310
sahmommy0310 Posts: 1 Member
in Introduce Yourself
Hello to all! I am not super new to the weight loss game, but this time I won't quit half way. I don't know where to start or what to say but I'm glad there are people out there like me, I am not so alone!

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,410 Member
    Hello, and welcome!

    Y'know, I think you've hit on a key critical success factor for reaching a healthy weight: Not giving up. Keep going, even with some mis-steps along the way - learn from those, don't beat yourself up - and you'll reach your goals. It's that simple, and that hard. Patience and persistence.

    To me, another thing that's important is personalization. Each of us will do best with a new and improved routine that suits our personal preferences, strengths, limitation, and lifestyle. What works for me or someone else might not be what works best for you. Others can offer ideas to try, sure . . . but it's a matter of personal experimentation, learning, problem-solving, and building new, sustainable-for-us habits.

    A third thing that helps, I think, is picking tactics that focus on making weight loss and health easy (relatively), rather than trying for it to be fast. So many people show up here thinking they'll start some restrictive, complicated, trendy named diet, and add a punitively intense, unpleasant exercise schedule alongside. None of that is essential, and it tends to cause burnout/flame-out.

    A manageable, practical, gradual plan can sometimes get a person to goal weight in less calendar time than extreme measures that involve bouts of deprivation-triggered over-eating, breaks in the action, or even giving up altogether.

    At this point, I'd say I'm an old-timer, on MFP and in real life. I used MFP to lose from class 1 obese to a healthy weight in just under a year, and I've hung around for 7+ years since maintaining a healthy weight (and pestering new folks ;) ).

    You are absolutely on the right track. I wish you success, because it's for sure worth the effort!

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