HOw to get out of the I'll start tomorrow mentality

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  • Muscles_Curves
    Muscles_Curves Posts: 385 Member
    I have to admit that I used to go through a vicious cycle:

    1. I fuss at myself
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    2. Then I give myself a pep talk
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    3. Then I set up a reward system that encouraged me to get off the couch and move it.
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    4. One thing I will never do is:
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    Sorry about all the pics. I'm a visual aid kinda person.
  • TinGirl314
    TinGirl314 Posts: 430 Member
    Well...not to go too serious but I had a heart attack..at 26. It was on my way to work...80% bad eating and not doing any moving, 20% more stress than I could handle.

    I wish it could have been something else...but I don't regret it at all. I'm lighter than I've ever been, I actually had a blood sugar of 67 tonight and I had to feed myself sugar. That's nuts.

    I would suggest that you don't wait for your heart to kick your butt into gear.
    I don't mean that in a mean way, more an honest kinda way.
  • marvelmo
    marvelmo Posts: 119 Member
    We have only today, right now, this minute
    each minute I make a choice eventually the minutes become hours, hours, days and days, months etc
    all by making a choice right now to eat vegetables instead of whatever
    Life is about choices
    At this minute I choose to be healthy
    my mantra is
    either do or do not there is NO TRY
    You can do this!
  • marvelmo
    marvelmo Posts: 119 Member
    I have to admit that I used to go through a vicious cycle:

    1. I fuss at myself
    Screenshot_2012-09-14-09-25-27-1.png

    2. Then I give myself a pep talk
    Screenshot_2012-08-22-19-39-29-1.png

    3. Then I set up a reward system that encouraged me to get off the couch and move it.
    Screenshot_2012-09-11-19-39-55-1.png

    4. One thing I will never do is:
    Screenshot_2012-09-16-12-17-39-1-1.jpg

    Sorry about all the pics. I'm a visual aid kinda person.
    Well Said! Love the Visuals:wink:
  • pinkraynedropjacki
    pinkraynedropjacki Posts: 3,027 Member
    How to get out of it? Do it today.... do it the moment you start trying to talk yourself out of it. That's the only way it will work.
  • VogtAndrea
    VogtAndrea Posts: 236
    It doesn't take a long time for you to get to where you want to be. Ask yourself if you want it badly enough to start over right now.The sooner you start, the sooner you're at your goal. Then you can concentrate on maintaining that weight in a healthy and safe way. And that's where most of us haven't gotten to yet either.
  • kmm7309
    kmm7309 Posts: 802 Member
    I struggle with this too. I have a lot of little systems in place to prevent problems.

    1. I schedule a workout with a friend at the gym almost every day. We pick the next time before we even finish up our current workout. It keeps me accountable.

    2. Keep the junk out of the house. I really am too lazy to go get it at a store.

    3. Keep a bar of dark chocolate in the freezer to suck on when the cravings are too rough. Haven't touched the bar in a month.

    4. Plan my meals for a month, and buy all my food in two week intervals. No excuses to "grab a quick bite" because I have meat at home that needs to be cooked.

    Basically, identify those things that make you want to start tomorrow (not exercising, overeating) and prevent them before they can sabotage you. I'm not perfect, I've been stuck at the same weight for over two months, but by making these changes, I didn't gain over two months of not exercising much or logging at all!
  • beekuzz
    beekuzz Posts: 428 Member
    LMAO. I have those days. I tell myself, "I don't want to do it, maybe another day. one day won't hurt." and then I get into my bedroom and I'm putting on workout clothes and I go, "I'm just trying it on, nothing special." then I put on my running shoes and I'm out the door to my car and I drive all the way thinking "Ok, I'll go but only for 20 minutes or so I guess. As long as I worked out." Once i get to the gym and I'm on the treadmill--20 minutes goes by, "Ok, maybe another five minutes." I go for another five minutes...."Ok only 5 minutes left of cardio run might as well finish it." LMAO! and I do finish it! lol.

    So funny. I do this all the time and it's getting worse. I'll start out the door having convinced myself just to get in a 10 minute walk since i can't run yet. So then it's 20 minutes and get to a corner, stop and look towards home and then go a different way for another 5 minutes. I'm now up to 80 minute walks and 70 minutes on my stationary bike, depending on what day it is. Seems everyday is like this now.
  • kmm7309
    kmm7309 Posts: 802 Member
    LMAO. I have those days. I tell myself, "I don't want to do it, maybe another day. one day won't hurt." and then I get into my bedroom and I'm putting on workout clothes and I go, "I'm just trying it on, nothing special." then I put on my running shoes and I'm out the door to my car and I drive all the way thinking "Ok, I'll go but only for 20 minutes or so I guess. As long as I worked out." Once i get to the gym and I'm on the treadmill--20 minutes goes by, "Ok, maybe another five minutes." I go for another five minutes...."Ok only 5 minutes left of cardio run might as well finish it." LMAO! and I do finish it! lol.

