regaining! argh.....

I dont have exactly the same problem, but i still struggle with cravings. I crave beer and potato chips on an almost daily basis. Fortunately for me i still love working out. If you are struggling with the diet do your best to eat healthy the majority of the time but allow yourself those little pleasures here and there. And ask yourself if reaching your goal weight is "worth" it. Live is for living and if you are not enjoying life on a diet then make some changes and find a life style that you enjoy.

So you want the results, but don't want to put forth the effort?

Maybe your idea of "healthy eating" is skewed. I eat a very nutritious and balanced diet...I am also a foodie...pretty much everything I put into my belly is delicious and awesome. "healthy" doesn't have to be boring and bland.

From a fitness standpoint, you have to find stuff that you enjoy doing or you will never keep at it...and I can tell you that making fitness a regular part of your life is really important...even more so in maintenance.

So you want the results, but don't want to put forth the effort?

Note:

I was like this for a long time, I still can be. It's all about how bad you want it, and how much effort you're willing to put into it.

So you want the results, but don't want to put forth the effort?

Note:

I was like this for a long time, I still can be. It's all about how bad you want it, and how much effort you're willing to put into it.

Do you mind holding my hand for a little while?

I hear what you are saying. Although I enjoy working out I would love to eat whatever I what, when ever I want it!
Sometimes at lunch at work I see what others are eating and I have "food envy". Or at a restaurant I try to choose heathy even tho I want the higher calorie choice.

I have been dieting for years only to loose and regain, thus never making the lifestyle change. I want this current diet to be over but it never will.

I guess that's what we have to accept.
You have done great so far. Good luck!

I don't eat 'healthy'. I try to make my food the tastiest I can for the least calories. It doesn't always work, but I've found that I can eat very delicious foods and still be below my calorie goal most days. I just cook way more than I used to, so I don't get bored... Heck I had a Snickers bar today, and I had some chocolate eggs yesterday... it's all about moderation, and making better choices overall. I still eat a fairly good amount of 'junk'.

For exercise, I've tried programs etc... and I still don't like it. So I do what I enjoy... walking. I walk 3 miles a day, and I take 15 minutes 3 times a week to lift heavy weights... that's my compromise. At this point I feel guilty if I don't do it anyway, but I don't work so it's pretty easy to find time for it.

ok. so I've lost a total of 49 pounds in the last year. I changed my eating almost completely, started exercising 5 times a week on average. I lost weight and loved it, but was still about 20-30 pounds from where I wanted to be.

But.. I've completely lost my motivation and caring I've gained back over 5 pounds, maybe more, I'm afraid to weigh in. I think the biggest problem is, after a solid year of changing my lifestyle completely , I still HATE it. I hate eating healthy, I still dislike exercise.

Add to that I'm 49 and so losing weight is much more difficult that when I was younger, it feels so very difficult and I can't seem to get my lazy butt outta the chair any more the last two months.

Anyone had the issue of just plain hating eating healthy, even after a year and still kept at it or was able to find a way to enjoy it?

*whine

I joined this site August 2011 when I realized purely exercise wasn't going to get me in a healthy place. I began by just cutting out the obviously BAD things and mostly just stuck to portion control (which I still have issues with, especially after 3 months of logging/caring 40% of the time).

Eating healthy? I try, it's difficult still. I don't crave healthy food usually and like someone else said on here, I didn't lose by eating only veggies and lean meat. I lessened the foods I ate and tried to incorporate the good stuff where I could in a tasteful way. I thought twice about exposing myself to conditions where restraint was difficult, i.e. buying a whole pizza from Papa Johns or baking sweets--I'm the kind of person who will eat ALL of what I crave of those things. I'm STILL working on that, recently, like I said, I quit being so strict with myself and started putting myself in the position to binge on the bad things. I'm cleaning my diet up (diet, as in what I eat on a normal basis to sustain living, nothing temporary like what most people think a diet is).

It has been almost 3 years since I began my journey and I successfully maintained my weight for that time, until this winter when I've gone up 10 lbs., my clothes don't fit so well now and I don't feel as good as I did before. I'm a work in progress, as always. My goal is to just eat well, exercise (I already naturally enjoy it), and think twice about snacking mindlessly.

My suggestion with the "exercise"--perhaps find a partner you can walk with on a normal basis. You don't need to go to the gym or workout to exhaustion, you just need to get moving for a small part of the day. I know some people just aren't programmed to enjoy workouts but there have to be less strenuous activities you can find and enjoy without labeling them as "exercise". Maybe make it a social thing to make it less daunting.

I get this. I call it burnout. I take a week off, do what I want, and then force myself back on the horse. The mental aspect is key, and if you're not in the right headspace, this all becomes much more of an uphill battle.