Biggest Regret in your Weight Loss Journey

mysteps2beauty

Mine is waiting so long to start this back up again. I regret letting myself get this unhealthy and large, that my daughter watched me overeat, overdrink, under exercise for years, and wearing the same outfit basically (same pants/long skirt, but different same colored tops --black--) for most of her teenage years, when other mothers she sees are slim and stylish, cause I could not afford to keep buying more clothes at the next size up.

I regret feeling sorry for myself and instead of being a grown up about it, and fight back against the tide of food and wine, that I sat on my sofa and had a temper tantrum about how tough my life is, so here, let me stuff my face, getting bigger and bigger, poor me.

So, with your help MFP, I will be accountable for my poor choices, and applaud my good ones. And I will do the same for you.

girlviernes

I regret letting myself avoid the reality that I was gaining back all the weight I lost a few years ago. I regret being so against calorie counting for so long. I regret hiding my issues from people for so long.

On the other hand, my focus is on the present. I purposefully let go of my regrets because those were choices made from a different place and a different version of myself, my only goal now is to learn from those past choices and apply that knowledge in the present.

emhunter

Wasting so much time not listening to my body. Not pushing back sooner when doctors only told me to eat less and move more. I should have pushed for some answers when one method was not working for me.

Machka9

Only that I didn't start sooner. I thought it would be so difficult ... next to impossible. I was wrong.

niajones95

That I didn't start sooner, and that I slipped up in April and am now working to get back on track

Alatariel75

Not taking measurements when I first started, trying so many stupid fad diets...

middlehaitch

Not doing a good bit of resistance work right from the beginning. I feel I am always playing catch-up with my muscles.

Not keeping a good photographic record. I took pics, didn't like them so deleted. Wish I had kept them no matter how bad they were.

Cheers, h.

Blackdawn_70631

Machka9 wrote: »

Only that I didn't start sooner. I thought it would be so difficult ... next to impossible. I was wrong.

Agred. Same here.

Altagracia220

My biggest regret is the fact that i let a big move from one state to another derail my progress. This was last june. Im still working on losing those last 15 pounds though!

arditarose

I don't really have any regrets. Being fat wasn't part of my weight loss journey. There's nothing I can do to change the fact that I was overweight from puberty until 28 years old.

I wish that I had kept losing when I hit 133. I'm trying to do it now and it's freaking annoying.

rachellosesitall85

That I allowed myself to give up so many times.

sarahbarbara012345

I regret not maintaining my healthy weight that I worked so hard to get to. I had lost 70lbs. Now I have to lose 20lbs because I gained it due to poor eating and lack of exercise.

tomatoey

Running.

But it's no good to beat yourself up. Things happened the way they did because that's what you could do at the time. Main thing is you're at it now.

missjones513

Not doing more to get back on track after having a bad day or two. I could be so much closer to my goal by now.

111grace

My 2nd regret is allowing myself. ie not seeing myself, getting FAT/OBESE in the first bloody place!! ( letting other people stress me out!! WTF). When I was thin, if someone had told me ( if you go down this path ) I would be fat, ( stress eating ) 17 years down the line I would not have believed them.

Having said that I don't regret eating all the delicious stuff I ate. I just should have gone and done some exercise on my own. and not increased the portion size. ( I cook too much delicious stuff, & don't like to waste ) ( I should have learn't how to cook from my Mother, bless her soul).

My 1st regret is being afraid & insecure, career wise, of not starting my chosen career path sooner.

melmerritt33

Losing 10lb last year then giving up and putting it all back on

Obnoxa

rachellosesitall85 wrote: »

That I allowed myself to give up so many times.

+1

Need2Exerc1se

I regret that I had to go on a weight loss journey (though honestly I've never thought of it in that way). I regret that I stopped caring about my weight for a while.

bearondiet

The last couple days I guess. I have been slacking off from my diet & eating a lot. However, at least my metabolism has gone up & I am mentally replenished. Getting back to my intermittent fasting diet again.

tincanonastring

My biggest regret is that when I first started, I believed all the derp and myths about weight.
- I believed I had a slow metabolism.
- I believed that netting 600 calories was both necessary and wise.
- I believed I had to "eat healthy."
- I believed juicing would help me lose weight.
- I believed I needed to take a fat burner.
- I believed sugar was evil and that eating it would stop my weight loss.
- I believed my body was a special snowflake.
- I belived it was more complicated than eat less and move more.
- I believed move more meant killing myself with cardio.

