What is stopping me from losing weight?!

I would suggest creating an ongoing list of reasons why you want to get fit.
Then, each week, decide on a few things that will move you toward your goals.

For example, I want to get fit because..
It makes me feel incredible.
I love physical challenges, especially having fun with my family, such as water-skiing, hiking, etc.
I want to live life active, beautiful and feeling great.

This week, on a 3X5 card, I wrote:
8 glasses water/day
1800 cals/day
600calorie exercise burns
Be sure to rest

The above list is in addition to the habits I already have developed and established (weight training 3X/week, HIIT training)
So the list is a slight stretch for me, but attainable. So if I focus on improving just a few things, I feel successful and it really moves me forward.

Perhaps you just need to refocus, and bite off smaller chunks, so to speak.

Hey there... Im sure everyone will be able to contribute a different perspective here, but here are my tips;

1. Motivation - why are you here and why are you trying to lose weight?

Success is almost always linked to motivation.... if you're here for yourself, a choice you made, becuase you want this for you, then theres a much higher chance of success than if your here because the doc told you so! Pinpoint your motivational reasons for being here... what do you hope to achieve, what would success would mean for you? Most importantly who are you doing it for and why? Im here because i want to get healthier and stronger so I can have more energy, boost my immune system, feel healthier and be stronger. Also, dont put too much pressure on yourself....If I have a bad day, or eat way over, its no biggie, I don't beat myself up. Ill make a little more effort the next day, but I know in general Im still following a healthy lifestyle.

2. A realistic 'lifestyle'

Make small changes and goals that are realistic and manageable in the long-term! drastically reduce calories, prohibit all your favourite foods and you may lose a ton..... but it probally wont be long before you put it back on... and then some! Dont think of yourself as being on a 'diet'.... but change your way of thinking to adopting a new, healthier lifestyle and with time make transform your 'food lifestyle' into a 'healthy balanced diet'. Everyone works differently... but each week I give myself a goal... this week I'm really focussing on reducing my sugar intake.... last week was increasing water. Alot of people have treat days, so like every friday might be treat yourself day......

3. Don't punish yourself.... have fun
May sound ridiculous, but don't think of exercise as a chore... participate in something you enjoy. If i really don't feel like going to the gym, I don't go... I go for a walk or a game of tennis or something instead. So when I do go to the gym, I look forward to it and i enjoy it! Everyone enjoys some form of exercise even if its just taking the dog out for 30 mins and if you can find a friend to go with, it's even better.

Hopefully theres a helpful tip in there somewhere!

You've already answered your own question. You are what is stopping you.

Read the article that I posted here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/777219-an-article-that-i-find-to-be-extremely-relevant as well as some of the people's opinions on it. Some went the typical whiny *kitten* route about the way it's worded, but you'll see that many others actually got the point.

I guess I have. I've done this before and I can do it again. I just need to get over this hump. The blog you shared on the original forum post is pretty interesting (not to mention, I thoroughly enjoy the way this man writes). I like his mentality and while I'm still reading through it, it's already given me a boost of the truth I've been denying for so long.

I'm very pleased to hear that. His blog actually gave me the boot up the *kitten* that I needed to get moving and start pushing myself. The particular entry that got me is called Your Fat Is Unequivocally Your Fault. It opened my eyes to the fact that I too, had bought into all of the crap that the media likes to push about blaming everything for the fatness except for the individuals doing it to themselves. I particularly love the way that he crushed the 'poverty theory' in it. Look that one up in particular if you need another read.

I totally get you.. I have been blogging here and there, throughout my journey... My initial goal for joining MFP wasnt even to loose weight. It was to establish a healthy relationship with food: one that was not obsession, compulsive or avoidant... I FINALLY think i have figured it out... I have attached a link to one of my blogs.. I have more, so feel free to check them out. I have posted some tips for what helped me through my emotional eating and how i now eat to nourish my body not to feed my emotions.. I do it by watching my macronutriet intake (protein, fat and carbs). Once you get that you impulsively eating out of reqction to emotion and your making conscious choices of what your body needs for nourishment, thats a big piece of the puzzle.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/DawnEH612?month=201205

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