What frustrates you most right now?

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  • niecylaroo
    niecylaroo Posts: 2
    I am frustrated with this plateau around 170 pounds. I have gone up and down for the past year (Weight Watchers) and cannot seem to get under this weight and stay under. I feel I have my eating plan down pretty darn well. It is the exercise that I need and struggle with. I have health issues and cannot push too hard, but I also am not consistently on my walking program, which I CAN do! I am frustrated that I am not more consistent.
  • krawhitham
    krawhitham Posts: 831 Member
    This will sound quite vain: My thighs. I'm losing inches everywhere, but my thighs never get smaller. Hopefully after the two month mark I'll see some improvement. But I know that just as it came on (in different places first, then others) It will come off the same way... thighs last. *sigh* ARGH.
  • MarlaVSings
    MarlaVSings Posts: 66 Member
    That there are so many "experts" saying such contradictory things, confusing the heck out of me. I've decided to ignore them all for the sake of my own sanity and just keep things simple.. eat less, move more.


    ^^^^^^Smart plan!^^^^^^
  • dangerousdumpling
    dangerousdumpling Posts: 1,109 Member
    I took a break from working out due to an injury in October. Not coincidentally I also took a break from logging my food. I gained 4 lbs and some inches between Oct-Dec. I got back on track Dec 31st and I am just now back where I was in Sept/Oct. I'm frustrated with myself for not continuing to move forward. I needed a mental break but I let it go on too long. I wonder how much closer I would be to my goal right now if I would have stayed committed.
  • cebreisch
    cebreisch Posts: 1,340 Member
    I was doing great - I had lost 115 pounds last January. I had skin removal surgery, and had a really rough recovery that completely derailed me. Here I am, 1 year later, and I'm at 88 pounds. Ugh!!
  • 1pandabear
    1pandabear Posts: 336 Member
    Exactly, jl, sugar craving is the worst!
  • PolacaFL
    PolacaFL Posts: 213 Member
    Memorizing phoneme vowels
  • ebayaddict0127
    ebayaddict0127 Posts: 523 Member
    I am frustrated that I can't drink more wine. Honestly. Everything else is going great; I feel good, I'm losing weight, getting stronger... But that 4 oz. serving looks ridiculous in my big wine glass.

    Cheers to that!

    Yes!!
  • karen19711
    karen19711 Posts: 99 Member
    EVERYTHING. K xo
  • Shynique37
    Shynique37 Posts: 66 Member
    I am frustrated that I can't drink more wine. Honestly. Everything else is going great; I feel good, I'm losing weight, getting stronger... But that 4 oz. serving looks ridiculous in my big wine glass.

    Agree!!! I went 32 days without a glass. Honestly it wasn't that bad.
  • chezjuan
    chezjuan Posts: 747 Member
    Days I plan to work out but can't because work turns into a 13 hour day...
  • Nissi51
    Nissi51 Posts: 381 Member
    That I am not as tight and hard as I'd like to be and that it is so challenging to maintain the look I want
  • MarlaVSings
    MarlaVSings Posts: 66 Member
    My "too small pants" are starting to fit much better on me :happy:

    Once my "too small pants" do fit, I get to start over with another pair of "too small-er pants" :grumble:
  • gunshowgreg
    gunshowgreg Posts: 169 Member
    I think for myself it's dealing with the lack of good food. I love to cook and since I start watching what I eat I find it hard to actually cook. I think my problem is that the food I normally cook is very calorie dense. ( stuffed pork chops meat ball subs, deep fried Cornish hens, fried chicken stuff like that). Guess I need to research some lower calorie recipes.
  • LRoslin
    LRoslin Posts: 128
    My stupid posterior tibial tendon. I have a gorilloid navicular bone, which stretches the tendon and it's injured right now, even with my stupid orthotics I wear religiously. It hurts when I walk barefoot, but not when I have my shoes on, but I really need to exercise--it helps with stress and mood and weight loss. I hate my feet sometimes.
  • gunshowgreg
    gunshowgreg Posts: 169 Member
    Im a Cabernet drinker myself. I feel your pain
  • Sweetie_darling
    Sweetie_darling Posts: 123 Member
    Me!!!!

    I am so unbearably frustrating! Got down to within 4 kgs of my goal weight and have since been on a 6 month binge- resulting in now being 20kgs over gw....

