Tired of always starting over....need friends for motivation

Welcome Debbie,

The time to start is NOW! and don't stop! We all slip and fall once in awhile, but get up, dust yourself off and keep going!

If you're taking a road trip and there is a detour you follow it and keep going, you don't stop and turn around.

You can do this if you want it bad enough!

Nancy

Hi Debbie. I'm Michelle. I'm working on making today count because tomorrow never seems to come for me. Friend me if you want to. I'm on here everyday.

Feel free to add me! I am just starting over myself! But this time I am making a promise to myself to not quit!!! I have to do this! So I do understand what you are going through....we can do this!!!

Feel free to add me. I do the same thing. I have been trying to stay on track. The more friends the better. I need the extra support too.

Hi Debbie,

Feel free to add me as well, I'm in the same boat with you. Let's start over together and help keep each other motivated! I had great success about 3 years ago and and kept the weight off until last year. I admit it's been a struggle to get started again. I was eating whatever I wanted whenever I wanted and had the nerve to think it wasn't going to catch up with me! HA HA HA but I'm determined to reach my goal, The weight just seems like it doesn't want to move at all. I don't want to take any diet pills as that's a temporary fix. Does anyone have suggestions or tips to help me get started. SUGAR is my biggest foe!

Sounds to me like you have no will power. What do want more, instant gratification by eating out of boredome or lifelong gratification by changing your mind set? Answer that questions and live by that answer.

Welcome!! I am also a stress/boredom eater. That's why I hate weekends in the winter! Stuck in the house with nothing to do but eat.

I watched a bit of an interview with a model on TV the other morning and she said just like the rest of us she struggles with her weight. She said that the first thing she did was concentrate on only one thing and once she had that down then she took another step. I thought about it and thought my first step might be to cut back on the amount of sugar or carbs that I eat. Or maybe work on drinking more water. That certainly sounds a lot easier than looking at everything that needs work and trying to do them all at once.

The same for weight - if I look at "oh, my I have to loose 50 pounds" it sounds much easier to think "I need to loose 5 pounds and once that is gone then work on the next 5 pounds. My thoughts anyways.

As far as "I'll start tomorrow or next week" I know what you mean! Do what ever you can to make it "today". If you go to the gym get your things together ahead of time so you are ready. If you have extra clothes or sneakers keep them in the car so if you decide to take a walk during the day on your lunch break you will be ready. I have to go to the gym in the morning before work - if not I find too many excuses to blow off my workouts. Or maybe make your dinner in the crockpot so when you get home dinner is already and you can take a quick walk around the neighborhood before dinner or walk after you eat with the extra time you've saved by doing the crockpot meal.

Another great piece of advice I got was to keep a case of water in my car. I try to drink more water so I keep water in my car so I can just grab a bottle. I have a 25 minute drive from home to the gym and another 20 minute drive from the gym to work so I can drink about 4 bottles a day just while I'm driving. Better to have the water in my hand than a can of soda.

Good luck & remember to take baby steps. Little consistent changes add up to a big difference

Hi Debbie!

I can definitely relate to you. I lose weight, get comfortable.....start bad eating habits and then I'm back to square one. I wish I could just stick to it....

Feel free to add me!

Hello!

You can do this! It's a process, so you will have good days and bad days. But, the nice thing is, you will always have support no matter what type of day you are having! I'm pretty active on MFP and log everyday!

Anyone can add

We got this!

Hi,
i'm new too and would love some extra support
Been doing well the last 4 days with the thirty day shred and watching what i eat x

I was where you are at a few months ago, and decided to commit fully. I log in and log everything every day, and I have lost 18 pounds in about 55 days. Motivating friends on MFP have kept me on track. Friend me if you are looking for:

Someone who will always congratulate you on a good day, great logging, exercise (even if it just a little)
Someone who will call you out on self-sabotage privately (logging a ridiculous number of calories burned for housecleaning, eating way too few calories, or crap every day, not logging in for more than 3 days...)

And if you are the same. We all need accountability partners and cheerleaders!

Feel free to add me! I started over last month and I'm super motivated this time around, because for the first time ever its about health and longevity for me rather than vanity. I'm 41, a mom to 4, and I need to lose another 40 pounds at least. I log in every day and my diary is open to friends. I log everything, even the stuff I'm not proud of, because I'm done playing games.

Jillian michaels WINNING BY LOSING is a great book! I t got me over the same exact issues. It mostly deals with the emotional side of eating!