I HATE... (weight loss related)
 

I HATE running! I HATE the way my entire body thuds to the ground with each step I take. Any grace or composure I may have had completely disappears and I hit the pavement like a 2,000 pound wrecking ball. Bang. Bang. Thud. Thud. Plop. I also hate the way my love handles and thighs jiggle when I run. I feel so disgusting and unsexy and hope no one can see me. In fact, I run in the woods because I'm too self conscious to let anyone else see.

I ALSO hate complete restriction, i.e. "I can't have..." statements. I know it makes things easier for some people, but when I tell myself that I "can't have" something, it makes me want it 3274097349 times more just because it's forbidden. I've developed enough self control to eat things I like without shoveling them down my mouth in large quantities, and if I didn't have that, I'd either be permanently fat or permanently cranky. :p

What weight-loss related thing(s) do YOU HATE and WHY? :D

I hear you on the running thing. I can't even do it without running out of breath after a minute. Let's see, what do I hate?

- not seeing results right away. I'm an instant gratification girl.
- going out to eat and trying to find something semi-healthy on the menu which usually doesn't happen.
- calorie counting, which really helps me but is a pain to track.
- exercise. period. The only exercise I get is walking .5 miles to school and back 4 days a week.

How about what do I like about it. I like feeling like I am in control of my body, not feeling physically ill from being overstuffed with pasta etc., seeing the scale go down albeit slowly.

I hate running too! In a last ditch attempt to make myself enjoy it, I joined the spring track team one year in HS. UM BIG MISTAKE. I was the worst on the team, routinely humiliated, and I felt awful. However, I did lose a lot of weight not on purpose then, and immediately after was the lowest weight I can remember being, so I guess its a good thing. Even now, when I am in shape, when I run... my arms feel heavy, I feel sick and just BAD! I will never be able to run for weight loss... I will stick to walking & my elliptical, thanks very much :)

Oh god, I tried to run the other day. I was so out of breath and disgusting. Not only that but my whole body hurt for 3 days after that. ugh.

Nightengale, are you PMSing? Even though I haven't been here long I always like what you say - your image of you running has got me laughing so hard I have tears on my face. Look at it this way, when you try anything like running at my age, all your guts come crashing down like a wrecking ball on your bladder and you pee on yourself. How sexy is that?

I think what I hate the most is having to give up instant gratification I want what I want when I want it. I am like a little kid rebelling against its parents or teachers.

Oh, I LOVE the elliptical... you burn a lot of calories quickly without the jiggly feelings.

cagesorwings: I would have never joined the track team for that fear of BEING the worst (and the fattest - those girls are skinny!) However, I DID join the cheerleading squad in 10th grade. I was small enough at 5'6" and 120 pounds, but I was still always on the bottom because there were some really starved :censored:es there! And hey - you might have gotten laughed at while on the track team, but at least you shrunk a whole bunch. What you look like matters more than how fast you can run around the track, no? :D

LOL, I've been on nonstop PMS for the last two years of my life :D

I hate that I HAVE TO "diet" in the first place! - I was such a skinny teenager. AND I ATE! - I grew up on fried chicken, fried squash, fried okra (if it fit in a pan, it could be fried!) and I had candy & drank sodas, etc. But I guess I was just sooooo active, that I burned it all off.

And in my 20's, I could simply cut back on food for a few days & drop 5 pounds in a snap!

Ahhhh... yes... I long for those days... but they'll never come around again, so I reckon I better get used to it! Grumble, grumble... :mad:

i hate... that i have to exercise. that being said i would never run. I have to find stuff i love to do.

I hate that i have to actually think about and spend time cooking and washing and cutting and preparing... i much prefer grab and go from a fast food place... of course none of that stuff even tastes good anymore... i actually prefer my own food now

and i hate that it is taking me forever to lose this weight. i've only lost 50 pounds in a year....

ONLY 50 pounds in a year????? ONLY?????? That's darn good, IMHO!!! That's about a pound a week! - VERY HEALTHY! - you're doing it right!!!! Yay, you!!!!! :D :D :D

I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW.. its' about .94 pounds per week... i chart
daily
monthly
weekly
and i see how slow it is but it's moving in the right direction... i just wanna be at goal YESTERDAY!:devil:

The ONLY thing I hate...and I'm being honest is...

