The reason you fail at losing weight

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  • sportyskylar
    sportyskylar Posts: 149
    amazing post
  • Elf_Princess1210
    Elf_Princess1210 Posts: 895 Member
    Good post and realistic information! I wish you luck on your journey to become a doctor. One piece of advice though, listen to your nurses, because they may just save your behind one day!
  • Elzecat
    Elzecat Posts: 2,916 Member
    bump
  • cndrlla
    cndrlla Posts: 139 Member
    Just the reminders that I needed today... thank you! Btw, I'm sending you a friend request too. :smile:
  • yag1630
    yag1630 Posts: 92
    Nice one Bro.!
  • melbaby925
    melbaby925 Posts: 613
    Great post!

    For me, it started as tracking every ounce obsessively. Now, I no longer care about pounds, but about measurements and more importantly body fat %.

    I know I'm going to lose pounds, but that's a byproduct of going from too high body fat to 20% body fat. I've got a long way to go, but I'm going to get there, and it's going to take as long as it takes!
  • pauljsolie
    pauljsolie Posts: 1,024 Member
    Just plain and simple COMMON SENSE people. This isn't anything new but thanks for the reminder. I applaud you for thinking about holistic healing.
  • nefrettdo
    nefrettdo Posts: 5
    To be honest, I just want to fit in the clothes in my closet again. ;) That having been said, I am so happy to see this on here. You sir, are awesome. I hope that my friend who has just about lost all hope sees this. She really needs it right now.
  • SWilland
    SWilland Posts: 232 Member
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  • theoriginaljayne
    theoriginaljayne Posts: 559 Member
    Well said!
  • charneus
    charneus Posts: 66
    To be honest, I just want to fit in the clothes in my closet again. ;) That having been said, I am so happy to see this on here. You sir, are awesome. I hope that my friend who has just about lost all hope sees this. She really needs it right now.

    Feel free to share it with your friend. :) And she can definitely add me to her friends if she wants extra support. :)
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    Genius! Too bad more people just don't get it! :heart:
  • sttrinians
    sttrinians Posts: 94 Member
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  • That1JB
    That1JB Posts: 13
    To be honest, I just want to fit in the clothes in my closet again. ;) That having been said, I am so happy to see this on here.

    Ditto
  • CallmeSbo
    CallmeSbo Posts: 611 Member
    bump
  • Calipalm
    Calipalm Posts: 114 Member
    Great words, and great truths! :)
  • ScrewyChars-7859507
    ScrewyChars-7859507 Posts: 17
    Amen.. Those Words were AWSOME!!!!
  • Rroggiero427
    Rroggiero427 Posts: 4
    Great inspiring post! I am in it for the behavior/lifestyle change. I'm a RN, so I KNOW what to expect and what not to expect, but it gets frustrating nonetheless. I just keep reminding myself, I'm NOT going back UP!! :) Making healthier food and exercise choices allows for the ailments caused by obesity to decrease and eventually (for some) go away!! Also, the more muscle you have, the more calories you will burn, so gaining weight at times when you're strenth training is not a bad thing! :) Oh yeah, and DON'T get too few calories in because then your body will start metabolizing muscle....if you check your urine for ketones and it's positive, you need to eat more calories (the good kinds, not all fats and/or all carbs). I'm excited to be part of the MFP family! Thank you for all of your posts that encourage and inspire! I've only just begun my journey a month ago and already my kids are seeing a difference in my energy level...only 60 more pounds to go! lol
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    Nicely said for the most part, except that I'm concerned that you state: "Try for at least half your calorie goal".
    Could you clarify what you mean here, it sounds as though you are encouraging people to eat only half the calories that MFP recommends, but I'm really sure you can't mean that!
  • charneus
    charneus Posts: 66
    Nicely said for the most part, except that I'm concerned that you state: "Try for at least half your calorie goal".
    Could you clarify what you mean here, it sounds as though you are encouraging people to eat only half the calories that MFP recommends, but I'm really sure you can't mean that!

    What I mean is that some people are so worried about going OVER their calorie goal that they'll purposefully eat as little as possible to stay UNDER. So my suggestion to those that aren't coming anywhere near their calorie quota is to strive for at least half of their calorie goal, if not more. It's not a healthy thing to eat only 200-300 calories a day when you should be eating 1800 calories. I'll edit the post to reflect that, though! Thanks for the feedback!

    Edit: Apparently I cannot edit my original post anymore. :\ So, it's still here, just as a comment! Thanks again!
  • ysamatar
    ysamatar Posts: 484 Member
    bump!
  • juliangrant
    juliangrant Posts: 3
    Great post my friend - very sensible and needed said, so well done.

    The reason some people fall off of diet and exercise is exactly that - that they often put on weight in the first two or 3 weeks. This can be due to your body retaining water.

    Again, I'm no Doctor, but a trainer once explained to me that when you start exercising after a while of not doing so, your muscles will be sore. Your body reacts to this by protecting these muscles by retaining fluids around them, hence you may actually put on weight.

    After a few weeks of exercise and diet your body lets this go, so it may take 4 or 5 weeks to see initial results. This happened exactly like this for me, so just thought I'd pass it on.

