Thinking of giving up...only for awhile

kandi_apples
kandi_apples Posts: 35 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
So I am thinking of taking a break from all this weight loss way of living. I lost 60 lbs about three years ago and have put back on 20 lbs. I desperately wanted to get rid of those lbs that I regained.

My diet has been right on the mark. Eating my calories with healthy food, drinking all my water, but I just don't have the motivation to exercise. I just can't seem to do anything over and above my daily activities.

Dieting isn't enough, although I wish it was. Any advice? Should I take a break for a little while? :sad:
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  • xxMyWeighxx
    xxMyWeighxx Posts: 91
    Honestly, I think it's a lot like quitting school - it's harder to go back to. Don't give up.
  • janiegross
    janiegross Posts: 25 Member
    "Never going back there again" Remember the person who wrote this, and just keep going. You can do this.
  • jligon92
    jligon92 Posts: 13
    Please don't give up! If you give up, you may gain even more weight back. Exercise is hard, but the hardest part about it is putting aside the excuses and just doing it!
  • lschuttem
    lschuttem Posts: 82 Member
    rather than giving up, I suggest trying a week or two on maintenance calories, and hopefully then you'll get your mojo back without doing any damage to the progress you've made!
  • Kristie18
    Kristie18 Posts: 332 Member
    I gave up for a whole to and it was the worse thing I could have done. I gained more when I quit tracking and then I stopped working out as much. Try not to give up :(
  • foleyshirley
    foleyshirley Posts: 1,043 Member
    rather than giving up, I suggest trying a week or two on maintenance calories, and hopefully then you'll get your mojo back without doing any damage to the progress you've made!

    This is exactly what I was going to say. A break is not necessarily bad, but don't make it the kind of break that undoes everything you have worked. for. Eat at maintenance for a couple of weeks, and then come back.
  • flamingo1227
    flamingo1227 Posts: 12
    I decided not to follow WW closely after losing 30 pounds and making to my goal, so here I am one year later up 35 pounds. Don't give up, take a break using the maintenance. Also, I hate exercise, so I break it up or try to ramp up ordinary chores. Don't be afraid to take a 15 minute walk and just enjoy nature.
  • Impy84
    Impy84 Posts: 430
    NO motivation to exercise = no motivation to lose weight.
  • kandi_apples
    kandi_apples Posts: 35 Member
    Your all right. I may do more harm than good. I will continue with my 1350 calories and push myself for a week and then re-evaluate. Maintenance will be my second option. Thanks
  • strawberrytoast
    strawberrytoast Posts: 711 Member
    Remember how hard it was to lose 60lbs!

    20lbs is much easier to get rid of than 60. So you put some back on, a lot of us do it. Your still much lighter than you were at 60lbs heavier so stay with us.
  • svelt123
    svelt123 Posts: 173 Member
    Hi, I've been there so many times but, what keeps me determined to change my lifestyle is the fear of having a stroke, heart attack, diabetes. etc. Also, knowing that I love myself and my family. I want to live and enjoy living. Choosing to give up is not the answer. (deep inside you know this) But instead of thinking of "taking a break" from weight loss. try to change the way that you are thinking.
    Don't think of your eating healthily and taking care of yourself as something that you need to take a break from. How can you take a break from how you want to live your life? Could it be that you are too hard on yourself? Once in a while, You can include your favorite foods into your meals (even a "forbidden" food.) Just remember portion control and maybe do an extra 10 min. on a treadmill or park your car farther. Play with your dog or kids. Take the stairs at work. March in place for 10 minuets. Don't quit taking care or yourself. Don't be too hard on yourself. Eat whatever you want BUT only eat a portion and give the rest away or share it with anyone. Don't give up. I promise you, you will be thrilled that you did Not give up!.

    Take Care
  • moreORless50
    moreORless50 Posts: 261 Member
    dont give up i walk as my exercise i tryed a few years back to loose weight with mad workouts and i gave up but this time all i do is walk and its working well
  • Andrea3030
    Andrea3030 Posts: 161
    There are SO many forms of exercise out there! Maybe you hate the gym...go on a bike ride. Maybe you hate working out outdoors...go dancing. Maybe you hate dancing in front of people...get a fitness DVD. Maybe you hate working out in your living room...take the dog for a walk.

    I find it unbelievable that most people can't find at least 1-2 physical activities they enjoy.
  • mearlie
    mearlie Posts: 224
    Dont give up. Go get new workout clothes for your lighter body and put them on tomorrow. Even if you don't work out. Enjoy the new clothes that fit your body NOW, that won't fit if you give up.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    rather than giving up, I suggest trying a week or two on maintenance calories, and hopefully then you'll get your mojo back without doing any damage to the progress you've made!

