Who else get weary of it all..............
pkweier
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Does anyone else get weary of it all and just want to eat how ever much you want? I really struggled with that this week. I just wanted to be a couch potato. I did talk myself out of it and got outside and got my walking in. I did log and kept my eating in check.
I know part of it is the weather I'm tired of the cold and dreary weather and more snow predicted for Monday. This is the first year this type of weather is bothering me.
Do others feel the same?
Pam
I know part of it is the weather I'm tired of the cold and dreary weather and more snow predicted for Monday. This is the first year this type of weather is bothering me.
Do others feel the same?
Pam
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Not really, but to some extent. I want to eat more, almost all the time, and sometimes I do, and sometimes I just tell myself "no, not now". But I'm also extremely happy with how I normally eat now, so I don't, deeply inside, feel like I'm depriving myself.
I'm allright with snow and cold, but we're having icy roads here this winter, so that keeps me inside. I like to dance, but I need to do it more - I think I'm having a bit of weight creep.7 -
Good for you for getting a walk in.
I occasionally have flashbacks to how comforting it was to sit back, enjoy a good TV show or game and snack, snack, snack, snack after a long day. I paid the price for that lifestyle and I don't miss that part, but I found it very relaxing. I had to give that up to reach my goals.
The cold and the snow used to be a deterrent for me as well, but I've learned to work with it. For example, I taught myself how to ice skate and I go regularly. Also I've invested in high-quality winter gear which keeps me warm, protected and dry so I'm able to go powerwalking in the cold sometimes.
I remember when I wanted to get fit in the past and I'd join a gym, but when the cold weather hits I'd rather stay home. And I did.
This time around I decided to slowly build a home gym and workout from home and it's a great fit for me.
Maybe try seeing if there's a workout online such as on Youtube that you can do indoors to keep you active? I do these Walk At Home workouts which is great cardio.
If you have the space/privacy, there's a lot you can do from home (fitness DVD's, resistance bands, bodyweight work etc.) to keep fit. Just try to push through.15 -
As time goes by, you'll want those things less and less...
These days it's much more difficult for me to take a rest day then it is to kill myself in the gym for an hour+
It's much more difficult to go to a restaurant and order a cheeseburger than to order a salmon salad...
I'm getting better at not demanding so much from my body though, and getting older..
And I've probably ordered a cheeseburger from a restaurant twice in the last year, neither one was really all that enjoyable9 -
Thank you everyone for your inspiring words. I know I don't want to ever go back to where I was before. I feel so much better now and love the way I can get clothes in the regular department. This week for some reason I was fighting it more and more NOT to put every bite of food I saw in my mouth. I did fight it off which is a positive I'm going to build on.9
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I get it @pkweier - I am not that far into Maintenance (about 1.5 years now). The honeymoon period was over and sometimes I was just weary of it all. I missed the old days where I never looked at a label, where my husband and I would just hang out and play video games all day, where I didn’t feel like I was constantly saying “no” or finding substitutes for goodies...
With that said, when I nearly died earlier this year (not being dramatic), the experience forced me to take a step back and reevaluate what was important. Being healthy = totally important! Being a specific, arbitrary weight on the scale.... not so much. This further exasperated my feeling about Maintenance. I guess this is part of why so many people “give up” and regain the weight. It takes a lot of mental strength to have consistency not just day over day but month over month and year over year.
For me, personally... I ended up doing some soul searching and re-evaluated my “why.” As a result, I restructured some of my goals and the methods to get to my newly tweaked “why.” I’ve heard that nuance helps with the “stickiness” of a habit and I am starting to see that play out - my old goals still make me feel “weary” to think about, but those new goals are keeping me motivated. Perhaps it’s time to re-evaluate your “why”?
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Hang on! Winter has to leave some day.
I get cabin fever, too. I see people out on cross-country skis in town and always thing, "Well that's ambitious." Whatever it takes I guess.
