Is losing weight supposed to be hard?

Aaron_K123

And with the attitude you have, the only way for your girlfriend to get the boyfriend she deserves is TO FIND A NEW ONE

Look back in history and tell me, how many of the greatest leaders ever were complacent, weak willed,etc.?
I'll wait

You consider insulting a community of people to be a trait of leadership?

"Hey, you should lose weight "
"You're fat, stop making excuses and drop the weight"

Which would you listen to? Don't lie.

I don't know, depends what the caloric burn of slapping some sense into you would be.

bridgettesweightloss

And with the attitude you have, the only way for your girlfriend to get the boyfriend she deserves is TO FIND A NEW ONE

Look back in history and tell me, how many of the greatest leaders ever were complacent, weak willed,etc.?
I'll wait

You consider insulting a community of people to be a trait of leadership?

"Hey, you should lose weight "
"You're fat, stop making excuses and drop the weight"

Which would you listen to? Don't lie.

um are you kidding me? anyone who is more concerned with my weight than my happiness, well-being or health needs to gtfo of my life. no one needs that sort of negativity, it certainly doesn't help anything. the choice to lose weight needs to come from yourself and only yourself, so having someone rag on me about it would do absolutely nothing but make me depressed or piss me off. neither is helpful in any way.

karmac0matic

Guys really stop feeding this troll. All he wants to do is make overweight people feel like *kitten*. Hes a spoiled little brat high on his recently acquired and unfamiliar male hormones. Why for the love of god are you actually taking him seriously? Let him prattle on. he will learn his lesson the hard way. As people like him always have to.

Because this is more fun than work?

+1

glickman1

ITT: incompetence, complacency, excuses, and not much progress
Can't say I'm surprised

aliakynes

At 18, you're having to work harder than I did to accomplish weight loss.

When I was 18, losing weight was a matter of having eggs instead of generous amounts of cereal, using mustard instead of mayo, and taking the long way home. That worked through my 20's, not so much in my 30's. Stuff just starts to slow down in your 30's and requires more work.

No judgment here though I hope you don't have to find out how much harder it is to lose weight in your 30's.

RHachicho

Guys really stop feeding this troll. All he wants to do is make overweight people feel like *kitten*. Hes a spoiled little brat high on his recently acquired and unfamiliar male hormones. Why for the love of god are you actually taking him seriously? Let him prattle on. he will learn his lesson the hard way. As people like him always have to.

Because this is more fun than work?

Haha fair enough then I guess

likitisplit

I've always read and heard about people complaining about weight loss being too difficult, or that it's too complicated. I'm on day 48 of my weight loss "journey" if you wish to call it that, and there's been absolutely zero challenges I've faced. I lift weights 3-4 days a week, and eat at a 500 calorie deficit and I've lost 16 pounds.
So what's the big deal with weight loss? Why is it considered to be so impossible?

I'm finishing up my second year and have to agree. I think some people find it hard because they haven't really figured it out yet.

I would agree that it's simple. Easy is another thing. And, if one of my kids got seriously sick, you know that tracking calories would be the last thing on my mind.

paulawatkins1974

And with the attitude you have, the only way for your girlfriend to get the boyfriend she deserves is TO FIND A NEW ONE

Look back in history and tell me, how many of the greatest leaders ever were complacent, weak willed,etc.?
I'll wait

you by good young fella are complacent and weak willed...otherwise you wouldn't ahve been 30lbs overweight.

Exactly

devil_in_a_blue_dress

Guys really stop feeding this troll. All he wants to do is make overweight people feel like *kitten*. Hes a spoiled little brat high on his recently acquired and unfamiliar male hormones. Why for the love of god are you actually taking him seriously? Let him prattle on. he will learn his lesson the hard way. As people like him always have to.

Yeah, watch the name calling. Cause 90% of us responding aren't srs.

SezxyStef

Guys really stop feeding this troll. All he wants to do is make overweight people feel like *kitten*. Hes a spoiled little brat high on his recently acquired and unfamiliar male hormones. Why for the love of god are you actually taking him seriously? Let him prattle on. he will learn his lesson the hard way. As people like him always have to.

Because this is more fun than work?

+1

x2

OP doesn't have a job so it's more fun than ps4 apparently...

