Would you be interested in having an accountability partner?

What does “accountability partner” mean to you?

There are many challenges here in the forums that are helpful for different reasons.
Some focus on miles logged. Some on just checking in daily.

It does help me to log in and comment on various topics here. Even the light hearted conversations under the chit chat heading at the very least keeps me logging in daily.

Checking in on my newsfeed also helps some. But not quite as much as just keeping to my commitment to myself to log everything I eat, and every exercise I do (I choose to log the exercise calories from my Apple Watch, instead of what My Fitness Pal assumes I’ve burned)

Ultimately, this entire process is up to you.
Making a commitment to yourself.
And if you stumble? Get back up, brush yourself off, and get back on track.

Every single one of us long timers has done some version of that. Usually multiple times.

Send me a friend request if you’re so inclined. I do try to post realistic things on my newsfeed. And I comment on others when they hit a milestone, or post a win or a struggle.

But ultimately it’s up to you.
And you can do this. One day at a time.

ddsb1111 wrote: »

You haven’t been back since you posted this, is there a reason why?

OP is logging in to their account. And they’ve checked the forums as recently as yesterday.

I suspect they didn’t bookmark this discussion, and haven’t figured out how to get to where they can see what discussions they’ve posted or participated in.

I have hope that they will eventually return here and join some challenges.

I completely agree with the rest of your comment. Participating is great.

Like others, I think "accountability" tends to be a solo sport. But others can be cheerleaders, idea generators, and overall supporters.

I 100% agree with the idea that interacting with like-minded folks here can compensate for a real-life social circle that's on a different wavelength. Humans tend to want to fall in line with social norms, and if we want to create change in our own life, it helps to find a circle with different norms.

There are a bunch of challenge or motivation groups in these parts of the MFP Community:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/categories/challenges
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/categories/motivation-and-support

You can read relevant intro posts there, get a feel for what's available, then join in to something that sounds like it will suit you. That's a good route.

For myself, I felt like the "MFP friend" thing was not super effective. It helped a little at first, but sadly so, so many people get discouraged and give up. (That's an unhelpful group norm!) The same can happen to a fraction of people in the ongoing groups (in links above), but there's enough continuity that if you're all in, you can get decent support. Consider it.

Wishing you the best!