What do you think is the hardest part about losing weight?
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Worrying that my efforts are for nothing, staying in deficit and not losing, and the last 9 lbs that will just not move.0
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I found the first 20 pounds quite easy to shift as I had 'more to lose'. Now I'm at the last 6 or so and I have that dilemma of wanting to 'up my calories to eat more' but still wanting to lose a little bit of weight. I am at a tiny, tiny, deficit now (around 150 a day) and the loss is so..........so................so...................slow. Having said that, I'm still 'losing' and I'm enjoying being able to eat a bit more. I'd say this last slog is definitely the hardest for me. Of course, I could lower my calories and lose quicker but after losing 40 lbs, I want to transition to maintenance.0
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For me it's the time it takes. I am not the most patient of people lol. But the time will pass anyway, so may as well spend it getting fitter and healthier!0
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Getting my massively-sized head from how proud I am of myself through the door.
:laugh: Congratulations
For me: wanting more calories, feeling the need to eat everything in sight - solved by not having more than one serving of certain things in the house
Other main issue continues to be food prep and variety. I get lazy and don't feel like cooking, so because of this I don't have readily available choices and make poor ones. Variety aspect is I get bored of the stuff I cook and the whole process starts to feel stale. I call it laziness because there are websites ETC to research different recipes and I could always be armed with a plan. Or just spend the time really thinking of something I would like, and make a plan to cook it
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Patience. I didn't gain it in a week, I won't lose it in a week.
I've always known it will be a lifetime thing for me--been doing this since middle school (count calories, exercise, lose. Maintain until life event/pregnancy changes things. Repeat ad nauseum.)--but sometimes it just gets old knowing I always have to watch (or I have to be in training for half marathons--which, really, is part of why I run so much--so I can be a bit less strict with my diet0 -
I know this really isn't something to complain about buttttttt... This week I got out all my winter cloths and NOTHING fits. I didn't realize I lost THAT much. I had some NICE cloths that now I won't get to wear again and it's so hard to find cloths that fit because I'm so tall
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...battling my damn hormones. Other than that, easy peasy.0
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The hardest thing for me is dealing with boredom, without snacking.0
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Trying to keep your sanity and body satisfied.0
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Starting.
I tried and failed to lose weight quite a few times purely through exercise. I gave up pretty quick each time. Then I joined a biggest loser contest at work ($10 entry, 90 day duration) thinking that if I could lose 10 pounds over the course of the contest then it'd be worth it. Essentially I'd have payed $1/pound lost. I didn't realize how competitive I actually am and I wound up losing 28 pounds in that time and winning $128. So I actually got paid to lose weight and that contest is exactly what I needed to kickstart my healthy habits.0 -
Either controlling how much i eat or knowing i have to control how much i eat for so long.0
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The first thirty days or so while developing new good eating habits.0
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The time it takes. I have very little patience when it comes to wauting for what i want! The plateau which i havent hit yet but because i have less than 20 to lose i suspect it coming! Oh and eating out and the will power it takes not to dive in and eat all the Red Lobster biscuits!0
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not eating an entire pint of Ben and Jerry's Peanut Butter World every single night. Like literally every single night. HAAAA and I wondered why I was the way I was. Now I can fit it in a little at a time, but I rarely feel like ice cream these days.0
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Realizing it's a mind game.
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What do you think is the hardest part about losing weight?
Maintaining it.
I had very little difficulty losing the weight ... but I'm not feeling so confident about being able to maintain the loss.
I'm just about to go into the phase where I start adding calories. On the one hand I don't really want to eat much more than I'm currently eating ... generally speaking I like what I'm eating and how much of it I'm eating. But on the other hand, it might be nice to have a pastry at morning tea once a month. I'll need to sort out a balance.
I maintained for a year whilst deciding if I was happy at that weight or not. I can advise that fur me, I kept eating the exact same but didn't count the calories anymore! I knew I was making the right choices, but was just allowing my body to tell me when to stop eating, not a calorie limit 0 -
peter56765 wrote: »The non-linearity of weight loss and plateaus. It's very demotivating to be so disciplined for weeks and then not see the scale budge, or worse, go up.
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The moments I realize I cannot eat whatever I want unchecked and still lose the weight. But realizing too one serving is as satisfying as a whole package.0
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The hardest part for me is weighing everything! It's so tedious and gets so annoying.0
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Eating within my calorie goals. I'm constantly going over. I just can't stop eating. It's so difficult.0
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Being bombarded by ads wherever you look showing junk food. Radio, tv, news paper, bill boards. No wonder this country is so over weight. Me included.. FOR NOW!0
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As soon as I wrapped my head around the idea that there is no end and became fine with that then it became easy. When I was thinking this was just a diet that i had to do for a certain amount of time it was a struggle. As soon as I accepted that this is just how I'm going to eat from now on for the rest of my life then it became easy. I've lost 70 pound since April and it's been pretty easy. It's all just a mental game.0
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Some days I feel like it was so easy I am upset I didn't do it earlier. Other days, not so much. The big guy inside me never truly goes away, and it takes focus to make better choices. Its that never ending battle that can get to you at times
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The internal work that comes with losing weight.
This last time, I didn't screw around. I got serious with myself about why I had quit in the past, and what I was afraid of. I had some seriously upsetting come to jesus talks with myself about this deep set fear of people seeing me actually TRY at something, rather than just being naturally good at it already. Or trying and failing. Failing at weight loss sounded so public, like the big elephant in the room. "oh look, she looked so good last month, it seems she's given up" etc etc. Weight loss was scary because I didn't want people to look at me trying, because that meant that I had accepted that there was an obvious problem I had to fix (and of course, mind-reading other people on what they thought about me)
I was raised by a mom who had abusive parents, and she grew up feeling like the only love she was worth was equal to what she could contribute. It rubbed off on me a little bit. I became an overachieving weirdo at intellectual and artistic things, but for a long time anything to do with taking care of myself was trivial and selfish. Or worse, "stereotypical".
After a lot of work, a lot of struggle, and a lot of tears, I got to a place where I felt it was ok to be... i dont know. Softer. Vulnerable. And that's where I am now.
This was by far the most important and the hardest part of losing weight. And I seriously believe it's the biggest reason i've lost more this time than I ever have before. weighing food, working out, measuring, i've done all that before. I know how to do that. But this time my frame of mind is totally different. I'm not quick to give up if "life happens" anymore, and I actually want this, and am willing and eager to do the work required, and not try to hide or or fear what people think.0 -
I really struggled when I got down below 135. I went kicking and screaming to 130 and literally went almost nuts trying to get to 125. I never did. I got stuck on a number and was comparing myself to other women my height, but my body composition was not the same as many of them. Lifting heavy, being relatively lean, and trying to live in a deficit was torture.
Above 135 it was fine though0 -
The time was hard for me at first too, and still sometimes is. I think about this quote every time I get down about it.
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Convincing myself that I deserve to be healthy and not seeing a "fat slob" when I look in the mirror.0
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Watching the food network without wanting to eat everything I see!
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