Day one. Again.

You can do this! I hear you on the "doing well the first few weeks/months." I've done it before, and I know I can do it. But I need to sustain it.

I give you credit for functioning on that amount of sleep. I need my eight hours or I am a beast. If you can find the time, so can the rest of us!

Good luck!

Don't worry, you've got it. Don't approach it with a constant 100% all-heatlhy food mentality and you'll be fine.

I know exactly how you feel. I'm trying this. Again! I think that we can do it or we wouldn't keep trying. There's gotta be something there that tells us to keep going. Let's be kind to our selves and just focus on what we can do today. I think the key to my friends' weight loss is tracking what they eat and how they move. Let's just do this. Track. No matter what. If you work out, great. If you don't, eat better. I think you will be successful this time. Cheering for you (and me!) to do it this time.

I am in the same position as you, haven't used this for over a year and after a particularly horrible realisation that not only have I put the 16lbs I lost last year back on, I have not had my boyfriend tell me I *look* nice since around November 2013. It occurred to me he has pointed out my hair, nails, new clothes or make up looking nice but not ME. I'm certain he isn't intentionally doing this or trying to hurt me but I'm afraid maybe he doesn't find me attractive anymore.

I always try to force myself to take the healthy option but I have recently moved to a different country and only just now gotten the hang of transport, making new friends and sorting finances to incorporate a gym membership etc. I've lost all confidence and to be honest I have started this again because I am now the heaviest I've ever been and I'm sick of feeling like a monster compared to every girl I stand beside. I hope this time I can lose it all, just seems like a really terrifying task right now.

The secret for sustained weight loss is to find a diet that works for you. Something that you can see yourself doing for the rest of your life without too much difficulty. If it doesn't become part of your lifestyle, then chances are it won't last past the honeymoon phase. It doesn't have to be some crazy program that will make you drop 10-20 lbs a month. Instead shoot for 0.5 to 1 lb per week. Easy does it. Exercise and cardio is important as well, but don't become a slave to it. You can get all the benefits of cardio and exercise by going 3 times a week. No need to go 5-7 times a week if you don't have the time. Basically, don't let getting healthy take over your entire life, let it become a small part of your life.

Also, you really need to sleep more. Running on 5 hours of sleep is really short changing yourself. It basically makes your entire life harder, from thinking to losing weight. Look up some of the research on sleep deprivation and take steps to add an hour or two to your pillow time. Your body will thank you for it.

That sounds really hectic! Jeez, and I complain about having so much to do now!
Hang in there, it's SO worth it! This is kind of my "day 1 again" too. I've been working out and eating healthy (and using my MFP) since 2012. Since then, I've lost about 55lbs the healthy way.

However, when my boyfriend and I had to move (from a nice, private, cozy home into an apartment with paper-thin walls and ridiculous neighbors), I stopped working out and eating right, hit a plateau and gave up for a while. My workouts and "diet" weren't (and haven't been) consistent, so I completely stopped seeing progress.

Now we've moved AGAIN. And this time, I'm sticking to it. My confidence has been nothing more than a downward spiral since I've been living a crappy, unhealthy lifestyle..and I'm ready for that to change.