When you think you are doing everything right but not working, what did you change?

vanessafinalbattle

I have asked myself this question many times. Then I realize oh I forgot that Friday night party with alcohol and endless eating.

Most likely if your doing a decent exercise program and you believe your calories are on track but still not loosing weight your probably eating too much!

It's a tough realization...but we all have to make it!

EvgeniZyntx

grace4u2receive wrote: »

Oh, and ignore the detox woo woo above.

Why ignore it?

Are people really afraid to eat healthier to drop pounds and feel amazing? So many diet pills, magic formulas (many are fraud). But to just change what you eat (food), drink and by taking care of your body. Your body releases those toxins through waste sounds pretty easy to me. We Spring clean our houses because we can see the dirt, just because we can't see inside of our bodies does not hide the fact that our bodies are toxic. Our bodies will hold onto the fat, since our livers are so bogged down.

Logical inconsistency and call to fear. argumentum ad metum And spacious.

I feal healthy, I have dropped pounds and feel great without the need of a detox.
Your liver is not a house. Your body isn't toxic. The whole "your liver is bogged down and you need a detox" is hocum. Repeating it doesn't make it true.

I can understand if I was giving weird information or telling you to starve yourself, but I am not. I have been on this fitness journey for two years and accomplished my goal. Wish I would have found detoxing at the beginning, to get the pounds off safely and so much quicker.

It obviously has not made you more educated about nutrition or liver function. Detoxing does not add any "safety". It is just basically useless.

My husband and I are doing one now! He was so excited when I went through a detox in December and lost 6.4 pounds. He does not workout much but began to see my results of how easy the weight came off. He wanted to do one too!

In the January detox, he lost 6 pounds and this detox he has already lost 6 pounds in 5 days. We still have five more days to go! He was in the obese category and by losing weight through this detox he is now wanting to working out regularly!

Just want to share the joy I found in taking care of our bodies. If your work them to hard you burn muscle instead of fat. If you do more rest based training along with a good detox. Watch those pounds melt away!

Tons of information and encouragement for those wanting to get results in the Revitalized Bodies group shown on my other post!

Of course one loses weight when you stop eating and go through one of these detox protocols - it's primary water weight based on glycogen store reduction. And you learn no good habits that you can use long term. Waste of time, and often money.

And since you are claiming that working your body too hard burns muscle versus "rest based training & detox" I invite you to post a single published research study that demonstrates that. Or other proof that you consider of significant validity.

Until then - it's all woo.

grace4u2receive

Logical inconsistency and call to fear.

Not fear, just reality. Glad you found a health utopia bubble to live in. For the rest of us, living with industrialized food, produce sprayed with chemicals and other pollutions in this world. We need to keep our bodies healthy.

Of course one loses weight when you stop eating and go through one of these detox protocols - it's primary water weight based on glycogen store reduction. And you learn no good habits that you can use long term. Waste of time, and often money.

Did you read what I wrote? Where did I state you stop eating? I didn't, but instead wrote, "I can understand if I was giving weird information or telling you to starve yourself, but I am not." I also wrote, "But to just change what you eat (food), drink and by taking care of your body." That my friend is a detox!

And you learn no good habits that you can use long term. Waste of time, and often money.

Eating good healthy food is not a waste of time or money. I have learned what foods to stay away from and which ones are better for me. Good lots of good habits to last a lifetime.

There is a lot of research. Happy to share with those interested, but your not! Don't want to waste my time, for someone who doesn't care and doesn't even really read what was said.

Good luck to you friend!

viciouslitany

I start being honest with myself about where I'm lacking. this week, I was not my best and it showed.

megsta91

I was just here. The scale didn't move for 4 weeks. I was dropping inches.. Small amounts, but hey. To get the scale to move, I lowered my calories by 120 a day and started doing intervals on the treadmill to get that heart rate up. Boom, 4 week still broken in 5 days.

cincysweetheart

Honestly... I don't change much of anything. I just make sure I'm logging everything accurately as possible and keep on keeping on. I know that the process is slow and that sometimes the scale is a b**ch. But I also know it can't hold out against a calorie deficit forever.

chatnel

Lately I have found my cutting down my wine consumption is making a difference.

karen_fitzgibbon

Bought a set of scales. Food scales. Oh and threw away my people scales.

pendii

I think part of it is realizing that weight loss isn't a straight line. I weigh everyday life a crazy person. What I've noticed is that even during loss, my weight gotta up and down, up and down. It can get discouraging til you step back and see the forest from trees. If I stick with it, the zig zag of my weight will trend in a downward direction. So yeah. Step back and don't be hard on yourself for daily fluctuations.

Also, your body is designed not to let go of weight easily. You will lose more slowly as time goes on. Patience.

Oldbitcollector

I was busting my *$$ in the gym for months..
(Wasn't seeing weight changes, but my endurance was a little better.)

