Finally winning the battle.. what changed this time around..

Arynamber
Arynamber Posts: 162 Member
edited September 23 in Motivation and Support
You decided to lose weight. excited. try. fail, try fail. try try try fail. ughhh

So those of you that are finally winning the battle of the bulge.. what changed from the last times you tried? was it more motivation or more support? Was it a health scare? Was it a new way of eating.. I guess what Im trying to say.. is what make this time different so much that you are now successful?

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  • rsonthelake
    rsonthelake Posts: 113 Member
    I think I'm winning or going to win this time, because when I have a slip up I get right back on track!
  • NikkiJ17
    NikkiJ17 Posts: 295
    For me it was realizing and actually seeing that I didn't have to deprive or deny myself...I didn't have to starve or give up the foods I really enjoy. It was realizing that with exercise and moderation I can have the things I love and still lose weight.
  • Cella30
    Cella30 Posts: 539 Member
    I keep failing over and over. I need to know the secret too, I can't do this much longer :(
  • courtneykrueger
    courtneykrueger Posts: 51
    For me, I just have gotten sick of looking in the mirror. I want to be able to be in family pictures and not feel absolutely disgusting! I want my daughter to have pictures of us together when she's little, but right now... I never want to be in pictures! AND I want my husband to think I'm sexy (even though he says I am.) Finallt got fed up enough to really do something about it. THANK GOODNESS
  • whittrusty
    whittrusty Posts: 533 Member
    I finally realized that I can't think about this in terms of losing x amount of weight as soon as possible or bust. This is about reteaching myself the eating habits that I've had all my life. I need to learn what I like, how to cook it, how to modify the foods that I can't live without. And more than anything else, I have learned to give myself a BREAK! I am going to eat the wrong thing every once in a while. I'm going to forget to plan ahead. I'm going to eat too much some time. But that doesn't mean that I ruined everything that I have already accomplished. It means that I messed up ONE TIME.

    Give yourself the time to learn and don't stress so much about the scale. If you put in the work, your body will change. :smile:
  • IreneAdler
    IreneAdler Posts: 69
    My pants starting getting too tight, and I can't afford to buy new ones. And I bet my parents $100 I could lose 20 pounds before they did.

    Working on my food diary and reading posts on mfp has really helped me stay motivated.
  • heatypablo
    heatypablo Posts: 221
    Honestly, I don't know. I think with the help of MFP, I was able to really see how horrible my eating habits were. It's very eye opening. It has also gotten easier and easier; plus the support on this website is awesome. No one judges if you have an off day or eat a piece of cake. I guess it was just time. :smile:
  • MobiusMan
    MobiusMan Posts: 385 Member
    Motivators...
    One of my kids got married, need to see grandkids grow up some day.
    Diagnosed as Diabetic (T2) not willing to go down that easy
    Love the outdoors, lost the will to go there

    Why it's different this time...
    Change mindset from DIET to Change of lifestyle and made the changes instead of giving the program lip-service

    Bought an Android and tracked every friggin' morsel, every friggin' time until it became as natural as reaching for a spoon.

    Created habit strength actions out of exercise and meals. They say the measure of a person's integrity isn't what they do when they are motivated but what they do when they are not motivated. Even the days that don't go as well...get back on the horse as soon as it is recognized that "**** ain't going well".

    No excuses and No RUSH to complete. As I said it's a lifestyle change.

