Biggest Regret in your Weight Loss Journey

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mysteps2beauty
mysteps2beauty Posts: 494 Member
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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.
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  • girlviernes
    girlviernes Posts: 2,402 Member
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    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
    emhunter Posts: 1,212 Member
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    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
    Machka9 Posts: 24,867 Member
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    Only that I didn't start sooner. I thought it would be so difficult ... next to impossible. I was wrong. :)
  • niajones95
    niajones95 Posts: 59 Member
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    That I didn't start sooner, and that I slipped up in April and am now working to get back on track
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 17,959 Member
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    Not taking measurements when I first started, trying so many stupid fad diets...
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,483 Member
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    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
    Blackdawn_70631 Posts: 283 Member
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    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
    Altagracia220 Posts: 876 Member
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    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
    arditarose Posts: 15,575 Member
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    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
    rachellosesitall85 Posts: 497 Member
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    That I allowed myself to give up so many times.
  • sarahbarbara012345
    sarahbarbara012345 Posts: 20 Member
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    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
    tomatoey Posts: 5,459 Member
    edited October 2015
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    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
    missjones513 Posts: 345 Member
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    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
    111grace Posts: 382 Member
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    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
    melmerritt33 Posts: 1,044 Member
    edited October 2015
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    Losing 10lb last year then giving up and putting it all back on
  • Obnoxa
    Obnoxa Posts: 187 Member
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    rachellosesitall85 wrote: »
    That I allowed myself to give up so many times.

    +1
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,576 Member
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    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
    bearondiet Posts: 53 Member
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    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
    tincanonastring Posts: 3,944 Member
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    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
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
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    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.

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