I can totally relate to you. For the past 4 years I have been stuck at 142-141 but have never been able to break past it. All I have to do is to smell a chinese takeout and gain all the weight overnight, and then I spend the next month working my butt off to get back to 142. It is so fustrating.
My husband & I have been talking about having kids in the next year or so. And I am determined to break past the 140's because I am scared that I will gain a ton of weight during pregnancy and never be able to lose it. I guess this is kinda like a trial run to show myself that I can lose all this weight. When I tell my family or friends this, they look at me like I belong in a straight jacket! sigh
Thank you everyone for the pregnancy weight tips!
Nina125, that's why I don't tell anyone about my fears about pregnancy weight gain and loss. Everyone has forever told me I don't need to lose weight, but when I do lose weight everyone notices! I guess my weight just creeps up slowly and is evenly distributed so it's hard for anyone except me to discern.
I am currently fighting the chinese takeout issue by going pseudo-vegetarian on weekdays. I'm only letting myself eat meat on the weekends. Otherwise, general tso chicken and his fried chicken cousins were just wrecking the scale for me. In the past I've had rules where I actually had to walk to the restaurant and pick up my food if I was going to eat anything unhealthy. This decreased the ease and temptation from delivery or drive-through. At the time this worked because I had to walk at least 0.5 miles to over 1.5 miles in some cases to get to my favorite fast food places. However this rule doesn't work as well in NYC where I live now since everything is within a few blocks so I had to come up with a new one.
I also bring my lunch to work with me and I bring a lot different food items to hold me through all day. The people where I work order takeout all the time and the whole office smells like Chinese food somedays, but I've been there 1.5 years now and don't feel as tempted anymore.
I'm glad I found this thread! I was stuck in the 140's forever, then I stopped working and went up 150 -ugh, I wanted to DIE! I remembered being on this site years ago, so I'm back again. This time I'm determeined to get this weight off!! I want to be down 5 pounds by Valentines Days and this place gives me the incentive I need. "HOPEFULLY" I'll be out of the 140's by St. Patty's day!
I have been stuck in the 140s since December. I only lost 3 pounds in December and 1.5 in January. When will the 140s leave? I've been bouncing between 146-143 for 2 weeks now, no matter how close I stick to plan!
143.5 today. I'm bouncing a lot, though, so who knows if tomorrow I'll be back to 145. The bouncing seems to be between lower numbers now, though.
I'm at the beginning of my 2 week no loss stretch (if history is an indicator ofthe future), so I guess I should be comfortable here until mid to late February and then hopefully get into the 130s. That's the way my body seems to roll.
I'm new to the "featherweights" so I thought I'd start by introducing myself on here. I'm 5'2 and as of this morning 149.8 lbs! I started my journey at 215 lbs right after having my 2nd child. I've noticed a lot of people on here not being able to get out of the 140's and that kind of scares me because I had issues getting out of the 150's! But I've upped my exercise from 30-45 minutes a day to 60 minutes a day and have been trying to eat on the LOWER side of my calorie range. Can't wait to get to know you all and hopefully we can break the 140's fast!
139.4 this morning...at least I am at the lower end of my "bouncing around 140"
LOL, i was really hoping to see 138 by today, but since I've been sick the last week and not really on plan I guess I can't complain...when I finally reach 138 I am going to call it and decide I am officially "out of the 140's"
A few years ago I lost 50 pounds and settled comfortably around 140-142 pounds and maintained that for a long while. Then over the last 6 months or so I have slowly gained a little weight. Now I'm back at it, hoping to get below 140 pounds before my marathon in May.
Is this the caloric amount that got you through the 140's or did you recently drop down to the 1300's?
I dropped down to 1300 on Monday. I got through the 140's eating 1500 and then started to stall and basically took a break from mid December until mid January, and since then have been pretty on a week, off a week due to travel and getting sick.
But...I just might have escaped. This morning I weighed in at 138.6!!! I kept seeing 139, then 140 again, so I told myself when I saw 138 I would consider myself out of the 140's. Should I call it? Should I weigh in for a few more days? Argggh...so close, i never want to see 140 again!!!!
I too have been STUCK in the 140's for way too long...I am now the closest I have been to getting out of them 141!!.. Hoping in the next week or so I can pop of the the 140's! One problem - tomorrow is my bday and am sure to pack on some water weight which will frustrated me make me cry..So I better give myself 2 weeks to get below 140... Wish me luck!!
I dropped down to 1300 on Monday. I got through the 140's eating 1500 and then started to stall and basically took a break from mid December until mid January, and since then have been pretty on a week, off a week due to travel and getting sick.
But...I just might have escaped. This morning I weighed in at 138.6!!! I kept seeing 139, then 140 again, so I told myself when I saw 138 I would consider myself out of the 140's. Should I call it? Should I weigh in for a few more days? Argggh...so close, i never want to see 140 again!!!!
1500... INTERESTING. I had a metabolic test ran on me at the doctors office when I was in the 150.(probably close to 160) range . The test revealed that I needed 2100 calories a day to maintain and 500 less to lose my 2 pounds a week.. So basically they told me I needed 1637 calories. I'm so friggin hard headed that I dont think I ever ate that much though I wish I did to just see if they were right about me losing. I can say that since I have been doing the Amy's plan, I have allowed myself closer to the 1500 calorie range (1300 - 1500) so I guess I'm on the right track. Its funny,that I hate to see over 1200 sometimes. With the amount of exercise that I do, I probably should never be eating below 1500... but once again, I think I just get anxious when I start getting above 1200 and I have been trying to make myself stop thinking this way.
Well anyway, thanks for responding. Do you exercise as well? Its good to know that 1500 calories got you through the 140's. Eases my mind a little
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1500... INTERESTING. I had a metabolic test ran on me at the doctors office when I was in the 150.(probably close to 160) range . The test revealed that I needed 2100 calories a day to maintain and 500 less to lose my 2 pounds a week.. So basically they told me I needed 1637 calories. I'm so friggin hard headed that I dont think I ever ate that much though I wish I did to just see if they were right about me losing. I can say that since I have been doing the Amy's plan, I have allowed myself closer to the 1500 calorie range (1300 - 1500) so I guess I'm on the right track. Its funny,that I hate to see over 1200 sometimes. With the amount of exercise that I do, I probably should never be eating below 1500... but once again, I think I just get anxious when I start getting above 1200 and I have been trying to make myself stop thinking this way.
Well anyway, thanks for responding. Do you exercise as well? Its good to know that 1500 calories got you through the 140's. Eases my mind a little
Hi Dedikayted - what weight did you start at and what are you currently at? I started at about 152 and at that weight, I was eating 2,000-2500 calories a day, and I was also running 3 times a week and doing a 90 minute iyengar yoga class 2 times per week. I also walk about 2 miles every day around town.
I cut the running out last fall when the weather got cold and I started school back up, and I started dieting September 20th. Since I was eating about 2,000+ calories, I dropped down to 1500. I lost 2 lbs a week no problem - I was down 9 my first month of dieting. But then I plateaued basically, and with a vacation in October, Thanksgiving and all the December holidays I sort of took a break in there. I continued with the yoga through January and am trying to get back into the running 3 times a week. I haven't been consistent with it though but I am making it a few times a week most weeks. I'm not being consistent with the yoga since January either. It's hard for me as I work full time and go to grad school at night. I was spending my lunch hours at the gym and my only free weeknight at yoga and it was just too much. Can't wait til summer break when I can kick the exercise up more!!!
I was 138.6 again this morning. I think I finally made it!!!
Last edited by Wildflower; 02-13-2011 at 09:56 AM.
138.6!!! 
