What I'm Doing Wrong (And Right)

Me

Right:
I work out obsessively.
I eat right.
I read the whole post and reply to the actual question.

Wrong;
I save my calories for Vodka.
I work out obsessively.

You doin great! I think the list is a fab idea

You could always try diet coke instead.. it will save you tons on calories and sugar! I am definitly a soda person so its hard for me to take it our of my routine so i switched to diet until i am able to stop drinking it all together.. i swear its like an addiction.. quitting smoking was easier to stop than drinking soda for me!

When it comes to dieting right and wrong are so subjective.

It's not about being perfect it's about doing better.

RIGHT:
Small changes that I can maintain. Once those are habit I add another couple of small changes.
Reducing sugar.
Reducing portion size.
Tracking EVERYTHING
Working hard being honest with myself (Even if I lie to myself I not going to trick my body why not be honest and make choices based on reality)
Learning the difference between enjoying a treat and indulge in a trigger food which I can't seem to control myself with.


THINGS I CAN WORK ON IMPROVING (doesn't that sound better than WRONG?):
Not getting enough sleep
Getting lazier with tracking now that I've been doing it almost 1 year.
Not drinking enough water

Other than not exercising it sounds like you are not doing too bad, which seems obvious since you are losing.

For me:

Bad: I drink too much wine!
I play on MFP when I should be working

Good: I eat my veggies
I exercise regularly
I very rarely eat sugar or non-whole grains.

hahaha.... I play on MFP when I shoudl be working, too!!! :laugh:

DITTO!

wrongs:
- need to push myself a little harder on runs
- not being uncomfortable at the gym. I pay for this too, so who cares what other people think?
- macaroni and cheese , just stop buying it cause you can't resist the Cheesiest!
- Too much wine...haha nope not giving that up.
- sugar in my coffee. I still feel like i need it to survive

rights
- exercising everyday, regardless of how I feel when I first wake up
- logging everything. cheating is only cheating yourself
- making better choices for myself and my family
- cooking at home 95% of the time, with fresh ingredients.

I am phasing out the soda. I have to do it slowly because I get caffeine headaches which trigger my migraines. I am down to 1 Coke a day from 3-4, soon it will be half a Coke per day and then none!

Try switching to coffee/iced coffee you can have your caffieine and wean yourself off of the sugar by adding less and less.

Don't switch to diet soda, may have less sugar, but also lots of evil chemicals that'll mess with you.

My wrongs are the exact same as yours! Just sub the coke for pepsi I'm not quite ready to make the leap to no pepsi and I'm managing to stay within my calories most days even with 1/day.

My big right, and why I love MFP is that I have been altering my meals/snacks throughout the day based on where I am for calories. More than a few times since I started up 2 weeks ago I have actually not snacked on ANYTHING after DS & SO went to bed. This is a really bad habit for me (and yes, my SO goes to bed not long after our 3yo DS, lol) and if not for that ugly red number staring at me from my phone, I would be raiding the kitchen for sure! On nights where I've got some room for a snack I most often go for rice cakes, much better than the chips/cheezies I used to eat almost every night...

Good luck with cutting out that last can of coke! I am in total agreement that it's better to just slowly get rid of it instead of switching to diet.

So, this may not be of interest to many of you, but I'm going to bare all here and see if it helps to motivate me. I'm doing some things well and some things not so well. They are as follows:

WRONG:

-I am still drinking Coke
-I am not drinking enough water
-I am not exercising enough

RIGHT:

-I am down to 1 Coke a day from previously drinking 3-4 Cokes a day
-I have not eaten fast food since I began MFP
-I have been tempted by and successfully ignored cheesecake, Doritos, potato chips...in my house...during the hurricane!
-I am counting and logging everything
-I have been to the gym a bit, as well as yoga class and accupuncture
-I have lost 5.75 lbs since last Monday and gone down 1 point on my BMI

I'm curious to know what everyone else is doing right/wrong. Feel free to add me if we're not already friends!

You are doing awesome!! You've made some positive changes in your lifestyle and you're making great progress.

My good things -
I work out consistently
Monday through Saturday my diet is very healthy
I've maintained a healthy weight for years (would love to loose 5 more pounds tho)

My bad things -
I usually drink (2) 8 oz glasses of diet coke a day
I have a sweet tooth which I tend to over indulge on my pig out sundays
i definitely don't drink enough water

what Im doing right

right.... I log everything I eat, I eat healthy (I think). I workout 99.9% of the time. Im not hungry LOL. I feel great

wrong.... People will say eat all my cal. I just figured out Im eatin more sodium than I want .I should be happy losin 22 pounds since july 25 but Im not

wow you're doing great

wrongs

falling off the food wagon - every weekend take out and ice ream with family
not always exercising
not always filling in mfp
way way too much coffee

rights

tracking my food intake throughout the week and usually balanced
healthy eating through the week
lots of water
exercising maybe 80% of the time

Caffeine is my demon my enemy too so if you find a way to go cold turkey please let me know

again well done!