What is your biggest obstacle?

jvsings
jvsings Posts: 4 Member
edited September 26 in Introduce Yourself
What is everyone struggling with the most? For me it is portion sizes. I think I wouldn't have as much of a problem with food if I knew how to slow down and eat moderately. I'm the worst at parties, potlucks, etc....... anytime there is an unlimited amount. I guess it is psychological or something-like I'm entitled to as must food as I can stuff in my face!!???
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  • RTricia
    RTricia Posts: 720
    carb count.
  • hagofnaedre
    hagofnaedre Posts: 30 Member
    Sweets. I have the worlds biggest sweet tooth!
  • lulu1962
    lulu1962 Posts: 210
    Exercising!:frown:
  • wrightgirl230
    wrightgirl230 Posts: 16
    I struggle the most with saying no. Especially at the office. If someone offers me something, it goes directly in my pie hole! I just need to work on a little self control!:ohwell: :ohwell:
  • Mistykelly
    Mistykelly Posts: 47 Member
    Soda, I can not give it up!
  • Pinkdestiny2
    Pinkdestiny2 Posts: 19
    I just love chips and pizza so I have to totally cut them out because I'll eat them all the time if i dont. Im also not a big fan of fruit and veg...
  • njean888
    njean888 Posts: 399 Member
    Oreo's.
  • petithamu
    petithamu Posts: 582 Member
    Just food. I really like eating...like a lot...
  • rcgrissom
    rcgrissom Posts: 17
    Patience and continuance as the weight comes off sslloooowwllyy. :flowerforyou:
  • Mrs_TrimWaistFatWallet
    Mrs_TrimWaistFatWallet Posts: 486
    Spending more time exercising = less time with the fiance. Guilt.
  • koosdel
    koosdel Posts: 3,317 Member
    Free food. There is always something on my desk, usually donuts. I can't resist donuts. I wish they would just give me the money....
  • ♥BETHANY♥
    ♥BETHANY♥ Posts: 56
    The weekends! I flake off more on the weekends because my schedule is all messed up! so I gain sometimes on the weekends!
  • perrytyra
    perrytyra Posts: 357 Member
    My family is not willing to forgo the junk, so I can't get it out of the house.

    I do pretty well avoiding the chips. But I can't avoid anything else. They get mad when I use wholewheat pasta or bread.
  • MisMolly
    MisMolly Posts: 88 Member
    Weekends! More stuff to do that makes it harder to squeeze in a workout, beer, and big family dinners (with a family who could care less if what they eat will make them fluffier). And stupid rainy weather is another obstacle.
  • beccaboo1021
    beccaboo1021 Posts: 51
    My biggest obstacle is not planning. Like today, for example, I know I will go from work to my daughter's softball game...did I pack anything to tide me over so I can avoid the concession stand? No. Did I plan anything specific for dinner tonight so I can come home and eat dinner instead raid the pantry and the fridge while dinner is cooking? Nope. Hopefully I find time to offset any bad eating tonight with a good workout...
  • cdthom
    cdthom Posts: 108 Member
    shopping i go to the store and i want all the bad stuff for me
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Sodium. Bleah. I don't add salt to anything. But the foods I love have high sodium. And it annoys me that it doesn't NEED it. I can make a marinara sauce from pureed tomatoes, garlic and some seasoning, and it's very low in sodium. But a jar of Ragu is loaded with it!

    Also difficult... curbing my desire to eat mindlessly. I could happily sit down with a box of crackers and a ball of cheese, and eat a day's worth of calories in one sitting.
  • plantboy2
    plantboy2 Posts: 224 Member
    Definitely alcohol - I associate it with any social event, family event or with the sun which has started to shine a lot more these days. I can't say no to a get together and that usually means drinking
  • Plumpqt
    Plumpqt Posts: 156
    Exercising!:frown:


    AMEN!:drinker:
  • TNAJackson
    TNAJackson Posts: 686 Member
    Definately portion sizes... I feel hungry all the time and I end up eating the entire thing. I have no idea how people can live with what an actual portion size is supposed to be. That's my biggest problem... that and being so discouraged.
  • cc2r1511
    cc2r1511 Posts: 127 Member
    Eating out or going to my parents house. At home, I can weigh and measure but eating out, I don't know how many calories its worth. However, this past weekend, I think I turned over a leaf because I got salads and counted every calorie I ate. I still lose weight and I enjoyed what I ate.

    My hardest is my parent's house. My parents and sisters are ALL SKINNY and I have a hard time watching what I eat there.
    This weekend should be interesting since its Easter weekend!
  • kbanzhaf
    kbanzhaf Posts: 601 Member
    Hi,
    For me, the weekends are hard, because I am at home, and there is always something there to eat. I'm much better off at work when it isn't there.
    "Snack" day at work.....when everyone brings a food to share.....VERY hard for me.
    Potluck dinners at church (again a weekend thing).
    Lately, the WEATHER -- it has been the pits to try to get outside and walk, and I'm getting tired of the treadmill.
    Kaye
  • jvsings
    jvsings Posts: 4 Member
    Can you switch to diet soda?
  • jspaulding01
    jspaulding01 Posts: 11 Member
    Hello! My biggest obstacle is date night and weekends. I do great all week the the weekend comes and my husband and I go on a date night every weekend...we go to fabulous restaurants and I dont track..So by Sunday I am working off what I gained and ending up with a very small loss every friday. I really need to get the weekends under controlurl=http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-



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  • suemar74
    suemar74 Posts: 447 Member
    My emotions...I'm having a bad day and I'm torn between a full-on stupid binge or the bottle of wine sitting in my fridge when I get home tonight. Either one will add calories.

    But not once did exercising my frustrations away pop in my head, until just now. Sigh... guess I'll put my big girl panties on and run it out when I get home instead.
  • Jennette4
    Jennette4 Posts: 2 Member
    I tend to eat junk and A LOT of it when I'm stressed and I seem to be stressed a lot lately. :)
  • gocats1127
    gocats1127 Posts: 1
    I have a portion control problem too. I love to eat!! I also have a sweet tooth and don't have time (and hate) to exercise!
  • rosiedoes
    rosiedoes Posts: 84 Member
    Two main things:

    Exercise - partly because I'm MASSIVELY self-conscious about doing it in public and partly because I can't run or skate at the moment because of my ankle and I swim like a brick. I'm planning on getting to a spin class at some point, to see how my Achilles handles it.

    Portion control - I've been really conscious of this, recently, as I cook for myself and my flatmate, who is also on here (julie_a_griffin), but we were both raised on really large meals so we both continued on like that into adulthood. Yesterday I did find myself really full on about two thirds of the food I was eating at the start of this month, though, so that's a start!

    (Oh, and we're both into baked foods - cupcakes, savoury pastries, etc. but we've been really good with those.)
  • rosiedoes
    rosiedoes Posts: 84 Member
    But not once did exercising my frustrations away pop in my head, until just now. Sigh... guess I'll put my big girl panties on and run it out when I get home instead.

    While playing roller derby I definitely found that I'd be in a bad mood going there and after I'd started skating I'd forget about it completely. I definitely recommend exercising it out.
  • Kirk_D
    Kirk_D Posts: 85
    FOOD! Portion size and junk I shouldn't be eating. :)
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