Embarrassed

Hi Happy New Year!
Don't be hard on yourself - being honest with yourself is a good starting point to making positive daily changes for the rest of your life.
I've been using My Fitness Pal since September 2011. I'm a Scottish 40 year old. Female & 5ft 2inches
I've gone from 9.12 to my current weight of 8.2 (although after Christmas I may weigh a few pounds more temporarily )
Without MFP, I'd would never be able to maintain and lose my extra blubber.
I log my diet and exercise - each and everyday - even if I've been naughty!
I'm also looking for friends whom like to live a healthy lifestyle.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Ginipig

Many of us go through the same thing as the above poster said being honest with yourself.. is key now embarassment over and time to work to your goal... we are here to help feel free to add me

You have to make it a priority in your life. Weigh yourself weekly and if you're up a few pounds, then watch what you eat for a few weeks. If you make it a priority, you will succeed. Good Luck!

HA! Been there and am there now...

I know how you feel because I'm currently in that rut myself. The thing that hurts the most right now is that I've let myself down...it's time to get back on that bike and keep riding!

Anyone can feel free to add me! I'm going to need more help on this voyage!

Keep trying! The most important battle is to keep trying. I've spent at least 90% of my adult life overweight and probably 75% of it classed as obese, but I am enjoying my success right now. You can do it, you have done it before.

Lesley I've done the same thing time and time again. I'm going to try hard to make 2013 MY year to do this and to keep it up. I really really want to get this weight off! Feel free to add me and we can motivate one another!

Instead of being negative about it, we all have to realize that there is a positive...maybe weights go up and down but that doesn't change our beauty!

I think we can all relate to this on some level.
I myself have lost and gained, lost and gained, many times.

Before I would use a program and when I was done I would go back to my old habits.
This time I had to make changes and form habits that I knew I could stick with FOR LIFE!
It has to be a lifestyle change, not a diet. It can never end, if I want to be successful for life I will probably be on here just as long

That being said, I have my moments still though. Christmast this year was HARD on me, and I find the closer I get to my goal the slacker I become. It doesn't have to be a bad thing, but the positive I see now is that I can QUICKLY pick myself up and recognize I am on that slippery slope. I keep telling myself, I don't want to be fat again, I won't be fat again, and I come here for support.

You got this

I sympathise and want you to know you are not alone in that. I spent 14 years of my life dieting and regaining, dieting and regaining. I found the only way to take it off and keep it off was to STOP DIETING and realise that I had to change my eating habits forever. I also had to change my focus from achieving a goal weight to achieving a healthy balance. If you have a goal weight in mind then when you reach it, you tend to stop dieting - that's when you fall back into old habits. However, if your goal is to be healthy and fit, then you never reach that goal because you can always become fitter and healthier so it's always just out of reach, so you always keep striving for it. So you never stop.

I also follow the 80/20 rule. 80% of my intake is good and wholesome and I allow up to 20% of my weekly calorie total to be stuff that is a bit more induglent. That way I don't deprive myself of things I like to eat, but I eat them in a healthy and controlled way that is sustainable.

My final tip would be not to set too low a daily calorie allowance. Just under maintenance, I've found, is the most effective level at which to safely lose weight. It's slow but it comes off at a pace where you can retrain yourself to eat and exercise well. It's much more likely to stay off.

All of the above have helped me to maintain my weight pretty much steadily for the past 5 years. Refining it even more, in this past year using MFP (to measure my intake) and FitBit (to measure my output) have combined to help me balance my weight to within 2 pounds consistently since last April.

The hardest part of weight loss is undoubtedly getting your head into the right place. If you have a weight problem it is unlikely you will ever be a naturally thin person - you have to learn how to balance and manage your intake in a sustainable way that you can do for the rest of your life. Short term fixes won't work - as you have found.

I hope this helps in some way. Good luck and may 2013 be your year!

I have been their also. I lost 115 lbs. only to gain everything back and more. I top out around 260. My current weight is 184 so I am on the right track agin. Just set small goals for your self. If you like you can add me as friend we can do this together. Don't worry about others the pass is the pass. Its a new year, new day. I know you can do it:flowerforyou:

Make a choice every day to not feel like you do right now ever again!. I had to make this choice last January. It's hard, it wont be easy , but nothing you really want is ever easy! You can do it!