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Don't think of it as a diet. Think of it as you're going to start watching what you by eat by looking at the calories going in, and make a few more contentious choices. That maybe you're going to start taking walks simultaneously....It's a lifestyle change.

Why wait till Monday? Motivation comes from within so the only person who can do that is yourself. Others can inspire and support but a lot needs to come from you. Also Motivation is fleeting it comes and goes so you need to put in place habits so that when you have no motivation you still do the best things.

Set reasonable calorie goals don't deprive yourself don't be scared to have the occasional piece of chocolate or whatever in moderation. You need to be thinking long term about how you will maintain when you get to a weight you are happy with so the way you eat on this 'diet' needs to be one you can sustain. You are capable of doing this because many others have before you

Good luck and if you've not seen it this thread is helpful

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1175494-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants?hl=guide+to+sexypants&page=1#posts-18361594

Friend request sent! This is a one day at a time type of thing. Set small attainable goals otherwise the whole thing becomes completely overwhelming. You can do it! And I agree with what someone mentioned above - don't wait until Monday. Start today. Start right now.

So let's start with the positives... You have a will to change something you don't like about yourself AND you have the ability to make it happen.
It only requires your active participation to make it reality. Throw away any crazy notion that you can drop 10-20 pounds in a week. Set realistic short term targets like 1-2 pounds week. Secondly, and this extremely important, you have to track yourself AND hold yourself accountable! Log everything: the good, the bad, the ugly. MFP is a great tool for that.
Over time, if you stick with it, you'll see yourself making progress and it will energize you and change your outlook.

Something else to add... as log as you track it and plan for it, you can still make room for some of the foods you like. My "have to have" is chocolate. I leave a little calories at the end of the day for 1 Russell Stover sugar free pecan cluster. At 80 calories, it doesn't undermine my efforts of the day.

The new you can begin today. You'll be 3 days ahead by Monday.

As other posters here have mentioned, make it about developing a series of small, positive habits. Once they are established build from them and then let that motivation and feeling of accomplishment propel you forward. I went from being winded jogging up a flight of steps in January, to running my first 5k non-stop a couple of weeks ago. If you'd have told me in January I would start running and make it that far, I'd have said you were crazy and laughed. It was a series of small steps and challenges that got me to that point - it is very doable.

I understand all the feelings you are talking about - have had them myself. Amazingly, a month or so into this journey when I started to feel stronger, was being accountable to myself etc. those feelings started to disappear and were replaced by feelings of "hey, I think I might be onto something here" and then slowly into "wow, I really can do this" - and now I miss exercise if I don't do it - me the former couch potato.

I am 40, have PCOS and some other issues and just wanted to feel good again - so I decided to, and I did. I had lots of support from some great friends I've made here and from my hubby and kids too. Get your support system (friend me if you like) and just make steps every day. Don't do that start on Monday business - it's procrastinating and then on Monday you find a reason to wait til tuesday, then next week - don't put yourself in that trap. Start now

First thing I do every morning is watch this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxjmpzUiGZc

And then I move on with my day, knowing that I did not fix who I was, I became the strongest version of myself, and every day try to become a stronger. This does not mean physically stronger, it means mentally, physically, spiritually.

Join this page on face book, the amount of information as it pertains to nutrition is unmatched.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/iifym/?fref=nf

I also recommend joining this facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/359580774110975/?fref=nf

Good luck in your endeavor, you can become the strongest version of yourself, just look in the mirror every day and work harder than you did yesterday, do not become complacent because you reached a goal. The rest of your life is progress, get leaner or get stronger, never complacent.

Start now with setting mini goals like a 5 lb weight loss, then another 5 lbs, then another. Your main goal won't seem so far away then. This is for you! I accepted that the scale may not go down every week, so be it, I have to live too! But I get right back to it the following week. I have accepted that I will forever be counting calories and feel better for it. Accept as a life style, you got this!

friend request sent, you can do this we are all in this together and we all got eachothers back good luck to ya.

Hi I weighed about 215 when I started. Now weigh 180. I'm 5'4" and just turned 58. I know what you mean about no motivation but I lost this weight just taking one day at a time. Good luck and send me a friend request.