What is keeping YOU from reaching your goal?

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and my scale -_- maybe i should just update my goal to be happier with how i look rather than a set #

yes this is what you should do....94lbs is too little for a grown woman to weigh.

ETA: nothing is keeping me from reaching my goal. 1lb away...(actually 1/2lb)...and after this summer I may re-evaluate and at that point nothing wil stop me either...

So far nothing, but I know myself and that is why I plan to keep logging at least a few years, probably longer. Until I have lost all my weight and maintained it at least a few years, I am logging.

Since I have gone over to managing my own diet, weighing all solids in grams is working out much better for me, I mean it is eaiser to just weigh them, tare the plate, weigh the next one, and I am not so focused on 1 cup of this or 4 oz. of that, although mindful of my portion sizes, I eat a little (but not too much) more now that I started lifting.

For most it's going to be: Lack of consistency and lack of commitment. Keep those 2 and one WILL reach goal.

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Confession: Last night I had a fat girl moment! I binged on organic blue corn chips and roasted red pepper hummus!!!! It sounds funny to type it/say it out loud given where I've come from (foodwise) but still, I binged! That is what keeps me from reaching my goals! I self-sabotage. It's like the minute I'm making progress (I noticed I had slimmed down a bit yesterday) I do something to sabotage that progress. It's not even something I'm aware of until it's done and I'm sitting there, bloated and miserable wondering why in the hell I did that!! I don't know why I do that, because I certainly don't want to be stuck in this fat suit for the rest of my life, I just really need to figure it out so I can release the weight and get to the healthiest/best version of me I can be!!!!! Whew, thanks for letting me vent!!!!:smokin:

Too much food and not enough movement. I'm losing, but MUCH slower then I would like. I'm still struggling with portion control - I still want to eat even if I'm not hungry. And even though I workout 5 days a week, when I'm not exercising, I'm very lazy. Like now, instead of cleaning (which really needs to get done), I'm playing on the computer.

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.

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!")

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.