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How do you stay focused and committed everyday?

anxietyfairy

Cause somedays I forget that I'm trying to lose weight or my head is just not in the game at all.

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anxietyfairy

And are there any threads you post in/visit everyday?

herblovinmom

Everyday I make small goals that align with my long term goals, such as drinking x amount of water or scheduling exercise into my busy day or eating a specific way, doing this fresh everyday allows my goals to be fresh in my mind each day and it helps keep me on track..

I visit the (nsv) non scale victories board. And I like to read the success stories with the photos thread. It’s very inspiring seeing people reach their goals. Coming here to the community and seeing what others are eating or what exercise routines they do really helps me stay in the game. And also sharing. Sharing what works for me is motivating.

Hopefully others respond with more helpful advice for how to stay in the game so to speak. I love reading about what works for others.

anxietyfairy

@herblovinmom thank you so much for replying, I was starting to think no-one was going to stop by! I like your suggestions, setting goals everyday seems like a good idea

anxietyfairy

My ideas were to keep a folder with inspirational quotes by my bed and read it every morning, read a health focused magazine at the start of each day and make a blogpost about each day and how I did, any tips or whatever I have, what I ate, whether I was satisfied from that food, what I would do differently next time and any wins. Hopefully it will be enough to inspire me when I'm in a bad mood or need damage control.

Does anyone else have anything to add? thanks

Machka9

I find that eating basically the same things every day, within my calorie limit, helps because I can put the whole "losing weight" thing out of my head and get on with other aspects of my life.

Another thing that helps is prelogging. I'll go into my diary and log my food for the day or days or week. It's easy because I eat basically the same things all the time, so I just copy one day to the next to the next. If I happen to make a slight change one day, I can go in and do that.

Prelogging helps because toward the end of the day I know how many calories I have left.

If I have exercised a lot ... I might have quite a few calories left, so I might eat something extra.
If I have exercised a little bit ... I might only have a few calories left.
If I haven't exercised at all ... I probably won't have any calories left by some point in the evening, and might have to stop eating a little earlier than usual.

Adventurista

Hi, there are challenge groups advertised in the challenges forum.

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/categories/challenges

A couple that focus on action habits that have helped me...

There is one monthly challenge that has not recently advertised that is a daily check-in for food and exercise habits (no weigh-ins) to help people be consistent. Here's a link (it is public until the 6th each month, then goes private. New challenge starts fresh 1st every month.)

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/147385-ultimate-accountability-challenge-january-2025

Also, on the challenge forum, @nossfm has been hosting weekly challenges to pick just 1 thing you want to focus on. Wk 10 is wrapping up, so watch for week 11.

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10929404/new-weeks-resolution-week-10/p1

glamrun

Machka9 wrote: »

I find that eating basically the same things every day, within my calorie limit, helps because I can put the whole "losing weight" thing out of my head and get on with other aspects of my life.

Another thing that helps is prelogging. I'll go into my diary and log my food for the day or days or week. It's easy because I eat basically the same things all the time, so I just copy one day to the next to the next. If I happen to make a slight change one day, I can go in and do that.

Prelogging helps because toward the end of the day I know how many calories I have left.

If I have exercised a lot ... I might have quite a few calories left, so I might eat something extra.
If I have exercised a little bit ... I might only have a few calories left.
If I haven't exercised at all ... I probably won't have any calories left by some point in the evening, and might have to stop eating a little earlier than usual.

Can you please share some of the foods that you eat everyday? I like this idea. I am having a major challenge right now due to the extraordinary amout of stress in my life currently. I eat when I am stressed.

anxietyfairy

Machka9 wrote: »

I find that eating basically the same things every day, within my calorie limit, helps because I can put the whole "losing weight" thing out of my head and get on with other aspects of my life.

Another thing that helps is prelogging. I'll go into my diary and log my food for the day or days or week. It's easy because I eat basically the same things all the time, so I just copy one day to the next to the next. If I happen to make a slight change one day, I can go in and do that.

Prelogging helps because toward the end of the day I know how many calories I have left.

