discouraged at the thought of...

Grubworm1943
Grubworm1943 Posts: 50 Member
edited November 11 in Motivation and Support
ive been on MFP time and time again over the past 5 years. i love it. its a great place. but i have yet to succeed. i lose interest. motivation. i dont know. im the type thats really excited to start something new but once the "new" wears off im over it.

im back and im trying really hard. and im doing really well. im actually logging my food every day and doing it correctly with a food scale and not just eye balling it. it hasnt even been a week of me weighing and logging food but im in love with my progress so far.

my concern is that ill get tired of logging/weighing every single thing i eat. right now its working and its great. ive lost 3.5 pounds in under a week. and seeing the scale move is a huge encouragement. but i know that most of that is probably water or whatever. and i know there will be weeks ahead of me that the scale doesnt move. and thats when im going to get discouraged. im also already panicking about the future- am i going to have to weigh and track calories for the rest of my life?! how do you kind of "wean" from that? i know im no where near ready yet. i mean i could survive if i ate the exact same thing every day for ever. but realistically i cant do it.

ive been over weight my entire life. and im scared that when i finally lose the weight i wont know how to keep it away.

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  • kazbrock
    kazbrock Posts: 2 Member
    Hey don't overthink it, just take it one day at a time. Life often gets in the way of good intentions but getting back on the wagon again is all you have to do without feeling too bad when u have a bad day! Keep posting and replies should help motivate you! X
  • xX_PhoenixRising_Xx
    xX_PhoenixRising_Xx Posts: 623 Member
    One day at a time is a good idea. Weighing food really doesn't take that long, it's an easy habit to get into. There was a time I thought I would be weighing and logging forever! In reality I was consistent for 2 years. I've lost 156lbs and now I'm maintaining without logging and only weighing some things just to check portion size. I actually don't need to weigh, I've done it so often that I can eyeball it accurately. And I have so completely changed the amount and what I eat from when I was obese that I doubt I could go back. Working at losing weight changes things, so don't worry about the future until you get there :)
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