How did you FINALLY lose weight after months of failure?

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I had to cut almost all grains. Eat raw foods. Add a high quality protien shake. Makes a big difference!

I have found over many years of slowly losing weight that I have had to make some type of serious change about every 10 lbs to continue to lose weight. My first change was switching to diet foods-lean pockets instead of pizza, healthy choice lunches and that sort of thing. That dropped about 10 lbs and then I was stuck for months. After that I started going to the gym a few times a week consistenly, about another 10 lbs off but then I was once again stuck. My third major thing was deciding to kick pre-packaged foods and start eating real, healthy foods. I made salads for lunch and my freezer was pretty much empty except for frozen veggies. Further changes in my diet have been what got me through the next 20 or so. Eating more protien, continuing to get rid of processed foods and all that fun stuff. Then my weight had been pretty much the same for about a year until I found MFP, as soon as I started really tracking my food on here I lost 10 lbs. Now I'm stuck again and have been for a couple months, but having the ability to really see what I've been doing through the logs makes it easier to figure out why. I feel like I have my diet pretty set at this point, so as of yesterday I'm trying a new workout plan to see if that helps.

Also, I think my approach has always been to make a lifestyle change and I think that's helped me stick with what I've been doing. Even when I wasn't losing I also wasn't gaining back so I always felt like I what I had done was good and it was just a matter of figuring out how to do better.

I kind of burn out after about 7-10 kgs lost and have to recommit, or little bits and pieces slip into my diet and I either stall or start to go up again.

So, a few months ago I decided to make my weight loss a project, that was 'hot for my 50th', I managed to lose 5 kgs for my birthday party. Part of it was getting a personal trainer, who weighs me every 2 weeks, I know for me I need that accountability. the day after my birthday I started my new project 'slim for summer', and I know what weight I want to be by Christmas.

It sounds to me like you are a little bored and need to mix it up a little. Try something new, prepare a plan. Good luck, I think everyone's been there, there is not a 'one size fits all', know yourself and what would help and go for it!!!

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Ya'll are pretty dedicated. I admire that. Hopefully it will rub off on me because I hate to log food. I will try!

OP, no one hates logging food more than I do. I've been on MFP - on and off - since 2007. Every once in a while I think, "Pssh- I got this."
That's when I've been at a good weight and logging faithfully for months. But each time I think I got it, I gain 10-15 pounds and have to go back to the logging.

I finally realized that I can log my food in under three minutes per meal. I know the database and how to use it. It's not the logging, it's getting sucked into the forums :laugh:

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I lost weight sophomore year of high school. I got down to 150 & felt pretty good, but it took no time to gain it back because I didn't make a lifestyle change, & I didn't WANT it more than I wanted to eat whatever I wanted.

I've started diets several times since then, but it was the same thing...I didn't want it enough to make the sacrifices necessary. I loved eating out!

I finally want it bad. I am tired of being the chunky one & I finally am okay with not being able to just eat whatever I want for the rest of my life. It was hard at first. I was used to eating out all the time & ordering whatever I wanted. Once my body stopped being used to this, it stopped craving the bad foods.

I also needed to find a workout that was fun. I lose interest in the treadmill, elliptical, etc after awhile. It goes by so slowly & is so boring! But I found zumba, got addicted, & look forward to getting my workouts now. It is a blast & it's working great for me.

The other thing was I needed a tool to help me keep track of what I ate. Guessing in your head what you can eat & what you have left is not effective. This is where mfp came in!

So, my motivations are my absolute desire to lose weight far exceeding my love of food, zumba, & mfp!! You've gotta want it more than the food & find the control, then find the tools to help you succeed! Good luck!

I worked out like a dog (6 days a week cardio and weights) and lost inches but no lbs for almost a year (after an initial loss). That was until I started really monitoring what I was eating. I had no idea how many cals were in some "healthy" things I was eating. Upon joining MFP and logging I started losing. Also I eat back my exercise cals and am still losing. I have 9 lbs to go to my goal weight!!!

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Honestly when I'm not losing it's because I'm slacking off.
I'm not going to work out, or I'm consistently eating over my calories.

When I do what I'm supposed to be doing I almost always lose. Unless it's that TOM and then I'll lose the week after.

this sound s like me rgiht now.d scale isnt shifting (but clothes getting loose a bit)and doctor says my BP is fine...i think i need to check with u for mor advice,thanks

I made it important. My life pretty much revolved around it until I got it under control. The elephant in the living room is this - over 90% of us will begin to lose weight if we stick to a diet and exercise program faithfully.

Losing weight is 80% diet. If you haven't lost any weight after exercising 5x a week, you need to take a good look at your food diary here, it will tell you what's not working for you.

My husband was dieting and exercising with me!!

Honestly when I'm not losing it's because I'm slacking off.
I'm not going to work out, or I'm consistently eating over my calories.

When I do what I'm supposed to be doing I almost always lose. Unless it's that TOM and then I'll lose the week after.

That's how I am so far, except I have no weight gain during TOM. I usually lose just fine. If I eat back all that I burn off exercising I won't lose either, but I don't have a heart rate monitor that calculates calories.