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I've been having a hard time lately so I decided that today would be a new beginning and I would try out some new strategies this time. The accountability of recording all my food and exercise was working well, until I discovered I could slack off without making too much difference and then I started pushing those limits to get away with more. I'm going to try checking in here each day with how I'm going and how motivated (or not) I feel. I'm also listing my current and goal weights in my signature so that I can keep focussed on my goal. Even though I started eating more, I have kept up going to the gym because I have a "no excuses" policy for that - even if I can make up heaps of excuses in my head as to why I don't need to go today, I still have to go. I'm going to try the same thing for food, now. Wish me luck :)

GOOD LUCK!!!! I find that i can eat whatever I want as long as it's small portions throughout the day, and that along with exercise is helping me lose weight.

good luck! I just recently started a fresh start myself - i feel...clensed anyway..enjoy :lol:

[color=green:25114f43ea]Good luck on your fresh start. I need to have one of my own. Within the last two weeks there have been 3 birthdays in my family including my own. Though i had watermellon instead of cake for my bday the others did not. I have to admit that i have no will power so with the junk food around I gained 2 lbs. The junkfood is finaly gone so today is a fresh start for me. Good Luck again[/color:25114f43ea] [color=blue:25114f43ea][u:25114f43ea][b:25114f43ea]Kiara[/b:25114f43ea][/u:25114f43ea][/color:25114f43ea]

I've been doing better since my new start. A couple of times I've been tempted to eat when I wasn't hungry, but I've managed to avoid doing that. I haven't been keeping the calories as low as I would like since I've eaten out both nights (tonight the only vegetarian thing on the menu was veggie nachos...) but I think it's encouraging that I've been able to avoid using that as an excuse to declare the day a wasted effort and stuff myself with cake when I got home. I also remembered to bring a snack to work with me to eat just before leaving so I wouldn't be starving as I walked past all the tempting food shops between there and my house. It doesn't really help that I baked a cake and my flatmate made flapjacks over the weekend, but that will be gone soon... I understand how you feel about having junk food in the house, Kiara! Nevertheless, I'm taking in fewer calories than I've burned so I'm feeling happier about myself. I hope everyone else is going well.

I broke my rule about only weighing myself once a week, today, because I wanted to check whether what I've been doing the past couple of days is working. I was very encouraged to see I was down a pound :) I'm still eating too many calories, really, but I have leftovers I need to use up and it doesn't seem to be a problem at the moment. My flatmate also has an enormous container of brownies he's been trying to make us all help with... I always have excuses, but I'm definitely learning how to eat in the real world and make this a lifestyle change. Maybe my weight loss will be slower this way, but I think it'll last better. I'll stop filling up this thread soon, but for now I think I need the extra accountability of reporting to the group; I hope you don't mind :)

I understand the urge to write - I often have it too! I can really relate to the 'deciding the day is a wasted effort and stuffing oneself' thing! That's my biggest pitfall, that's when I tend to let it all go. And it's so stupid! It should produce the reverse effect! Anyway, the title of the thread is also appropriate, since after coming back from a long holiday (in which both diet and exercise were virtually dropped), I need to start afresh! This time it's difficult, because I've been measured for a bridesmaid dress for my friend's wedding in 2 months and told I'm not to change size between now and then. Of course, the likelihood of my changing size dramatically in these two months is minimal, since I've averaged a loss of 1lb/month so far ( :? ) but it's almost challenging me to do more, especially since I'd promised myself I'd do well for my birthday (which falls on exactly the same day as the wedding!) I guess I'll just do my best and see. It's better if the dress ends up too big than too small! Just for the record, my birthday goal (30th October), is to get below 60kg, so to about 132lbs. I'll do my best! Good luck to all the rest of you too! Pika

I've wasted a lot of time by "splurging" and packing on a few pounds just to lose it again. If I could learn moderation I would be a lot better.

It is kind of hard sometimes to stop on a binge. It is easy to to say, I have ate bad for the last however many days, so what does it matter now? I try to to remember how what I eat today will make me feel tommorrow. In the long run, I know that the decisions I make today will come back to me another day. Just try to make the right decisions more often than the wrong ones, and see if you can't make some progress.. Good luck to you :)