What’s been something you have been struggling with on your weight loss journey?
casillasdiana51
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Hopefully by posting on here we can help each other out and give some advice 
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For me it is social eating for sure. I am very disciplined at home but put me at a party or potluck and I have almost no control. However I have learned to do things to help me navigate these occasions. I will eat less during the day to have room to splurge and I only grab a bit of the things I really want and most of all I try to sit away from the food so I actually have to make an effort to walk to the food. Some days I am very strong but others I give in and eat all the foods but I learned to move on and to get back to normal the next day and I am now 78 pounds down in total. It is consistency that is the key.41
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For me it's definitely my diet. Exercise is great, it's easy, there's millions and millions of workouts online to find but diet is a bit trickier. I sometimes feel clueless about how many calories in a day I'm suppose to be eating, it's then figuring out what I should eat. And social eating is the worst sometimes. I always find myself looking up the menus of the place that I'm going to beforehand just to see what there is there, what looks good. And I have a sweet tooth which makes me drool at the dessert menu8
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Social drinking. I love getting chatty with my friends over a few glasses of wine. I am good with logging my wine with dinner. I have my glass, sometimes two, and that's the end of it. And its not very often. Doesn't put me over my goals. But summer is coming up, which is my typical social time. I know I can still drink my wine but I'll have to adjust calories and adjust the amount of wine I'm drinking. Have to figure out the summer time balance and allow for drinks a couple of nights per week. Other than that I haven't struggled with food or motivation yet!8
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My top two are definitely social eating and mental wellbeing. I was doing really well with my diet and nutrition for a year, lost 62lbs, then got slammed with a wicked bought of depression. Four weeks of eating everything (and I mean everything), no exercise, smoking again, yikes! When the weather perked up and I went back to therapy the motivation started to come back.
Social eating is tough, but more manageable if I can get a confirmed location for food ahead of time. I can check out a menu online and guestimate calories if it doesn't have info available. Then I can adapt my day around it meal and exercise wise. Drinking hasn't been that big of a struggle for me - I just make myself the sober one now and DD! Except for special occasions
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Being left unattended LOL .... I seem to be able to justify that the calories don't count or no one will notice if I'm eating alone.
When I started calorie counting, I discovered I was eating around 1,000-1,500 calories just for lunch so I knew something had to change. I started running on my lunch break to give me limited time alone in a house full of food. I go home (I live very close to work), I eat while my dogs eat, change, leash them up, go run, come home, quick cool down, change back into work clothes and head back .... all within an hour time frame.19 -
Fitnessmom82 wrote: »Social drinking. I love getting chatty with my friends over a few glasses of wine. I am good with logging my wine with dinner. I have my glass, sometimes two, and that's the end of it. And its not very often. Doesn't put me over my goals. But summer is coming up, which is my typical social time. I know I can still drink my wine but I'll have to adjust calories and adjust the amount of wine I'm drinking. Have to figure out the summer time balance and allow for drinks a couple of nights per week. Other than that I haven't struggled with food or motivation yet!
It’s nice to be able to indulge on certain things like wine. You’ve worked so hard to be where you at and I believe self discipline on what you eat throughout the week can help with having a little extra calorie room for those WINE not days lol
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Melionfire wrote: »For me it is social eating for sure. I am very disciplined at home but put me at a party or potluck and I have almost no control. However I have learned to do things to help me navigate these occasions. I will eat less during the day to have room to splurge and I only grab a bit of the things I really want and most of all I try to sit away from the food so I actually have to make an effort to walk to the food. Some days I am very strong but others I give in and eat all the foods but I learned to move on and to get back to normal the next day and I am now 78 pounds down in total. It is consistency that is the key.Melionfire wrote: »For me it is social eating for sure. I am very disciplined at home but put me at a party or potluck and I have almost no control. However I have learned to do things to help me navigate these occasions. I will eat less during the day to have room to splurge and I only grab a bit of the things I really want and most of all I try to sit away from the food so I actually have to make an effort to walk to the food. Some days I am very strong but others I give in and eat all the foods but I learned to move on and to get back to normal the next day and I am now 78 pounds down in total. It is consistency that is the key.
Most definitely I’ve been there and still have those days! It truly is helpful when you stick to what you eat the rest of the day and just maybe portion out what you might eat on those delicious potluck days lol I’m happy you’ve lost so much weight!
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amyteacake wrote: »For me it's definitely my diet. Exercise is great, it's easy, there's millions and millions of workouts online to find but diet is a bit trickier. I sometimes feel clueless about how many calories in a day I'm suppose to be eating, it's then figuring out what I should eat. And social eating is the worst sometimes. I always find myself looking up the menus of the place that I'm going to beforehand just to see what there is there, what looks good. And I have a sweet tooth which makes me drool at the dessert menu
That is how I exactly started. I always have myself the excuse that workout is just fine and that it was better than nothing. Overall I was just giving myself and excuse to not eat right. In the end, what worked out for me was the idea that you have to have a clear goal and take it day by day even though you make mistakes. Just remember it’s 70% of what you eat and 30% exercise!
