What's your biggest frustration?

GirlonBliss · July 2016

Too much info and don't know where to start? Not enough time? Not seeing results despite doing everything "right"?

For me, it was feeling like I was putting in all the effort and still not seeing results. And thinking that I'm that gal one who's different from all my friends who has to go to the gym just to eat what I want.

What about you?

Kelbelb75 · July 2016

For me, it's having my metabolism slowed by medication plus taking medication that is an appetite stimulant and not giving up when I see no change/positive results. It would be easier to give up than push myself forward! *sigh*

kommodevaran · July 2016

I've been fat. Now I'm at a healthy weight.
My biggest frustration THEN: I only like what's bad for me, and I hate what I know I should be eating!
NOW: There are so many fruits and vegetables, I love them all, and I'm just a tiny woman!

JustSomeEm · July 2016

My biggest frustration today is that I don't run enough to eat all the cookies I want to eat.

But I've been eating them anyway lately...

zyxst · July 2016

Hormonal weight gain every month.

leejoyce31 · July 2016

zyxst wrote: »

Hormonal weight gain every month.

I agree. Hormonal weight gain and hormonal munchies.

displaced1 · July 2016

The time involved. Not to log necessarily. But to research recipes, get ingredients, cook something that may or not taste good. Plus adding exercise into my day. When we are busy most of the day and now need to add an hour or two to a full schedule, it can be difficult.

sugarfoot10 · July 2016

Trying to eat right when I am at home because I do not cook most of the meals during the week because my husband and I live w/my dad & stepmom.. Eating healthy is a BIG Challenge and staying w/in the calories allotted. But then again is my calorie intake correct for what I am trying to lose?

sashayoung72 · July 2016

Knowing why i'm not still losing and just not wanting to put in the effort. I've become complacent. I've lost 80+ and i'm smaller than i've been in FOREVER, I got so many compliments and i've enjoyed eating more at maintance and I know i've still got 50ish to lose for goal. I keep tracking and try to make better decisions (buying that 1.5 quart ice cream not only was a bad idea, eating it in one day was even worse LOL)

st476 · July 2016

When it's around the time of my period! The week before I don't lose weight/gain weight and the week during I don't lose weight either. It's so annoying when the scale doesn't budge for 1-2 weeks and I know it's outside of my control. Especially because it's every month. I hate putting in all this effort and I don't see results

Bxqtie116 · July 2016

My biggest frustration was doing everything right and nothing coming off. It seemed like once I lost 50 lbs, my weight loss came to a halt. I was losing and regaining the same 3-4 lbs for about 7-8 months. After doing some research, I think my body has Leptin resistance, meaning I did too much cardio which resulted in my body burning off what I currently ate and not burning what was in my fat stores. So after cutting out my cardio sessions, (walking is fine), focusing on mainly weights in the gym, reducing my calories to 1500 (not eating back my exercise calories) and began interrminant fasting, the lbs are FINALLY coming off.

Trish1c · July 2016

The lack of results. In the past I'd go for 1-3 months of being good but I still always seemed to gain weight. Part of it was that for the 1st time I actually had muscle mass, including definition in my arms but I wasn't seeing belly fat loss or a drop in clothes size. Something would throw me off track & I never managed to right the ship quickly. This time I at least feel more invested.

williammuney · July 2016

Hormonal wife

motivatekait · July 2016

My biggest frustration is probably just the reaction/confusion from other people. When I eat my food, people always feel the need to get defensive about their own as if I'm attacking them personally, even though I intentionally avoid bringing up my program unless asked about it.

Michie112g · July 2016

I am so fustrated !! I have been good with my calorie intake and been exercising .... I feel positive and happy but once I step on the scale it all go to crap. I get discouraged but not today I am going to push through the it and not give up. At some point the scale has to move, right ?

piggy6989 · July 2016

When family and friends come round I totally give up the calories counting and eat crap. I need to get some will power

Amazon_Who · July 2016

My fasting blood sugar has gone up despite losing 25 pound this year, reducing carbs, and walking 2+ miles a day.

Francl27 · July 2016

Hormones and the stupid hunger that comes with them.

Red5092 · July 2016

My biggest frustration has been the last 4 days. I've come down with a summer cold, and I feel awful. I was averaging 14,000 steps, and now I barely get in 5000. To top it off, my TOM arrived, so I really feel uncomfortable. I'm a RN, and I have the next 4 days off, so my couch and I will be close.

oolou · July 2016

The hardest thing is knowing it's going to take a long time to lose the weight.

arditarose · July 2016

My biggest frustration started when I got smaller and leaner. The pounds just...don't come off. I work for months to lose a pound or two. Meanwhile, there are a lot of changes going on in my body, but they are hard to see in the moment. (Looking back on progress pics I am shocked).

Also, dealing with puffiness/weight gain from hormones and my cycle is very frustrating. I work so hard and feel like I only look lean or can only get a good scale reading for 1 week out of the month. The rest is a roller coaster.

