What's the biggest thing you struggle with as a dieter?

inshapeeasy
inshapeeasy Posts: 50
in Health and Weight Loss
Just curious to see what some of you have to say : )

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  • dawnsjourney
    dawnsjourney Posts: 80 Member
    Negative thoughts and food
  • sPaRkLiNgLYFE
    sPaRkLiNgLYFE Posts: 609
    feeling like i don't know what i'm doing
  • BAFilek
    BAFilek Posts: 139 Member
    Realizing that this is not a diet, but a way of life. I want to be able to eat what I want and not worry about how many calories there are.
  • AmazonRDH
    AmazonRDH Posts: 203 Member
    I'm a foodie! I love to cook and go out and have amazing gourmet food. PLUS I work with people like this too and we ALWAYS have food food food everywhere. I just have to rise above it, but lord last week was NOT a good week for me, time to get it back together..................... at least I still ran last week, so props to me! LOL! :drinker:
  • cchamil1985
    cchamil1985 Posts: 74 Member
    Curious: Why do you (or, anyone for that matter) label yourself as a dieter?
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
    I struggle to to pay y grocery bills,

    4500 calories a day gets expensive.
  • casi_ann
    casi_ann Posts: 423 Member
    Right now the biggest thing i'm struggling with is to know how many calories i should be eating with all this argument everyone is having over too few calories vs too many calories. Who is able to eat a zillion calories and who is able to eat less than 1200 calories. My head is spinning this morning.
  • Lrdoflamancha
    Lrdoflamancha Posts: 1,280 Member
    Being constantly bombarded with food porn.
  • dont_give_up
    dont_give_up Posts: 312 Member
    I would have to say butter and chocolate. Before I started my lifestyle change, I would drown everything in butter! A 3 lb tub would barely last a week, now it lasts about a month. Every time I would go to the store, I would buy a candy bar and eat it on the way home, or I would have my husband stop on his way home from work and buy me one.
  • psv1012
    psv1012 Posts: 65 Member
    I don't like to cook, but love to eat out ! the hardest part is my husband and I have used food as our entertainment,and he is still pretty obscessed with food, so I feel like I am fighting this battle on my own. He is also over weight, but until he is ready to join me, I am exercising and eating healthy on my own. Every time we want to go out for a meal, I have to remind him that certain places are off limits for me, like Chinese Buffets ect. I try to accomidate his favorites,but it isn't much fun for me while I am worried about what I can eat.
  • leahestey
    leahestey Posts: 124 Member
    Getting stuck at a plateau for a month. Sugar USED to be a struggle and chocolate, oh my! Still can't enough chocolate but I can walk by the candy bars easier now.

    Another struggle is cooking. I have 3 (my youngest will eat whatever I'm eating.) other people who will turn down their noses at my healthier foods that I make.
  • gfedex
    gfedex Posts: 226 Member
    Though I wouldn't label myself as a dieter (I'd go with health-conscious), it's definitely failing to see myself accurately in the mirror. I've got some mighty small clothing in my wardrobe, but when I could fit into the double zeros, I still didn't recognize that I was slim.
  • genkimomof2
    genkimomof2 Posts: 50 Member
    I live in a foreign country where I don't know what is in a lot of the food I eat when I am taken out for dinner/lunch, and I don't know how it's prepared (and to be honest if I knew I would probably barf so it's better to be ignorant) so tracking is incredibly hard.

    Also they use the metric system and I grew up on ounces and teaspoons and such so I spend a frustrating amount of time Googling things like "how much is ____g in ounces?"

