What is keeping YOU from reaching your goal?

Stilllosing26
Stilllosing26 Posts: 256 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Is there something in particular that has stalled, or decreased the rate at which you lose weight? Snacking, lack of ambition, being lazy, overeating? What is it, and how are you going to fix it? You can wake up tomorrow and start a new day! Don't feel like it's too late because it is NEVER too late! Now share those feelings everyone! What are YOU going to work on? What are your confessions? You know you're doing something wrong. What is is, and how will you fix it?
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  • _rachel_k
    _rachel_k Posts: 243 Member
    I have had INSANE chip cravings and have been over eating on carbs the past week. I'm not sure how to deal with it right now so I'm just going to keep working out twice a day!
  • albayin
    albayin Posts: 2,524 Member
    I am "neverfull". The more I eat, the more hungry I feel...:(
  • danajane27
    danajane27 Posts: 3
    I normally just found other stuff to do besides exercising, like Netflix. But I've recently canceled my subscription and joined a gym instead!
  • Jaminjo2
    Jaminjo2 Posts: 31 Member
    I quit living and breathing the mission. I quit doing research on new ideas for exercise to keep boredom at bay. I stopped planning meals and snacks. I am not thinking about it 24/7 like I was for the last 4 months. I am starting to slip.....and I don't want to fall.
  • Stilllosing26
    Stilllosing26 Posts: 256 Member
    I am "neverfull". The more I eat, the more hungry I feel...:(

    I know how you feel!
  • abbyoncloud9
    abbyoncloud9 Posts: 48 Member
    I got slack on measuring...but I'm back on track. Maintaining is better than gaining!
  • Stilllosing26
    Stilllosing26 Posts: 256 Member
    I got slack on measuring...but I'm back on track. Maintaining is better than gaining!
    Very true!
  • michellet0
    michellet0 Posts: 4
    too much sitting around
  • Tigg_er
    Tigg_er Posts: 22,001 Member
    Some how increased my in moderation servings--oh-oh
  • karmac0matic
    karmac0matic Posts: 285
    ribs
    and my scale -_- maybe i should just update my goal to be happier with how i look rather than a set #
  • vismal
    vismal Posts: 2,463 Member
    The only thing standing between me and my goals is time. Once diet and workouts are in check, there's nothing more to do them put in the time.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    My damn sweet tooth.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Pregnancy.
  • kateangel2312
    kateangel2312 Posts: 242 Member
    My love of biscuits and beer
  • Myfitfutureself
    Myfitfutureself Posts: 34 Member
    Pregnancy.

    I think you win!
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    I normally just found other stuff to do besides exercising, like Netflix. But I've recently canceled my subscription and joined a gym instead!

    I watch Netflix on my phone while I do my cardio. No reason not to have both!
  • PinkyFett
    PinkyFett Posts: 842 Member
    Hashimoto's. It's making me lose hope and motivation.
  • sushidulces
    sushidulces Posts: 69 Member
    Impulsive eating. Sometimes my husband will come home from work and want to go out for dinner. I go too, instead of sticking to what I had planned out to fit my macros. When I get home and log the food, I'll have went over my cals, carbs, etc. It happens more often than I would like.

    Recently I was in an exercise funk, not wanting to get up and do it. But I have since gotten out of it, so I am hoping I will continue working out.
  • itsadogslife
    itsadogslife Posts: 209
    Cravings, mainly on graveyard shifts or when I'm hangry.. then I binge to compensate for the hangry feeling.. then I hate myself, and workout extra hard, and its a vicious cycle.
  • bluffnmuffn318
    bluffnmuffn318 Posts: 40 Member
    Mexican food. There is a restaurant down the street and they all know my whole family so its hard to pass up. Ive learned what I can and cant eat there though. Other than that it's eating while im driving... not sure what it is but I feel like I have to have something on my drive :ohwell:
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    ribs
    and my scale -_- maybe i should just update my goal to be happier with how i look rather than a set #

    yes this is what you should do....94lbs is too little for a grown woman to weigh.

    ETA: nothing is keeping me from reaching my goal. 1lb away...(actually 1/2lb)...and after this summer I may re-evaluate and at that point nothing wil stop me either...
  • knitapeace
    knitapeace Posts: 1,013 Member
    Lying to myself. My body doesn't get on board with the "this tiny handful of peanut butter M&Ms won't count if I don't log it" technique. Also, dinner portions.

    I've been much, much more precise with weighing and measuring this week AND I bought a set of portion control kitchen utensils off Amazon that will help me gauge my dinner portions better. I still have no idea what a cup of spaghetti looks like.
  • perseverance14
    perseverance14 Posts: 1,364 Member
    So far nothing, but I know myself and that is why I plan to keep logging at least a few years, probably longer. Until I have lost all my weight and maintained it at least a few years, I am logging.

    Since I have gone over to managing my own diet, weighing all solids in grams is working out much better for me, I mean it is eaiser to just weigh them, tare the plate, weigh the next one, and I am not so focused on 1 cup of this or 4 oz. of that, although mindful of my portion sizes, I eat a little (but not too much) more now that I started lifting.
  • TLwineguzzler
    TLwineguzzler Posts: 289 Member
    Weekends!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,992 Member
    For most it's going to be: Lack of consistency and lack of commitment. Keep those 2 and one WILL reach goal.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness industry for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • sadiebea25
    sadiebea25 Posts: 72
    Social activities. I have a hard time sticking to my goals when everyone else is eating and drinking. Poor willpower, I guess.
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  • caramel1920
    caramel1920 Posts: 271
    Confession: Last night I had a fat girl moment! I binged on organic blue corn chips and roasted red pepper hummus!!!! It sounds funny to type it/say it out loud given where I've come from (foodwise) but still, I binged! That is what keeps me from reaching my goals! I self-sabotage. It's like the minute I'm making progress (I noticed I had slimmed down a bit yesterday) I do something to sabotage that progress. It's not even something I'm aware of until it's done and I'm sitting there, bloated and miserable wondering why in the hell I did that!! I don't know why I do that, because I certainly don't want to be stuck in this fat suit for the rest of my life, I just really need to figure it out so I can release the weight and get to the healthiest/best version of me I can be!!!!! Whew, thanks for letting me vent!!!!:smokin:
  • cherow123
    cherow123 Posts: 13
    Wine
  • mom2kpr
    mom2kpr Posts: 348 Member
    Too much food and not enough movement. I'm losing, but MUCH slower then I would like. I'm still struggling with portion control - I still want to eat even if I'm not hungry. And even though I workout 5 days a week, when I'm not exercising, I'm very lazy. Like now, instead of cleaning (which really needs to get done), I'm playing on the computer.

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