PeachyCarol

tincanonastring wrote: »

My biggest regret is that when I first started, I believed all the derp and myths about weight.
- I believed I had a slow metabolism.
- I believed that netting 600 calories was both necessary and wise.
- I believed I had to "eat healthy."
- I believed juicing would help me lose weight.
- I believed I needed to take a fat burner.
- I believed sugar was evil and that eating it would stop my weight loss.
- I believed my body was a special snowflake.
- I belived it was more complicated than eat less and move more.
- I believed move more meant killing myself with cardio.

I've believed a lot of these myths over the years too, and while I regret the time I wasted believing them, I think that time was a symptom of not really being ready to assume responsibility for my weight.

I regret not doing that sooner. I regret not embracing exercise sooner.

DeeDiddyGee

1. Being in denial and,waiting so long to do something about it.
2. Wasting the first 85 days after joining MFP (today is Day 95, and it took this long to get serious).

canadianvampyregurl

My biggest regret is being a slave to the scale. It's not always kind. My clothes fit better and my husband tells me I'm looking smaller. I lose weight very slowly as it is. I OBSESS about what I'm eating and I really need to get over that.

bpetrosky

tincanonastring wrote: »

My biggest regret is that when I first started, I believed all the derp and myths about weight.
- I believed I had a slow metabolism.
- I believed that netting 600 calories was both necessary and wise.
- I believed I had to "eat healthy."
- I believed juicing would help me lose weight.
- I believed I needed to take a fat burner.
- I believed sugar was evil and that eating it would stop my weight loss.
- I believed my body was a special snowflake.
- I belived it was more complicated than eat less and move more.
- I believed move more meant killing myself with cardio.

^^^ This. All this. It could not be any more this. ^^^

Add in the time and money wasted thinking it was not THIS.

strong_curves

That I didn't take any before pics for comparison.

ARC1603

tincanonastring wrote: »

My biggest regret is that when I first started, I believed all the derp and myths about weight.
- I believed I had a slow metabolism.
- I believed that netting 600 calories was both necessary and wise.
- I believed I had to "eat healthy."
- I believed juicing would help me lose weight.
- I believed I needed to take a fat burner.
- I believed sugar was evil and that eating it would stop my weight loss.
- I believed my body was a special snowflake.
- I belived it was more complicated than eat less and move more.
- I believed move more meant killing myself with cardio.

This!

I'm gutted I have the weight to lose in the first place, but I'm not sure I regret any of it because my past has taught me so many things about how to make it work this time around.

saitiffeh

I regret that the last time I lost weight, I didn't change my eating habits.. I just ate less. It's not good enough to just consume smaller quantities, I also have to be in control of my snack habits. I've started to learn that treats and just that... treats! And taste oh so much better when you eat them in moderation.

misterdale67

strong_curves wrote: »

That I didn't take any before pics for comparison.

This for me too!

Debmal77

I regret always saying I will start next Monday.

mysteps2beauty

111grace wrote: »

My 2nd regret is allowing myself. ie not seeing myself, getting FAT/OBESE in the first bloody place!! ( letting other people stress me out!! WTF). When I was thin, if someone had told me ( if you go down this path ) I would be fat, ( stress eating ) 17 years down the line I would not have believed them.

My daughter is now 17, so I too had 17 years of eating away like I was never going to get to 241. I was 140 when I got pregnant with her, and have not seen that number since. I too stress eat. Raising a child pretty much alone leads to lots of stressful times, and poor coping habits. I did lose 45 pounds 10 years ago with WW but did not learn how to cope with my fears, my stressors. So it came back and steadily climbed.

So today, I'm learning to accept my imperfections and learn to let people bother me less. I guess age has something to do with it too. Only person that get next to me is my daughter. But less so now because I see that she just has to learn her lessons the hard way. I must get out of the way and let life teach.

In the meantime, I'm glad that I found MFP. I have goals but have relaxed the timeline on them because I really want to learn how to eat this way for life, and learn how to overcome stressful situations with other methods besides food.

nyponbell

I think my biggest regret (aside from allowing this in the first place, but I gained when I was 16 for a reason and then just stayed this way) was allowing my body to be in sometimes excruciating pain without seeking help. It often derailed my best intentions, because I would be in too much pain to do any exercise, or too tired from not sleeping due to the pain to muster the energy to go out for a long walk.

I also regret never having taken the time (before, all the other times I've tried to lose weight) to truly understand what I had to do to change my habits (this is still a work in progress, but I'm mindful of it) and not really finding a balance of CICO that actually works for me and is healthy for me. Again, still a process, but at least now when I'm logging I know when I'm going too much in either direction and can rectify it.



I think that somewhere in the middle I will also regret not taking proper before pics, but right now I don't.