Keep falling off the wagon!!

Loveyoustar
Loveyoustar Posts: 35 Member
in Motivation and Support
I really want to lose weight but I am good for a couple of weeks and then blow my diet!! I've got quite a bit to lose and that depresses me. I'm a total sugar addict and a busy mom. This is my second day back on my diet but I feel like I'm gonna fail again.
Any tips and help??

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  • navyrigger46
    navyrigger46 Posts: 1,301 Member
    You don't need any gimmick diets, just a sensible deficit. don't restrict yourself to boring foods, eat the same things you always have, just less of it. accurately log your food, and if you need something to help you feel full, protein does just that, add a large helping of veggies and you'll be good to go.

    Also, make sure your diary is open so friends can hold you accountable.

    Rigger
  • jquiz526
    jquiz526 Posts: 14
    Listen to your body! I try to eat when I'm hungry, and think of food as fuel. If you have one bad day, screw it! Plus, you shouldn't have to feel deprived or restricted. You can still eat the foods you love in moderation. I love wine and chocolate! But I don't eat it and drink every day. I'll pick a day of out of the week to have a glass of wine, or some chocolate. Don't beat yourself up over one bad day though!
  • bb_lose_weight
    bb_lose_weight Posts: 103 Member
    What other folks said, I can say for me as I fell in the trap of 1 bad day lead to 2 which lead to a week which lead to a month. Don't let one bad day fool you into thinking your progress is SHOT and that you CANNOT do it. If you have a bad day its one day make the next day a good one. Lean on some friends to help you make it a good day if possible.
  • elleloch
    elleloch Posts: 739 Member
    I have never done well with deprivation, so while I was losing weight I would do things here and there to fit in a treat (a cookie, a brownie, maybe a slice of pie, etc) while still achieving my calorie deficit.

    However if there are foods that are triggers for you, you shouldn't keep them in your house. I love almond butter so fricken much, but for a while I couldn't buy any of it because I'd just stand at the cupboard with the jar open eating it with a spoon. No bueno.

    My advice is to make room for a little treat and if there is something you can't control yourself around, don't buy it.
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    I put this together a while back. It seems to have helped some folks. It worked for me and tons of others.

    1. don't trust the initial setup that MFP provides. If you put in the wrong/inaccurate information, it'll tell you to eat an amount that may not be applicable.
    2. Make sure you eat enough.
    3. Figure out what works for you and is sustainable/healthy/long term.
    4. avoid fads. don't buy in to any "Hey, try the twinkie and vodka diet"
    5. Don't cut out anything now that you don't plan on literally giving up forever.
    6. GET A FOOD SCALE. Weigh everything. No, seriously.
    7. Get an HRM with a chest strap. You'll at least have a better idea of what you're burning. It'll be more accurate than the generic info in the exercise database.. and even more than the cardio machines. This is great for steady state cardio (run/walk/etc)
    8. Don't go balls out. You'll burn out. I see 300 lb people show up here, instantly start working out and cutting their intake SEVERELY... trying to cut out all of their carbs at once.. whatever. Take it slow. Figure out how much you need to eat FIRST in order to lose.. then incorporate exercise.
    9. Don't cardio yourself to death.
    10. Take the information on the forums with a grain of salt. A lot of people that have been here for a while.. and have been successful, may seem jaded. They give out GREAT advice day after day, only to be met with people that refuse to listen.
    11. Eat real food. Not diet food. Not "low fat, sugar free, now without X." It's easier to get/find/count.
    12. don't set time restrictions.
    13. measure yourself weekly. Don't just weigh. Measure and take pictures.
    14 BE PATIENT.
    15. Avoid forum topics that have "1200" in the title. It's just full of butthurt. Lots of it.
    16. This isn't a game, it's about changing your lifestyle. Do that.

    pretty much that.

    ...and don't fall into the "1200 calorie" vertigo of suck because of:

    the typical MFP users does this:
    1. I wanna lose weight, let's try MFP.
    2. OH! Wow, it tells me I can lose 2 lbs a WEEK? AWESOME!
    3. I just sit at a desk when I'm not working out, I guess I'm sedentary.
    4. MFP tells them 1200 calories, and they don't even eat that.. then they work out on top of it.. creating an even bigger deficit.
    5. Lose a lot, fast, brag about 1200 calorie success.
    6. Come back in a few months trying to figure out why they're dizzy, tired, not losing weight.
    7. Get on the forums, ask why they aren't losing.
    8. Get two responses (I eat 1200 and lose) (I eat 2200 and lose)
    9. Argument ensues about who is right.

    Now. That being said. These threads happen hundreds of times per day. Most times, and I mean really.. seriously.. 95% of the time.. people get the 1200 number because they don't put the right information in when they set up the account. There are a great number of people that are trying to help. I'm one of 'em.

    I'm a hardcore advocate of actually finding out what works for the individual.. by means of other calculators, averages, time, practice, and patience.

    Blanket prescriptions of 1200 calories "because it worked for me" is more harmful to the generic new user than the "figure out what you need to eat." Unfortunately, one is a LOT easier to type.

    Find out what you need: http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/
    Make the cart easier to stay on. If you view it like a diet and it isn't sustainable, it WILL fail again.

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