Whats your biggest set back?

My alcohol on Friday and Saturday nights :drinker:

Getting low on groceries that I feel make meal time "convenient" and healthy. Then I start reaching for the oatmeal creme pies and cookies and chicken nuggets and in proportions that blow my calories out the roof.

OP: I agree its hard when I don't preplan meals. Today has been my restart and I planned my meals yesterday and already had them in MFP so I could refer to it throughout my day. It has made today a breeze and I haven't had to force myself to avoid my pantry or kitchen because of munchies or boredom.

Weekends: So much socialising. So little structure.

For me its social events.
I appreciate you can go to parties and not drink but it wouldnt be the same. Ive also got a couple of work black tie events coming up and I think it would look odd if I wasnt drinking and eating with everyone else.

I end up making sure Im on track in the run up to going out and then back on track straight afterwards. What is hard is not having a fry up the morning after!

And it is that alcohol that makes events all the more fun. I've heard of folks secretly filling their beer bottles with water so that an image of drinking is portrayed but not actually partaken of.

My boyfriend... he's fit and in shape and doesn't have to be so scrupulous.

Getting low on groceries that I feel make meal time "convenient" and healthy. Then I start reaching for the oatmeal creme pies and cookies and chicken nuggets and in proportions that blow my calories out the roof.

OP: I agree its hard when I don't preplan meals. Today has been my restart and I planned my meals yesterday and already had them in MFP so I could refer to it throughout my day. It has made today a breeze and I haven't had to force myself to avoid my pantry or kitchen because of munchies or boredom.

And when it is your day off and you're exhausted yet the cupboards are near bare, who really wants to go to the store and deal with all the people out there. Maybe it is because I work in an industry where sick and cranky people are in my face 13 to14 hrs a day, when it comes to having a day off, I prefer not to see a soul.

For me it is school. Last year I became so obsessed with maintaining a 4.0 that I stopped exercising. I had a couple of really hard classes that completely stressed me out, and the combination of stress and not exercising, I gained almost 10 pounds within a few months. This year is the final year in my BA program and while it will be nice to finish with a 4.0, I have to remind myself that a B every once in awhile is not going to be the end of the world! I am happy to say that this year so far has been a complete turn around, I am exercising much more regularly, and being more relaxed is actually helping me with school, I just finished a class with a 99.91% So I am going to try to enjoy life more, and hopefully get my weight back down!

:drinker: wine... always craving when I am stressed out,

The drink... Always the drink. And my laziness.

I have a few. Lack of preparation is one of mine too, & under this I would include going grocery shopping on time so I don't run out of my fresh foods.

Another problem I have is living alone. I've lived alone for 3 years now but I still struggle to eat my food before it goes bad. I've learned to switch to eating things that last longer, like baby spinach lasts longer than iceberg lettuce, tomatoes on the vine last longer than other varieties, etc. I've given up in the past because I get sick of throwing away food that's gone bad because I couldn't eat it fast enough, so now I try to figure out ways to make it work - like freezing half gallons of milk or half packages of deli turkey for sandwiches.

One of my biggest setbacks used to be going out with friends. I still struggle with this but not as much because I recently started school in a new place and have fewer friends, and we're all fairly busy. But when I am asked to go out for lunch or drinks, I always say yes because I don't want to limit myself to the point that I'm not enjoying myself. I just try to make good food choices when I go out for lunch & only go out drinking like once a month or less [it helps that I'm not a huge fan of alcohol!].

My last big setback is going home for school breaks. My mom loves fresh fruits & veggies & both of my parents have lost a lot of weight eating in moderation and eating healthier, but I always seem to really struggle when I'm home & have no idea why.

Each time I start out healthy eating there's all the left over junk food in the cupboards, fridge and freezer that it seems wrong to discard! So they creep in over time.

The discovery of peanut butter Oreos hasn't helped either...

The holidays have proven to be my biggest setback. I did not go nuts. I didn't go over my calories by all that much, either. But my progress stalled at Thanksgiving and then again at Christmas because it just felt like the entire WEEK surrounding each holiday was so full of events and family get-togethers and extra shopping and so much cooking... Just eating *differently* and being out of my routine. I didn't do badly, but it put a damper on my progress. Thankfully I was able to realize that was a temporary thing though and kept truckin' after the holidays ended...and the weeks between the two were pretty "business as usual" which also helped.