I want to give up

Well first of all don't give up ! Choose yourself over 4 pieces of chicken and DON'T EVER STARVE YOURSELF to try to lose weight again. The word diet's first definition is what person or animal usually eats or drinks. So eat better choices with some of the things you like at first. Definately drama in your life can make getting a chance to exercise difficult, but maybe not impossible. Message me or add me as a friend and maybe we can put our heads together and figure out a plan. Please include whatever info you don't mind sharing about the drama in your life.

You can do this just don't give up.

Take care and God bless you.

Go slowly.
Why don't you try setting your loss at 1lb a week and when you can stay within your goal for say a month up it to 1.5lb?
Still drink pop but tell yourself only as a treat with dinner and fill up a bottle of water and drink that all day.
Eat what you want just in smaller portions.

Don't stop!
Record everything good and bad.
I lost 3lbs and am just staying there despite exercising etc.
If you give up recording you will just spiral back.
Remember, this is just you and the numbers, you are accountable only to you.

Don't give up! I know it's discouraging sometimes. One slip-up won't ruin everything. Take baby steps, try eating well for just one day and celebrate it as a victory. Try cutting back on pop a little at a time. If you starve yourself it will slow your metabolism but if you eat right it will get back to normal eventually. Keep coming back to this site, you'll get lots of support here! God bless.

Hi, I know this may sound a bit cliche, but would it help at all if you only focus on one day, one hour, one choice at a time? Looking at the big picture can be overwhelming. Maybe try to take it one decision at a time. When you make a less than ideal choice, acknowledge it and then move past it. Beating yourself up will push you further down. I give myself permission to not be perfect and it really helps me psychologically. I also give myself credit for all the good in me instead of just seeing my mistakes. I hope you continue to move forward because you are worth it. You can make it! I am preaching to myself too. Please take everything I've said with a grain of salt because I do not walk in your shoes nor judge you. All the best to you

It's up to you. We can't make you want to keep going or make you decide to give up. If I were you I would not worry about "dieting" or exercising more than usual for a month. Just honestly log what you eat on here for one month. Get into the habit of it. Then you can set an overall calorie target for your day that gives slow weight loss. Once you've done that for a few weeks to a month you can decrease it again to lose weight faster if you want to.

Don't give up *hug*. As others have mentioned, you don't have to completely cut out foods. Like you, I've tried several times. But for some reason this time seems a little easier. Before I ate at 1200 calories, and was losing at a rate of 10 pounds/month cutting out so much food and damn near starving myself. But you know what happened? I broke, and ate back all that I had lost. This time I'm losing weight pretty steadily, alot slower but I haven't cut out anything. I still eat the same more or less, just smaller portions with a mindful eye of just how many calories I have to spare for the day. Yesterday I really really wanted that dang lemon poppy muffin. And you know what? I had it. I logged it, just like I log everything. It was 400 calories less that I had to 'spend' but I still managed to have it and be under my daily calorie goal. You can do it, sweety. I've had to teach myself that I won't always get it right. And I know I may fall off the wagon a few times before I reach my goal. What's important is that you brush yourself off and jump right back on. Take note of how you feel when you do mess up and keep it in mind when you continue on on the future. Best of luck, and one more hug for the road *huggggs*

if you want to give up then give up, if you want to lose weight then keep going. Sounds blunt but it's the best advice you can hear. Do what you want, when you want to lose weight and get in shape then DO IT!!!

This!

I tried & gave up so many times but I finally got to the point where I just thought "you know what, enough of this bull****. I want to healthier and fitter more than I want to sit on my *kitten* & mindlessly eat junk"

It really is just mind over matter, you CAN do ANYTHING as long as your head is in the game.

Your post gave me motivation. I have felt some of the same things you are feeling and sometimes just want to give up.but reading your post and the beautiful, generous advice of our fellow members is so inspiring. Good for you for reaching out, which tells me you don't really want to give up.

In addition to the good advice already shared, Read through success stories and other posts for inspiration. Track your measurements instead of weight. Get out of the house -- volunteer, walk a dog, make activity (not just exercise) part of your daily routine. Give yourself challenge days -- yesterday, I went all day without added sugar just to see if I could do it. It caused me to look at new options for satisfying my palate. Whatever your roadblock is, set a challenge to overcome it. Not for forever - just for a day to prove something to yourself.

You CAN do this --- your health depends on it (and sometimes your sanity!).

I have a friend of mine that desperately wants to lose weight. She has over 100 pounds to lose, and we are fitness pals. She can come up with more excuses not to exercise in one conversation than one could sit down and think of in a years time. Finally, I told her that her excuses, her reasons, her problems in life......WHERE HER PROBLEMS! I read your post, then re-read it again. I see a lot of the same whining and complaining and excuses in your post as my friend gives me.

Get off your whining post and figure out if you want to be 200 pounds or not. If you don't then do something about it. You got yourself that way and only you can get yourself out of this. Yes, gee, you are going to have to say "no" to Popeyes. Well, guess what....the rest of us out here losing weight successfully are having to say "no" to a lot of things. That is the price you pay, now, for the free for all eating that got you in this place in the past. Gee, you can't eat cake. Wow, what I would give for a mouthful of sugar....which I don't let myself have because I know I simply can't (T2 Diabetic, 32 pounds lost in 59 days).

I am not going to be "nice" to you while you whine. Get up, get moving, stop eating Popeyes and cake, and make a decision. We, who are having to give up things we like every day on our journey, have no sympathy for you. Blunt, painful to read, but I believe probably the truth.

Sorry if I offended any other posters.....but gee whiz!! Let's no coddle this young lady and be permissive of her failures. It does not sound like she is really giving this much effort. No wonder nothing is working for her. Let's tell her the truth. We are here to support, but also to make people look in the mirror and face themselves.