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i cant stick at a diet for more than 5 days

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  • Karlayito1
    Karlayito1 Posts: 6 Member
    I HATE any kind of diet! can't handle juicing, or not having carbs or cookies every day. This is why I would rather count my calories and sacrifice some things for others. I want to loose 6 more pounds so Im exercising everyday ( not so intense on some days) but I'm trying to make exercise a daily habit and not just something I do to loose weight. Since Jan 1 I've lost 7 pounds :) I have carbs and everything I like in moderation within my calorie goal of 1500 I do drink a lot of water, fruit, and vegs daily. I feel I eat way better when I'm counting my calories. No soda, no bag of chips while watching tv, no starbucks frappucinos, I have a skinny late instead. Good luck, Don't diet! get moving and start counting calories.
  • p4ulmiller
    p4ulmiller Posts: 588 Member
    how do u pro,s do it

    By remembering what I used to look like.
  • daimere
    daimere Posts: 31 Member
    You have some great great advice. When I started losing weight 5 years ago, I just started walking more and ate less fast food (new job/no money). I lost 25 lbs not even trying. Then I started to really do it. I tried to figure out a few things I love: shrimp, mushrooms, broccoli. I tried to figure out things I hate: milk. So I chose not to drink milk, switched to soy/almond milk because why waste calories on something I don't like? I still had some treats (nutella with a note do you REALLY want to waste this many calories) that was on the top shelf and in the back. I chose exercises I liked and just tried to enjoy life. I wore a pedometer every day.

    Now, I've tried to use that same method to lose again. And I've failed. Why? Because my life 3 years after was much different. So I've spent the last few years trying to refigure out what my new form of weight loss is. Now a days it is intermittent fasting (which I was VERY against for years). But I'm tracking on MFP, wearing a pedometer every day and losing weight! But either way, every form of weight loss I have tried hasn't been a fad diet. No grapejuice with every meal, etc. Even if I fall off the wagon a few times, as long as I get back up, I am fine. I failed 3 times last year. But I kept trying and guess what? I was down 25 pounds since Jan 1 2013! I'll take it!

    Also read full-filled and Beck diet solution books. These are amazing books and will help SO much. You can do this. Trust me, you can do this! Never give up.
  • alisonlynn1976
    alisonlynn1976 Posts: 929 Member
    You probably can't stick to it because you're not eating enough. Create a *moderate* calorie deficit and add some exercise. Accept that this is a slow, long-term process. Don't expect a dramatically new body after a week.
  • callyart
    callyart Posts: 209
    I don't diet. I am not on a diet. I am simply changing my lifestyle so I am healthier. This seems to be the most common answer, too.

    I am exercising more and eating smaller portions with healthier options.

    I am going to start exercising more next week, so I can eat more calories.
  • 89nunu
    89nunu Posts: 1,082 Member
    I thought I just say again what has been said all throughout this thread. Don't diet.
    A diet is already setting you up for failure cause you are waiting for it to finish...
    Just watch what you eat and the fat will melt off!!
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