A little survey

Hi Erveryone,

I'm just a little curious on what is everones biggest struggle in losing weight.

Mine is the constant "want" to eat. I'm always wanting to snack on something and it takes everything I have to resist.

I look forward to everyones answer.

Stay strong.

Scott

Biggest struggle is the urge to just eat whatever tastes good, and not worry about whether it is good for me or fattening or whatever.  I have noticed, though, after 3 months, I no longer have the cravings for the junk food I used to love.  I am practicing "Volumetrics", meaning use of a high volume of veggies to fill you up and keep you eating all day.  The theory is that you need to eat a certain amount each day and your body won't be satisfied until you do - so when I get the urge to eat I grab some fresh veggies or open a can or pop a bag of frozen veggies into the microwave.  If I am craving sweet, a bag of mixed veggies that steam in their own bag with a can of stewed tomatoes is yummy.  Doesn't hurt that I can eat EVERYTHING and not go overboard on calories (although I don't make it through more than half before I am stuffed).

beer.  not just because of the calories, but because it makes me lazy.

ask me in three months and the answer will be "cold."

being too restrictive; i eat only fruits and veggies 90% of the time and although I'm full , sometimes I eat way too few, which is NOT good.

my biggest problem is that i have cut s much out of my diet... that i have increased my portion sizes of my healthy foods and just recently i have been notices unwanted pounds creeping up on my body... but i cannot cut back on my food intake otherwise i get very hungry and wind up eating more - plus... i eat within the calorie range i am suppose to and work out boat loads... so ya, i am just confused and annoyed at the moment - perhaps it is stress from being back at school again?

for me the biggest struggle is forcing myself to exercise here recently I used to love it but im getting kind of bored with it. I can eat healthy all day long I was the weird kid who loved brussel sprouts when I was younger. Even staying in my calorie is easy for me being vegan it is very hard unless you eat alot of junk to go over 1500 in a day. It is just finding the motivation to move my ass that is starting to get to me after 18 months and 100lbs off so far. I guess im in a exercise funk. That is whats killing me atm lol guess there are prolly people worse off then me though so idk.

my biggest struggle is my addiction to fast food.

Also, the happyness that food brings me, whether it be going out to eat with friends, or just enjoying something that tastes good.

My biggest challenge is estimating how many calories dinner will be (especially when my husband cooks).

My biggest challenge is know what to eat when I don't make it myself - at resturants, at family gatherings, etc.  With restaurants I have either searched and searched for nutrition information before I go.  If I can't find the info OR I'm at a family gathering I simply do a 'no count' day because I'm horrible at guessing.  This only happens about once a month so that's no big deal, but I fear heading into the holiday season int will happen more often.

because food is delicious.

Patience.

I hear ya Alle0299.  My biggest struggle is going out to eat and over others houses.  Last week I went to Applebees because they had weight watchers dinners on the menu which told me the calories and fat.

my biggest struggle is controlling the cravings for unhealthy food and just over eating in general. honestly that is the main reason that i am at a standstill with my weight loss. i need to commit to a set number calorie goal and stick with it. i believe that will get me going again because i already have my exercise routine down, its just the food portion. i get a craving for something fast food a few times a week and what i should do is just buy the ingredients my self and make a lower cal version so i guess that would be my new challenge to help boost my weight loss again.

Amen, Alle!  I feel bad when someone cooks something for me and then I don't want to eat it cuz I don't know how to count it, so I usually end up doing a 2-hour workout to make sure I burn it off then everything hurts the next day and I don't want to work out at all!  Good news on the restaurant front - I heard the law has passed and by the end of next year EVERY restaurant will have to post their nutritional information on the menu.  Won't THAT stop me from ordering a full plate of spaghetti and meat sauce for dinner at 2,450 calories?  Maybe it will even make a dent in the obesity problem with people who are not actively trying to lose weight?

my friends an coworkers-there is delicious food in the office and the people around me are so stressed that they do not take care of themselves as much as they deserve.  I am trying to turn them on to "my" foods (fiberone products, fruits, healthy tasty snacks).  It is kind of working and it is helping us all out a lot.

high calorie food and alcohol at every social function

Social food

Work food, including all of those "hey, let's go out for lunch" days.

Fighting the urge to snack from 3:30 to 5:30.

And in general, not listening to that little voice in my head that is forever telling me that this is a day when it's ok to splurge, that this meal doesn't count as cheating, or whatever foolish thing the voice is saying that day.

alcohol.  i'm not an overly heavy drinker - i can go weeks at a time without drinking (particularly in winter), and when i do drink i don't get crazy drunk, but i get drunk enough that (a) my inhibitions are lowered and i EAT AND EAT AND EAT, and (b) i'm hung over the next day and really, really want greasy food to make me feel better.  so i'll be doing really well with my weight loss, and then go to a wedding or something, and go crazy with the food, and spend the entire next week fighting my way back down to the weight i was at before the debauchery.  it's a very bad pattern.  :(

ugh, i feel you on that kimlanier!  I don't have the motivation to even start.  I'm starting today though, so we'll see. 

Mine would be my schedule.  I used to work crazy hours at work and am slowly phasing them out for the sake of my health and sanity.  In the eight months I've worked at the hospital I've gained about eight pounds and that doesn't roll with me.

Sometimes I work seventeen hours, sleep for four hours, and am back at work for another eight or nine hours, sometiimes another seventeen hours.  I'll work third shift followed by a second shift followed by a half shift in the morning with a second shift later in the day to top it off.  I cram in about fifty to sixty hours on the weekends I work, and it's insane.

It makes keeping track of calories difficult.  Most of my meals are at the hospital and I eat in between lab orders.  I also work mostly third shifts, which surprisingly makes logging a pain in the ass.

Seeing that eight pound gain was like a slap in the face.  Having the extra money and my boss's happiness at my availability is not worth me not fitting into my scrub pants.  I work a third shift followed by a second and third (read eight hours of work, four hours of sleep, seventeen hours of work) this week and it's the last of my awkward schedules.

I constantly crave for sugar. I am a huge fan of chocolate, cakes, pies and ice cream.