Hey Everyone!

jillyRN21

Hey guys!
I am new here and I am hoping to use this to my advantage to help me lose weight. My biggest problem I find is that I am never consistent with my food plan. Any tips to help out with that? I am a pretty active person and I do recognize that my eating habits are my biggest issues on why I am unable to drop the pounds. Hope everyone is accomplishing their goals!
Good luck to everyone though their weight loss journey!

DoriLuke

I'm a huge planner. I always meal plan for my family but now that I'm eating differently, I plan differently for myself. Unlike most people, it really helps me to be a creature of habit. I'm okay eating a few foods over and over. Then I don't have to think about what the nutritional value is, because I already know for the most part. I keep my household meal plan in an excel spreadsheet that doubles as a grocery list. It helps me stay on track budget-wise too, which is always good!

Good luck!!

Simental1

My name is Christina and I'm 46 yrs.old. My goal is to lose 150 lbs before the end of 2012. I want to be healthy for myself and for my 14 year old daughter. My boyfriend is really into fittness (runs everyday ,MMA, plus weights). I would love to be able to keep up with him. I do walk when motivated and know I should do it everyday but don't ( my guilt ) . Today was my first day on site and I really had a hard time getting my carbs in. Any sugestions would be great! Hope everyone has a great night.

Simental1

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My name is Christina and I'm 46 yrs.old. My goal is to lose 150 lbs before the end of 2012. I want to be healthy for myself and for my 14 year old daughter. My boyfriend is really into fittness (runs everyday ,MMA, plus weights). I would love to be able to keep up with him. I do walk when motivated and know I should do it everyday but don't ( my guilt ) . Today was my first day on site and I really had a hard time getting my carbs in. Any sugestions would be great! Hope everyone has a great night.

jillyRN21

I feel like my problem is that I cant stay consistent. I just need to get over it and do it. I am usually doing really good but when I "treat myself" or "give in to temptation" it messes up everything. And it is this big cycle that keeps going. Happy medium with food please come! Thanks for sharing. I def need to plan all my meals.

jillyRN21

Hey Christina! and welcome. I am new as well. One thing that helps me with my workout is that I mentally get in to the working out mood and amp myself up. Another thing is getting a great playlist with all the songs that pump you up. That is great that you want to get healthy for yourself and your daughter. I have just recently made up my mind to get healthy for me...before it was for other superficial things. I am not sure about getting the carbs in since I am new to all this. And thank you so much Heather! I forgot to put that in the earlier post.

nikkizmom1962

welcome Christina! hope by joining mfp and connecting with some friends we will be to help you in your journey.......... feel free to add me..........good luck:)

Iwillshyne

Hi, I had to dig DEEEEEP to find the motivation to start and stay consistant. My mind was over-whelmed with "No" and "Give up" and "what's the use"! I was chatting to a friend of mind and she said these words to me: "YOU ARE WORTH IT"!!! It changed my veiw of everything. She was right, as a mother , and wife, I was taking care of EVERYBODY but me. Welp, those days are over, I'm the priority now!
Ps: Sorry if this comes off as a corny YOU-GO-girl moment, but it worked for me. Hope this encourages you---or somebody... :-)