Is anybody else tired of the whole "weight loss" thing?

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  • TheJhazminShow
    TheJhazminShow Posts: 17
    Of course I'm tired of it. I'm tired of being obsessed with eating and not eating, being fat, being unfit, constantly restricting and staving off binges. I am at war with myself.

    But I am also very tired of being fat and "just doing whatever!" does not work for me.

    I actually enjoy calorie counting and adjusting my goals and seeing what other people eat.
  • MetamorphicButterfly
    MetamorphicButterfly Posts: 93
    At the moment i am sick of it because it seems to be the only thing i am focusing on apart from work and i am bored

    But i must continue for my health if nothing
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
    I got more sick of hating how I looked naked. :flowerforyou:
  • eryquem
    eryquem Posts: 66 Member
    I'm actually loving it.

    I love the control I have, knowing that I can eat great tasting food and not worry about gaining weight.

    I love the fact that if I want some kind of extra treat that doesn't fit into my calorie allowance, I can earn it by exercising.

    I'm really into cooking (especially gourmet), and I love coming up with new recipes that are healthy, balanced, taste great, and are surprisingly low in calories.

    And I love the fact that after losing and regaining weight 3 or 4 times in my adult life before this time, I'm finally confident that I won't gain it back again. Because I absolutely don't want to stop what I'm doing (unlike the other times, where I was doing various restrictions and unpleasant exercise routines that I was more than happy to abandon when I reached my goal weight)
  • moontyrant
    moontyrant Posts: 160 Member
    Sometimes logging seems like more of a chore than a labor of love, but if I just let go, I let myself go. Many of my friends and family are overweight, and without logging the eat-everything-in-large-quantities lifestyle makes my pants tight.
  • Slrajr
    Slrajr Posts: 438 Member
    Yeah, I kinda do get sick of it. Then I remember that I've lost 35lbs, am stronger, healthier and damn better looking, that I've fallen in love with working out and that I can still eat pretty much whatever I like and appreciate moderation instead of pure indulgence.

    I like your muscles:)

    Personally, I just like collecting data and noticing that the results and the data match.
  • mamadragon
    mamadragon Posts: 110
    That's me alright! I finally got tired of counting every little thing that I ate and not seeing any results. With the beginning of menopause, my weight laughed at me and started climbing uphill. The yo-yo that's been my weight has finally gotten to me too. I just want to be me and stop fighting myself. I had my time of thin now it's my time of plump. I walk and do what I can, I wish to get into a little bit better fit shape but other than that, no more counting for me. I'm done with it.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    nope…I love lifting, eating healthy,and trying to change my body composition..

    the problem with "letting yourself go" is a year from now you are going to be like "holy crap, I put on 40 pounds! How did I get here?"

    Diet does not have to be hard or boring..I eat what I want…just make sure I hit my macros and cal requirement for the day...
  • kill3rtofu
    kill3rtofu Posts: 169 Member
    Diets never work. So, if that is what you are doing, you will only fail. Your lifestyle must change. Don't worry about calories, just eat as healthy as you can.

    I disagree that calorie counting is doomed to failure: I think it can become part of one's lifestyle to log calories consistently, it just gets easier and becomes more of a habit over time. I don't think there's a surefire way to lose or maintain without counting unless you're VERY good at eyeballing your portions, etc. 'Eating as healthily as you can' could easily lead to a gain if you overestimate.

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  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Diets never work. So, if that is what you are doing, you will only fail. Your lifestyle must change. Don't worry about calories, just eat as healthy as you can.

    who needs calories…? I mean they only determine if you gain or lose...
  • endoftheside
    endoftheside Posts: 568 Member
    Sounds like you want to go back to the way it was 4 years ago, but I am not sure that it will easy. The 4 years that have passed have changed you, with new habits and unhealthy ways of viewing food/calories. You were counting calories and weighing while you gained the 75 pounds and it still happened? If you have gotten in the habit of over-restricting and then binging your hunger signals may not work very well for a while, and there is a big mental component to it as well. I hope I am wrong, but please do not beat yourself up if it proves to be difficult, and if so it may be worthwhile to talk to someone to help sort out the reasons why you ended up where you did.

    I sometimes get very tired of counting calories and weighing, but I find that information helps me. I know what my maintenance level of calories looks like and that I must eat at that level or less or I am *choosing* to gain weight. I know that my hunger signals are messed up and that I feel a lot better if I eat between my BMR and maintenance. If I am logging, I can see if I am verging on eating my feelings, and recognize that no amount of food can help with that kind of "hunger". Also, believe it or not I am actually able to eat MORE treats, without guilt, when I can see evidence that I have fulfilled my macros/micros and still have calories left. This helps keep me from the "eat so very healthy then completely fall off the wagon" cycle.
  • ktsimons
    ktsimons Posts: 294 Member
    I love data!! So, no. For me it's satisfying to have pie charts and percentages and masses so I know where I am every day, and I have an image of my progress (it's too easy to slip back into bad habits without data keeping me accountable). It could be nice to be carefree, but I am just not that person.

    I'm a data pig too! I love my numbers...LOL
  • eldamiano
    eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
    All diets are a load of cr@p.... except mine.

    Its called the 'Eat Less Cr@p Than Normal' diet. It involves the revolutionary idea of just scaling down on food portions, a good amount of exercise, and whacking in a bit of fruit and veg. Admittedly, I used myfitnesspal just so I could add up my calories, but I didnt get conned into products by WeightWatchers and the other cr@ppy dieting companies who convince to pay double for half size portions which per gram are barely healthier than their counterparts.

    But guess what! I lost weight, and did so without having the cravings derived from obsessive diets that restrict you from things that you want to eat.

    Wow!! Funny that.

    And now I have lost the weight, I will continue to keep the odd burger, pizza (good carb food for exercise), pasta, chocolate, beer....

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    In answer to your question. Yes, diets are crap.... except mine.

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