    I am always worrying that I am underlogging. Yet most weeks I loose weight, so I guess I'm managing. But I know there are lots of days where I must be eating more cals than I think just because I don't know what I'm eating.
  • leahestey
    leahestey Posts: 124 Member
    Being constantly bombarded with food porn.

    lol That is SO true!
  • inshapeeasy
    inshapeeasy Posts: 50
    I never said that i was a dieter, but obviously that is what a lot of people consider it to be and can relate to the word. Your right, its a change in lifestyle
  • inshapeeasy
    inshapeeasy Posts: 50
    food porn? lol
  • inshapeeasy
    inshapeeasy Posts: 50
    gotta find time to cook at home, this way you know EXACTLY what you are getting
  • Cinflo58
    Cinflo58 Posts: 326 Member
    for me it's the exercise part. I can control my portions 90% of the time. But I can't find any exercise I enjoy. I love fruits and veggies and I like to cook. I know how to cook healthy. I'm just not motivated to move my butt.
  • aliciagetshealthy
    aliciagetshealthy Posts: 946 Member
    I don't diet. That said, my biggest issue has always been time. I'm a slow eater, and foods of the healthier variety generally require more chewing time. I have low blood sugar, so I don't really have the option to have less frequent, higher calorie meals. I begin to resent the shear amount of time in my day used thinking about/planning/cooking/eating food.
  • inshapeeasy
    inshapeeasy Posts: 50
    I would have to say butter and chocolate. Before I started my lifestyle change, I would drown everything in butter! A 3 lb tub would barely last a week, now it lasts about a month. Every time I would go to the store, I would buy a candy bar and eat it on the way home, or I would have my husband stop on his way home from work and buy me one.


    wow. glad you were able to reduce butter consumption, def not good for your cholesterol or heart health! congrats
  • red8424
    red8424 Posts: 160 Member
    Trying to figure out how many calories I can eat and still lose weight. Too many carbs? Not enough protein? Increase fiber? I'm constantly trying to find balance.

    Also, my husband is not dieting so he is always eating and not gaining weight! He doesn't understand why I can't eat whatever I want and doesn't try to help me with my diet. For example, he offers me cheesecake. Oh joy.
  • JulieAntler
    JulieAntler Posts: 28 Member
    My biggest struggle is staying consistent for longer than a month. I get discouraged when I don't see results right away and I go off of a good program that would help me if I just stuck to it. This site is helping me tho.
  • Kali2024
    Kali2024 Posts: 73 Member
    my sweet tooth gets the best of me sometimes-chocolate that is, and I'm not talking about cheap hershey type, I'm talking about the creamy, velvety rich chocolate-major fat/calorie content. I could eat a whole bag of those little Lindt balls. Other than that I'm good.
  • Only1Mickee
    Only1Mickee Posts: 415 Member
    My biggest problem is Sweets! Plain and simple! Also knowing how much to eat. All this TDEE and BMR stuff has me confused.
  • Only1Mickee
    Only1Mickee Posts: 415 Member
    my sweet tooth gets the best of me sometimes-chocolate that is, and I'm not talking about cheap hershey type, I'm talking about the creamy, velvety rich chocolate-major fat/calorie content. I could eat a whole bag of those little Lindt balls. Other than that I'm good.

    Ghiradelli Peppermint Bark!
  • Benjiowns
    Benjiowns Posts: 4 Member
    Someone mentioned it earlier but body dismorphism is the worst and nothing sucks more than looking in the mirror and thinking you've lost nothing so you go straight to those cookies because "Hey, it's not working anyways."

    I still get the first part, been able to get over the responsive eating but it sucks.
  • xampx
    xampx Posts: 323 Member
    I definitely struggle with food!

    My problem is if I buy a packet of cakes/biscuits/chocolate I will stuff my face.
  • ragssharkie
    ragssharkie Posts: 3
    My friends love to eat out so it has been hard making good choices when eating out,
  • watchmeshrink16
    watchmeshrink16 Posts: 205 Member
    Sundays, funny to say but on Sundays I am with the family; therefore, it is so easy to make the wrong decision ( food wise).
  • jdub224
    jdub224 Posts: 120
    My biggest problem is thinking I'm getting this all down pat. "A little this" and "a little that" won't mess me up. Or as I approach the 100lb mark, thinking that I am done. That I've gotten to where I am wanting to go.

    Setting my mind on what is the mission every single day.

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