Motivation

hc9mgsmxsj
hc9mgsmxsj Posts: 1 Member
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hey everyone my name is Peggy. I’m currently 262 pounds. I need help. I can’t seem to stay motivated. I need to lose weight. It’s lose a couple pounds no matter what I try. I just can’t stay with it.

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  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 10,219 Member
    edited July 7

    welcome to MFP
    @hc9mgsmxsj


    That’s because motivation is a flash in the pan. totally overrated and fawned over.

    What you’re loooking for is habit.

    Make logging like brushing your teeth or making the bed. Set aside a certain time for it.

    Like @csplatt posted elsewhere this morning, I log a week ahead but then review and update mine over morning coffee.

    I know what I need to grocery shop for by logging in advance, and I don’t deviate from the list. I haven’t been down the cookie/candy/chips aisle in ages. Why torment myself?

    I love the way my grocery is laid out. The first two or three aisles have to be navigated before you can deviate your path. First thing in the door, you have to pass the produce, then seafoods, cheeses and meats, and then dairy, then canned goods rice/pastas and international. They recently moved snack foods to the very end. By then, I’ve found interesting fruit or other snacks and there’s just not as much appeal, or I have the option to bypass the snack aisle completely, since you can go straight to the register. Props to them for changing the layout up like that! It’s probably not the best moneymaking layout for them, but it I appreciate what seems to be a clear thoughtfulness. It’s a small branch of an international discount grocery chain but they also have great options like low carb wraps, jams are all store brand all-fruit types, and other low cal alternatives we take advantage of.

    Anyway, having a pre-logged plan means I can make a list and sticking to it means no cupboards full of temptation. Having a plan also means I can adjust it on the fly. I ate today’s lunch chicken yesterday. 😬 After reviewing my meal plan for the day, I see I’m going to be low on calories as a result, but still OK on protein, so I’ve stuck an extra ounce of feta in my lunchtime salad, and added an unexpected chocolate peanut butter smoothie this afternoon to get the calories up some. Woo hoo! An extra treat! And a yummy one, too!

    Get in the habit of weighing everything and recording it, if not here, at least to paper til you can sit down and transfer it.

    Get in the habit of using grams instead of tsp and tbsp. Soooooo much more accurate.

    Carve out a time to make a walk or something a daily habit. You don’t have to exercise to lose weight, but creating the habit leads a lot of folks to feeling more energetic and adding even more in. Voila! That new habit just gave you a few more calories to enjoy!

    My habit is to create a meal plan a week or so out:

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    and then scan this list for the ingredients I don’t already have and make a list on my phone that’s always with me at the store:

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    I can easily erase the items from the list as I put them in the basket.

    Habits should be easy.

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 10,219 Member

    as far as staying with it, choose a slow rate of loss. I started at 225. I initially selected two pounds a week and then dropped to one pound. Yeah, it’s slower but so what? Times gonna pass anyway and would you rather lose quickly and out it back in, like you have been? Or lose slowly, wake up in a year, and realize you’re 60+ down, and keeping it off?


    this requires patience. The first month or two you will be up and down as many as five or more pounds as your body gets accustomed to it.

    People have this idea that you eat better and your weight should drop like a rock.

    Yeah, in a perfect world. But not this one!

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