I suck at dieting

sandra7563

I have a really hard time sticking to any plan. I did well on keto a few years back, but I can’t seem to get myself back on it. I went on Mojarro and lost 35 pounds but 10 pounds came back on and I can’t afford to do it anymore.

tman104

Hey there - my name is Craig - I’m in Perth Western Australia and I disagree with your headline - “I suck at dieting”.

I’ve shared my thoughts below because I empathise with your situation - I’ve been there.

If you can lose 35 pounds on Keto then you’re awesome at dieting!

What I’ve learned is dieting is temporary - no one can do it forever because it starts essentially as a state of self denial: I’m not eating or drinking as much of or any of the things my body expects me to eat and drink.

So don’t be so hard on yourself! You can diet, if you don’t me saying - and I speak from my own experience - you just haven’t turned your diet behaviour into a permanent lifestyle choice.

And that starts with our beliefs. If you look at the things in life we are committed to - they are built on rock solid beliefs - good or bad :) That’s being human.

My belief is my health is critically important for me to enjoy my life and the lives of the people I care about as I grow older. And that starts everyday with the choices I make about what I put in my mouth! I have a new respect for my body and have learnt a lot about how magical it really is.

I suck at dieting. I’m not good at sticking to a plan. So I stopped dieting and planning - which are temporary. I decided to “Be” a new person with lifestyle beliefs that meant I make informed decisions about 1. how much and what I eat - 70% of the weight loss challenge 2. how active I am - 20% of the weight loss challenge 3. How I manage my stress - 10% of the weight loss challenge.

I don’t get it right everyday. But my beliefs ensure 1 bad day doesn’t turn into 2 bad days, etc.

If you want to lose weight first build a belief as to why it’s important. Then make sure you get good advice as to the right things to do for you. Whatever the method - ie Keto - it needs to suit your circumstances.

Sticking to anything is hard when we believe it is temporary - but when it’s simply who we are - that’s living.

I wish you all the best - have a great day!

springlering62

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48678664#Comment_48678664

The single best post I’ve seen on MFP in years.

Listen and learn, @sandra7563

Alatariel75

Craig is on the money!

I yo-yoed for many, many years, trying this diet and that, having great success "dieting" and then piling it back on because I "went off the diet".

The truth is, the changes that you make to lose weight need to be permanent. Sure, you get to tweak once you're in maintenance to stay there, you get to eat a bit more and be not so ridid, but to be real - the different between losing and maintenance is maybe 500-1000 calories a day. That's it. For us to have gotten overweight, we were eating more than that, and if you go back to how you ate, you'll go back to what you weighed.

Not to mention that the smaller you are, the less calories you need, so there's another element of unfair!!

But yeah. Temporary changes create temporary changes. Sucks, but for life long loss, you need lifelong change.

reggaereggie

Consistency is hard, the important thing is you’ve done it before, so you know it’s possible. Maybe focus on small, doable changes first, like incorporating superfoods daily. I hope this article was helpful to you as well.