Why am I failing

RodaRose

Log your food the day before. Pre-logging works for lots of us.

dubird

Start with logging. Get a digital scale and weigh and log EVERYTHING for a week or so while eating like normal. It will be a shocker, but it will give you a baseline and help you identify patterns. Then, change one thing and give yourself a week or two to adjust it. Then change something else. It's slow, but does work.

What you need to understand is that this is not a 'diet'. What you're actually trying to do is retrain your brain and body to what normal food portions are and how to balance it. That is what makes the weight loss sustainable. You don't have to cut out your favorite foods, just adjust to eating less of them. I'm at the point that while my logging isn't as accurate as it used to be, I still log every day, though sometimes it is an estimate! But even with that, I'm still consistently at or under my calorie goal every day because I've been teaching myself how much I should be eating. It means ordering smaller meals or leaving half uneaten at restaurants if I need to (which is a HUGE hurdle for a lot of people, and still bugs me!). I have days I go over, all of us do. It doesn't make you a failure, just makes you human. Log it and start fresh next day.

As for exercise, you do what you want for exercise. If you like the elliptical, use it. Don't let some random stranger dictate what machines you can and can't use, espically for such a stupid reason. Of course, if it was a guy that said that to me, my response would be "I'm sorry, I thought catty comments were also feminine, but it didn't stop you.", but I'm a smartass and that kind of rudeness brings it out. I personally prefer the recumbent bike. Granted, it doesn't give me as good a workout, but it's easier on my back and shoulders and I can read my Kindle while I do it, so I don't notice the general aches until they become actual pain that tells me I should stop now.

pondee629

Abram86 wrote: »

So I started my journey 2 and half years ago and within 8 months I had gone from 260 or so to 199. Fast forward to today and I'm now back to 242. I am trying to stop the upward climb in my weight but no matter what I do I'm still not losing. Where am I going wrong and why is it so hard this time around? I really don't eat too much food and I do strength training at least 3 times a week. I average about 2000 calories a day give or take. I can't figure out if I need to cut back on fat, carbs etc. Help

An interresting read: http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/why-am-i-not-losing-weight/

Francl27

You're eating too much. Start weighing your food and logging everything. Quite sure that's been mentioned already though!

mbaker566

weigh and log everything
aside from medical reasons, the reason why you aren't loosing weight is because you are not eating at a calorie deficit