My two biggest challenges.... What are yours?

RickN9GSU

Mine are increasing water and decreasing sodium. I'm curious what others might struggle with?

PrincessMel72

Cutting back the sweets and fatty foods like pizza, cheeseburgers, fries

rsclause

Beer, wine and scotch. I know that's three but you get the idea.

Laurahewlett26

Cutting back on sugars and sweets and drinking more water

rolenthegreat

Sugar, it's always refined sugar that takes me over my calorie limit. Gummy bears, chocolate, cookies, Nutella. I'm not terribly discerning when it comes to my sweet tooth.

RandiNoelle

Resisting the urge to eat: 1.) out of boredom while at home and 2.) out with coworkers while at work.

Atarahh

Staying away from dessert. I love cake! Also trying to stay in calorie range eat healthy when outside the home

strshllw84

Increasing water intake and staying motivated to workout

JeromeBarry1

It's not much of a struggle any more. Even when I was trying to stay low on sodium, once I learned how, it was easy. The biggest sadness was that I had to avoid soy sauce. Now that I've returned to consuming sodium with abandon, I haven't even cared to add soy sauce to anything. For water, I drink coffee all morning and water all afternoon and evening. Once I count 8 cups I quit caring for precision.

I even got out in the hallway this afternoon and did quick laps for 30 minutes. I just wanted to go fast. There was a woman out there doing laps and talking on her phone. For each 1.2 of her laps, I was getting 2.2.

__TMac__

Trusting the process and not wigging out with every scale fluctuation.

Mindless eating (but pre-logging has sorted this for me).

tgcake

1) Not eating when bored.
2) Medication-induced eating.

LearningToFly13

I am my own biggest challenge

Afura

Not eating all the foods. Because I still eat any of the foods I want to.

olyamhc

Definitely cutting down on sweets (mainly chocolate and cakes) + not eating until I'm literally stuffed. It's always a rollercoaster for me as my moods (boredom, depression) can influence how I eat. Also fluctuations on the scale suck a lot.

LaauraLoses

Not eating food

hlmd2

Reducing sodium, and sugar ... There is so much hidden in everything these days... If I can add a third, it would definitely be alcohol. I really need to reduce my drinking..

lasombrra

Sugar I can keep low no problem, would love to hear about how to keep sodium down. That's a hurdle I've yet to conquer

kasey39

Time, patience, money, staying away from salty chips...oh wait, only two?

DeficitDuchess

(1.) Batch cooking!
(2.) Planned exercising!

caroldavison332

TIME! I'm away from the house 13 hours daily and have little time for anything. So I cook tub of eggs, tub o oatmeal, tub of greens and bean soup, a meatloaf and a salmon loaf on the weekends for dinner and breakfast and eat off of the salad bar at work. I still manage to get 30 miles of walking in a week though. I don't understand the water challenge though. Just drink it with your meals, right?

caroldavison332

Staying under on sodium.

jennyabsheberly

Eating out (or ordering in) and alcohol. I do great when I'm the one cooking, but the healthy meals at restaurants tend to be bland and sad compared to the fried, cheese covered meals that everyone else is ordering. And I always want a drink on the weekends, but the calories...woof. I basically have to skip a meal if I want to imbibe.

KosmosKitten

Sugar intake became waaaaaaay easier once I switched from regular soda to diet and stopped bringing in foods that had loads of added sugar to to them (cheesecake and holiday cakes are my weakness).

Now its:

Sodium intake (not always horribly over, but still over and that bothers me)
Sometimes late night (after 7PM) snacking (I still count these, but it's resisting the urge when I'm hungry at night or making sure I eat something that "fits" into my calories for the day). Easier said than done some days.

pikachuFL

My two biggest challenges are I hate exercising and I have way too many food associations, that is foods I like to eat together instead of having one or the other. A thin person craving French fries will go to McDonalds, get their fries, and be perfectly happy. If I'm craving fries, I'll get the fries, a double cheeseburger, and a hot fudge sundae with nuts because I'll want something to go with my fries. I'm trying to break those associations or at least make healthier pairings. If I want something with my fries, I can get a side salad, apple slices, or a parfait, bot not all of those!

Shanel0916

Well that's easy #1 overeating #2 overeating sugary foods

StaciMarie1974

Water & strength training. Doing pretty well with water these days, except for the weekends. Strength training: not so great!

RickN9GSU wrote: »

I'm curious what others might struggle with?

emmalouise2222

Drinking more water and keeping myself motivated. If I am being honest not having a glass of red wine in the
evening is also a challenge....I still view it as reward.

amandaeve

1- The 2pm stretch at work. I get bored and have a hard time sitting still so I can work. So I stuff myself with crap and then I feel gross and can't move. I get the work done, but feel like a blob.

2- At home, after dinner. The bf hands me some lovingly made dessert, or cocktail. I'm not hungry, and eating more will make me overstuffed, but it looks so good and it was made as a treat just for me.

pinuplove

1. I'm sort of lazy. And by sort of I mean very. So sometimes I just have to make myself move when I'd much rather be a couch barnacle.
2. I like food. Shopping for it, planning menus, preparing it, and of course eating it. Food is social, food is love, food is a hobby.

koreemassey0988

I'm completely new to the app. I am not new at trying to loose weight and get healthy. I just turned 50 and wanted to have reached my healthy weight before my bday, but didn't make it. I am more determined than ever. I started getting REAL serious in 2015. I had sooooooo much to learn. I keep heading in the right direction with new hurdles along the way. My current hurdle is too FAT intake. I am not getting all my calories, I'm short 200- 400 a day but keep going over on fat. It's good fat at least. But this is my current hurdle.

slyhoney1983

My 2 are soda pop and potato chips. I am trying to cut the soda back, but its hard.