    ^^^Nailed it!
  • MrsSullivan08
    MrsSullivan08 Posts: 274 Member
    I have lost all 59 of my past pounds by watching what I eat only and I don't exercise other than what I do on a daily basis. I don't think you should quit. Just try adjusting your goals maybe higher or lower depending on what you currently have them set on.
  • jamielynn020610
    jamielynn020610 Posts: 128 Member
    Don't give up!! You will find it harder to restart once you are ready to do it again. I have almost done the same but with the help of my friends on here, Facebook, friends in my life and my hubby, I have stayed with it.
  • rebelontherun
    rebelontherun Posts: 192 Member
    Honestly I would say not to give up! Stay strong, you've lost weight and you can continue to do so. I agree that it's very similar to quitting school and all it does is delay any further progress. It delays your end result.
  • determined136
    determined136 Posts: 330
    Here is my favorite saying...take it how you want to

    Cowards never start
    The weak never finish
    Winners never quit

    Which one are you?
  • lisamarie2181
    lisamarie2181 Posts: 560 Member
    So I am thinking of taking a break from all this weight loss way of living. I lost 60 lbs about three years ago and have put back on 20 lbs. I desperately wanted to get rid of those lbs that I regained.

    My diet has been right on the mark. Eating my calories with healthy food, drinking all my water, but I just don't have the motivation to exercise. I just can't seem to do anything over and above my daily activities.

    Dieting isn't enough, although I wish it was. Any advice? Should I take a break for a little while? :sad:

    Depends on what you mean by break....Are you going to go back to bad eating? If so then you are looking at this as a diet and not a lifestyle change and run the risk of gaining more weight back. Why ruin the progress you have already accomplished!?

    How long have you been at the good eating/drinking? Have you given your body enough time to adjust? Sometimes it takes weeks for your body to respond, everyone is so different, you can't "expect" certain losses, your body will drop it when it is ready, and i know that can be frustrating, but you need to make it a lifestyle change and stop worrying so much about the number. Just stopping is going to get you no where, so I would suggest not to. Have you taken measurements?

    Just don't beat yourself up over the exercise. You CAN lose weight without working out, but it definitely helps if you do workout. Maybe even just try and set a goal, walk like 20 min or something small that it doesn't feel like much work for you.

    It really comes down to how bad you want it, do we all love working out? I highly doubt it, but I don't think you will ever get to a point of enjoying it or making it a habit if you do nothing, at least starting to do something may help you to get more in a routine.

    Small steps can turn into big ones, just takes the commitment.
  • UnoDrea3732
    UnoDrea3732 Posts: 342 Member
    Umm...no. :smile:
  • WaxMama
    WaxMama Posts: 369 Member
    You have come too far to give up now!!!! Have you measured? Maybe take a break from the scale instead of taking a break from the lifestyle. My scale is certainly not my friend and I notice a bigger difference in my measurements and the way my clothes fit than in the numbers on the scale...
  • funkyspunky872
    funkyspunky872 Posts: 866 Member
    Yes. You should give up the diet mentality. :) Go to maintenance for a month or two. This doesn't mean eating pizza every night and pigging out on cheesecake, but eating at a higher, more sustainable calorie intake where more treats like that are allowed and everything it less strict. Still get in your lean proteins, dairy, whole grains, veggies, and fruit, but take a break. Keep up the exercise at least 3x times a week; go for 30 minute walks if you want. Or pick up the weights which (to me) are less dreadful than plain old cardio.

    Good luck.
  • nataliexxxx
    nataliexxxx Posts: 262
    Don't give up you could try to maintain your weight for a while then go back to dieting but don't give up because you will put weight back on:)
  • AmandaLou4319
    AmandaLou4319 Posts: 73 Member
    If it was easy, this site would not exist.

    Stick with it. Focus on life style changes. If you are thinking of "reverting" back to old habits, its not a life style change.
  • TNGURL
    TNGURL Posts: 89 Member
    GIVING UP IS NOT AN OPTION!!!!!! Focus, dig in and do it...
  • TakuraHunt
    TakuraHunt Posts: 208
    Don't give up. I said the samething you are saying now... I'll walk away for a little while and I'll come back. I joined MFP in May of 2011. I went from 185 - 150 in about 3 months. I was doing great, eating right, running everyday or just about eveyday, working out. I stopped logging my food in August. I dilocated my elbow and stopped working out in November. I said I would start logging on again and tracking my activity and food. I would log one day and not again for weeks, than I would come back for a day or so, and stop again for weeks. I got on my scale on 9/21/12 and was heavier than when I origianally started - 190lbs. It is soo much harder to get back into the grove after walking away. I know it's hard to stay motivated sometimes, but look at how far you've come, and ask yourself if you really want to go backwards, or keep moving forward... Just a thought :wink:
  • Mandino788
    Mandino788 Posts: 226 Member
    In all honesty its not a good idea. Learn from my mistakes, I stopped for 5 weeks and gained back like 7 pounds....which was all that I had lost before then :( Don't give up!
  • simplyeater
    simplyeater Posts: 270 Member
    Sounds like you aren't ready to commit yet. Being successful requires perseverance and consistency...not everyone can do it. Are you one of the people who can?
  • chynatowngirl44
    chynatowngirl44 Posts: 94 Member
    If you are posting this, then you already have the motivation somewhere deep down inside to workout and get it done. Like I have told others, you don't wait for the motivation to get things done, you get up, get moving them the motivation comes. Stop stewing over it and second guessing yourself. Take control over your life and health and just get up and GET IT DONE. Stop making excuses and just get moving. YOU CANNOT HAVE EXCUSES AND RESULTS, PICK ONE OR THE OTHER.

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