What is your biggest issue/concern/struggle with weight loss?
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My approach is probably not the same as most people.
my struggle right now is getting to what I consider to be a good fitness level. When I was in the army (back in the 80's) I was at a good fitness level and never had to worry about body weight. I could eat anything I wanted and always had a healthy body weight. I could run 2 miles in 14 minutes, do 70 push-ups in 2 minutes, and do 70 sit-ups in 2 minutes.
Over about a 20 year period of not exercising and having a desk job, I became obese and my fitness level became very poor. I started having health issues and my doctors told me I had to start exercising and loose weight or else.
I started exercising and after a year I have increased my fitness level from very poor to fair, and lost over 50 lbs. Another 5 lbs. or so will put me in the top end of my healthy weight range.
I did learn how to eat a little smarter but for the most part it was the exercise. As my fitness level increase, my weight decreased.
This year I started adding jogging into my power walk sessions, and my goal is to be able to jog for an hour non stop. I am also starting to work on muscular exercise.
My overall goal is to struggle through a couple of years of getting to a good fitness level instead of having to be on a diet for the rest of my life.
I think total health is a much better approach.2 -
I am very prone to gaining water weight [I have bouts of severe edema that are thankfully under control most of the time] so it's easy for me to rack up on water weight, even if I'm doing everything else right. It gets really bad after lift days [where I can gain up to 3 pounds].
I don't let it get me down too much though, as I'm still losing inches off my waist, so whenever I do gain weight I know it's either muscle or water.2 -
My biggest concern right now is eating healthy on a very tight budget. Yes, I could just eat less of the not-as-healthy food, but I don't want to do that. I feel much better when I cook and eat fresh vegetables and prepare my own lunches and dinners versus fixing packages products or getting take out. That gets expensive.5
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kshama2001 wrote: »My biggest struggle is with the glitchy MFP recipe builder and glitchy system entries which no longer get fixed in a timely manner.
Yes! I get very cranky when I type in a whole stir fry only to get the "page not found" error. Grr!!!
Also, choosing well when eating out can be tricky. I *can* do it, but am trying to have us eat at home a lot more because it's so much easier.
Also, last time I calorie counted, I was living alone and only cooking for myself. Now, I have a husband and toddler (soon to be two toddlers) to split the food with which makes accurate portion measuring more difficult. I typically enter a recipe as 6 servings, take a third of it and call it 2 servings. Hubby eats half of it and either the toddler eats the remaining sixth or it becomes part of my lunch the next day. (The reason I do it this way instead of just calling it "3 servings per recipe" is that I can instead log 1.5 servings if I only take a quarter.)2 -
No Issues with food/eating other than a lack of protein. I'd happily eat nothing but carbs if I chose to. I'm very picky with food.
Main issue is lack of muscle- mostly upper body strength. I'm banned from most of the machines at my gym for being to small to sue them safely (I can't get into the correct position to operate them and told I risk injury). I could use free weights but Id prefer to do that at home , in privacy- and I weights are expensive. I know I could start with body weight exercises. Honestly , strength exercises make me feel like vomiting when I do them. No idea why. I'm also depressed, anxious , lethargic and work 11 hours a day most days. I don't eat much (1050 cals ish) and would love to use exercise to up that, plus get more lean-looking. I'm 5ft, 40 years old and 98lbs.
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My biggest concern right now is eating healthy on a very tight budget. Yes, I could just eat less of the not-as-healthy food, but I don't want to do that. I feel much better when I cook and eat fresh vegetables and prepare my own lunches and dinners versus fixing packages products or getting take out. That gets expensive.
How does it get more expensive? Do you buy all organic, health food, gluten free, low fat? Or is waste a problem? Basic whole food ingredients and cooking from scratch is usually the cheapest way of eating well.1 -
adhollifield wrote: »I have been a yo-yo dieter for years. I am 30. 5ft 7in. and i used to be 138 and once i got into the diet yo-yo i have gained! I now weigh 156-57 and dieting caused me to gain. I have low faith in my ability to stick with anything so im just going to attempt to track what i eat without judgment just to see and gradually reduce. My concern is that i eat out frequently. It is very difficult for me to be accurate
I love that you have gained the insight that it's the dieting/yoyoing that makes you gain weight. Nobody can stick with eating plans that are just meant to make you lose/maintain weight and not enjoy life. Eating without judgment is exactly what saved me (thank you, MFP)!
