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What are the main reason behind your failed diet attempts?
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Focusing on physical goals only with ridiculous deadlines. For example: I want to be a certain weight in 4 weeks and then have abs by 6 weeks.
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I had Zero regard for how I was feeling. I'd be absolutely shattered going out and training at stupid o clock in the morning to chase a goal generated entirely out of vanity. This was often compounded by my stupidly aggressive deficit made out of chicken and tuna because PROTEIN BRO!!! . It was always only a matter of time before I give up and went back to eating like an unsupervised child.
Once I decided that I was going to stop being an *kitten* I focused on eating (mostly) meats, fruit, veg, nuts and seeds and my goals were performance based. I.e. Do 20 pullups unbroken; Do 100 burpees in under 7 mins; run a sub 6:30min mile. Just always trying to get fitter and more difficult to kill,hahaha.2 -
I could not commit to tracking my calories beyond a few weeks. I suppose maybe I did not want it badly enough until I ballooned to a weight I had never been and enough was enough.1
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I'm going to echo a lot of people here with "restrictions." My mom is far and growing up it was always a "I'd rather be fat and happy than thin and sad." And as I got older coworkers trying to lose weight and so refusing to eat things they enjoy. And people around me with orthorexia, and my cousin who is the dictionary definition of a yo-yo dieter. Every time I tried, it was always trying the total lifestyle change and just couldn't sustain it, especially when I wasn't seeing instant results.
Then, I started reaching a point where I was feeling uncomfortable in my body at the same time the university I work for was like "hey, employees get 50% off at the nutrition center". I started seeing a dietician that started off with things like "hey, stop skipping lunch, that way you'll stop binging when you get home" and "cheese is fine, but this is what a serving looks like". Now we are moving into more of the bigger dietary changes, like ways to cut fat and sugae and incorporate more fiber. But it's still never "don't eat cookies ever again, except as a very special treat once a year".
Between here and MFP, I've learned I can lose weight and still be happy. I can eat that pizza, but maybe walk a little extra or eat a big salad with it so I only want two slices to feel full rather than 4. It's not been long enough to say "I'm going to be able to stick with this forever", but I've stuck with it 10x longer than I have anything else.8 -
I straight up was exhausted of having to pay attention to what I was eating every. *kitten*. day.3
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This is my first attempt, and since I'm doing pretty good at it I wouldn't call it an attempt2
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Geez, what makes you think I failed? I might gain back a few pounds here and there, and I might have to count calories for the rest of my life, but fail? Nah, not me! I'm down by 56 pounds right now, and I've never gained back more than 20, and that was only once... I'm good to go!
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I can admit I have been a yo-yo dieter for too many weak excuses for way too long. And um yeah tried way too many off the wall diet plans, and yes I can raise my hand and say they are not realistic, not sustainable and boy did I waste money.
I did use WW and was pretty successful twice. But once I was diagnosed as a type 2 diabetic, the real facts are WW did not work for me anymore. Yes I could lose weight on it, but it did not help with blood sugar control.
in 2018 I lost 78 pounds. Then in 2019 I started drifting away from the challenges here, stopped logging food. Some big issues going on in life, and I got big time distracted. My good news, I woked up and was like oh oh, you have put on 15 pounds time to turn this deal back around and get back on track. Remember not a diet, is a lifestyle change. As a diabetic, for me what works is low carb, no not keto. But really watching carbs, as they have a direct link to blood sugars. And of course making sure I get my daily exercise in. When I let those two slip. I get into trouble. And for me, I have also realized I fall in the category of I cannot keep ice cream or frozen yogurt in the house, I will not eat in moderation.5 -
Not knowing how to keep it off. Last year I lost 68 pounds then I injured my left ankle, then the holidays came and then my partial knee replacement went sour this year. I stopped tracking, stopped weighing, still walked a little because I have a dog and pretty much ate what I wanted until I gained back 43 pounds. I managed to keep 25 off only because the doctor told me he wanted to lose weight to have surgery. I think it is a mental thing. Even though I add foods I enjoy when I am tracking there is a part of me saying why can't I have a bigger portion or why can't just eat what I want. Bad habits come back like drinking soda instead of water and eating in bed, skipping meals, not weighing myself, not exercising enough. I really don't love water. I drink it because it is healthy. I like it when it is hot outside but it is not my favorite. I guess i lose motivation. I am good at losing weight, have lost probably a couple thousand pounds over the years, I am not good at keeping it off.7
