Who else get weary of it all..............

pkweier · March 2018

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

kommodevaran · March 2018

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.

rainbow198 · March 2018

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.

Mr_Healthy_Habits · March 2018

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

pkweier · March 2018

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.

sofchak · March 2018

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!

cmriverside · March 2018

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.

CaliMomTeach · March 2018

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.

pkweier · March 2018

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.

pkweier · March 2018

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 reminder

pkweier · March 2018

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

nowine4me · March 2018

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.

victoria_1024 · March 2018

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.

lorrpb · March 2018

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.

nxd10 · March 2018

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.

tirowow12385 · March 2018

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.

wefts · March 2018

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

jennifer_417 · March 2018

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.

h1udd · March 2018

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 yourself

pkweier · March 2018

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. LOL

LivingtheLeanDream · March 2018

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.

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