Will this become a routine? Success?

I started eight weeks ago tomorrow. I started by logging and walking. I couldn't walk much at first but I kept on it. now I walk a lot. alot for me. and I love it. love it. love it. once I lose fifty pound I can't wait to get to a gym. just too fat to go now. or whatever. but yes. you will probably learn to love it.

It does become routine. If you find something you enjoy you'll really start looking forward to it. I have recently started doing the leslie sansone walking videos on YouTube, and I love them! I'm at work right now and am actually looking forward to getting home so I can do one! I don't normally feel that way about exercise - treadmill, walking outside or the exercise bike.
Good luck on your journey!

Yep it definitely will. I find that if I go more than three consecutive days without doing something I feel yuck and slugish.

Some tips for getting it done:

1. Find something you love, like or at least don't hate doing
2. Get yourself a workout buddy, it's much harder to bail on a session when someone else is involved
3. Sign up and pre-pay for some sessions with a PT or boot camp
4. Make a bet with a friend or family member and put some money/a chore on the line for each missed session
5. Make it convenient to go the gym (i.e. pick a good location and time to go), if it's hard to get to you won't go
6. Lay out your workout clothes in advance and get dressed without a second thought. Sometimes gettting in your gear and getting there is half the battle
7. Go before work or immediately after work before going home. I find once you get home and sit down on the couch the laziness kicks in
8. Join a sports team and make it a social occasion

Oh I forgot to mention, not sure if this will help but I also like to set mini goals for myself for every 5 pounds I lose. I then reward myself with something I want at the time - like $100 to spend on new clothes, or a new movie or stuff for my house, etc. For my final weight loss goal, I am going to buy myself a new camera I've been REALLY wanting for a long time. So it keeps me very motivated to stay on track. Since mine is centered around shopping, I purposely don't shop unless I've hit my mini goals. I'm half a pound away from my next one right now and super need to buy pants as mine are way too big now, so I am really motivated to drop the last 0.5 as it's getting embarrassing trying to bulkily cinch my belts to hold my pants up! Haha

I think it depends on your attitude towards exercise. I have a bad attitude towards exercise and I use it only to offset additional calories to meet my goal when I feel guilt over not meeting my goal. As a result I have not exercised in a while and I often feel hungry on my calorie allowance. The only exercise I will do is the stationary bike while watching TV. I'm more okay with being hungry than I am with exercising for an hour to offset my hunger.

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This website works. There are no gimmicks or hidden REASONS for success. Consistently log and exercise 5-6 times per week. You will have tremendous results. It doesn't happen overnight, but it will happen.
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It becomes routine, whether you love it or hate it.... But why not find something you love? For me that's kickboxing! I HATE it if I miss a class. And yes counting calories and exercise works. I've lost 120 lbs doing it! (89 on MFP). I enjoy the exercise I do and I love the foods I eat and do not deprive myself. That means I will be able to do it forever.

If find the best way of it becoming a routine is to make it a routine. What I mean is you do your exercise on the same day every week at the same time, for example every Monday Wednesday and Friday at 6pm you spend an hour in the gym. You do it on that day religiously, you don’t think about it, you don’t question yourself, you don’t allow anything to get in the way off exercising at this time, you don’t make excuses. You just do it.

Start with easier stuff like going for a walk or a swim - anything to increase your activity level. Try stuff to see what you enjoy. If you've not done any exercise for a long time it will make you puff and pant to start with and probably make your muscles a bit achey the next day or 2. I used this as a positive - I was starting to make a difference to my body. Don't be afraid to try new stuff - I always hated running and I mean really hated it! Even when I was young and fit, running was just something I endured to be able to do the sport I liked. However, this time I knew it was also a good way to burn calories so started doing a C25k programme (podcasts on my ipod). I took is slowly so as not to kill my knees and around week 5 a weird thing happened - I finished a run and realised I'd enjoyed it! I now love running and only don't do it more than a couple of times a week as at my size it hurts my knees if I do it more. In between I use the elliptical trainer or swim for cardio and do at least 1 weights session a week. Weights are important - I didn't want to lose my weight and then have to tone up. I wanted to maintain as much muscle as I could (after all its been carrying around 303lbs at its best!). Good luck and feel free to add me as a friend if you want

I call it a "lifestyle change" in my eating style. I cut out totally empty calories like soda, juice, and sweets. Otherwise I eat pretty much eat the same, just less of it. I do eat try to make wiser food choices but I will never be that salad person and I do eat the occasional sweet and dessert, just less of it. I started drinking more water which was super difficult for me when I started, but now I don't even think about it. I also set smaller goals so I wouldn't set myself up for failure. I don't weigh myself often; I go by how my clothes fit. I went from size 16 to size 6-8. I lost 40 lbs that first year and have maintained for over a year. I log in daily on MFP no matter what. I "fall off the wagon" on both eating and exercise but I don't beat myself about it, just restart again!

Exercise was added slowly. I don't run because I have a bad knee, but you can walk, bike or elliptical. When I started I could barely do 15 minutes of the elliptical without feeling like having a heart attack. But I kept at it and added more days per week and an additional 5 minutes every week or so. Now I can do 90 minutes on the elliptical and feel like I can still do more. When you are ready, add some weights in a few times a week to build muscle so you can burn fat faster. Exercise is NOT my favorite, but I do it because I like the results. I'm still working on that one. I listen to music I love when I workout and try different things such as yoga, cardio barre, hip hop abs, insanity workout. Now I found a trainer who pushes me to try different things. My body is changing still because of the trainer and I'm more "fit" and have a normal BMI. I still have "big girl mentality" because I still reach for the XL clothing when I try on clothes, but the trainer says that may never go away...still working on that one!

So keep plugging away at it because it can be done...just set smaller reachable goals and quit looking at scale so much! Hope this helps!

Today was my first day dieting, and exercising. I wouldn't really call it dieting, I am going by the calorie counter on here and proportions. Can anyone tell me that the exercising becomes a routine after awhile, just like brushing your teeth. Also, has anyone us just counted calories and exercised and has had success?

I started off at 224lbs and only calorie counted and lost, got to 180 lbs and needed to do more. Over the next few years I did a few bits here and there and lost around 7 lbs each year. I am now down to 153 lbs and exercise every morning which is a routine after just 15 days. I feel guilty if I try to stay in bed. I make sure I am up before my other half so I get my own time to work out and I am using the Jillian 30 Day Shred to help.

Everyone is different and you have had some great advise on here but you have to be honest with yourself and make your changes. Picture yourself at a smaller dress size and aim for that, then again and again till you reach GW. Don't fixate on the scales too much and try to weigh yourself once every 4-6 weeks.

I wish you the very best and all journey start with one step xxx

Here is why you will learn to like it. It won't always feel like it feels right now. As you keep going, your muscles will get stronger. It won't be as hard on your body to do it. You won't keep running into that feeling that you need to quit. If you can't do a full sit up today, keep trying. One day, you'll just come up. It's a progressive thing. I've found that once I get back into it (about 6 weeks) and can get past the point of wanting to quit and watching the clock all the time, I can get into it. Went to Zumba and had fun yesterday. Was dancing without pain. Was fun!

And if you try spinning, your butt will probably be sore the first time. It took me 3 times before that went away. Just know it going in so you're not shocked. But after the 3rd time, that should go away. I love spinning. Easier on the knees, no high impact, loud music and you burn cals fast.

Not only has it become routine, it seems weird that I used to eat whatever and whenever my impulses directed me and not move very much. I was taking better care of my car than my body.