When I don't exercise the nervous energy builds up and it's hard for me to stay in calories when I get like that. Good job walking! That always helps me, both in mood and eating.2 -
Yes, that happened to me in the fall after meeting my goals last spring. I stopped tracking for a bit and put on close to 10 pounds. I now take 2-3 day breaks here and there, but it's not good because I gain back water weight and feel crappy. I am trying to figure this all out. I'm close to maintaining, but still trying to lose last 5 pounds. Yes, I have moments where I just want to eat what I want to eat. The problem happens when it continues for more than one day. I am starting to realize that my stomach doesn't feel good when I do that, and I don't feel good physically or mentally when I start eating like crap and not exercising. It puts me back on track. I'm hoping to stop falling off the track so often.8
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Thanks so much everyone I don't feel as bad.
@sofchak your post made me cry and hopeful. I'm so glad you are doing great. I am rethinking my why it was at first due to hubby having to losing weight to get his hip done so we did it together. My why now is I feel so much better can keep up with my adult kids doing things and enjoying to be able to play with my grand kids instead of sitting on the sidelines. I will keep that in mine when I start feeling blue.9 -
cmriverside wrote: »Hang on! Winter has to leave some day.
I get cabin fever, too. I see people out on cross-country skis in town and always thing, "Well that's ambitious." Whatever it takes I guess.
When I don't exercise the nervous energy builds up and it's hard for me to stay in calories when I get like that. Good job walking! That always helps me, both in mood and eating.
Yes if I don't get out and go I feel bad it helps my mood to move. Thanks for the reminder1 -
CaliMomTeach wrote: »Yes, that happened to me in the fall after meeting my goals last spring. I stopped tracking for a bit and put on close to 10 pounds. I now take 2-3 day breaks here and there, but it's not good because I gain back water weight and feel crappy. I am trying to figure this all out. I'm close to maintaining, but still trying to lose last 5 pounds. Yes, I have moments where I just want to eat what I want to eat. The problem happens when it continues for more than one day. I am starting to realize that my stomach doesn't feel good when I do that, and I don't feel good physically or mentally when I start eating like crap and not exercising. It puts me back on track. I'm hoping to stop falling off the track so often.
I know I will have t watch every day. I've done this before and when I got to my goal weight thought I could just go back to eating the same way I did before. This time I know different so will watch.
The sun is out shinning today already have 1 walk in will do another after lunch
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Good for you for getting some exercise. You know, there are lots of lower calorie ways to eat comfort food. Some of my favs are sweet potatoes, beans, roast butternut, steamed Brussel sprouts, and baked apples or pears.6
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I can totally relate. I lost 90 lbs so that was a long journey. Then entered maintenance in April of 2016. This winter I just got really lazy. I continued working out regularly but was just not nearly as active as usual, and I was not logging or really caring about food. That resulted in gaining several pounds over the winter so now I’m trying to take those pounds off.
I think the break was actually good for me because, like you, I was just tired of caring all the time. But it could have been worse had I gained 20 lbs instead of just 6-7.8 -
Sometimes I get a bit weary, but then I remind myself how weary I was of being overweight, uncomfortable, in pain, tired, barely able to walk a distance, etc and then I decide that watching what I eat isn't so bad after all.18
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Sure. There are times I feel like that. There are also times I decide to eat because I WANT TO. But my weeks average out. It's usually because it's cold or I'm stressed or I've worked out more than my watch has measured. But I trust my body. If I do that one day I don't want to do it the next.4
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Yeah, everyone feels this way, I always see a thread of binging ever other day for the past two weeks I've been on the forum, I wanna binge sometime too.
You have to be comfortable with with being uncomfortable, what you expect? You're trying to lose weight, you WILL get hungry.
It's worth it though.1 -
I keep some treats around peanut and almond butter , yogurt , dark chocolate , so when I feel like I need a treat there is something that I love that will not throw me off track . It is not unusual to have days where you are tierd of staying on track
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I think most of us feel that way from time to time. Part of the ongoing process is learning how to deal with the feelings when they come up.4
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When in deficit ... we are told to make allowances for the food we want to eat so we dont restrict ourselfs too much and crumble ... ie, you want cake, then eat a little less during the day and have a small bit of cake in the evening. .. CICO is restored.
perhaps you should do the same in maintenance .. why dont you plan that next Sunday you will sit in front of the TV all day and eat snacks ? ... you can still hit your weekly average maintenance goal but running a deficit from now until sunday morning, then those banked calories can be your Sunday binge and cover the no exercise.
