What is your single biggest challenge to lose weight?

Food is my biggest problem!

(1) Eating breakfast was a big change for me. I often have to make sure I eat something before my morning work out, and then after! Even though it's small, it makes a difference for me

(2) Actually making sure I eat during the day. I use to go without eating anything until I came home from work/school in the evening. And then I was so hungry that I wanted food fast - and a lot of it.

(3) Social endeavors. My friends and family are all foodies (and boozies!). Every gathering and outing involves food and alcohol. I try my best, but it's hard! Especially when you're faced with, "oh what? You're trying to diet? Are you starving yourself? One drink won't hurt! Treat yourself" ...it's hard!

I think food is a huge obstacle. I've learned that I need to plan the night ahead. I need to get my breakfast ready so it's quick and easy, PACK my lunch/snacks during the day, and make sure I have food in my fridge for a healthy dinner!
 
I am also trying to fight this breakfast thing. But-

The biggest obstacle for me is complacency. I lose a decent amount of weight, I get comfortable and I start backsliding. I keep telling myself - Oh I'll start again tomorrow and it doesn't happen. I make up ridiculous excuses. Like lately, the gym scale got removed, broken or just disappeared...I really dont know what happened to it, but I some how managed to use that to justify not working out again.

Some times I quit in the middle of a work out if my earphones keep falling off or if my keys fly off the machine or my shoes become untied or I accidentally unplug the emergency STOP cord from the machine. I dunno I get extremely agitated really quickly when I'm running and I have to stop in the middle.
 
Daybehavior said:
I am also trying to fight this breakfast thing. But-

The biggest obstacle for me is complacency. I lose a decent amount of weight, I get comfortable and I start backsliding. I keep telling myself - Oh I'll start again tomorrow and it doesn't happen. I make up ridiculous excuses. Like lately, the gym scale got removed, broken or just disappeared...I really dont know what happened to it, but I some how managed to use that to justify not working out again.

Some times I quit in the middle of a work out if my earphones keep falling off or if my keys fly off the machine or my shoes become untied or I accidentally unplug the emergency STOP cord from the machine. I dunno I get extremely agitated really quickly when I'm running and I have to stop in the middle.
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It has taken me SOOOOOO much work to eat breakfast...but, and I hate to admit it, I'm now hungry when I get up!! I really do feel that my body has changed! For the past 20 years I didn't eat breakfast - and now I wait up excited! :)

I giggled at the comments you made about working out...there are just some days that I get to the gym, and I'm working, and I'm looking for an excuse to quit...like "oh, my top doesn't fit right", "my water is empty",
I don't have my music"...but I think that's ok...I think it's ok to give yourself a break...I justify it as, "at least I did something! It's better than what I had been doing before I started to go to the gym!" :)
 
Emotional eating for me...eating when i am bored, tired, hungry, not hungry, angry, sad, happy, scared, lonely, stressed etc etc..i think u see the picture...
 
This may be kinda weird but my BIGGEST downfall is drinks. I drink an okay amount of water but an insane amount of juice. I LOVE juice. (yay, juicyjuice!) I one time went though the big bottle of juicy juice in a day and a half.... that's a heck of a lot of sugar /calories. :(

Condiments would be my second downfall. Ranch is my enemy -- not a big fan of mayo so never had a problem with that but def. ranch -- salad without ranch? HORROR. hah. *and OF COURSE, i HATE the low-fat kind of ranch ;x*
 
My biggest challenge is short attention span and emotional/boredom eating.

I would eat just cause, not because I'm hungry, but just 'cause its there. There is also the 'I don't want to waste food. you know the one....'starving children in Africa'. It took me a long time to realize that this was a cop out, whether I ate the food or threw it out, unless I actually sent the food to Africa, my not eating it would not make a difference to them.
And the short attentin span is working my nerves. I would gather all the books, do the research, then get side tracked by something else, which usually leads to the eating 'just cause'.
 
Eating at night. I leave some of my calories for a night time snack but sometimes I overdo it. I can eat real well all day but at night it seems all I want to do is stuff my face. It's not because I'm hungry because I have often asked my self that. I just like sitting if front of the TV at night munching.
 
Ando3242 said:
Hardest thing for me that I mentioned in another thread is hunger. I notice I get hungry and reach my calorie limit for the day far too soon. I attempt to pace myself with my calories but I simply give in to the hunger too early. Then the late night cravings hit me intensely causing me to over eat.
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I think this is very common. I tend to hoard my calories during the day so that I have more choices to make late afternoon and later. I guess I'm afraid that if I don't have enough left to eat, I'll want to eat my arm off and binge. So far, however, I've been doing really good at pacing myself calorie-wise. I make note of everything I eat during the day in case I'm eating too much too fast.
 
Daybehavior said:
I am also trying to fight this breakfast thing. But-

The biggest obstacle for me is complacency. I lose a decent amount of weight, I get comfortable and I start backsliding. I keep telling myself - Oh I'll start again tomorrow and it doesn't happen. I make up ridiculous excuses. Like lately, the gym scale got removed, broken or just disappeared...I really dont know what happened to it, but I some how managed to use that to justify not working out again.

Some times I quit in the middle of a work out if my earphones keep falling off or if my keys fly off the machine or my shoes become untied or I accidentally unplug the emergency STOP cord from the machine. I dunno I get extremely agitated really quickly when I'm running and I have to stop in the middle.
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LOL - I know exactly what you mean. I've made a significant mental change recently, which has really helped me. I now make my decisions on dieting and exercising based on knowing what I NEED to do, not what I necessarily WANT to do.

My feelings are so fickle - I can't lose weight only when I feel like it. So, for example, when it's that time to ride my exercise bike, but I don't particularly feel like it, I change clothes and get on it. I know I'll feel better afterward and I did what I set out to do. This has done wonders for me in the last week. Maybe this outlook might help you, too.
 
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