Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

Hi. I'm fairly new to My Fitness Pal. I'm struggling heaps. I've been doing this for about 2 weeks & I just wanna have a big cry. I do well one day & the next day I gorge myself on every bit of junk food I can get my hands on. My friends don't support me, & they hinder my progress by bringing junk food to share or eating junk food in front of me. I'm just so upset with my gluttony. I disgust myself

Welcome to the newcomers.

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekends!

@irishjeepgirl1969 – So sorry to hear about your struggles, I know it’s easy to say, but try not to dwell on the bad parts of the past, look forward, take each day as a new start and don’t think about the negatives, concentrate on the positive steps you are taking.

@Gillian – I’m so pleased it’s half term, not because I’ve got children, but because my work commute is cut from 45 mins to 20 which means I can get up late and still be at work on time! Lol

@Maree – It can be very hard to adjust in the beginning, but you’ve taken the first step towards helping yourself by joining up. Don’t beat yourself up if every day isn’t a ‘good’ day to begin with, it can take time to get into it all. We ALL have bad days, but as you move forward you will find these happening less often, as the weight comes off this tends to be a motivator to keep trying. Maybe you can speak to your friends about the junk food situation and ask them to help you?

For everyone who has had a loss or even managed to maintain, well done! For those who haven’t, don’t be disheartened, it’s a new week and new opportunity to shed those lbs!

I had a disastrous Saturday, I not only fell off the wagon, but I jumped with both feet straight into a junk food puddle and rolled around in it for good effect. To say I went over my calories is a total understatement. But you know what, although I’m not proud of it, it’s the first time I’ve done that in nearly two months, so I’m not going to dwell on it. It’s been filed in the ‘write off’ draw and yesterday I was right back on it, kept to my cals and went for a run. Acknowledge it and move on.

Running Club tonight and it’s freezing out there today, plus my knee seems to be giving me a bit of aggro, so I can see this being a tough evening.

It can be very hard to adjust in the beginning, but you’ve taken the first step towards helping yourself by joining up. Don’t beat yourself up if every day isn’t a ‘good’ day to begin with, it can take time to get into it all. We ALL have bad days, but as you move forward you will find these happening less often, as the weight comes off this tends to be a motivator to keep trying. Maybe you can speak to your friends about the junk food situation and ask them to help you?

For everyone who has had a loss or even managed to maintain, well done! For those who haven’t, don’t be disheartened, it’s a new week and new opportunity to shed those lbs!

I had a disastrous Saturday, I not only fell off the wagon, but I jumped with both feet straight into a junk food puddle and rolled around in it for good effect. To say I went over my calories is a total understatement. But you know what, although I’m not proud of it, it’s the first time I’ve done that in nearly two months, so I’m not going to dwell on it. It’s been filed in the ‘write off’ draw and yesterday I was right back on it, kept to my cals and went for a run. Acknowledge it and move on.

^^ ALL OF THIS ^^

I completely agree.. log it, learn from it, and move on.

@CariTJR great words...
we had snow on the floor this morning and it is freeeeezing today. good luck with your run and take it easy with your knee.

Irishjeepgirl, that took a lot of courage to admit your eating disorder in the group!! Good on you!! I think that is an amazing first step, shining the light on it and not being afraid. I was going to say the same thing, try to find a therapist who specializes in that area and that will be well worth the money. Good luck and take it hour by hour and day by day. Keep a journal and post in here lots, we will help out as much as we can!!

Ok last one!
Cari, you make me laugh! I have rolled around in a junk food coma myself before!! Lol! But the most important thing is to only let that be one day, so good for you for snapping out of it and getting back on track!
Rachel, you ARE hot!! Hot stuff!! Good for you, just keep riding that feeling! I woke up feeling slim and awesome today too! Got to the gym at 5:45am and did 20 mins on the moving stairs, at level 8 for most of it! My record speed!!
Have an awesome day today everyone! Log everything, get your exercise in, and smile!!! Have an awesome week!!!!!

@irishjeepgirl1969 and @zenjen13 - Thanks for the encouragement and sharing your experiences. You know what - I too that I had a particularly good healthy eating day today and had still overshot by 200. Its interesting how much I've been fooling myself ;-) and there is no hiding from it now )

The one big thing coming out for me from this logging experiment is I have become conscious of what I'm eating simply because I am logging it in and there is that extra responsibility/guilty/what-have-you-emotion associated with that exercise!!

Today I also got off my lazy schedule and went for a half hour easy walk...its nowhere near the high calorie fat burning exercise I need to be doing...but then baby steps at a time for me. I have this big repetitive history of staring off on a workout routine and keeping good for a few days or even a couple of months at a stretch and then falling off the saddle completely!!

Hope everyone is having an awesome start to your week!