Its a day off, its controlled and planned for and you are not depriving yourself13 -
Thanks everyone for all your kind words. I got a 5 mile walk in yesterday and feel much better today. I've been at this since Jan 2016 and now maintaining since Sept 2017.
I always have some sort of chocolate each night which I allow for in my logging that usually curbs my craving.
You are so right Lori I was such much more weary carrying all that extra weight around.
Off from work today and when it warms up another long walk in the forecast. The one good things that gets me out there is my pup won't let me rest till he gets out. LOL8 -
How long have you been in maintenance? I definately remember feeling that way during my first year, in recent years I haven't to think too much about it because I just do what I do, eat what I eat and I maintain effortlessly - at least that's how it now feels. So I think you'll definately not always feel like you do now.2
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LivingtheLeanDream wrote: »How long have you been in maintenance? I definately remember feeling that way during my first year, in recent years I haven't to think too much about it because I just do what I do, eat what I eat and I maintain effortlessly - at least that's how it now feels. So I think you'll definately not always feel like you do now.
Only since Sept of 2017. Glad to hear it hopefully will get easier with time2 -
Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »As time goes by, you'll want those things less and less...
These days it's much more difficult for me to take a rest day then it is to kill myself in the gym for an hour+
It's much more difficult to go to a restaurant and order a cheeseburger than to order a salmon salad...
I'm getting better at not demanding so much from my body though, and getting older..
And I've probably ordered a cheeseburger from a restaurant twice in the last year, neither one was really all that enjoyable
I totally disagree there. That's why people gain the weight back... it doesn't necessarily go away. I joined MFP 5 years ago, and I still want to spend some days sitting on my couch watching TV (and I did, last week, because we had 9 inches of snow outside and my legs were too sore to get on the treadmill). I still want to order dessert when we eat out and to have a nice comforting meal of cheeseburger and fries (which I ordered on Saturday, but it WAS disappointing, but probably because it was from a pizza place).
Sure, in the Spring/Fall when it's nice out, I love going outside and be active, and really dislike spending the whole day stuck at home, but that's just not always the case. I do have a dog too, but my lack of desire to walk around piles of snow in the cold has kept me from walking her much this week too (to be fair, she barks at everything and it's not exactly relaxing either).
The only difference is that I do feel guilty when I get a rest day or go over my calories (which has been too often as well - thanks PMS and my mom bringing way too much chocolate). I could NEVER eat what I want and maintain easily, unless I walked 25k steps a day, and unfortunately my legs tend to get sore way before that nowadays.
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It will get easier, for me the first year was an adjusting period, hopefully you'll find it the same. Its worth the effort imo
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Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »As time goes by, you'll want those things less and less...
These days it's much more difficult for me to take a rest day then it is to kill myself in the gym for an hour+
It's much more difficult to go to a restaurant and order a cheeseburger than to order a salmon salad...
I'm getting better at not demanding so much from my body though, and getting older..
And I've probably ordered a cheeseburger from a restaurant twice in the last year, neither one was really all that enjoyable
I totally disagree there. That's why people gain the weight back... it doesn't necessarily go away. I joined MFP 5 years ago, and I still want to spend some days sitting on my couch watching TV (and I did, last week, because we had 9 inches of snow outside and my legs were too sore to get on the treadmill). I still want to order dessert when we eat out and to have a nice comforting meal of cheeseburger and fries (which I ordered on Saturday, but it WAS disappointing, but probably because it was from a pizza place).
Sure, in the Spring/Fall when it's nice out, I love going outside and be active, and really dislike spending the whole day stuck at home, but that's just not always the case. I do have a dog too, but my lack of desire to walk around piles of snow in the cold has kept me from walking her much this week too (to be fair, she barks at everything and it's not exactly relaxing either).
