Can't seem to stick with it

I am so right there with you. This is my first time on this type of site...I am desperately trying to add friends to help hold me accountable. I am hoping to really show off some results and serve as inspiration for one another...

Take it one day at a time. One hour at a time, even. I had a bad weekend (3 whole days of overeating) and I just woke up the next day and got back on track. I ate a good breakfast, put on my shoes and went for a long walk. Now I'm feeling better than ever.

Hi, Lindsey. Finding the right motivation to get your bottom firmly planted on the wagon, is always the most difficult part of weight loss. Once, you are committed and on a roll it is much easier.

So start making a list of all of the upcoming occasions where you really want to look good--weddings, class reunions, trips, parties--anything that matters to you. Then just start focusing on those goals. What will you wear? How will you look?

Then, sit down and make a list of all of the upcoming occasions where you really want to be fat. Get the picture?

There are so many reasons to lose weight, especially as we get older and our bodies start complaining about carrying around extra weight. We look better, feel better emotionally, and have a lot less aches and pains when we are slimmer.

Right now I have 4 well-spaced goals. I need to lose 10 more pounds by April 28th so all of my beautiful clothes will fit and I won't have to go naked on our cruise. Then I need to lose another 5 by July 21 so I will look good on the dance floor when all of my relatives will attend our niece's wedding. Then I need to really tone and sculpt and lose the last 5 before my 50th class reunion on September 21, so I can wear something totally sexy and age-inappropriate. On December 5, we will be taking a cruise with an old boyfriend and his wife, so maintence is a must until then.

So on and so on and so on, we just need to maintain one target after another to keep us slim and heathy.

One thing my almost 70 years has taught me is that if I ignore my weight, I will rapidly gain. Oh we grow so soon old and so late smart. :drinker:

I just started walking and dieting 2 weeks ago. I have a friend who is also doing it with me which helps tremendously. What is keeping me motivated is how much I realized I wasn't living. I was just going through the motions. (faking it) I haven't been this happy since I was a child. i love the ocean air. I try to walk with the dog everyday. I first started walking (with my friend) around the neighborhood but after walking on the beach I don't want to walk the neighborhood anymore. It's so energizing! Maybe try to go and walk where you can look at pretty things like a park or garden. (just some suggestions) I have been hating the way I look for over 10 years and am embarrassed sometimes to go out in public. I don't know if this helps but I wish u lots of luck hun.

Lindsey, way to go on starting! Brush off the slip up and let tomorrow be a new day. If every day you get up and try, then you're already doing better than you were a few weeks ago when you weren't trying. Simply logging in the calories is going to be a wake up call for you. Log everything, good or bad. It will get easier, and you will find a normal. Be patient with yourself. I'm still new in this process too. Today was a bad day for me too, but somehow I stayed below the calorie goal and still got a workout in. So even though it wasn't a GREAT day, I can still call it a success because I did better on a bad day than I would've two months ago. Two months ago I would've eaten my way through a bad day (and two weeks ago, you probably would've just eaten more after feeling guilty).

Also, I think the bad days (and how bad your body feels after eating poorly) give you great motivation for sticking to those healthy foods that make you feel so great.

Keep with it! You CAN do this, and it IS your time!

Hello,
My name is Lindsey. I started myfitnesspal almost 2 weeks ago. I did pretty good the first week. I was motivated and I had the same thought I have had dozens of times in the last 9 months, "This it is. This time I am going to do it. I just know it." Then, a few days later things start slipping and I end up where I am today, feeling guilty over eating a gigantic high calorie lunch. I just dont know if i have the mental/emaotional strenght to diet more than a few days. How do you guys do it?

It's got to be a TOTAL commitment. It has to be the MOST IMPORTANT thing to you in your life right now. Till that happens, you'll just be winging it.



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I could have written this post...my thoughts exactly! I, too, am struggling after just a couple weeks of careful dieting. I don't know what caused me to fall off the weight loss wagon again. Frustrating! But I just read a helpful blog that suggested NOT having any cheat days or cheats whatsoever because this keeps the cravings alive. If we can resist, it will get easier, but each time we give in we strengthen that giving-in muscle and we will keep repeating it over and over. Some people can eat treats in moderation and are fine, but others can't must abstain completely or set themselves up,for failure. So sad........:(
Good luck to you on your journey!

add friends and people who will motivate you the support system is everything

I think we all have been where you are. I have so many reasons to loose these extra pounds, but I am finding it hard to loose. One thing I will mention, however, is that it DOES help when you keep track of every little or large morsel you eat. Even when I was on weight watchers, if a person did not track their points, you did not loose--that's the same thing with this program except this program is FREE. So, hang in there--write down everthing and pretty soon you will see where the majority of your calories are coming from and then you just have to start making wiser choices in your eating habits. Just hang in there.