What is your biggest challenges with nutrition and exercise?

Asher_Ethan · April 2016

I always feel hungry. After my 4000 calorie thanksgiving meal, I still ate 1000 more calories in pie because I didn't feel full.

celadontea · April 2016

I feel super motivated to exercise and now know I need to track my food to be successful, but my biggest hurdle right now is my depression. It feels like I'm trying to wade through jello to live life. I'm getting all kinds of physical pains and my brain is giving me a solid message to give up constantly. Exercise has been key to giving me consistent better moods, but after having them put me up for so long I'll hit a down and it'll just feel like hell to me.

RespectTheKitty · April 2016

Definitely the toughest part for me is patience. I've come a long way, having lost 30 pounds in the last 14 weeks. But it just doesn't feel like I'm losing FAST ENOUGH, you know? Even though I know I am losing at a perfectly good pace. I just want it to HURRY UP... I still have like 50 pounds to go.

enterdanger · April 2016

I feel like this might be two different things for me.

1. Nutrition. Too many social occasions. I'm good if I'm home or at work, but if everyone jumped off a bridge into a giant pizza....I'm jumping too. Group Eat syndrome. lol

2. Exercise - stress fractures. After years of not exercising I found that I am a fat chick that loves to run. But, running is like a bad ex boyfriend who doesn't love me back and wants to make me pay for my past indiscretions. Over the last 2 years any time I run more than twice a week or more than like 6 miles per week I get multiple stress fractures in my tibias. No one knows why. I've been to multiple doctors, orthopedists, had a gait analysis, bloodwork (I'm in normal range for every known electrolyte including calcium and vitamin D), and had 3 different running stores watch me run, evaluate my shoes, and make suggestions. So I run twice a week for awhile, get hurt, and then don't want to exercise anymore.

MyPathway · April 2016

I would say social events:

- People telling you: "you are fine, you don't have to count your intake tonight! its our party night" <- I get this at least once a week

- Or friends like this: "To lose weight you should do like me and workout at 5am every morning and stop eating anything that contain gluten" <- we all know someone like that right?

- Restaurants that don't have nutritional info but that all your friends really enjoy so you end up there too often anyway... <- I try to pick the healthiest thing on the menu and cut the portion in half

- Alcohol at a party (before party: I'll take only 2 glass of wine / the next morning: oh god what have i done)

pebble4321 · April 2016

Consistency.

It's easy to eat well and move more for a while. But to do it forever? That's Hard with a capital H.

Shells918 · April 2016

Francl27 wrote: »

I like sweet things.

Jelenajelenajelenajelena wrote: »

Being patient. Wouldn't it great if we could all meet our goals overnight

These 2 things the most. I love exercise now so it's not an issue.
Not getting a giant iced coffee or chocolate croissant is an issue.
And losing a pound a month instead of a pound a week is super frustrating. But I'm moving towards acceptance. It's a process.

tgrzela · April 2016

Hardest thing for me is finding time for myself to get a good workout....between my kids competitive dance and tier 3 soccer...they have me going all over 7 days a wk....and I don't want to wake up at 2 am or workout at 10pm...

rakowskidp · April 2016

Exhaustion. I don't get enough sleep, which leads to poor workout performance (or even skipped workouts) and lack of meal prep.

acarmon55 · April 2016

Time...

jessicaerfer906 · April 2016

Balancing my role as a mom with the role of someone who must regain control of their health. The guilt is overwhelming when I stick my husband on solo parenting detail so often so I can work out. And also balancing the resentment I sometimes feel that they make it harder for me than it should be.

itsbasschick · April 2016

for me, the hard part is several body parts have damage or issues. i love to work out, and long walks used to control my weight, but with bursitis in both hips, scar tissue in one thigh, knees with some issues and a recovering sprained ankle, it ain't easy!

marnie4ever · April 2016

Most difficult for me is to continue eating healthy when I'm not seeing results!

jenerek_md · April 2016

Booze

solska · April 2016

I eat healthy... except I have a big weakness for bread and pizza... and even if they are very healthy, I can have too much. And a routine sleep schedule is important but for me that's also very hard.