You need to be honest with yourself folks.....
fitcrew
Posts: 67 Member
Hey all!!
I love MFP....Its keeping me on track while injured and have a great support group.
I notice a ton of people not just here but in general also and it has sparked my non sugar coated attitude....people mention they have tried WW, Atkins,South beach or whatever diet they have tried and they express that "those didnt work"......The truth is that the individual didnt put in the effort.....we are in control of our weight loss destiny....if you dont make it happen,Its not gonna!! I was there once!! EXCUSE after EXCUSE.....what we should be saying is: I tried that diet and I failed miserably but I want to try another method" or "i just didnt succeed at that diet so im moving on".....you cant blame guns for killing people....its people killing people so in the weight loss world its not the people around you killing you.....its you making the choices that you make that are gonna kill you
Blunt honesty is not fun for some poeple but try to understand where im coming from before you decideif im "picking on people" or being rude....we need more honesty in our society
ITS YOU VS YOU
I love MFP....Its keeping me on track while injured and have a great support group.
I notice a ton of people not just here but in general also and it has sparked my non sugar coated attitude....people mention they have tried WW, Atkins,South beach or whatever diet they have tried and they express that "those didnt work"......The truth is that the individual didnt put in the effort.....we are in control of our weight loss destiny....if you dont make it happen,Its not gonna!! I was there once!! EXCUSE after EXCUSE.....what we should be saying is: I tried that diet and I failed miserably but I want to try another method" or "i just didnt succeed at that diet so im moving on".....you cant blame guns for killing people....its people killing people so in the weight loss world its not the people around you killing you.....its you making the choices that you make that are gonna kill you
Blunt honesty is not fun for some poeple but try to understand where im coming from before you decideif im "picking on people" or being rude....we need more honesty in our society
ITS YOU VS YOU
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Well said0
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Amen!!!!0
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OH MY GOODNESS! I sooo agree with you..
I am very blunt especially in my blog. But then again its my blog.
I Only truely started succeeding once I dropped my excuses. And It works that way with everything.0 -
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Yep, big difference between "it doesn't work" and "it wasn't working for me"
Need to find things that work for us and realize we have to put our efforts into them. It's good to see people are passionate about their various ways of living. Good. Get passionate about it and make it work for you.0 -
I couldn't agree more!0
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Some of those diets work for some people... because some people don't do well with carbs and can eat a low carb diet and lose weight. I do better on a more balanced diet. If I didn't eat carbs, I would get very bored and would stop trying to control my weight at all. I don't think certain diets don't work because everyone is lazy. I think certain diets don't work for some people who are lazy doing anything or don't really want it. Everyone's story is different.0
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People handle things in different ways, but I'm one of your mindset, being blunt is motivating to me.
I ate poorly these past couple of days, it's not my "diet" that stopped working, it's going off of what I was doing that might cause some weight gain this week. And that's going to be entirely my fault for choosing to eat the wrong foods.0 -
I agree with you to a point. We Do make our own choices and are responsible for the consequences of them. BUT....some of those programs DONT work because they are not healthy. In some of those programs you have to give up fat or carbs or sugar. All of these are part of a healthy diet when eaten in moderation. It's all a balancing act. To lose weight you have to eat healthy and exercise. It's a simple as that. There is no "quick fix". It takes time, courage, and the right mind set to do it and do it right.0
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So true. When I am not seeing the results I want, I need to look at what I am doing and if I am being TRULY honest with myself. Thanks for your honesty! We all want to be positive and encouraging, but we also need to be REAL!0
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AMEN!0
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100% agree!0
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I totally agree. I left my excuses at the door when I started this journey and I still don't miss them at all.
I take life one day at a time when it comes to eating and exercising. I enjoy every day and make the best decisions I can at that time. Over or under here or there, the world goes on and if you let yourself make excuses, you're only hurting you.
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I completly agree with this. I've been there too, excuse after excuse. And I've been noticing the excused have been trying to come back in my mind lately too. Weight loss is a serious mental game as much as it is physical. You have to really, truly decide to do it; and do if for yourself! Good for you for losing 60 lbs. That is awesome!0
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Thank You Thank You....for keeping it real and helping us all remember that Nothing Worth Having Comes Easy!0
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I agree with you to a point. We Do make our own choices and are responsible for the consequences of them. BUT....some of those programs DONT work because they are not healthy. In some of those programs you have to give up fat or carbs or sugar. All of these are part of a healthy diet when eaten in moderation. It's all a balancing act. To lose weight you have to eat healthy and exercise. It's a simple as that. There is no "quick fix". It takes time, courage, and the right mind set to do it and do it right.
I don't think the OP is defending crash dieting, and the plans the OP listed do include all macronutrient groups and encourage exercise.
Regardless of whether you count points, or carbs, or calories, and are losing weight at a healthy rate with a balanced food palate...you're working toward the common goal of everyone here - to lose weight, keep it off, and be healthy.0 -
I agree to you will gain muscle and lose inches if you will just work out 3 to 4 days a week.