If I have exercised a lot ... I might have quite a few calories left, so I might eat something extra.
If I have exercised a little bit ... I might only have a few calories left.
If I haven't exercised at all ... I probably won't have any calories left by some point in the evening, and might have to stop eating a little earlier than usual.

I’m considering eating the same thing for a week, I do like enchiladas. Or making a menu with like five different options for each meal and working out the macros.

I pre-made my food last night for today and still made too much food. It did give me some ideas though.

anxietyfairy

Adventurista wrote: »

Hi, there are challenge groups advertised in the challenges forum.

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/categories/challenges

A couple that focus on action habits that have helped me...

There is one monthly challenge that has not recently advertised that is a daily check-in for food and exercise habits (no weigh-ins) to help people be consistent. Here's a link (it is public until the 6th each month, then goes private. New challenge starts fresh 1st every month.)

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/147385-ultimate-accountability-challenge-january-2025

Also, on the challenge forum, @nossfm has been hosting weekly challenges to pick just 1 thing you want to focus on. Wk 10 is wrapping up, so watch for week 11.

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10929404/new-weeks-resolution-week-10/p1

Thanks, I’ll check them out

chrisanderson2126

When I have been successful, it is when I revisit my goal and what I am working towards every morning. This helps me remember and keeps it in front of me. Then I will set out some goals and tasks for the day that align with what I am after and then end the day by reflecting on how I did that day.

anxietyfairy

chrisanderson2126 wrote: »

When I have been successful, it is when I revisit my goal and what I am working towards every morning. This helps me remember and keeps it in front of me. Then I will set out some goals and tasks for the day that align with what I am after and then end the day by reflecting on how I did that day.

How do you remember to do it everyday?

Adventurista

For me, several things help.

I started with figuring out some meals i could eat, and then ok to repeat. So for a long time i did 1/2 english muffin and tbsp pb for example. I keep convenience single serv food like yogurts, cheesesticks, salad bags, baby carrots, fruits, frozen vegs that are easy to make.

And pair eating with a routine. Get up, shower, dress, make breakfast, pack lunch, spend 15 mins on my plan for the day, mentally commit to help myself today.

Then I like to do something that helps mentally, like check in on MFP or read something encouraging/inspiring. For example, i enjoyed reading the little book '50 ways to soothe yourself without food' by Albers i think (it has 50 chapters that are different ideas to think about.)

It can be confusing. how to start building healthy habits. Focus on adding or changing something while you keep practicing your regular things you already do. If you have a bad day/event, it is over when it ends. Don't carry it forward, get up, dust off, think about what you can try and how for the next time, practice that, repeat forward.
Change will happen and things get better, just keep reaching forward.

anxietyfairy

Adventurista wrote: »

For me, several things help.

I started with figuring out some meals i could eat, and then ok to repeat. So for a long time i did 1/2 english muffin and tbsp pb for example. I keep convenience single serv food like yogurts, cheesesticks, salad bags, baby carrots, fruits, frozen vegs that are easy to make.

Sounds similar to what they recommend on weight watchers... having a snack box. I've kinda done that the last two days... eggs, carrot sticks, celery, cucumber, peas, green beans, sandwiches, a protein shake...

And pair eating with a routine. Get up, shower, dress, make breakfast, pack lunch, spend 15 mins on my plan for the day, mentally commit to help myself today.

Sounds good, but I'd probably prefer to premake meals the day before otherwise it won't happen

Then I like to do something that helps mentally, like check in on MFP or read something encouraging/inspiring. For example, i enjoyed reading the little book '50 ways to soothe yourself without food' by Albers i think (it has 50 chapters that are different ideas to think about.)

I'll have to look that book up!

Change will happen and things get better, just keep reaching forward.

Thanks, I'll try just making one change at a time, I lost a lot of weight when I changed my snacks, hopefully cutting out dairy will help a lot then premaking my meals. Another 3 or 4 changes should carry me to my goal. Hoping to get there within six months!

Adventurista

Sounds good - awesome strategies!