I feel sorry for the new year resolutioners..
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Hey look, I started in January 2013 too!
Guess what, judgmental MFPers...most people who start diets fail, not only the ones who start on January 1. Be supportive or shut up. This place really is like middle school sometimes.
then why even bother with threads in a public forum?
I love how people come into threads expecting everybody to be accepting of what they think is acceptable...
get over yourself and deal with it..0 -
Seriously? Are we at primary school?
Think you need to go back!
I'm out. Thanks to all those who proved me correct :')
Chow!
ummm, puppy chow???
what is primary school?
I think you mean ciao...which is Italian for hello or goodbye depending on the usage...
epic fail on language attempt0 -
Seriously? Are we at primary school?
Think you need to go back!
I'm out. Thanks to all those who proved me correct :')
Chow!
And yet another rude, judgemental post from the OP...0 -
By "chow" I'm guessing you probably mean, "ciao?"Seriously? Are we at primary school?
Think you need to go back!
I'm out. Thanks to all those who proved me correct :')
Chow!
Or "eat".
Which, from everything the OP posted, is probably the more likely scenario.0 -
Seriously? Are we at primary school?
Think you need to go back!
I'm out. Thanks to all those who proved me correct :')
Chow!
ummm, puppy chow???
what is primary school?
I think you mean ciao...which is Italian for hello or goodbye depending on the usage...
epic fail on language attempt
"A primary school (from French école primaire[1]) is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. It can be divided into public and private.
Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).[2] In some countries, and especially in North America, the term elementary school is preferred." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_school
To the 30- and 40-something's getting off on picking on the OP, give the girl a break; she's 20 years old. Help her, instead of boosting your egos being snarky.0 -
poor youread the first few replies...left me thinking..poor you people having to rely on a gym...have you never heard of the "great out doors", <sigh>
The great outdoors doesn't fit in with my strength goals.0 -
I have NEVER understood why people pick Monday or a date to start. my ex colleague used to say " Im so excited to start Jenny Craig on Monday! "
Next week it would be " I'm so stoked about my protein shakes starting on Monday! "
Yeah, they never worked.
I was lying in bed one night. July 6th this year, and was so fed up of being overweight and trying and failing, that I cried myself to sleep. I woke up the next day and got started. 5 days later I reactivated MFP and have never looked back. Have just looked at the calendar and July 6th is a Saturday. Some people wouldn't dare start on a Saturday!!
Im so friggin stoked that this new year I will finally be able to NOT worry that I haven't lost any weight this year! I'm at the lowest of my life. WOOOO!!!0 -
I have NEVER understood why people pick Monday or a date to start. my ex colleague used to say " Im so excited to start Jenny Craig on Monday! "
Next week it would be " I'm so stoked about my protein shakes starting on Monday! "
Yeah, they never worked.
I was lying in bed one night. July 6th this year, and was so fed up of being overweight and trying and failing, that I cried myself to sleep. I woke up the next day and got started. 5 days later I reactivated MFP and have never looked back. Have just looked at the calendar and July 6th is a Saturday. Some people wouldn't dare start on a Saturday!!
Im so friggin stoked that this new year I will finally be able to NOT worry that I haven't lost any weight this year! I'm at the lowest of my life. WOOOO!!!
Because Monday sounds like an official beginning? Idk? I was a Monday starter. Then, I'd fail by Thursday, get down on myself, and wait for Monday again. This last time, when it actually clicked, I believe I started on a Tuesday or Wednesday. I haven't been perfect, but I've been good to restart my efforts at least by the next day, and sometimes, by the next meal. I think, for me, official start dates are a symptom of my perfectionism. Giving up when I can't be perfect is the outcome of that. So, I had to relax and try to learn from my mistakes, rather than waiting for the next "clean start." 35 +/- lbs. later, it appears to be helping. :-)0 -
I have NEVER understood why people pick Monday or a date to start. my ex colleague used to say " Im so excited to start Jenny Craig on Monday! "
Next week it would be " I'm so stoked about my protein shakes starting on Monday! "
Yeah, they never worked.
I was lying in bed one night. July 6th this year, and was so fed up of being overweight and trying and failing, that I cried myself to sleep. I woke up the next day and got started. 5 days later I reactivated MFP and have never looked back. Have just looked at the calendar and July 6th is a Saturday. Some people wouldn't dare start on a Saturday!!
