Hard, no. Unenjoyable, yes.

Not hard for me, as I was raised without eating sugary things or having sugary drinks, ate lots of fruits and vegetables and generally nutritiously. It has so much impact on one’s palate/gut biome, which in turn affects cravings.

What I do find challenging is putting an extreme limit on calories.

Anonymous wrote:Not at all as I grew up on whole foods. What is hard is finding whole food that have any taste. Tomatoes taste like water, so do the cucumbers.

This is right for me and my family as well. Farmers market is the only place with veggies that have taste and you have to be very discerning about the fruits you pick and eat. Everything organic and non GMO.

Its that not hard just expensive and requires knowledge and a bit more time than you're likely used to. 40 hour work weeks aren't conducive to eating healthy.

Of course it’s hard, that’s why we have an obesity crisis in this country. No one wants to be overweight.

I think you may need to restrict a bit less, OP, otherwise you will have a harder time with the cravings. For example I crave dessert so I have a plain Greek yogurt with dark chocolate chips after dinner when I have that craving. Would I lose weight faster if I skipped it? Sure, but at least I’m not pulling out the ice cream and chips, so in the end it’s helped me lose weight.

It depends.

If you like fruits and veggies and can afford to buy the ones you like, it's easy, IMO.

If you don't like fruits and veggies or you can't afford to buy the ones you like, it can be hard.

I have a brother who hates all veggies that aren't potatoes. He also only likes strawberries but only during strawberry season, not out of season. His distaste for fruits and veggies was fine in his younger years but now that he's in his mid-30s, keeping the weight off isn't easy like it used to be.

I have a 100% vegetarian, 75% vegan kid and that sh!t's expensive. Many vegan food items are especially expensive.

Anonymous wrote:It's not hard for me. I have willpower like iron though.

133lbs on a 5'5" frame is pretty heavy. I'm 5'5" and 100lbs. Yes, I am healthy (can deadlift 130lbs properly).

What a moron you are.

Anonymous wrote:I'm a dietitian and yes, I think it's hard to eat healthy. The hard part is the shopping and preparing of food. If I had a chef or healthy meal delivery, it would be much easier.

Also, it's easy to eat healthy for myself, but when trying to make food for a whole family that they want to eat, it is a big chore.

+1 Personally, I think it gets easier to avoid processed and unhealthy food the longer you avoid it. However, eating healthy is so much more work in terms of shopping, cooking, and preparation. It's hard to fit in multiple shopping trips per week and cooking, plus being sure that you've planned so that you don't find yourself reaching for unhealthy food when you are hungry and that's what's most readily available.

Healthy eating is much more time-consuming and labor-intensive.

I don't think so but I also have no problem with eating out so I don't have to make the healthy meals. To me that is the hardest part.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not hard for me. I have willpower like iron though.

133lbs on a 5'5" frame is pretty heavy. I'm 5'5" and 100lbs. Yes, I am healthy (can deadlift 130lbs properly).

You are literally 100% delusional.

Especially as someone who flaunts their strength- muscle is heavy.

Fits easy for me to eat well because I was raised by a mom who cooked from scratch and cooked well.

I do the same for my kids. I think what you are raised eating is a huge factor. People who have to unlearn unhealthy ways of eating have it hard as adults, IMO.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not hard for me. I have willpower like iron though.

133lbs on a 5'5" frame is pretty heavy. I'm 5'5" and 100lbs. Yes, I am healthy (can deadlift 130lbs properly).

My gosh the unhealthy body and food issues on this board. 5’5 and 100lbs is extreme. 133 on a 5’5 frame is not remotely heavy.

I'm 5'5" . If I weighed 100 pounds I would be emaciated.

I look good at 135.

I've been 125-which OP is shooting for. People told me to gain weight at 125.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not hard to cut out the drastically terrible stuff, like candy (!!) alcohol, and all fast food/restaurant food/take out.

It IS hard to always always eat the right thing at home. To always choose lean meat and salad, some grains and yogurt, etc.

Sometimes you want a slice of toast with butter, or to eat some of the homemade cake you made for the kids.

It’s sad you won’t eat toast with butter or a slice of homemade cake with the kids. You’re living a black and white life. Live a little.

I do, I do. I had an Ezekiel bread with butter!
But to be consistently perfect is impossible. That's the issue.
I have very bad blood numbers and I'm just tired of my Doctor haranguing me about it when this is how I eat, vs. the people who are obese and eat take out all the time. I have bad genetics and scary blood numbers, doc. The way I eat isn't changing it, accept it.

Eating healthy is easy except when I binge eat the healthy foods I have at home. That's not healthy and why I am 20 pound heavier than 2017. That's when I relapsed.

There is a huge gulf between “not incredibly convenient” and hard. I would say it’s somewhat difficult for people with the means and money. Much harder for somebody living in a food desert. Nobody posting here is in that second group, but it’s comforting to co-opt that reality to explain their habits.

Disagree