How long it takes! I know...it didn't get put on overnight and it's not gonna come off overnight, but....sometimes you just wish, ya know?

Like if I woke up tomorrow and looked like Tyra Banks I'd be thrilled! lol I love her....I love her new look...so hot!

I hate running as well. And similarly, I joined the Poms squad in middle school, and stayed with it for 3 years, but then I hit high school and we had to audition. lets just say, I didnt make it for each of my 3 years at high school :( gutted.

I have found a fun way of exercising at home. DDR, dance dance revolution, I can be silly and goofy and nobody is watching me! ^-^ Great way to work up a sweat!

I HATE that I'm the same way. I was losing about 1/2 lb/wk when I added WATP. I then started losing about 1 lb/wk. I had to go back to FLA to spend my mom's final days with her. I was there almost a month and didn't lose anything. At least I didn't gain. I stayed the same. I feel I've lost a month of weight loss.

I don't get running. If nothing is chasing you, why are you running?

I hate stalling out on weight loss and having to stick it out until the magical day when the scale moves once again. But it seems to be how my body works.

I would love to run again! But it doesn't make sense for me to run until I get a bit lower. I find I get achy knees if I overdo it.

I don't say "I can't have that." I say "I choose not to have that right now." For me that little mental trick leaves the door open enough for me that I don't feel whiny about it. :lol:

Jay

my dogs would love for me to like running... they are lucky i walk...

i don't get the doing stuff you hate if you don't have to. where is it written we have to run? i have a plate in my ankle, i'm lucky i move at all....

Oh, I run because I know it can burn calories like something fierce. My friend lost 80 pounds in 5 months while running. Now, I'm sure she must have starved herself to get there, too, because who loses that much, that FAST, NATURALLY? My girlfriend's brother lost a lot of weight running also. Besides, I'd rather run and eat a few more calories than sit and restrict myself.

I also run because it's free. :D

I have a chihuahua... but he gets tired out every time I run and wants to take a nap after, like, 5 seconds... not to mention he's too busy barking at everything and everyone else.

I hate social situations and dieting. You know, the family gatherings where a well-meaning and loving aunt states (loudly) "Lisa! I made salad and bought fruit just for you! I didn't want to hurt your progress!" Le sigh. Thanks, darling Auntie, but I would have seen (and chosen) the salad on my own.

Oh I should mention that the humiliation wasn't from other people. It was all me, blah! Actually the track team at my high school was (and is) incredibly supportive, and it was an interesting experience to be part of a sport, since I had always done music & theater instead. I wasn't even the heaviest girl on the team, just one of the slowest. Overall, it just affirmed for me that I HATE HATE HATE running!
what else do I hate?
I hate water retention from sore muscles! I mean my muscles are sore already, I'm feeling that I had a great workout, I'm in pain but I feel good.... then I look at the scale and oops, I'm up however many lbs.... not the way it should be!

Ooh, KnitALisa, thats another thing I hate. Social situations & food. Besides what you mentioned, when I go out to a restaurant with my friends or whatever, I feel like such a doofus ordering a salad or something healthy or the smaller size. For them, its like a blinking sign over my head saying "I'M ON A DIET" because they all are ordering onion rings and cheese fries and all of that. Well, that's one group of friends... my other group is a healthier bunch, so its not so embarassing ordering the healthy choices with them.

Also, I hate how parties and whatnot are basically organized in order to encourage overeating. I work at a catering hall, and it seems so ridiculous to me to first walk around with plates of appetizers for the people, then dish out the "cocktail hour buffet" for them (which could easily be a meal itself), then move to the other room and serve the same people their APPETIZER, SALAD, BREAD, and DINNER, then an hour later put cake in front of them and open up the chocolate fountain.
Who in the world could eat all of that food?!?!? It always makes me feel almost bad, like I am serving them obesity. Yuck.

I hate not being able to run! I had ankle surgery last year and it's still healing. Heck, if I walk more than a few miles I pay for it for days afterwards.