Im so friggin stoked that this new year I will finally be able to NOT worry that I haven't lost any weight this year! I'm at the lowest of my life. WOOOO!!!
Because Monday sounds like an official beginning? Idk? I was a Monday starter. Then, I'd fail by Thursday, get down on myself, and wait for Monday again. This last time, when it actually clicked, I believe I started on a Tuesday or Wednesday. I haven't been perfect, but I've been good to restart my efforts at least by the next day, and sometimes, by the next meal. I think, for me, official start dates are a symptom of my perfectionism. Giving up when I can't be perfect is the outcome of that. So, I had to relax and try to learn from my mistakes, rather than waiting for the next "clean start." 35 +/- lbs. later, it appears to be helping. :-)
Oh, and congrats on your achiements!0 -
You're just jealous because I'm so hot.you ever just see someone's profile picture and immediately not like them? I'm sure people do it to me all the time :laugh:0 -
I agree with what others have said about having to set "start dates" already being the wrong attitude, but I think the biggest reason the resolutioners fail is because they try to change everything at once.
THIS.
Yup."I'm going to work out 6 days a week and drink x gallons of water and eat 65 celery sticks!" Then one week later, done. It has to be gradual steps and incorporation. Otherwise you go all out and burn out around January 15th.0 -
What's with all the Monday Start Hate?
I am a Monday starter for any new change I plan in my life. And I do start on the planned Monday. It's not Monday Starters that annoy you, but the Monday Started Wanna-Be's.
I personally think that "Lack of a workable Plan" is why so many fail. They get overly excited to just jump in. They have a goal...."get healthy"... Or "Lose Weight" but no real, incremental, sustainable plan. Just "go to the gym for a lot of hours" or "don't ever eat any sugar ever again"
"Failing to plan is Planning to Fail."
But, I guess some people actually do well with freestyle goal reaching. I don't know any of those people though; but I hear about them from time to time.0 -
I have ocd. I start things on Mondays, or, sometimes the 1st of the month.0
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lol I was a "mid-day" Sunday starter. I had already had McDonalds for breakfast and something else highly caloric when I decided and started with a healthy afternoon snack.0
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I find planning is best. I never start anything unless it's a Monday or the first of the month. I will be restarting with a new account in the new year. I'm still going now. Still dieting, still losing, but definitely start fresh at new year. If they try and failed, at least they tried.
Why with a new account? Is that necessary?
I just don't believe in the New Year's resolutions or giving up stuff for Lent. I have the same goals every day, every year for the rest of my life when it comes to health and fitness.
Well giving up stuff for Lent is actually a religious thing..0 -
who says that you can't just pick a day to start, start then and have it succeed?
I woke up one day (happened to be boxing day) and that was it. 342 days later and i'm down 29kg, chasing the 30th.
The only person who can decide if something will work if the one who needs to do it.
agree with this.
i waited on my friend so we could start either weight watchers or slimming world together. I thought after xmas time they would have special deals so would wait to then. I realised then i was on my own and then chickened out of joining either and luckily found this site. so yes i did alot of procastinating and almost a year later i am still here. so i dont disagree with new year plans at all.0 -
I think someone waiting for a start date to change their life already has the wrong attitude going in.
Pretty much this. Why put it off? Tomorrow never comes and all that. I'm looking forward to getting my training in over Christmas to up the metabolism between helpings of mince pies, Quality Street and leftover turkey. But....if people want to join a gym in January, more power to them.
I too start my weeks on a Monday. I like my job/training routine to be in sync with each other. OCD saddo over here!0 -
I am a resolutioner from last year and I am still here. Win for me!
And as for the setting the date things, it is all about setting goals. Your goals can include a time or date if you want it to. I set the date for when I quit smoking, I set the date for when I got serious about my diet and exercise, I set a date for my first 5K, I set a date for my first HM...and I have succeed in all of those. They actually teach you to set dates when learning about goal setting in the military, because when you set the date the game changes. You are no longer waiting till next week or next month, you are starting on that date. You know the date, you prepare for the date. You do everything you can to help achieve success when that date comes.
