I feel like giving up.

Please don't give up and You are worth this! Reading your post, this could be coming from me, right now. I feel stuck in a rut, for every one small step forward, I take two back. I know if I can just keep the focus for a week straight I know I will see good results. So with that said, I challenge you, along with myself to log everyday for the next week starting tomorrow and to also do at least four days of exercise for 30 minutes or more. I am using c25k program and I love it just need to dedicate time for it! So hand in there you can do this!

Hey!

My first advice is to only look at the smaller portion of the pic, don't look at as I have to lose x number of pounds to get to goal. The big picture is very daunting! Start with small goals, 5lbs, 10lbs, etc.

Think about your food and logging it on an individual meal bases if needed. Have great easy to grab snacks on hand in your purse/car when you feel the urge to visit the drive thru.

When you have to urge to eat fast food, think about how hard you've worked to get where you are and how even though it 'tastes good' it is not worth the extra couple of hours of exercise. I have gone through the drive thru with my family and NOT ordered ANYTHING. It is possible!!!!

I think that one major key is to good snacks on hand at all times to help curb cravings. I try to avoid places that have food that I don't need to eat or redirect my attention to a better snack or even chewing gum.

With exercise, break it down: What do you enjoy? Walking, biking, swimming, dancing, etc. Look on YouTube for FREE videos for workouts that are based on an activity that you find enjoyable. I don't have a gym membership or any fancy equipment (minus the elliptical that picked up for $20!) All of my work outs are based on what I can do without the fancy stuff. Power walks, videos from YouTube, etc.

It is possible!!! I have been at for a few months, lost weight and feel better!

Add me if you would like.

I was in your exact shoes not to long ago. This is going to be really hard and there will be more days/weeks/months you will feel like this as you go through your journey. The best piece of advice I can give you is to love yourself everyday, even on your cheat days (or weeks).

We are made to feel, and constantly reminded by the media, that if we don't look like the hottest celebrity we shouldn't love ourself. This is flat out not true! Once I learned that I am allowed to love me and the body I am in, my weight loss journey came to be less about dropping the pounds and more about getting myself healthy.

Don't give up. Love yourself today, love that you can eat the junk food and embrace it, then hop back on the wagon the next day and love yourself then for doing a great job. You can do this!

If you have PCOS you may also be Insulin Resistant. If that is the case then it`s very hard to lose weight and your body doesnt burn fat like it should...your doctor could give you Metformin with helps with PCOS & I.R....then your body will burn fat like it is suppose to which then you will see weight loss. That could help you pick up the pieces & stick to it. It is very frustrating to try hard and not see any results, I did that for a long time. The medicine has helped me. You still have to try but at least your body will be working with you and not against you.

Hi Im new here and just want to say DON'T GIVE UP. If your not losing maybe you are eating to wrong type foods for your special body. You are special, I can see that in the baby's face. There are so many diets or different lifestyles out there. Have you tried The Eat Right For Your Type. Its bases on your blood type. I felt like it was impossible to lose just a short time ago and discovered I was allergic to certain foods for my DNA or my special body. I even find it hard to eat the supposed caloric intake with the ( to me) masses amount of foods I consume and the weight is falling off very nicely. I am unable to do a lot of exercise because I have arthritis in both knees pretty bad that Drs want to replace them. This lifestyle has helped me with that situation as well and I can get out and walk a whole block and that means so much to me. I have only been on this 'way of eating' for 10 weeks and have lost 24 lbs. Knee inflammation. Best of all its within my budget cause I gotta eat anyway and my family can eat well also.

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Hello,

I keep falling off the band wagon at the moment but with the support of the people on here, I keep getting right back on it again. My big picture is daunting and maybe I was over ambitious to begin with so I have been setting myself mini goals.

I fall off the band wagon pretty much weekly BUT I keep getting back on it and slowly (very slowly) the weight / inches are going.

No money to go to the gym? Put your favourite songs on and dance round like a loony. (making sure the neighbours cant see...) It all counts as exercise (however random)

Good luck!

This happens when people set too rigorous a routine for themselves. Strict diets coupled with a boring exercise routine is a sure way to lead to exhaustion.

My advice would be to enjoy a bit of fast food if you're craving it. Have a night out with your girlfriends, drink wine, have fun. Take a new exercise class, go on hikes, take up a new sport.

