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jordanthesword
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I have 15 lbs to lose in the next 3 months and the scale is hovering at 130 lbs. I'm getting so frustrated, I know I'm annoying the people around me but the longer it stays at 130 the less time I have. I don't know what else to do. I'm not sure what to do anymore.
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try changing up your workouts0
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Why the deadline?0
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Can you open your diary?0
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How tall are you?0
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are u doing a workout routine and eating plan0
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What do you do? What is your fitness program? Eating at deficit ? Best general advice is the sexypants guide, easily found here.....but you need to specify what you need help with.
Basic answers are going to be
1. eat at modest deficit
2. log accurately
3. do some cardio
4. lift weights
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To answer questions: I am 5'2" I work out for 3 hours every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. I only do cardio. I don't have weights to work with. I will not be opening my diary, sorry.
Other: I don't eat meat except on occasion. I don't really know how to cook so I used to eat mostly pre-packaged stuff, I've been replacing that with fruit as much as I can. I do not and never will weigh my food on a scale.
I think I'm just stuck. I lost about 6 lbs before I started MFP and I've lost 1lb since I got it. My problem is I don't know how to get unstuck. I look up weight loss things online and I find out I'm doing a lot of the things they suggest and it's kind of disappointing. I know I'm being kind of impatient but I've been stuck at around 130 for quite a while and I'm just losing time. I've looked it up and it's possible to lose 10-15 lbs in 3 months but now I'm worried that I can't.0 -
If you are confident about your calorie intakes and burns then you just need patient. Change up your workout routine and add some body weight exercises.0
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jordanthesword wrote: »To answer questions: I am 5'2" I work out for 3 hours every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. I only do cardio. I don't have weights to work with. I will not be opening my diary, sorry.
Other: I don't eat meat except on occasion. I don't really know how to cook so I used to eat mostly pre-packaged stuff, I've been replacing that with fruit as much as I can. I do not and never will weigh my food on a scale.
I think I'm just stuck. I lost about 6 lbs before I started MFP and I've lost 1lb since I got it. My problem is I don't know how to get unstuck. I look up weight loss things online and I find out I'm doing a lot of the things they suggest and it's kind of disappointing. I know I'm being kind of impatient but I've been stuck at around 130 for quite a while and I'm just losing time. I've looked it up and it's possible to lose 10-15 lbs in 3 months but now I'm worried that I can't.
You're just going to have to accept the things the way they are. If you refuse to weigh your food, then maybe your body just refuses to lose anymore weight.0 -
If you aren't losing weight, you aren't eating at a deficit. Since you refuse to weigh you food you are just gonna have to make your portion sizes smaller and smaller until the scale starts moving. The progress will likely be slower since you are just going to be making wild guesses about your cals but eventually the scale will have to move.0
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jordanthesword wrote: »I have 15 lbs to lose in the next 3 months and the scale is hovering at 130 lbs. I'm getting so frustrated, I know I'm annoying the people around me but the longer it stays at 130 the less time I have. I don't know what else to do. I'm not sure what to do anymore.
Let me ask you this: if you lose 10 pounds instead of 15 would that be so bad? I ask because deadlines can drive you nuts.
You're going to get some good advice here about tightening up your logging and getting the weight loss started again, but the weight is going to come off on its own schedule. You can't always force your body to lose it as fast as you want and it might be a good idea to step back and try to take some of tge pressure off.
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you don't say how long you have been stuck. If it is just a few weeks, you may not actually be stuck...it could just be water weight. If longer than that, then you just need to eat less or exercise more or some combination of the two.
Yes, it is very possible to lose 15 pounds in three months...I have definitely lost more than that in a shorter time pretty easily. However, I was over 200 pounds at the time. It would probably be EXTREMELY difficult for someone who only weighs 130 because you are already at a healthy weight and have much less to lose.0 -
First of all, you don't HAVE to lose 15 lbs to go on vacation, you WANT to. If you are tying your enjoyment of your vacation on your weight, you are headed down a dangerous road. 130 is a healthy weight for a woman of your height, and vanity pounds can go slower.
Losing weight is about eating less calories than your body uses. You need to know how many calories you are eating. If you aren't willing to weigh your food or open your diary, there isn't much advice anyone here can give you. You need to plug your stats and goals into MFP and consistently and accurately log your food and exercise.
