Weight Loss Is Hard For Me

Weight loss is hard for me. I struggle with it and have for many years now. When I was a child and even a teenager it came easy. This has not been true as an adult.

I have tried many different diets over the years. I always hoped one of them would be just what I needed to lose the 50lbs I need to lose to get back to my goal weight. They seem to work well for me for about a week and then I either stop doing them or forget I was on a diet in the first place.

I try to run every other day but then something comes up. My kids have something going on or it gets too hot. In the wintertime it is too cold for me to run outside. I just don't like to run when I am uncomfortable.

I know it is probably best to just watch what I eat and try to walk when I can. This is the simplest form of losing weight and it makes a lot of sense. If you are eating healthy foods and making an effort to be active, you will see results.

I have been about 50lbs overweight for three years now. I hope that I can lose all of it in the next year. I am finally at a place where I just can't stand the extra weight.

I can feel it everyday as I try to do things around the house. My back hurts more and my knees can feel it. I know if I lose some weight I will feel much better and will be able to be more active.

I plan to give up eating cookies every night. I know that is one of the reasons I am not losing weight. They always look so good and I have a very hard time resisting them. I know I should stopping buying them to begin with.

Once the kids go back to school I plan to walk every morning. I will walk them to the bus stop and then I will continue for an hour. I think this will really help. I will lose weight and it will help my body feel a bit more healthy than it does.

I just have to commit to walking everyday. I can't skip a day just because I don't feel like it. I need to make myself do it even if I am too cold or too hot. I use to walk a lot when I was younger and I miss it.

If I do not start losing weight I know I could end up with a lot of problems. I have seen it in other people. I just don't want that to happen to me. I want to be healthy as I am growing older.

I hope to find some friends that also want to lose weight. I think it would be easier if we did it together. We could keep each other accountable that way.

Losing weight is hard for me but I know I can do it. I just have to focus and keep to a routine. I know I will really enjoy the results if I do.

Weight Loss Is Hard For Me

Weight Loss Strategies

There are hundreds of weight loss products, fad diets, and Diet Experts who know all the secrets to losing weight.  Yet, the weight loss industry continues to be one of the largest and fastest growing business sectors in the United States, not to mention in the world.  Men and women alike spend millions of dollars annually trying to lose their extra weight and then spend almost as much trying to keep that weight off.  The secret to permanent weight loss, however is to make long-term life-style changes that create healthy nutritional and exercise habits that become ingrained.

How are these permanent changes made?  Consider these strategies for reaching your permanent weight loss goals:

1.    Commit for life.  Weight loss that is permanent is not easy.  It takes hard work and it takes the patience and determination to stick with the plan and to stay committed to the goal.  Permanently modifying lifelong habits literally takes physical and mental energy.

2.    Focus Inwardly.  No one can make weight loss a success except the individual themselves.  Finding their internal motivation to lose weight will mean they are losing weight for themselves and no one else.  Losing weight should be a very personal goal, it should not be done to please anyone else. 

3.    Set a realistic and reachable goal.   When some try to lose weight, they don’t realize that a reasonable weight loss is 1 to 2 pounds per week, so expect to lose 30 pounds their first month and then are disappointed when they don’t. To lose the 1 to 2 pounds per week, it will take burning an extra 500 to 1,000 extra calories per day either through more exercise or through consuming fewer calories or a combination of both. 

4.    Eat healthier.  Modifying the diet to include healthier foods includes adding more plant-based foods, including vegetables, whole grains, and fruits.  It also helps to add some variety into the menu, including green, leafy vegetables.  Start the day with a good, healthy breakfast.  Include healthy fats, as well including vegetable oils, nut butters, and olive oil.  Also, cut back on sugar, high-fat dairy, and eat lean protein, approximately 3 ounce servings, no more.

5.    Work it out.  Though it is possible to lose weight without exercising, physical activity provides an edge to weight loss.  It helps burn off calories which cannot be cut through diet alone.  Exercise is also extremely beneficial for the health including reducing blood pressure, boosting the mode, and strengthening the cardiovascular system.  Research studies have shown that individuals who have maintained long-term weight loss have all done it by including regular physical activity.

6.    Change perspectives.  Eating healthy and exercising will certainly help with weight loss, but these will not provide for long-term, permanent weight loss.  The only thing that can make that happen is when the individual commits to maintaining a healthy, active, nutritious lifestyle and makes permanent changes in diet, eating and physical activity habits and ensures these become their way of life. 

During any weight loss program, there will likely be setbacks.  Instead of giving up and quitting, anyone trying to lose weight will be better off simply forgiving themselves for getting off-track and starting fresh the next day.   It is good to remember that weight loss is not easy and neither is changing one’s life to make the weight loss permanent.  Steady and permanent weight loss will take time, but committing to a healthy lifestyle will work and the results will certainly be worth all the effort.

Weight Loss Strategies