What is the hardest part of having to lose weight?

[Anonymous]

Having to go to the gym or start exercising regularly

Having to change horrible eating habits

Dealing with enablers trying to keep you fat, instead of support your weight loss

Having to give up other bad habits aside from diet/exercise that have contributed to your weight gain

Expenses associated with weight loss (buying workout gear, gym membership, grocery shopping differently, etc.)

Constantly fighting with yourself as to whether you can do it or not

[sjoes006]

The hardest part is deciding to do it instead of putting it off. Also some people try to go from one extreme to another meaning from sitting on their but eating fast food to eating rice cakes and working out. It is too much, too soon and not sustainable.

For me when I've had to be sedentary due to illness or surgery even though I love running and working out it is always hard for the first couple of weeks because I get a little frustrated that I get winded so easy and am out of shape. If you take two months off of running it can feel like you've never ran before in your life at first.

What worked for me though when I had gone a year without exercise due to illness and gained 10 pounds was to just focus on getting moving for my health and not focus on the scale. Once you start excercising your body usually starts craving better food choices. Not perfect food choices but fast food sounds disgusting.

Another thing as far as food goes in my effort to get healthy (not lose weight) I focused on adding foods to my diet not taking them away. I had at least one apple a day, yogurt and oatmeal if I felt like it. Because apples and oatmeal are high in fiber they keep you full longer and so you have less room for bad choices.

If you feel like you 'have to' go to the gym or 'can't' eat that it makes wanting to be healthy feel like a chore. Within 5 months of running and being healthy I lost 15 pounds even though I would eat a cherry turnover for breakfast or have to go to business lunches and dinners.

It is all about finding something you enough. For me running is like meditating and once you treat your body good you feel good and want to keep doing it. It's like a drug.

[Asker]

Wonderfully written.

[sjoes006]

Thanks

[xSkye]

for me easpecially the food and fitness part is difficult. I dont have a lot of money to spare so I have to train outside but in the Netherlands we hardly ever have good weather. (always raining). Also the healthy food costs so much more then fast food its really annoying when you are looking for something quick to cook that is cheap and healthy at the same time.

[Rloco]

Diet is the thing that constibutes most to weight loss. And due to lifestyle especially in the US this can be the hardest part since advertisements for unhealthy eating is always present and is pushed on you.

[ichot]

American restaurant portion sizes...

as a frugal fuck I cannot leave without having everything off the plate. That being said, I don't eat out very often.

[Asker]

Tell me about it. I ordered a salad... a friggin' salad at this one Mediterranean place, and even having eaten a reasonable proportion of it, the amount in the take away box was packed in so tight, the lid barely fit. I feel like I always have to start off by saying hand me a take away box, so I can box 75% of this up for 3 meals later.

[dogbert444]

Probably the hardest thing is keeping it off once you've lost it. So many diets fail like this. What you need is a simple change in eating habits. Nothing expensive or magical.

[RainbowFanGirl]

Well I lost 60 pounds and counting. The hardest part for me was changing my eating habits. I used to binge eat constantly, and drink 2 cans of soda a day, so I forced myself to drink just water and green tea, and eat three healthy meals a day. Also I forced myself to get off my ass and exercise. It payed of tremendously.

[godfatherfan]

The puking.
lol.. funny... sad... but true
I have been bulimic since 1987. It is not nearly as bad as it was for 11 years during the Prime time, but still sucks.

[clampfan101]

I don't go to a gym, so I typically need to fight against the weight I'm trying to loose. I always loose against my weight, not being able to lift it all for as much as a minute, and simply give up...

[puncakegirl]

For me it's B
I CAN'T RESIST FOOD

[annoyymouse]

For me it would be my eating habits

[TrooperD007]

The whole willpower thing lol