What is the hardest thing..

AylaBean

What is/was the hardest thing you had to overcome when you started your weightloss journey?

MIne is probably just the fact that I am usually one of the biggest people in the gym, and feeling like everyone is secretly disgusted by me. Just getting over that and starting to not care what everyone else thinks, has made it a lot easier for me.

Ready2BEthin

The hardest thing Ive had to overcome is confidence in myself. Just believeing I can actually lose the weight. I am working on that.

mbmorse1011

Admitting that it was time to do something about it! I've done it before but never stuck with it or seen the sucess that I have so far. I know what I need to be doing, its DOING it.

BPayton27

The hardest thing for me to overcome was the TRUTH. I was always in denial about my size and eating habits. When I started having to take diabetic medication at 27 I decided enough was enough and it was time for a permanent life change. I don't really have bad food cravings to fight off, but getting off diet soda in the beginning was pretty rough.

AylaBean

The hardest thing for me to overcome was the TRUTH. I was always in denial about my size and eating habits. When I started having to take diabetic medication at 27 I decided enough was enough and it was time for a permanent life change. I don't really have bad food cravings to fight off, but getting off diet soda in the beginning was pretty rough.

I think I was in denial about my weight for a long time too.
I would see pictures of myself and be SHOCKED at how big I was. Maybe its because I have a happy life, and do love myself that I didn't focus on my weight very much anymore. But now that I am focusing on getting healthy its kinda depressing lol

blink1021

The hardest thing for me was accepting that I was really that big. I never felt huge but I would catch myself in a dressing room mirror or in a window and be shocked that I was looking at myself. I haven't overcome it yet I still have a hard time going out in public with my husband I feel like I embarass him so i do not like to go out. He says it is all in my head, but I definitely do not look like I did when we first met.

goodmonster

At first it was just admitting that I had a problem with myself and that I wasn't happy. And the admittance that I wanted to lose the weight for me.

Also getting the motivation to get out and go to the gym. I have one right up the street from me but it's super icky- the treadmills stick and it's called a 24 hour fitness but it's not open 24 hours! bleh.
So the one I go to is about 20 minutes away from me, but it's only 10 minutes from my work. So when I work it's easier to just drive over to the gym afterwards and burn. Whenever I forget my gym clothing or shoes and come home after work I don't want to go out again. It's very difficult to drive back where I just came from!

Instead now I try as hard as I can to remember everything and double check that I have everything I need. If I have it all, there is no excuse for me not to go!

tsjourney

The hardest thing for me to overcome was the idea that I could never be any smaller again. I had gained over 100 pounds in the past 6 years due to major tragedies in my life happening all at once and I turned to food for comfort. I lost all of my family but my two kids and felt very alone and eating was something I could do alone. It didn't matter that the consequences of the eating would show on the outside after I was done overeating, I was out of control. I didn't think I could ever get that control back and I started to think that I would always look this way and the older I got I figured it didn't matter anymore how I looked. I felt like a lot of you do, I didn't want to go out in public because of my size. I quit doing a lot of things, volunteering, day trips, yardwork, even shopping. I quit living. My circle of real friends became smaller and smaller because I couldn't feed my addiction with someone watching me! It totally took over my life. Now I feel like I have gotten it back! I am coming out of the darkness and after the first step, it wasn't so hard! That initial first step was the hardest part. I am not in public yet, but I feel it coming soon :-). I don't go to the gym because I don't have anything to wear right now and I am not yet comfortable, and money is a big factor. However, I am moving more in my house and will venture out soon. The support on here has been awesome! To see so many people come out of hiding and start losing weight has been a real encouragement to me.

The_Finja

Eating until I was full. Only after a few weeks did I realize that if I ate more frequently, I was never hungry and ate because I was supposed to versus because I was hungry.

ALLNEW42

Realizing the truth about the weight. It IS there, it does affect not only my life but the lives of my daughter, husband and parents. It keeps me back professionally and I AM NOT AS HEALTHY as I think I am. I am over 40 and the years of unhealthy choices are going to quickly catch up and make me a chronic diease case study.

Denial has been easier to deal with than reality. But the photos do not lie.

NovemberJune

Eating healthy is the hardest part for me. I usually do ok with calories but still don't eat enough veggies!

Jewcybabe

The hardest part for me was getting started, especially for the first two weeks. Getting up at 4:45am when the alarm goes off to head to the gym is a lot easier now.

dandesmomi523

The hardest thing for me is believing that I can conquer this weight. My mind tells me that I can do it, now I just need my body to jump on board and concur!

aliann30

I think the hardest thing for me is believing that I can be at an ideal weight. I've never ever been thin so I don't even know what that feels like and I get so scared that I'll never get there. It's just daunting when you're looking at 130-140 lbs to lose and how long that's going to take. I'm going to have to be consistent for that long in order to succeed, and because I've always failed I have a hard time believing that I'll ever get there.