The only difference is that I do feel guilty when I get a rest day or go over my calories (which has been too often as well - thanks PMS and my mom bringing way too much chocolate). I could NEVER eat what I want and maintain easily, unless I walked 25k steps a day, and unfortunately my legs tend to get sore way before that nowadays.
People gain the weight back because they lost it for all the wrong reasons to begin with...
If you only "dieted" because you wanted to lose weight, rather than changed your habits because you wanted to become healthier...
Then yeah, you're probably going to struggle with your diet and exercise and may gain weight back...
I believe part of the reason why I was able to keep the weight of for so many years now is because, I started eating a healthy diet because I wanted to, not because I felt I had to...
This is not some sort of a gimmick that I've seen on TV, or some trendy diet... It's the person I've become
And it's all in your head my friend... Sure I can say I'd rather sit around and eat chocolate cake all day, and I would be right, but I choose to say I want to eat healthy today and workout, and you know what... I'm still right11 -
Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »As time goes by, you'll want those things less and less...
These days it's much more difficult for me to take a rest day then it is to kill myself in the gym for an hour+
It's much more difficult to go to a restaurant and order a cheeseburger than to order a salmon salad...
I'm getting better at not demanding so much from my body though, and getting older..
And I've probably ordered a cheeseburger from a restaurant twice in the last year, neither one was really all that enjoyable
I totally disagree there. That's why people gain the weight back... it doesn't necessarily go away. I joined MFP 5 years ago, and I still want to spend some days sitting on my couch watching TV (and I did, last week, because we had 9 inches of snow outside and my legs were too sore to get on the treadmill). I still want to order dessert when we eat out and to have a nice comforting meal of cheeseburger and fries (which I ordered on Saturday, but it WAS disappointing, but probably because it was from a pizza place).
Sure, in the Spring/Fall when it's nice out, I love going outside and be active, and really dislike spending the whole day stuck at home, but that's just not always the case. I do have a dog too, but my lack of desire to walk around piles of snow in the cold has kept me from walking her much this week too (to be fair, she barks at everything and it's not exactly relaxing either).
The only difference is that I do feel guilty when I get a rest day or go over my calories (which has been too often as well - thanks PMS and my mom bringing way too much chocolate). I could NEVER eat what I want and maintain easily, unless I walked 25k steps a day, and unfortunately my legs tend to get sore way before that nowadays.
People gain the weight back because they lost it for all the wrong reasons to begin with...
If you only "dieted" because you wanted to lose weight, rather than changed your habits because you wanted to become healthier...
Then yeah, you're probably going to struggle with your diet and exercise and may gain weight back...
I believe part of the reason why I was able to keep the weight of for so many years now is because, I started eating a healthy diet because I wanted to, not because I felt I had to...
This is not some sort of a gimmick that I've seen on TV, or some trendy diet... It's the person I've become
And it's all in your head my friend... Sure I can say I'd rather sit around and eat chocolate cake all day, and I would be right, but I choose to say I want to eat healthy today and workout, and you know what... I'm still right
How do you know?
Just because you've managed to stick to your new habits (how long were you overweight for? how overweight were you? all those things DO make a difference) doesn't mean that most people don't.6 -
Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »As time goes by, you'll want those things less and less...
These days it's much more difficult for me to take a rest day then it is to kill myself in the gym for an hour+
It's much more difficult to go to a restaurant and order a cheeseburger than to order a salmon salad...
I'm getting better at not demanding so much from my body though, and getting older..
And I've probably ordered a cheeseburger from a restaurant twice in the last year, neither one was really all that enjoyable
I totally disagree there. That's why people gain the weight back... it doesn't necessarily go away. I joined MFP 5 years ago, and I still want to spend some days sitting on my couch watching TV (and I did, last week, because we had 9 inches of snow outside and my legs were too sore to get on the treadmill). I still want to order dessert when we eat out and to have a nice comforting meal of cheeseburger and fries (which I ordered on Saturday, but it WAS disappointing, but probably because it was from a pizza place).