Cranquistador

is BB.com that boring or did you get banned?

mortuseon

not all of us have access to a FREE gym!!!

I bought a bench, 400 lbs of plates, a bar, and a half rack for $120 on Craigslist
You're obviously not willing to lose weight if you refuse to seek out alternatives

your parents have worked hard to provide you space for a rack in your house-!

FIFY

Yes, this!
I'm 19, moved out for uni last year and have discovered the horrors of supporting oneself. I'm reaching my goals but I'd never tell anyone it was 'easy' because I have a hell of a lot on my plate. Which I imagine you will realise too at some point in the near future (and this is with no family to support too).

ChristinWrites

An 18 year old kid who has it all figured out - well isn't that cute?

Aaron_K123

Guys really stop feeding this troll. All he wants to do is make overweight people feel like *kitten*. Hes a spoiled little brat high on his recently acquired and unfamiliar male hormones. Why for the love of god are you actually taking him seriously? Let him prattle on. he will learn his lesson the hard way. As people like him always have to.

Oh you have confused this with seriousness. Trust me, I am not taking this seriously...I have a big ****-eating grin on right now.

devil_in_a_blue_dress

ITT: incompetence, complacency, excuses, and not much progress
Can't say I'm surprised

Are excuses permitted in the enchanted forest?

madhatter2013

Keep making excuses, I'll keep making progress.

Oh but you're so smart. You're 18 and an adult. You should be living on your own, working and already graduated high school going to college. We have to assume you are still in high school because you got held back, playing video games during your free time becuase you're too lazy to work and still mooching off your parents for that same reason. Yeah, I see your progress there buddy. At this rate you'll never be the man your girlfriend deserves. You should cut her loose now and save her the pain. Oh wait I'm assuming I know everything about you and your life.

bridgettesweightloss

Guys really stop feeding this troll. All he wants to do is make overweight people feel like *kitten*. Hes a spoiled little brat high on his recently acquired and unfamiliar male hormones. Why for the love of god are you actually taking him seriously? Let him prattle on. he will learn his lesson the hard way. As people like him always have to.

lol yeah you're probably right. sweet karma will come around eventually when this kid has an awful time trying to lose weight later once his metabolism isn't burning at overdrive levels :P

kgeyser

And with the attitude you have, the only way for your girlfriend to get the boyfriend she deserves is TO FIND A NEW ONE

Look back in history and tell me, how many of the greatest leaders ever were complacent, weak willed,etc.?
I'll wait

You consider insulting a community of people to be a trait of leadership?

"Hey, you should lose weight "
"You're fat, stop making excuses and drop the weight"

Which would you listen to? Don't lie.

From a person who knows nothing about me or my situation? Neither. But I've spent over a decade working in executive training, leadership development, and organizational development with Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, the military, government agencies, and private organizations, so I generally don't encounter people with such a complete lack of social skills and maturity at the pay grades I work with.

scarrletti_girl

not all of us have access to a FREE gym!!!

I bought a bench, 400 lbs of plates, a bar, and a half rack for $120 on Craigslist
You're obviously not willing to lose weight if you refuse to seek out alternatives

Oh i'm sorry I have other expenses then being a tool. I have bills for rent for a car and insurance and electric and heat and for food and gas for that car and that list goes on and on and not to mention NO space for a huge workout room! plus there are creepers on craigslist. and with a $120 i can pay one car payment and buy new shoes my husband needs. sorry i would rather put my priorities ahead of me then be a tool.
plus i do seek alternatives it's called walking outside for free and watching videos and exercising at home for a one time purchase of $5. we never said we don't work out.

Amberlynnek

ITT: incompetence, complacency, excuses, and not much progress
Can't say I'm surprised

Oh heyyyy everyone - OP finally looked in a mirror!!

timberowl

Because I'm hungry all the time. Alllllll the time. I'm so hungry right now I could burst into tears. When I get home (from my full time job, that I work in addition to a part-time job), it'll be even harder because I'll have food all over the kitchen and have to use all the discipline and self control in my possession not to eat any of it even though I feel like my body is digesting itself from the inside out.

And I've lost...3 pounds.

BrianSharpe

To the OP, may I suggest you go out and get a job right now while you still know everything.

Come back and lecture us when you have some life experience...............

WendyTerry420

You're in high school and have zero life responsibilities and associated stressors.

