Ok today I start my new diet. This first week is really going to be tough. It's always tough but I believe I can do it. I really want to change and this is the first step.

Hey there! This is the right place to be. I love this forum, especially the 300+ forum. Everyone is more than welcoming and wonderful with any questions and especially with sharing the positive things that happen!

You CAN do it. I'm trying more and more each day and making changes each and every day as well. I slip up-- a lot! Heck this morning, I was chewing gum in the case conference meeting at work, and doing just fine at avoiding the Dunkin Donuts in the middle of the table. My gum got old, I put it in a napkin, and bam. Resistance gone! I had 2 of those things!! I didn't need them. I slipped up. And it's over. Back to my PLAN. I'm trying harder in life to not let those slip ups deter me from the overall plan! I don't know what your biggest obstacles are sticking to it, but this one's mine!!

Again welcome, and feel free to share the good and the bad.

Hello & Good luck with your new diet! I always hate the first weeks, but at least they usually end in a good weight loss (even if a lot of it is water).

NO!!! You are not starting a diet! You are starting a journey of a new life! Diets don't work - commiting to a new healthy way of living does!



Welcome and we are all here for you!

Jen

You have come to the right place with the right people. Everyone is encouraging and supportive and if you have any questions they are here to help.

to you on your new healthy lifestyle (and feeling much better and lighter!)

I know how hard that first week can be. I must have started at least 25 times in the last 10 years and failed each time. I think this time I had finally had enough of the fear my weight was injecting in my life:
What did people think of me?
Did I not get this or that opportunity because of my weight?
What if the seat or seatbelt did not fit?
Would other kids make fun of my daughter's "fat mom"?
Would I die young because I refused to change?

I was sick of the fear. I was having a love affair with food that was overtaking everything else.

It felt like a major breakup. Food was my comfort, my go to thing, part of my identity and letting go was so hard. Lots of tears and mood swings. When the weight started to come off and I started being able to participate in life more that was one of the best feelings I have ever had. I still love food but I hope at he end of my journey food and I can just be friends :-)

You can do it, I wish you a wonderful weight loss journey

Congratulations on choosing to make it day one of your new way of living... after all what is a diet but the word die with a cross on the end? We can do this..

Remember your not alone in this! & you have found the right place for support too- I love this group they don't judge give great encouragement and motivation too.