Looking for Weight Loss Friends to Stay Motivated Topic
Goofyorange
01/23/21
I’m interested?????
BareToesRoo
02/05/21
I’m new, just started today. Also could use friendly boosts. Please add me if you want to share positive inputs :)
Dietician
02/06/21
replied to BareToesRoo
Hi BareToesRoo- Welcome to MyNetDiary! If any nutrition or weight loss questions should arise simply post a question under Ask a Registered Dietitian and Diabetes Educator and we will get back with you. Have a great day! Joanna (MyNetDiary Dietitian)
HarryT
02/07/21
It’s funny how there are so many of us that have no support at home. My wife complains all the time about being overweight but she won’t do anything about it. I don’t tell her if I am trying to lose weight because she will buy a bunch of the foods that are bad and that I struggle to resist. I guess misery does love company.
Since starting to track my food with MyNetDiary I have lost 4 pounds in eight days. Emotionally I want it to be more but, intellectually I know I need to go slow. I have been yo-yo dieting for as long as I can remember and I am still in the same place as many years ago. I always resisted tracking my eating. But with the app and being honest with myself and logging everything that passes my lips, I can see a smaller future...finally.
Vanessa40
02/08/21
Hi I just joined today
I need to lose about 20 pounds. I have a problem staying on plan. I do great for about a week and then I binge. I like that you can see different food options I tend to eat the same thing all the time
Faithwink1
02/08/21
Hi I just joined and i don’t have friends in real life and i like to lay on the couch but today i worked out and ate breakfast. Let’s be friends
Beautiful_bingus5001
02/10/21
Hi, I just joined and support would be great considering the fact that I’m doing this all alone in a house of 5
Dietician
02/10/21
Way to go Fathwink1 for working out and eating breakfast! You can do this! Brenda (MyNetDiary Dietitian)
NVR-2-OLD
04/26/21
Wow so many here doing this alone. That in itself is inspiring.
I am very fortunate to have my wife here to encourage me and fully support me in this. In fact, she’s a tough one to keep up with since she works very hard at keeping herself in good health and strength.
Motivation comes and goes so it’s important we build solid habits that can successfully carry us through the times when we have no motivation to continue.
If anyone wants to send me a friend request I will do what I can to encourage you to not give up on yourself.
HelenW
04/26/21
We can all do this guys, and on my bathroom mirror which I see every night and every morning it says "If it's to be it's up to ME". I haven't been on any form of diet plan so to speak for well over 3 decades, and ironically I recall back then it was all about getting slimmer and looking good in clothes. Back then I was cut back exponentially on calories and no thought to the damage I might be doing to my organs, muscles etc to loose weight rapidly. 8 weeks ago I had the shock of my life when my blood sugars were through the roof, high blood pressure for previous few months, gained a lot of COVID baking weight.
Funnily this go around being totally health focused not looks, I've already committed a lot longer than ever in bygone years to a better eating plan (do I cheat YEP, but only odd day here or there), and committed to a daily walk I built up to 45/50mins a day (only missed a handful of days since I started). I can't explain how I feel right now compared to in the past, somehow something has just clicked and "if" I have binged or eaten too much bad carbs and heaven forbid weather stops my walking, I feel like I'm cheating myself and guilty as heck. My goal this go around right from the onset was hopefully 2lb per week but 1lb to 2lb. Right now at not quite 8 weeks in, I'm down 10.5lbs = not anything to sing and dance about yet, but tortoise and hare come to mind. I'm keeping a daily spreadsheet on my foods, calories and carbs (easier to cut and paste repeat stuff I find) as well on there my weight, Blood Sugars and mins of walking per day I do. Then once a week I write on here (Baby Steps) my thoughts, Bloods, and weekly weigh in = this gives me something to reflect on when needed, and feel I'm sharing my goals so I ought to achieve them (not always but .......). Maybe you might benefit from the commitment to a weekly write up publicly on what went right, wrong, can change, accountability etc as well documenting what you've achieved for reflection??? Just an idea if it might help. Remember "if it's to be it's up to me".
Looking for Weight Loss Friends to Stay Motivated
