100+ to Lose and only DAY 2 HELP!

You have been given a lot of good advice. What has worked for me is taking baby steps, not depriving myself of treats and cravings- because going on a "diet" generally means depravation and self destruction in my eyes, and not obsessing over if the scale moves or not. There are days where the scale won't move, and on those days you have to take a step back and look at yourself and ask if you are feeling differently than when you started, and if your clothes are fitting differently, and if you have more energy, etc. Break the big goal into mini goals and celebrate each accomplishment!

I'm going to hit 100 pounds lost any day now. I won't say I've "slipped up" because I'm not on a diet...nothing to cheat on or fail. But I have had plenty of days where I haven't made the healthiest food choices.

The point is not to be perfect. It's to start, and then refuse to stop.

Log in EVERY day, even when you have slipped up. Be honest on your food log, even when you slip up so badly you want to hide. Consider every day a learning experience. You don't have to be perfect, but you have to learn from your mistakes. My stupidest mistake? I used a "mug" for a measuring cup for about three months before discovering that the mug was actually 12 ounces not 8. Dumb as a box of rocks I was, but I learned and I fixed. (No, I did not go back and change my old food logs. I was honest in the sense that I didn't realize I was making a mistake, and I did not punish myself for it.)

So, my advice is to just keep logging and let the information you log teach you what you need to change. You don't get a High School Diploma or a College Degree in one week, and you won't learn everything you need to change and be able to do so in one week either (let alone one day). This is a process. If you are feeling better and more confident in a couple of months, you are succeeding. And you WILL succeed. No, not necessarily by losing ___ pounds in ____ weeks, but by feeling better than you did a couple of months before.

Haha. I just wrote a blog about this yesterday. It's called "Got Knocked Down But Getting Back Up". I have slip ups and that's where I've failed in the past. I used to slip up and then get mad at myself, so mad that I'd just say well if I'm gonna blow it, I'm gonna blow it for sure! And do even more damage and quit. This time around, I'm trying to do meal planning, I'm walking more, setting smaller goals. When I started, I had 154lbs to my goal weight. Now I have 138lb left. Instead of focusing on what I have left, I focus on what I've accomplished. Also, as far as my goals are, I don't just set goals for the # on the scale. I set them for increasing my fitness (like setting a goal to walk every day for at least 15 minutes and then work up to a bigger goal). And I set them for my water too. I tend to forget to drink enough water, and when I do that, I'm dehydrated and crave sugar and tend to overeat. I've noticed drinking water when I start to feel hungry, will actually make the hunger go away. So I'm teaching my body (hopefully) to stop interpreting thirst signals for hunger signals- therefore it's easier to stay within my calories allowed. Sometimes it doesn't work, and rather sit there and think about "Man, I'm hungry" I eat a healthy snack. Since starting this journey just over 3 weeks ago, I've learned how people can say they lost weight by eating more. When I choose the right foods, I'm usually eating more often than when I was eating yucky food (not calorie-wise because the unhealthy foods are very high obviously).

But the key is just to keep going. It's a journey and I have to recommitt to it everyday. I almost feel like I'm in AA or something, because I really am taking it one day at a time.

Just breathe.. You can totally do this. I have more then that to lose still but it is one day at a time and this site has so many supportive and utterly awesome people. I'll send you a friend request if you'd like some support!