What is Your Biggest Obstacle for Losing Weight? Here's Mine.

RredSonja · July 2016

Biggest obstacle for me is patience. My rating is rock solid now and I'm loving exercise, but I'm afraid if I hit a platau I'll give up.

mickey2942 · July 2016

I prefer donuts and chocolate cake instead of lettuce and celery.

I would rather watch a movie, or read a book than flail around in an exercise class. I hate getting all sweaty.

And there it is...but, I am working on it, and not going to quit.

quiksylver296 · July 2016

middlehaitch wrote: »

I found the calorie deficit for weight loss easy.
The exercise for health and fitness I will never grow to love.

Cheers, h.

I'm exactly the opposite! LOL

Need2Exerc1se · July 2016

I suppose a lack of motivation was my biggest obstacle. I lost about 30 lbs but it took me over a year because while I part of me wanted to lose the weight - statistically I'd have a better chance at long term health after all - another part of me didn't really care that much. I was already healthy by all medical standards of health. All health markers that were within my control were good. Most of the time I thought I looked good (I'm very fickle about this no matter what my weight). My husband thought I looked good. I was thinner than most of my friends. I was fit and strong.

It's that second voice that also makes maintaining so difficult.

Breizier · July 2016

Food, I just love the stuff

VeryKatie · July 2016

For me, I'm at an awkward time in my life I guess. I am currently trying to get pregnant. I recently went on vacation and broke my good eating habits. So I continue to eat like I am on vacation and have gained weight. Plus over the last few months, I found my motivation lacking... so all in all, I'm 10 lbs heavier than I was and where I wanted to be. But because I'm trying to get pregnant, I'm also afraid to restrict calories to get back to where I was. And then there's the option of just maintaining where I am. WELL that feels like just as much work as losing weight. I've been essentially maintaining for the last 2.5 years and it hasn't gotten easier and I think it's bumming me out - the realization that it's NOT going to get easier like I always hoped. Turns out I'm terrible at making good habits.

So my brain just isn't thinking a stable thought pattern. My thoughts are all over the place and I'm super indecisive.

TL:DR I am my own problem.

TwitchyMC · July 2016

I used to have bulimia. Still on antidepressants, but finally stable enough to try to lose a little weight. Biggest obstacle is making progress without becoming obsessive. If I put too much pressure on myself I will slip back into the vicious cycle of binging and purging, but not enough pressure and i won't lose the weight I need to lose to be healthy! It's a really fine balance. Trying to take baby steps and stay relaxed. So far, so good

Moxie42 · July 2016

My biggest obstacle used to be relying on motivation. Few people, if anyone, can feel 100% "Whoo-hoo! Let's do this!" alllll the time. This leads to making excuses when the motivation decreases. There are REASONS losing weight can be hard, and reasons why motivation decreases (a lack of time, suffering from depression/ anxiety, a lack of support from others)- all of these things I've experienced and let hold me back for over 10 years. But eventually I realized- these reasons don't have to become excuses! They are obstacles and challenges, but I no longer allow them to be excuses.

In my opinion, motivation is what can get a person started, but discipline is what a person needs when the motivation is lacking. Discipline might be stopping at one piece of pizza when you want two, or going to the gym even though you don't feel like it. It's the same thing that makes people go to work when they'd rather be on a beach with a margarita- they want the payoff, a paycheck. Similarly, the discipline to make healthy decisions also has a payoff- losing weight and/or getting healthier. So if I decide I'm going to the gym, I'm going. I don't allow myself to sit and debate "Should I go? I realllly don't want to." It's not always easy but it's the bad decisions I regret long-term, not the good ones. And like work, sometimes I take a vacation and splurge a little!

Ever since adopting that attitude, I've had success. For the first time in over 10 years, I've managed to stick to this for almost three months, I haven't binged in a month, and I've lost 16 lbs. I have a long way to go but I feel infinitely better and more confident that I can do this, because I took the "debate" out of it, I'm staying true to the guidelines I put in place for myself, and I'm seeing results. I still slip up (especially on super-stressful, bad days), but not nearly as often as I used to, and I'm able to bounce back quicker. Now my biggest obstacle is staying positive and not beating myself up when I do slip up so that I CAN bounce back right away (instead of days or weeks later).

jjdig · July 2016

My biggest obstacle is somehow, unbelievably, the fear of being thin. I get to the last 10 pounds, and then, somehow, it's "close enough". And then that's it, that's the excuse. I'm 4 weeks into those 10 pounds and have 4 to go, and I can FEEL myself wavering on the determination/motivation. Discipline.
I like what Moxie42 said about "taking out the debate". Setting guidelines. GOOD! That's what I needed to hear.

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