The hardest thing you had to overcome to lose weight?

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  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    Cooking delicious meals, not being excited enough by my cooking to just come home and eat something I've prepared. So then I go get something from a restaurant that easily wipes out a week's deficit even though I know better. That's one reason I'm all over any ideas for easy new recipes. I can't learn too many at once else I'll be overwhelmed, but a bit at a time seems to help

    But one good thing is that so long as the overall trend is downwards, that's all that matters. I may not be successful every single week but I'm getting there regardless , and that's Ace
  • sculli123
    sculli123 Posts: 1,221 Member
    Mainly just tightening up the diet. For me the hardest thing is lowering my carb intake because most of the foods I liked have tons of carbs (and calories). So once I eliminated most of them, it's been slow and steady but successful so far. That doesn't mean I don't enjoy what I eat now though, I defiitely do. I make healthier substitution that taste just as good and I still do at least one high carb day a week.
  • Froody2
    Froody2 Posts: 338 Member
    A few things were difficult to overcome and the things that have proved hard have changed over the two years it's taken me to come this far.

    1. Initially it was realising that yes, I really was that fat. I think I had reverse anorexia lol.
    2. Being consistent.
    3. Recently coming to the realisation that I was maintaining my weight at my then calorie level. Lowering my calorie limit by a couple of hundred was traumatic - I love food! But I got used to it.

    I suggest taking a long hard look at the way you've attempted to lose weight in the past, otherwise you're doomed to repeat the same mistakes. Best of luck :)
  • Iwishyouwell
    Iwishyouwell Posts: 1,888 Member
    Overcoming the fear of success.

    Finally looking and feeling the way I desire, the way I've always desired, is an amazing and terrifying prospect. Being fat is a great excuse to avoid doing things that you know you must, but that make you face your your fears, and potential failure.

    I already knew, deep down, I had incredible will power to do this. But while I loathed, loathed, loathed being fat, it still served some purpose that didn't become apparent until I have gotten closer and closer to goal.
  • hellohappycarla
    hellohappycarla Posts: 85 Member
    Thank you all for responding. True enough, I can relate to all of you. Weekends, being consistent, accepting reality, accepting that this will take a lot longer than Im fantasizing it to be. Acceptance, I guess, is the key and to never quit. I get discouraged pretty easily whenever i dont see any changes in me and then go back to being careless. Will do my best. Once again, my thanks. =)
  • Jkn921
    Jkn921 Posts: 309 Member
    Exercise and eating less sugary foods
  • gypsy_spirit
    gypsy_spirit Posts: 2,107 Member
    Overcoming my own brain. It lied to me. It distorted my image in a mirror. It tried to make me quit. It took a year to get my brain on board with getting healthy. Once I did - the sky's the limit.

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