Please Get me some Cheese To Go with this WHINE
sugarandspice27
Posts: 521 Member
I'm usually a fairly positive person but I've been in a bad mood for about a week and I'd like to take it out on all you guys with a rant/whine.
LOSING WEIGHT IS EFFING TEDIOUS!
Especially if
... you're not being drastic about it.
.... you don't have a huge cut in calories.
... you don't work out nearly as much as you should.
... you've done it all before only to have gained it back.
... you want to stop being fat YESTERDAY!
... you look in the mirror every day hoping for changes.
This concludes my rant. Thank you.
LOSING WEIGHT IS EFFING TEDIOUS!
Especially if
... you're not being drastic about it.
.... you don't have a huge cut in calories.
... you don't work out nearly as much as you should.
... you've done it all before only to have gained it back.
... you want to stop being fat YESTERDAY!
... you look in the mirror every day hoping for changes.
This concludes my rant. Thank you.
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You seem a bit overwhelmed. Try smaller goals. You may consider making "the process" a lifestyle instead of a temporary situation that you can't wait to end. Ultimately it's your relationship with food that must change. Drastic changes are doomed to failure. Baby steps at first. Get some momentum going then march boldly forward and make it look easy. You've got to live with yourself in your current state every day so find ways to enjoy what you're doing. Make a game of it. Be a child again living in the moment as if it were forever. It'll be yesterday far too soon.0
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I will respectfully say you've got it all wrong. It's tedious because I've been at this for a year already. I've got over 120 pounds to lose, so while I've lost 40 pounds, it's only just a drop in the bucket. It is my lifestyle at this point, but doing it the right way is very, very slow and I'm still -- what's the clinical term? "Morbidly obese".0
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A little whine is okay now and again. You had a fab vacation! Chin up! You're doing great!!0
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A little whine is okay now and again. You had a fab vacation! Chin up! You're doing great!!0
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I know the feeling. I feel like I've hit a plateau now, but hopefully this will pass.
Feel free to add me as a friend. It's always great to try to support others in their goals.0 -
I know the feeling. I feel like I've hit a plateau now, but hopefully this will pass.
Feel free to add me as a friend. It's always great to try to support others in their goals.
I just recently broke a 7 month plateau. It SUCKS! Best of luck to you!0 -
I just keep reminding myself that I didn't gain it all in a day so I can't expect it to come off that quickly. Personally, I drive myself crazy constantly looking in the mirror wanting to see changes. I need to hide all my mirrors and scales or a few weeks.. haha0
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Getting stalled out SUCKS. I know. I think I have tried just about everything, upper my cals, lowering them, more cardio, less cardio. Heavy lifting... The only thing I have yet to try is a personal trainer.
I just keep telling myself... you will have to eventually see results.. If your working hard.. how can you not?
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On the plus side, you've found a zero calorie whine.0
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Your whine is much more coherent than mine is... which usually goes something like "rarrrghhhgrarblemrrrrrrghhhhhh"0
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I'm not stalled, I'm making slow, steady progress. It's just EFFING SLOW.0
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I am exactly the same way. EXACTLY!!!!! Every single one of those little whines applies to me too. Arg.0
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Hey
Mine is slow too. SLOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW and more slow on top of that. And of course I do lift, I do eat small meals, i do HIIT workouts, and I do feed my body adequately. all in efforts to boost metabolism and speed up the process just a little. BUT it has not. So I promised to love myself every step of this journey and respect that my body just wants to take its time. I have days where I feel down about it, especially when you are surrounded by others who are having incredibly amazing losses and transformations before my eyes (who started after me well after me) This October will be my 2 years in. But I haven't quit yet. And Im just going to keep pressing on and try to stay encouraged. Big hugs to you because I know those feelings all to well. 0 -
Hey,
With the utmost respect... What are you expecting if you're not going to:
... Be drastic about it.
.... Make a cut in your calories.
... Work out nearly as much as you should.
I agree it's tedious, but I also agree with the first reply, it's a lifestyle change, not something you can do for a certain amount of time and then wake up the next day and say, 'Yay, I finished!'.
Obviously I can't speak for everyone, but I had an awesome time putting weight on, but it's the consequence that I'm now dealing with and I don't expect it to fall off as easily as it 'fell on'.
