So annoyed!!! Weight...

..bothers me.

Anyways I have pretty much been on like a hundred diets since I was 11. Ten years later, I'm almost still in the same boat.

Back in 2003/2004, I actually full out did a diet/exercise program I made, and lost 30 lbs or so in about three months. Which is awesome.

But since then I just cannottttt find the motivation to stick to it again, to finish this stuff. It's been so many years now..ugh. Not to mention I've put on ten pounds since then (150-160).

Anyways, I think the problem is that I will lose five or six pounds, then forget that I am even trying to lose weight, and just stop, and my weight ends up creeping back up to 160 again.

And 160 is like my personal plateau hell. I hate being 160 at 5'6. I don't look obese, but I sure as hell don't look sexy. (I saw pictures from last weekend at a party- not impressed at all.)

What to do?!

That's how I was. I was not motivated at all to start counting calories and resisted it and resisted it until I saw my health deteriorating. 

I think you can tell yourself to JUST log the calories, every day, as soon as you can after eating. No pressure, just log everything, honestly. Studies have shown that just logging what you eat you lose weight. And log your weight too.

I bet you find that you start trying to control the calories just knowing you are accountable. When you reach your goal keep logging. You sounds like me, and I need to be kept on a leash or I go wild.

Original Post by cab_codespring:

That's how I was. I was not motivated at all to start counting calories and resisted it and resisted it until I saw my health deteriorating. 

I think you can tell yourself to JUST log the calories, every day, as soon as you can after eating. No pressure, just log everything, honestly. Studies have shown that just logging what you eat you lose weight. And log your weight too.

I bet you find that you start trying to control the calories just knowing you are accountable. When you reach your goal keep logging. You sounds like me, and I need to be kept on a leash or I go wild.

 Yes I will try and do that everyday. I didnt log yesterday becuase it was my birthday- cheat day. Haha, oops. Oh well but I am logging everyday after that. Thanks for the tip!

Yes, I agree that having CC easily accessible while at home and work really helps me stay motivated (not to mention the little numbers on the scale getting smaller and smaller).  I was having a hard time "sticking" to a diet and thought that I could lose some weight by simply exercising and eating the same way but it didn't help.

Sometimes, just losing a couple of pounds is motivation enough to stick to it.  Another thing that was a big motivator was exercise.  Realizing how much work it was to burn those extra calories really encouraged me to stay away.  I didn't want to have to work out more than I needed to, so that motivated me enough to keep bad snacks away from me :)

I have now found my struggle of not eating more than I should on the weekends.  This weekend, however, will be different.  I will log all of my calories, even if I go above-and-beyond my limit...just to give myself an idea of what I'm doing to myself every weekend (lose a few pounds just to gain it back that weekend).  Good luck!!

The last t wo days I went over and above my limit.. yesterday was the worst, but I followed my own advice and logged it all anyway. It was tempting just to say "oh why bother.. I know it's bad, just move on" but I think was important to log and keep the statistics correct.

I think I should have logged it as I ate it, but I just couldn't put the Murray chocolate bites away. Sometimes the will power just isn't there.