Worst thing...

NuttyNat24
NuttyNat24 Posts: 30 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
What's the worst thing about dieting for you? For me it's constantly thinking about food. Just like when I was giving up smoking, all I thought about was having one.
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  • Southernb3lle
    Southernb3lle Posts: 862 Member
    Yep, constantly thinking about food.
  • HIITMe
    HIITMe Posts: 921 Member
    worst thing is thinking about it as a diet instead of a lifestyle change
  • JessicaHeathfield
    JessicaHeathfield Posts: 64 Member
    Yep I agree, having to think about food. The food part kills me! Always get mad cravings :(
  • 5ftnFun
    5ftnFun Posts: 948 Member
    Not being able to just eat whatever I want, whenever I want, in however much quantity I want. Not being able to just eat mindlessly.
  • clehman71
    clehman71 Posts: 139 Member
    Worst thing about stepping into a healthier lifestyle is my husband not joining me on this journey.
  • jgcurry3
    jgcurry3 Posts: 172 Member
    Not being able to just eat whatever I want, whenever I want, in however much quantity I want. Not being able to just eat mindlessly.

    If you make it a lifestyle change after a while you naturally start eating healthy without even thinking about it.
  • Shetchncn1
    Shetchncn1 Posts: 260 Member
    Not being able to just eat whatever I want, whenever I want, in however much quantity I want. Not being able to just eat mindlessly.

    We got to that as a kid. :) My thing is being old enough to have to start watching it :( Growing older sucks sometimes
  • VoodooLuLu
    VoodooLuLu Posts: 636 Member
    For me its thinking i'm actually getting somewhere like looking smaller in the mirror feeling better in my skin and then to make a picture of myself to then see nothing has changed and i'm still huge...
  • ChitownFoodie
    ChitownFoodie Posts: 1,562 Member
    I always think about food, even when I am not on a caloric deficit. I thought about food all day long when I was bulking too.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Not being able to just eat whatever I want, whenever I want, in however much quantity I want. Not being able to just eat mindlessly.

    If you make it a lifestyle change after a while you naturally start eating healthy without even thinking about it.

    after how long? i have been maintaining for over a year, and i would still LOVE to sit on my bum eating crap all day! only vanity keeps me from doing it!
  • CountryGirl84
    CountryGirl84 Posts: 39 Member
    Food! Even when it's a lifestyle change I think food is still the hardest part! Like if friends want to go to meet at a restaurant I feel guilty after having pasta or a burger even though those are things I want...I miss eating what I want when I want without thinking about calories...though for the most part I eat healthier and it is a lifestyle change sometimes my boys want pancakes or french toast for breakfast and I want to indulge without feeling guilty!
  • Nutella91
    Nutella91 Posts: 624 Member
    not being able to enjoy eating food that i know it's unhealthy without thinking about the nutrition and calories, just actually enjoying the taste.
  • holothuroidea
    holothuroidea Posts: 772 Member
    I feel annoyed in situations where I can't know exactly how many calories are in what I'm eating, even if the food is good! Like at restaurants and eating at friend's houses.

    I need to get over that, lol.
  • EmmaKarney
    EmmaKarney Posts: 690 Member
    The worst thing is being hungry when you are out and about and the only thing in the shops is sweets, crisps and chocolate!
  • TheShrinkingKween
    TheShrinkingKween Posts: 91 Member
    Surprisingly enough, the food thing doesn't bother me. I don't have cravings. I don't think about it all the time. It's just... what it is. Idk why I don't have the same problems with it that others do. It certainly isn't like I didn't eat junk, and plenty of it, before. That's how I got to be nearly 300 pounds. Maybe it's a mind set. The worst thing for me is not being able to convince my teenagers that they need to make these same changes. I can't get them to touch a veggie. They get right down ugly without the junk food. And I can't get them to go to the gym to save my life. I just want to see them start to make these changes while they are younger and it will be so much easier for them.
  • lynn1982
    lynn1982 Posts: 1,439 Member

    If you make it a lifestyle change after a while you naturally start eating healthy without even thinking about it.


    This!!! It took me a good year to figure this one out. (I've also had a number of slip ups for various reasons.) I still love food, but now I just think about it differently. Sitting on the couch and stuffing my face has become less enjoyable while figuring out how to nourish my body and making yummy meals in order to do so really excites me.