Sure, in the Spring/Fall when it's nice out, I love going outside and be active, and really dislike spending the whole day stuck at home, but that's just not always the case. I do have a dog too, but my lack of desire to walk around piles of snow in the cold has kept me from walking her much this week too (to be fair, she barks at everything and it's not exactly relaxing either).
The only difference is that I do feel guilty when I get a rest day or go over my calories (which has been too often as well - thanks PMS and my mom bringing way too much chocolate). I could NEVER eat what I want and maintain easily, unless I walked 25k steps a day, and unfortunately my legs tend to get sore way before that nowadays.
People gain the weight back because they lost it for all the wrong reasons to begin with...
If you only "dieted" because you wanted to lose weight, rather than changed your habits because you wanted to become healthier...
Then yeah, you're probably going to struggle with your diet and exercise and may gain weight back...
I believe part of the reason why I was able to keep the weight of for so many years now is because, I started eating a healthy diet because I wanted to, not because I felt I had to...
This is not some sort of a gimmick that I've seen on TV, or some trendy diet... It's the person I've become
And it's all in your head my friend... Sure I can say I'd rather sit around and eat chocolate cake all day, and I would be right, but I choose to say I want to eat healthy today and workout, and you know what... I'm still right
How do you know?
Just because you've managed to stick to your new habits (how long were you overweight for? how overweight were you? all those things DO make a difference) doesn't mean that most people don't.
It kills me that so many people gain the weight, I'm not trying to sit on a high horse and finger wag... That's not what I'm about.
But I'm sorry, if you go on some type of fad/crash diet to lose weight... Rather than do this because you want to turn your life around... I'm still rooting for you, but with a 98% failure rate, I'm not going to bet the farm on you...
What I'm trying to say here is there is no feeling sorry for myself because I can't ear chocolate cake every day... There is only peace and learning to appreciate what makes me healthy every day...
As for my weight loss, it doesn't matter because I'm not everyone, but you started your post by saying that my line of thinking was why people gain weight back... And I'm sorry, but you're wrong, otherwise I might have5 -
Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »As time goes by, you'll want those things less and less...
These days it's much more difficult for me to take a rest day then it is to kill myself in the gym for an hour+
It's much more difficult to go to a restaurant and order a cheeseburger than to order a salmon salad...
I'm getting better at not demanding so much from my body though, and getting older..
And I've probably ordered a cheeseburger from a restaurant twice in the last year, neither one was really all that enjoyable
I totally disagree there. That's why people gain the weight back... it doesn't necessarily go away. I joined MFP 5 years ago, and I still want to spend some days sitting on my couch watching TV (and I did, last week, because we had 9 inches of snow outside and my legs were too sore to get on the treadmill). I still want to order dessert when we eat out and to have a nice comforting meal of cheeseburger and fries (which I ordered on Saturday, but it WAS disappointing, but probably because it was from a pizza place).
Sure, in the Spring/Fall when it's nice out, I love going outside and be active, and really dislike spending the whole day stuck at home, but that's just not always the case. I do have a dog too, but my lack of desire to walk around piles of snow in the cold has kept me from walking her much this week too (to be fair, she barks at everything and it's not exactly relaxing either).
The only difference is that I do feel guilty when I get a rest day or go over my calories (which has been too often as well - thanks PMS and my mom bringing way too much chocolate). I could NEVER eat what I want and maintain easily, unless I walked 25k steps a day, and unfortunately my legs tend to get sore way before that nowadays.
People gain the weight back because they lost it for all the wrong reasons to begin with...
If you only "dieted" because you wanted to lose weight, rather than changed your habits because you wanted to become healthier...
Then yeah, you're probably going to struggle with your diet and exercise and may gain weight back...
I believe part of the reason why I was able to keep the weight of for so many years now is because, I started eating a healthy diet because I wanted to, not because I felt I had to...
This is not some sort of a gimmick that I've seen on TV, or some trendy diet... It's the person I've become
And it's all in your head my friend... Sure I can say I'd rather sit around and eat chocolate cake all day, and I would be right, but I choose to say I want to eat healthy today and workout, and you know what... I'm still right
How do you know?
