It's NOT that hard.

pinkraynedropjacki

Sorry if this may come out a little *****y, but...... it's not that hard to lose weight & exercise........ if you are committed to doing it. I'm kinda sick of hearing about how hard it is to be motivated, how hard it is to get the scales to move, how hard it is to stay in calories & even how hard it is when you 'sore'.

I told you it would sound *****y... but it's not.

I have a back injury that stopped me from working in a labor job ever again. I get about 2-3 hours sleep a night if I'm lucky because of my injury & walking kills me for days. I have a stuffed up knee from breaking it in 2002. I have a bad hip & shin splints (at the moment).

I've run, Zumba'd & done all kinds of intense workouts for the past 9 months.... every single day. With all my injury problems & even a broken toe thrown in.... I'm still going. Running on my leg kills me... but I'm sucking it up & still going.

I eat under my cals EVERY day. I eat the same thing every day yes... but I do allow treats.... take a look.

I've lost 66lbs ...... 31kg in 9 months..... no cheat days, no days off from working out & sure as hell no reason to NOT do anything.

So why are people finding it so hard to lose weight? Why do people complain because they can't control their own actions or addictions?

It does sound *****y right? But what happened to good old hard work?

indigo_rose

Out of curiosity.. Do u remember how much u lost in the first 8 weeks?

pinkraynedropjacki

I think it was close to about 8kg, I was losing 1kg a week at one point.

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kimosabe1

I have been at a pound a week. I know kg is 2.2 pounds correct?

CoffeeNBooze

Yep I agree, the only way to lose weight is to really commit. I don't see a problem with having surplus days on occasion...but not a regular thing. I cannot agree with you more! Don't expect changes if you don't really change.

pinkraynedropjacki

I have been at a pound a week. I know kg is 2.2 pounds correct?

yep

indigo_rose

that's where I am at now. I lost 4 before I started.. Just had a squiz at ur pics! Feck me woman u look awse!! So u did 1000 cal a day? Hard work never killed anyone.. The way I see it.. If u want it.. Do something about it!

bushidowoman

Sometimes it really IS hard. We are all different. Different life circumstances. Different things work for different people.

The thing is...what do you do when it gets hard? Keep on pushing? Give up? Try something different?

Personally, the times in my journey when I've found it extra hard, I realized it's because what I was doing just wasn't working especially well for me. Rather than giving up, I just went about it a different way. Eventually, I found my groove, and it became easier. But some people seem to think that there's only one way to go about it, and it's "do or fail". I think that makes it much harder than it needs to be.

mogletdeluxe

Brain surgery is easy to some people; doesn't mean it's not hard.

I've always been a champion of people needing to want it badly enough, because you have to forsake so much for serious weight loss. You've got to want to succeed more than you want any chocolate bar, any tube of Pringles, any night on the sofa when it's lashing down outside, any Chinese takeaway, any bottle of wine, any period-governed slab of Dairy Milk, any steaming gooey cheesy lasagna when you go out for a friend's birthday meal. You've got to say no to so many things, and for many (including myself) that's after years of saying OH GOD YES GET IN MY MOUTH to everything.

You've got to exercise when you hurt, when you're tired, when you're upset, when it's the last thing you want to do.

Well done you for succeeding. Well done anyone for making the decision to improve their life through changes to their health. But yes, it is indeed very p*ssy to say it's easy.

If it's so easy, why do so many people fail?

helloburger

i didnt know mfp was a competition of who was better at this weightloss game.

if you dont like seeing these things remove the people as your friends and dont read the forum posts

runlikeananna

Yes it is hard.

i've lost 24 kilos in twelve months and people have been asking me what I have been doing and when I tell them the first thing they say is "Is it easy?"

No it's hard. Nothing worth doing is easy. I do have cheat days and eat the wrong things but if I do I get back on track.

BUT giving up is HARDER. Staying fat and unhealthy is harder.

kmuree

Do you want a gold star?

pinkraynedropjacki

that's where I am at now. I lost 4 before I started.. Just had a squiz at ur pics! Feck me woman u look awse!! So u did 1000 cal a day? Hard work never killed anyone.. The way I see it.. If u want it.. Do something about it!

I did 1200 to begin with, then about 1300 & now I think I'm at 1500 roughly. I still don't eat all my cals & don't even try if I'm not hungry.

pinkraynedropjacki

Do you want a gold star?

Why? Have you got one? Rare find.

niki87lewis

Do you want a gold star?

This

And yes it does sound ****ty.

nz_deevaa

So hang on, you are encouraging people to work out injured? Or work out until they are injured?

Congratulations on your success, but seriously there are times that it is hard, sometimes the 'hard' is knowing when to rest an injury or even better, find a way to workout that doesn't impact on your existing injuries.