    I will get control of emotional eating once and for all....
  • jlshea
    jlshea Posts: 494 Member
    Not enough sleep last night now I'm craving sugary junk. I'd give my right arm for a Snickers or a Cinnabon.
  • SephiraRose
    SephiraRose Posts: 766 Member
    Slow weight loss, especially when my daily log shows deficits. Bummer
  • IWILLBelieveAchieveInspire
    IWILLBelieveAchieveInspire Posts: 218 Member
    That after a year and a half working out 5days a week at the gym I am still one of the largest females in the gym at my hour. .I've made a lot of progress that I am very proud of but its very discouraging some days. I feel so much smaller than I truely am and I bust my butt during my workout but when I look in the mirror it doesn't reflect what I want it to. I'm starting to think I may never be as small as the woman that surround me on a daily basis. ;( That frustrates the heck out of me!!
  • memickee
    memickee Posts: 250 Member
    Girl Scout Cookie Season.
  • lcb11975
    lcb11975 Posts: 1 Member
    I am stuck on a plateau and can't seem to move past it.
  • littleburgy
    littleburgy Posts: 570 Member
    I'm ready to maintain. NOW. I'm on my very last pound and so stubborn because I want to say I hit THAT number but I want a break from cutting back calories.
  • hoyalawya2003
    hoyalawya2003 Posts: 631 Member
    1) That scheduling exercise is so difficult right now due to my husband's crazy schedule.

    2) That my calories and eating are all over the place, because I still struggle with emotional eating.

    3) That my losses have slowed down because of 1 and 2.

    4) The weather totally sucks right now and makes it difficult to do anything fun outside with my kids.
  • F00LofaT00K
    F00LofaT00K Posts: 688 Member
    Trying to get enough protein every day. I never realized how little I was ingesting before MFP. I have a very physical job and I need to feed my muscles. Protein supplements and meats are expensive and I'm broke. Beans and eggs get boring SUPER fast. But I'm no longer completely exhausted and sore all week long so I'm going to keep eating the protein. This is the best I've felt in many years.
  • pagepiercekuepper
    pagepiercekuepper Posts: 19 Member
    I think just waiting until I reach a significant amount of weight lost, I'm happy that I'm losing at a healthy steady pace, but I'm sure most people can agree they'd love to see the lbs just slide off. That said, I know it's healthier to lose 2lbs or less a week so as long as I'm losing I'm happy.


    I hear you on that one! I can't wait until I have lost 30 lbs. or so!
  • Bobusx
    Bobusx Posts: 1
    Realizing that after 7 months of dieting and regular exercise, I have gained ten pounds and 2 inches on my waist. I can run farther and faster, lift more weight, do more situps and everything else required of my fitness test (US Air Force), but I am scheduled to test in a month and I am probably going to fail because nothing I do makes my waist smaller. I get out of the military in six months (on my terms, had enough after 11 years), and this is the last test I will ever have to take, but if I fail they take away my rank and ruin my entire career.

    Add in that my job is really short manned, so I am working 12 hours shifts and cannot take time away from work to workout, and I am only getting 4 hours of sleep a night just to fit in my workouts. That and the workload is insane, so my stress level is super high, which is probably why I am still gaining fat despite a 1600 calorie a day diet and 2x a day workouts.

    To top it off, I have 45 days of leave saved up, but because of manning I am banned from taking time off. It is truly driving me insane, I am starting to have really bad anger issues and panic attacks almost daily. Throw in the comments that I must be lying about working out and eating healthy, and the only way I could gain weight is because "must sit in front of the tv all day eating twinkies and pizza", and I am really close to punching somebodies face in.
  • HEATHERACU73
    HEATHERACU73 Posts: 46 Member
    the weather. taking a toll on my motivation to do anything other than freeze.
  • VladaLucia
    VladaLucia Posts: 4 Member
    That I want to try to eat less than 50g carbs per day, but I have some dinner plans that are high in carbs so if I make it to ketosis then it will be ruined, which makes me think I should wait until after that dinner, but then I get frustrated by the fact that I keep putting things off and making excuses.

    That I'm not working out because I make excuses like "I can't run because it's a dangerous city and I only have time in the early morning or night", and "I can't afford any gym or equipment" and "I can't do floor exercises because they only increase my measurements which means I lose my job". So I have to find a way to get toned without gaining any muscle, and swimming would be perfect, but chlorine gives my hair a green tint and then I won't get work.

    That I used to be 4 kilos away from my absolute ultimate goal, and now, two years later I'm 9 kg away. I wish it was impossible to regain weight you've lost.

    *so frustrated right now*
  • Singularity84
    Singularity84 Posts: 98 Member
    I still have no ability to portion control. I can't eat just one cup of fruit or one cookie, I have to eat the entire jar or half the box. I try really hard to just limit my access to things that are sucky for me for this reason, but it's still super frustrating.

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