What is your biggest frustration with Weight Loss? Please share!

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Passion2BFit

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Hi All,


I am curious to see what people are struggling with the most. I will go first. For me, it is the will power and motivation to stay committed to my weight loss journey. I know how to eat healthy and exercise, but lack the determination on some days. You?
 
Mine is that the weight has to take it's plodding time to come off. I would love to be able to snap my fingers and say ok all done. But day after day, week after week (I've only been doing this for almost four weeks though, this time, but still..). I want to be at my target weight NOW. I want to look in the mirror and be happy. I want to go to places and feel good about myself and look good in clothes all right now. But there is no fast way to do it healthy. It's the healthy way, or no way for a life time committment. I just wish it was easier...!
 
So true! I have struggled with the same issues myself, and just simply staying motivated, and dedicated. Thank you for sharing.
 
Mine is the fact that I am a VERY picky eater, and most of the things I like are really bad for you. I love things like cheese fries and fired chicken, but I hate vegetables and most fruit. I am learning to make smoothies to get my intake of fruits, but they don't keep me full. And since I don't like salads or veggies, my main meals usually end up being meat and potatoes, usually with some form of cheese mixed in.


I need to learn to eat the healthy stuff, even if I don't love it. I figure eventually my tastebuds might evolve, and I might start to acquire the taste for healthier foods. But until then, it's a struggle to avoid the foods that I love so much.


I also have a huge addiction to soda, especially Dr. Pepper. I am working this week on limiting the soda intake and upping the water. But that's really hard too.
 
Originally Posted by Lisa Wiles


Mine is the fact that I am a VERY picky eater, and most of the things I like are really bad for you. I love things like cheese fries and fired chicken, but I hate vegetables and most fruit. I am learning to make smoothies to get my intake of fruits, but they don't keep me full. And since I don't like salads or veggies, my main meals usually end up being meat and potatoes, usually with some form of cheese mixed in.



I need to learn to eat the healthy stuff, even if I don't love it. I figure eventually my tastebuds might evolve, and I might start to acquire the taste for healthier foods. But until then, it's a struggle to avoid the foods that I love so much.



I also have a huge addiction to soda, especially Dr. Pepper. I am working this week on limiting the soda intake and upping the water. But that's really hard too.
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I am the same way. I am SO picky. I know I should eat better but at the moment I am ok as long as I am losing weight! Haha.

My biggest struggle is if I go away/vacation/ out of town for a few days and eat out all the time and have some bad stuff I find it nearly impossible to get back on the wagon. I can do pretty good if I always have a routine but once that routine breaks THAT'S when it's hard
 
I also experience that thing, sometimes I do it great but most of the time I'm effortless and don't take time in workouts and exercise.
 
I go through periods where I'm really motivated and feel like I could do it all (exercise, stay on my diet, etc.) right then and then other periods I feel like I just can't muster up the energy to exercise or the will to stick to my diet. I feel like I'm eating the same things all the time and missing the things I really like. I also find it hard when my normal routine is interupted with travel, holidays, etc. My personality type is very "all or nothing" and when I get off track it seems like I just give up and blow it. I need to try to change my perspective to an ongoing moderation of my expectations regarding diet and exercise to something I can stick with and not give up on when I take a few steps back. I just found out a couple months ago that I am type 2 diabetic, so my motivation is more health related now than weight loss. I'm more focused on controlling that medical issue with a healthy diet and exercise than I am getting to a number. Perhaps this will be the ongoing motivation necessary to see it as a lifestyle change and not a number goal.
 
Another recent frustration is a lack of support for my journey at home. My wife makes snide comments about my exercising left and right (i.e. "it must be nice to get to exercise"; "I wish I had time to exercise" with an angry tone). I work a very demanding job with late evenings, she is a stay-at-home mom of an 11 and 4 year old (both is school, 4 yo half days), and we pay someone to clean the house. I exercise 1 hour every other evening and have offered to watch the kids on my off evenings so she can go exercise. She doesn't take me up on it, but continues to make angry remarks. Our daughter complains constantly about us going out to eat at places where I can get something I can eat. Then at our daughter's bday party, my wife makes me get the chocolate fountain ready (it took a while to get it melted and going) after I explained to her that I would rather not and why. It is like they are purposefully trying to be discouraging even after I express how it makes me feel. It is hard enough under the best of circumstances.
 
AMy intense hatred of exercise would probably be my biggest struggle. Absolutely HATE IT. I'll admit it... I'm lazy as hell! :blush5: Also kicking my Mountain Dew habit ....I'm pretty sure my blood was at least 50% Mountain Dew before I started losing weight..haha.
 
Something always interferring with my weight loss journey. Seems like everytime I get going something comes up to post-pone it.
 
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