Good-bye MyFitnessPal

If you're following the diet calorie count and exercising then maybe there is something medically wrong. Like metabolism not working properly or something else hurting your weight loss because you should lose if you're eating healthy. Please let us know is ever join again!!

Dude, *kitten* that. Keep on truckin' brother. Time is going to pass whether you are living healthfully or killing yourself slowly. You may as well make healthy choices, keep working out and have a side benefit be the shedding of some lbs. Keep on keepin' on man, don't let that bull**** bring you down.

Wow, lots of comments regarding your topic. I'm sorry to hear that you were discouraged and wanted to quit, and while most people won't admit it, a lot of people feel that way at the beginning. The longer you stick with this, the easier it will be. A lot of us have been there, and still are there! You can do this. But you have to be ready!

Every time I log on to MFP Message Boards there are more and more negative, scrutinizing comments. I understand the ones where people are trying to help... but some are just mean. This should be a place to encourage people and be supportive.

Good luck on your journey!

I would just like to say. You didn't put all this weight on overnight. It takes time. Its a life style change. Slow and easy wins the race. Good luck and always remember YOU CAN DO IT!

Rebel, I did read some negative comments, but for the most, eveyone wrote you telling you how bad that decision was going to be. If you quit now , chances are you wont be around to see your children marry and you will have health problems in your future
I messged you, and you never replied. I also was looking at your diet for the last couple of weeks and I did notice tons of soduim and processed foods, which dont help in weight loss

again, please message me, I am not a professional, but I can share some tips and hints with you to help you...........again, you have 14 pages of posts from people who care.....remember, they took the time to reply, so its not like they didnt care, were here for support........take care, best wishes and please reply , I think I can help ,as well as you can friend me..............Best wishes, Lloyd

Rebel, I did read some negative comments, but for the most, eveyone wrote you telling you how bad that decision was going to be. If you quit now , chances are you wont be around to see your children marry and you will have health problems in your future
I messged you, and you never replied. I also was looking at your diet for the last couple of weeks and I did notice tons of soduim and processed foods, which dont help in weight loss

again, please message me, I am not a professional, but I can share some tips and hints with you to help you...........again, you have 14 pages of posts from people who care.....remember, they took the time to reply, so its not like they didnt care, were here for support........take care, best wishes and please reply , I think I can help ,as well as you can friend me..............Best wishes, Lloyd

Amen to this post. The reason we were all upset is because we don't like to see people giving up before this lifestyle change has had a chance to take effect. I would WANT people to get upset at me if I did something like this.

Glad to hear you're giving it another shot, Rebel. God bless...

aww, thanks haley..........I hope he replies, I really thought alot about him, knowing Ive been in his shoes, and yeah, there was a time I thought of never being able to lose my weight.........its very discouraging, but I hope he sees that he does have people who care and want the best for him.................thanks for that nice post haley , I hope he stays

Dude, if you are not already gone.

Drop the web site if that is what you want.

If you do, instead of trying to "diet". Try to make a life changes. Start small and then add things as you go.

I.E. Give up soft drinks (Sugar filled sodas like Coke or Pepsi< even the diet versions). Replace with water and non-sweetened teas.

Once a change has become a habit try something else. Give up potato chips.

As you go along start reading labels to understand the sugar & sodium content of what you are eating and adjust.

Etc. , etc,

(Note, not commenting on what you currently eat. I am just making suggestions. I have not perused your food so I do not know what you have been eating).

In addition, add a regular exercise. I.E. walking 1 mile 3x a week.

As with the food, add things as what you are doing gets easier.

As you increase your regular physical activity and moderate your food intake your body will adjust naturally.

Good luck with what ever you choose to do.

I just don't know what to say anymore. I am tired of people reading only the past weekend in my food diary and telling me im eating wrong next time read longer or do you just read the last page of a book and thats it The Harry Potter Books must have sucked you had no Idea why they ended the way they did. I don't eat processed foods it might be entered like that because thats the closest I can find to what it was. I don't have time in class to add every single recipe i do I done have a choice over what I make so I just quick add calories and I try to go high since its hard to log a bite of this and a bite of that.