Good luck, though, 40lbs is an amazing achievement.0 -
TEDIOUS?? You've got that right! :grumble:
There are days when I can take it all in stride -- and there are days I just want to throw in the towel, pick up the phone, and order Chinese! I want to be free of the restrictions. But facts are facts: eat $50 worth of Chinese food and the pants ain't gonna fit. :mad:
So I'll stick with my order of egg drop soup and chicken wings and feel good about myself.
I whine about it too. No problem with occasional whines - just as long as they are kept short and we move forward! :flowerforyou:
Chin up!! You've got control - no one else!
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Hey,
With the utmost respect... What are you expecting if you're not going to:
... Be drastic about it.
.... Make a cut in your calories.
... Work out nearly as much as you should.
I agree it's tedious, but I also agree with the first reply, it's a lifestyle change, not something you can do for a certain amount of time and then wake up the next day and say, 'Yay, I finished!'.
Obviously I can't speak for everyone, but I had an awesome time putting weight on, but it's the consequence that I'm now dealing with and I don't expect it to fall off as easily as it 'fell on'.
Good luck, though, 40lbs is an amazing achievement.
This....mostly. I don't find it tedious, though. I feel very happy with the food I eat and really look forward to my daily exercise. I don't see this whole thing as a process with a definite start and end, but really it's just a new way of existing for me.
I had to make changes to get healthy--I was morbidly obese, dealing with health issues related to that, and I just felt like crap all the time. I had to change the way I was eating and the amount of food...and I had to become much more active. It seemed annoying in the abstract, but when I actually got into a "groove" of eating properly and exercising, it wasn't annoying or overwhelming at all.
I quite like it, to be honest. It's wonderful for me to spend this much time taking care of myself when I didn't for such a long time.
I have goals that are related to body composition and strength, but when I achieve one, I make another. It's not something I want to be over, at all.0 -
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@Lupercalia That's a huge positive step, well done. My friends ask how I can be bothered to go to the gym as much as I do, or why I'll have a water instead of beer when we go out, but it just becomes part of the routine once you get over the tedium hump.0
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I love the title of your rant! May I suggest a gouda, blue, or plain old chedda will do the trick :grumble:0
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Hey Mine is slow too. SLOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW and more slow on top of that. And of course I do lift, I do eat small meals, i do HIIT workouts, and I do feed my body adequately. all in efforts to boost metabolism and speed up the process just a little. BUT it has not. So I promised to love myself every step of this journey and respect that my body just wants to take its time. I have days where I feel down about it, especially when you are surrounded by others who are having incredibly amazing losses and transformations before my eyes (who started after me well after me) This October will be my 2 years in. But I haven't quit yet. And Im just going to keep pressing on and try to stay encouraged. Big hugs to you because I know those feelings all to well.
You get it! Big *hugs* and way to go for hanging in there and doing things right. Even if you haven't lost much weight, I'm sure your physical health has improved drastically from before this process.
I agree; it's VERY DIFFICULT to see other people speeding past you while we just troddle along, shaving off a few ounces here and there. Kudos on your longevity in spite of that.0 -
Sorry. I am NOT sharing my cheese! ON NOM NOM.....0
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I feel that frustration with you. I think I am doing so well, but I guess I'm not since I cannot get passed 20 lbs. I need to lose 100lbs. I hope it get's better for you real soon.0
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I hear you!!! Everything you said ditto over here. I lost all the weight once before and spent over 4 years at my goal weight and to be honest it really wasn't hard to lose the first time. I just ate less and worked out and steadily I lost it, the only 'plateau' I hit was it took me 2 months to lose the last 10, but the scale never stopped going down. I have gained it back, plus some, and now I am in 'obese class 1' (whatever the helll that means) catagory. I don't have as much to lose as you, but an extra 55 pounds on my 5'2.5" frame (Hey, I always count that half inch) is really really noticeable, no matter how tall my heels my gut just doesn't look any smaller ya know. I do not carry extra weight well (if you know what I mean). Losing it this second time is so stinking slow. Some days I want to scream (or whine) cuz doing this all over again is just so boring. It's like watching a movie that wasn't so great the first time for a SECOND time. Urgh!!!!:sad:
rant completed.
