How many times can a person start over??

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  • Just_JT
    Just_JT Posts: 2
    I also start over every single day. There are only two days in the year when nothing can be done, one is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow.

    Just take it one day at a time and soon you will just do it because you love it!
  • walkinthedogs
    walkinthedogs Posts: 238 Member
    Don't think of it as starting over, it is deflating to start over again and again. I have been at this for 20 years, (yikes), but everyday I keep trying to get it right and I'm more and more determined to win this battle forever. If you keep thinking that you're starting over again and again, it is de-motivating, you're just continually working on getting healthy forever! See isn't that better. You can do this, we can do this. We will do this.
  • graver473
    graver473 Posts: 4 Member
    We can start over as many times as we need to! I'm with you buddy - I have been on the lose/gain cycle for far too long. Feel free to add me!!
  • BrainOnAStick
    BrainOnAStick Posts: 126 Member
    Maybe you're not starting over. Perhaps it's just a continuous journey with some ups and downs. There will be good and bad days, weeks, months, or even years. C'est la vie, eh? I am glad you're here. Let's do what we can to tip the scale toward the good!
  • joleenl
    joleenl Posts: 739 Member
    As many as it takes!

    Since the beginning of summer I have been over eating pretty much every weekend so when monday comes I'm starting over. I hope this tread ends with the season as I too would like to lose more weight!
  • goodnamegone
    goodnamegone Posts: 237
    That means you have lost 10 pounds so well done. Keep going. Maybe if it helps go to OA meetings they cost almost nothing and it will get you a program to help combat food addiction. And if that's not for you then ok keep hanging out HERE and stick close to positive people who support you on your goal to have a healthy balanced body.

    You start again as many times as it takes, that's it. Keep going. Wishing the absolute very best for you.
  • HollisGrant
    HollisGrant Posts: 2,022 Member
    I am yes, starting over yet again. I lost 35 lbs this year only to gain 25 back. Before I surrender my body and my wallet to a personal trainer I am going to try one more time. Ideally, I need to lose 100 lbs. I am still fairly active with lots of hiking and outdoor activity BUT it takes such a toll on me, carrying a small person on my back on me all day and night. Anyway, I have to confess to someone my true weight since I hide it from my doctor and from friends (who always underguess me probably out of sympathy lol). I am 351.5 and so here I go again.

    Thanks for everyone's honesty on this sight. I do not feel so alone.

    Every time you try, it makes that part of you stronger. That's how I quit smoking many years ago. I hike and walk outdoors a lot, too. There's something fabulous about being outside under the open sky. My two cents: work out your diet and plan your meals. I'm not much of a cook (I call my food "campfire style"), but I found food I am willing to eat, that keeps me from getting hungry, and I'm getting results. Buy your food for the week and prepare the basics ahead of time so something healthy will always be available. Good luck! You can do this.
  • Juanwi
    Juanwi Posts: 68 Member
    Here's a good quote to digest: When you are sick and tired of starting over, stop giving up!

    Great quote! Love this!
  • LisaDunn01
    LisaDunn01 Posts: 173 Member
    How many times can a person start over? As many times as they need, for the rest of their lives. People often forget that "they are what they eat". To achieve optimal health and avoid future disease we have to reprogram how we think. It's not just about losing weight - that's the side benefit. It's about having optimal health and quality of life the rest of our lives.

    1. Don't diet. Just make better choices.
    2. Write down all the foods you love. Then, work out substitutes for them. (e.g., I loooove chocolate ice cream. Instead, I make myself a chocolate-peanut butter-banana shake that's just as good. 2 frozen bananas, 1 c. almond milk, 1 TBSP cacao (chocolate) powder, 1 heaping TBSP peanut butter. Blend. Super quick, super easy and totally YUMMY!)
    3. Eat enough protein - it's the building block that your body needs to heal and repair. Some days I eat more, some days less. I try to listen to my body.
    4. When you binge or eat the wrong thing, simply make the next meal a good one and don't look at it as you failed. It took me years to "shake it off" and not feel like I'd completely blown it. This is what ultimately lead to my ability to lose the weight and keep it off. It's not that I said "I will never binge again." When I gave in, I simply started saying, "That was yummy!" and moved on, not letting it derail me for the rest of the day or even weeks.
    5. Do your research: www.westonaprice.org, www.wellnessmama.com, etc.

    Good luck!
  • Trissyboo
    Trissyboo Posts: 69 Member
    Everyday is a great day to start over. Stand on the fact that you are trying and that really does count for something! Cheers
  • MsKari02
    MsKari02 Posts: 19 Member
    Don't give up. You can do this. I know how hard it is but it's a process. Usually a slow process but non the less a process. You have to stop and think that you didn't gain it over night so you aren't going to lose it over night. Please don't give up. I have 50 more to go and I will be at my goal and it seems like a non obtainable goal but I'm not giving up. It's slow going but it is going in a forward direction. One pound at a time is all you can do,. I found I wasn't eating enough and stalled, so had to step up my eating a little.
  • leannerae40
    leannerae40 Posts: 200 Member
    I start over every day..The past is gone

    ^^THIS^^. It's not insurmountable if you take it one day at a time. Also, see if you can get your Doctor to recommend someone to do a body composition analysis for you. That literally changed my life and gave me realistic, attainable goals!

    Good luck!
  • NavyKnightAh13
    NavyKnightAh13 Posts: 1,394 Member
    I do everyday of my life, have been since I was a kiddo. And for some reason, I still fight through because of my experiences in life. Don't give up, just keep on fighting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • KhalilahSS
    KhalilahSS Posts: 19 Member
    thats true- in my mind I was like 100lbs in 1 year 10lbs a month- was so caught up in large numbers that when I didnt see results quickly- I gave up- pushing goal farther away
  • IzzyBmydog
    IzzyBmydog Posts: 58 Member
    I like the way you spelled that out..being in the right frame of mind...
  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,847 Member
    You are not in a race. Whatever type of "starting over" we need to do in life, in our case weight loss, we are more like voyagers on a journey. You wouldn't start over at the beginning if you were traveling down a road, or running a race. You merely, got distracted, took another path, maybe had to stop and rest and take care of yourself in other ways. When you are ready, you put your shoes back on and continue on your journey. Don't start over, just continue on your path! If you look around, you will see so many of us continuing along side of you! Good luck on your journey! PS there is no finish line or ultimate destination. I think when we have reached one goal, we will simply take another road and work towards a new goal.
  • unicornrainbow3
    unicornrainbow3 Posts: 3
    Hi....I am also starting over, I have times when I have to start over every Monday, you know the old saying "I'll start and stay on my diet Mon"... well Mon either doesn't come or I'm great and raring to go on Mon. morning but by wed. I'm done i cheat or don't workout so that gives me permission to of course do what i want for the rest of the week until MONDAY LOL.....I have recently loss my job so the stress and depression of that knocked me right into the arms of my lover CARBS and ALCOHOL....but something clicked yesterday I was walking the dogs and suddenly I decided to take the long way around, this morning i got up and shampooed my carpets and put a healthy menu together for the week....one hour at a time my day is going pretty good...I believe my turning point came when I had to go back out into the world and put in apps and go to interviews I'm 5"7 and 268LBS, I have to remember to treat myself as I would treat a friend going thru the same thing.

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