Living the Lifestyle: Wednesday, 01/22/2025
misterhub
Posts: 6,745 Member
Hey everyone! I saved this in my draft yesterday and then had to get out it and ran out of time. So here is LTL Thursday.
This is a thread for everyone. If you're new to GoaD, or to weight loss, your questions and comments are always welcome. If you're maintaining, or a long-term loser, your thoughts on the topic may be just what someone else needs to hear. If you're reading this, join in the discussion!
Each weekday, a new topic is offered up for discussion.
Monday - crewahl (Charlie)
Tuesday – Wildcard
Wednesday-misterhub (Greg)
Thursday -imastar2 (Derrick)
Friday - Wildcard
Today's Topic: The Hardest Part
In your estimation, what is the hardest part of the effort to lose weight and keep it off?
This is a thread for everyone. If you're new to GoaD, or to weight loss, your questions and comments are always welcome. If you're maintaining, or a long-term loser, your thoughts on the topic may be just what someone else needs to hear. If you're reading this, join in the discussion!
Each weekday, a new topic is offered up for discussion.
Monday - crewahl (Charlie)
Tuesday – Wildcard
Wednesday-misterhub (Greg)
Thursday -imastar2 (Derrick)
Friday - Wildcard
Today's Topic: The Hardest Part
In your estimation, what is the hardest part of the effort to lose weight and keep it off?
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Late night snacks that push me over my points and having to much eating out.
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Too many snacks. My apples are more calories than Fiber One bars.0
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It. Never. Ends.
This is a war of attrition; it’s all day ,every day, every meal, every snack. Simply put, it can grind down your (my?) resolve just by virtue of the never-ending persistence of the process. It’s like a boxing match with a heavyweight; you have to defend yourself every time, but the puncher only has to get through your defenses once.1 -
It. Never. Ends.
This is a war of attrition; it’s all day ,every day, every meal, every snack. Simply put, it can grind down your (my?) resolve just by virtue of the never-ending persistence of the process. It’s like a boxing match with a heavyweight; you have to defend yourself every time, but the puncher only has to get through your defenses once.
I can't say it better than this. The price of weight management is eternal vigilance1 -
yeah what @crewahl said!1
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I think the hardest part is the varying focus and motivation. When weight-loss/management is my priority, I know exactly what to do and it's easy to stick to my plan. When it's not a priority, then I don't stick to my plan as well, extra snacks and drinks creep in, and my weight goes up.
The problem is that I don't really understand how the switch gets flipped. It seems that there are times where I feel motivated, but I never get in the groove. There are other times where I am only somewhat motivated, and all of a sudden everything clicks and I can execute my plan without any real problems.
I assume this has something to do with an underlying psychology, but I just don't understand it.2 -
Keep going even when it isn’t going well. I had an issue early when I blew up my points making a mistake in a restaurant. When I realized the scope of my misstep my first reaction was - start over tomorrow.
But then I thought “where in WW does it say to quit tracking when you’re over your number?” This was really the start of my initial tracing project, 5 yrs, good days and bad.
Years later I thought I was going to blow the goal weight + 2 lbs lifetime limit. I was talking myself into skipping the meeting. It was the lat day of the month. Went & faced the music. Toughest thing I did on WW. GW + 2 right on the nose. I shaped up starting that day.0 -
steve0mania wrote: »I assume this has something to do with an underlying psychology, but I just don't understand it.
I'm gonna have to chime in with Steve here. The more I drill down on what’s going on when I struggle, the more I conclude it would take a fair amount of therapy to get actionable plans to deal with the “why” of my struggles. For whatever reason - fear, economics, fragile male ego, unwillingness to do the work - I’ve apparently chosen to live with the symptoms rather than treat the disease.
On the plus side, at least I’m not blaming my parents. 🤷🏻♂️😉0
