How many times did you try?

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  • mmm_drop
    mmm_drop Posts: 1,126 Member
    Third time is a charm for me.

    Twice previously I tried and lost the weight, without exercise, through diet only. Once I stopped watching what I ate the weight crept back on.

    This time I started with diet (just eating at a deficit), slowly added exercise and now am addicted and this is now my life. I'm healthy and happy and actually fit!
  • WhiteRabbit1313
    WhiteRabbit1313 Posts: 1,091 Member
    And no, just keeping it in my calorie count for the day doesn't work. It's not just one little cheeseburger, I want the mcnuggets and shake too. LOL So that doesn't work. When I blow my helathy eating, I blow my calorie count out the water.

    You sound like me on eating multiple things. I figured out, for me, that I require multiple flavors and textures at each meal. So, portion sizes are definitely important! If I want a cheeseburger, McNuggets, and a shake, I have to divide it all, first, into calorie budget-friendly portions, then toss the rest. Ex: Half the burger, 2 nuggets, and 2-4 sips of the shake. Sounds wasteful, but starving children wouldn't get that food if I ate it, either. Before I learned I could throw the excess away, I used to save it and re-heat it for later meals. That worked well, too.

    I'm glad you're focused and determined now, though. I wish you the best of luck!
  • WhiteRabbit1313
    WhiteRabbit1313 Posts: 1,091 Member
    In the 4 years, I'm done 67lbs! I've learned to never look at WHERE or WHAT I screwed up. I focus on how I kept trying. Trying is proving to myself that I can keep going no matter what and still lose.

    ^^This! I had to learn that one mistake didn't mean I blew the whole deal. It's about progress, not perfection.
  • marisbowen
    marisbowen Posts: 15
    And no, just keeping it in my calorie count for the day doesn't work. It's not just one little cheeseburger, I want the mcnuggets and shake too. LOL So that doesn't work. When I blow my helathy eating, I blow my calorie count out the water.

    You sound like me on eating multiple things. I figured out, for me, that I require multiple flavors and textures at each meal. So, portion sizes are definitely important! If I want a cheeseburger, McNuggets, and a shake, I have to divide it all, first, into calorie budget-friendly portions, then toss the rest. Ex: Half the burger, 2 nuggets, and 2-4 sips of the shake. Sounds wasteful, but starving children wouldn't get that food if I ate it, either. Before I learned I could throw the excess away, I used to save it and re-heat it for later meals. That worked well, too.

    I'm glad you're focused and determined now, though. I wish you the best of luck!

    That sounds like a good idea in theory, but its like I go into a food black out! I tell me self only one piece or one bite, than I look down and see only crumbs! lol Its a constant struggle, but I'm down another pound this week! And I had homemade pizza twice this week. lol OMG. It's a never ending learning process and I'm okay with that. =]
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Honestly not that many. Even though I was obese from my early teens to now (age 37) I truly was not all that bothered. I was in denial, partly. But also, I just didn't experience that many of the downs of being so overweight...no problems with jobs, friends, or dating, no criticism from family, and no health concerns to speak of until I spiked to my heaviest weight and suddenly lost that lifelong high energy etc.

    During my 20s there were probably a half dozen times that I decided I was going to lose weight, and for me that (at the time) meant eating little to nothing - just salads for two or three days - and then going right back to my usual habits. And those were never a "big deal" to me, no public announcement or WW/Jenny Craig etc. No diets.

    It wasn't until my 30s that I made a *true* effort to lose. And it was mainly through exercise and small dietary changes. I lost 40+ lb before discovering MFP and losing more weight by realizing the little dietary mistakes I was making for years, and finding out how much impact counting calories can have.
  • walkdmc
    walkdmc Posts: 529 Member
    Too many to count. I've been dieting, voluntarily or not, since I was 10. A few years ago I felt so discouraged after countless failed attempts and reached out for support on another weight loss site. Someone posted, "So what you've tried a million times. If you're not trying, what are you doing? I plan on trying until I get it right." <<<that response has stuck with me since.
  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
    Depends on the actual attempt to be honest. I "tried" hap-hazardly to lose weight for years, but was never truly into it. So tried countless times this way.

    But with true determination and commitment only once...and I am still going strong.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Every time I'm made a sustained effort to lose weight, I've done so. I've also maintained my results for several years after each effort. I even lost a ton of weight by accident one time, just because I was busy and depressed. Best diet ever. :smokin:

    And each time I regained weight, I never gained back all of it. My all-time high adult weight was in 1993, when I was a soda-drinkin' desk jockey. Now I'm a diet soda-drinkin' desk jockey, and it's made a huge difference in my weight over the years. I had another high water mark in early 2002, but it was about 10 pounds less than my 1993 weight. And this last summer, my weight had crept up high again, but it was still 10 pounds less than my 2002 spike. Now I'm back at my goal weight, the same weight I had been all through high school. :drinker:

    I think I have the hang of this now, I don't think I'll be spiking up again, not very much anyway. :bigsmile:

    WAT!? I have seen you posting on here for ages and I always assumed you were a teenager or under 25 at least. Whoa.
  • susankaney
    susankaney Posts: 3 Member
    I'd have to say I'm still trying. I'll turn 60 in four months, and on this diet that I started January 1, 2013 I have currently lost 41 pounds. MFP says 39, I think, but I had started and lost a few before I found this site. However, that said, this is my third time losing at least 40 pounds. For me, it's not the losing of the weight that's so hard; it's MAINTAINING the loss after you've reached your goal. What has worked for me to lose weight is setting a daily calorie limit and sticking with that. Once a month I call a "diet free" day and eat anything I want, because I psychologically need that reward. Then I go right back to my daily calorie intake the following day. My reason for starting this diet is because I have a daughter who was supposed to get married this past August, and I wanted to look good for her special day. Then she delayed it one year, so it will be August 2014. I am determined to keep this weight off for then and then keep it off just for myself. I am happy when I look in the mirror! I've gone from a size 18 down to a size 8. (I'm only 5'2" so a little weight makes a big difference!) I've read everybody's comments who posted, and I want to wish all of you the very best and pray that you will all make and maintain your goals.

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