Ugh

jessrdh819
jessrdh819 Posts: 16
edited September 2024 in Motivation and Support
I don't know what's wrong with me. All I keep doing is gaining weight. I stick to doing this for a couple weeks then fall off the wagon. I have no motivation to exercise and I SERIOUSLY need to do something about my overall health.

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  • VixFit2011
    VixFit2011 Posts: 663 Member
    I don't know what's wrong with me. All I keep doing is gaining weight. I stick to doing this for a couple weeks then fall off the wagon. I have no motivation to exercise and I SERIOUSLY need to do something about my overall health.


    You're statement "I SERIOUSLY need to do something about my overall health" that's step one. You will get motivated here with a lot of support. Just look, you've already taken the first baby step by joining here.
  • MyaPapaya75
    MyaPapaya75 Posts: 3,143 Member
    You have got to get motivated and serious if you want to succeed....if your falling off the wagon with one meal then just hop back on and dont dwell on the one meal ....all of this journey has to be done at the right time and with the right mindset...make a plan and implement it and dont detour from it....
  • FiannaWarrior
    FiannaWarrior Posts: 6
    My sister is doing the same thing...All I can do is encourage...You need a partner in crime...Add me and I can encourage you daily...we all will...you can do it...Just know we all go through the same crap...I am the same way...Good luck...If you need a nudge, let me know...Dee
  • MrsSorenson
    MrsSorenson Posts: 450 Member
    I have been on a plateu, but I feel the same way, sometimes one meal may make me feel like a failure. Get back on and keep going. Best statement I've heard lately,.. don't let a slip turn into a fall. Get with it. We will all be here for each other!
  • destinationparadise
    destinationparadise Posts: 59
    Your hear talking about it and thats a good thing. It is hard for me to get motivated to exercise but if you just make yourself do it you'll find it gets easier every day until you actually look forward to it. Just get back on the wagon and remember we're all here to help each other from falling out of the wagon.
  • SLaw4215
    SLaw4215 Posts: 596 Member
    I tend to live in the moment and have what I call "adult ADHD" so I need to switch things up. What motivates me one day becomes part of the background the next day if I'm not paying attention.

    Idea #1. Find an item of clothing that is too small to wear and hang it some place where you can see it every day when you wake up. I printed a color image of the dress my daughter wants to wear for our cruise in October and attached it to the front door of the refrigerator. My item is my screen saver on my computer.

    Idea #2: PLAN your meals a couple of days at a time. Gone are the days I will waste my money buying frozen Weight Watcher and Lean Cuisine meals. If you think about it, there's really nothing to them -- a portion of meat, a portion of vegetable --invest in Glad Ware and save a bundle by packing your own meals.

    Idea #3: Add VARIETY and be creative. This was really hard for me in the beginning. I have made it a personal objective to learn how to cook. I'm not trying to make my way through Julia Child's cook book but just be able to make healthy simple meals for my family without all the sodium and preservatives. We invested in a juicer machine for our home and make vegetable soups from scratch (tomato, mixed vegetable, sweet potato -- one of my kids' favorites)

    Idea #4: Make it fun/Make it pretty: One of my favorite parts about eating out is what the food looks like. Make the effort to do something a little extra for yourself (add a tablespoon of low-fat whipped cream to a 60 calorie pudding and top with fresh raspberries, cut lemon/lime pieces and freeze -- drop in glass of water, iced tea or diet soda) ** there's something very satisfying about indulging about taking the time to make it "girly" and just for me.

    These little things are working for me. They are helping change my mind-set of instant gratification and it's helping me learn to hold off cravings and breaking me of old habits.

    Hope this helps! I know some of my ideas take time but in the end I'm feeling really rewarded knowing I'm feeding my family so much healthier than I used to.
  • sjodrum
    sjodrum Posts: 127 Member
    Yes, I hear you. I have been having the same trouble for quite a while. I mean each week it is sort of the same - do pretty well from Monday through Friday, fall off and eat too much over the weekend and start all over on Monday. I joined a monthly challenge in March and have basically stayed the same weight since then - losing the same 5 pounds over and over.

    So, a couple of years ago, I had it working and here is what I did. (even though I'm having some trouble now, I think I know how to fix it if I get serious enough)

    The most important thing that I found was to plan my meals and snacks at least one day in advance. I would log my food into the system the night before and print out the results. This would be my plan for the next day and I would hang it on my fridge. Of course it has to be the right plan, I think it's not too hard to know what the right number of calories and such are, especially since MFP makes that part easy.

    I was committed to eating just the things on my printout and ignoring all of the other opportunities to eat around me - giving myself a lot of credit for doing so. The giving myself credit idea comes from Judith Beck's book - The Beck Diet Solution. That book helped me a lot with the approach I took - planning, eating, exercise and the psychology.

    I also committed myself to planning exercise times and doing them even if I wasn't motivated. This actually became self motivating because it made the weight loss happen faster.

    So, the result: I lost 40 pounds in about 6 months and was really happy about it. As I said, I think I know what to do that can be successful for me and I am writing this to share with you but to also help me to recommit to doing this again because I need to change and get back on track. I found that if I fell off the wagon for 1 day it took me about 5 days to get back on track - which is exactly what has been happening to me these past few months.

    Thanks for the ideas everyone has - I think this is a good topic that is interesting to hear everyone's ideas on.
  • xraychick77
    xraychick77 Posts: 1,775 Member
    just gotta do it
  • mrk34
    mrk34 Posts: 227 Member
    You don’t have to exercise to lose weight because weight loss can be achieved without exercise

    Diet changes have much greater effect.
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