For career women in your 30s, what has been your biggest barriers for weight loss (carbs, pounds)
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For me, convenience foods are a big temptation. If I'm busy, or zapped at the end of the day, it's too easy to get something to eat at a restaurant or to make some instant whatnot at home that's high in calories and carbs.
What do I do about that? Cook strategically... make big batches of stuff on weekends that I can freeze. Experiment with different food items/recipes that cook up quickly with minimal fuss and mess.
None? I was raised with an attitude that you need to have balance in your life and that I should remain active. I take the stairs everywhere when it's an option, workout consistently, and make good food choices 85% of the time (I live and 85/15 food lifestyle.) I also enjoy being active and not just sitting on my butt.
Emotional eating for sure due to career stress. Learned to manage better by removing "trigger" foods from my diet and adjusting my expectations of work.
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That the weight will NOT come off as easy as it did when I was in my 20s.
Some months, only 1-2 lbs were lost, and some months I was able to lose 6-8 lbs. It takes a while when you are older, busy, etc. but it is not impossible. It took a year, but I am down 50 lbs and in my low 130s. I would say the best advice is sticking with it, and realizing that some months you may not be down much, but to be gentle with your expectations.
Kind of a bizarre question ... why "career women in [their] 30s"?
Maybe I am cynical, but I suspect that you are going to try to sell us something, given your first two posts ...
Exactly. My guess is that either the OP will just disappear with no new posts whatsoever, or, a "new" poster will come on with link selling some snake oil product.
Kind of a bizarre question ... why "career women in [their] 30s"?
Maybe I am cynical, but I suspect that you are going to try to sell us something, given your first two posts ...
What she said...
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I was quite skinny indeed when I worked outside the home. In fact, I weighed less then than at any other time in my life except for high school (when I had starved myself down to 95 lbs.).
I found that working in an office rather than having constant access to a fridge and a private place to eat made me think less about eating overall.
At night I would cook something up in no more time, really, than it would have taken to detour to a fast-food place, wait in the long line of other "I'm too busy to cook"-ers there and drive home. I could whip up a stir fry in 20 minutes, easily. Or I could reheat something I'd cooked over the weekend, or I could take a piece of poultry or meat out of the crock pot where it had basically cooked itself, or on a really bad night I could slap a sandwich together, 1-2-3.
I was quite skinny indeed when I worked outside the home. In fact, I weighed less then than at any other time in my life except for high school (when I had starved myself down to 95 lbs.).
I found that working in an office rather than having constant access to a fridge and a private place to eat made me think less about eating overall.
At night I would cook something up in no more time, really, than it would have taken to detour to a fast-food place, wait in the long line of other "I'm too busy to cook"-ers there and drive home. I could whip up a stir fry in 20 minutes, easily. Or I could reheat something I'd cooked over the weekend, or I could take a piece of poultry or meat out of the crock pot where it had basically cooked itself, or on a really bad night I could slap a sandwich together, 1-2-3.
I agree 100%. Also, working in the office means constant interaction with ppl and being more self-aware, while isolation means "you can do whatever and no one will care", the freedom hurts discipline.
I moved onto a healthy eating / home cooking model when I was working so hard to lose that 50 pounds. I calculated my cooking+eating time and compared it against the normal amount of hours / week spent on eating outside (traffic, eating, waiting). It was more than 50% lower.
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My guess is that either the OP will just disappear with no new posts whatsoever, or, a "new" poster will come on with link selling some snake oil product. 
