Chosing my 'hard'

howie4four

Losing weight is hard. Exercising is hard.
Being fat is hard. Being unhealthy is hard.

Right now, I'm struggling with journalling. I have no problem tracking my exercise. I'm proud of that and LOVE to see that on my log.

But food--I'm finding it so hard to journal correctly. Either I'm not keeping track of portion size, or I'm eating something and not journalling it immediately and forgetting to journal it all together, etc
the reason's I tell myself: my journalling tools are not convenient, one bite won't matter.....that's about 1/2 cup.........
I wish I could lose weight without accurate journalling......that doesn't seem to be the case.
I wish I could wake up tomorrow at my goal weight.

This 'hard' is inhibiting my weight loss.

I lost 70 lbs last year......not by making good food choices......but by not making food choices. Did it through an Optifast program. I'm trying to lose these last 30 the right way....but this is my hurdle.

I run a 5K at least 3x/week--I go to the gym 6-7 days a week. I'm not worried about being unhealthy. My BMI 25. My body fat % is 26%. So there's room for improvement, but I'm very healthy for a woman who is still 30 pounds overweight!

I'm not afraid to do the 'hard' work...which in my mind should be the exercise.....but my mind is wrong....the 'hard' for me is between my ears...... I've got to figure this out or all end up gaining everything back....and I really don't want that!!

Anyone have any advice/kick in the pants for me? I'd love to see your thoughts/ideas/encouragement.

hongruss

I can only advise to download the app to your phone & log as you eat or pre plan & log "most" of your food the night before, with the odd daily addition. This is what works for me, both or either of these techniques. If I had to wait to log on the desktop, I don't think I would have managed 300+ consecutive days.

Russ