I an so sick of this

well i like getting thinner because i feel more comfortable and confident, i love it when people notice and compliment me. its more healthy, i find i get more nice looks from the opposite sex, i sleep better and find working easier. do none of those things ring true for u?

I know what you mean. As you fix the outside appearance you need to also work on the inside. It's like Whoopee do I'm thinner but I'm still the same person. Some of us think that just being thin is going to make things better but if we don't work on our self esteem and our lives in other aspects it doesn't feel as good as we expect.

On that note, I love getting thinner as I become fitter. I can walk up stairs without being embarrassingly winded afterward. I can tie my shoes without getting dizzy. I'm not on any medication and have no need for it. It's easier to find cute clothing. You are reducing you chances for certain cancers and other diseases.

I don't get it?:noway:

What exactly are you sick of?

I love it when I'm losing weight, there's a confidence I feel about myself which is great. When I don't lose I feel unsure, and need that boost of losing again.

I think the weight might be a symptom of the problem rather than the problem though.

Whats up?

I would do anything to be thinner.......my scale will not BUDGE..... EVen 10 pound would be a bonus........how can you be sick of losing weight????? I am missing something........

In defense of the Opening Poster, I just want to add a few thoughts. I will be ready to transfer over to "maintenance," very soon but I am somewhat frightened of taking the next step. Yes, dieting and exercising daily can wear you down. Some of us who didn't have a huge amount to lose, get "sick of it" too. We don't necessarily "fall off the wagon," but we get tired of constantly watching every morsel we put in our mouths.

We want to enjoy some of the Halloween Treats that are around; we want to eat at Mickie D's with our families; we want to go to a Chinese Buffet occasionally; we want to go to any buffet and indulge in the deserts and all of the other goodies, we'd like to have a Martini from time to time, or a glass of champagne. Yes, you do get "sick of it," even though we know it's 100% to our benefit.

Routine exercise always makes us feel better -- more alive and more alert. But heavy workouts are tiresome for some people. Our legs hurt and we are exhausted and sweaty afterward.

I think the poster was simply "venting." I sure can relate. I'd love to be smelling a huge pot of homemade meat sauce on the stove and garlic bread baking in the oven, rather than having a Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich No Sugar Added as my ultimate treat.

I love looking and feeling better and having a BMI of 20.8, and wearing smaller sizes, but I have not successfully transitioned into a truly healthy lifestyle as others in MFP have done. Even those of us close to our goal weights need constant support and encouragement with our efforts and goals.


Yes... this is a lifetime kind of plan. The "mental" transformation is a tough one. Even though you may be near or at your goal weight, many of us feel we are just a "candy bar" away from disaster. Until we truly adapt, we do get somewhat "sick of it."

As apposed to thinking “I’m thinner”, think “I’m healthier”. I think you will find there are a lot more positives around being healthy than there are in relation to thinness, because as we all know, skinny does not equate to healthy.

Think of all the new things you can do with your new healthy, fit body. Set goals, where you once aimed for a loss, aim to do achieve something that makes the most of the new you. Train for a half marathon, or even just aiming for walking/running a certain distance each week, and work towards it. We cease to grow when we have nothing to aim for, and we stagnate and form bad habits.

Good luck, and congratulations on getting to “thin”!

GREAT advice!

A couple years ago, I'd lost about 30 pounds and been exercising a lot, so my stamina was really good. My boyfriend, his daughter and I went to a Disney water park. His daughter dragged us on this one waterslide over and over and over. It required us to climb about 1,000 stairs to get to the top each time. I knew that had I not been exercising and getting into shape for the year before, I probably would have been dead after the first climb. That thought made me very happy.

And then I started noticing some men and women who were about middle-aged and overweight. And they were going around the park in scooters -- they couldn't even walk from one ride to the next, much less climb those hundreds of stairs.

At that moment, I KNEW why I was exercising and eating healthy. I don't want to be the woman in the scooter in 20 or 30 years.

I know I don't have control over everything. I could get cancer or get hit by a bus or any number of things. But I CAN control what I eat and how I live and do what I can within my control to be as healthy as possible.

And on top of that, I no longer bawl my eyes out when I go shopping or try to find something to wear to work in the morning.

I think she's meaning, that people are commenting maybe...

As in "wow you've gotten thinner" or something, it does get rather annoying when EVERYONE notices all at once, and asks what you've done, or says something along the lines of "you are too thin"

It can make people frustrated...

Just a thought :flowerforyou: if i'm wrong then sorry oopsies

I've got thinner. So what?

Do you not feel good about yourself? Or do you need some motivation?