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What is keeping YOU from reaching your goal?

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  • TdaniT
    TdaniT Posts: 331 Member
    I let my eating get bad again. Kept making excuses to why it was okay. Then I started slacking on exercising. I am trying very hard to get back at it now. I have gained some weight back and that is upsetting me so much. Luckily I have not had to get a bigger size clothes to wear. I am still in a size 8....for now.
  • TdaniT
    TdaniT Posts: 331 Member
    I refuse to focus on negative aspects.

    I chose to focus on what works. What works for me is simple: accurately count all my calories in, and stay within my calorie cap.

    For me, I keep my calories set at maintenance and I just eat around 250 to 500 below that to lose. As long as I do that consistently, including weekends, then I hit my goals.

    The reason I do it this way is that if I go over, I don't want that to be negative. I can eat up to maintenance and still not gain. So, it's ok with me.

    That's how I succeed. And, I just try to generally be active.

    That sounds like a very good approach. I may have to try that out if I can't get myself back into the swing of things. I feel horrible when I go over my calories.
  • mymodernbabylon
    mymodernbabylon Posts: 1,038 Member
    ribs
    and my scale -_- maybe i should just update my goal to be happier with how i look rather than a set #

    I like that goal. I determined a number will never determine my worth or happiness. Being fit and doing good things, though, make me happy.
  • thatjosiegirl
    thatjosiegirl Posts: 362 Member
    Wine, Weekends and the people in my life who constantly encourage me to snack on crappy foods with them (and my willpower to say "NO!")
  • gmcoulombe
    gmcoulombe Posts: 14 Member
    Booze and Lifestyle!
    I can keep my willpower in check until I have a drink. Than everything is out the window and I don't care.
    I need to change my lifestyle to facilitate weight lose. Meaning putting eating and working out first on the priority list.
  • ShibaEars
    ShibaEars Posts: 3,928 Member
    Snacking, lack of ambition, being lazy, overeating?

    all of the above.

    I am 29 and have been working on "fixing" these for years. Obviously I haven't yet. I just like junk food. I don't have any excuses. I realize it's something I will always have to deal with, so I just try to workout regularly and eat healthily most of the time.
  • Teamdhb120
    Teamdhb120 Posts: 25 Member
    Wine. I exercise almost every day and eat right. I should be at my goal by now, but wine has me maintaining.

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