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I'm struggling with the scale.... It still makes me feel upset sometimes but I'm learning to appreciate the changes I see in the mirror!!!13
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For me its my family. My family likes to eat all kinds of delicious foods that smell really good and they dont want to stop. Most of the time I have a very simple dinner and have good self control but they keep buying pizza and cooking crispy pata an making adobo with liempo or pancit canton. Sooo good and im being good and limiting or avoiding. Ive lost over 50 lbs and am still going strong though. But yeah, thats the struggle. A family that likes to eat.21
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I began my weight loss journey July of 2015, over 15 months I lost almost 60 pounds. Then I was was in maintenance for about a year, but at too low a weight I now realize. I had low energy and had to struggle to run as much as I wanted because I just ran out of energy.
Over this past winter, I readjusted my eating habits, lost control of my willpower and some of the weight crept back on. Now it’s a bit too much, about 15 pounds, which is a size for me. I’m back at tracking carefully with what I hope is a more realistic goal in mind.
So my greatest struggle? Finding that goal weight where I’m healthy both mentally and physically and I look good and am strong. This is definitely a life commitment.13 -
My heads my biggest battle. When I have higher anxiety/depression days and I either eat everything or nothing. Makes it hard to be consistent which make progress even slower.21
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That itself is a battle of its own, but this only goes to prove that your a strong individual whom is working towards this weight loss journey! Keep it up.My heads my biggest battle. When I have higher anxiety/depression days and I either eat everything or nothing. Makes it hard to be consistent which make progress even slower.
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For me it’s exercise. I have 2 disabled kids and my own disabilities which cause chronic pain and discomfort. Often times it takes every ounce of energy just to get what I have to done there is no way I’m exercising. And it sucks because my core is so weak and it would be so much easier to lift my kids if I strengthened my core.12
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Figuring out what my weight goal should currently be. For years I considered 145 to be my perfect weight at 5’9”. Back then I was a runner and did Pilates. Now I do more strength based training. I’m still 10 lbs away at 155, but know I need to take into account that I have more muscle. I just have trouble with the number. Plus I still have some belly fat I would like to ditch. I spend way too much time thinking about it. LOL!11
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Stress eating. I was doing great for several weeks, then this past week hit me and I've gone way over my calories. For this week I'll have gained about half a lb instead of losing half a lb. Not so terrible if it's just this one week. I just need to get back on track, stress or not!!6
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Emotional eating for me as well. When I have any bad feeling my first instinct is to eat to feel better.
Also candy, that is the food it’s hardest for me to just have a little bit and not overdo it.5 -
Mine is when im out and about working.
I need to organise my life and food. Getting there. Slowly.1 -
My biggest challenge is also emotional eating. However, when I am really stressed or depressed I go the opposite and don't eat enough. My weight loss journey started with the death of my daughter (not a strategy I'd recommend for anyone). Because of the upheaval losing weight was relatively easy. Once in maintenance, it is a problem though. When I am having a tough time my weight goes down and it is a huge struggle to bring it back up again. I am sure this is all a means of control. When I feel like I am losing control of what is around me I take tighter control of what I eat and how much I exercise. I am on a great role though with 4 days in a row of eating in excess! I just hope I can keep it up.20
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Lately everything. I can't find a workout regime that I want to stick to/seeing results. I feel clueless about food sometimes. Should I eat 1200 cals or just make sure I'm eating healthy food but yet not stuffing my face either. I just feel so conflicted I guess on what I should and shouldn't be doing. And that hasn't helped my motivation...6
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Wishing it didn't go so slow. No matter how many times I've done this, I know it takes weeks and months and years to get where I want. But it is frustrating when I feel I've been working so hard for a few weeks and barely anything has happened. Or I see no change myself in photos or the mirror. Just that desire for it to HAPPEN.20
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I KEEP EATING!
I was doing my own thing for a year and a half. I lost 75lbs on my own. Then I plateaued. I sought out the help of an online coach. I lost 20-22lbs in 3 months. I was happy with the results but the diet was VERY restrictive. I think I went crazy after I got off of it. So I think i'm still dealing with residual food deprivation syndrome©. I just made that up; don't steal it!
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As the scale numbers go down, the amount of effort I have to produce to get the same calorie burn (on my FitBit) goes up.8
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I screw up when I get to even numbers, 180, 170, etc. It's like my brain says "woo hoo, let's party!" I eat all the things, gain 3-4 pounds, and have to fight it back down. I know I do this. I even recognize it happening, and I still can't seem to not do it.26
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Emotional eating3
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quiksylver296 wrote: »I screw up when I get to even numbers, 180, 170, etc. It's like my brain says "woo hoo, let's party!" I eat all the things, gain 3-4 pounds, and have to fight it back down. I know I do this. I even recognize it happening, and I still can't seem to not do it.
This is me as well. I get so excited every damn time and go crazy.4 -
Exercising! Far too many times I have found myself in the midst of a Netflix binge instead of at the gym4
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Cutemesoon wrote: »I KEEP EATING! I was doing my own thing for a year and a half. I lost 75lbs on my own. Then I plateaued. I sought out the help of an online coach. I lost 20-22lbs in 3 months. I was happy with the results but the diet was VERY restrictive. I think I went crazy after I got off of it. So I think i'm still dealing with residual food deprivation syndrome©. I just made that up; don't steal it!
I feel like people shouldn’t feel so deprived about eating and feel so guilty if they end up getting a bit off track. I think my advice is enjoy your journey and don’t let cloudy days rain on your parade. You got this!
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