I think you don't have to be accurate. Just eat appropriate portions, let it even out over time. Set some eating rules for eating out. Depending on what kinds of places you eat, on what occasions, how often: Dessert only on Sundays, eat half of the starch, eat half the meal and bring half home, eat 20% less than you want to, avoid deep fried foods, etc. Yeah, those silly rules you see all the time. The point must be to utilize the ones that work for you.3 -
For you, whole foods are most satisfying. For me, it's high carbs + high calories. When I eat until I'm satisfied, I've blown about 1,000 calories. Now if I could burn enough calories to compensate for 3, 1,000 calorie meals a day, I'd be quite happy.
But if you have to overeat to be satisfied, you aren't eating satisfying foods.
Or am I missing the point, again?2 -
BibiMomeena442 wrote: »My concern is that i wont get to my goal i am keeping within the range of the calories but not loosing as i thought i would. In 6 mos i have lost 6 lbs. I walk and try to keep active but should i be loosing more within a mos.?am i expectong too much from myself? I sometimes get disxouraged but i am keeping the eating habit just ita hard to stay positive when others i know doing the same and loosing more .
Here's an article that exactly speaks about calorie counting and goal setting and I believe you will be benefited by it. http://ricelean.com/blog/rethinking-calories-and-things-you-didnt-know-about-it/2 -
That I'm never going to reach my "goal weight" and that it will forever be held over my head.3
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BibiMomeena442 wrote: »My concern is that i wont get to my goal i am keeping within the range of the calories but not loosing as i thought i would. In 6 mos i have lost 6 lbs. I walk and try to keep active but should i be loosing more within a mos.?am i expectong too much from myself? I sometimes get disxouraged but i am keeping the eating habit just ita hard to stay positive when others i know doing the same and loosing more .
If you are overweight, you should expect to lose at a healthy rate if you do everything right. Do you weigh and double check everything before you log? Do you eat back exercise calories? Do you have cheat meals/days? What are your calories set to? What is your height and current weight?0 -
merryward13 wrote: »That I'm never going to reach my "goal weight" and that it will forever be held over my head.
What BMI is your goal weight?0 -
My biggest struggle is fear I won't get to where I want to be. I know losing 2lbs a week is practical and the way forward but it seems slow going! Learning to be patient and taking each day at a time is the hardest thing for me. I have lost the weight before (after my first baby) so I know it can be done again (now after my second baby) but do have daily panic moments of "I'm never going to lose it")1
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kommodevaran wrote: »merryward13 wrote: »That I'm never going to reach my "goal weight" and that it will forever be held over my head.
What BMI is your goal weight?
I'm barely 5 feet tall. BMI range 18-23% and 114-123 lbs.0 -
For me?
Exercising is easy and I enjoy it immensely.
Eating is difficult because I comfort eat3 -
merryward13 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »merryward13 wrote: »That I'm never going to reach my "goal weight" and that it will forever be held over my head.
What BMI is your goal weight?
I'm barely 5 feet tall. BMI range 18-23% and 114-123 lbs.
No, I meant, what would your BMI be if you were at your goal weight? The lower the weight goal, the harder it will be to reach. A be within a "healthy BMI" would be a good goal.
BMI isn't percentage, it's your weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared.0 -
kommodevaran wrote: »merryward13 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »merryward13 wrote: »That I'm never going to reach my "goal weight" and that it will forever be held over my head.
What BMI is your goal weight?
I'm barely 5 feet tall. BMI range 18-23% and 114-123 lbs.
No, I meant, what would your BMI be if you were at your goal weight? The lower the weight goal, the harder it will be to reach. A be within a "healthy BMI" would be a good goal.
BMI isn't percentage, it's your weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared.
I see. A healthy BMI for my height is 18.6-25 according to MFP. My goal weight is within that range.0 -
merryward13 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »merryward13 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »merryward13 wrote: »That I'm never going to reach my "goal weight" and that it will forever be held over my head.
What BMI is your goal weight?
I'm barely 5 feet tall. BMI range 18-23% and 114-123 lbs.
No, I meant, what would your BMI be if you were at your goal weight? The lower the weight goal, the harder it will be to reach. A be within a "healthy BMI" would be a good goal.
BMI isn't percentage, it's your weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared.
I see. A healthy BMI for my height is 18.6-25 according to MFP. My goal weight is within that range.
A healthy BMI for any height is 18.6-25 according to every source available.
Good to hear that your goal is healthy. It should be attainable. Remember that weight comes off more slowly as you get closer to goal - you need to be patient and log accurately.0 -
My biggest struggle is me. It's all in my mind, self sabotage and an all or nothing attitude. I am my own worst enemy.5
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My biggest struggle is enjoying the taste of healthy food. No matter what recipes I try from here or the internet, it`s just not tasty. I don`t get a drop of happiness from the food that I eat and I fear that it will make me go on a junk food frenzy one day.2
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