My truths.......

1. I love working out and the way it makes me feel but seem to fall off the wagon more times than I would like to count. Here's to 2013 and staying on.
2.. I'm also obsessed with the number on the scale, and I'm trying so hard not to focus only on that number.

Truth:I don't know if I will ever be happy with my body. I am still totally disgusted with myself, even though I've come pretty far. I will be trying to improve my self esteem this year, and work on loving myself a little more.

I am a very lazy person. I have been known to sit on my couch watching TV in my PJs all day long. This causes me to both not get any activity and then sit and eat out of boredom or habit. Even things that I consider to be fun I don't always feel like getting up and doing. This has been a struggle for a while, and I can slowly see myself coming out of it, but it also still is a temptation daily.

Today I am almost done with the third load of laundry and I played 20 minutes of DDR (great cardio!). Not everything I need to get done, but it is a start! :-)

I had lost 80lbs only to gain most of it back after getting pregnant with my 1st child......I was so healthy and happy before and I desperately want to get back to that again I know we can do it!!

My only sweet cravings are butterfingers and brownies. All the other cravings i get is for fatty foods. Those cravings will subside when the habit of healthy eating has set! :-)

I will be trying to improve my self esteem this year, and work on loving myself a little more.

There needs to be a group for this ^

I would wager that most of us overweight people on MFP deal with self-hatred and/or self-esteem issues.

I know that I have spent a lifetime seeing the glass as half empty. I want to be more positive. I want to love myself so that I can better love others. I want to feel that I am a person who is worthy of being healthy and happy.

I do not want to join pity party, a self-flagellation group or a place where people go to talk about their emotional problems. But I am very interested in joining a group that teaches people how to focus on the positive, increase their self-esteem and realize their self worth.

There are days that I JUST DON'T CARE!! I've learned to manage them most of the time, but I find myself occasionally just going "You know what? I am going to eat this [insert delicious but SO unhealthy food here] because it's awesome and I JUST DON'T CARE what it's going to do to me!!"

Which isn't so bad if it's ONE food occasionally, but usually it's a whole day, which turns into two, a week, a month... and then I'm back to the start!

EXACTLY THIS!

I will eat things until they are gone. If I buy a bag of candy for Halloween or Christmas, it's like a magnet, drawing me back to it until it's all gone or I throw it away. Keeping track of what I eat on myfitnesspal is really helping me avoid this cycle.

I want to look the way I did when I got married and before kids. I know that will never happen especially with all the stretch marks and the two abdominal surgeries which will prevent my tummy from ever looking normal again. This sometimes makes me want to give up and just eat whatever I want because I think there is no point.

I have trouble with exercising. I began walking the dogs - one overweight and one skinny. I am not happy with the level of unfitness. I hope I will keep on exercising and not become discouraged because it is exhausting and very little calories are burned.

I want to cry almost everyday. My goals seem impossible to me at times and I get sooooo discouraged easily. Its hard.

I have been there with you more times than I really care to admit. The thing is, we really need to learn how to figure out that WE ARE WORTH IT.

I have tried the "I need to lose 140 pounds" to jumpstart myself-maybe more of a shock factor for me...but then I quit because I get frustrated due to slow progress....

This time, I am setting small, attainable goals...in fact, I set my goal weigh to 250. My starting weight (this time around) is 263. Start small so that you can taste your success and savor it. If you look at my Friday Fitness post-I am only committing to moving more. I have lots of ideas, but honestly, if I walk this weekend, that is more than I did last weekend.

Babysteps.

We can do this

totally agree small steps can lead to big changes don't give up on yourself you can do this i use to have no motivation and really hated myself but i took small steps and slowly built my motivation up you will reach your goals x

Everything people posted is soooo true. Weight lose is a frustrating journey. I lose weight then have to do it again. In the past it has always been gained during pregnancy. This year not so. I am scared that I won't be able to lose it and keep it off. I look at my mom, she has lost weight in the past, them gained it back so many times. A couple of years ago she just gave up. I don't want to be that way. I want to lose the weight and keep it off. Sometimes I think my fears are what prevents me from being successful. If I don't really try then when I fail I can blame my lack of effort, not my inability to truly lose weight.

That is my fear is that I will lose a ton and then gain it back. A few years ago I lost about 20 lbs and gained it back and more. I need to stay physically active and limit my sugar. Scary and sad I will have to watch this the rest of my life.