I'm also sensitive to carbs. I keep them in check on a daily basis but if I overdo it at a special event I will bloat up like a balloon and stay like that for days. No exaggeration. After indulging in some bread at a dinner party I had to take off my rings and my flats were too tight on my feet.

cwolfman13 · July 2016

Not being able to break a 30 minute 20K bike time trial

Bxqtie116 · July 2016

dixie_amazon wrote: »

My fasting blood sugar has gone up despite losing 25 pound this year, reducing carbs, and walking 2+ miles a day.

If your a diabetic, there are certain foods that you should stay away from - bananas being one of them. Do a search to see what's good and what's bad. Also, sprinkling a little cinnamon on your foods helps to stabilize your blood sugar.

katharineshalia · July 2016

Looking back at my ticker and realizing at some point in 2012 I was down to 130 and I never appreciated it. I'm at 153 right now and a long way to go to get back there. Maybe I will appreciate it this time.

abatonfan · July 2016

Low blood sugars. I need to eat to bring them up (or I die -type 1 diabetic problems at their finest), which digs into my discretionary calories. On really bad days, I could be eating 300+ calories in low blood sugar treatment (jelly beans, glucose tablets, popsicles, plus stuff to keep my blood sugar steady after a really bad or overnight low such as a small protein bar).

If my blood sugars would be relatively predictable, that would be great... but nope. 60 minutes of walking with IOB for a high BG could send me into the 50s one day while the next day keep me right at 100. Heck, today I woke up in the 150s, corrected and walked, and I went down into the 80s with significant IOB to warrant supplemental carbs. I had enough carbs to hopefully keep me steady at around 100 while I finished the rest of my walk (I like to get about 10,000 steps before breakfast. I hate exercising on a full stomach), and I ended up back at 150.

Oh yeah -then there's all the hormonal issues my doctors and I are trying to figure out. I'm only in my 20s, but structurally it's like I'm in menopause (long story short, I haven't had Flo in close to a year, and I'm at a healthy weight and healthy body fat percentage -my estrogen and LH are low, so now they're trying to figure out why).

Hyperbum · July 2016

My belly fat. Barely have an *kitten* now. My boobs are shrinking. Everything's smaller except my freakin belly. It frustrates me to no end.

Ben_there_done_that · July 2016

For me it's that I can't seem to eat enough calories (2700) to gain .5lbs a week. I've actually lost a little since I've been tracking, which is weird. You'd think my abs would be better.

Amazon_Who · July 2016

Bxqtie116 wrote: »

dixie_amazon wrote: »

My fasting blood sugar has gone up despite losing 25 pound this year, reducing carbs, and walking 2+ miles a day.

If your a diabetic, there are certain foods that you should stay away from - bananas being one of them. Do a search to see what's good and what's bad. Also, sprinkling a little cinnamon on your foods helps to stabilize your blood sugar.

I'm pre-diabetic and try to get back to normal. I am not eating bananas at all. The only fruits i have been eating are berries, advocados and an occasional apple.Yes I weigh them.

Francl27 · July 2016

abatonfan wrote: »

Low blood sugars. I need to eat to bring them up (or I die -type 1 diabetic problems at their finest), which digs into my discretionary calories. On really bad days, I could be eating 300+ calories in low blood sugar treatment (jelly beans, glucose tablets, popsicles, plus stuff to keep my blood sugar steady after a really bad or overnight low such as a small protein bar).

If my blood sugars would be relatively predictable, that would be great... but nope. 60 minutes of walking with IOB for a high BG could send me into the 50s one day while the next day keep me right at 100. Heck, today I woke up in the 150s, corrected and walked, and I went down into the 80s with significant IOB to warrant supplemental carbs. I had enough carbs to hopefully keep me steady at around 100 while I finished the rest of my walk (I like to get about 10,000 steps before breakfast. I hate exercising on a full stomach), and I ended up back at 150.

Oh yeah -then there's all the hormonal issues my doctors and I are trying to figure out. I'm only in my 20s, but structurally it's like I'm in menopause (long story short, I haven't had Flo in close to a year, and I'm at a healthy weight and healthy body fat percentage -my estrogen and LH are low, so now they're trying to figure out why).

Yeah it happens to me too. End up way over even though I'm not hungry because I have to eat.

nvmomketo · July 2016

dixie_amazon wrote: »

My fasting blood sugar has gone up despite losing 25 pound this year, reducing carbs, and walking 2+ miles a day.

Yes! Dawn Phenomenon is super frustrating. I am in a similar boat. My FBG is always my highest reading of the day now. My liver appears to be overly excitable in the mornings.

My FBG was lower for 6 months when I was losing weight. Now I have lost 20% of my body weight so I am in the middle of a normal BMI, eat around 20-30g of carbs per day, and walk 30-90 minutes each day... Nothin. Cinnamon and apple cider vinegar do next to nothing. Very frustrating.

And if I don't walk, eat LCHF, and gain a few pounds, my FBG is even higher. Extra frustrating.

sardelsa · July 2016

Being so close to goal (well goal #1 at least) having such high expectations and impatience. I need to relax.
Also having no clothes that fit me properly.

What's your biggest frustration?

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