A little bit of a rant..

Hah... on the opposite end is people who lose weight easily and brag about how they cheat all the time...

Im with the OP. Excuses accompanied with whining is infuriating.

It's in people's nature to be full of excuses. Excuses are because we are scared to change. To lose weight you have to change most aspects of your life, and a lot of people, even though they are miserable how they are, don't want to change because they are scared that the end result won't make them any happier. You have to take chances to live a better life.

The things that annoys me is how SO many people feel they need support to lose weight. Like they need cheerleaders or something. Motivation to change something about yourself HAS to come from with in you. No one else can motivation you to want to get fit/thin/healthy etc. I lost 40+ pounds single, lived alone and had no one else in my life that was "on the journey" with me. Sometimes as an adult you just have to buck up and do it. And honestly I think it's easier to lose weight when it's just you. You don't have to think about anyone else's food, someone bringing you something you shouldn't eat, someone wanting you to skip the gym. It's easier to get what you need to done without someone else around...

Nobody said it was easy. It's not easy but making excuses doesn't make it easier or make it happen. When you're ready to stop making excuses then you'll be ready to lose weight and maintain it.

ACtually losing weight IS easy - it's the impatience that gets most people.

Nobody said it was easy. It's not easy but making excuses doesn't make it easier or make it happen. When you're ready to stop making excuses then you'll be ready to lose weight and maintain it.

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Wow! Why are you even here? If you're so awsome, you should just be out there losing weight and fluttering about the city in your thin skin and awesomeness.

Oh, I see. This is a thread to put everyone down in order to lift yourselves up.

Got it.

Woah Woah Woah.. someone has their cranky pants on. Never did I ever say I was better than anyone.. nobody has. What we are simply saying is to lose weight, you have to get out of your mindset. I messed up, I struggled, I've been right where you are. But you need to think positively about things.. tell yourself "I don't need these chips, cookies, etc. I can do this" instead of being like ok, I can have this entire box of cookies, its ok this once." All we are saying is u will get nowhere with the excuses. And if you think otherwise then ok. But you'll see in a month or so of seeing no results that I'm right.

This is a place for support, and I get tired of seeing this kind of crap. Everyone falls off the wagon. You have people here with serious food issues. It's not just a matter of "stop eating". If it was, they would. Got it?

Back off. Man, this thread is pathetic.

A little support, love, understanding, and empathy will get you way further in life than self-ritiousness.

Cheers.

I'll totally support someone's journey but I won't support excuses which is different than owning your mistakes. There's a huge difference between whining that you can't lose because you have kids, a BF, unsupportive family, a desk job, etc, than saying you struggle with making good choices or just plain messed up. Own your life and your mistakes!

If there's a "but" in your sentence you're probably making an excuse.

Wow! Why are you even here? If you're so awsome, you should just be out there losing weight and fluttering about the city in your thin skin and awesomeness.

Oh, I see. This is a thread to put everyone down in order to lift yourselves up.

Got it.

Woah Woah Woah.. someone has their cranky pants on. Never did I ever say I was better than anyone.. nobody has. What we are simply saying is to lose weight, you have to get out of your mindset. I messed up, I struggled, I've been right where you are. But you need to think positively about things.. tell yourself "I don't need these chips, cookies, etc. I can do this" instead of being like ok, I can have this entire box of cookies, its ok this once." All we are saying is u will get nowhere with the excuses. And if you think otherwise then ok. But you'll see in a month or so of seeing no results that I'm right.

This is a place for support, and I get tired of seeing this kind of crap. Everyone falls off the wagon. You have people here with serious food issues. It's not just a matter of "stop eating". If it was, they would. Got it?

Back off. Man, this thread is pathetic.

A little support, love, understanding, and empathy will get you way further in life than self-ritiousness.

Cheers.

The "people here with serious food issues" need a therapist not MFP social forums.

Thank you! Most people don't want to be fat. If it was so easy, no one would be fat. "Don't judge others because they sin differently than you do".

People complicate things to give themselves a reason for failure. Success is achieved by making the small changes necessary until the results are remarkable.

I will freely admit that I splurge on some big-calorie meals more often than i should, and then complain that I'm not losing as fast as I should be. Not here on MFP, but still...

I think sometimes when people are saying "but that's ok," they're not saying it's ok to binge. It's more like saying "ok, I messed up, but I'm not going to let that sabotage my whole plan and just give up." I know that for me, it used to be very easy to let one bad meal throw me off for the day, the week, or sometimes even the month. "Oh, I've already blown it for the day so I'm not going to care about dinner" sometimes can very easily lead to "I've already blown it for the week so I won't care over the weekend, I'll just start again on Monday."

Bad habits can take a long time to change.

I'm completely flabbergasted that someone found the original post offensive.

Personally, I'm ok with a little binge here and there, as long as it's not affecting the overall progress. I look at the big picture. If I was 500 calories below maintenance for 6 days and 500 calories over on the 7th, I'm still making progress and haven't "undone" anything.

But I'm sure as hell not going to be upset by someone who had incredible success sharing the secrets of that success!

I remember talking to a friend about exercising regularly and she said..." Well, I find it sooo hard...I have a husband and two kids and a full time job..." Then she looked at me and said, " Oh...you do too, don't you?"

No one said it was easy...it is hard to change habits and make good choices all the time. That is why I don't make good choices ALL THE TIME. I still have to live and enjoy this life. I am just not going to whine about not losing weight, when I know darn well why I haven't.

Do or do not...there is no try...

Thank you soo much for your post. It really inspired me. I plan on living the words in your post. I really needed to hear that.
Thank you