Feeling Frustrated

BabeMeister83

I'm having a hard time lately!! So far I am down 42 pounds which I am very happy about. My problem is lately I feel like I am failing. I know I should be really proud of the 42 pounds I've lost but I just don't feel proud of myself right now. I've had a hard time staying on track with my eating lately and can't seem to get out of this funk!! I have been doing keto and my husband has recently started watching his carbs and we have started watching how much junk our kids eat. But the last two weeks I just seem to want to eat everything and anything in sight! I really want to keep going on my weight loss so I can set a good example for my kids and be healthy. Anyone else go through these funks when losing weight? How do you deal with it? Also looking for new friends to chat with and help motivate each other to keep going. I probably have about another 100 pounds to lose. I know I can do it just need to get out od this funk!

kommodevaran

Being happy for losing weight, and being happy with how you go about it, are two different things.

It's normal to want to quit when you feel restricted. (It's also normal to want to defend the restrictive regimen and blame yourself. But successful people don't do that, they question their approach.)

To lose weight, you just have to eat less than you burn, but for a long time. Pick/make a plan you can and want to stick to, not just one that makes you lose weight if you stick to it.

88olds

There’s no answer. In weight loss there’s a constant tension between the things we do to lose weight and being able to live with it. The problem with the dieting approach is it goes all in on the side of losing as much as possible as fast as possible. That’s why this board is filled with posts about suffering through the process. Or feeling guilty because the poster had a piece of birthday cake at a kid party. Trying to beat ourselves into submission doesn’t feel very good.

Weight loss doesn’t require suffering. But it does require a willingness to live with some reasonable limits. But life has all kinds of limits. Just the way it is.

Also, because weight loss is long term, it’s not realistic to think we won’t have periods when we feel discouraged. Setting an example for your kids is a lifetime project. Consider adjusting or tweaking your program if necessary and keep going. It’s all just a big experiment.

TavistockToad

a diet break might help?

Surecutie

I am also on Keto and I have my date too. There are days when all I want to do is binge on bread, doughnuts, cake and all of the things that I used to get fat in the first place.

For me having PLANNED cheat days help. I’ve made a commitment to honor the commitment to myself until my next cheat day (September 15-16). After that, I’m all in again until Thanksgiving.

This allows me to have something to look forward to and not blow my favorable nutritional stare for the one cookie I fantasize over while sitting at work.

Stay strong!