Anyboby is able to do that if you make being healthy a priority...0 -
I completely agree. I know I failed before at losing weight because I didn't want it enough. I tried but all I really did was add exercise. I didn't watch my food. I did a 6 week personal training thing at the gym with a food plan and lost 20 lbs but I gained it all back when I was done because it was such a restrictive diet. This is the first time I've ever succeeded and it's because I REALLY want it and I've found something that works really well for me. Restrictive diets don't work for me and I've tried quite a few. I need something where I can eat what I want but still be accountable to something!0
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Weight loss is a serious mental game as much as it is physical. You have to really, truly decide to do it; and do if for yourself!
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It is SO much easier to blame WW, SouthBeach, and Atkins than it is to say that you were not able to do what the "programs" require.0
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DITTO!:flowerforyou:0
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I agree when you say everyone is different,BUT some people try more than one of these programs which are not all alike....weight watchers is an amazing program no matter how you slice it....some of the other "diets" are bogus because they try to deprive you of things your body needs...its a money maker for some jackwagon thinking that their diet is best for everyone and thats not true
My point is that these people jump from one diet to another.....when you have tried numerous diets......I believe u arent putting forth the effort....I also believe that people need to learn about these diets and about their bodies before trying multiple different ones....if you try a "diet for a week or a month OF COURSE its gonna work.....your body hasnt been able to get the ball rolling,then we hear ohhh I need carbs.DUH everyone needs carbs to FUEL....unless of course you have a certain disease or something of that nature....I know diabetics are restricted in different ways,I dont know enough to talk about it but I do agree with these people having different needs.....all in all our bodies were all made form the same mold....the basics of weight loss principles have been construed so much that people dont really know HOW to lose weight effectively and with health being the main principle therefore diet fads suck IMO....just eat healthy foods that work for you and get of your rear and BAM!!0 -
I agree with you to a point. We Do make our own choices and are responsible for the consequences of them. BUT....some of those programs DONT work because they are not healthy. In some of those programs you have to give up fat or carbs or sugar. All of these are part of a healthy diet when eaten in moderation. It's all a balancing act. To lose weight you have to eat healthy and exercise. It's a simple as that. There is no "quick fix". It takes time, courage, and the right mind set to do it and do it right.
I don't think the OP is defending crash dieting, and the plans the OP listed do include all macronutrient groups and encourage exercise.
Regardless of whether you count points, or carbs, or calories, and are losing weight at a healthy rate with a balanced food palate...you're working toward the common goal of everyone here - to lose weight, keep it off, and be healthy.
I DO NOT use nor even promote diet "fads" I encourage people to experiment with healthy food and find out what does work for them and get active People used to ask "whats your secret?!?!?) I dont have one!!!!!!!!!!!! I eat healthy and workout.0 -
Weight loss is a serious mental game as much as it is physical. You have to really, truly decide to do it; and do if for yourself!
Soooo true!!
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I believe in just eating normal foods. i hate veggies and won't eat them, I hate baked chicken. yuck. I love fruit so I am learning to eat my normal foods in moderation. I am adding a supplement drink/shake to take over one meal but only because it has added nutrients I won't eat otherwise. If Atkins or whatever works for some people great. But, I think people need to just stick to learning how to eat real foods and not diet foods. And I used to make excuses too like others. It's all a state of mind. Those people just aren't ready to hear they are responsible and no more excuses.0
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Well said and I agree completely. However, I do believe that what MFP provides is the best way to lose weight. Burn more than you eat and have a access of calories.0
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I agree with you....and I'm one of those people you just called out in your post.... I have said in some of my replies that I have tried WW and it didn't work. What I mean to say is that the method of teaching me to eat healthy as a long term change was not satisfied (by my standards and my current needs and goals) by WW Points Plan. It's a good plan! No excuses! and BTW I lost almost 60 pounds in 7 months following the WW diet "in 1986". I was 18 yrs then and about to graduate high school. The difference in the diet plans is that the program taught you to eat nutritiously. Now I feel like WW is about marketing and making money. Back in 1986 you were counselled and advised to eat x # of servings of Protien, vegetables, fruit, glasses of water and there were lists of items you could choose from to satisfy those criteria. I ultimately gained the weight back over several years from laziness, having children, and a major family chrisis that was a trigger for me to start to lose control of my eating. I went back to WW about a year ago because that had worked for me in the past. And this time I brought my 12 year old daughter with me. What I realized is that the Points system currently in use by WW-- simple enough concept to follow -- was too complicated for my daughter to wrap her mind around and too liberal. Yes, she can read that a snack has 2 point and a WW frozen meal has 5 points and she can add up daily points. We figured out points for non WW food items and wrote #'s on packaging. But we weren't feeling like this was a long term commitment. Buying WW everything for 3 people got to be expensive. The kids would eat 3 snacks instead of 1, 6 point meal. They didn't necessarily go over on their "points" but they weren't losing weight either. As a long term strategy to lose weight and keep it off we needed to learn to identify a healthy size portion; we needed to learn to like fresh fruit and vegetables; and to eliminate processed foods from 90% of our regular meal plan. The original WW diet --> protein, vegetables, fruit, water, oil, multivitamin, fiber (among other things) worked and it was a healthy lifestyle. We aren't perfect eaters and probably will never be perfectly clean eaters. The weight isn't melting off of us but we have each lost 20lbs since finding MFP. I'm here to change my life, not just drop a few pounds. And I hope to change the course of my daughter's life now before she spends her best childhood years chasing a number on a scale and being harassed by kids at school. Thanks for you honesty....0
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