Need a kick in the pants.

Hey. You know what? We ALL have fallen off the wagon at some point. Here's the difference between you and the person who has reached their goal: they don't see it as falling off the wagon. To them, it's "I had a bad day." Or a bad moment. Why did you have the first bad day? Cause we all have bad dayys. The question you need to ask is , why did that one bad day turn into a bad week, bad month, bad ten days? You CAN have a bad day and turn around and start over in the morning. You CAN eat like crap one day this week and use the entire rest of the week to make up for it. You just have to make the decision to stop saying "well that's it, now that I've had 3 donuts the whole day is shot". It's not. You CAN recover. Maybe you don't meet your calorie goals that particular day. Maybe you don't meet them for two days. What's important is that you NEVER stop trying to fix it and do right by yourself. We all have rough days, we all recover. You are having a rough time, and you WILL recover.

ariennedumont wrote: »

Have been loging now for 36 days i did great the first 20 days lost 10 pounds and everything was going great . kinda fell off the eating good wagon but still have been logging most of what i have been eating even though its all been crap. Just really wanna loose the rest another 30 pounds and most of ut before new years would be awesome.
Some one just give me a good pep talk get me back in the swing of things please.
Love reading all your posts on here and it helps.
I am currently 24 years old 5'8" 172 lbs

You did not do great for the first 20 days. Sounds like you are under eating losing half a pound a day. If you keep doing that you will keep falling off the wagon.

1 pound a week is what you should be losing.

Not to be harsh, but you said you wanted a kick in the pants...

No bad days... This is for life. There are just days.

bcalvanese wrote: »

ariennedumont wrote: »

Have been loging now for 36 days i did great the first 20 days lost 10 pounds and everything was going great . kinda fell off the eating good wagon but still have been logging most of what i have been eating even though its all been crap. Just really wanna loose the rest another 30 pounds and most of ut before new years would be awesome.
Some one just give me a good pep talk get me back in the swing of things please.
Love reading all your posts on here and it helps.
I am currently 24 years old 5'8" 172 lbs

You did not do great for the first 20 days. Sounds like you are under eating losing half a pound a day. If you keep doing that you will keep falling off the wagon.

1 pound a week is what you should be losing.

Not to be harsh, but you said you wanted a kick in the pants...

This, and this:

middlehaitch wrote: »

Set yourself a reasonable goal of 1-1.5 pound a week. Eat all the calories MFP gives you.

Eating too little can make you tired and irritable, at the very least, and inclined to give up.

Weighing your food is a good way to make sure you are accurate.

Move a little, cardio and resistance work.

If you are tracking your exercise through the MFP data base eat back 50-75% (MFP overestimates the burn).

You need that food to fuel your burn.

Now kick, kick, get back at it.

Cheers, h.

You didn't gain the weight overnight. It's silly to expect to lose it all overnight.

The person who eats the most while losing weight wins.

Eat whatever you like within your calorie limit.

At your weight, a successful rate of loss would be 0.5 to 1 lbs a week.

Crash diets lead to crashing and burning, and yo-yo-ing it all back on.

Slow, sustainable and sensible is the way to go, to learn healthy habits and maintain a good weight for life.

Look up "butt kickers". And give them to yourself.

This is a distance event, not a sprint (and not a race).. Slow, steady and methodical is the way to go. A pound a week. You will find that you can eat and ENJOY life while losing weight. I still have occasion to enjoy my dark chocolate Klondike bar and keep within my calorie limits. 10 pounds in 20 days is too fast and unmaintainable. Act like you are going to be doing this for a long time, because you will be. To lose weight, and keep it off, involves a lifestyle change. The one you WERE living caused you to gain the unwanted weight in the fisrt place.

Slow, steady and methodical, keep it up and you'll get it down.

When eating at a deficit gets too difficult to stick with, instead of "falling of the wagon" and returning to the eating like you did in the past, try to jump on the "life raft" of maintenance. Eat at maintenance for a day, week, month, what ever you need to do to get back on track. Once you find maintenance and you are ready to try weight loss again, decrease your calorie intake by 250 calories then, if you can sustain that, and want to speed the loss, add a deficit of 50-100 calories a week and repeat, until you find a place where you can realistically sustain a calorie deficit. This is the only way I have been able to break the yo-yo cycle. If you can only sustain a 250 calorie deficit, good for you! It is all about moving in the correct direction, not the speed!