[Empathy]

A little backstory.. 2 years ago after finding out I was insulin resistant I went on to lose 60 pounds because once I knew why I was gaining I was able to use the tools I gained from research to implement a low carb diet that would work for me..fast forward to now, I still have 50 pounds to lose and no matter what I try I just cant see to find the motivation to lose the rest of this weight. Im tired and im depressed and I just feel like ill never make it to goal.

[HowlinAtTheMoon]

What is your biggest barrier? Is it limiting your food that is most difficult? What is your hardest part of the day? Mine is evening, especially when I am tired and haven't been getting enough sleep.

Don't beat yourself up! Take a good look at what is going wrong and just try to fix one thing. Limiting our food is not a natural thing to do and it's HARD, so you might have to start with baby steps to get motivated again. And there is nothing wrong with staying at the same weight for a while, as long as you don't regain.

[Gingerjv]

Why you feel depressed? Just because...or it's because of dieting? Maybe you need to change your diet plan? How about sport? If you find something you really like it won't be hard and annoying! For example i love to bike, swim and walk, but hate gym((( So i do what i like and depression slowly goes away!

[sunarie]

What has worked for me is celebrating a bunch of non-scale related things on a daily basis. The positive experience (because of all the feel goods of meeting goals on a daily basis) makes everything a lot easier to stick too because it's happy thing instead of focusing on failures.

It's little stuff like did I stick to my meal plan? Did I resist eating something tempting but that wouldn't have been worth it? Did I get my exercise in? Did I log everything I ate (even if it was off plan)? Even the stuff scale related.. not gaining is still a win

Every one of the goals I meet is a little feel good feeling. I don't reward myself with anything really tangible, just feel good warm fuzzies. I don't let my thoughts linger on the goals I didn't meet at all. Purely focus on what I did well. I have a lot to lose, over 50 pounds, and I lose at a rate of about 1lb per week. If I looked at the overall picture, without any sort of stalls or weeks where I didn't lose it's gonna take me around 2 years. Thinking about that can be depressing.. so I don't. This is a lifestyle change afterall, length of time shouldn't matter in the end.

Hope that helps at least a little.

[ryanbrowning115]

Try finding a workout partner and start with taking a long walk a couple nights a week. My sister loves taking walks with her friends to clear her head and she is getting in some exercise. They have a whole group now that meets up every few days and went from a 20 min walk to sometimes over an hour now.

[lin43]

Why not just decide to maintain for a while? It's good practice for when you lose all you need to, and it can really help to take a break from being uber-strict. I think it's important to listen to yourself. If you're tired, take a break (not as in I'm-going-to-eat-everything-in-sight break, but a I'm-going-to-try-maintaining-my-current-weight break).