Accepting that I just loose weight steadily but slowly

mataliaadavenport

Does anyone else also seem to be like this? It only sucks cause I want it to go faster, but my body is on a different time, smelling flowers, dragging butt.
Sometimes I get envy and a little butthurt on people doing light exercises and just dropping weight like no tomorrow. It's pretty awesome for them, but I'm a little green with envy. Haha
Anyone have this issue too? Dealing with the envy bug?
Also, that all being said , I need more friends on here.

zyxst

I feel that way. Not so much that my body is dragging its butt, but that I'm too lazy to put in any "real" effort. There are several people who've lost as much as I have in half and less than half the time than it took me. It makes me feel like I didn't want it as much as they did because I took so long.

Francl27

If you lose slowly it just means that you're eating more than people who lose fast. That being said, a lot of people crash diet and it's not healthy either because they just don't learn healthy eating habits and/or might just end up binging and gaining it all back.

Bottom line, enjoy your current diet because you probably get to eat more than your friends. And be more active, but in the end it's really mostly about diet.

cgvet37

No, everyone is genetically different. Lets just say it took you three years to get to the weight you currently are. It's going to take time to loose it. Try not to worry about everyone else, because then you loose focus on making yourself better.

blues4miles

I lose pretty slowly. Sometimes I go through periods where I am getting the miraculous 1 lb/week. Sometimes it will crawl to .3 lbs/week. And I am still obese with plenty to lose. For me it comes down to my food, not my workout. I am still eating too much to lose as much as I want. At the end of the day, I have to be satisfied that it is going down. Sure I could be willing to cut my eating more, but I'm not sure that's for me right now. I do re-focus on it periodically to get my daily calories to what I want them to be, but honestly the slow loss for me is down to just too much food. I think about where I want to be in a year from now, not where I want to be in a week or a month from now.

mataliaadavenport

zyxst wrote: »

I feel that way. Not so much that my body is dragging its butt, but that I'm too lazy to put in any "real" effort. There are several people who've lost as much as I have in half and less than half the time than it took me. It makes me feel like I didn't want it as much as they did because I took so long.

You're absolutely welcome to observe my journal. I'm very sure it's not because I'm lazy, and I work out until I'm as shaky as a newborn baby deer.
And mfp has the lowest set calories of 1200, so always being under is hardly over eating.
I get more or less envious by those who can workout half hearted and loose more weight. Like a personal friend of mine. She even eats badly, and more.

LKArgh

mataliaadavenport wrote: »

zyxst wrote: »

I feel that way. Not so much that my body is dragging its butt, but that I'm too lazy to put in any "real" effort. There are several people who've lost as much as I have in half and less than half the time than it took me. It makes me feel like I didn't want it as much as they did because I took so long.

You're absolutely welcome to observe my journal. I'm very sure it's not because I'm lazy, and I work out until I'm as shaky as a newborn baby deer.
And mfp has the lowest set calories of 1200, so always being under is hardly over eating.
I get more or less envious by those who can workout half hearted and loose more weight. Like a personal friend of mine. She even eats badly, and more.

What you describe is simply not possible. You need to locate the problem in your calculations. Either you are losing weight and have unrealistic expectations or something in the numbers does not add up.
A quick check from your diary indicates your exercise numbers are not to be trusted, I would guess they are about double the true numbers. Second, you measure a lot of things in cups, so you could be very off in you calorie counting too.
What is your current weight and how fast/slow are you losing?

Francl27

mataliaadavenport wrote: »

zyxst wrote: »

I feel that way. Not so much that my body is dragging its butt, but that I'm too lazy to put in any "real" effort. There are several people who've lost as much as I have in half and less than half the time than it took me. It makes me feel like I didn't want it as much as they did because I took so long.

You're absolutely welcome to observe my journal. I'm very sure it's not because I'm lazy, and I work out until I'm as shaky as a newborn baby deer.
And mfp has the lowest set calories of 1200, so always being under is hardly over eating.
I get more or less envious by those who can workout half hearted and loose more weight. Like a personal friend of mine. She even eats badly, and more.

You would be losing at 1200. You're just eating more than you think. You're using inaccurate entries (4oz of cooked chicken is NOT 85 calories. Try 160), vague entries (coffee with creamer... how much creamer? Do you know how easy it is to put over 100 calories of creamer in coffee?), and volume measurements for high calorie items like granola, which is never going to be accurate (your 140 calories of granola might be 200+ if you're not weighing).

