Help needed...miserable...

beamer0821

weigh once a month and read up how your body loses/gains weight and water, etc. its a moment in time. so it doesnt emotionally derail you weigh once a month until you can understand your body better.

AnnPT77

beamer0821 wrote: »

weigh once a month and read up how your body loses/gains weight and water, etc. its a moment in time. so it doesnt emotionally derail you weigh once a month until you can understand your body better.

Or weigh every morning first thing, so you learn how your body's weight fluctuations work, and what causes them (new workouts, time of month, variation in time of day that you eat, higher-than-normal salt or carbs or calories, and more).

Daily weighing isn't for everyone. If weigh-ins are a very emotional experience, it may not be for you. But for those who can take it in stride & learn from it, daily weighing can be fine, and useful. (Infrequent weigh-ins aren't for everyone, either, in other words.)

P.S. I also have an underactive thyroid, but my thyroid hormone level is stable & well controlled with a hefty dose of thyroid hormone. I lost 1/3 of my body weight (60+ pounds) since April 2015, and now am at a healthy weight. You can do this. Patience and consistency is necessary. I absolutely concur that your weight loss won't be linear.

jgnatca

I think it is a North American thing that if a little effort is good, a whole lot of effort is fantastic! Everyone wants to be fantastic! But that's not how the weight loss game is played. Do this with the long view.

I think you are over-doing the exercise, expecting the results to show right away. But those results will likely show first as greater cardiovascular capacity, strength, and agility. Not in weight loss. Keep doing those activities that you really like, because you've got months of it ahead of you. Then at least if the scale refuses to budge once in a while, you won't feel like an absolute chump hating your life.

Eat back the exercise calories, and measure as you have been. And be patient.

size102b

Week 5 here - 1/2lb and last week I spent days painting up ladders moving heavy furniture kept to my calories I was gutted but the body will let go of what it wants when it wants
4 weeks -8lbs I used to lose 14lbs easy in 6 weeks but yoyoing has damaged my body
Keep going but take above advice

missblondi2u

ClaireLK1987 wrote: »

Thanks everyone. Appreciate all your replies. So should I be eating back my exercise calories do we think?

I agree with others that said you should eat back your exercise calories. Your body can only metabolize a certain amount of fat in a given time period. Not fueling your exercise is a bad idea if you want to retain your muscle mass.

On the issue of eating back all or a portion of your exercise calories, I too have heard repeatedly that MFP overestimates calories burned, but that wasn't the case for me. Before I got a Fitbit, I logged all exercise in MFP (synced to mapmywalk). I became skeptical of the burns it was giving me, so I got a Fitbit to double check. My Fitbit adjustment is always very close to what MFP gives me for the same exercises, so I started trusting it. I eat back all of my Fitbit calories, and am still losing weight a little faster than expected, even after losing over 50 pounds already.

CharlieBeansmomTracey

KAYRRIE wrote: »

I lost 15 pounds so far Claire and so far I haven't exercised as much yet. How is it possible for me to lose that much weight? I'm not taking weight loss pills (only cause I just forget lol). I've been aiming at drinking 10-12 cups of water per day. I'm sticking to the amount of calories I'm allowed per day and I'm trying to eat less processed food (only cause of all that stupid salt that will bloat you and make you feel heavier and it shows on the scale easily). You may not want to believe the whole 1200 calorie minimum per day but it's true. Think of it as that's the amount of gas you need in your "car" for it to run properly. That amount is your fuel, and if you're heavier set then you actually need a bit more. If you're exercising that much then I'm assuming you're not eating your calories back. So if you're allowed 1200 and you burn 500 and you don't eat it those back, then your body is trying to function on only 700 cals, which will put it into "survival" mode and it will hold on tight to that fat for "protection". If you're allowed 1200, eat all your calories. You can have a big salad with grilled chicken, you can have eggs, protein, peanut butter, whole wheats, etc. all kinds of yummy choices. As they say, it's 80% diet, and 20% exercise. I've tested it and it's true. Hope this helps.

it will not go into survival mode and hold onto the fat.thats a myth.