Biggest Regret in your Weight Loss Journey
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mysteps2beauty
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Mine is waiting so long to start this back up again. I regret letting myself get this unhealthy and large, that my daughter watched me overeat, overdrink, under exercise for years, and wearing the same outfit basically (same pants/long skirt, but different same colored tops --black--) for most of her teenage years, when other mothers she sees are slim and stylish, cause I could not afford to keep buying more clothes at the next size up.
I regret feeling sorry for myself and instead of being a grown up about it, and fight back against the tide of food and wine, that I sat on my sofa and had a temper tantrum about how tough my life is, so here, let me stuff my face, getting bigger and bigger, poor me.
So, with your help MFP, I will be accountable for my poor choices, and applaud my good ones. And I will do the same for you.
I regret feeling sorry for myself and instead of being a grown up about it, and fight back against the tide of food and wine, that I sat on my sofa and had a temper tantrum about how tough my life is, so here, let me stuff my face, getting bigger and bigger, poor me.
So, with your help MFP, I will be accountable for my poor choices, and applaud my good ones. And I will do the same for you.
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I regret letting myself avoid the reality that I was gaining back all the weight I lost a few years ago. I regret being so against calorie counting for so long. I regret hiding my issues from people for so long.
On the other hand, my focus is on the present. I purposefully let go of my regrets because those were choices made from a different place and a different version of myself, my only goal now is to learn from those past choices and apply that knowledge in the present.0 -
Wasting so much time not listening to my body. Not pushing back sooner when doctors only told me to eat less and move more. I should have pushed for some answers when one method was not working for me.0
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Only that I didn't start sooner. I thought it would be so difficult ... next to impossible. I was wrong.0
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That I didn't start sooner, and that I slipped up in April and am now working to get back on track0
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Not taking measurements when I first started, trying so many stupid fad diets...0
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Not doing a good bit of resistance work right from the beginning. I feel I am always playing catch-up with my muscles.
Not keeping a good photographic record. I took pics, didn't like them so deleted. Wish I had kept them no matter how bad they were.
Cheers, h.0 -
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My biggest regret is the fact that i let a big move from one state to another derail my progress. This was last june. Im still working on losing those last 15 pounds though!0
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I don't really have any regrets. Being fat wasn't part of my weight loss journey. There's nothing I can do to change the fact that I was overweight from puberty until 28 years old.
I wish that I had kept losing when I hit 133. I'm trying to do it now and it's freaking annoying.0 -
That I allowed myself to give up so many times.0
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I regret not maintaining my healthy weight that I worked so hard to get to. I had lost 70lbs. Now I have to lose 20lbs because I gained it due to poor eating and lack of exercise.0
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Running.
But it's no good to beat yourself up. Things happened the way they did because that's what you could do at the time. Main thing is you're at it now.0 -
Not doing more to get back on track after having a bad day or two. I could be so much closer to my goal by now.0
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My 2nd regret is allowing myself. ie not seeing myself, getting FAT/OBESE in the first bloody place!! ( letting other people stress me out!! WTF). When I was thin, if someone had told me ( if you go down this path ) I would be fat, ( stress eating ) 17 years down the line I would not have believed them.
Having said that I don't regret eating all the delicious stuff I ate. I just should have gone and done some exercise on my own. and not increased the portion size. ( I cook too much delicious stuff, & don't like to waste ) ( I should have learn't how to cook from my Mother, bless her soul).
My 1st regret is being afraid & insecure, career wise, of not starting my chosen career path sooner.
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Losing 10lb last year then giving up and putting it all back on0
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rachellosesitall85 wrote: »That I allowed myself to give up so many times.
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I regret that I had to go on a weight loss journey (though honestly I've never thought of it in that way). I regret that I stopped caring about my weight for a while.0
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The last couple days I guess. I have been slacking off from my diet & eating a lot. However, at least my metabolism has gone up & I am mentally replenished. Getting back to my intermittent fasting diet again.0
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My biggest regret is that when I first started, I believed all the derp and myths about weight.
- I believed I had a slow metabolism.
- I believed that netting 600 calories was both necessary and wise.
- I believed I had to "eat healthy."
- I believed juicing would help me lose weight.
- I believed I needed to take a fat burner.
- I believed sugar was evil and that eating it would stop my weight loss.
- I believed my body was a special snowflake.
- I belived it was more complicated than eat less and move more.
- I believed move more meant killing myself with cardio.0 -
tincanonastring wrote: »My biggest regret is that when I first started, I believed all the derp and myths about weight.
- I believed I had a slow metabolism.
- I believed that netting 600 calories was both necessary and wise.
- I believed I had to "eat healthy."
- I believed juicing would help me lose weight.
- I believed I needed to take a fat burner.
- I believed sugar was evil and that eating it would stop my weight loss.
- I believed my body was a special snowflake.
- I belived it was more complicated than eat less and move more.
- I believed move more meant killing myself with cardio.
I've believed a lot of these myths over the years too, and while I regret the time I wasted believing them, I think that time was a symptom of not really being ready to assume responsibility for my weight.
I regret not doing that sooner. I regret not embracing exercise sooner.0
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