Am I the only one that doesn't enjoy the healthy lifestyle?

What it boils down to for me: I hate counting calories and I hate exercise, but I hate being fat more. :grumble:

The point of making it a life style change and NOT a diet is that you can learn how to eat the foods you love. You don't have to cut ANYTHING out of your diet. You can eat whatever you want, just within moderation and learn how to fit it within your calorie goals. If you are always hungry then you aren't eating enough. Eating healthy doesn't mean being hungry and it doesn't mean eating lettuce and carrot sticks all the time. You can have very filling and delicious healthy foods. You can also still eat a delicious cheesy, greasy pizza if you want.

Just try walking 20-30 minutes a day. It isn't much but it is something and it is really easy. It gets you out smelling the fresh air. or maybe hiking sometimes. Or find a sport you like, tennis or basketball, swimming or something. Maybe you can start going out dancing every weekend or take a salsa class. Or maybe by a xbox 360 Kinetic and just find games that get you moving that you enjoy. You can being active fun. Working out doesn't have to be going to the gym or something really hard and strenuous. It is really all about just getting your body moving. So you can pretty much do whatever you enjoy doing.

Making a life style change is not giving up the things you love.

What you are feeling is perfectly natural. I remember reading a quote from Jennifer Lawrence (Hunger Games) in which she said "I'd like to punch the people in the face who say they LIKE working out".

Maybe what will help you is finding a physical activity that you do love. Are you an outside person Christy? Do you love the outdoors? Remember what it was like when you were a kid playing outside? What did you like to do?

In terms of nutrition did you ever work in a cheat day? On that cheat day you can eat whatever you want, obviously in moderation, for example I LOVE CHEESEBURGERS, on my cheat day I'll have one. Not some silly Mc Donalds cheeseburger, I'm talking about an awesomely big boy cheeseburger. Sometimes I'll eat whatever I want and not worry about it, for example during Easter weekend I ate candy, french toast casserole, sausage, and pizza. Do I feel guilty? Not one little bit.

A healthy lifestyle is not about limiting yourself Christy, its about making peace with the foods you love and having them responsibly. Since I LOVE CHEESEBURGERS if I desire to have one BEFORE my cheat day I'll make a Jennie-O Turkey Breast 99% lean burger so I can have my.... FIX.

This!

BTW - what do you have your calories set at? You might need to raise them! Also - are you meeting your macros? That can also make a diff between feeling full or not.

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I don't have any great answers, but I am really enjoying this thread.

Odd, I don't remember writing this! Seriously? I feel the EXACT same way. I hate working out and I HAAAAAAAATE eating healthy. With a passion. Hate it. The only reason I am doing it is because I love my kids. I want to live as long as possible for them. If I didn't have kids I am pretty sure I would have stayed 224lbs, well no, I would have kept getting bigger than that. You aren't alone!

yep.. i feel the same way.. im much bigger than your 224 pounds tho :grumble:

I enjoy going to the gym, but when I start losing motivation or start thinking 'oh I cant be bothered doing anymore' I just talk to myself in my head like 'you can do this! theres a reason you're here!' Sounds a little crazy but it works hahah xxxxx

Many things in life are necessary but not fun.

We would all love to drive fast, but you can't because you might kill somebody.

We would all like to ignore April 15th, but you can't because we have to pay for the government somehow.

Nope, you're probably not the only one who doesn't like to exercise. The point is that you still have to do it in order to reap the benefits. If you don't care about the benefits, then don't eat right or exercise.

We all have choices.

It's all about finding a happy medium.....
I feel better now that I'm exercising and eating better...I'm not as tired or lazy....I smile in the mirror more and I love how my clothes fit....I've found I LOVE running and have pretty decent endurance
and if all this means I can't eat McDonalds every day so be it.....I've seen the light and I'm not going back

What you are feeling is perfectly natural. I remember reading a quote from Jennifer Lawrence (Hunger Games) in which she said "I'd like to punch the people in the face who say they LIKE working out".

Maybe what will help you is finding a physical activity that you do love. Are you an outside person Christy? Do you love the outdoors? Remember what it was like when you were a kid playing outside? What did you like to do?

In terms of nutrition did you ever work in a cheat day? On that cheat day you can eat whatever you want, obviously in moderation, for example I LOVE CHEESEBURGERS, on my cheat day I'll have one. Not some silly Mc Donalds cheeseburger, I'm talking about an awesomely big boy cheeseburger. Sometimes I'll eat whatever I want and not worry about it, for example during Easter weekend I ate candy, french toast casserole, sausage, and pizza. Do I feel guilty? Not one little bit.

A healthy lifestyle is not about limiting yourself Christy, its about making peace with the foods you love and having them responsibly. Since I LOVE CHEESEBURGERS if I desire to have one BEFORE my cheat day I'll make a Jennie-O Turkey Breast 99% lean burger so I can have my.... FIX.

I'm in complete agreement with this! I also NEVER enjoyed a healthy lifestyle, and have yo-yo'ed for about 20 years now. This last year, it actually did click for me. But I approached it as MY lifestyle...not for or by anyone else's rules. I have found a couple of activities that I really LOVE...hiking with my family in the warmer months, and during the week, I do Kung Fu...I get to beat the crap out of something (and sometimes, someONE); work out my agressions, and have one helluva calorie burn in the process! I've done the gym, weights, walking, dvd's, etc..etc...etc...For me...this is what works.

As for food...just like Antoniosmooth...I've also learned how to make it work for me. I don't have a cheat day, per se. But I've found ways to make my favorites more healthy, or have learned how to plan for them better. I love me my burgers as well! So, I look for ways to take that crazy calorie burger and slim it down a little (guac instead of mayo; thin wheat buns instead of white sesame; leaner and smaller sized beef patties - as I've not acquired the turkey burger tastebud!). And I've experimented wihth healthier foods that I never would have thought I'd enjoy - and they are now some of my new favorites. And some days...I just let myself have the real deal. You're absolutely right in that you can always sacrifice to lose it, but you have to find a way to make it your lifestyle so you can keep it up for the long haul.

Good luck on your journey...play around with it...see if you can find your niche...and feel free to friend me or look at my diary. It's not a shining example of perfection...but that's not my intent! It's mine...and reflects my choices, and what has worked for me over the past 18 months!

I totally understand what you are saying. For me, the only thing that has made me really like the healthy lifestyle is working out with a personal trainer (was doing 3 days a week for 10 months, just switched to 2 days a week). While I am working out with him, I feel like I have some control for once over my health and I consider it 1 hour of week of just "me time" that I actually now enjoy. He is so good, mixes up my workouts constantly. I hope you can find something to make you stick with it and happy too! I know how you feel, it is not a great feeling and in fact very depressing.