Hardest thing about losing weight...

Getting far enough along to believe this will be the time and staying committed. Most of my failed attempts fizzled inside the first 15, often by losing 10+ really quickly and then easing up (because it seemed to be coming off so easy :ohwell: ) and backsliding. Then recovery was harder.

Definitely staying committed.

I've fallen off a few times, but the key is to pick myself back up. I've done it every time thus far. I'm realizing that this isn't a weight loss journey. It's a lifestyle change.

Patience and consistency.

Waiting. Once you have committed to eating fewer calories and burning more, it becomes a waiting game. I have a lot to lose so I will be waiting a long time. While I am waiting I will be logging a lot and walking a lot. Perhaps I will start lifting at some point or I might take a dance class or something like that. But, really it all comes down to waiting for my life style changes to bring my weight down to a normalish level.

My problem is staying on track with my food and beverage on the weekends. I was really good about it the first year I worked on losing weight, then I started letting some of the crap back into the diet on a more regular basis. I am really good all week, but not so good on the weekends. I am very committed to the workout part and in four years haven't skipped more than 3 days in a row, except when I had hip surgery. That was doctors orders, although I was doing physical therapy the whole time.

Patience is the big one for me.

Me too. At this point, a year in, I'm fine at getting my exercise in consistently and keeping my cals reasonable (most of the time), but being patient is the part that I get stuck on.

The hardest thing for me was just saying NO.

trying to figure out that fine line between weight loss and no weight loss calorie deficit amounts.

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I'm realizing that this isn't a weight loss journey. It's a lifestyle change.
[/quote] This is so true!! You have to get past the diet part and realize this is a Forever Lifestyle change. It can be done!! :happy:

For me it was getting started. I kept saying I needed to do something about my weight and fitness, but would never do anything real about it. Once I got started and into the habit of exercising and watching my calories, it got easier to continue. I am now at the point where I look forward to exercising and cooking healthy meals.

I find it's harder to lose as I get closer to my goal. These last 20 pounds just don't wanna budge! So yeah, probably patience for me. XD

Not seeing the scale drop sometimes
Being judged that I am overly consumed with my new lifestyle of exercising and eating healthy and people saying I am obsessive or scared of food and have a problem, no I am just thinking more about what I eat, to those I say "it is called mindful eating".

For me the question would have to read "is" rather than "was". The most difficult thing about trying to lose weight is having those times when I KNOW that I've been kicking my own butt, yet not having any weight loss in that week or few days or what have you. I suppose my answer is that patience is a virtue...one that I don't seem to have acquired yet. :grumble: :embarassed:

Balancing my performance goals, with the weight loss goals. I've always been a "I want to have my cake, and eat it too" kind of girl.

The hardest part for me is lack of support I have friends on my page that I support all the time but I rarely get it back. I put an I need help question up on my page to see how many people would answer me and no one did. So I feel like I'm on my own here. Other than that the site is great. :frown:

I completely understand how you feel. My solutions was to still motivate and support them b/c everyone needs help but to also get some active friends that we could equally motivate and support each other. That has definitely helped me out a lot. Feel free to add me if you'd like. I log on everyday, or at least I try too!

The hardest thing for me is not only staying motivated when I don't see any change but also trying to fit more exercise into my daily routine. I work a lot and always find myself exhausted at the end of the day. Monday through Thursday are the worst for me. Friday and the weekends are much easier b/c its more of a relaxed day and I have more time to get my workouts in. I keep telling myself baby steps!