    I would say that the worst thing has been realizing that I can't eat my feelings. But that has also been the best thing about this journey. I finally realized that I was using food as a crutch to dull my emotions. When that was no longer an option for me, I was forced to deal with what was actually going on in my life. Sometimes I still get the urge to sit on my couch and eat a pie, but I don't do it anymore. And even after I started, when I would slip up and eat my emotions, it just wasn't as enjoyable.
  • jenns2424
    jenns2424 Posts: 3
    always think about food and know that i cant sit and eat whatever i want whenever i want
  • 5ftnFun
    5ftnFun Posts: 948 Member
    Not being able to just eat whatever I want, whenever I want, in however much quantity I want. Not being able to just eat mindlessly.

    If you make it a lifestyle change after a while you naturally start eating healthy without even thinking about it.

    I've been maintaining for nearly 30 years. I lost my weight, about 40 lbs, at about 20. I flucutate 3-5 lbs here and there, but I guess I am just one of the unfortuante ones who has be to be diligent and mindful of my eating behaviors. I don't measure my food, weigh it and I don't always log my food. But I do find I have to be, at the risk of being redundant, diligent. I don't live life miserably, but this is just a fact for me. God bless those who can change completely and never think about it again.
  • elleloch
    elleloch Posts: 739 Member
    I don't diet. I get to eat delicious and healthy things all the live-long day and it's not miserable.
  • srk369
    srk369 Posts: 256 Member
    Worst thing about stepping into a healthier lifestyle is my husband not joining me on this journey.

    This. He says he's thinking about it one day and another he'll say why don't you make me do it. I can't make you change your life...you need to decide to do it for you and I will always help!!!
  • TaintedVampyre
    TaintedVampyre Posts: 1,428 Member
    worst thing is thinking about it as a diet instead of a lifestyle change
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
    The worst thing for me is the time expenditure in weighing, measuring, posting, logging everything. Time spent on me (generally my last priority) instead of on my family/farm/horses/art/obligations. It adds up to a considerable amount. There is a certain guilt level here.
  • KtotheD78
    KtotheD78 Posts: 58 Member
    When my kids and fiancé are eating tasty food and I either can't have but a small portion or none at all.
    The self control when TOM is around the corner and my body is wanting to stuff it's face - I do give in to a certain degree but the guilt after *ugh*
  • MizTerry
    MizTerry Posts: 3,763 Member
    Thinking about:

    Donuts.
    Girl scout cookies.
    Spicy nachos.
    CHEESE CHEESE CHEESE
    Chocolate.
  • wbatten2
    wbatten2 Posts: 25 Member
    Worrying about everything I put in my mouth and counting calories and thinking about it 24/7 and then looking in the mirror and hating what I see. Eating something I want and enjoy like a slice of pizza and a beer and then feeling horribly guilty about having it. Seems when I slip up, I keep slipping because the guilt of screwing up sets in and I can't shake it then feel like oh well, I blew it, might as well keep on. Instead having self control and allowing a screw up every now and then and getting right back on track. I yo yo like crazy! It is driving me nuts.
  • Ramberta
    Ramberta Posts: 1,312 Member
    Well, I always thought about and always wanted food, but I wasn't AWARE of just how much I was eating or how many calories it was. Ah, to be blissfully ignorant again...

    And now, I'm going beyond the "stay under my calorie goal and eat whatever you want" lazy way of "dieting" and am actually committing to giving up fast food and really trying to hit my macronutrient goals. I want to be HEALTHY, not to feel like crap because I ate 1,500 cals' worth of McDonald's.
  • LTGPSA
    LTGPSA Posts: 633 Member
    I can't say there's a "worst thing", but there are hard things - like when I fall off the exercise wagon - I have a hard time getting back into routine. Once I'm back in gear, I'm good.

    Another challenge for me is the fact that I need to change the way I think about food. I need to consider food as sustenance instead of medicating stressful times or other non-productive reasons. (I know what I mean, just having a hard time putting it into words. :smile: )

    :flowerforyou:
  • mazdauk
    mazdauk Posts: 1,380 Member
    Not having that extra glass of wine, a nice baguette with goats cheese, some really yummy kettle Chips, just dipping into houmous with pitas and not thinking about the portion size.......

    BBQ season is going to be TOUGH:noway:
  • EstherZue
    EstherZue Posts: 39
    Running is my enemy. I hate running. After 2 minutes I want to throw myself on the floor in a huge tantrum. It can't be normal since I'm happy to exercise other sports quite intensely. I am in good shape, endurane wise. So why on earth this incredible frustration when I run? I don't know, it feels emotional, and I plan to tackle that sooner or later. I want to run!

    I don't obsess about food very much. If i crave a certain dish, I will figure out a way to make it in a diet friendly way.
  • Chadomaniac
    Chadomaniac Posts: 1,785 Member
    Very negative thread

    people still diet??

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