What do you struggle with???

Struggle would be binge eating... support for me would be sharing my journey both the successes and slips..

Binging and the guilt/actions that ensues afterwards.
Being reminded that it's just a slip up and it happens to everyone makes me feel a little better

I struggle with the idea of going to the gym. Once I'm there it's fine, it's just the thought of going that puts me off!
As for the junk food, I have to cut it all out or one bite would lead to 4 empty packets lol.

Sweets... And a husband who likes to eat out. I hate having a salad while the rest of the family is having pizza. Feel ripped off ya know?

Binge eating! For me it is mainly the sweet stuff, including chocolate as well....I am still trying how to lose weight and maintain despite my binges...Cutting out certain foods completely did not help me, what helps more is including them....but sometimes it ends in binges..what sometimes helps is finding satisfying alternatives, like a lower cal chocolate ice cream bar or pudding snack!

I struggle with getting movement in during the day. My job is pretty sedentary and I feel like I don't have time to get to the gym after work. I plan to make better use of my time after work. The daycare closes later in the evening and my gym is nearby, so I really don't have an excuse. Once I get home, I am pretty much useless after dinner. All I want to do is sit down and hang out with my husband and kid.

pipsqueak1990 wrote: »

so what do u do to stop chocolate from ruining your goals?

I eat chocolate almost every day. Very dark chocolate that fits into my calorie goal. Sometimes a whole bar fits, sometimes only a couple squares. But that's just in addition to my nightly gelato as well.

alicaramik2 wrote: »

Being disabled, my biggest struggle is finding exercises that I can do. What do you do when even walking is a no-go? I can do some isometrics and lift light weights for upper body, but I'd live to find something that can get my heart rate up.

Can you swim? Regardless, you will lose weight without exercising, especially if you are heavy to begin with (obese or overweight categories) as long as your calorie deficit is adequate. As you get closer to goal, or sometimes just because you've been eating at a deficit for so long, it can get harder to lose without upping your exercise/movement. This is what happened to me this winter for a few months. I'm not disabled but I'm not motivated to walk outside in below zero temps and found that the gym is not as appealing as I hoped.

In order to lose at that point, the answer is to eat even less. Not fun. Hopefully by the time you get to that point you'll have found an activity that you can do with your limitations that burns a bit more than when you are completely inactive.

But, if not, you'll still be able to lose, just at a much slower rate.

And what I've decided is there is nothing wrong with losing slowly really. You learn a lot about yourself, your eating habits and what it takes to keep weight off; because when you lose just 1/2 pound a week your logging has to be super accurate, so much you are also maintaining, to a degree.

I definitely struggle with the iced chai teas at starbucks! Those are so good! They are HORRIBLE for you i've learned and I've actually gained weight this semester at school from getting them everyday (Starbucks is included in our meal plan so I would swipe at starbucks everyday).

It doesn't help that the starbucks is in the same building as one of my classes

It's really hard for me to give them up but I think I'm just going to reward myself with them, or at least get a tall or grande (I HAVE been getting the Venti

I struggle more with my intake on weekends like a lot of you. I also struggle more logging on weekends than during the week. It's like I hit a "fu.k it" switch as soon as Friday evening hits. At least I workout like a bad *kitten* and am still losing consistently though.

Snacking is my problem...mostly when I am bored. My three main meals are generally healthy. Then I have a snack and I eat too much. I have tried the route of a piece of fruit or something along those lines, but then I find some sort of sweet or chips or crackers and eat too much of that. I happily to go to the gym or do some sort of exercise daily, but it is true that you can't out train a bad diet. It helps some, but not as much as I would like.