    Make a commitment to change your life through diet and exercise and stick to it friends. It WILL work out!

    Best

    Michael

    Nice one Michael, it's been month that I've been counting calories but I haven't lost any weight at all, your post has made me feel less discouraged about that.
  • TDGee
    TDGee Posts: 2,209 Member
    OP, good job, you have motivated a lot of people. You make some very good points.Too many view this whole "Journey" as somewhere to go, with a definite endpoint. It really isn't about the destination at all. Life is for living, The destination or end point is the grave. Personally, I would like to delay that for awhile longer. One has to make the determination to make it a good quality life. Starving oneself or using gimmicks to achieve a number on a scale is really not healthy. It has to be about living a healthy lifestyle. Eating right and exercising are a big part of that. There are stumbles and obstacles to overcome. There will always be a Superior Dairy S.O.S. waiting on the corner. You may occasionally have one. I will be jealous, but I will have a chocolate chip milkshake occasionally too. Life happens. The trick is to keep moving forward. Good luck to everyone here.


    Sorry, I had to put Journey in quotes, I consider Journey to be a band that was big in the '80s, and not my favorite descriptor of my life.
  • brentsblog
    brentsblog Posts: 60 Member
    Nice post OP

    One thing I would like to see added is that people tend to forget they put the weight on over 3,4 5+ years and they expect to lose it in a matter of weeks or months, which then relates back to you point 'You cannot join one week and expect a 10 lb loss the second week. It just doesn't work that way'

    Once people realise that they put the weight on say over 4 years there expectations on how quick they will lose it drops dramatically and there goals become more realistic and they start to have a clearer picture and not the picture of the advertising rubbish ' Drop 5 kilos in 2 weeks'
  • charneus
    charneus Posts: 66
    OP, good job, you have motivated a lot of people. You make some very good points.Too many view this whole "Journey" as somewhere to go, with a definite endpoint. It really isn't about the destination at all. Life is for living, The destination or end point is the grave. Personally, I would like to delay that for awhile longer. One has to make the determination to make it a good quality life. Starving oneself or using gimmicks to achieve a number on a scale is really not healthy. It has to be about living a healthy lifestyle. Eating right and exercising are a big part of that. There are stumbles and obstacles to overcome. There will always be a Superior Dairy S.O.S. waiting on the corner. You may occasionally have one. I will be jealous, but I will have a chocolate chip milkshake occasionally too. Life happens. The trick is to keep moving forward. Good luck to everyone here.


    Sorry, I had to put Journey in quotes, I consider Journey to be a band that was big in the '80s, and not my favorite descriptor of my life.

    Just looked at your profile, and holy crap you're close to me! I live in Hanford. Scary, scary, scary!

    Anyway, to comment on your comment, and to add comment to this:
    One thing I would like to see added is that people tend to forget they put the weight on over 3,4 5+ years and they expect to lose it in a matter of weeks or months, which then relates back to you point 'You cannot join one week and expect a 10 lb loss the second week. It just doesn't work that way'

    It's a lifelong event, keeping healthy. It's not something that's going to stay the second you become healthy. It's something that's going to bite you in the *kitten* if you don't keep track of it. Brent (and another commenter mentioned this) is right in saying that you put on the weight over a course of time, whether it took you two months or two years, so you can expect that time to be mirrored in losing it. I'm not saying it's going to take you two years to lose the 80 lbs you put on the past two years, but it needs to be realistic. Thanks for supporting and commenting on this thread!
  • geecee77
    geecee77 Posts: 149 Member
    Thanks, feeling motivated again now :)
  • rosied915
    rosied915 Posts: 799 Member
    This is the first post I've read in months that actually inspired me to keep going, made me smile and feel hopeful!:flowerforyou:

    Thank you sir~ hope to see more of you around here!:heart:

    PS~ when you become a NP, I want to be your patient!:blushing:
  • Gagsy
    Gagsy Posts: 11
    Yeah I've realised this myself actually. Well, I'm quite lucky actually at the moment as I'm losing weight at a great pace. I know though that it won't last and I've been trying to mentally remind myself not to cave in when it appears that the weight isn't going. I've taken measurements nearly 4 weeks ago now and I've been wanting to redo that for about 2 weeks, but I told myself that every month for measurements is fine enough. I know my tummy has gone down as I'm having to tighten belts even more.

    I guess we just like bumbers. We like to know that nasty fat is falling off and the only way we can SEE that ourselves is when the scales give us a smaller number. Problem is we forget to take account of our bodies and what is currently in them when we weigh ourselves.

    My brother recently got excited because he was showing as having lost 5 pounds in 3 days and I was trying to say in the kindest way that he likely hadn't lost that much and that he should only weigh himself once a week, less is possible but no more. Its hard for some people to resist I guess.
  • Nikkislim32
    Nikkislim32 Posts: 66 Member
    This is exactly what I needed to read today. I have had many failed attempts at losing weight because I didn't get the results I wanted in the time I expected. Big mistake! One thing I've learned is that patience and determination will take me far in this process. Let tell fat to get lost. Lol!!
  • RockChick1984
    RockChick1984 Posts: 239
    I so needed to see/read something like this today... bit on a downer with myself and frustrated with the scales... so thanks for this :smile:
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