What are your strengths and weaknesses?

Working out is the best part of my day - if I had the time, I'd want to spend so much more than 1 hr a day doing it...I know that for many people that kind of drive to workout isn't there, so I guess that's my strength My weakness though is like yours - if the food is there, I WANT IT. And I want it BAD. Oddly though, I can do amazingly at never feeling the urge to buy it in the shop. I rarely buy bad food myself, but can't stop myself from eating it once IT'S LOOKING RIGHT AT ME

Strengths:

Very motivated when it comes to exercise. I commute an hour each way to work. I joined a gym in the city where I work and get up at 5am every day, Monday to Friday, so I can be there at 6:30am when they open. At least one day a week (sometimes as many as 3) I do pole classes after work, and at least one day a week (sometimes twice), I hit the gym after work. If I'm off work for a week, I make a point to go to the gym at least three times during that week, even though I wouldn't otherwise be making that commute. (The fact that I'm paying for the membership does factor into this!)

Fairly disciplined in regards to diet. I think I have a good idea of what I can eat to maintain my weight and can work treats into that relatively easily. I don't really find myself losing control or giving in to certain foods when I don't want to.


"Weaknesses": (I don't really see these as weaknesses. They might be things to improve upon. Or not. Whatever.)

On the flip side of the exercise thing, I'm actually kind of lazy. Stairs can get effed, I'll use the lift, thanks.

Due to work and exercise schedule, I don't get enough sleep. Bad times.

And on the flip side of the diet stuff, I tend to feel a lot of guilt over eating certain things. This is tied to my past with disordered eating, I think. I can generally reason my way through it, but it does cause a fair bit of unhappiness at times.

my strength is absolutely working out. The gym has become a second home to me now and I always look forward to my work out!

my weakness is just like some of the things already said. I cannot resist chocolate. I started eating it in much smaller portions than I was before cause I think I would go crazy without it! Oh, and taco bell. taco bell is such an important part of my life so I had to just find the lowest calorie options when I can't resist a trip haha

Cake is my weakness..as you can see from my diary last week. Graduated with my Master's degree and my mom got me a cake. I had to eat it until it was gone..otherwise I was going to lose my entire mind. Devil's food deliciousness. I don't feel that way about any other food..I really don't even feel that way about any other type of cake..only Devil's food.

My strength is not giving up and not going back to my old habits. There are so many times in the past year where I could've given up, where I've questioned myself and my ability to reach my goal..but the very next thought is that I can't quit, I can't give up. I'm not going to give up. This is hard, but going back to the way things were is even harder.

My weaknesses Are Mr kipling french fancies! Really have stop buying those... :B

Strength: I like to eat healthy whole foods. I think this helps my motivation a lot. Also, there are some foods that don't tempt me, so if hubby wants a treat, I encourage him to get the things he likes that I don't eat (he is 6'2", 165lbs with clothes on, at night. Guy can't gain weight at all. The other day he came home with three large bags of chips for his treats. Not tempted by them at all!)

Weakness: I have a hard time 'finding time' in my day to exercise, especially because I live in the country, and we've had a lot of extreme cold warnings this winter that limit my time outside. If there is junk in the house, I will (usually) eat it, since getting hubby to do the groceries this has changed though (he goes into town for work, and usually sticks to the list I give him)

Strengths I am not so sure about.

Weaknesses: I can easily lose motivation to work out. Especially when traveling. And my mood affects my diet pretty drastically. If I am feeling down I will often overeat, or if I'm stressed I'll barely eat at all.

Strengths-Getting into the gym to lift, making dessert fit into my deficit daily
Weaknesses-Can't make up my mind about my fitness goals, getting into the gym for cardio, keeping peanut butter in the house.

Strengths- I think I have fairly good willpower when it comes to food. I plan and pre-log my meals and snacks consistantly. I am patient and realistic. I am positive about my progress and getting to my goal.
Weakness- I tend to either do too easy of workouts or I overdo it. It would be better if I could be more in the middle with exercise.

blackcoffeeandcherrypie wrote: »

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Was you post to be a strength and weakness for your husband? And yourself. Sounded like two strengths for your husband willpower to not eat chocolate etc and willpower to have a day off.

Anyway.

My strengths hmmm... I guess I can generally not eat junk, there has been chocolate in the house for months. I could have had 10 prices a day? No one would know, but at most I would have one piece every other day.

Sticking to a routine. Gym and kick boxing, the gym I could skip and no one would know except for me.

A weakness, eating an entire pizza when I planned on eating half. Hawaiian chicken pizza is too good

Strengths: I am very good at sticking to my deficit goals. Pretty much obsessively good. Even if I do make a mistake and go over, like when I was home sick and boredom ate, I will make up for it in the following days so that my week always ends exactly as it should. I've also recently gotten really good about exercising. I hit the gym 5-6 times a week.

Weaknesses: I love processed convenience foods and have an insatiable sweet tooth. Even though my calories are always on point, my macros are a mess. I get the MFP pop-up-of-shame every day when I'm logging my food, letting me know that I've eaten more carbs and sugar than I was supposed to. I don't really care either. I'm just happy that I've learned how to balance my calories to include sweets without ruining my deficit.

Strengths: Love to experiment with new vegetables and really enjoy cooking. Also love exercising and challenging myself.

Weakness: In every previous attempt to lose weight I banned certain foods (i.e. didn't beleive CICO). I changed that this time and am losing weight at a good pace while not feeling deprived - hopefully it'll stick because my big weakness is binging.

Strengths: I am very determined and focused, complete most goals I set my mind to
Weaknesses: ^Because of the above, I can become very one track minded, obsessive and a perfectionist