Killing myself for Nothing

katy_trail

10 Lbs per month is a lot...stop cryin'. Also, you shouldn't be "killing yourself". I'm 40 Lbs down and haven't had to "kill myself". I get my nutrition on and my fitness on and the rest just takes care of itself. I haven't been the least bit uncomfortable or felt deprived doing any of this.

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BigDnSW

Jillian expects five pounds a week.

Jillian, to put it bluntly, is full of fecal matter.

Ten pounds in a month is absofrickinlutely incredible progress, and you should be proud. You should also not expect it to continue at that rate, because you don't have enough excess body fat to support that kind of weight loss.

Ideally, with 44 pounds left to go, you should be aiming for one pound a week. The only thing you should feel depressed about is that your expectations were unrealistic.

Yup...give yourself some time...like many have said. Feeling sorry for yourself is well, very destructive... “It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are finished.” ― Debbie Macomber

Don't take yourself so seriously, this is supposed to be fun. Cheers :drinker:

sypop

Damn I wish I could lose ten pounds in a month. That should hardly be considered 'nothing'.

AGREED!

conniemaxwell5

Jillian expects five pounds a week.

Jillian, to put it bluntly, is full of fecal matter.

Ten pounds in a month is absofrickinlutely incredible progress, and you should be proud. You should also not expect it to continue at that rate, because you don't have enough excess body fat to support that kind of weight loss.

Ideally, with 44 pounds left to go, you should be aiming for one pound a week. The only thing you should feel depressed about is that your expectations were unrealistic.

This lady knows what she's talking about. Listen to her.

evon623

Every person is different...so every person will get different results. Focus on the fact that you are loosing, you should be proud of yourself. This is not an easy journey. I am 45 and know that my body does not function the same as someone who is 35 or 25, so I have to be happy and proud of what I accomplish in my own time... you should be too!

LayC

Don't get discourage which is easy to do when you are doing all you know how. You may need to change your routine some. The body has to be shocked out of routine every now and then by doing a harder exercise on a off day or increasing reps in something. I get upset too I has taken me forever to lose 20lbs and I got a few more 20's to go.

However, I don't look at it like its for nothing I farther along than I was a few months back also I have a thyroid issue that makes my efforts even harder but I just fall down sometimes get back up and start over.

Keep the faith because it's the faith that keeps us on a daily basis. Many blessings.

meribethd

measure yourself. you are probably gaining muscle.

highly unlikely on such an enormous calorie deficit.

ETA--in reading further, I see this was already pointed out, so I'll just say +1 to that!

NonnyMary

Seriously... I have been eating 1200 calories a day, doing Jillian Michael's Body Revolution for a month, jogging on a treadmill every evening and have only lost 10 pounds!!!! Jillian expects five pounds a week. If you do the math, not counting extra calorie burn for the metabolic training, just what my heart rate monitor says I have burned, I should be losing 3.5 pounds a week. I have barely lost a jean size. So depressed!

Jillian is full of ****e! so forget her.

KenosFeoh

Please adjust your expectations and attitude. 10 pounds in a month is phenomenal! I don't think I've ever lost 10 pounds in a month except when I was ill. Pneumonia will really peel the pounds off; let me tell you! So will asthma, and so not worth it!