What are you going to to when it does get hard? Because if you continue with your VLCD WITH injuries, it WILL get hard. And it won't be easy to move through.

kmuree

I don't seek validation from strangers by bullying others, which is more than your third-grade attitude can say.

mariagabriella

I can see where you're coming from, but for some people it really is hard.

Some people really do struggle, others don't struggle as much.

I have scolosis and still do high intensity cardio... I do things I shouldn't do when I'm sore (that doesn't mean it's okay, it means I'm stubborn). I get stuck a lot, but I'm too stubborn to give up. I change what I'm doing. I take a short break to freshen up.

But for others it isn't as easy. It doesn't mean that they don't want it badly, or that they're doing things wrong. It just means that they struggle. Telling them that weight loss is easy will not help. It simply is not easy for everyone. Everyone is different.

pinkraynedropjacki

So hang on, you are encouraging people to work out injured? Or work out until they are injured?

Congratulations on your success, but seriously there are times that it is hard, sometimes the 'hard' is knowing when to rest an injury or even better, find a way to workout that doesn't impact on your existing injuries.

What are you going to to when it does get hard?

Where did I say for others to work out while injured? I did point out that I do & don't let it put me off. I've read ppl on here say they are tired & can't be bothered..... THAT bothers me. That is no excuse.

pinkraynedropjacki

I don't seek validation from strangers by bullying others, which is more than your third-grade attitude can say.

Nor do I..... so why have you come into my topic if NOT to do that? Really I didn't seek you out did I? I didn't attack any single person at all. Just stated MY opinion & for that it's bullying? I'm far from that. Can you say the same?

jen_6

I also started at 95kg and have been dropping a kilo a week since I started. Just wondering when/if that slowed down for you?

pinkraynedropjacki

I also started at 95kg and have been dropping a kilo a week since I started. Just wondering when/if that slowed down for you?

Actually slowed down about 2 months ago & then didn't budge for about 3 weeks. Could not get past 70kg at all. Now I can't stop it from coming off

lacroyx

It's hard for some. For others not so much. Working odd shifts, single mothers/fathers raising kids, physical issues, medical issues, mental issues etc etc. They key thing is NOT to give up and quit. So many people get discouraged and give up beacause of slow progress never realizing that slow progress, is still progress.

jen_6

That's great! I'm hoping that it is about the same for me too. By the way, I didn't think your pat was *****y, just honest.

jen_6

Post, sorry stupid iPad keyboard.

nz_deevaa

I also started at 95kg and have been dropping a kilo a week since I started. Just wondering when/if that slowed down for you?

Actually slowed down about 2 months ago & then didn't budge for about 3 weeks. Could not get past 70kg at all. Now I can't stop it from coming off

Maybe try upping your calories, and lift or do resistance training. Your body will thank you.

mariagabriella

It's hard for some. For others not so much. Working odd shifts, single mothers/fathers raising kids, physical issues, medical issues, mental issues etc etc. They key thing is NOT to give up and quit. So many people get discouraged and give up beacause of slow progress never realizing that slow progress, is still progress.

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saudade108

Probably the same way that for someone clinically depressed, sometimes it is truly hard to find the motivation to get out of bed. To most people that seems so easy!

But I do love this quote: "If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse."

thatjulesgirl

I think it's very easy to equate struggling / failure / needing lots of support with laziness / lack of effort, particularly if *you* are prone to those things.

What is easy for some is hard for others (be it algebra or driving a car or tight-rope-walking). That's just life. It takes a pretty big (pardon the pun) person to learn to *respect* differences, rather than attack / berate / minimise / dismiss them in an attempt to homogenise the world.

Don't forget - it's not just effort that goes into weightloss. Yes, moving your *kitten* is a huge part of it... but there's a truckload of psychology behind weight gain so there's a truckload behind weight loss. Genetics play a factor, circumstance etc. I understand you might be frustrated and I'm sure your opinion ultimately comes from a good place "LOOK, PERSON, I DID IT YOU CAN TOO, IT'S REALLY NOT THAT HARD"... but it's probably the same as saying to an agoraphobic "just go outside" or an anorexic "just eat something".

At the end of the day, if someone needs a bit more support and motivation from others than you did, that's their journey and it's ok. If they're legitimately just lazy whingers - delete and move on

geebusuk

We are all different.

It doesn't seem it was really that 'hard' for Richard Branson to do what he did.
There are billions that would like to do the same too, but I think it's fair to see he has something in his make-up that the rest of us don't.

I've been a lot better with my weight loss this time (though I've gone from 16 -> 12.5 stone several times); a bit better research, and a bit more flexibility in my time.

For the majority I'd suggest it's still a battle over long term vs short term pleasure; with for many of us it being sooo easy to go hop back to the 'short term' side; be it having that slice of cake, or not doing the hour's walking after to burn it off.