What frustrates you the most about weight loss?

Mostly it's menopause! I have always been able to keep my weight in check, but between medications I've had to start taking, and menopause, I've gained 25 lbs in the last 3 years. And now that I'm over 50 it's really hard to get off. But, new year, new me. I'm getting it done this year. I'm counting my calories, making sure I do some sort of exercise every day - and by summer my old clothes should fit. I hope. : )

This. Overall, though, being 50+ is pretty awesome. Lots of freedom, without the financial worries we had while raising our family. So I guess having to work a little harder to lose the weight is acceptable for me.

I do find the conflicting information difficult to wade through. Ultimately, not everything works the same way for everyone - this is true in other aspects of healthcare as well - but in addition to finding what legitimately works and doesn't work for you, you have to weed out the charlatans of weight loss.

There is just so much weight to lose it almost seems like its impossible to get where I wanna be:( Im just taking it one day at a time doing as much as I can by eating right and exercising everyday. I refuse to let myself take a day off or cheat because Im afraid I will get lazy and resort back to my old ways.

Clothes. Buying new pieces and loving them then having them not fit after a few months. Being in between sizes. Not being able to afford to fill out my wardrobe at every stage. I'm a bit of a fashionista and it really sucks to only rely on a few boring staples.

If I mess up once I just start this mentality of "well now I might as well eat that bag of m&ms because I already ruined the day". I'm really trying to work on this! On day one of the biggest loser this season Jillian said "Just because you drop your phone on the ground doesn't mean you stomp on it then too". VERY TRUE! I try to remember this!

It may be helpful to also look at weeks instead of days. That way, you can "mess up" a day but have time to salvage it before the week is out. That might keep you from digging yourself a deeper hole!

I travel out of town 2 or 3 weekends a month to trade shows (Bridal, beauty, home shows) and it seems like 9 out of 10 places that we stop to eat have absolutely ZERO decent food choices. I work with two other women that are semi health conscious, but when the only options around are fast food, they have no problem eating it and don't seem to understand that I CAN'T. I have been making up some pre-portioned baggies of pretzels, carrot sticks & pb, caramel rice cake minis, oranges, and last weekend I made up some egg salad and took some arnold's whole wheat thins to eat that on... but it is super super hard to sit there and eat that when they are going into restaurants and stuff. We will leave a show around 5pm on Sunday and drive 10-12 hours straight thru back home and they hit up rest areas with Roy Rogers, Arbys, Quiznos... UGH!!!! They do at least try to swing into a Subway if we see one, but sometimes they just aren't around:(

Let me add too that if we do go into a nice restaurant, the portion sizes are RIDICULOUS... and I'm all for boxing half of it up, but when you are staying in a hotel and don't have a fridge or microwave around to use... it makes you feel like you are wasting so much money by not eating it all. I've even started asking (even if it's not on the menu) whether half size portions are possible... and have yet to find a place that will do it.

Now that I've started ranting... I think I may start a new thread for ideas on this:) I live in Ohio but I travel from Wisconsin to Maine... this weekend I'll be in Boston... maybe with people from all over the place on here... some people with have ideas from regional chain restaurants or something:)

That it took 18 months to drop 30 pounds and one week of holiday eating to put on 10

my best friend who is 120 pounds, eats anything she wants and doesn't go to the gym.