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Hey Mine is slow too. SLOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW and more slow on top of that. And of course I do lift, I do eat small meals, i do HIIT workouts, and I do feed my body adequately. all in efforts to boost metabolism and speed up the process just a little. BUT it has not. So I promised to love myself every step of this journey and respect that my body just wants to take its time. I have days where I feel down about it, especially when you are surrounded by others who are having incredibly amazing losses and transformations before my eyes (who started after me well after me) This October will be my 2 years in. But I haven't quit yet. And Im just going to keep pressing on and try to stay encouraged. Big hugs to you because I know those feelings all to well.
You get it! Big *hugs* and way to go for hanging in there and doing things right. Even if you haven't lost much weight, I'm sure your physical health has improved drastically from before this process.
I agree; it's VERY DIFFICULT to see other people speeding past you while we just troddle along, shaving off a few ounces here and there. Kudos on your longevity in spite of that.
Yep and you keep hanging in there too! I refuse to feel ashamed of any part of me regardless of what society thinks I should look like. I am beautiful and deserve a fulfilling life doing anything I want regardless of size or the number slowly moving on the scale. Since starting this journey a very confident person has emerged. The changes I have seen are awesome: stronger body- Muscles that are slowly able to be seen in my arms (just noticed this a couple days ago in my reflection in the train window!) tighter legs, less cellulite, and less jiggly all over. I wear dresses ALL THE TIME because I love to and love how I look in them. And I think my legs are awesome!
And since early 2012 I have totally walked the beach in my swimsuit!, hit the hot tub, and pool. My mom was impressed because that has never happened. I was excited. Pics will definitely be coming this year.
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Hey Mine is slow too. SLOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW and more slow on top of that. And of course I do lift, I do eat small meals, i do HIIT workouts, and I do feed my body adequately. all in efforts to boost metabolism and speed up the process just a little. BUT it has not. So I promised to love myself every step of this journey and respect that my body just wants to take its time. I have days where I feel down about it, especially when you are surrounded by others who are having incredibly amazing losses and transformations before my eyes (who started after me well after me) This October will be my 2 years in. But I haven't quit yet. And Im just going to keep pressing on and try to stay encouraged. Big hugs to you because I know those feelings all to well.
You get it! Big *hugs* and way to go for hanging in there and doing things right. Even if you haven't lost much weight, I'm sure your physical health has improved drastically from before this process.
I agree; it's VERY DIFFICULT to see other people speeding past you while we just troddle along, shaving off a few ounces here and there. Kudos on your longevity in spite of that.
Yep and you keep hanging in there too! I refuse to feel ashamed of any part of me regardless of what society thinks I should look like. I am beautiful and deserve a fulfilling life doing anything I want regardless of size or the number slowly moving on the scale. Since starting this journey a very confident person has emerged. The changes I have seen are awesome: stronger body- Muscles that are slowly able to be seen in my arms (just noticed this a couple days ago in my reflection in the train window!) tighter legs, less cellulite, and less jiggly all over. I wear dresses ALL THE TIME because I love to and love how I look in them. And I think my legs are awesome!
And since early 2012 I have totally walked the beach in my swimsuit!, hit the hot tub, and pool. My mom was impressed because that has never happened. I was excited. Pics will definitely be coming this year.
:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
And there you go ruining this whine and rant page with genuinely positive news! How could you?!?0 -
I try to keep telling myself that slow = SUSTAINABLE. I'm pretty sure that I can keep up what I'm doing now for the rest of my life, and from my experience regaining (and from reading all the studies on long-term weight loss), I'll probably have to do just that.
There have been plenty of times in my life where I made lousy bargains in order to lose the weight fast. I made extraordinary efforts that were unhealthy and/or took up all my time, and of course as soon as I stopped those efforts the weight came back on.
Now I'm trying to do things in a way that lets me still have a life and eat stuff I crave once in awhile. And so the bargain is different this time—I'm not paying the price in drastically reduced calories or 2-hour workouts, but in mind-numbing patience at how GLACIALLY SLOW this all is.
Think of it this way: every day you keep doing it is progress, no matter what the scale shows.0 -
I will respectfully say you've got it all wrong. It's tedious because I've been at this for a year already. I've got over 120 pounds to lose, so while I've lost 40 pounds, it's only just a drop in the bucket. It is my lifestyle at this point, but doing it the right way is very, very slow and I'm still -- what's the clinical term? "Morbidly obese".
I totally understand what your saying and where your coming form it can feel so tiring. your not alone chica' :O) 0
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