What's Your Biggest Problem You're Having Losing Weight?

Just curious... what would be the single biggest problem you're having losing weight?

For me, right now its finding the time to get in the gym.

What about you?

Bonus questions: Whats your primary motivation? What triggers you to get to the gym, eat right etc. etc.?

Biggest problem - my husband that eats what he wants when he wants infront of me & cooking all the things I wish I could eat for my son (aged 3).

Primary motivation - I've lost 28lbs so far and I've got 10 to go and I will be happy.  I'm so close!  I lost sight over the holidays but I'm back on track again.... got.... to....  keep....going.  That and I told myself we could try for another kid when I finally see 150 on the scale :)

canuckabroad,

I am with your here. My husband is a mason so he burns mega calories everyday. He eats and eats and eats, always staying the same weight & skinny. He eats chips by the bag, pies, ice cream by the pint, fried foods etc. Always do I have a ton of crap food in my house that I have to avoid & be tempted by. I do have an issue with I wish he'd eat a little more healthy. I'm only home 3 nights a week to cook him a healthy meal. Most of the time, when I am not home, I think he gets take-out from the local pizza place. I try not to ask too often what he ate for dinner!!

My boyfriend loves to go out to eat. He lives in NYC so when we go out to eat, it's top-flight places and it's so hard to resist the food and wine.

On my own, it's still the food and finding the motivation to cook. When he's not with me I'm on my own it's just easier to eat something pre-prepared rather than cooking it myself (and then having to clean the whole mess myself and eat all the leftovers myself). Also, I have little willpower with food so I just can't even have anything tempting in the house. It would be nice to have some treats to enjoy from time to time, but when they are in the house I tend to enjoy them too often!

I'm perfect on the gym--I wish I could be as dedicated to the food as I am to the gym.

Reacting to the scales even tho' I know better and the fast gain usually goes in a few days.  But it still puts a little chill on the day

For me it's carbs.  Even whole grains, even oatmeal...I like them and eat them because they are healthy, but honestly they make me really hungry after I eat them (not most veggies but all other carbs, from sugar to fruit to flour to brown rice to quinoa to oatmeal).  When I don't eat carbs I'm not hungry, when I do, I'm hungry.  My Ob/Gyn told me once that people who have PCOS/Syndrome X (I don't fully understand it) sometimes are like that.  BUT I refuse to go back to super low carb living, and I've fallen madly in love with oatmeal, so it's eating the carbs and then fighting the hunger that comes after it.  Grr. 

My primary motivation is the mirror.  I don't need 'rewards,' the shrinking body in the mirror is my biggest reward.  When I wake up and I look and feel smaller, it keeps me going, it keeps me eating healthy.

Dovelette,

Your post is very interesting to me. Your reaction to carbs (yes, even the good ones) is the same as it is for me. I have PCOS. Also, I have only one ovary. I grew a very large mass on my left ovary (over 7 pounds), which cause me to lose all the parts connected to the mass with the surgery. I have asked: my GYN, Oncologist and Endocrinologist about my reaction to carbs. They all told me nothing, like it was in my head. There was a time when I couldn't eat a healthy granola bar...cause I'd eat the whole box of them. The only way I can stay in control is to keep my carb grams very low and eat a lot of protein. I also can agree on the oatmeal. I love it too. Sadly, I have to stay away from it. An omlette for breakfast, with some protein, serves me much better. Fruit...well, I can't even go there!! Same as eating candy to me. It'll just make me eat and eat and eat. I guess we both a doomed to that low carb life!!

When I was diagnosed with PCOS it was such a relief to have a name to put on what was "wrong" with me. The acne, hair, inability to lose weight, crazy periods....I was so relieved, and then it was the process of reclaiming being female.

My doctor told me to consider myself pre-diabetic. Which means cutting a lot of carbs and sugar. While I've lost 60 pounds total, and 50 since being diagnosed, I haven't been able to cut out the carbs. I eat healthier carbs -whole grains, but I haven't cut them out as much as he wanted me too.

And carbs are my weak point. I love potatos and bread and pasta. I think though, that I'm going to try to cut back on them and see if it improves my weight loss.