Considering your current weight and your goal weight, a healthy rate of loss would be half a pound a week, which would be 5-10 lbs in 3 months. If you work in some resistance training, like the body weight exercises mentioned in a previous post, you might not hit the number you want, but you will be lighter and healthy.
If you are hitting your MFP calorie goal and not losing weight, you are most logging incorrectly, either not measuring or eyeballing servings correctly or choosing inaccurate entries.
Read all the stickies, they will really help, especially:
Sexypants
and
Calorie Counting
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diannethegeek wrote: »jordanthesword wrote: »I have 15 lbs to lose in the next 3 months and the scale is hovering at 130 lbs. I'm getting so frustrated, I know I'm annoying the people around me but the longer it stays at 130 the less time I have. I don't know what else to do. I'm not sure what to do anymore.
Let me ask you this: if you lose 10 pounds instead of 15 would that be so bad? I ask because deadlines can drive you nuts.
You're going to get some good advice here about tightening up your logging and getting the weight loss started again, but the weight is going to come off on its own schedule. You can't always force your body to lose it as fast as you want and it might be a good idea to step back and try to take some of tge pressure off.
Someone told me that taking a break is good for you. for every so many weeks to take a week off, would that be a good idea? 10 lbs would be just as good as 15 I think. It's more of a see-how-you-look thing.0 -
Are you sure you aren't at your natural weight? 130 lbs seems to be a healthy weight for your height depending on how muscular you are and your body type.0
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If you open your diary then the feedback you get has a much greater chance of actually being helpful.0
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Yep, I noticed. I'm just not sure she realizes the importance of actually seeing the data in order to make decisions about the data.0 -
Good luck w/o weighing and measuring your food you have no idea how much your eating!0
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Hobbits2014 wrote: »Are you sure you aren't at your natural weight? 130 lbs seems to be a healthy weight for your height depending on how muscular you are and your body type.
I'm not muscular at all and I have a smaller/medium build.0 -
Maybe instead of focusing on weight loss, you could maintain and lift weights instead? I don't know about you, but I love picking up heavy things and seeing muscle lines emerge! I still have some extra pounds/body fat I don't love, but I wonder if you would like your results better if you got firmer/stronger instead of smaller.0
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determined_14 wrote: »Maybe instead of focusing on weight loss, you could maintain and lift weights instead? I don't know about you, but I love picking up heavy things and seeing muscle lines emerge! I still have some extra pounds/body fat I don't love, but I wonder if you would like your results better if you got firmer/stronger instead of smaller.
I've been thinking about weights but I don't have access to any. Maybe I should buy some?0 -
You don't need to weigh and measure food. Yes, it is possible she is eating more than she thinks. However, all she needs to do is eat slightly smaller portions or cut out a snack...or made a few substitutions with lower calorie choices. It is not necessary to know exactly how many grams you are consuming.carliekitty wrote: »Good luck w/o weighing and measuring your food you have no idea how much your eating!
Some people choose to do it that way, and that's great that they found a method that works for them. But it is not the only way to accomplish the same objective.
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jordanthesword wrote: »To answer questions: I am 5'2" I work out for 3 hours every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. I only do cardio. I don't have weights to work with. I will not be opening my diary, sorry.
No weights? Me either and honestly cant afford to buy any right now. Use canned veggies or water jugs as hand weight or try the free app 8fit or one similar to convict conditioning or you are your own home gym. Strictly bodyweight exercises. Right now, I am doing the 30 day push up challenge (modified)
As for the diary, mine is open only to my (3) friends, in case I need an outside view when I can't figure things out. You can choose 1 knowledgeable person to view your diary with you (password protected, give them the password. You can always change it later). Maybe they can pinpoint and offer more personalized advice?jordanthesword wrote: »Other: I don't eat meat except on occasion. I don't really know how to cook so I used to eat mostly pre-packaged stuff, I've been replacing that with fruit as much as I can. I do not and never will weigh my food on a scale.
Nothing wrong with not being much of a meat eater. My sister doesnt eat it much and is happy where as I do and love it. Just make sure you have a good source of protein
I don't have a food scale myself (but will be soon for mainly for meat). Instead, i use measuring cups. I preportion my produce (and meat) into single servings for the week, with the amount on the container/bag. I was suprised by how far off an eyeballed serving can actually be (that was where my hidden calories were).
Feel free to pm or friend me. I have a long ways to go, but have learned some things along the way. 0
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