    AND...MFP folks are unbelievably supportive and non-judgmental. Awesome folks here.
  • TiniTurtle
    TiniTurtle Posts: 595 Member
    i think what changed this time for me was the easy accessibility of the mfp app on my iphone. it's easy to pull out wherever i am & keeps me accountable to all the friends i've made on here as well as to myself. i also am coming up too quickly to my quarter century birthday!
  • floydg68
    floydg68 Posts: 28
    There are several reasons
    1. Learning about what to eat, my caloric needs as well as what is best at meeting those needs.
    2. Family teamwork-no special food for me. We are working together as a household and it works much better than me going it alone and we are all getting healthier for it. I just happen to be the one shedding pounds.
    3. My mind is fixed. One bad day will not break me!
  • ceebs9
    ceebs9 Posts: 511 Member
    I finally found an eating plan that I enjoy and workouts that I LOVE.
  • mrmarius
    mrmarius Posts: 1,802 Member
    mfp! i counted calories before, lost weight and gained more, but having the support of friends here is huge especially when at home work etc people around me arent making the same changes so it can be hard. plus i just made up my mind this time that i will do it and will not make or take any excuses. and then the non scale victories make me push harder, i've got clothes that were too tight that now are too big, i feel better and i think i even look better :).
  • Aitenev
    Aitenev Posts: 62
    What made this time different for me was changing the reason for the weight loss. Last March my doc put me on medication for high blood pressure and told me I would probably be on it for the rest of my life. I didn't like the sound of that so I decided I would do what I could to get off the medication as quickly as possible. Being on a low sodium diet really forced me to completely change the way I eat. Now my focus is not so much how MUCH I eat but WHAT I eat. Lots of fruits and veggies. With all the fruits and veggies, I don't find myself getting hungry like before and with being on a fairly clean diet for almost a year now I can honestly say that I feel 100% better, I've lost over 90 lbs, cut the HBP meds in half and feel like this is a way of eating that I can live with for the rest of my life. It's not a short term thing. I think alot of it has to do with attitude. Keep at it. Anything worth having is worth working for. You can do it!
  • vitosbud
    vitosbud Posts: 54 Member
    This might seem silly but bear with me... this time I realized my longest and most serious relationship has always been with food. A seriously dysfunctional relationship. I figure I wouldn't put myself in a destructive relationship with a guy so why do I stand for it with food. I decided to try treating myself the way I deserve to be treated. I'm almost 50 and I finally figured out I deserve better than the crap I've been jamming in. So there: every day a new day and so far my new relationship is working out GREAT !!
  • emilysebastian
    emilysebastian Posts: 245 Member
    My daughter is getting smarter and watching what I do more and more (she's 3); about a month ago, she came home from daycare and said she just wanted to watch TV all evening because "that's what you and Daddy do". :cry:

    Also, when I finally pushed myself to exercise, I discovered I like running (OK, only jogging at this point). I had just never pushed myself past that "uncomfortable" point when you really start sweating and breathing hard. Too bad, because I was missing a GREAT feeling all along! Now I can't hardly go a day without a good run :happy:
  • christy_frank
    christy_frank Posts: 680 Member
    Motivators...
    One of my kids got married, need to see grandkids grow up some day.
    Diagnosed as Diabetic (T2) not willing to go down that easy
    Love the outdoors, lost the will to go there

    Why it's different this time...
    Change mindset from DIET to Change of lifestyle and made the changes instead of giving the program lip-service

    Bought an Android and tracked every friggin' morsel, every friggin' time until it became as natural as reaching for a spoon.

    Created habit strength actions out of exercise and meals. They say the measure of a person's integrity isn't what they do when they are motivated but what they do when they are not motivated. Even the days that don't go as well...get back on the horse as soon as it is recognized that "**** ain't going well".

    No excuses and No RUSH to complete. As I said it's a lifestyle change.

    AND...MFP folks are unbelievably supportive and non-judgmental. Awesome folks here.

    EXACTLY! Except for me, it wasn't kids or grand kids. I do hate the way I look in pictures, my pants were getting too tight and I could not afford new ones, or at least wasnt willing to spend money on fat clothes and I REALLY started to hate how I looked in general. My husband & I are doing this together & seeing results. MFP helps but we support each other 24/7 and that is why this is working for us.
  • portlandsundevil
    portlandsundevil Posts: 213 Member
    For me, it was just the right time. I made weight loss the most important thing in my life. And I started planning my life around better food choices and getting enough exercise. I finally realized the meaning of "fail to plan = plan to fail." And, last but certainly not least, MFP! I have made some great friends here and everyone offers the most amazing support. This is OUR time!!
  • superwmn
    superwmn Posts: 936
    This is what changed:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/superwmn/view/what-i-ve-learned-since-2007-part-1-48846

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/superwmn/view/what-i-ve-learned-since-2007-part-2-48848

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/superwmn/view/what-i-ve-learned-since-2007-part-3-48849

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/superwmn/view/what-i-ve-learned-since-2007-part-4-48850

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/superwmn/view/what-i-ve-learned-since-2007-part-5-48851

    Charmagne
  • Loribell23
    Loribell23 Posts: 66
    I decided to change things for good. That means forever. I will be on the road of healthy eating and exercise forever. That is how I am looking at it and I'm actually happy to look at it that way. Once I meet my goal, I'm still going to have to keep working to stay there. I'm not going to magically stay at my goal so why think that once I reach it, all of my efforts will be at an end. NO. It will be something I will always do for ME and my health. I'm not getting any younger and I need to be around for my family and friends. I want to live a healthy life and my strong desires for that will take me where I want to be. Heart disease and lots of other illnesses run in my family so I need to get strong and beat the the odds.

    My success is my new frame of mind- this is a never-ending journey.
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