Feeling discouraged..

2CuteToBeFat · 08-23-2011, 03:32 PM

So it has been about 2 weeks since I have been eating healthier, going to the gym during my lunch at work (about 45 mins) and walking in the evening (about a mile or so).. Anywho the scale isn't budging! I feel like as much as I weigh even cutting out a little something should help! I am counting calories, my daily is 1900.. Rarely go over. I just don't know what I am doing wrong or not doing?

srpaint · 08-23-2011, 05:11 PM

I don't have any advice for you but wanted to say I feel your pain. Big hugs to you.

barbygirl43 · 08-24-2011, 10:58 AM

Mine didn't budge this past week for me on Monday (it did yesterday) but I could tell I had lost. Clothes that were fitting me tight when I got them out of the dryer were loose on me. Do you measure yourself as well? Many times you may be losing inches when you aren't losing weight. When the scale isn't cooperating for me, I usually try to find something else to motivate/challenge me to keep me from wanting to give up.
Hang in there.

lynnie923 · 08-24-2011, 11:03 AM

In crease your water intake and don't be discouraged you maybe building muscle mass.

Lynn

phonymahoney · 08-24-2011, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by 2CuteToBeFat

Anywho the scale isn't budging! I feel like as much as I weigh even cutting out a little something should help!

Don't worry! If you are working out and being good, things WILL change. You may not lose pounds right away, but your weight could be moving around - losing some fat, gaining some muscle, or losing inches! Trust me, a few months ago, I was going to the gym just a couple times a week, and it was making a difference for SURE. Stick with it, and try not to worry about the scale so much!

omgzitsmiranda · 08-24-2011, 07:32 PM

What I do when I get "stuck" is cut my calories down a good bit, drink more water & move more.

Also, you're eating 1900 calories? Have you tried lowering that down for a week or so to try that? I wouldn't lose ANYTHING doing that

Good luck!

sheramama · 08-24-2011, 07:42 PM

I agree with changing your caloric intake. My weight likes to stall all the time and I do some calorie confusion/calorie cycling. One day I will eat more carbs then the next two or three almost straight protein. Or skew your calories. Make sure by the end of the week it equals your target times 7, but do it in different amounts. If you are going for 1900/day that is 13,300. Maybe on day one eat 17,000, day two 2100 calories, etc but dont go over the 13,300 for the week. It confuses your body.

I am also HUGE on measuring. I lose in weird places, like my neck and ankles sometimes. It is still losing.

Good luck!

mybestme · 08-24-2011, 08:52 PM

If you are working out doing weights I mean for the 45 minutes your muscles may be holding on to water to recover. In your calories intake what is it that you are eating? I find that when I eat lots of raw veggies and drink lots of water ( I drink about 2 to 3 gallons a day) then my body naturally releases the water it is holding.
Good luck and keep it up the pounds will start vanishing!
BTW did you start the C25K?
~T~

Lovely · 08-25-2011, 12:01 AM

I know this is probably the last thing you want to hear, but I say give it two more weeks of what you're doing.

You've started exercising -and- eating differently. Some bodies need more time to adjust to those things.

Just two more weeks. And TAKE MEASUREMENTS. If nothing changes after those two weeks, then start making small changes until something clicks and you start losing.

Be PROUD of yourself for eating right and exercising

rachel1985 · 08-25-2011, 02:58 AM

Are you making sure to weigh yourself at the same time of day in roughly the same state of clothes? I always make sure to weigh in in the morning before breakfast (after potty) in my jammies. If I forget to get on the scale and go ahead and eat breakfast, I skip weigh in for that day. I have on occasion gotten on the scale at night when my hubby does just to see how much difference there is and the difference is noticeable...like in the neighborhood of a whole pound noticeable.
Keep your chin up, though. If you've watched "biggest loser", you know that even those people with their massive (and fast) weight loss hit a 'plateau' where for a whole week they don't lose hardly anything. It just happens like that sometimes. I'm sure you'll come out of it no problem.

DCHound · 08-29-2011, 05:16 PM

Post your daily menu and plenty of folks on here can help you with that.

runningfromfat · 08-29-2011, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by sheramama

I agree with changing your caloric intake. My weight likes to stall all the time and I do some calorie confusion/calorie cycling. One day I will eat more carbs then the next two or three almost straight protein. Or skew your calories. Make sure by the end of the week it equals your target times 7, but do it in different amounts. If you are going for 1900/day that is 13,300. Maybe on day one eat 17,000, day two 2100 calories, etc but dont go over the 13,300 for the week. It confuses your body.

I am also HUGE on measuring. I lose in weird places, like my neck and ankles sometimes. It is still losing.

Good luck!

I agree. I don't think you're at the point where you need to be worrying about cutting calories yet. Unfortunately, plateaus can happen.

Try calorie cycling or change up your food intake for the time being.

and good luck!

plangevin · 08-30-2011, 12:41 PM

I completely understand how you feel.

I start July 17th at 330 and was down to 305 by August 17th. It's now August 30th and I'm around 303... So I've lost like 2 pounds in 2 weeks?!

I've been eating around 1500 calories since and I work out monday,wednesday,friday of each week and to the point where I almost throw up after my workout...

It's discouraging but there's no way that I can maintain my weight if I only eat 1500 calories a day so I'm hanging in there. Life is simply making me work to get out of those 300s and you know what, I'm gonna beat it.

Hang in there, I'm in the same position as you are !

Pacifica Bee · 08-30-2011, 05:17 PM

Another way to look at it as that it's "only" been 2 weeks. It took a lifetime to gain weight, it's going to take some time for your body to gear up and say "ok, now it is time to LOSE weight". Cut yourself some slack! Being too hard at the beginning can only lead to discouragement. Everyone in this thread has already given you really good advice regarding calories, measurements, and muscle gains so no need to reiterate, but I will say I read LOTS of good advice in every reply here

Heather · 08-31-2011, 07:54 AM

To lose weight, you need to create a calorie deficit. Most of that happens through diet. If on the days you eat over 1900 you eat even 300-400 calories over, that could wipe out the deficit on the other days. Also, how certain are you that you are eating 1900 calories? You might need to tweak the diet side to see results.

Don't despair!