Does anyone else want to just say FORGET IT?

:flowerforyou: that's exactly what I did when I was in my 40's and by the time I was 60 I weighed over 180........I guess it comes down to what is more important, the food you want right now or the slim body you want to spend your life in :bigsmile:

YEP--lets see only about 10,00000000000000000 times a day--but then about that many plus 10 I want to be healthy and fit and not have to do this again--Hang in there it WILL be worth it-- I promise

I def. feel that way! I'm 5'8 have lost 20 pounds and now that I'm down to the last 10(which are dragging *kitten*!) I just want to switch to maintaining, since I don't look to horrible at 160. i know that when I do lose these last 10 pounds I'll be happy that I stuck it out.. but for right now, I just want to forget about it.

For me it isn't so much about being slim, but being healthy enough to do the things I wan to do. Being overweight makes it hard to keep up with the rest of the world. It also makes it hard to buy clothes that are comfortable to wear and look nice. The flour sack look just doesn't cut it any more. And working out feels good.

Not depriving myself of anything, just changing portions has made it easier to not give up. Not to say there aren't days when a box of cookies and a tub of ice cream don't call my name.

There will be rough days when you don't want to chase your goals, those are the days it is most important to stick with it. The payoff is worth it in the end, keep at it.

I am 5'3" tall and weigh 145 lbs. I would ideally like to lose 20 lbs. However, it seems that it is so hard to get the weight to come off. I get so tired of counting everything that goes in mouth. I exercise 4 - 5 times each week, and I don't really mind that at all. I'm starting to enjoy it. Does anyone else want to just say, forget it? I'll be who I am, eat what I want, and exercise? I know this sounds terrible, but ...

Whether it's okay to say "I'll eat what I want" would depend on what you want to eat. It's fine not to count everything that goes into your mouth if you think about what you are putting in there, and how much, and you exercise regularly. Eat right and exercise. We all really know this is how it's done, don't we? We've heard it all our lives.

every has their days when they feel that way.
But think of the consequences of that decision.
You're stronger than you think you are. We all are.
Just gotta "Keep On Keeping On"

Yes!!!!!!! I have been stuck at the same weight for months now. It's the queen of plateaus. I can't exersise more than I do, last week I burned 3553 and was under my calorie goal everyday. It just seems I'm busting my a-- for nothing.

Change up the exercise that you are doing! Maybe your body is use to doing what you have trained it to do and now it needs a little something else for a while...

I have that thought, and then I have the "remember how miserable you were" thought righ after it... do I want to be miserable AND overweight? or do I want to be MISERABLE with a smoking hot body...

Definately the latter, plus that type of miserable only lasts until you figure out how to balance your life. so there is an end to that miserable.

Yes!!!!!!! I have been stuck at the same weight for months now. It's the queen of plateaus. I can't exersise more than I do, last week I burned 3553 and was under my calorie goal everyday. It just seems I'm busting my a-- for nothing.

Change up the exercise that you are doing! Maybe your body is use to doing what you have trained it to do and now it needs a little something else for a while...

I was just thinking that maybe you are exercising tooooo much... if you are doing cardio for more than like 45 minutes a day. you are doing toooo much exercise. and probably not eating enough. But my advice is unsolicited. so forget I said anything.

Yes, I've been there. I was there very recently... In fact I gained 9 pounds in the last 6 weeks because of wanting to accept my body and eat whatever I want... It didn't work out, which is why i'm here!

I am in a healthy weight range, but just barely. So I became too comfortable with my "new" body and started to overeat again. it's soooooooooo easy to overeat again. I guess that I kind of thought that since I was thin and since I exercised a lot and since I had been dieting for YEARS, surely I could now just "eat intuitively" and maintain my weight loss or even lose a few more pounds...

But no. I need to track my food. Maybe forever.

Change up the exercise that you are doing! Maybe your body is use to doing what you have trained it to do and now it needs a little something else for a while...

I was just thinking that maybe you are exercising tooooo much... if you are doing cardio for more than like 45 minutes a day. you are doing toooo much exercise. and probably not eating enough. But my advice is unsolicited. so forget I said anything.
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Unnecessary, yes. Too much, no... says the marathon runner. :P

Yes!!!!!!! I have been stuck at the same weight for months now. It's the queen of plateaus. I can't exersise more than I do, last week I burned 3553 and was under my calorie goal everyday. It just seems I'm busting my a-- for nothing.

Change up the exercise that you are doing! Maybe your body is use to doing what you have trained it to do and now it needs a little something else for a while...

I was just thinking that maybe you are exercising tooooo much... if you are doing cardio for more than like 45 minutes a day. you are doing toooo much exercise. and probably not eating enough. But my advice is unsolicited. so forget I said anything.

I was thinking the same that I'm not eating enough. I increased my cals by 100 and see if that helps any. If not I will keep increasing slowly. Thanks

I'm 10 pounds away from goal which was set based on the my weight 10 years ago. That's my motivation. I keep telling myself "yes I was that small once so I will be that small again."

OP - i'm exactly the same height and weight as you (and have been for years), so BMI just slightly out of the healthy category, and find it just as hard to shift the excess pounds. And I *always* think "meh, maybe i'll just stay like this" but then I remind myself that i've never been happy at this size - I always put something on my lap when I sit down, I don't feel confident naked (!), and i've wasted so many years wanting to be smaller. Years and years of not sticking to anything. I've got a whole wardrobe of gorgeous clothes a size too small, that I either used to wear (that one time I managed to lose weight) or that I bought a size too small on purpose. So i've just decided that i'm going to commit this time, give it 100%, stop making excuses, stop being jealous of people who can eat junk food and still be skinny, I have to accept that i'm not like that, and i'm not healthy, and I owe it to myself to look after body by giving it nutritious food and exercising. I haven't had anyone say anything nice about my weight for a long time, and that felt really good. I want muscles too! Toned arms and tummy and bum, and that doesn't come for free unfortunately. I am also motivated by wanting that satisfaction that I didn't quit this time, like everyone always thinks I will.

When I feel this motivated it doesn't always last, so i'll look back at this post!

Alllll the time. I often feel that if I just didn't care what I ate, I'd be a happier person. If I wasn't watching the calories, adding them up in my head, figuring out how many I'd just burned off. If I could just eat until I'd had enough of whatever I wanted, I'd be happy. I'd also weigh as much as a hippo, since portion control has never been my strong suit. I want to give up but know that if I do, I'll feel worse in the long run. I haven't accepted my body yet. I'm not comfortable in my own skin. Until that day, I'll never be happy, whether I'm watching what I eat or stuffing my face. There will always be a reason to dislike myself.