Is anybody else tired of the whole "weight loss" thing?

Of course I'm tired of it. I'm tired of being obsessed with eating and not eating, being fat, being unfit, constantly restricting and staving off binges. I am at war with myself.

But I am also very tired of being fat and "just doing whatever!" does not work for me.

I actually enjoy calorie counting and adjusting my goals and seeing what other people eat.

I got more sick of hating how I looked naked. :flowerforyou:

Sometimes logging seems like more of a chore than a labor of love, but if I just let go, I let myself go. Many of my friends and family are overweight, and without logging the eat-everything-in-large-quantities lifestyle makes my pants tight.

That's me alright! I finally got tired of counting every little thing that I ate and not seeing any results. With the beginning of menopause, my weight laughed at me and started climbing uphill. The yo-yo that's been my weight has finally gotten to me too. I just want to be me and stop fighting myself. I had my time of thin now it's my time of plump. I walk and do what I can, I wish to get into a little bit better fit shape but other than that, no more counting for me. I'm done with it.

Diets never work. So, if that is what you are doing, you will only fail. Your lifestyle must change. Don't worry about calories, just eat as healthy as you can.

I disagree that calorie counting is doomed to failure: I think it can become part of one's lifestyle to log calories consistently, it just gets easier and becomes more of a habit over time. I don't think there's a surefire way to lose or maintain without counting unless you're VERY good at eyeballing your portions, etc. 'Eating as healthily as you can' could easily lead to a gain if you overestimate.

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Sounds like you want to go back to the way it was 4 years ago, but I am not sure that it will easy. The 4 years that have passed have changed you, with new habits and unhealthy ways of viewing food/calories. You were counting calories and weighing while you gained the 75 pounds and it still happened? If you have gotten in the habit of over-restricting and then binging your hunger signals may not work very well for a while, and there is a big mental component to it as well. I hope I am wrong, but please do not beat yourself up if it proves to be difficult, and if so it may be worthwhile to talk to someone to help sort out the reasons why you ended up where you did.

I sometimes get very tired of counting calories and weighing, but I find that information helps me. I know what my maintenance level of calories looks like and that I must eat at that level or less or I am *choosing* to gain weight. I know that my hunger signals are messed up and that I feel a lot better if I eat between my BMR and maintenance. If I am logging, I can see if I am verging on eating my feelings, and recognize that no amount of food can help with that kind of "hunger". Also, believe it or not I am actually able to eat MORE treats, without guilt, when I can see evidence that I have fulfilled my macros/micros and still have calories left. This helps keep me from the "eat so very healthy then completely fall off the wagon" cycle.