This won't work....
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True but I have to say a little harsh! I know its only the individual who can do it and yes may be they shouldn't rely upon others to motivate them. Its about making long term lifestyle changes but theres nothing wrong with supporting people!!!0
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The funniest thing is the way a person's face changes after seeing your results and asking you how you did it.
They go from an excited smile to almost a frown as if to say "oh you mean, you actually worked hard? Dang, I thought you were going to tell me some super-secret, magical, overnight trick" sad face.0 -
Love, love, love this post. I hate when people tell me they are on a diet or what diet am I using to lose weight. No diet, just a lifestyle change. Too many people fail at diets, it is just a big way to set yourself up for failure. When you change your lifestyle you change if for "life". I love the new me, I still have a way to go, but feel awesome. You have to want to do it, the only motivation that really counts is within yourself.0
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Unless you are ready to put in the hard work, blood, sweat, and tears.
I have seen far to many forum post the last couple of days with people asking:
"whose tried the juice cleanse? does it help you lose weight?"
"whose taken green tea extract to help aid weight loss, what are your results"
"who takes raspberry ketones?"
FAD DIETS WILL NOT HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT AND KEEP IT OFF
Yes I said it- DIETS in general will not help you lose weight and keep it off. Because once you go back to eating carbs, go back to eating solid food, go back to eating more than 500 calories a day- the weight you lost (which was mainly just water to being with) will come right back.
Eating right and exercising is a LIFESTYLE change. Its learning what a portion size is, learning the ratios of protein/carbs/fat that you should be intaking, and learning that you can eat whatever it is you want, as long as it fits into your calories for the day.
So honestly- stop it with the fad diets. Working out is hard, it hurts, but nothing worth doing is ever easy. So stop trying to take the easy way out. You didn't gain that weight over night- you aren't going to lose it overnight.
Step Up, Man Up, and quite Whining!
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Adding this as someone below mentioned this- and its how I feel::
I understand being frustrated when the scale doesn't move, or wanting to give up. However, NO ONE CAN MAKE YOU DO THIS BESIDES YOURSELF!
If you want to lose weight- then you need to find the drive, motivation, and perseverance inside of yourself to do it. Losing weight isn't a team effort, its an individual effort. It's forcing yourself to go to the gym, even when your tired, because you know its better than sitting on the couch eating chocolate. It's making time in your schedule to make it happen and not letting any old little excuse get in the way because its easier.
Yes sitting on your a** is easier then running 3 miles- but what makes you feel better? What makes you feel stronger? What will actually help you live longer?....
This journey is about you- so stop looking to others to motivate you, or to keep you going. It's not there job, its yours.
BAZINGA!!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:0 -
Every word of this is true.
If you'd rather buy whatever Dr. Oz is selling this afternoon go right ahead. But you won't lose weight.
Change your life, eat right and workout. Do that and you'll be successful. Latch onto every gimmick and fad out there and you're just wasting your time and money.
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It's so true! Thanks for posting this! Everyone keeps saying how hard I have worked to get this weight off, and I think "It was a lot harder to be fat quite frankly" The hardest part was deciding to not be fat anymore. Everything else after that was a lot easier.0
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I have known since I was a kid what was needed to stay healthy. Never fell for the fads. I figure any program that said "This should be taken along with diet and exercise" was a rip-off.
That being said, I still lazed around and ate junk. KNOWING what to do is much easier than doing it. I kept waiting for the "right time" or some such nonsense. I wanted motivation to come from outside.
I love this site because I have strangers telling me how great I am doing. It does make me feel better, I won't lie. It helps. But at the end of the day, I could put in that I made all my goals and lost 300 pounds. The typing won't do it any more than the knowing did. The sneakers have got to hit the pavement!
When my life is over, if I have lived long enough to get healthy, it will be because of my work. And I wouldn't have it any other way. I am tired of the guilt over my weight; I am ready to take some credit.0 -
The funniest thing is the way a person's face changes after seeing your results and asking you how you did it.
They go from an excited smile to almost a frown as if to say "oh you mean, you actually worked hard? Dang, I thought you were going to tell me some super-secret, magical, overnight trick" sad face.
Yep, I've had this happen. You gotta want it to get it. You gotta work at it to get results. It does'nt just happen
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Amen!!!!!!!!!!!! (hope no one got offended by that)
Personal story, my cousin started at 569 with his weight loss this time around, and he ate only fruits and veggies and exercised, got down below 500. Well, he heard about body by vi, and thought "hmm this might be a great idea", he dropped down to 429 by drinking 2 shakes and one regular meal. He found out the hard way this past week exactly why I refuse to try the product (no offense to anyone who might use it). His weight went up to 437, and that even though he swims, walks, and lifts, that he needs to fuel his body, and that he can't do it with the shakes.