This biggest reason why the "New Year's Resolutioners" fail is because they go into the weight loss or the healthy lifestyle changes with no support system, no idea what to do, no idea where to start, and many come in having never eaten healthy or exercised before. Then they come here, go through the 1200 calorie a day eating idea (because that is the impression you get when you first join, it happened to me). And because of the multiple personalities on here, some take the advice to eat more as a twig slashing and run away scared and screaming, thus failing.
Note: If you eat 1200 calories a day and are okay with it, good for you, doesn't mean I have to support it. (Just incase I start a 1200 calorie war on this thread lol)0 -
I was one of those resolutioners for the last two or three years. I would always find reasons not to go to the gym starting in February, usually. This time around, I started on a random Thursday in August, and I've hit the gym three days a week religiously this time, and have logged my food every single day.
Everyone has to do what works for them, but this time around, what stuck was just deciding almost on the spur of the moment to just start.0 -
I actually started on a Monday because my work week is generally Friday-Sunday. It was my first day off. This Monday 12/9 is eight weeks in and still going strong because I enjoy tracking what I eat. The first time I signed up for MFP I never even got started with it...hmmm, I wonder what day that was?!!0
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Can't agree more... I also resent the fact that my gym will be a zoo until like January 15th.The majority of them will fail. That's just a reality. Does that mean they get less support from me? No, but I think someone waiting for a start date to change their life already has the wrong attitude going in.
haha so true! then by second week of feb is back to normal again!0 -
How about choosing to eat differently (healthily).... wait for it..... for forever?
That *is* dieting.
No, I am not "dieting" but I have changed my "diet". Permanently. The word relies on context as you well know.
Yes, you are dieting, as are most of the rest of us here.
The fact it's a long-term diet doesn't change what it is - a diet.
It baffles me why so many people are terrified of this word...
probably because of all the fad diets out there...and most people that "diet" tend to do it for six months and then stop ...
Some people associate "diet" with short term, as opposed to long term ...it is more of a word association thing.
well, for the year that I was actively losing, I WAS ON A DIET! and I don't care to play word games and have others tell me what it is and what it isn't, FOR ME... for me, IT WAS A DIET, because I knew that I would not be eating at a deficit FOR LIFE... so, call it what you will, but I call it a DIET!
Okay, for me this is a prime example of the silly, annoying stuff that bugs me about the site and probably is what the OP was referring to. How in the world is this beneficial to ANYONE except upsetting the poster? I guess some people find it funny, but I don't. I see someone that has too much time on their hands, and a bunch of followers that think it is so cool. I hate trying to read a thread with this kind of garbage in it.0 -
I am a resolutioner from last year and I am still here. Win for me!
And as for the setting the date things, it is all about setting goals. Your goals can include a time or date if you want it to. I set the date for when I quit smoking, I set the date for when I got serious about my diet and exercise, I set a date for my first 5K, I set a date for my first HM...and I have succeed in all of those. They actually teach you to set dates when learning about goal setting in the military, because when you set the date the game changes. You are no longer waiting till next week or next month, you are starting on that date. You know the date, you prepare for the date. You do everything you can to help achieve success when that date comes.
This biggest reason why the "New Year's Resolutioners" fail is because they go into the weight loss or the healthy lifestyle changes with no support system, no idea what to do, no idea where to start, and many come in having never eaten healthy or exercised before. Then they come here, go through the 1200 calorie a day eating idea (because that is the impression you get when you first join, it happened to me). And because of the multiple personalities on here, some take the advice to eat more as a twig slashing and run away scared and screaming, thus failing.
Note: If you eat 1200 calories a day and are okay with it, good for you, doesn't mean I have to support it. (Just incase I start a 1200 calorie war on this thread lol)
^^^This person made me change my mind about resolutioners. However, I started C25k on a random Tuesday in December. My goal was to be able to at least walk the local Turkey Trot the next year. Of course I found a race to celebrate the C25k graduation (once I realized that was actually going to happen)
And the 2-3 weeks of crowded gyms is an inconvenience (which is why I had my initial reaction) but, really, in the long-term scheme of things, it's not that big a deal.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/melaniehaiken/2013/01/02/5-new-years-resolutions-you-wont-keep/0 -
The majority of them will fail. That's just a reality. Does that mean they get less support from me? No, but I think someone waiting for a start date to change their life already has the wrong attitude going in.
well stated!
