How hard is your diet/exercise routine?

RadioactivePirate

I've got another 5 pounds to go or so before I hit "overweight" and maybe 35 to be at a really healthy weight for me. About 90 pounds down already. I average maybe around a pound a week or a little less. Not super fast. But it sure is working.

As far as difficulty level? Maybe a 1.5 - 2. I only do exercise that I enjoy, like my running class. Yeah, sometimes I'd rather sit around and watch tv than go to the gym and I go to the gym anyway, but it's not like torture. I eat healthy things that taste good. I learned to cook and make nice dinners for myself. I never go hungry. My calories are pretty reasonable. I indulge in things that are worth it (i.e. I'll turn down a boring grocery store bakery cake, but when my knitting group friend brings in cheesecake from a local place for his birthday, you bet I'm gonna have a piece).

If it's easy, you keep going. Easy works. You set yourself up for success that way. I've done the super hard routine before, and eventually you just can't make yourself do it anymore and you stop and the weight comes back. No thanks.

evilmj31

I have about 90 lbs to lose but would be happy with 80.
I am losing it very slowly, about a 1lb a week, sometimes less. But that is just the way my body works.
I am not finding it 'easy' but I am not struggling either. I have made it a part of my life so I don't think of it as diet and excerise. I have given myself goals, like the Bluenose 5K and my upcoming vacation so I have something to work for.

BflSaberfan

Question to all.

How much weight do you have to lose?

How fast are you trying to lose it?

How fast are you losing it?

On a scale of 1-10 how hard are you finding it the last week?

My answers are I want to lose another 29 pounds, at 1.5 pounds a week, but am actually still losing 3-3.5 pounds a week for some reason, and on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being impossible it's a 6.5 the last week, harder than usual. I am asking because I am considering going down to 1 pound a week because the difficulty is ramping up the lower i get, and because I am losing twice my goal anyway.

I want to lose 40lbs. My goal is 1lb a week. I just started but I've lost 5lbs already. I find the diet part harder than the exercise part. It is hard to get motivated to exercise everyday but once I get started I am fine. I go to the gym 3 days a week (25 mins cardio and 25 mins strength training) and then I do insanity 3 days a week. Insanity is MUCH harder than going to the gym of course but at least then I dont have to leave home to do it. So on a scale of 1-10 I'd say about a 4 for exercise. For diet I'd say a 7.

TheArmadillo

Question to all.

How much weight do you have to lose?

How fast are you trying to lose it?

How fast are you losing it?

On a scale of 1-10 how hard are you finding it the last week?

I started at 18stone maybe more (252lbs) Jan 2012. Started slowly, joined this site end of Feb and while had a few blips in the beginning it soon sped up. Took Nov, Dec and half of Jan off to stabilize and see whether the lifestyle changes I have made had stuck. Now got 40lb left to lose.

I lost 6stone (84lb) in 10months

I don't have an end date target or a set amount to lose a week. I have just moved offices which means an hour each way cycling (very slowly) so at the moment I am trying to work out how much I need to fuel this. About 2000cal per day seems about right. Also its not always linear and I often forget to weigh myself. I concentrate more on building fitness.

On a scale of 1-10 with 1 being easy and 10 super hard, I'd say it was around a 3, not particularly difficult. No more difficult than a crappy diet and I don't like sitting still. Last few days don't count as I'm ill at the moment and eating very little/doing nothing.