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Well, biggest issue for me was I was TOO successful! 220lbs lost. Basically became a anorexic. Actually diagnosed. Regaining weight on purpose. I never actually feel sated. Always background hunger. I mean the chronic pangs are lessening after gaining 20lbs, but NOWHERE near where I need to get I may end up pushing back to over 270! Better than the 400 on which I started. There has been an upside. It sparked a learning thing with me. I probably know more about weightloss, maintenance, obesity, regain.. ect than many so called experts. I continue to learn all the new research I can. What is sad is knowledgeable is power, but it's also a curse. I know the up hill fight many of us overweight and obese have. The longterm prospect is grim. Though I now look at weight from an angle of ideal vs best. Ideal is a place where you feel pretty good, are not miserable, and live a pretty good live. It might not be the number on a chart, but one WE choose. For all those pushing to hard remember that. Your "goal" might not be the place you need to be. Change your habits and let your body guide you. Yeah, it's a little hippie ish, but it's just my opinion. A quote I love, "if you do everything the best you can, everything happens for the best." Resist and Bite!5
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Yummy food.0
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Resolutioner bump. Happy New Year everybody!2
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things got really busy and I dropped the ball.1
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Every failed diet attempt I've had had the same cause: not getting back on the horse after a binge. Once I figured out it wasn't about the binging but what happened after the binge, I was all set. Nowadays, I get back on the scale first thing next morning no matter how much I don't want to see the number, do my cardio, and hit my calorie target. It's been smooth sailing ever since, complete with the occasional binge. Confining excessive eating to one meal or at most one evening once in a while has been totally transformative for me.7
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I’m an emotional eater and tried for weight loss before I solved my emotional issues. I expected weight loss to solve problems it would not solve, and became depressed when I reached goal and nothing changed. I pushed myself too hard and was too obsessed with weight loss and didn’t even think about what maintenance would be like.5
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For me I just stopped caring. Got tired of the grind. Then I woke up one day and said “if I would have just continued then...” The regret was a lot to over come but I just kept making excuses.
I also binged out on junk food at night out of boredom and depression. I ate fast food 4 times a day out of convenience. But that was the past.
This year has been tough, but I’ve been able to keep focus and get results and it’s kept me motivated. I also keep my wife and kids in my mind as motivation. I know I won’t be able to be around and provide for them if I give up and balloon back to 320 lbs again.4 -
A bad relationship with food, an all or nothing mindset, doing it for all the wrong reasons caused me to fail quite a few times. Much more successful now that my relationship with food improved, learned balance, and doing it for me!2
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Thinking that denying myself of treats and the like would be key to weight loss. Under MFP calorie monitoring system, I have learned that needn't be so; indeed I can enjoy those things and stay happy, so long as I stay under my calorie goals and continue my exercise patterns. My result? I closed out 2019 43 pounds down (from 281 in May). There is something to this!!4
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Expecting that strong willpower, hard work, self sacrifice, and rapid results will lead to victory.
Making things as easy as possible (within the context of still getting results when they were evaluated correctly) resulted in being within the normal weight range for a bit more than 3 years now, starting from cat 3 obese in Jan 20146 -
Feeling hungry - either my stomach not feeling satiated (too little volume) or feeling "false hunger" as described by Dr. Joel Fuhrman.0
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Every time I do good ....something derails me ...like having 3 deaths close to each other in 2010 ..or getting injured like what happened in 2019....I am restarting my journey again and hopefully this time will be the last time I start ....3
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So many of the above....!! Giving up before I had hardly even gotten started. Being an emotional eater, stress drove me to eat 75% of the time. Now it's boredom which seems to be easier to fill without food than stress was.0
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Being ill, I have multiple medical problems and when one or more of them flare it’s so much harder to keep on track. I get so fatigued that I end up eating/drinking fast energy high calorie foods/drinks just to stay awake (I need to stay awake as I have a 9 year old autistic daughter who doesn’t understand dangers and a hubby that works til 10pm), it also means my movement is reduced because of pain/nausea/exhaustion. When I’m well I can drop weight quickly and easily, just not do easy during a flare3
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Not being consistent with calorie deficit and or staying at maintenance calories. Eating more calories than I should be.0
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I get lazy and stop paying attention, and go back to what I call my "frat-boy diet" of pizza, burgers, and alcohol. This has happened several times after reaching my goal of around 140. This time, trying to come back down from an all-time high of 180, I try to remind myself how much easier it would be if this time I save those kinds of things for weekend treats and stay on the wagon with healthy foods for the majority of the time. We'll see how I do. I've got another 10 pounds to go until I'm back in the mid-140's.0
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Laziness and boredom. Simple as that for me.0
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