Started tracking what I put in my mouth and started loosing weight the first week.
Wish someone had clued me into this website the first day...
52 days in of MFP tracking, and I'm already 21 pounds lighter.

grace4u2receive

How Do You Know if You’re Toxic?

The role of toxins and detoxification in health has been largely ignored by medicine. Thankfully, scientists and practitioners are starting to recognize its importance in health.

Many of you probably have symptoms of chronic toxicity that you don’t label as being toxic. If any of these sounds familiar, keep in mind that detoxifying might be critical for you to get healthy and feel good again:

Fatigue
Muscle aches
Joint pain
Sinus congestion
Postnasal drip
Excessive sinus problems
Headaches
Bloating
Gas
Constipation
Diarrhea
Foul-smelling stools
Heartburn
Sleep problems
Difficulty concentrating
Food cravings
Water retention
Trouble losing weight
Rashes
Skin problems
Eczema
Psoriasis
Canker sores
Acne
Puffy, dark circles under your eyes
Premenstrual syndrome
Other menstrual disorders
Bad breath

In a healthy body, the process of detoxification runs smoothly. When we are toxic, though, the mechanism for detoxification in the liver gets sluggish, and certain toxins can remain active longer than we want or than our systems can handle. This makes us sick and impedes normal metabolism. It also causes fluid retention, bloat, and puffiness.

If you are overweight, you are toxic by definition because most environmental chemicals like pesticides and plastics are stored in your fat tissue. As you lose weight, you need to flush out the toxins that get released from your fat tissue. Otherwise, they can poison your metabolism and impair weight loss.

Excessive weight and obesity aside, nearly every disease on the planet has links to toxicity, including dementia, heart disease, autoimmune diseases, food allergies, and digestive issues.

Taken from Mark Hyman, M.D.

There is a group of us walking through SUPER clean eating starting May 1st, and starting to prepare today. Just a time to Spring Clean our bodies and reset our liver and colon to do their job better. Here is the MFP group.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/103019-revitalized-bodies

This type of eating (super clean) is also known as a detox. You might be asking why would I need to detox? One of the things that you have to give up is sugar all types, even natural kinds. Learning about this substance and how it is more addicting than cocaine. Can answer the question, but there are more reasons it is important.

This type of eating stopped my yo-yo effect on my weight and helped me to drop weight for good too get to my weight loss goal! I did it to lose weight originally, but was amazed at how I felt afterward!



You can eat super clean and still see significant weight loss without exercising. If you exercise while eating super clean, it only enhances more weight loss.

Let's get healthy and stay healthy!

qwertymmii

Have you had your thyroid levels checked? I had a friend who was on Wight Watchers and gained weight. Her doctor did not believe her but when she showed him her food logs so he then checked her thyroid and put her meds. It all started to come off. She made it to goal and is now a leader for W.W.

sofaking6

Ugh please stop with the sugar/toxins crap.

wateryphoenix

sijomial wrote: »

I simply cut my daily calorie allowance which tipped me from glacial rate of loss to the expected/desired rate of loss.

It appears that either:
1) My actual TDEE is lower than calculators estimate.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this. Seriously, TDEE says that to keep my current weight I should eat 2400. If I eat 2000, I don't lose anything, and I'm pushing it with 1750.

OP, I suggest try out different things (for a few weeks at a time, of course...give your body time to adjust and figure out if the new thing will work or not) to see what works best for YOU. I still do this....and I've been actively losing weight for almost 2 years.

kristenlarkin

I dropped my carbs to under 20g a day. Lost 108 pounds in less than 9 months. I have a lot of weeks where I don't lose anything, sometimes I will even gain a little, but then eventually I'll get a whoosh and lose a lot in one week. Everyone's body is different and you just need to figure out what works best for you. You also have to figure out what you can stick to for life. Maybe, have your thyroid checked as well.

chatnel

Did have my thyroid checked and came back borderline, so might be why it is so hard for me to lose. Not prescribed any medication though so will just have to keep trying.

retirehappy

For me it was upping activity. I got a Fitbit and started moving a LOT more, not just walking, I just stopped sitting so much. I also stopped eating at the 1200 cal level. I started losing at the rate I had MFP and Fitbit set for, the last couple of weeks, now that I am about 15 lbs from my goal that rate is slowing ever so slightly and I think it is because my cardio has improved so much but I am still doing the same things. I am going to add strength training and a couple of days of HIIT to my weeks. That should get me where I want to go by the end of summer.

I have to agree with the person who stated stress has a strong effect. When I was still working I had 12 hr. days in front of the computer and was not losing. Now that I am retired, the stress has declined dramatically, and I had started to lose, then stalled out end of last year, that is why I went for the Fitbit, I need something to motivate me to move.