Anyone else who doesn't weigh much, and is only losing a lit

edelq

Hi,, i'm in the same boat really! I'm 5'10 and 159 lbs,, my goal is around 145lb, as I know I put on about 20 lbs in the last year or so, so want to get back to where I was.

I've been eating really healthy and lots of working out, but only losing about 0.5lb per week, if that!
The only thing is I have noticed a difference in my body shape, it is really starting to tone,, and a few people have started to comment that I've lost weight, and I'm like "I've lost 3 pounds!" , so it must look like more than 3 lbs,,

So, yeah, the only advise I have is to keep with it,, its encouraging to me to see others in the same boat to be honest. and now, instead of aiming for 1-2 lb loss each week, I'm aiming for about 0.5 lb..

Another thing, as I quizzed a personal trainer on this,, is to look at your body fat. I've gone from 24.1% to 23.1%,, which is apparently pretty good, He said that aboud 0.1% per week is a good amount, and that's the figure I should really go by, not weight as I'm building muscle etc so the weight isn't going to change very much.

Hi Edelq!
Our numbers are so similar Im wondering how many calories you are eating each day. I am tempted to drop back to 1200 cals a day (plus exercise cals), but I keep hearing that BMR is the way to go (1560 according to MFP).
What is working for you? I dont mind .5 lbs a week....i just want to be moving DOWN the scale My ulimate goal weight is 145lbs., but i'd settle for 149

Hi! I wrote you a reply yesterday but it got lost somewhere!!

For me, I've cut back on carbs, just a little, I try to have lunch with no carbs (well, a veggie soup,, I know the soup will have some carbs, but I have no bread with it), and then for my breakfast and dinner I try to stick to wholegrain stuff as much as I can..
The last 2 weeks I've been doing this, and ensuring I have some protein with every meal,, this seems to have had the biggest difference for me,, weight loss is still very slow, but I've noticed the difference in my stomach since I reduced the carbs

monkeysmum

i cut back on carbs i was a big pasta and rice fan but would eat the equivelant of 4portions in one meal not so good for me and i dropped alot fast 6lbs in 2 weeks just from that
now im working out more but not eating the exercise calories or only eating a few of them mainly because i went to that thing on here that says if we stayed in bed all day we would burn off so many calories mine was 1273 a day and im allowed 1200 id be dieting forever to lose anything so now im still eating the 1200 but not eating exercise calories or only having a small portion of them to see if that helps have also had doc tell me that 1000cals a day would be ok because of the variety and foods i eat so i dont worry if some days im under now but get a doctor to ok that based on foods you eat etc

katbass

Thanks girls! I decided to try 1200 cals again this week and see what happens. Yesterday I burned 500+cals from exercise, and I ended the day with 200+ cals leftover. So Im eating back exercise calories if Im hungry or Im gonna exercise more in order to eat more. I believe in the theory of the BMR, but for some reason, after several weeks, it just wasnt holding true for me. Bummer...because I REALLLY like food and REALLLY enjoyed eating those extra calories each day without feeling guilty. I just kept telling myself "THIS is the week the weight loss starts..my body is just getting used to being fed more..." but that week never came.
I tend to lose my appetite when I work out, so Im hoping that helps keep me around 1200 cals. If not, I wont feel bad eating back exercise calories as long as Im listening to my body and not my cravings
Good luck to everyone! WHY oh WHY do the last ten-ish pounds have to be such a struggle?!

foxyforce

i also wanted to add something that really helps me:

by only eating clean/natural foods, eat as much as you want. it is so seldom you will go over 1200 cals by eating super healthy, so at times i find it so unneccessary to count cals when i know what i ate all day was unprocessed.

DancingYogini

Hi all,

I am in the same boat...currently 146 and 5'9", which puts me at a healthy BMI. I messed up when I first joined and put my weight at 155, when I was actually 150...so it looks like I have lost more than I really have . I want to get down into the 130's, I just feel better and my clothes fit better at around 130-135. If I religiously put in everything I eat, and exercise daily, then I actually do drop weight, just not as fast as I would like. The scale is a real motivator or depressant for me, if I have lost weight, it makes me more determined to eat my alloted calories and exercise, if I have gained, I have a tendency to want to throw in the towel and just eat a bunch of crappy food :blushing: I think changing my way of thinking about weight is a huge issue, and realizing that those last few pounds are always the hardest to lose, and to not let it get me down if it takes longer. I eat organic, healthy foods, am a vegetarian and avoid processed food as much as possible. So I have a healthy body and should be extremely grateful!! I would think that a lot of people would be so very happy to be in the same situation as us all, and would love to only have to lose a small amount of "vanity" weight...but still it is frustrating. Because, if you don't feel comfortable in your own body, regardless of how much you weigh, it is a real issue, and shouldn't be discounted...I have a lot of friends that need to lose a lot more than I do, for health reasons, and always get on me for even implying that I need to lose weight....I guess that is a sore point for me. Anyway, sorry for the novel, I guess I needed to get some things off of my chest.

Have a great day all