Just because you've managed to stick to your new habits (how long were you overweight for? how overweight were you? all those things DO make a difference) doesn't mean that most people don't.
It kills me that so many people gain the weight, I'm not trying to sit on a high horse and finger wag... That's not what I'm about.
But I'm sorry, if you go on some type of fad/crash diet to lose weight... Rather than do this because you want to turn your life around... I'm still rooting for you, but with a 98% failure rate, I'm not going to bet the farm on you...
What I'm trying to say here is there is no feeling sorry for myself because I can't ear chocolate cake every day... There is only peace and learning to appreciate what makes me healthy every day...
As for my weight loss, it doesn't matter because I'm not everyone, but you started your post by saying that my line of thinking was why people gain weight back... And I'm sorry, but you're wrong, otherwise I might have
I would have to agree and disagree. I lost much of my weight the "unhealthy" way. I did not eat enough and exercised wayyyy toooo much. I had been over weight/obese my entire life. I made so called healthy changes as far as exercise, but became nearly afraid of all "unclean" food. I did not learn about certain proper nutritional aspects until about 9 months ago. Basically when I started maintainance. Now I lost started losing weight for myself and my now ex-wife, but a year into it we divorced. The rest was for me. I now make so called healthier choices with some flexibility, but I think there is more to it than that. Bf set point on me is really high, so keeping it off is going to be much more of a fight than some. Franci is right, some of us that were heavier longer will have to fight harder. Is 98% failure right? I sure hope not. From my reading, it's more like 65%. I do wonder if it's a change back to old habits, or biology. I tend to think it's both. As far as being weary of my newer lifestyle, some days it's hard to watch the people around me just eat what they want without thinking about the macro splits, but on those days, I look at an old picture of myself and remember what it is like to be a prisoner in my own body. Usually that enough to get my "kitten" in gear and keep moving. I have heard it gets easier over time. I do hope so.7 -
I get it @pkweier - I am not that far into Maintenance (about 1.5 years now). The honeymoon period was over and sometimes I was just weary of it all. I missed the old days where I never looked at a label, where my husband and I would just hang out and play video games all day, where I didn’t feel like I was constantly saying “no” or finding substitutes for goodies...
With that said, when I nearly died earlier this year (not being dramatic), the experience forced me to take a step back and reevaluate what was important. Being healthy = totally important! Being a specific, arbitrary weight on the scale.... not so much. This further exasperated my feeling about Maintenance. I guess this is part of why so many people “give up” and regain the weight. It takes a lot of mental strength to have consistency not just day over day but month over month and year over year.
For me, personally... I ended up doing some soul searching and re-evaluated my “why.” As a result, I restructured some of my goals and the methods to get to my newly tweaked “why.” I’ve heard that nuance helps with the “stickiness” of a habit and I am starting to see that play out - my old goals still make me feel “weary” to think about, but those new goals are keeping me motivated. Perhaps it’s time to re-evaluate your “why”?
Good luck!
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psychod787 wrote: »Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »As time goes by, you'll want those things less and less...
These days it's much more difficult for me to take a rest day then it is to kill myself in the gym for an hour+
It's much more difficult to go to a restaurant and order a cheeseburger than to order a salmon salad...
I'm getting better at not demanding so much from my body though, and getting older..
And I've probably ordered a cheeseburger from a restaurant twice in the last year, neither one was really all that enjoyable
I totally disagree there. That's why people gain the weight back... it doesn't necessarily go away. I joined MFP 5 years ago, and I still want to spend some days sitting on my couch watching TV (and I did, last week, because we had 9 inches of snow outside and my legs were too sore to get on the treadmill). I still want to order dessert when we eat out and to have a nice comforting meal of cheeseburger and fries (which I ordered on Saturday, but it WAS disappointing, but probably because it was from a pizza place).
Sure, in the Spring/Fall when it's nice out, I love going outside and be active, and really dislike spending the whole day stuck at home, but that's just not always the case. I do have a dog too, but my lack of desire to walk around piles of snow in the cold has kept me from walking her much this week too (to be fair, she barks at everything and it's not exactly relaxing either).