I also hate that I'm struggling so much just to stay at this maintainance plateau. I'm scared what it will take to start me losing again. I mean, come on, I'm eating 1500 calories a day and exercising 6 hours a week. Blech. I'm afraid my days will consist of a stalk of celery with a glass of water chaser and a 40 mile run. ;)

I used to hate running too. Never thought I’d be converted, but I did c25k and by gosh, turns out I actually can run. And don’t hate it. I do however hate that I have to get up at 5am to do it. I also hate push-ups. I used to hate bench dips and have managed to get over that, so maybe it’s only a matter of time.

I hate that beer has calories. I’m gonna sound like a total lush, but I would be totally happy ordering a low cal salad when I go out if only I could drink as many tasty pints with it as I wanted. Wait, that’s not true. Beer totally makes be want to eat crunchy salty things. In other words, I hate that beer does not help me in the fat removal process.

I also hate the social situation thing. Not only am I trying to be healthy, I’m also a vegetarian that attempts to eat vegan most of the time. So not only am I worried about caloric content, I’m asking if there’s chicken or beef broth in the soup and driving the waiter crazy I’m sure with all my questions, requests and omissions. I know my mouth is not a garbage disposal and I shouldn’t feel obligated to just eat whatever trash is available, but I can’t help but feel everyone else would appreciate it if I did sometimes.

I would like to run-but I'm afraid I would knock myself out!!! There's a sight-46 yr old woman with a busted jaw on the sidewalk in 112 degree heat!!! I guess I'll just live vicariously thru Nightengale....

PS I hate the "in-between weight" NOTHING FITS and I refuse to buy new clothes for a month or so.

-Jan

I hear ya harrypotterybarn. It looks kind of grim somethimes.

Yup, some days you see the peanut butter spread, but some days you just see the celery.

I hate people who say "now don't get too skinny"
Eating in social situations
Friends who unconciously sabotage
The Phrase" Oh it won't hurt to have just 1" Yes it will and it has before!
I love to exercise (wierd I know) but I hate not having the Means or the way to get to the gym
I hate getting grilled about "how I do it" and then made to feel bad that I am doing it.

Honestly I'm pretty at peace with myself and losing weight. I enjoy the food I eat, I don't have any off limit foods, everything in moderation is my motto! I guess the only thing I hate about weight loss is how slow it goes!

I feel opposite of most of you on the running thing, I love it! It makes me feel so strong and accomplished, even though I can't run very far/long without a walk break. The fact that I'm doing it at all (I couldn't run for even half a minute when I was at my highest weight) makes me feel powerful.

I hate how much I sweat. :stress: I thought I would sweat less as I got into better shape but it turns that when you lose weight, you sweat more!!! Some days I sweat so much it looks like I've peed myself. And not just when I'm exercising; I sweat in the car and anytime I'm in a warm place (sitting in the sun at the ballpark, in a warm room, etc.). When I buy new clothes, I have to evaluate how much my wet marks will show up in them. Hate that. :tantrum:

And I hate all the angst involved in going out to eat now. Not knowing how many calories are in anything, trying to guess at what the healthiest thing on the menu is, feeling deprived if I don't order what I want but feeling guilty if I do order what I want. Either way I lose (but not the good kind of losing :lol:). I swear, most of the time I'd just rather eat at home where I can control the calories. I miss being able to just go to a restaurant and have a nice meal without out the angst.

I used to hate running but now I like it better than the cardio machines. But swimming is the only exercise I've ever done where I feel graceful and athletic. With everything else, I still feel like a total klutz, I've just gotten comfortable with that feeling.

I hate that I cannot eat what I want. I love pizza!
I hate exercise. ....100%
I hate that I cannot just wish away my weight
I hate that I cannot lose it over night.
I hate my belly
I hate my thighs
I hate my pancake boobs

I feel you on the sweating! Since I live in Florida, it's extra hot down here, and that makes anyone, fat or thin, sweat like a pig!

Going out to eat... at some places, you can ask for the nutritional guides. I heard that restaurants are actually obliged to have those. From my experiences, most chain restaurants do, but the smaller ones often don't bother or feel it's necessary. I've often been the only person to ever ask them for the guides... ooh, special me!!

