sometimes I just want to give up! Anyone feeling the same?

Totally know how you feel. I think there are many people who feel like that. Maybe its a case of having treat days if you're missing food. Everything in moderation. I know it can be really hard. As it happens I'm in that zone myself of it being really hard. You'll want to eat more because it's colder and exercise is not so enticing in the colder months. Try to stay focused. I know it's hard.

Now and then I have a day where I just eat what I want and go a tiny bit over my calories. See if you can make your own frappuccinos that taste great but have less calories. Also with pizza you can order a margerita and put rucola on top or a different topping so you have some control over it.

Let yourself have one of your desired items now and then and work for it by saving calories or doing some extra fitness. Well done being so close to your goal too.

Totally , I've managed to take off 50 lbs or so but then I'm up or down the same 4-5 lbs for the last 9 months. I've just feel like giving up most days. I recently re-joined the gym but find myself finding excuses not to go. I almost feel burned out from counting calories & exercise. If anyone wants to help get me back on track feel free to add me.

Course. Then I look at my 'before' picture and snap out of it.

You need to incorporate the things you hanker after into your diary, so if you fancy some pizza have a couple of slices once a week.

Just remember as long as it fits into your calories you'll lose weight!

I felt the same way sticking to the calorie limit and never really being able to have some of the things I enjoy the taste of, then I saw the documentary 'Eat, fast, live longer. You can eat more than normal on 3 days ( which of course would include some treats) but you still have to keep cals in normal range i.e. female 2000 cals or a little less and males 2500 cals. The other 2 days you eat a max 500 cals for the whole day. The idea is that the body goes into repair mode whilst it's not digesting food. Google it, there are many different names for it like fast/feast diet or 5:2. I'm giving it a go cause I feel at this time of year there are too many temptations and it helps me to maintain whilst having a little indulgence. Oh there are many other health benefits to this type of dieting also. I recommend watching the documentary by Michael Mosley...

This. I have been eating this way for three months and I am down 20 lbs. Add me if you like and I can help you through it. The fast days get easier and easier and I find that body actually craves them now.

When is the last time you had any of them? You might be surprised how your body reacts to it. I went weeks without a cheese burger then had one. I wanted a good one if I was going to blow my diet. It wasn't going to be some fast food crap. I ate 1/3 of it the way it was, then scraped everything off, including most of the cheese and finished the patty. My stomach was killing me before I was out of the parking lot. If it has been a while, it is the uncertainty of the effect that is working on you. Have some. It will fit in your calories. It fit in mine when I was at 1460, and unable to exercise at the time, and having a stationary job, I did not have the extra calories to eat back.

Remember this is a lifestyle change. Stay away from the mayo, "Special Sauce", bacon and possible the cheese, and they aren't as bad as you think. My son makes frozen pepperoni pizzas all the time. 1/4 of a frozen pizza is 300 calories. I eat it rarely, but it isn't a killer.

I think most of us hit those hard times. As others have said, fit some of those things in when you can so they don't hold so much control over your thoughts and emotions. When I have one of those moments I try to go through a mental list of how I used to look and feel, including the way I felt about myself...then I think about the many changes I've noticed and all the small benefits I enjoy now that I've dropped some pounds. Do I really want to have to go out and buy those bigger and shapeless clothes again? Do I really want to feel more tired and less able to move as easily as I do now? I sure know the answer to those questions and they seem to help me get through.

I already lost almost 36lbs and 5lbs to go til I maintain. but sometimes I want to just give in to temptations and just eat anything! Like I really missed drinking frapuccino, eat pizza, burgers without limit! But I know I can't and so I don't and it saddens me.

sure.

and now and then i give in - i'll have the ice cream or snickers bars, or i'll have some extra food that isn't in my budget. but you know what? those days are becoming further and further apart and i find that i get fuller faster - so even if i go over, it's nowhere near where i used to be.

the bottom line is that we have to get real and get mature about this if we want it to work. sure, it's fun to eat unlimitless amounts of junk food, piza and ice cream, but we know what it does to us. and it's not really worth it...

Oh, and the looks you get from others around you when you order and eat it are priceless. You can see the envy in their eyes because you are eating what you are eating, and look the way that you do. They don't know the work you are doing to get that way. Just savor the moment. It's as good as the burger itself.

Sure, we all feel like that at times...but Ive found that one of the keys to success is to keep going no matterhow you feel. Sure, you change the plan and make adjustments along the way, but just don't give up.

Yeah I feel the same way. I'm new at MFP and this is my first time trying to lose weight. I'm struggling a bit so if anyone has any tips it would be great.