Hi all,
As the title says, I am restarting my journey today. I know that I can do it. When I do my program it works... so if thats the case then why do I quit?
Maybe because it's just so darn easier to do 'nothing' then to do 'something'... but then I think... if I had stuck with my program, just imagine where I'd be right now!

So here I am. Once again. Wanting to make a lifestyle change this time. How do you move past the excuses that we often give ourselves.

Support and Encouragement welcome. I want to do this for me.

Actually, I WILL do this for me.

Well off to the gym I go

Hi,

I'm in the same boat as you. I started dieting on the 24th. This time last year I was so happy that I was losing weight and especially losing all the weight I gained from my pregnancy and then I just stopped and now I weigh more than I did when I was pregnant. When I got on the scale and saw how big I was I started dieting the very next day. I wanted to cry and it's no one else's fault so I have to take responsibility for my own actions. I think you have to decide what's important in your life. My life is much more important than food.

I agree southerngal07, life is so much more important than food, even thoguh we need it to survive. This weight loss journey at times feels like an ongoing battle. Sometimes I also wonder if I would of stayed on one of the dozen diets that I have been on in the past where would I be right now? Would I be under 200 pounds by now? Probably. Its so easy to give up and so hard to stay on track. This journey is in fact a life change, thats why we are all here we need support from people going through or who have been through the same thing that we are going through. So welcome back and good luck!

Hi MBMT,

I just came on here recently too. I started my diet on the 14th of January. I have been really happy with myself ever since I started. It's the worst when you get going, but feeling proud of yourself is so much better than guilt I have been feeling every day since april of last year when I quit!

I think one of the best things you can do is try and stay really positive with yourself. When I get down on myself is when I do the worst!

Good luck You can do it and being on this forum really helps me, so I know it will help you too.

dusty

Congrats on re-starting & all the best of success!!!

WELCOME!

It's easy to quit. Too easy. Even after over 2 years my body doesn't want to exercise and eat well. I do it, though, because life is so much easier!

Ayah - Welcome back!!!! I am a firm believer in the fact that something is better than nothing.

How to get over past failures? Forgive yourself!!! Losing weight and taking care of your body is skill that you need to build. If you tried to speak a foreign language and couldn't converse with the first person you met would you call yourself a failure? Heck no! It is NEVER too late to try again.

ladies, thanks SO much for your words of encouragement!!! it's nice to know that there are understanding people out there, who themselves have been in this situation.

We can do it! I'm feeling like working out, so I think I am going to go to the gym for about 40 minutes, instead of heading to bed right now. I'd rather do it when I feel like it, ya know.

Thanks!