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  • chanson104
    chanson104 Posts: 859
    Good support; maybe even a good therapist. For me losing weight has been more about dealing with my emotions and past that kept me from being healthy than it has been about will power.
  • pauljsolie
    pauljsolie Posts: 1,024 Member
    Alot of great info and encouragement has already been offered. You may be looking at the entire journey you are about to or trying to begin and that is a big source of discouragement, or at least it was for me. Take small steps, do one thing, make just one change per week that you feel you can achieve. Remember the old saying: INCH BY INCH the journey's a cinch, YARD BY YARD the journey is hard!!! Good luck to you and hang in there, you can do this.
  • appleseeds
    appleseeds Posts: 212 Member
    When i first started anytime I had a food craving I would force myself to start writing in a journal. Helps distract you until its over and also forces you to write/remember the, long-term goals your aiming for. I only kept it up about 2 weeks but it kick started an 8kg loss last year.
  • annemckee
    annemckee Posts: 170 Member
    The previous poster more or less said what I was going to say.

    Don't look at any long term goals; set yourself achievable day to day goals. Don't even think about how much weight you have lost/have still to lose till you've sorted out an eating plan that suits you and your lifestyle.

    First goal could be - deal with the junk in the kitchen and replace with healthier foods. Check that one off. Celebrate with something non food related.

    Next goal, plan three days of meals using what you bought. Check that one off. Celebrate with something non food related.

    When you are confident that you can do these things, then start really looking at how you can lose weight.

    Don't give up every time you hit a problem. Pick yourself up, brush yourself off, start all over again and get back on track.
  • musicaljessica
    musicaljessica Posts: 105
    Just done my first step.

    I moved all the sweets, biscuits and chocolate out of my reach. I put them in containers so I can't even see them. And I put all my healthy snacks on the bottom shelf. Hoping this will encourage everyone else to snack healthily too.

    Thats todays change. Tomorrows change is to begin planning my meals in advance. Fridays will be to start extending my healthy meals from just Breakfast to Lunch too.

    I take a packed lunch to University so I just need some ideas now on what I can take. I hate sandwiches. And chicken or ham salad gets boring so fast. It has to be something that I can pop in a tub/bag and eat cold. Any help?
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