@mareeee1234 Sweetie, take it one day at time. When I first started MFP two years ago. I was 289. I was doing great with logging my meals and exercises and then I started to slack off. The next time I decided to jump back in again, I was at 311. I thought why bother. But here I am a third time. January 1st, I was 313. As of my last weigh in I was, 301.6. My point in that rant was, it will be days you slack off. Don't get disgusted at yourself. See it as it was and understand that feelings you were having that day. Keep a journal and keep moving forward. Good or bad, keep moving forward. I started keeping listing everyday why I wanted to lose weight and get healthy (I think I forget this weekend). I'm using that as my motivation.

I have friends that are clueless and don't care that I'm struggle while they stuff their faces with chocolate and cakes and pies, mmmm pie. Sorry, I try not to let their decision impact mine. Is it easy, hell no. But in the end it will be worth it.
Add me as a friend. I'm always up to offer some encouragement and support.

Welcome @luteceaimee



I survived Valentine's Day with eating only two chocolate covered strawberries. Yes!!!! But my birthday is Wednesday and I have been hearing rumors of a cake in my office. Oh well, it's my bday. You only turn 29th once. Well for me this is my 8th time doing it but who's counting. I will walk for an hour Thursday.

Welcome @tristramtrent, by all means join in with the merriment.

@Rachel0778 - You have every reason to feel great, because you look great. Hope your dinner party goes ok, and if the guests get too annoying, get the dog to slobber over them.

@agile_05 - Walking is great, you'd be surprised how the miles add up and it does burn some calories. Like you say, baby steps, keep at it.

@indygirl217 - One more day of being 29 again, don't worry about the cake, eat it, enjoy it and work it off Thursday.

@danan01 - I just found out we've got a trampoline centre opening here soon, I'll have to see if they do trampoline aerobics too, it sounds like great fun. Hope you enjoy it this evening.

Well, I didn't make Running Club last night as my knee was still giving me a bit of a twinge. I felt it when I went out on Sunday and it was a horrible run, I couldn't wait for it to be over, and that's not like me. It doesn't hurt, it just kind of aches, it's just 'there' if that makes sense (well I know my knees 'there' I wouldn't be able to bend my leg otherwise, but hopefully you get what I mean), but it ached enough to make me think I needed to rest it last night.
Then, I felt so guilty about missing Club that I got home tonight, discovered the OH was having a few pints down the local, and decided I could either sit on my bum and wait for him, or go out and have a sneaky run around the block, so that's what I did. I have to say it felt much better tonight, and by the time the timer finished I felt like I could have gone on a bit further, but didn't want to push it too much - can't be missing Club again next week!

Hope you're all having a great day, and for those who aren't, don't worry too much, there's always tomorrow...

Hey everyone! I am new to this thread and just starting to get back to the gym, I need the motivation to keep going to the gym and lose weight as well as eat better Need to get back on the wagon and I am hoping you guys can help me! Also feel free to add me as a friend

Hello all, and I hope it's okay that I join in.

It must have been nearly two years since I first joined MFP. Combined with a c25k running plan I had steady weight loss and was very pleased with myself. The c25k ended, but I kept running. Fast forward to summer last year when I was training for a maratahon that I completed in October. Very proud of that. But - and there's always a but - since then I've had 3 months of pretty much no exercise (with the odd good intention lasting a week), while still eating as if I was marathon training. That of course can only lead to one thing, and sure enough, the jeans that were loose last autumn are now uncomfortably tight, and putting a tie on is not a pleasant experience anymore. So it's back to basics for me with the food diary and trying to stick to the good intentions! Happy to be friends with anyone

Hi I'm Nichole and new to this site. This is my 4th week on MFP. Been losing so far but this week really wanting the crappy stuff I have been able to avoid up until now. I have been tracking my food and exercise which has helped a lot. If anyone is interested please add me as a friend. I need all that I can get.

Welcome @SumnyUK @britneywentland and @ngolden3320!

@bluepoppies777 I am so jealous of your mini-getaway, that looks fantastic!

@GillianSmith2 way to go!!! *sings livin on a prayer since you're halfway there!*'

@CariTJR I'm glad you're taking care of your knee. Joint injuries are no joke so it's definitely better to rest now!

@danan01 how did trampoline aerobics go? It sounds like you made amazing progress on your house!

@ShyCush6 sounds like you had a great weekend with the family. Sorry to hear your fitbit decided it was out of charge for it though!

The dinner party went way better than expected, but that's probably because I drank half a bottle of wine to myself and said **** it. But I didn't eat any drunk munchies and stuck to my food plan so I count it as half a win.

Welcome all noobs!! Join in the conversation and tell us how things are going!
Cari, I live in British Columbia, Canada, so tons of places to snowshoe around here. I'm loving it, my knee is bad so I can't really ski a lot, but found snowshoeing last winter and that is my favorite winter sport now!!
Shy, yes we should all remember to be thankful for our health! A friend of mine who is 43 had a stroke a few weeks ago, and I thought the same. We are lucky! And we should remember it!