    So funny. I do this all the time and it's getting worse. I'll start out the door having convinced myself just to get in a 10 minute walk since i can't run yet. So then it's 20 minutes and get to a corner, stop and look towards home and then go a different way for another 5 minutes. I'm now up to 80 minute walks and 70 minutes on my stationary bike, depending on what day it is. Seems everyday is like this now.

    Wish this worked for me! I even wear my workout clothes to school (campus is 5 minutes from gym) and I can't seem to get there sometimes :(
  • CynthiasChoice
    CynthiasChoice Posts: 1,047 Member
    This may sound odd, but I try to separate myself from the "voices" in my head. I know deep down that I want to do what's right/healthy because that's what will bring me happiness. The real me is good!

    The voices that chatter in my head sometimes aren't very good, though. But I don't have to let them have power over me - they are just random thoughts that I can choose to believe or not believe:
    "Chocolate will make you happy - lots of it!."
    "You'll feel better after a second plateful of pasta."
    "Everyone deserves to have cheesecake once in a while."
    "It will be easy to start your diet tomorrow."

    So when I start having one of these thoughts, I try to recognize it as an invader that doesn't belong in my head. I remind myself that I can just tell it to go away. It helps to think of the bad thought as a separate entity that's not connected to me. I hope that doesn't make me sound completely psycho!

    I'm still learning to catch myself in time, and I fail sometimes, but I'm getting better at telling the harmful voices to take a hike!
  • wheezybreezy
    wheezybreezy Posts: 313 Member
    This may sound odd, but I try to separate myself from the "voices" in my head. I know deep down that I want to do what's right/healthy because that's what will bring me happiness. The real me is good!

    The voices that chatter in my head sometimes aren't very good, though. But I don't have to let them have power over me - they are just random thoughts that I can choose to believe or not believe:
    "Chocolate will make you happy - lots of it!."
    "You'll feel better after a second plateful of pasta."
    "Everyone deserves to have cheesecake once in a while."
    "It will be easy to start your diet tomorrow."

    So when I start having one of these thoughts, I try to recognize it as an invader that doesn't belong in my head. I remind myself that I can just tell it to go away. It helps to think of the bad thought as a separate entity that's not connected to me. I hope that doesn't make me sound completely psycho!

    I'm still learning to catch myself in time, and I fail sometimes, but I'm getting better at telling the harmful voices to take a hike!


    Definitely not odd. I think I'll start trying this. I've tried talking $h!t to myself, but it just makes me feel worse and I end up failing again.

    This is a much more positive approach though! Thank you!
  • arcticfox04
    arcticfox04 Posts: 1,011 Member
    Just start logging everything right now. Don't worry about calorie goal or anything. When to get use to logging then start worrying about getting to a certain calories & macro goals.
  • CynthiasChoice
    CynthiasChoice Posts: 1,047 Member
    Just start logging everything right now. Don't worry about calorie goal or anything. When to get use to logging then start worrying about getting to a certain calories & macro goals.

    Great advise!!
  • hooperkay
    hooperkay Posts: 463 Member
    Start again today.

    this^^^ but right now! I started mid day...:)
  • BamsieEkhaya
    BamsieEkhaya Posts: 657 Member
    remember the scale and weigh-in day
  • Deipneus
    Deipneus Posts: 1,861 Member
    Ugh....how do you guys get out and stay out of this mentality. I can do somewhat well for a few days, then have one slip up and go into the "I'll start again tomorrow....or worse yet, on Monday, or next month" thinking. Then, of course, before "tomorrow or Monday" I go crazy until then! How do you avoid this??

    I wish I had the answer. It's weird that I didn't do anything about getting fit for years and years and years and then one day last November, it was like someone flipped a switch in my brain. I haven't failed to log a day since that day. All I know is that this is as much mental and physical and nothing happens until we're ready.
  • Deipneus
    Deipneus Posts: 1,861 Member
    Just start logging everything right now. Don't worry about calorie goal or anything. When to get use to logging then start worrying about getting to a certain calories & macro goals.

    ^^^ Makes sense!
  • NautiLife
    NautiLife Posts: 22
    I had a hard time scheduling a work out that I could stay consistant with everyday, then I saw a show where a guy made his employees do push ups after using the bathroom, although a joke he gave me a good idea of "Piss ups" and "sh*tups" every time you go #1 you walk out of the bathroom and rock out 10 push ups and every time you go #2 it's 20 situps. It's like having a personal assisant scheduling your workout for you. Tape a piece of paper on the bathroom door to log your events and you will find on average 40 push ups a day and 20-40 situps a day. Any workout past that is just added calories burned.:happy:
  • jazzalea
    jazzalea Posts: 412 Member
    just get your @ss moving.... everything you do is burning calories... move a little more and burn them a little faster... accept that it won't happen over night... but it WON"T ever if you don't start..... and look how much time you've wasted already :)

    disclaimer: not saying I know what I'm talking about..... just talking about what I know :flowerforyou:

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