"You can't handle the truth!"

My hardest truth is that I am such a yo yo. I often gain 30 pounds, then get motivated and exercise a ton and totally change my eating habits for like a year, only to let it slip right back to the way it was. Every 2-3 years, my motivation picks back up and the whole process starts over. I am in a good place right now, but I fear that I will slip and go back to the way it always goes.

@andrea. I yo-yo. Get all pumped up and then I deflate! right now I am feeling really good.

The truth that is the hardest -- I have no excuse for not losing, I can do it!

all feel free to add me.

The hardest truth I face is that I have a large frame and will always have a large rear and thunder thighs, even if I'm at my goal weight. So I'm learning to accept that if I'm gonna have a large rear and thighs, they are gonna be the best damn rear and thighs I can produce! If you've ever done P90X, Pam (the Blam) has these amazing thighs that are large but are pure muscle. They're my goal thighs.

the hardest truth I face is that I will never again be able to eat the way I did before if I want to reach my goals and then remain successful. I know someday I will be able to have a cupcake here or chocolate bar there but sometimes I wish I was a kid again burning enormous amounts of calories. I guess the underlying point here if we're being HONEST = ) is that I don't like to work out much and I know that I will have to get more active if I want to be healthier and be allowed to eat a little extra sometimes.

my hardest truth is that i am lazy and want a quick fix to everything. sadly,it's not possible as i have found out.

My hardest truth to face is that I use my size like a security blanket. I've been the chubby funny friend for so long that I wouldn't know how to act any differently. It's part of the reason that I've set my self up for failure in the past.

Yep! I'm in that same boat. Except I was/am the fat funny guy. I figure that I can still be funny and healthy.

The hardest truth I have to face in losing weight is that it is entirely my responsibility what does or doesn't go in my mouth and down my throat into my stomach. If I'm overeating, it's me doing it. No one can make me either starve or overeat. Taking that responsibility makes me squirm, want to make excuses and remain in denial, but it still is no one else's responsibility but mine, bottom line.

And, I have to add, in order to get to and remain at a healthy weight I will ALWAYS have to be conscious of the above and continue to take responsibility until I die. I really wish it came naturally.

Great topic. I hope the thread holds true.

the truth I have to face is that I am an emotional eater.

Unless I work on acknowledging and talking or writing about my emotions, I will never make this weight loss effort last the rest of my life. ( I'm nearly 70, have long lived parents, aunts, and uncles,so figure I have 20 more years to live) . I want those years to be as healthy as possible.

Everytime I have successfully lost weight some unexpressed (actually unrecognized) emotion takes me down. The last one, grief over the loss of my husband and mother, derailed me for over 3 years. I can and do forgive myself but wonder how I will handle the next big emotional event that happens and don't know if I have it in me to try again if I regain.

My hardest truth is that I am an addict. Much like a drug or alcohol addict, no matter how hard I try or how well I am doing at the time I will always be addicted to food. I will continue to have to fight the battle daily. The battle is going well right now, but there is always that uneasieness.

My hardest truth is that I am such a yo yo. I often gain 30 pounds, then get motivated and exercise a ton and totally change my eating habits for like a year, only to let it slip right back to the way it was. Every 2-3 years, my motivation picks back up and the whole process starts over. I am in a good place right now, but I fear that I will slip and go back to the way it always goes.
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Yes, yes yes! This is me to a tee. ugh

Okay; okay; I didn't mean it. Maybe you can handle the truth. Really I'm just wanting a few good men/women for more motivation and support. And since we're on the topic of truth: What is the hardest truth that you face?

Feel free to add me as a fellow MFPer if you'd like.

The hardest truth was learning that I really did eat too much for my size and so I got fat, slowly, about 10 lbs per decade. They say this happens when you get older, well the truth is we have an over abundance of food and it's hard to tell you eat too much when under all that fat you are really a smaller person who needs less food.

I think the hardest truth is that no matter what you do to your outside, it won't dictate your level of satisfaction/happiness. How you feel has to come from the inside, because face it: No matter how great your body is, you will still be unhappy with something. And you will get older (God willing). A "healthy" life is more than the physical.