I feel sorry for the new year resolutioners..

Seriously? Are we at primary school?

Think you need to go back!



I'm out. Thanks to all those who proved me correct :')

Chow!

By "chow" I'm guessing you probably mean, "ciao?"

Or "eat".

Which, from everything the OP posted, is probably the more likely scenario.

read the first few replies...left me thinking..poor you people having to rely on a gym...have you never heard of the "great out doors", <sigh>

The great outdoors doesn't fit in with my strength goals.

poor you

I have NEVER understood why people pick Monday or a date to start. my ex colleague used to say " Im so excited to start Jenny Craig on Monday! "

Next week it would be " I'm so stoked about my protein shakes starting on Monday! "

Yeah, they never worked.

I was lying in bed one night. July 6th this year, and was so fed up of being overweight and trying and failing, that I cried myself to sleep. I woke up the next day and got started. 5 days later I reactivated MFP and have never looked back. Have just looked at the calendar and July 6th is a Saturday. Some people wouldn't dare start on a Saturday!!

Im so friggin stoked that this new year I will finally be able to NOT worry that I haven't lost any weight this year! I'm at the lowest of my life. WOOOO!!!

Because Monday sounds like an official beginning? Idk? I was a Monday starter. Then, I'd fail by Thursday, get down on myself, and wait for Monday again. This last time, when it actually clicked, I believe I started on a Tuesday or Wednesday. I haven't been perfect, but I've been good to restart my efforts at least by the next day, and sometimes, by the next meal. I think, for me, official start dates are a symptom of my perfectionism. Giving up when I can't be perfect is the outcome of that. So, I had to relax and try to learn from my mistakes, rather than waiting for the next "clean start." 35 +/- lbs. later, it appears to be helping. :-)

you ever just see someone's profile picture and immediately not like them? I'm sure people do it to me all the time :laugh:

You're just jealous because I'm so hot.

What's with all the Monday Start Hate?
I am a Monday starter for any new change I plan in my life. And I do start on the planned Monday. It's not Monday Starters that annoy you, but the Monday Started Wanna-Be's.


I personally think that "Lack of a workable Plan" is why so many fail. They get overly excited to just jump in. They have a goal...."get healthy"... Or "Lose Weight" but no real, incremental, sustainable plan. Just "go to the gym for a lot of hours" or "don't ever eat any sugar ever again"

"Failing to plan is Planning to Fail."

But, I guess some people actually do well with freestyle goal reaching. I don't know any of those people though; but I hear about them from time to time.

lol I was a "mid-day" Sunday starter. I had already had McDonalds for breakfast and something else highly caloric when I decided and started with a healthy afternoon snack.

who says that you can't just pick a day to start, start then and have it succeed?

I woke up one day (happened to be boxing day) and that was it. 342 days later and i'm down 29kg, chasing the 30th.

The only person who can decide if something will work if the one who needs to do it.

agree with this.

i waited on my friend so we could start either weight watchers or slimming world together. I thought after xmas time they would have special deals so would wait to then. I realised then i was on my own and then chickened out of joining either and luckily found this site. so yes i did alot of procastinating and almost a year later i am still here. so i dont disagree with new year plans at all.

I am a resolutioner from last year and I am still here. Win for me!

And as for the setting the date things, it is all about setting goals. Your goals can include a time or date if you want it to. I set the date for when I quit smoking, I set the date for when I got serious about my diet and exercise, I set a date for my first 5K, I set a date for my first HM...and I have succeed in all of those. They actually teach you to set dates when learning about goal setting in the military, because when you set the date the game changes. You are no longer waiting till next week or next month, you are starting on that date. You know the date, you prepare for the date. You do everything you can to help achieve success when that date comes.

This biggest reason why the "New Year's Resolutioners" fail is because they go into the weight loss or the healthy lifestyle changes with no support system, no idea what to do, no idea where to start, and many come in having never eaten healthy or exercised before. Then they come here, go through the 1200 calorie a day eating idea (because that is the impression you get when you first join, it happened to me). And because of the multiple personalities on here, some take the advice to eat more as a twig slashing and run away scared and screaming, thus failing.

Note: If you eat 1200 calories a day and are okay with it, good for you, doesn't mean I have to support it. (Just incase I start a 1200 calorie war on this thread lol)

I actually started on a Monday because my work week is generally Friday-Sunday. It was my first day off. This Monday 12/9 is eight weeks in and still going strong because I enjoy tracking what I eat. The first time I signed up for MFP I never even got started with it...hmmm, I wonder what day that was?!!

