Starting Over for the Millionth Time

Only person who can make the change is you, but encouragement is never a bad idea. You can add me as a friend if you like, I've been on a 60+ day streak and I don't take BS excuses

I think your goals are incredibly aggressive and unlikely to be sustainable. Set more realistic goals and you'll probably find yourself less discouraged and more successful in the long run.

Just remember: sweat is fat crying.

Take it day by day and keep moving.

Think of it this way, every single one of us start over every single day. You decide to make a change and you make the change and you do it every day, this is starting over, each day. And when you start having more days than not with these changes, then you will have success.

Advise you to not entirely eliminate any certain foods of food groups, just learn to fit them into your calorie goals.

Choosing 2 pounds per week is not a realistic goal since you don't have very much weight to lose. You should target 1 pound per week.

2 lbs a week is aggressive because (while you dont think so) you dont have all that much weight to lose. Try for 1 lb a week, exercise 3-4 days a week and drink at least half your body weight of water in ounces.

I have been on MFP since April but I was 179 lbs on August 10, 2013 (my wedding day) and today I am 157 lbs. I am 5'4" also. Thats about 4 months. I did it by setting MFP to 1 lb a week weight loss and eating all those cals MFP gave me, plus eating back all the calories I burned during exercise based on my HRM. I also wear a fitbit so I ate the calories it gave me also. Most days I was eating 1800 or more cals. Every week since I started this journey, I have lost at least 1 lb a week. EVERY WEEK. And I eat food. Not always the healthiest choices either. I eat ice cream and M&M's and popcorn and hamburgers. And Pizza. Frequently. But I also eat my protein and veggies.

You can do this, but you have to take it a little slower than 2 lbs a week. You just dont have the extra weight to lose it faster.
Use a food scale to weigh and measure you food.
Set MFP to 1 lb a week weight loss and eat all the cals it tells you.
If you have afford it, Use a HRM with chest strap to figure out your fitness cals burned.
If you can afford it, get an activity tracker (like a Fitbit) to measure your cals burned outside of fitness.

I give these suggestions because this is exactly how I did it and it works. You need to eat to lose. I know its counter-intuitive but it really does work. My diary is open so you can see that I am being honest.

Just curious what about them is aggressive?

Also for the person who said not to eliminate food groups, I totally agree. The only reason I'm trying to reduce my wheat intake is because of the allergy. I'm realistic in knowing I can't cut it out completely because I like things like pizza too much

That amount of weight at that rate, the net calories, odd wheat restriction, and workout schedule... Given your admitted history of giving up on a healthier lifestyle, these all seem way too aggressive. Start with a reasonable calorie deficit, add exercise if you can balance both, and you'd be surprised at where that gets you. It sounds to me that you've got unrealistic hopes of losing weight to look good in Cabo. Are you going to give up when April rolls around and you're not 145 lbs? Maybe sooner if you realize that you're just not going to meet that goal?

I'm not saying that you can't lose the weight, but I think you should get the idea of a "goal date" out of your head and make the necessary lifestyle changes to provide healthy and sustainable weight loss.

ETA that I saw your response about being ok with not hitting your goal by April and I'm glad. I really hate to see people give up when they don't get the results they expect.

Have you figured out why you failed before?

Those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Accountability, motivation, and support from peers is always great. But above that, hold on to this:

"More importantly, I want my clothes to fit better and to feel toned and healthy again."

When you hold on to your "why", come hell or high water or regardless of who supports you, you will go in and take it to the max everyday. Motivation, accountability, and support will always be an additive and an extra to your journey, but it's not the end all, be all, your why is. You got your why, you got your will, you got your way, all you have to do now is make the commitment to execute based on those things everyday and you'll be good. Best of luck to you. :0) \o/

This is what worked for me. Always keeping my eye on the prize. Helps me make better eating choices & makes me enjoy exercise because I picture the results.