Weight loss... Are we Ever Gonna get Where we want?

It is just a matter of self discipline if you really want to loose weight!

I don't know the answer to continuing motivation. I've been overweight most of my life, and I turned 65 this week, so that's a fair while. And so, arthritis and type 2 diabetes come into play. However, 10 months ago my partner and I decided, for health reasons alone, to have a try, and we devised a diet which revolves around a 14 day cycle in which we eat good quality canned soup for 23 of the 28 main meals (lunch and dinner), with our "normal" diet the other 5 evening meals. We also went on exercise programs, exercise bike and home gym, and for me a lot of gardening and walking the dog. Result is, so far, 36 lbs for me and 11 for my partner. Where the motivation to continue came from we don't know, but continue it does. But I think a great part of the success comes from the fact that it is no crash diet, but a steady, tasty regime that allows for the occasional splurge without too much damage. Good luck with it, and I hope you don't wait as long as we did. Lash

Losing weight is my problem for a year one. I gained so much weight that's why I'm experiencing problem with my menstruation. This year my mens is not normal anymore I experienced heavy bleeding twice. My doctor told me that it is hormonal imbalance and I need to lose weight also. No matter I tried to lose weight it always been a failure. I know that it is because of my bad eating habits no matter how I tried to I exercise I don't losing weight.

I absolutely relate to what you are saying! I need to lose 50 to 60, I would like to lose it for feeling good and wearing the clothes I want andall of that, but also I am diabetic and have arthritis and to get down to a healthy weight would help hugely with those. But I am the same, I will be great and motivated for a while and then lose it (or not lose it, I guess) and scoff the contents of the fridge. I think I DO want it, but I think I have been in this cycle so long that I am familiar with it and just play it out over and over - I don't think its so much that I am afraid, than that I don't really believe I can do it. I don't think weight loss fixes your life. But I do think it can make a difference - both having the confidence in your appearance and in feeling healthy, and also in a sense of achievement that you did something for yourself. In my case hopefully healthy eating and exercise, which will result in weight loss will also give me better diabetic control Maybe we can encourage each other :0)

I'm exactly the same as you! I find it so difficult. I eat quite healthily, my main problem is not getting enough exercise. I know I really do want to lose the weight. I guess when I do exercise, because I don't see results immediately my motivation and focus wavers and I sort of forget about weight loss and then a week later I'm back to thinking "right I better do some exercise!"