I've Reached Failure Status.

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  • briannaaclark1
    briannaaclark1 Posts: 31
    I've been feeling the same way lately, and I think it's because I was only eating like 1000/1100 calories a day. [I haven't had time to work out unfortunately which is why I lowered my caloric intake so much]
    I've started to up to to 1300/1400 and I'm thinking it will help reduce my binge eating. And then I hope to gradually lower it back to 1200 with practice.

    It's a difficult journey, but that's what makes it so worthwhile.
  • BranMuffin86
    BranMuffin86 Posts: 314 Member
    Dont give up! You have to get your head back in the game. That's where it all starts. A quote I once read and live by now is

    "A set back could mean a lot of times, you fell off the wagon, you cheated, you gained back some weight, FAILURE is when you decide you're health isn't worth it"

    You're health should always be worth it. So keep your head up and get back on that wagon girl!!!
  • maracuya23
    maracuya23 Posts: 122
    The Gift of Imperfection, by Brene Brown

    There is no perfect way to lose weight, no perfect speed, no perfect balance of macros, etc. Sure, aim to eat well, exercise more, and generally be healthy. Feeling like a failure for not being absolutely "perfect" at it is totally unfair to yourself, and doesn't allow you to enjoy the successes you achieve each day.

    ETA: Every day you log is a success, every time you choose to eat a piece of fruit or veg is a success, every time you do a bit of exercise ( no matter how short) is a success, every day you're eating at maintenance calories is a big success. Try looking for everything you're doing right, instead of everything you think you're doing "wrong". :flowerforyou:
  • 04sprj0
    04sprj0 Posts: 11 Member
    Don't give in!
  • 04sprj0
    04sprj0 Posts: 11 Member
    Open up your diary. I'm going to wager a guess that you've set your numbers too low for what you're eating and you end up binging because of it. The binging sends you into a depression and you eat emotionally, which sends you into a sad food spiral.

    The answer would be to open up your diary and let people help you out by providing suggestions on how to improve your intake in a way that won't cause you to binge.

    Oh, and hit the gym. Diet is only half the equation.


    I'm going to be a little pedantic. (I apologise already) but it is 80% diet and 20% exercise. :)
  • GODfidence
    GODfidence Posts: 249 Member
    Open up your diary. I'm going to wager a guess that you've set your numbers too low for what you're eating and you end up binging because of it. The binging sends you into a depression and you eat emotionally, which sends you into a sad food spiral.

    The answer would be to open up your diary and let people help you out by providing suggestions on how to improve your intake in a way that won't cause you to binge.

    Oh, and hit the gym. Diet is only half the equation.


    I'm going to be a little pedantic. (I apologise already) but it is 80% diet and 20% exercise. :)

    I'm going to be more pedantic and say it's 100% diet considering
    You can lose weight with diet alone yet it's impossible to exercise and
    Eat at excess and expect to lose, weight.
  • kgideon305
    kgideon305 Posts: 3 Member
    I'm having some of the same issues because I'm older. Things don't metabolize like they use to, but in the long haul, slow weight loss is more likely kept off. I would rethink your eating plan. Are you eating enough not to go into starvation mode and are you exercising(I know it's a dirty word to some, sorry ;0)? Remember, sugars are a diet buster and they hide everywhere in our food supplies. Keep trying. I'm playing with individual components weekly like carbs, fats, sugars, calories. I've lost an average of 1.2 lbs over the last five weeks AND I've been swimming laps for an average of 45 minutes 5X weekly. It is slow going, but I also know that my body is thanking me for slow changes. Keep working at it...tomorrow's another day!
  • Healingnutritionsolutions
    Healingnutritionsolutions Posts: 134 Member
    You can do it, you just haven't figured out what is going to work for you yet! When you do, you'll hit your groove and the feel goods will take over. I have been at a standstill for about a month now. I am seriously overbusy and haven't had time to add in the exercise I know I need to. I posted on here and I'm getting great feedback. I agree with those who say we have to have the want to... we have to make the time, make the effort to change our eating, make the right choices in food we purchase, how we prepare and eat it. You have not failed or you would not post on here, you would just fade away... hopefully you will take away some great motivation from some of the super people on this site and make another try. Every body is different, Every single body. We all have to find what is going to work for us. I post my open diary and chart honestly so that when I have a hog day - everyone knows it. My hubby is also on my friends list and we keep eachother accountable too, even though we can still make whatever choices we want to.

    I used to lose and maintain without trying - I woke up one morning and realized I have to really struggle to tie my shoes, and my whole body is really huge - but nobody did it to me, I did this to myself... and nobody can make it go away but me... and I can't do it overnight since it didn't happen overnight. That's my downfall. I want results in a week and honey - it ain't happenin! But I won't go home and eat a pint of ice cream about it. I'm gonna go home, feed my kids, do my animal chores, do my house work, study, and somewhere in there I'm going to find 15 minutes for me - to walk, run, skip, dance, play with my umbrella, whatever it takes to get myself back on the road again... Hope you'll join me! (Now I gotta get back to work...)

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