Starting again, for the 1000th time...

I was the same way, every time I started a *diet* I'd fall off because I was miserable. Then I found intermittent fasting, it works really well for me. So this time if something isn't working for you maybe you should find a different way of cutting calories. Some people like to eat the traditional 3 meals a day. Some like to graze all day and some are like me the like one big meal. Good luck

I'm the same!
Everyday for the last few weeks I start off using mfp and by 4pm I've abandoned it and start over eating.
I've got a holiday booked for July so I'm aiming to lose as much as I can by then, I'm 100% going to stick to my calorie goals for tomorrow, trying not to worry about the day after, I just want to get through one day!

It helps if you have a specific goal. My biggest problem is when I've hit my goal and then fall right back into bad habits. I lost around 50lbs in 2011 - 2012, and then after the event I slimmed down for, I just went back to my old ways again, and most fatally stopped the exercise. Then came medical problems.

But this time, I set several goals. First was to get moving again, and then I wanted to be fit enough to do my work fitness test easily. I also wanted to be out of pain, and then I wanted to get back down to the weight I was at in 2012, which is where my MFP goal currently is.

But when I reach all of those goals, I've got more in mind. Really I would like to be the same weight as I was at 25 years old, which I think is achievable but after I hit my first weight goal then I will think about setting a new one. I always weigh myself in the morning when I'm at my lightest to motivate myself, but when I hit my target weight in the morning, I will then change to weighing at night so my target weight is my maximum weight and not my minimum weight. I also have constant goals for health now as well. I want to stay at my current fitness level or better, and have several swimming distance goals I want to hit in the future. I have some clothes I want to fit back in to and most importantly I want to keep the shoulder and back pain at bay. If I go more than a week now without exercise the pain in my shoulder is excruciating and I have to get back in the pool to be pain free.

I will keep setting myself goals to keep me running the race (metaphorically speaking) because without goals I will just go back to how it used to be. I have to keep moving my own goal posts. My biggest fear is when I hit my target weight and have to maintain. But I will have to keep exercising for my pain and I have already started planning for how I'm going to transition between losing weight and maintaining it, even though I probably have another 6 months to a year left of losing weight. But whatever happens I will continue to keep logging everything, because I never really notice my food intake until I log it.

Please add me too ladies.. starting again too and definitely need the moral support this time!!

I have been off and on diets for several years. I had three kids in the last ten years and my weight would fluctuate between pregnancies though I never got back to my initial pre pregnancy weight of 172 (I'm 5'11"). This is my third go at MFP. I have lost 13 lbs since Jan 4th and almost 3 of those since restarting MFP last week. I am happy losing slowly as I make this a true lifestyle change this time. im just trying to take it one day at a time, one pound at a time and trying to avoid eating for comfort when stressed. That's my downfall. I love exercise and plan to get into working out again with my husband. Feel free to add me as a motivational buddy.