That and unless you're working out intensively 3 hours a day, there's absolutely no way that you are burning 1000 calories in your workouts.

mataliaadavenport

aggelikik wrote: »

mataliaadavenport wrote: »

zyxst wrote: »

I feel that way. Not so much that my body is dragging its butt, but that I'm too lazy to put in any "real" effort. There are several people who've lost as much as I have in half and less than half the time than it took me. It makes me feel like I didn't want it as much as they did because I took so long.

You're absolutely welcome to observe my journal. I'm very sure it's not because I'm lazy, and I work out until I'm as shaky as a newborn baby deer.
And mfp has the lowest set calories of 1200, so always being under is hardly over eating.
I get more or less envious by those who can workout half hearted and loose more weight. Like a personal friend of mine. She even eats badly, and more.

What you describe is simply not possible. You need to locate the problem in your calculations. Either you are losing weight and have unrealistic expectations or something in the numbers does not add up.
A quick check from your diary indicates your exercise numbers are not to be trusted, I would guess they are about double the true numbers. Second, you measure a lot of things in cups, so you could be very off in you calorie counting too.
What is your current weight and how fast/slow are you losing?

I use both a good scale and since some of the things don't have I options I use its equivalent, and I also use a heart rate monitor during my workouts.
And to be completely honest I over calculate my food. Yesterdays raspberrys 1/3 of a cup was 5 raspberrys.
I also pause my heart rate monitor and timer when I am not working out, so in between reps I pause it and restart as I do reps. I do not work out like a weenie, even on my worst days. (I keep my heart rate from 160-170 during workouts.) so I think my heart rate monitor is reasonably accurate. I used to work out even longer but I was advised against doing it. So I cut it down to 90-150ish minutes of active workout.
I should be losing 2 lbs a week. I noticed I tend to drop a lot a weight, stay at a weight for a while, drop down a lot more , and gain some , then steadily drop lower. Like I said I'm beginning to think my body just takes its time.
Though I have lost quite a few more dress sizes than I have pounds. From 16-10.

mataliaadavenport

blues4miles wrote: »

I lose pretty slowly. Sometimes I go through periods where I am getting the miraculous 1 lb/week. Sometimes it will crawl to .3 lbs/week. And I am still obese with plenty to lose. For me it comes down to my food, not my workout. I am still eating too much to lose as much as I want. At the end of the day, I have to be satisfied that it is going down. Sure I could be willing to cut my eating more, but I'm not sure that's for me right now. I do re-focus on it periodically to get my daily calories to what I want them to be, but honestly the slow loss for me is down to just too much food. I think about where I want to be in a year from now, not where I want to be in a week or a month from now.

You'll get there. Though yea I imagine it's a little slower from the food. But if you're ok with that, then it's absolutely fine. Either way it's good for you to monitor and take control. ☺️

quiltlovinlisa

I am losing slowly, however I am at peace because I'm striving for a true lifestyle change and how I'm eating now doesn't feel like "dieting." In the end that means, as long as I keep tracking, I'll be able to keep up what I'm doing.

Francl27

mataliaadavenport wrote: »

aggelikik wrote: »

mataliaadavenport wrote: »

zyxst wrote: »

I feel that way. Not so much that my body is dragging its butt, but that I'm too lazy to put in any "real" effort. There are several people who've lost as much as I have in half and less than half the time than it took me. It makes me feel like I didn't want it as much as they did because I took so long.

You're absolutely welcome to observe my journal. I'm very sure it's not because I'm lazy, and I work out until I'm as shaky as a newborn baby deer.
And mfp has the lowest set calories of 1200, so always being under is hardly over eating.
I get more or less envious by those who can workout half hearted and loose more weight. Like a personal friend of mine. She even eats badly, and more.

What you describe is simply not possible. You need to locate the problem in your calculations. Either you are losing weight and have unrealistic expectations or something in the numbers does not add up.
A quick check from your diary indicates your exercise numbers are not to be trusted, I would guess they are about double the true numbers. Second, you measure a lot of things in cups, so you could be very off in you calorie counting too.
What is your current weight and how fast/slow are you losing?

I use both a good scale and since some of the things don't have I options I use its equivalent, and I also use a heart rate monitor during my workouts.
And to be completely honest I over calculate my food. Yesterdays raspberrys 1/3 of a cup was 5 raspberrys.
I also pause my heart rate monitor and timer when I am not working out, so in between reps I pause it and restart as I do reps. I do not work out like a weenie, even on my worst days. (I keep my heart rate from 160-170 during workouts.) so I think my heart rate monitor is reasonably accurate. I used to work out even longer but I was advised against doing it. So I cut it down to 90-150ish minutes of active workout.
I should be losing 2 lbs a week. I noticed I tend to drop a lot a weight, stay at a weight for a while, drop down a lot more , and gain some , then steadily drop lower. Like I said I'm beginning to think my body just takes its time.
Though I have lost quite a few more dress sizes than I have pounds. From 16-10.

