What is your biggest obstacle when dieting and trying to lose weight?
I was just curious what everyone else struggles with when trying to diet. Mine is just hunger, I have a hearty appetite and loathe the feeling of being hungry so its hard to say no to tasty, greasy foods that are available when I'm dieting. Whats your obstacle? And have you overcome it or are you still battling?
My biggest obstacle isn't with dieting but with exercising. We live in an apartment complex with my mother-n-law right now. We have been staying here to take care of her. However, we are buying a house and moving into it this month some time soon. Anyway, this apartment is really tiny so I have no room for my exercise equipment right now. But, where we are moving to, the new house is much bigger with 3 bedrooms upstairs where I can have a room just for my exercise equipment. As soon as we move, I am getting a treadmill to go with my exercise bike and my Pilates machine and I am going to go nuts with exercising. I can't wait!
When I was losing weight, my biggest obstacle was lack of motivation and dedication. I was very lazy and always avoided to go for workouts, exercise. But my fitness trainer really helped me a lot in losing weight. He always guided me with proper workouts plans and guidance to do and now I am fit and fine.
I'd say my biggest obstacles are alcohol and the weekend! I've partially overcome the alcohol thing - I used to have a drink or two after work, almost daily, plus a few drinks on Fridays and Saturdays. I no longer drink during the week (I go to the gym instead!), but I know that having too many on the weekend is holding me back with my weight loss. I also eat more on the weekend! I'm actually logging my calories on the weekends now instead of pretending those calories don't exist It's definitely helped me keep in check.
Exercise I find easy (I get into a routine and stick to it) but I love food so I have to create an environment where I don't go on a chocolate binge. I can normally control but I do like food
I'd say my biggest obstacle is me. I like to "reward" myself for a great day, or "help" a bad day with food. I need to get my mind to realize that I am not helping myself or doing anything positive for myself doing this, that losing the weight would be choosing me.
Exercise has been a big one for me, I am just now starting to move (thank you Leslie Sansone), but for a long time I just did this with watching my caloric intake. Second to that I would say is binge-eating, recently I went grocery shopping and even though I ate a big bag of hot puffs (Beanitos brand, 360 calories for the whole bag) I resisted binge eating, and actually lost .2 lb. that night. For me that is great! lol I am getting better, I may still slip but I won't ever give up.
Getting ravenously hungry, which I suspect may be hormonal systems out of whack, and boredom/stress eating. Also eating to keep up with my partner, who is 8" taller and way more active, and who eats in different patterns to me. Exercise for weight loss isn't even on the agenda, thanks to being mostly bedbound from severe ME/CFS, so I don't factor that in. I did fine losing weight by diet alone last time. I do track my exercise, I have a Fitbit and keep records, but that's to make sure I don't overdo it and make the ME worse. I should really be doing stretches more regularly, but that's for muscle pain, I doubt it burns as many calories as showering!
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What is your biggest obstacle when dieting and trying to lose weight?