How about choosing to eat differently (healthily).... wait for it..... for forever?

That *is* dieting.

No, I am not "dieting" but I have changed my "diet". Permanently. The word relies on context as you well know.

Yes, you are dieting, as are most of the rest of us here.

The fact it's a long-term diet doesn't change what it is - a diet.

It baffles me why so many people are terrified of this word...

probably because of all the fad diets out there...and most people that "diet" tend to do it for six months and then stop ...

Some people associate "diet" with short term, as opposed to long term ...it is more of a word association thing.

well, for the year that I was actively losing, I WAS ON A DIET! and I don't care to play word games and have others tell me what it is and what it isn't, FOR ME... for me, IT WAS A DIET, because I knew that I would not be eating at a deficit FOR LIFE... so, call it what you will, but I call it a DIET!

Okay, for me this is a prime example of the silly, annoying stuff that bugs me about the site and probably is what the OP was referring to. How in the world is this beneficial to ANYONE except upsetting the poster? I guess some people find it funny, but I don't. I see someone that has too much time on their hands, and a bunch of followers that think it is so cool. I hate trying to read a thread with this kind of garbage in it.

The majority of them will fail. That's just a reality. Does that mean they get less support from me? No, but I think someone waiting for a start date to change their life already has the wrong attitude going in.

well stated!
Even when I did Weight Watchers I avoided Jan and the First week or two of Feb because you have all these people who show up and then after 6 weeks or so they just dissapear.

They all start with great intentions but most think they can lose weight and then go back to eating like they were when they were fat and get discouraged and give up.

I will support anyone who posts and wants encouragement but as stated above.. most will flicker out in the first 6-8 weeks.

I have NEVER understood why people pick Monday or a date to start. my ex colleague used to say " Im so excited to start Jenny Craig on Monday! "

Next week it would be " I'm so stoked about my protein shakes starting on Monday! "

Yeah, they never worked.

I was lying in bed one night. July 6th this year, and was so fed up of being overweight and trying and failing, that I cried myself to sleep. I woke up the next day and got started. 5 days later I reactivated MFP and have never looked back. Have just looked at the calendar and July 6th is a Saturday. Some people wouldn't dare start on a Saturday!!

Im so friggin stoked that this new year I will finally be able to NOT worry that I haven't lost any weight this year! I'm at the lowest of my life. WOOOO!!!

Because Monday sounds like an official beginning? Idk? I was a Monday starter. Then, I'd fail by Thursday, get down on myself, and wait for Monday again. This last time, when it actually clicked, I believe I started on a Tuesday or Wednesday. I haven't been perfect, but I've been good to restart my efforts at least by the next day, and sometimes, by the next meal. I think, for me, official start dates are a symptom of my perfectionism. Giving up when I can't be perfect is the outcome of that. So, I had to relax and try to learn from my mistakes, rather than waiting for the next "clean start." 35 +/- lbs. later, it appears to be helping. :-)

Oh, and congrats on your achiements!

I started MFP on a Thursday.

Most New Years resolutions fail, whether they are weight loss related or something else entirely, does that mean resolving to change things in the coming year is a bad thing? No. Does that mean that people shouldn't try to make 2014 better than 2013? No. I think we should always strive to do better tomorrow than we did today, even if today was awesome!

Yes, strive to do better TOMORROW, not three weeks from now. Putting it off for whatever reason means you're not mentally ready. Temptation is always everywhere. My co-workers to this day continue to put slices of cake on my desk and try to get me to quit my diet and even go so far as to tell me that I can just throw it up afterwards. Should I stop dieting until I get a new job? No, I just tell them no thank you and go back to work. At the end of the day, you are the reason you fail or suceed, no one else.

Of course I was using the word "tomorrow" figuratively as in "the future". However, I do agree people don't NEED to wait, but once December 31st rolls around there will be a lot of people, who were already overweight at the start of the season, who will look at the 25 additional pounds they put on... and decide that day to make a change the next day... for the New Year. That was my point. All of those folks getting on here on Jan 1st... at that time it will be "NOW" for them, and I plan to do whatever encouraging I can do at the time, even if I know they would have been better off to start trying three months earlier.