The only difference is that I do feel guilty when I get a rest day or go over my calories (which has been too often as well - thanks PMS and my mom bringing way too much chocolate). I could NEVER eat what I want and maintain easily, unless I walked 25k steps a day, and unfortunately my legs tend to get sore way before that nowadays.
People gain the weight back because they lost it for all the wrong reasons to begin with...
If you only "dieted" because you wanted to lose weight, rather than changed your habits because you wanted to become healthier...
Then yeah, you're probably going to struggle with your diet and exercise and may gain weight back...
I believe part of the reason why I was able to keep the weight of for so many years now is because, I started eating a healthy diet because I wanted to, not because I felt I had to...
This is not some sort of a gimmick that I've seen on TV, or some trendy diet... It's the person I've become
And it's all in your head my friend... Sure I can say I'd rather sit around and eat chocolate cake all day, and I would be right, but I choose to say I want to eat healthy today and workout, and you know what... I'm still right
How do you know?
Just because you've managed to stick to your new habits (how long were you overweight for? how overweight were you? all those things DO make a difference) doesn't mean that most people don't.
It kills me that so many people gain the weight, I'm not trying to sit on a high horse and finger wag... That's not what I'm about.
But I'm sorry, if you go on some type of fad/crash diet to lose weight... Rather than do this because you want to turn your life around... I'm still rooting for you, but with a 98% failure rate, I'm not going to bet the farm on you...
What I'm trying to say here is there is no feeling sorry for myself because I can't ear chocolate cake every day... There is only peace and learning to appreciate what makes me healthy every day...
As for my weight loss, it doesn't matter because I'm not everyone, but you started your post by saying that my line of thinking was why people gain weight back... And I'm sorry, but you're wrong, otherwise I might have
I would have to agree and disagree. I lost much of my weight the "unhealthy" way. I did not eat enough and exercised wayyyy toooo much. I had been over weight/obese my entire life. I made so called healthy changes as far as exercise, but became nearly afraid of all "unclean" food. I did not learn about certain proper nutritional aspects until about 9 months ago. Basically when I started maintainance. Now I lost started losing weight for myself and my now ex-wife, but a year into it we divorced. The rest was for me. I now make so called healthier choices with some flexibility, but I think there is more to it than that. Bf set point on me is really high, so keeping it off is going to be much more of a fight than some. Franci is right, some of us that were heavier longer will have to fight harder. Is 98% failure right? I sure hope not. From my reading, it's more like 65%. I do wonder if it's a change back to old habits, or biology. I tend to think it's both. As far as being weary of my newer lifestyle, some days it's hard to watch the people around me just eat what they want without thinking about the macro splits, but on those days, I look at an old picture of myself and remember what it is like to be a prisoner in my own body. Usually that enough to get my "kitten" in gear and keep moving. I have heard it gets easier over time. I do hope so.
You're story sounds all too familiar Man... I've been there and in many ways I still am, but I will say and people can disagree with this if they want but for myself anyway, it has gotten easier and I believe it will for you to...
Now to clarify, when I say "the wrong reasons", I'm not talking about why you started your journey. I know everyone is doing this for themselves and family and those are as noble of reasons as it gets... I'm talking about all the things you decided to do to help you reach your goals...
I believe you should eat for health, or at least not to poison yourself... Not because CICO, iifym, ketosis, blah, blah, blah... People can woo me to death for saying it but I'm always going to stand hear and say regardless that eating a healthy, sensible, balanced diet, will always trump cico...
If you choose to not eat McDonald's today because you want to stay under your caloric goal, I believe your doing it for the wrong reasons... If you choose to not eat McDonald's today because you would rather eat something that is better, or at least not as bad for you... I'll put my money on you8 -
Does anyone else get weary of it all and just want to eat how ever much you want? I really struggled with that this week. I just wanted to be a couch potato. I did talk myself out of it and got outside and got my walking in. I did log and kept my eating in check.
I know part of it is the weather I'm tired of the cold and dreary weather and more snow predicted for Monday. This is the first year this type of weather is bothering me.
Do others feel the same?
Pam
ditto. it will pass.
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