Is losing weight supposed to be hard?

devil_in_a_blue_dress

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

WIth mommy's and daddy's money, no doubt.

likitisplit

If it was so easy for everyone, wouldn't everyone be thin?

It's easy or be fat in our society, if you don't care about what you're eating or how you're working out you can very easily let yourself go
Being a normal weight requires some effort, and most people aren't willing to apply themselves

Really? Some effort, well here's some news for you - I run marathons, 5 to be exact. Thousands of miles. 26.2 painful miles of hell 5 times over. But I still manage to gain weight every training season. Why? Because I'm HANGRY - ALL THE FREAKING TIME. When the marathon is over, I'm still just as hungry with a different level of activity and it takes time to adjust. Did I not apply myself?

Oh and lets make this extra fun. I have PMDD - being and 18 year old boy, you have no idea what its like to have you vagina rule your life - your emotions, your appetite, your cravings, etc. Once a month, it likes to gift me with a week of uncontrollable binge eating which, had to mediated. Which the medication itself has weight issues associated with it.

Which brings me to another point, people have emotional issues that manifest themselves in food. These is often beyond their control.

And if those two things weren't enough to convince you, Work 70 crazy hours a week to earn a pretty paycheck to pay for that lovely gym membership and health food and then see how you feel about working out, especially when the laundry has piled up, finances need to be tended to, a house needs to be cleaned a dog needs to be walked, errands need to be run and dinner needs to be cooked and you have homework and grad classes.

Not enough for you? Guess what buddy? That lovely metabolism you have right now, it slows down. way down. Also, while I find it hard to believe that you would understand that people have social lives (because with that attidue, who would want to hang out with you?) Social lives are important for jobs, mental and emotional health and events often contain dinners, happy hours endless bottles of wine and expectations. While we all try our best to manage self control in these situations, whooops we slip up because it is the human condition.

So while the math makes sense much like a basic algebraic equation, lets go ahead and try to solve the problem with some complicated variables. Get over yourself, we'll see you again when you plateau or gain back the weight and are posting about it on these forums. mmmmmk?

Also, dude has obviously never attempted a bulk.

FatFreeFrolicking

Have you guys ever considered that your tendency to make excuses for not accomplishing a goal is why you're "too busy" to eat right? Try applying yourself to a goal, because I know for a fact that based in your current position and choice of words, you've never done that before in your life

Funny, because at 18 years old I couldn't have gotten to 50 pounds overweight if I tried? Metabolism was too good and I had no worries. So if this is all so easy, how on earth did you ever let yourself go to the point of being 50 pounds overweight as a teenager?

Exactly.

OP, you aren't one to talk based on the simple fact that you are 50 lbs overweight and only 18.

SezxyStef

Please. At 18 I could eat 5-6 large meals a day and not gain weight. Eyes on your own paper, bud, and be grateful for what you have now.

Love this comment!

agreed...said the exact same thing during spring break with all those university students running around eating and drinking...they have no idea what they have atm...wont appreciate any of it till it's gone.

ie great butts without squats, rock hard abs....energy up the wazoo.

mortuseon

*insert lame joke about feeding the troll & troll's weight loss*

aliwhalen

I would argue it's harder than sitting on *kitten* and eating cake. It's going easier for me than I expected, but for me it has to do with the fact that I have four kids, little time for myself and a history of sitting on *kitten* and eating cake.

BigT555

this thread is funny.

some people its easy, some its hard. im 21, and its been meh. im sure if i tried this when im older it would be much harder since those old habits would be that much more engraved in my head.

on a side note, this is definitely a troll post.

Sovi_

GUTTER IS A TOOL!

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

you're obviously lucky enough to have space for a rack in your house-!

SunofaBeach14

This looks like a fun thread . . .

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?

Aaron_K123

Keep making excuses, I'll keep making progress.

All I know, is when I was 18 I didn't have 30 Lbs to lose to give my SO the partner they deserved (as per your profile) So what is YOUR excuse?? If you have a tendancy to be overweight now, just wait 'till you grow up!

My excuse is that I was lazy for the first 17 years of my life, and that needed to change
She deserves nothing but the best, and I'll keep striving to reach that for her, and for me

So let me get this straight. For most of your life you were lazy. In the last one year you have decided to make a change to this...at the age of 18.

Well then, must be the time to hop on the internet and lecture the world on how to live properly.

glickman1

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

WIth mommy's and daddy's money, no doubt.

You're really grasping at straws, aren't you?
A 10 year old can earn $120 in a few months by mowing lawns, shoveling driveways, etc.

1911JR

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?

You are the most hated person of the day!

LMAO

Aaron_K123

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

Wow. Paper routes pay more than they use to.

devil_in_a_blue_dress

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

WIth mommy's and daddy's money, no doubt.

You're really grasping at straws, aren't you?
A 10 year old can earn $120 in a few months by mowing lawns, shoveling driveways, etc.

Not grasping, you are making it easy.

SugaryLynx

FatFreeFrolicking

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

WIth mommy's and daddy's money, no doubt.

You're really grasping at straws, aren't you?
A 10 year old can earn $120 in a few months by mowing lawns, shoveling driveways, etc.

I don't know many parents who would let their 10 year old operate a lawnmower.

Clueless.

dym123

Haven't read all the comments yet, but I love how some 18 y/o "child" is telling those of us that are older, doing this longer, they are doing it wrong. Someone with no real life experience and no responsibilities. Dude, since you're so freak'n insightful, why don't you write a book, because obviously you've discovered something NO ONE knew before.

scarrletti_girl

You're an 18 year old male. Get back to me when you're a 45 year old woman.

oh my goodness!!! I litterally laughed out loud that is so funny!! props. who ever suggested this you are awesome lol