Only with eating right and exercise will you lose weight!!!! I try and pound this into my husbands head as well and when his weight went up (he was at 274, now after a month of eating fast food for everything except dinner and no exercise it went up to 277) i said "it's no surprise", and i just hope in time they will see that the old fashion way works.0 -
I have to agree if you don't have your mind set to change your lifestyle nothing will help. I have a cousin that has had 3 bariatric surgeries, she does real well for about 3 or 4 months losing a lot of weight...then she goes back to old habits eating all the foods that brought on the fat in the first place. It's not easy setting your mind to eat healthier and everything bad is cheaper price wise but not health wise. I'm enjoying my new lifestyle and look forward to the day I get into clothes sizes I haven't seen since high school.0
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I LOVE THIS! This was exactly what I needed to hear today, and I appreciate the pep talk!!! 0 -
amen.0
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Best I've seen in a long time!!0
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Well said!0
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True but I have to say a little harsh! I know its only the individual who can do it and yes may be they shouldn't rely upon others to motivate them. Its about making long term lifestyle changes but theres nothing wrong with supporting people!!!
There is nothing wrong with having outside motivation- my point was for people who merely rely on others to motivate them, instead of motivating themselves. Yes we all need cheerleaders to help push us on- but if you are solely working out because other people are pushing you to, and not for *yourself* then as soon as that support system goes away, you will fall off the wagon. Its like an alcoholic going to AA- if they don't think they have an issue, or are going because other people are telling them too- they won't stick to the program... only way is if THEY WANT to be there, and admit that they have an issue.
Does that clear things up? I am not trying to be harsh, I am just tired of people complaining that they can't lose weight because they can't get motivation from other people, or are upset when they don't lose 8 lbs in 2 days.0 -
This journey is about you- so stop looking to others to motivate you, or to keep you going. It's not there job, its yours.
It is very true that the decision to drag my butt out of bed or off the couch is ultimately my own…some days harder than others…LOL, but also I believe there is a lot to said for having friends on the journey. It is a lot more fun to run with a group of people than to run by yourself. There is an energy from exercising with a group rather than alone. Knowing that I have friends striving for a similar goal on this journey helps me along mentally. So the next time I find myself on the couch watching to many reruns of Star Trek I know in the back of my mind that one of my friends are probably out cycling or running or doing strength training, etc. and that helps me fight the mental battle to get my butt off the couch and continue on the journey. It’s a whole lot more fun also.
Journey on...0 -
this is just starting to annoy you now? you have been on here long enough to know that there are always going to be those people that want a quick fix.0
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A coworker told me today something that I already knew but I needed someone to say it to sink in: It's hard first month or two. Then one day you realize you're hooked to exercise and it will become a part of you, you just have to want it.0
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THIS.0 -
Gotta LOVE it!!! You are SO right.
Thank you for such a great post
IF YOU ALWAYS DO...... WHAT YOU ALWAYS DID.... YOU ALWAYS GET... WHAT YOU ALWAYS GOT!0 -
this is just starting to annoy you now? you have been on here long enough to know that there are always going to be those people that want a quick fix.
Most of us hope for a quick fix but we are painfully aware that it takes time, blood, sweat and tears. I don't know about the others but until someone discovers 110% effective quick fix I'm sticking to T,B,S&T (we can dream, can't we
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this is just starting to annoy you now? you have been on here long enough to know that there are always going to be those people that want a quick fix.
Most of us hope for a quick fix but we are painfully aware that it takes time, blood, sweat and tears. I don't know about the others but until someone discovers 110% effective quick fix I'm sticking to T,B,S&T (we can dream, can't we)
my point was that those threads have always been on here and they always will be.0 -
The hardest thing I had to do was step up and realize that my weight was MY problem. *I* got me here, only *I* can get me out of here. And when I don't lose anything, there is noone to blame but myself. Gaining the weight wasn't magic: it was over eating and under activity....only reversing the trend will help. Little steps, I've finally gotten my eating under control (instead of it having ME under control) and now I'm moving more, and I'm already seeing results. Thank you for saying what I've been thinking
This just made me get teary eyed!! Well said, very well said!!0 -
here here...
what is cool... is that when you finally get hooked on the new lifestyle... the work - doesn't feel much like work anymore... the pain - is enjoyable... and the results - are AWESOME!
I figure... get rich quick... get poor quick. BUT if you take your time and build your wealth... you're far less likely to piss it away.
AWESOME POST OP!0 -
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This is so true!! It takes hard work and dedication to eat clean to achieve the body you want!! However it takes some people time, even years to realize that those quick fixes are just that quick and only temporary, I myself in the past have tried them I'd be lying if I said I didn't. It took years for me to truly understand that only training my body and mainly eating clean, was the only long term way to get the body I want and keep it. Have patience with these people, and the same way Jesus spread the Word of God we can also spread the word of clean eating and training!0
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This site is called MYFITNESSPAL, NOT MYDIETPAL. It's about being FIT, not cheating your way thin. Nothing in life worth having is easy.0
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I actually Love this post0
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The funniest thing is the way a person's face changes after seeing your results and asking you how you did it.
They go from an excited smile to almost a frown as if to say "oh you mean, you actually worked hard? Dang, I thought you were going to tell me some super-secret, magical, overnight trick" sad face.
LMAO!!!!!! lol lol you can say this one again and again and again!!!0
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