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I feel like I am beating this to death but I am STILL not losing!
I am eating healthy. Eating more fruits and veggies. Nothing refined or sugary. Started calorie counting with my spreadsheet on 1/27 but started low calories on or before 1/25.
1/27 - 2/8 I average 1184 calories a day.
2/9 - 3/3 I averaged 1322.
Still not losing I decided to take others advice and up the calories a little.
STILL not losing I am now calorie cycling at 1500 and 1800 and this is day 13 of that.
By all means I should have lost something like 14 lbs by now. I have lost a whopping 5.
I am at my WITS END. I am by no means giving up EVER but it sure would be nice to see some results. And yes I am measuring waist and hips. NOTHING is changing!! (not to mention I measure to the gram on my food!!)
Am I too low still on calories? The workouts are pretty intense but not very long. My body is SERIOUSLY resisting me. And the weird thing is I can EAT more and still not lose or gain.
Warm hello to you, sumisan! How very frustrating for you! Originally Posted by sumisan
Hi everyone, I have been seeing other forums but still am not getting anywhere. I went over to calorie count to see if they could help and they are all at a loss.I feel like I am beating this to death but I am STILL not losing!
I am eating healthy. Eating more fruits and veggies. Nothing refined or sugary. Started calorie counting with my spreadsheet on 1/27 but started low calories on or before 1/25.
1/27 - 2/8 I average 1184 calories a day.
2/9 - 3/3 I averaged 1322.
Still not losing I decided to take others advice and up the calories a little.
STILL not losing I am now calorie cycling at 1500 and 1800 and this is day 13 of that.
By all means I should have lost something like 14 lbs by now. I have lost a whopping 5.
I am at my WITS END. I am by no means giving up EVER but it sure would be nice to see some results. And yes I am measuring waist and hips. NOTHING is changing!! (not to mention I measure to the gram on my food!!)
Am I too low still on calories? The workouts are pretty intense but not very long. My body is SERIOUSLY resisting me. And the weird thing is I can EAT more and still not lose or gain.
The expression "being stuck in the doldrums" refers back to when sailing ships were the primary fast means of traversing the globe. The doldrums were the areas where there was no wind, which meant no travel. The sailors were literally at the mercy of the elements, waiting for the wind. They could be stuck there waiting for any length of time, from days to weeks. There was nothing else they could do. So they used their time as productively as they could by taking care of the ship: mending ropes, nets, fixing whatever needed to be tended to. And finally, the wind would come back, and they could continue their journey to wherever they were going.
It sounds like you, too, are stuck in the doldrums right now. Looking up at your post, I took the liberty of highlighting a few of your statements. Taken together, they would read:
I feel like I am beating this to death
I am at my WITS END!
My body is SERIOUSLY resisting me.
These three statements show that you do have some inkling as to the underlying wrong in your situation.
So let's see: You're starving yourself, you're giving yourself grueling physical activity. You're finally starting to notice that your body isn't at all happy at being in this punishment. From your body's perspective: It feels like it's starving to death, it's trying to keep you alive in a harsh environment, and all you're doing is trying to punish it more. What else do you want--to die in this famine?! it must be wondering.
Yes. Your body IS resisting you, because it was designed to hold on to calories when there aren't many coming in. Your overzealous rigor has put you into starvation mode. Think of it as human metabolism default position. Your body's metabolism doesn't know you're trying to lose weight. All it knows is that there hasn't been much food for a couple of months, it doesn't know when it's going to get better nutrition, so it had better hold on to what it's got.
The well-meaning souls advising you to eat even less are leading you in the wrong direction. That's what got you into trouble in the first place. It'll sound counterintuitive, but here it is: you must eat more--and better--food. Your body needs to know it can relax--there's enough food coming in, the metabolism can speed up again. Eat a lot of salmon, other Omega-3 fatty acid fish, hummos, whole grains, tofu, dairy. When you exercise, don't go for harsh and short. Go for gentle, but a long time. That is the better way to burn fat--and that's what you're after.
Our bodies are our animal selves: very basic, very simple, very trusting. But just because they are so, doesn't mean they can be abused. There are basic metabolic rules (regarding body chemistry, our genetics, how they all function together), and the rules are physical laws that cannot be broken, no matter what our minds wish to impose.
Sometime when you're alone, go to the mirror over your bathroom sink. Look your reflection in the eyes, and apologize to yourself. You really didn't know you were hurting yourself, so you already know your honorable intentions; forgive yourself, and vow you'll treat yourself more gently, feed yourself better. Then give yourself the next week off. I don't know what your goal is (I saw something about the beginning of May in something you wrote), but getting your body's metabolism back in line is more important than some date.
And if you live in an area where there's a teaching hospital, you should see if you can find a genuine registered nutritionist to advise you on regulating your metabolism. You need the services of someone who really understands these things beyond what any of us can advise you.