Do you ever want to give up?

KettyLan

Sigh, sometimes I just want to get an XXL velour tracksuit and just give up, eat fried chicken and pizza and gain 300 lbs. This is so much work for so little weight loss. While I'm at it, I want to quit my job and get a disability of some sort, live in a trailer and stop brushing my teeth. Seriously, I feel like gthe guy who wrote the famous suicide note that just read "all this buttoning and unbuttoning." Life is too much work sometimes.

Are you okay??? I have felt like that so many times, but I have learned that the beauty of life is to challenge her back by no giving up on the " buttoning and unbuttoning". Little by little it takes us where we want to be.

emmiee921

I do on days I have a small craving, when I'm at the shops I won't buy anything cus I know I will regret it, then I go home as no one is there and then binge, I did this yesterday, binges are so frequent now once or twice a week I'm not losing weight but gaining, I just want to stop trying but I keep trying and failing, I hope one day I'll just get a grip and push through cravings. My goal is to be a month binge free

fiberartist219

Yes. Sometimes I want to give up. In fact, I have. Several times. I just crap out for a couple months, but then I get right back on the wagon, because in my heart, I know I want to be a little smaller than I am now.

maura5880

Nope. In my 2nd week of MFP-ing and healthy lifestyling, I had a mini-meltdown & just wanted to give up. But, I adjusted my attitude, and since then (about a month ago), I've been going strong! I love feeling healthy, eating healthy, etc..I'm addicted to the gym, I miss it if I can't make it for whatever reason. I am psyched each night when I finish the 30 day shred! I just feel that it's so positive to do what we're all doing & our bodies will thank us for years to come!

SabrinaJL

Sure do. Sometimes I wanna throw on some sweats and sit in front of the tv stuffing chips in my face and drinking a coke and not giving a crap. So every now and then, I'll take a day completely off. Last week I went to McDonalds and ate a pile of chicken mcnuggets, a large order of fries, soda and candy bar. Afterwards, I had the worst upset stomach which lasted until the next afternoon. I was ready to get back to it after that.

wannabefit_amanda

Yeah but you gotta stick with it. Think positive.

LorinaLynn

When I get days like that, I have a day like that. I eat whateverthehelliwant, stay in my pajamas, and spend the day on the couch.

It cures what ails me, and the next day, I'm ready to fight again. Really fight. With a sword and all.

It might also be time to re-evaluate how you're eating. If you feel deprived and hungry all the time, something's wrong somewhere. Maybe you're not getting enough calories. Maybe you're getting enough calories, but not from the right foods. Maybe you need to find new foods or flavors that keep your mouth and brain from feeling bored. A tablespoon of barbecue sauce is only about 60 calories and can make plain chicken breast taste phenomenal. Honey mustard is even less. Maybe you need to allow yourself a fun sized candy bar every day to remind yourself that this isn't supposed to feel like punishment.

Cait_Sidhe

I think a better question for me is when don't I feel like giving up. I'm so burnt out on so many levels. I'm stuck working 2 jobs probably for the rest of my life due to the low pay in my field (vet tech). I work full time overnights and part time days. My only day off is Monday.

I lost a bunch of weight. I have ~20 lb left to lose. 2.5 months ago I decided to quit smoking. My weightloss completely stopped. So close! I keep trying, burning over 500 calories a day and keeping my net at 1200. Still, I cannot have weightloss. I'm working so hard at... nothinng? And did I mention I have no willpower against food since I gave up smoking? Yeah, that part totally rules.

But yet.. I keep going. I keep trying. Even though I'm not sure why.