I GIVE UP!

Can I ask....do you plan in advance your foods for the day or do you eat the foods and at the end of the day lod all you have eaten onto MFP???

You can do it. Just stop telling yourself you cant and start slowly!! One thing at a time. Maybe start by cutting out your eating past a certain time at night then when youre good at that move to the next task and so on. Dont give up!!!

Don't give up! You can get on track! Every person is different. I find it easier to eat better and track my food than to exercise regularly. Keep up the good work with the exercise and the eating part will fall into place over time. One thing at a time, one day at a time! Add me as a friend if you'd like!

Don't give up!! This is all in your head and you are in control! DO NOT let food control you!! Plan you food out in advance! DO NOT eat anything else. You have to want it to succeed! Figure out some good snacks to grab if you are "hungry", drink a lot of water!!! I mean A LOT! You can do this, don't give up! And definitely do not quit exercising. It is good for your health!

Understand your frustration completely. Here are a couple of books to consider reading that focus on overeating (my main problem also). Keep at it, keep learning, you'll get there.

Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life
http://www.amazon.com/Savor-Mindful-Eating-Life/dp/0061697699

The Life you Want
http://www.amazon.com/Life-You-Want-Motivated-Weight/dp/1416588361/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1301685912&sr=1-1

The End of Overeating
http://www.amazon.com/End-Overeating-Insatiable-American-Appetite/dp/B004NSVE32/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1301685877&sr=1-1

Remember: "You can't out exercise a bad diet".

DON'T give up. You and I are in exactly the same boat. We have almost the same amount to lose and I have been stuck at a 5lb los for 2MONTHS!!!!!!!!

However, I took a long hard look at what I was eating. After losing all my weight last year and then putting it back on (due to a medical condition I was frustrated when I decided to give it another shot but I did.

I can soooooooo help you with this as I've managed to crack this. Please add me as a friend if you'd like and I'll share all the things I did as it's too much to share here

please don't give up

Don't give up yet. it's hard at first but if you plan out your meals either the night before or even that morning you will have more success.
One way I've found that works good for me is to set a schedule for my meals that way I am never hungry. you can set a timer on your phone to go off every 2 hours or even set up email reminders if you work at a desk.

Feel free to add me if you would like. I am no expert at this but my wife and I have found a few things that work for us and will be happy to share more with you or just provide encouragement.

Also keep reading the posts they are a great source of inspiration.

Best of luck to you and hope you stick with this. Take care

I have the EXACT same problem! I do good one day the next I do terrible and I lose no weight! But you know what everyday is a new day and you have to keep trying! If you stop complety you may have weeks of bad days and gain like 10 pounds. I say don't give up. I feel your pain though eating a low amount of calories is so hard! I wake up in the middle of the night starving and my boyfreind wants to eat pizza everynight and that's hard to resist. But I keep trying, it's alife long battle.

It's hard to feel like the effort you are making with workouts isn't making a difference. And it's hard to feel like you don't have any control over your eating.

I have to ask you though- why are you expecting instant results and instant perfection? The changes you seek aren't going to happen overnight.....I know it's easier to do when you see results, of course it is. Stay with it. Keep trying. This is a human experience...you're going to have days that suck, and you're going to have days that are awesome. The crucial point here is that you keep trying. Every day is a new one....

Questions....
Are you logging everything you eat?
Are you eating enough?
Are you logging your exercise and eating the calories expended back (this is important).
Are you tracking your sodium- too much can show up on the scale.

Food for thought: Don't use the scale as your only guage for success. How do you FEEL? How are your clothes fitting? If your exercising a lot, what's your endurance like? Is it better? Are you stronger?

Giving power to a number alone, is very unfair to yourself. Be human. Keep trying. It's gonna be ok. Don't give up.

I was the same exact way for literally years. I would say, oh...today im ganna start my diet. I would do good for two days and then go completely the other direction. I knew when I said I was ganna diet I wasn't serious and for the most part wasn't ready. I knew I had to be ready and thats the day i joined MFP. You have to make up your mind and stick with it. If you're not ready, then you're not ready. It's not just about losing weight, its a complete lifestyle change as well and it's take some strong people to change everything they knew and loved about food. I wish you the best of luck and hope you stick with it and if you don't, take a break. Gather all your thoughts and ideas about dieting and start again. You'll get there!

