What was the hardest thing?

That it's about food, not about exercise. You can't out-eat a bad diet. Learning to eat in moderation can be hard. It's quite easy to just let go and eat a lot of something because you want to do it - but doing that again and again is a trap that's hard to get out of. Once the moderation is learned and becomes a habit, Realizing you have the access to all the foods you like, just a moderate amount of them, is reassuring.

Changing my diet. I used to eat whatever I felt like, whenever it felt like it. I didn't switch it to lose weight. I switched to try to help my body get healthier, but I switched everything immediately. Like flipping a switch. I woke up to eating Crunch Berries and donuts, went to the doctor, stopped at the grocery store on the way home and ate a healthy meal.

I didn't even know when I woke up that I'd be doing it, lol.

I hated it. It sucked. I was unhappy about it. Peeved. Jealous. Pissed off, like a spoiled child who is used to running the show and getting whatever they want and suddenly encounters - egads! - discipline. But I was scared, so I stuck with it.

I missed what I liked AND I had to regularly sit there with my boyfriend or my family and watch them eat all the baddest, yummiest stuff while I ate my baked chicken and steamed veggies.

After giving birth to the most adorable baby God ever put on the planet, it's the best thing I ever did and the only thing I'm more proud of is that baby, who is now in law school and a weight lifter like so many here.

I am healthier. I feel better. I found many new foods to love and new ways to make them. I give my body good things that it needs and very little crap that it can't use. I watch my micros now and am working on a diet that includes them all, if I can get there.

Nothing was harder than developing new habits. It took forever and I'm still working on perfecting it, but I'm so very glad I did.

Not slipping back into old habits. I've had some recent days where I ate like I had in the past, and felt like total crap for eating as much as I did. The difference is I acknowledge I've done it, and realize that tomorrow is a new day where I can start over again and not screw it all up.