Ok so mine would be my family!! Haha!! :-D

No but seriously, it's hard to not at least drool a little when your husband brings doughnuts home haha!!

Secondly, it would be sweets of ANY kind! I have to keep them away from me...I have a hard time keeping in control with sweets...once I have one its almost like a drug...I have to have more and more!!

That is AWESOME!!! CONGRATS!!!!!! That is a big accomplishment!!!!

Planning. If I have options in my fridge, ready to go, I can eat as planned and have no problems. And if 2/3 of the day is planned, I do all right at going out. But if I have to cook after a day of hiking or something (as, for example, today), I let myself get to the point where I'm not even hungry so much as weak and irrational and torture myself over what to prepare until I either go to bed hungry and way under my calories, postponing but not solving the problem, or eat convenience food and feel really bad about it even if it actually fits my calorie goals.

My biggest struggle?

I. AM. LAZY.

Not lazy in that I live in a filthy, infested house and have permanently fused my behind to my couch cushion. Just too lazy to be more proactive with exercise, to make better eating decisions, to actually doing the hard work it takes to take this weight off. But I have been working really hard on trying to change this.

I'm also an instant gratification kind of person so although I know I didn't gain it overnight, I have a hard time coming to terms with the fact that this is going to be a long process.

eating after 8pm is a daily struggle for me as well... take last night for instance.. it was about 930pm and wasnt really hungry but maybe bored, not sure yet, but ate some crackers with peanut butter and woke up this morning (weigh-in day) and went up a pound and a half! i know it was from eating late and the sodium didnt help either. so im not gonna throw my day away cuz its a new day. i can do this! any tricks or hints ladies?? :)

Me too! I notice when I have a good week, my friends are wondering where I am. We all have different schedules so seeing each other usually includes going out to eat. They're significantly smaller than me, but they always end up ordering big platters of something fried.

starting... can't get past the first day....

I suggest reading, a walk, or sex (porn if an s/o isn't available). If you're in an amorous mood, you're less likely to be concerned about food.

My biggest struggle right now is that I have an ankle injury, so I can't move around like I want to. I am working on the diet aspect of my health and have started losing, but I have always found weight loss to be a lot easier (for me) if I am also getting exercise. Hopefully once I lose a few pounds, the ankle will start feeling better.

The hardest part mentally is getting my head in the game. And the first step for me is always stepping on the scales. I avoid it and avoid it because I don't want to know the bad news, but once I step on the scales and face the music, then I can get started. Getting started is definitely the hardest part.

Not having support. I love my family and they sometimes try to help, but sometimes they ignore my efforts like they just know I'm going to fail. Not having someone behind you cheering you on, makes me feel like maybe they are right and then I just want to quit. I don't have that mind power to push myself to prove people wrong. I wish I did.

Oh and also the scale. I tend to want to weigh myself daily and I know that's bad. I just like to know if there is any progress, but when the numbers don't change my attitude about weight does and not in the good way. I need to have someone lock up my scale and let me have it just once a week lol.

Excersize
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I dont like excersizing, i try to do it everyday walking though.
I weigh myself everyday too and i get sooooo dissapointed, cause i really feel like im not losing and just wanna give up.
Patients is something very hard, i just wanna see some results. I feel like im not trying hard enough and what is the use. I will always be like this.

I keep on going though.

My biggest struggle is myself. I tend to self sabotage when things start going right. I tend to binge when I feel like I "deserve" it (whatever that means) and then I end up gaining back more than I'd lost. I'm really trying hard to focus and stay mindful of myself. I'm trying to figure out why I'm my own worst enemy.

My biggest struggle is moderation. I have never been, and may never be, the kind of person who can have "just a square" of chocolate or "just a scoop" of ice cream. That small taste doesn't satisfy my craving, it sends me into Irrational Binge Mode. I would love to indulge now and then without going nuts but I have yet to figure out how.

I had surgery in May, and they scratched my throat some which resulted in me eating nothing but ice cream for over a month. Then it became a habit I really enjoyed. Recently the Dairy Queen started cleaning out their soft-serve chocolate and vanilla ice cream machines and putting it in their 32 oz cups and selling 2 for $3.29. Boy have I gotten hooked on that!! I am working to not eat ice cream period so that is a huge hurdle for me right now. I did find some tropical-flavored sugar-free ice pops with only 15 calories, and I am hoping that will help ease the pain through this transition.