Even when I did Weight Watchers I avoided Jan and the First week or two of Feb because you have all these people who show up and then after 6 weeks or so they just dissapear.
They all start with great intentions but most think they can lose weight and then go back to eating like they were when they were fat and get discouraged and give up.
I will support anyone who posts and wants encouragement but as stated above.. most will flicker out in the first 6-8 weeks.0 -
I agree with not waiting until January 1st. I started my journey in July in the middle of the week, I woke up and said to my boyfriend I am tired of feeling like this...having to go into work and watch these slim, beautiful girls strut around and feel terrible about myself! So on a Wednesday mid-July I started using MFP again and so far I haven't looked back. I've slipped a bit due to some stresses in my life lately, but I would never say 'I'll wait until Monday to start again' What's the point? In the days between you'll convince yourself not to do it again! Just do it...NOW!0
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I have NEVER understood why people pick Monday or a date to start. my ex colleague used to say " Im so excited to start Jenny Craig on Monday! "
Next week it would be " I'm so stoked about my protein shakes starting on Monday! "
Yeah, they never worked.
I was lying in bed one night. July 6th this year, and was so fed up of being overweight and trying and failing, that I cried myself to sleep. I woke up the next day and got started. 5 days later I reactivated MFP and have never looked back. Have just looked at the calendar and July 6th is a Saturday. Some people wouldn't dare start on a Saturday!!
Im so friggin stoked that this new year I will finally be able to NOT worry that I haven't lost any weight this year! I'm at the lowest of my life. WOOOO!!!
Because Monday sounds like an official beginning? Idk? I was a Monday starter. Then, I'd fail by Thursday, get down on myself, and wait for Monday again. This last time, when it actually clicked, I believe I started on a Tuesday or Wednesday. I haven't been perfect, but I've been good to restart my efforts at least by the next day, and sometimes, by the next meal. I think, for me, official start dates are a symptom of my perfectionism. Giving up when I can't be perfect is the outcome of that. So, I had to relax and try to learn from my mistakes, rather than waiting for the next "clean start." 35 +/- lbs. later, it appears to be helping. :-)
Oh, and congrats on your achiements!
I started MFP on a Thursday.0 -
I wish all the resolutioners the best of luck. I know that I personally joined MFP prior to Jan 1 in order to avoid the label "resolutioner," because I would have found the label a handy, ready-made excuse for failure, and I was not willing to accept that excuse.
Many folks who start a weight-loss or fitness program these days do so filled with a quick-fix mindset fueled by the instant gratification mindset encouraged by most of society and things like "The Biggest Loser." As such, they get frustrated when they don't lose 20# or become ridiculously ripped in the first month, figure that they're failing somehow, and stop trying. This happens year-round, but the New Year's Resolution phenomenon amplifies the issue.0 -
Most New Years resolutions fail, whether they are weight loss related or something else entirely, does that mean resolving to change things in the coming year is a bad thing? No. Does that mean that people shouldn't try to make 2014 better than 2013? No. I think we should always strive to do better tomorrow than we did today, even if today was awesome!
Yes, strive to do better TOMORROW, not three weeks from now. Putting it off for whatever reason means you're not mentally ready. Temptation is always everywhere. My co-workers to this day continue to put slices of cake on my desk and try to get me to quit my diet and even go so far as to tell me that I can just throw it up afterwards. Should I stop dieting until I get a new job? No, I just tell them no thank you and go back to work. At the end of the day, you are the reason you fail or suceed, no one else.
Of course I was using the word "tomorrow" figuratively as in "the future". However, I do agree people don't NEED to wait, but once December 31st rolls around there will be a lot of people, who were already overweight at the start of the season, who will look at the 25 additional pounds they put on... and decide that day to make a change the next day... for the New Year. That was my point. All of those folks getting on here on Jan 1st... at that time it will be "NOW" for them, and I plan to do whatever encouraging I can do at the time, even if I know they would have been better off to start trying three months earlier.0 -
I was a New Year resolutioner who put it off until after my holiday so I actually started on January 15th. I'm still here and still losing. The reality is at any time most people who try to make a big change will fail but some will succeed. I think you should always be supportive of anybody who is trying to change. Sometimes it might take 30 attempts before you succeed but each failed attempt is part of the overall success story.0
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