What are the most frustrating obstacles when it comes to your weight loss?

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  • pineapple_peach10
    pineapple_peach10 Posts: 239 Member
    myfatnesspal72885 wrote: »
    pineapple_peach10 wrote: »
    Getting my mind to catch up with my loss. Still see an obese person in the mirror....

    This can be a HUGE mental shift when it comes to this line of thinking. A lot of people feel the same way you do. Here's a thread that may hopefully help!

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10056070/do-you-still-see-a-fat-person-in-the-mirror/p1

    Thank you!!! :)

  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    edited July 2015
    The biggest obstacle for me has been staying consistent with exercise. I have health issues that keep resurfacing preventing me from exercising for a while, but the problem is that when I can exercise I'm usually less motivated to do so. Forming a habit is hard when you are constantly forced to take a clean (sometimes long) break every now and then.
  • vanillarose77
    vanillarose77 Posts: 159 Member
    i'd have to agree with a few other's ...my biggest obsticle is myself...i am type 2 diabetic and i was just recently diagnosed with it...so fighting the urges to not eat junk food, learning about carbs, protein, calories is one big frustration. my weight fluxuates and my motivation does as well. i am using this app to help me pay attention to calories and i have been exercising but i have decided to get weight loss surgery. this is all for health reasons and not for looks.
  • AspenDan
    AspenDan Posts: 703 Member
    edited July 2015
    Impatience..I don't consider that it took 10 years to put on my extra hundo, and then I get frustrated when, last week for example, i lose only a pound or so, compared to the 2 or 3 I hope for.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    I've been at this 2.5 years, and I still want to eat all the things, all the time. Sigh.
  • ariamythe
    ariamythe Posts: 130 Member
    The fact that they have not yet developed a low-calorie pad thai that tastes even halfway decent.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    That the body goes after muscle when there's fat to burn.
  • Fulcherj1
    Fulcherj1 Posts: 35 Member
    I think that my biggest obstacle has been staying consistently motivated. I always am very passionate about getting healthy for a little while and then I seem to burnout or move on to something else to focus on.

    I also really struggled with understanding how to eat for maintenance the last time I lost weight - hence why I am here trying to lose it all over again! I had been lifting weights and looked and felt fabulous and knew that my bmr was pretty high so I just stopped paying attention to what I ate and told myself that I could eat junk again. Not true!
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  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    shell1005 wrote: »
    myfatnesspal72885 wrote: »
    @ barbecuesauce- I don't understand your statement, please clarify if you'd like
    @shell1005- i don't shame my self anymore as that name was chosen about 2 years ago. But my response to you is, it takes one to know one. Just wanted to get some insight on people's common weight loss obstacles.

    It takes one to know one?

    P.S. It takes 2 seconds to change your name. When people pick shaming names it is usually pretty telling. That was my point.

    Or should my answer be I KNOW YOU ARE BUT WHAT AM I. I don't remember the rules from grade school.
    "I'm rubber and you're glue..."

  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
    Being a lazy butt and not weighing my foods has been an obstacle lately.
  • hutchin88
    hutchin88 Posts: 83 Member
    BradyMcIvor wrote: »
    Personally, I eat out of boredom so my food has usually been a problem at night, but I just eat a pomegranate now and that keeps me busy for a couple hours lol- highly recommended for people who eat out of boredom...

    Great idea!
  • hutchin88
    hutchin88 Posts: 83 Member
    Hating exercise (sigh). But I have found some activities I like. Mainly walking in the early morning :smile:

    I also have a habit of snacking while I read a book. Bad habit, but I have figured out strategies around it.
  • MynameisChester
    MynameisChester Posts: 107 Member
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    ariamythe wrote: »
    The fact that they have not yet developed a low-calorie pad thai that tastes even halfway decent.

    If you discover this, you HAVE to let me know! =)
  • MynameisChester
    MynameisChester Posts: 107 Member
    DeguelloTex wrote: »
    That the body goes after muscle when there's fat to burn.

    I hear ya. Stupid body eating up hard earned precious muscle.
  • ariamythe
    ariamythe Posts: 130 Member
    edited July 2015
    myfatnesspal72885 wrote: »

    If you discover this, you HAVE to let me know! =)

    If I discover it I will send out a press release, because it should be front page news. :D

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