To be blunt:

1) Exercising is not the problem. the problem is your lack of self-control. You can exercise all you want to, but you are the one negating the benefits of doing so by not following your diet. The first step to moving forward is holding yourself accountable for what you put into your mouth.

2) If you are looking for instant gratification, you are setting yourself up for disappointment. Whether you need to lose 10 lbs or 100, this involves a lifestyle change. Simply put: if you don't change your lifestyle, you won't see change anywhere else.

3) Although common sense dictates that food in moderation is the key, the same holds true for exercise. You need to find the balance and maintain some consistency. Your body needs routine. Change the routine up once in a while to avoid plateaus, but if you're starting out, try to follow some sort of regimen. If you're going to go all crazy with eating and intense workouts from one extreme to the next, your metabolism can get out of whack.

4) I wish you the best. I, and countless others here, know exactly how you feel. You're human, and it will take some time to find what works for you. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater just yet :-)

Well first of all, let's back up a little bit. Think about this for just a minute. You've had a bad day, month, months etc. But what you're saying to yourself is that you aren't worth getting back on track for your health. You'd be willing to throw it all away because you gained a measly 2 pounds a few inches back. Girl! You are worth being healthy and feeling good about yourself!!! So what if you've had a hard couple of months! Motivation and self-control come from within and by no means come easily. You have to work at them. You will slip up, and you will fail once in awhile. THAT'S LIFE! Quitting won't do you any good. You'll come back on here in 100 pounds and say, "How the heck did I let it get this bad". Look at yourself in the mirror and tell yourself you are worth it. Unfortunately, unless you want it bad enough, no one else can help you! We can encourage you, but you have to stop talking and just do it!!! Good luck to you. I hope you see you're worth it.

Ok I have been going through this just like you. I've been doing p90x since Jan 31, with MINIMAL results. I'd lose a few pounds but they just come back. Seems they show up just in time that I can't log a loss at the scale. I've been so close to quitting it's not funny. But I keep on going because I know that it is doing my body good. Doesn't matter what the scale says. I still get discouraged when it doesn't say what I want it to, and I whine and complain and feel like giving up. But think about the good that exercise does....it will lower your resting heart rate, it releases feel good endorphines, your stamina will increase, and so on. Also, if you are indulging and not so good with your food right now, but you keep up the exercise, you won't gain as much as you would if you are just laying around doing nothing. Just keep exercising and your food will follow suit. DO NOT QUIT. If I'm gonna keep on doin this, then so are you! I'm right there with you. But let's do this together, I'm adding you as a friend. We can do this!!!! Don't ever give up on yourself!! You are worth too much!!!

1) exercise isn't about just losing weight or inches, it is something our bodies need to function properly and for our overall health... so try to look at it as something goo d you do fo ryour health rather than just to lose weight.

2) I know exactly how you feel...anyone who tries to lose weight goes through this at one time or another and it is sooo frustrating! Losing weight isn't an exact science, and what works for one person won't work for someone else. It takes a little while to figure out what works best for you, you have to keep trying, keep experimenting (eating more smaller meals, more cardio, more strength training...eating back exercise calories or maybe not...) It all varies. Stick with it, just keep playing around until you see what works.

3) This shouldn't be something you do begrudgingly or look at with any sense of guilt...we ALL have good days and bad days, somedays we eat everything perfectly, other days we scarf down 5 donuts without thinking twice...it takes time to really make changes and stick with them. Don't be so hard on yourself! Praise the days when you rae able to keep control, and try to learn from the days you don't (what were the triggers, was it stress, emotion, smell...didyou let yoursle fget too hungry?)-this way you can start to make better choices.

Also, about 9 months ago my friend went through the same thing, exercising like crazy, following WW to the point and just kept gaining weight...she jusy had a baby boy....any chance that migh tbe the case here?

Don't give up becasue if getting healthy is something you really want, then giving up on this is the same as giving up on yourself...don't do it!!! Just like like is a series of good and bad days, so is dieting....good luck with everything, have faith in yourself!!!:flowerforyou: