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  • Jeneba
    Jeneba Posts: 699 Member
    Don't do it!!!! Just give yourself a little time to re-group & then start again from the top & forget what happened/ didn't happen in the past. Then think of yourself as an elderly person & how different your life will be IF you "give up" and go back to unhealthy habits.
  • daisymaegreen
    daisymaegreen Posts: 50 Member
    bumping for those times when this is EXACTLY what i need to hear
  • meetpapa
    meetpapa Posts: 20
    Thanks everybody. I opened my food intake . Please give me some advice to see if I am eatting the wrong food.
  • Hollycat
    Hollycat Posts: 372
    I've done dieting the wrong way with the wrong attitude for decades. I finally figured out I cannot look at it as a temporary thing, but as something I need to do for the rest of my life. Ironically, accepting that I will be dieting more days than not for the rest of my life was a revelation. I'd always looked at dieting as a temporary thing. And that's just what it turned out to be. Temporary. Halfway. If that. I had an 'all or nothing' attitude and it sabotaged me every single time.

    I don't set deadlines. If I'm in this for life, it doesn't matter how long it takes. Once the weight is gone, I will still be dieting at least a few days each month, in order to keep it off.

    If I eat over my net calories a few days, it doesn't matter. I will not erase all the days I did diet by giving up and going back to unaware eating. I will not accept an 'all or nothing' attitude from myself anymore.

    I will log my food and some days I won't. I accept that. I will cycle my net calories between 1200 and 1800 and some days I will get stuck in a rut. I accept that too. I will exercise regularly for my heart health and record it. As I lose weight, I will make small changes in my diet to increase the 'healthy' factor instead of trying to do everything now. I know myself, my limitations and my weaknesses. I will work around them and do things that work for me without causing myself undue stress or anxiety over food choices. Had I figured this out 30 years ago, I would not be where I am today. I will not dwell on that either.

    Acceptance.

    Hollycat
    :flowerforyou:
  • SoCalSwimmerDude
    SoCalSwimmerDude Posts: 509 Member
    Hello to the OP. I checked out the food and exercise diary and I'm just like everyone else... just giving opinion w/ good intentions... but here's the main thing I saw. You're logging "cooking/food preperation" as cardio which gives you more cals burned each day. In my HUMBLE opinion, you shouldn't count it. I didn't look back more than a few days, but I would assume that if you are logging food preperation, then you may be logging other things that simply make you active. I also get exhausted and put forth much effort while cooking, but I never count it. I think you'll find better results if you're doing more cardio (the running/biking/swimming/circuit kind). My 2 cents! Oh, and never give up... its not worth it.
  • adagolden
    adagolden Posts: 146 Member
    What if you change your settings to keep track of your sugar intake? I never really paid attention to that, but now that I do I had no idea how much bad sugar I ate.

    I always say to add lots and lots of fruits and vegetables.

    Good luck.
  • meetpapa
    meetpapa Posts: 20
    Thank you, I will start doing more cardio.
  • meetpapa
    meetpapa Posts: 20
    Maybe I should start doing the 30 day shred . It will help out alot with workout. I think I am doing to start today.
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