More things I hate:

Like the rest of ya'll, I hate that it comes off so SLOWLY.

I hate not eating what I want, when I want to!

I hate eating nasty meal replacement bars. I know I don't HAVE to eat them, but I'm trying to eat at least 75g of protein a day (100 is ideal), so protein bars it is! Boy, are they gross. And the aftertaste... OH GOD!I'm eating one right now that is "cookies and cream" flavored, but I have a feeling my hiney tastes more like cookies and cream than this thing does!

I hate stupid questions like, "Why are you on a diet?" BECAUSE I'M FAT, dummie! Why else?

On the flip side, I also hate when people tell me I NEED to diet. Fudge you! I KNOW I need to diet... that's why I'm doing it!

I hate my belly too... ack!

I hate calorie counting. I know it works for some but the idea just makes me want to scream and run away to cheesecake land.

I hate the food industry and marketing and BS. Nuff said or it would turn into a mega rant.

I hate running too. Another thing that works for some but not for me, I am too heavy, and arthritic, and it would kill my joints.

I hate that I can't do some many things for fear of injury b/c of being heavy and arthritic.

I hate vicious circles. (Heavy>arthritis etc. > need to exercise / but I'm heavy > PAIN . and so on and so forth)

I hate having issues around food and weight b/c it makes it very awkward socially.

I hate the Dreaded Pregnancy Question. Which is all tied in to social situations and food and and and

I hate the current fashions that are deadly to an overweight woman who hates the DPQ b/c they all make one look preggers.

I hate that my get up and go got up and went.

I hate McDonald's. This is actually a good thing!!

Hey NightengaleShane,

I'd like to see you post over on the "I LOVE" thread. I'm interested to see what good things you find in weight loss. :D

Jay

Believe it or not, my love list is just as long as my hate list. ;)

I do no exercise I don't love - this is not punishment. I deny myself no food saying "I can't have that" but I CHOOSE not to eat certain foods because they do not contribute to my goal.

It's so interesting to see what people hate! Some of the things you hate (eg, exercise), I love! I even like calorie counting (except when I'm in a hurry!).

But I also hate some of the stuff you mentioned:

Other People are a big one ... I hate it when they make snide comments to try to derail my success like "Don't get too skinny!" or "Oh, you're so thin already you're going to waste away!"

I hate eating out and trying to figure out something that will be good with my meal plan and having to explain to people why I'm ordering salad with dressing on the side and no cheese or something else while they wolf down pizza.

And I really hate how LOOOOONG it takes. I'm being good! I should be skinny now! It seems to me the way it should work is that you drop all the weight right away when you stay on plan, and only gain it back if you fall off the wagon and eat off plan.

i don't exercise if i hate it. i do things I tolerate...

as for food... I don't eat it if i don't like it. even if it's good for me...

I hate it when I have those "I'm just not thin enough" to wear that outside sort of thing. I also hate retaining water.


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Add-on: I also hate it when I go out to eat with my parents and they feel as if I should eat til I'm stuffed silly. I get ridiculed if I don't. And if I make a comment about it being an unnecessary and an unhealthy habit, I get a lot of slander. Ughh, the horror of eating out with parents.

I'll second this. And this way of thinking is what made me gain so much weight. I would forbid myself to eat certain foods and then I'd eventually cave and eat it anyway, then assume I was a failure and had blown the whole thing, therefore causing me to give up altogether.

Now if I want pizza or a piece of fried chicken or a hamburger or some Chinese food, I have it. I just eat those things in extreme moderation. But allowing myself those foods now and then satisfies the craving enough to where I don't lose my freaking mind wanting them. I too have developed the self-control to NOT get carried away with it. Too me a while to get there, so that's one thing I'm proud of myself for. I do NOT believe in deprivation. Not anymore.

As for things I hate about weight loss, I really can't think of anything right now. I guess I could say the obvious, that I sometimes wish I could just eat whatever I wanted and as much as I want. But those feelings pass eventually. I enjoy watching what I eat and I enjoy eating healthy.