How do you stick to it for more than a week?

Hibernate - j/k - you just do it.

Healthy food is crazy delicious, you learn to love it. Also, don't buy junk food. After a while you crave sweets less (I think most things are too sweet for me these days) and can resist the chips a lot easier, because when you do give in it's not as satisfying. Or you find healthier alternatives, like air popped popcorn and kale chips.

I have been doing it for over 2 yrs and I cant imagine going back to life before MFP. Before MFP I was having falling spells, (falling for no reason), I was falling asleep in midsentence, I was in bed 2-4 days a week, so for me it is about loving life again and nothing is worth going back for not even hot fudge sundaes
You have to decide how much you want it
replace the foods you are now eating with new lowcal favorites ex I dont buy containers of ice cream anymore I buy ice cream bars
Take your own lowcal foods to put in a seperate container in the junk cupboard at work ex popchips, mini rice cakes, apples, popcorn , etc
YOU CAN DO THIS HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT

Determination, desire to be slim, and will power I never knew I had! Since finding this site I've steadily lost weight, eaten so much more healthy food, exercised more than I had for years, and I'm loving it! Add me as a friend if you want some encouragement and support - it helps!!

I can't imagine MFP getting boring, I check this before I check my FB LOL

Totally second this... lol i use to be chronic with fb but since mfp i am constantly on here! So many great people and help tips it's kind of addicting I find FB boring now.

I've been on here for 40 days so no expert, but I'm getting to where I don't even want the really bad foods anymore. I also take my own portion baggies with snacks (caramel rice cakes, grapes, sunflower seeds, cottage cheese, cheese sticks, yogurts with granola) where ever I go because I tend to be hungry sooner so I am eating something at least every 3 hours. I haven't excluded anything from my meal plans except for soda. I still go to fast food, I just check mfp app first for where I am going to see what the calories are and make better choices. I will say I ate Pizza last weekend and it made me sick to my stomach that night because my body is already started to get used to the better choices I am making. I was so dreading TOM because I thought I wouldn't be able to control the cravings, but it came and went and I didn't skip a beat.

I'm loving looking at what everyone else eats on here to give me new ideas. I never knew I loved broccoli until I tried it with garlic salt like some suggested. Now I eat it a few times a week with the quinoa rice. Love that too.. I need the variety and I am OCPD so putting everything in my diary is like an addiction. I also suggest joining one of the groups that interest you on here and adding some friends.

To start, focus on just logging all of your food every day (good or bad). Then just make minor changes to improve your diet over time. Massive changes are going to be much harder to maintain long term than a series of smaller changes.

I found the first two weeks the toughest. Five weeks in and not feeling deprived in the least. Stick with it. It's an adjustment! Good luck!!

You've got to want it bad enough. Until then you won't do it. Once you get past all the cravings of those bad foods then it's really easy. But in order to get past them you have to quit eating them.

i needed to lose weight cause i didnt want to die! i was pre-diabetic and 315lbs...i was shortening my life by probably 20 to 30 years and setting myself and my family up for a lesser quality of life if i continued to live the way that i was...i have two young children and why would i want to miss out on anything that i didnt have to...

to stay on plan i remind myself of this...i dont want to die! i eat real food, and i eat plenty of good stuff. ive learnt to cook healthy so we still get to each cheeseburgers, pizza and icecream sandwiches (cool whip sandwiched between a chocolate graham cracker)...

getting healthy is not about depriving yourself of anything but it does involve making a thought out decision about what you put in your mouth and how much you move your body...

small changes overtime, not quitting, meal planning and making the time to exercise are what has worked for me...its really not about being on a diet, its about a lifestyle change that works for you...you dont have to be perfect every day, but you do need to make the effort every day!