Having fun is a huge part of staying active and healthy. It's the main reason I stay in shape.

dont give up<3

another thing i learn is to not feel guilty when you have a bad day. i know its better said then done.
but i found it much better to not stress out about it.

also pfft you dont need the gym atm.
i have lost weight without the gym.

but with money wise when coming down to healthy food.
this is what i always say to myself.
id rather spend a little extra on the healthy food...
then having to pay monthly to medical (for whatever condition that could be)

just make baby steps...
that actually helps you in a long run. dont go extreme at first.
just do little here and there. before you know it you have cut off a lot of things.

I honestly don't know what to do anymore. I feel like giving up. I try so hard to keep the weight off and exercise and count my calories but it's becoming so difficult to the point where I'm getting more depressed and wanting to just give up on it. I have goals and motivations but I give up so easily that it feels like I won't ever meet my goals so who even cares right? I have days where I take a good walk or have a good workout and eat the right things but then the next day I turn to fast food for comfort and it makes me feel so lousy and miserable. But I can't stop. I feel trapped. I've never been so overweight in my life. I have all the symptoms of PCOS and that's making me more depressed. My family is no support and I have no money to spend on a membership at a gym or good, healthy foods or any DVDs or gym equipment. I don't know what to do anymore. What can I do? I need to lose this weight. I see everyone doing so well and exercising and I'm just sitting here being depressed and eating my feelings away. Please please help.

You identified both the problem and the solution. You said you give up too easily. If you're giving up so easily you will never get anywhere.

Losing weight isn't easy and before you can get a strong body you need a strong mind. You have to decide to do something, work out how you're gonna do it and then just do it. No questions, no whining, no giving up. Get it done.

There are people on here who have been ten times bigger than you and transformed themselves with hard work and commitment. I'm not saying this to make you feel bad but to point out that it's not an easy task but it can be done. Your attitude is killing it for you though. Stop thinking that there's no point, that it's useless, that it's never gonna happen for you... thinking like that will not get you anywhere. Change the way you think.

Lastly, if you're feeling down and depressed the absolute best thing you can do is exercise. Get your heart racing. Start jogging (it's free), do aerobics, dance. Just do something. Stop over thinking and start doing!

First, you don't need a gym to exercise. You can walk, run, bike ride, all outside. Turn on your computer and go to www.sparkpeople.com and watch their exercise videos that you can do from your own home.

Listen to some energetic music and go for a walk. Hop on a bicycle and do the same thing . Put your baby in a stroller and go for a brisk walk. Get that heart rate up!!

Read the blogs here for encouragement every day. Journal every single day. If you are having food cravings and want accountability, open up your diary to MFP friends. Sometimes encouragement or advice from others can help you see where you are having problems.

Remember, this is One Day At A Time. You are not in a race to make your weight loss goals. It is okay to have a cheat food, just don't make it an every day habit.

IF you find yourself in a food binge. Stop. Take a deep breath. Go outside for a walk. If you knit or crochet, do this, it will keep your hands busy and who wants food all over their crafts.

Above all, remember this is to help you to be healthy for life. Do something for you. Take that first step, then another, then another and before long it will become a habit.

Add in MFP friends. We are all losing weight and gonig through some of the same stuff. But we are also here to encourage each other every day. IF you add in an MFP friend, become their weight loss friend as well and encourage them every day.

Whatever you do. Don't give up! Baby steps. You can do this.

in my opinion, fruits, veggies, chicken, oatmeal, yogurt, etc are very inexpensive at the grocery store! a lot cheaper than the fast food your buying. dont say you cant stop eating fast food, because you can, you just are choosing not to. it comes down to either you want to lose the weight ot you dont. no one here can make you eat better, force you to make better choices, and make you have self control, only you can do that for yourself. only you can take control of your life, it comes down to choices.

I do not go to a gym. I got a fitbit that tracks all my steps in a day. I try and walk a lot of days. On my days off I do a 4-5 mile walk and last weekend I even rode my bike after my walk for almost 8 miles. You can use map my run it's a free app and will tack a dog walk, a run, a bike ride etc. the main thing is get up and move. stay active. and eat less. Fast food is never a good idea.
Try and stay away from anything white, no white sugar, flour, potatoe's, bread etc. It is all about choices. You have to want to get the weight off for you not anyone else. You have to want to be healthy. For you. I tried for a lot of years and kept gaining it back. Now I do it for me because I want to be healthy.