Great advice there......you have to be in the right frame of mind and you have to want to do it for yourself, for your health, for your life! It's a great and exciting thing to do, a challenge to change your habits slowly ...... Walk a little more, eat a little less, keep track of everything and you will see results! Good luck!

Jean

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What is vivifit? Well you have to get started if you want to lose 50#! So do you have a plan? Are you logging your food? That's what I started with. I just logged for awhile to see what I was eating- then started cutting out one thing and adding another to try to get all those things on the bottom in line---you know -protien, calcium, fat etc. Then I decided I wanted to have more calories to eat so I started exercising some- that gives me a couple added calories. I really like wine and was drinking a glass or more every night, but I now drink Splash or unsweetened tea most nights, saving my beer or wine for the weekend and giving my liver a rest. Good luck getting started-just take it step by step and you'll start seeing success and you will start feeling better.

Thats my plan to. Log my food. Add notes to the food notes. Love that feature. I make much better food choices when I log my Food and keep a journal. I also found for me weighing daily is a positive feedback. I only officially record it. But I write how many days I've been logging my food, todays day 12 for me. Then I write the days wt. down.

Debbie, so great that you have already started logging ... For me, that is a key to success: accurate logging and seeing the bottom line has really made the difference.

You have an advantage at the Super Bowl party - as the hostess you can focus on serving others which might help you not eat as much yourself.

Logging is really the biggest thing - at least for me. It makes realize what is going in this big ol' mouth of mine. At the superbowl party, have a healthy snack before you go, drink plenty of water during, and try to keep the gnoshing down to a minimum. Maybe you can even bring some of your own snacks? We are going to a huge part at the Beau in Biloxi, I have a plan in place and have I have made up my mind to follow it. The party is free food and drinks - so if I don't have a plan I will nose dive. I find it better to not even start on the food table, just walk away.

Good for you for being honest. I like wine myself, but, found it was adding calories I really could not afford. Try to think of something that might make a difference. I got in bed, sat up, had a glass of wine. When I gave up wine, I got in bed and lay down!, watched TV and went to sleep. It helped. Changing my habit worked. Sometimes I have a cup of tea. Also, start an exercise program if possible. If you have health problems, check with your doctor first. I have a bad ankle. I tried doing 10,000 steps first of year. Had a major setback. Now I can ride a bike for 20 minutes Cannot walk for exercise for 3 weeks. At that time, I have to start with 1/2 mile for a week, then 3/4 for a week! UGH! hate it. I love to walk for exercise. So I did my 20 minutes on the exercise bike. Not my favorite, but it is something.

Debbie, there is always something that will come up to make us say, "we'll start tomorrow." You are already logging, so instead say, "I have already started my weight loss journey." You can develop your food plan after you determine what you eat, but you have started the process.

We all will have the challenge of Superbowl parties and holidays. We might give ourselves a pass, but we don't think of ourselves not on plan.

I think one of the mistakes that a lot of people make is they screw up in a day and then say, to heck with it, I'll get back to it tomorrow. No, get back to it now! If you screw up again 10 minutes later, get back to it 11 minutes later. A lot of damage can be done waiting for "tomorrow" because suddenly tomorrow becomes "Monday," or "next month," or "after all the holidays," etc.

Also, if you screw up, log it anyway! 1. It helps you to see how much damage you have done and 2. It will help keep you from doing it too often.

Many of us have a beer or a glass of wine. Learn to reserve enough calories to allow for it in moderation. Otherwise, you won't stick with it.

As you have gathered by now from everyone, logging is essential. Opening your diary to at least friends helps keep you accountable. And...Welcome to our group!