Thank you all that have been positive and the ones that think I am quitting yes I thought that but I am not so stop acting like I am and try something nice instead of how I am screwing up. With all of your negative posts it makes it harder to want to keep going but the positive ones I love they keep me going Now I know most of the people that post after this are only going to read the first one so screw off read he other posts I have put up be fore you judge me to harshly

I think you are being unrealistic in your expectations for how people should have reacted to your initial post.

When you get this many people reading and anonymously responding to what you write you've got to have a thick skin (figuratively) because you are absolutely going to get a wide distribution of responses between extremely supportive and the other end of the spectrum. If you were expecting everyone who responded to be 100% extremely supportive, given what you wrote which was essentially a rejection of something many readers feel very strongly about, I have to think you haven't been using web forums very much or very long.

Here is my attempt to be supportive: Hang in there.

This is disappointing that you would give up on yourself like this, I think you should really reconsider. I understand that it is a process but believe me you can do it, if I can push myself then so can you. Anyway whatever you decide good luck.

For what it's worth, I started my journey at 280. For three months I didn't get much in the way of results. I exercised a lot but my eating just wasn't there. I finally got smart with the diet and things clicked. Now I'm over 40 pounds lighter and I'm finally getting hopeful that I can keep it off. Immediate results have never been guaranteed for any of this stuff. It's going to take time, lots of time. But it will come together if you work at it. I look at it this way - I spent the last couple of decades getting big and unhealthy. Expecting to reverse it all in a few weeks just won't happen.

If you are truly too busy to track your diet then you either have a ridiculously busy life or you may need to rejig your priorities. It's not easy. It sometimes frustrates my friends and family when I take a lot of time fiddling with my phone or the computer putting everything in but that's what I need to do. I realize that this is what it takes for me to be healthy so I will take the extra time to do it.

It's funny how elastic time is. When my doctor started telling me how many days a week I should exercise and for how long, I thought he was nuts. It was depressing to think of how much time I was going to have to waste doing something I didn't really enjoy. Oddly enough, it hasn't turned out this way. When I take the time to exercise, I find I wind up with more time to do things because my energy levels are up. I don't feel like I'm dragging my butt from one thing to the next. I'm not saying I'm a ball of energy or that I still don't enjoy a good afternoon nap, but I notice a big difference. Even a brisk morning walk makes all the difference, so much so that I have started packing running shoes and workout gear even when I go on vacation.

For the record, I don't diet. Could never really find one I liked or trusted. Instead, I found four words I could abide by: eat less, move more. MFP has helped me with this as has mapmyride (or walk or run, etc.).

Good luck.

beck, I plateaued for 4 months, and now have lost 26 in the last 2.5 months..........it happens

just stay focused, be patient, it will come off.............I got discouraged, but ...NEVER GAVE UP, and everyday I would work out, count cals, etc...................nada

then all of a sudden, my plateau broke...........so again, just stay focused, and most importantly , be patient.............Lloyd

Look at your picture! There's no better reason to not quit than that little girl in your arms. Open up your diary so people can see them and give some pointers. Get some more MFP friends because they are an amazing source of love and support. There are answers and reasons to all of this stuff. Don't just walk away. I was 408 and after a week was ready to quit and continue my unhealthy life, as short as it was gonna be. I'm down to 280 now with the thanks of mfp!!!!!

couldnt say it better myself =]

The first thing I can say is you sure didn't try very hard, you weren't even at it a month......if a person is really serious about losing weight they atleast try for a year, no matter what. You also don't mention what you eat. If you are eating alot of cooked foods (even whole cooked foods) it's alot less healthier than raw fruits and veggies. Ones goal should always be in becoming healthy first, not the weight.