What's your BIGGEST obstacle?

MichelleF81

Not drinking wine or snacking in the evening, that's been my toughest challenge.

Delicate

Sports induced asthma with my insulin resistance from pcos

I dont get hungry after a hard gym session

http://www.details.com/health-fitness/diet/201109/fitness-revolution-workout-fat-gym-training?currentPage=1 good read especially the 2nd page

heather7marie

I lack self control...

anrev42

peanut butter and chocolate. and dont even get me started on reeses.

amen to that! Two of my biggest downfall urrggh!!!

anrev42

Time management! Having two little ones and a husband who works pretty much all the time. This means forcing myself to get up between 4:30 to 5:00 am just to work out.....the ONLY time I can do it.

kotyjoe

Definately the weekend. Especially if I have a few beers and then I get hungry and have some snacks or make a bad choice at dinner. If I could keep it going on Friday and Saturday night the way I do the rest of the week then I would be set.

dustyhockeymom

My crazy schedule. I work full time and then some at a job with crazy unpredictable hours, and on top of that my son plays two sports year round and my husband works too far away to help with a lot of the transportation. So we are on the run all the time and that includes a lot of eating out.

I have been doing really well for about six months, but our busiest time of year for sports is coming up and I am nervous about being able to keep with it in the face of the increased chaos.

nvanger

Me.

GenerationD05

I guess for me it'd be sugar. I'm having a really hard time keeping it below the suggested level for me...

Marjorielk

potato chips

e1izab3th2

myself. I make excuses too much. I am a nursing student and I really don't have time to focus on anything but school...so I eat crappy and don't take care of myself. I am going into my last semester and am going to try REALLY REALLY hard to reach my goals because in Feb. I am going to reward myself with a very nice tropical vacation and want to be able to wear a bikini and look great in it!

ohhh and I love wine and sweets too!!! when i drink, i eat!

e1izab3th2

Weekends. I love to eat at pubs and drink beer and then go to Mcdonalds for a hangover breakfast (and usually a midnight snack too!!)
If there was no weekend, I would be skinny.

haha, me too!!!

thegymbunny

I get too hungry..

And when I get REALLY hungry I make excuses saying "I'm happy with how I look"

The next day I'll be my normal crazy self look in the mirror and be very unhappy.

bprague

Bread. I love making it and I LOVE eating it.

valeriebpdx

Shoot. Chocolate chips, peanut butter cookies with chocolate chips melted on top, wine, nursing school, especially exam time, two kids and a husband with soccer practice three nights a week during dinner hour, a family-wide overfondness for eating out, a tendency to not get enough sleep, chronic dehydration, chronic running injuries, red meat, celebrating with food, birthdays, birthday cake, comforting myself with food when I am tired and stressed (finals week), the Twilight Room (great bar food down the street), not liking to get up early, vodka with citrus, Girls' Night Out, three skinny boys/men in my home who believe you CAN (and should) outrun a bad diet, bacon cheeseburgers, a procrastination/time management problem that often leaves me with too little time to prep food, and generalized overcommitment.

ETA: Internet addiction!

megz4987

Getting off my butt and doing it I used to use the "but I'm so tired..." excuse a lot. I don't care how tired I am or how much I would rather take a nap when my daughter does, I get my butt moving.

shelbygeorge29

Booze . . . I don't have that hard a time eating healthy, I very much enjoy it.

But I'm an alcoholic, and over the last two years my life has been hellish and I've coped with vodka and wine. Up until a couple weeks ago I was drinking 3-4 gallons of vodka a week, with a couple 1.5L bottles of chardonnay. Then when drunk I would eat all kinds of crap. I'd wake up and survey the damage, I'd eat stuff I didn't even like.

Focusing on my health has been a lifesaver, and I know I can do this.

kmcginley613

for me it is drinking, then drunk eating.. dang college ...

Purplebunnysarah

Trying to find healthier alternatives to my cravings. Lately my craving has been for slow roasted pork with a side of rice and black beans, but I know that it's not that great for me. I know cravings are just your body's way of trying to get some sort of nutrient it needs, but the hardest part is trying to figure out what I need that's in the food I'm craving. Sometimes, if it's vague, I know what it is. For instance, I'm craving something salty, I probably need salt. I'm craving something sweet, I probably need sugar. I crave oranges, I probably need vitamin C. But what am I supposed to do when my body decides that it wants pork, rice and beans? Or something of non-nutritional value, like ice? (when I crave ice, I'm not dehydrated. I crave water when I'm dehydrated :P)

Ice cravings are actually semi-diagnostic of iron deficiency. So the next time you crave ice for no reason, chomp on a steak .

Darlis

Healthy eating is proving to be my easiest thing. For me it's the exercise....I have Primary Progressive MS, but the pool is working wonders.