Grow up and stop trivializing what is difficult for a lot of people.

You have all the tools available to you that you need to complete your goal. Responsibility and stress aren't reasons to not develop healthy habits
Don't have time to have a healthy breakfast or lunch?
Make it the night before and en masse
Don't have time to exercise?
Go for walks around the office or workplace if you have the chance

You asked about challenges. Examples were given. No one said those challenges preclude success.

The troll is strong with this one.

Those aren't challenges, those are excuses

At what point do "excuses" become challenges then. Where is that line?

I am sorry but when you are trying to maintain a house, working a 10 hour shift and starting a family those "excuses" qualify as challenges. We all have been through highschool, I can assure you....you have not experienced true stress yet. Your body is in peak form at your age, your energy level is at its highest it will ever be, you have the fewest responsibilities you will ever have in the rest of your adult life.

You perceive things as not being difficult because you have nothing in your life that makes them difficult.

Is weight loss or fitness complicated? No. But it, like anything, takes time...and time becomes a lot more precious at 30-65 than at 18.

I'm 40, a wife, a mother of two teens, work full-time.........................






...................and I used to make excuses as to why I couldn't lose weight. The truth was that I hadn't figured out how to do it. Once I figured it out, it was actually pretty easy.


I'm still kicking myself that I spent all those years making excuses instead of putting in the work to research, learn, and figure out the math and science of it.

RHachicho

Yeah sorry it appears I butted in on everyone's game of tease the little kid ... my bad.

glickman1

And with the attitude you have, the only way for your girlfriend to get the boyfriend she deserves is TO FIND A NEW ONE

Look back in history and tell me, how many of the greatest leaders ever were complacent, weak willed,etc.?
I'll wait

you by good young fella are complacent and weak willed...otherwise you wouldn't ahve been 30lbs overweight.

Exactly

Being overweight doesn't necessarily imply complacency or being weak willed
Nice try though

BigT555

ITT: incompetence, complacency, excuses, and not much progress
Can't say I'm surprised

gr8 b8 m8, i r8 8/8

chivalryder

Aaron_K123

You're in high school and have zero life responsibilities and associated stressors.

Grow up and stop trivializing what is difficult for a lot of people.

You have all the tools available to you that you need to complete your goal. Responsibility and stress aren't reasons to not develop healthy habits
Don't have time to have a healthy breakfast or lunch?
Make it the night before and en masse
Don't have time to exercise?
Go for walks around the office or workplace if you have the chance

You asked about challenges. Examples were given. No one said those challenges preclude success.

The troll is strong with this one.

Those aren't challenges, those are excuses

At what point do "excuses" become challenges then. Where is that line?

I am sorry but when you are trying to maintain a house, working a 10 hour shift and starting a family those "excuses" qualify as challenges. We all have been through highschool, I can assure you....you have not experienced true stress yet. Your body is in peak form at your age, your energy level is at its highest it will ever be, you have the fewest responsibilities you will ever have in the rest of your adult life.

You perceive things as not being difficult because you have nothing in your life that makes them difficult.

Is weight loss or fitness complicated? No. But it, like anything, takes time...and time becomes a lot more precious at 30-65 than at 18.

I'm 40, a wife, a mother of two teens, work full-time.........................






...................and I used to make excuses as to why I couldn't lose weight. The truth was that I hadn't figured out how to do it. Once I figured it out, it was actually pretty easy.


I'm still kicking myself that I spent all those years making excuses instead of putting in the work to research, learn, and figure out the math and science of it.

I'm making the progress I want to be too, doesn't mean it wouldn't have been a heck of a lot easier for me to do so when I was 18. How about you?

yoouperh

Anyone else wonder why he has to lose weight, if it's SOO easy, how did he gain to begin with? I mean, anyone should know the tools, use the tools and always be successful with the tools(or so he says) guess this chimp wasn't so well trained before!

Springfield1970

I found it really hard to lose weight when I was 18, impossible.

Funnily enough, now I'm 43, single parent, running a business, no family, I find 10 hours a week to train and fight daily urges to comfort eat.

Yes, OP is getting his point across really clumsily, and is yet to learn charm and diplomacy, but in a funny way....

He's kind of right. Just coz he's 18 and a jerk doesn't change that.