Tired of my own excuses

Good luck,and I've been of the same philosophy!! So will stop the excuses and get down to serious weight loss, toning up and then who knows what

I can completely relate to this. This is my millionth time restarting my diet,im currently on a 4 day streak. We can both do this :-)

I do the same thing, lol. I think at some point everyone has. Dont beat yourself up over it though and start with small changes first. They seem to stick better when you make a conscious choice for healthy living everyday. Heres to the new you and me

You sound like me! I wonder why my clothes are getting tighter when I eat healthy and exercise. Then I look at my exercise and food diary - no logs of exercise and lots of chips, little veggies! My first step is not to beat myself up! Its not easy, but I have to start loving myself first. Then I am finding ways to incorporate more veggies. After this becomes a regular, I'll work on eliminating/reducing the foods I shouldn't eat. Its all about baby steps for long term results. Also, I never realized how awesome having a support group is! If I meet up with someone to work out, I'm less likely to let them down. Taking 1 day at a time and letting go of perfection is my new motto.

My calendar is my best friend. I look for something important 2 or 3 months ahead. It could be a trip, a wedding or formal event, an organized sports event in participation in, whatever and then just "train" the heck towards that date.

I set myself fitness goals (not necessarily numbers on the scale) and develop enough mental inertia to keep me going for those 2 or 3 months. When I get there, there is always something else to train for 2 months ahead. Having an exercise chart for those weeks helps a lot too.

Yes we can all do it! I bumped into a friend yesterday who had been using this app, and over a period of about 6 months he has lost pretty much all of his fat and looks like a lean machine!

I had quite a heavy weekend food and drink wise, but still persuaded myself to add every last calorie onto the app. My eyes widened when I saw how many calories I had consumed! And I think this is the crux - I often don't even realise how much I have eaten, whether it's snacking at the office, or having friends round for an indulgent dinner the calories don't seem to exist until they are on my hips and preventing me squeezing into my clothes! I'm determined to use this app consistently for a month to just log whatever I eat, and then when I am in the habit of it and can notice trends, will start to make changes. Anyone who wants to help me on this course is welcome to!

OP - you can do it! I was on the "tomorrow" plan for YEARS until I finally realized tomorrow had a way of never arriving. So, I made up my mind to do it and started on a Thursday back in April. Been going strong since.

I think it helps to master one thing at a time too. Your goals listed above are all very reasonable. Don't get down on yourself though if you miss a step. You might figure out something that really works for you for, say, water intake, but have more trouble with sticking to exercise...whatever it may be...progress is progress, no matter how small. It doesn't matter if it doesn't all come together at the same time.

We have all been there and probably will again. So far I am doing good, it has been 2 weeks this time. I am trying to take a day at a time.

I know in order to follow the lifestyle we have chosen we have to stay conscious, at least I do. I eat so many things out of habit, so I try to make sure I do not have certain things in my house at all.

I still believe as long as we keep trying, we can get there, the key is to keep trying!!

Best of Luck to all of us.

I can so relate. I'm terrible with self control so I've learned I just CANNOT have trigger foods in the house, I'll bindge and tell myself its okay I can start tomorrow. if the only thing to eat is healthy, I only eat when I'm hungry rather than eating when I'm bored, stressed, sad and frustrated. A cup of brocolli isn't the same as a bowl of ice cream when sad. Lol.
I also tend to not log when I know I'm making poor choices because I don't want to face the facts new goal is to log everything!! I got a scale and its going down! We can do this!!!

Make small changes if need be. A quote I love is "Slow progress is still progress. Keep going" By the way I surely can relate. I have some new battles going on myself presently. Good luck. You can do it.

Your post sounds like I could have written it. I am getting back on the health wagon again for the up tenth time today. We just have to take it one day at a time. I KNOW I can do this since I have done it before and you can too.

In the past I have always done some program that was a special diet, this time just healthy eating and exercise. I will log my food every day and no lying to myself by leaving unhealthy food off. I will walk for 30 minutes at least 5 days each week.

1 - buy a food scale, and weigh all of your solid food. Measure all liquids. Log them and stick to your calorie deficit. This way you hold yourself accountable and know how you are going to lose the weight.
2 - Read the first post in this thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1235566-so-you-re-new-here

Since I've been back, I've been off more than I've been on. I guess if you guys can submit to it so can I. Good luck everybody!

I sent you a request to add me. I feel the same way and am looking for likeminded individuals