dieting for life !!!!??

geo999
geo999 Posts: 5
edited September 27 in Motivation and Support
everytime I start a diet , I succed in losing the 5-7 kg I feel I need to lose , but eventually I stop when I reach my plateau and after 5-6 months I end up getting it back (and then some).

I guess I have to stay on a diet for all my life ....anybody else experience this trend !!??

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  • lil_pulp
    lil_pulp Posts: 701 Member
    Instead of a diet, I think of this as being healthy. So, yeah, I hope and plan that it's for the rest of my life.
    -LP
  • iwillsoonbeslim
    iwillsoonbeslim Posts: 283
    You shouldn't need to 'diet' for life, you need work out how to change your habits and mindset so you want/choose to eat sensibly and remain fairly active. Hope you find the answers you need x
  • registers
    registers Posts: 782 Member
    everytime I start a diet , I succed in losing the 5-7 kg I feel I need to lose , but eventually I stop when I reach my plateau and after 5-6 months I end up getting it back (and then some).

    I guess I have to stay on a diet for all my life ....anybody else experience this trend !!??

    The thing to do is make gradual changes, if you try to make changes quickly it's possible that you will relapse. Your body can't cope with the new stress, and you just end up pigging out and give yourself a break from the diet. Then you try again, and ithe same thing happens. This is the cycle of "yo yo dieting."

    I have been there many times, I have lost over 100lbs then gained back 80lbs cause of this. I was just trying to hard, so the best thing I can say is take it slow, set small daily goals, such as eat a healthy breakfast for a month or 2 or 3, once you got that down packed, then go for a healthy lunch in the same manner, untill all your meals are healthy. Do the same thing with exercise.
  • fuzzymel
    fuzzymel Posts: 400 Member
    You don't need to diet for life but to keep the weight off you need to change your approach to healthy eating and exercise. That has to stick for life to maintain.

    If you go back to old habits it does all come back (and very easily from experience).
  • xraychick77
    xraychick77 Posts: 1,775 Member
    ya thats pretty much the point
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    it's not a diet, it's a lifestyle. It comes with nutrition yes, but also, how you think about food, how you exercise, what motivates you, and recognizing choices.
  • lanenalatina
    lanenalatina Posts: 239 Member
    Unfortunately, you have to make it away of life. Not just a diet, a lifechange, otherwise you'll end up like a yoyo. Good luck and keep at it u got nothing to loose but the weight u want to loose:flowerforyou:
  • Bavaria100
    Bavaria100 Posts: 42
    It’s like everybody said it’s not about diet it’s about changing your life.

    A diet is something short term. Say you put on a few pounds over Christmas, then you would do a Diet. After you lost the few extra pounds you stop the diet and you can carry on as normal. You can eat what you ate before Christmas. No problem here as you never had any weight problems in the first place.

    If you have been overweight for a long long time and always struggled with you weight, than you are beyond diet :blushing: . In my case, I had to change my life, my way of thinking and my attitude towards food. It took a while but I am getting there.

    I guess, it’s not supposed to be easy especially at the start otherwise we all would eat pizza, peanut butter ...and run around in a size 8 dress (well most of the girls, anyway :bigsmile: )

    Keep up the good work and remember we are all in the same boot 
  • sam23030
    sam23030 Posts: 76
    I've been exactly the same for the last few years. I need to strike the balance with a little more exercise and not take the mentality 'I'm not on a diet I can eat what I like'. The minute I'm happy with my body again I stop worrying about food and exercise. I guess you don't need to be terribly strict all the time as you would with a diet but maybe keep a rough tally of calories going in your head for the day and jsut be aware.
  • dls06
    dls06 Posts: 6,774 Member
    Diet is temporary. Healthy eating is forever.
  • geo999
    geo999 Posts: 5
    I guess you are all right ; I understand a healthier lifestyle is all that matters anyway in the end

    thanks for all the feedback......
  • iwillsoonbeslim
    iwillsoonbeslim Posts: 283
    Hopefully by using this site, you can find the key that 'works' for you :)x.....I think I may have done :D
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