Problems You Have With Weight Loss
 

My number one problem with trying to lose weight is sticking to the serving it says on food labels. What are the problems everyone else is having with weight loss?

Keeping my head in the game!

Staying focused, portion control, mindless eating and emotional eating.

Using food to cope with Stress, Sadness and loneliness...

Stress eating and falling OP! I find nothing harder than getting back on the horse after I have fallen off (as evidenced by being back at my starting weight and needing to begin completely again!). So long as I keep my head in the game - I can power through.

Being social while at the same time staying on plan and sticking to my workout schedule

Giving in to cravings.

portion control but i have improved.

what Vortex said...giving in to cravings. & impulses.

Motivating myself to exercise is probably the hardest for me.

This too of course.

Cravings! Not only emotional eating, but TOM-influenced cravings too. My fave/easiest part of the month to stay on plan is the week after my period ends. I wish I could always be like that!

I do let myself have pasta or pizza or whatever when it's really bad. If I don't I just might eat a whole bunch of other stuff to try a kill the craving and end up eating what I was trying to avoid anyway!! Better to have the 270 calorie slice of cheese pizza and just get it taken care of. When I do that though, it has to be something I've craved for days.

The hardest thing for me has been emotional eating. When I am stressed or tired or after my recent break up just very very sad and lonely, I want everything. Cake. Chips and dip. Pizza. Chicken fried steak. Gravy by itself. Big macs, tacos, enchiladas... everything I have ever put in my mouth, I want it. And I let myself have it. And that of course, only makes it worse because then I feel guilty and beat myself up and it's just such a hot mess.

I am finding, however, that the longer I am "clean eating"- those "bad" foods make me sick. I don't remember how bad I used to feel until I've been doing good and then I stumble. The "bad" foods make me SO sick. That always makes it easier to get back on plan though. If I could just avoid falling off in the first place, it would be better!

My biggest struggle is being motivated to exercise even though I do it at home with workout DVDs. It's hard to just come home after a long day of work and be like ok let's get peppy and rock this DVD. I've switched some days to doing 30 minutes in the morning to get my day started but that involves waking up even earlier and I'm not such a morning person so trying to find the balance between the two is challenging sometimes.

all of the above!