Help me to get my start guys!

[onechunkymunkey]

I have been trying to lose wieght for about a year or 2 now...each time i get serious about it it lasts for at most a week then i fall off the wagon again...i know im ready and i so desperately want to lose weight i just need to get myself togehter i know i would be so much happier if i lost wieght and i know i will regret it later in life if i dont...i am discusted with myself at my current weight..i am a large framed female and am 5'7 and 187lbs..i want to kick this off and stay with it..i mean bikini ready my summer i just think i need a lil help getting with it..i dont want to let being self conscience hold me back any more!

 

[Sprite1]

Hey and welcome.

We have all been there with the stopping and starting. You need to see it as a very long-term thing and not just a quick diet. It's gonna have to be a change you make permanantly if you want to lose it all and keep it off.

This forum can really help to keep you on track and motivated but you have to really want to lose the weight -and be willing to work hard to get there.

I think it's definately a frame of mind you need to get in.

Anyway if you have any questions or need advice this is the place. Let us know how you're getting on.

Good luck!

 

[Tomble]

Hello. Have you considered keeping a food diary? I'm currently in the habit of eating the right amount, but at the beginning I started writing down everything I ate. That extra step between wanting to eat something and putting it in my mouth often made me reconsider. Do I really want to write down `Block of chocolate' in this book? How will I feel reading it later?

One of the problems I've always had, and I think it's pretty common, is to think `I didn't eat so much today', forgetting that I had a donut and some chocolate and a sweet fizzy drink etc. etc. between meals. I would think `this is impossible, I can't lose weight!'. Once I started writing it down I stopped eating those things I knew were bad for me.

As long as you don't cheat and `forget' to write in the book, you'll be much more motivated! After a couple of months I no longer wanted all that bad food.