I guess my biggest problem is remaining disciplined and consciencious about the calories I'm consuming.  Even though I'd like to have a drink for example, I deprive myself of that b/c of the empty calories.  I compensate at times by having red wine, but still limit the quantity because of the calories.  I like to let loose and booze it up on occassion (no alki here), but when you are on a "diet", that is counter-productive.

What motivates me to always remember that my body is NOT going to miraculously change by itself.  It WILL require work on my part and a continuous effort to maintain it once I achieve it.  This gets my butt moving and motivated. 

Do a google search on PCOS, Syndrome X and Insulin Resistance.  It might raise more questions for you than it answers, but at least you won't feel crazy about your "carb sensitivity."  I'm grateful that my Ob/gyn had done research in endocrinology and weight loss and was able to help me make some informed decisions about my health.

i eat too damn much plain and simple. i am such an emotional eater and that definately doesn't help and i crave carbs and salty foods. i'm good with drinking water and i do exercise at least 4 times a week but i seriously need to commit to a set calorie allotment each day and i'm sure the scales will move downward.

My biggest problem is that i can't find the right things to eat. I'm not a cook so i just search for the most simplest things to make, and dont put as much effort in, so i may end up eating the wrong things or taking too long to decide to eat one meal. Also my belly is my problem area, thats where my fat goes.

Portion control.  I'm not an emotional eater, but I love food.  I'd rather exercise more than cut calories. 

Motivation: I have about a month before I go on leave to see my husband, so I want him to be pleasantly surprised when he sees me. 

my biggest problem now is that i messed up my metabolism and can't eat normally without my weight going up.

well i guess theres many factors!

My boyfriend is a piggy when it comes to food, and hes LOSING weight, but hes really supportive... also time restrictions. I work and go to school full time, so i go to the gym every night even though im tired.

Also im an emotional/stress eater and my life right now is insane! but i wouldn't have it any other way.

I guess my motivation, is that im doing it for me. Im tired of looking 'fat' in clothes and trying to hide my body. I know that even though ive already lost 37 pounds, i look in the mirror and see NO change ( only on the scale and clothes size) but physically i don't see it yet!

My biggest problem is balancing numbers with nutrition. I have a strong liking for 100 calorie sweets. I can manage to just eat one... and not feel guilty about it because it's only 100 cal, although I know there's not much of a benefit in consuming it (other than satisfying my sugar craving). But I'm also trying to get my Carbs, Protein and Fat ratios in check and it just seems like a lot of work!

Sitting on my butt for 9 hours a day in front of a computer! 

jekkarae!  Mine Too... 8 - 5 here I sit staring and thinking...wow, I could be plaing with my 2 babies and burning some crazy calories right now if I were just at home.  Then I drive an hour here and back so that's another 2 hours sitting.  But I convince myself to work out when the babies go to sleep to keep this body moving!

I've been diagnosed with PCOS for many years, and frankly had a meltdown at the idea of not eating white pasta or bread again.  I had lived on both at university and probably made the problem worse.  Anyway, 8 years later and I never eat potatos or white bread and rarely eat white pasta.  I also don't eat much of the wholewheat stuff.

I do however have a bit of a problem with chocolate.  And icecream.  If I bring either in the house I eat them and to hell with the quantities and that it makes my body feel like crap afterwards.  I am trying to break a 6 week sugar fest as we speak.  Once I cut it all out, cold turkey style then the cravings go away, but its hard for at least a week.

And I have a tin for my six year olds treats, which I do not delve into, although he doesn't have much in there as we try not to make sugary stuff too much of a habit.

My problem is I eat when I'm not hungry. I'll eat because I'm bored, because my mom just made food and since it's there I'll eat it regardless of hunger, I'll eat a whole bag of chips just because 'it's there'.

I now am relearning what it feels like to actually be hungry and how much I should be eating. I have days where all I can think about is food food food.

My major motivation is getting fit by the summer so I could stroll around the beach without feeling icky. I'm already loving the progress I'm making and It brings me much hope.

I'm just really struggling with "surprise treats" at work. I have got to figure out a way to say "no" and not feel deprived. Thus far I'm not gaining from the treats (and I've been back to work/school since September) but I'm not losing much, either.

What motivates me is the knowledge that I'm at an age where it is only going to get harder and success now means a healthier life and the ability to keep doing the things I love.