what excuses did you make for not losing weight.

I didn't really think I could in a healthy way, I was pretty sure that the only option was going to be to only really tiny, vegan, low-carb, low-fat portions of food and go to the gym a ton (which was a way I'd lost weight in the past!) or just accept my weight. Until it kept going higher. And when I joined MFP I realized that I could eat foods I still really liked, just smaller portions, and still lose weight especially with SOME exercise to help it along.

"I'd rather be fat than hungry" - so wrong on so many levels!

First - I want to get pregnant soon any way
Then- I want to have a 2nd baby soon any way
Then - I'm too stressed and tired from having two kids
And - most of my clothes hide the extra weight.
And - I've fluctuated before. It will go down
And - I never get any time or guilty pleasure all to myself. If my family is not in the room I need to indulge in something
And - i already exercise. That should be enough
And - I already eat clean most of the time, even if I'm probably eating way more than my height requires
And - i deserve this food

But then - I like what I see in the mirror but pictures look horrible
- who is actually winning when I go on a bender? Not me!!
- Other mommy friends manage to stay fit. I need to get my act together
- I can try eating just a little less for a few days and see how it feels
- I can make more adjustments and find more ways to sneak on exercise.
- I can accept periodic setbacks and get back to it immediately
- I can stick to the program even when the results are slow.

More than probably 50 percent of my whole entire family is overweight. So I used to stay that I got it from my dad's side. a lot of them are very tall like me and seem to be big boned. so i used to say im big boned. When I was dating my ex last year I finally came to terms of someone accepting me for me - and I was for once in my like "okay" for being obese and I was ready to accept it. Then he cheated on me and left me for someone else. It's not the reason why i'm losing now - but, it did leave me scorned pretty badly.

I didn't have any excuses. I just love food and I didn't want to give up eating whatever I wanted. Thank god for MFP, because I found out I don't have to give up all the food I want. Weight loss seems so much easier now that I have control over it and don't just feel like I"m starving myself all the time.

Let's see, these were some of mine:

- I've been working out a lot so the extra 7 inches on my hips are all muscle.
- I've still got a defined waist so it's all good.
- I was able to lose 20 lbs in a few months about a decade ago so if I really wanted to then I can just do that again. Easy!
- I have to buy larger sizes because I'm not buying mainstream brands so the sizing is just different.
- My old clothes don't fit because they shrunk. Or because I just prefer looser shirts than I did when I was younger so the style just isn't working with my new fashion preferences.
- I'm getting older so obviously I'm going to gain a little weight over time.
- I still get positive comments from others so it's not like I'm unattractive or have a problem.

And so on.

I always heard how weight loss was mostly diet but i NEVER believed it. I used to say "but i barely eat now!" And i wasnt eating alot, but i was drinking 3 venti starbucks a day at ~4-500 cal each, then having small snacks or one meal. Plus, id eat a bunch of peanut butter cups. Or i would barely eat for a few days because life was busy and then id have pizza, chinese, etc.

I honestly never believed i could lose weight from dieting/counting calories alone. I was so against the idea and hated when people would tell me how important food was.

Now, Im down 38lbs since January, all from calorie counting (with about 1-2days of exercise a week thrown in), and it shocks me how little i knew and understood about weight loss. Its such a shame how we have to learn the hard way most of the time.

And when i tell people how ive lost weight so far, they give me that same glazed over look i used to give.

Guess we all gotta learn on our own.

"my kids don't sleep and I NEED carbs and sugar to get me through the day...."

Except now I've cut calories and carbs and sugar down, I feel better, not worse. Newsflash: sugar and bread don't cure sleep deprivation!

"I have no TIME to get to the gym"

Well, that's not gonna change. I have to make time, make it a priority like it used to be.

And it's not gonna get easier, y'know. May as well put the effort in now and lose the weight/gain the muscle while I'm youngish and don't have heaps to lose.... If I keep letting it creep for a decade or something, I'm gonna hate 2015-me so hard.

I wanted to have fun with my friends drinking untold amounts of alcohol and I was in a relationship and become very comfortable. Now single and changed everything about meself and feel amazing

I was in a secure relationship and DBF loved me even when I was obese. Why lose weight if he still loved me and found me attractive (even though I didn't).

I lost a lot of weight a few years ago. I went from a size 16 to a size 10/12, as my jobs changed and ive gone from having a very active job where I was on my feet all the time to now spending a lot of time sitting down ive slowly started to pile the pounds back on.
My excuse has always been, When the jeans that are to big for me start to get tight is when ill start to do something about it. I put those very jeans on this morning, and guess what, I only just about fit in them.

Excuses I've made:

- I was in a relationship then got married, leading to more eating and eating out
- Various sports injuries stopping me from exercising. Severe plantar fasciitis in both feet, so I could barely walk let alone exercise. 2 years at its worst, 10 years (!) to heal completely
- Moving up north where it's snowy and bitterly cold 6 months of the year (southerner here!).... More reasons to not exercise. And you can't lose weight without exercise right? But I had a gym membership, never used it. Then I moved back south and gained more
- Getting a desk job....so moving even less
- Getting older. Everyone gains when they get older right?
- Food has gotten more fattening, portion sizes are huge, more sugar....it's harder to lose weight now
- maybe I have a tumor! That's why my belly is so big....or not. I'm just fat

Finally found MFP and figured out how to control intake. It's not all about exercise after all

I lost 104'ish pounds and said to myself, "I got this. I don't need MFP. I don't need to look at a scale or count calories anymore." Well...... I'm baaaaaaccccccckkkkkk!!!

My entire family was fat, so naturally I was fat (although at close to 250 when I started I was always the smallest)

As soon as I get on track, I can lose about a million calories in two weeks.