HRMs are not accurate at all for strength training, so don't even log that.

Serah87

OP it took me 2 years and 9 months to lose 121 pounds.

Slow and steady is the better way to go.

ETA: As stated above make sure you are very accurate with your logging, weighing all solid foods including single serving pkges, etc. and make sure you are counting every little bites here and there.

shadow2soul

I think your logging is the culprit.

egg, whole, fried 1 oz - did you really have about half an egg? (USDA says 1 large fried egg is approx. 46 grams)
the Rotisserie Chicken Without Skin 4oz =/= 85 calories (USDA says 4 oz of breast meat would be 155 calories, drumstick meat only would be 200 calories, thigh meat only would be 167 calories)

arditarose

I lose slowly. I'm relatively light, lightly active, and have a decent amount of muscle. When I get into a deficit I tend to decrease my NEAT because I'm literally just not as fidgety or wanting to move as much. On top of that, I do take licks and bites of things here or there that SOMETIMES don't get logged. I also show huge weight swings due to hormones so I don't get very many accurate weigh ins each month. But, I'm very aware of all these things. If I upped my activity and got even more strict with my logging, I still wouldn't or could not lose much faster, but sure-perhaps a little faster or a little more consistently.

I'm not really jealous of anyone. I'm really happy with my physique so far and have come a long way. I wouldn't want to be dropping fat and muscle like crazy at this point.

Hikaru140

my best bet is wrong calculations, i read your whole post anyway you are losing weight right even if it means little just keep going and you will get there eventually ^^

singingflutelady

4oz of chicken breast is definitely not 85 calories

LKArgh

mataliaadavenport wrote: »

aggelikik wrote: »

mataliaadavenport wrote: »

zyxst wrote: »

I feel that way. Not so much that my body is dragging its butt, but that I'm too lazy to put in any "real" effort. There are several people who've lost as much as I have in half and less than half the time than it took me. It makes me feel like I didn't want it as much as they did because I took so long.

You're absolutely welcome to observe my journal. I'm very sure it's not because I'm lazy, and I work out until I'm as shaky as a newborn baby deer.
And mfp has the lowest set calories of 1200, so always being under is hardly over eating.
I get more or less envious by those who can workout half hearted and loose more weight. Like a personal friend of mine. She even eats badly, and more.

What you describe is simply not possible. You need to locate the problem in your calculations. Either you are losing weight and have unrealistic expectations or something in the numbers does not add up.
A quick check from your diary indicates your exercise numbers are not to be trusted, I would guess they are about double the true numbers. Second, you measure a lot of things in cups, so you could be very off in you calorie counting too.
What is your current weight and how fast/slow are you losing?

I use both a good scale and since some of the things don't have I options I use its equivalent, and I also use a heart rate monitor during my workouts.
And to be completely honest I over calculate my food. Yesterdays raspberrys 1/3 of a cup was 5 raspberrys.
I also pause my heart rate monitor and timer when I am not working out, so in between reps I pause it and restart as I do reps. I do not work out like a weenie, even on my worst days. (I keep my heart rate from 160-170 during workouts.) so I think my heart rate monitor is reasonably accurate. I used to work out even longer but I was advised against doing it. So I cut it down to 90-150ish minutes of active workout.
I should be losing 2 lbs a week. I noticed I tend to drop a lot a weight, stay at a weight for a while, drop down a lot more , and gain some , then steadily drop lower. Like I said I'm beginning to think my body just takes its time.
Though I have lost quite a few more dress sizes than I have pounds. From 16-10.

What is your average weight loss per week? Weight loss is not going to happen at a steady rate. If you are losing e.g. 5 lbs one week, 3 the next and then gaining back 2 the third, this is normal and nothing to be concerned about.

amusedmonkey

Well, let's see a breakdown of the things people mentioned (and a few other things I'd like to add):

1. You are using inaccurate entries. Try to look for confirmed USDA entries when adding stuff, and for things like fried eggs it's best not to add an existing entry but rather add your eggs, oil and any toppings separately. An average egg from what I've personally experienced is about 54 grams per egg, so using "extra large" as an entry may be more accurate if you don't want to weigh each and every egg. For things like chicken, it's best to use raw weight whenever possible. It's best to weigh rather than measure with cups and to use grams rather than ounces.

2. Heart rate monitors do not estimate strength training accurately. It has a considerable margin of error for interval cardio, but even more so for strength training because the heart rate is raised using different biomechanics which a heart rate monitor can't measure. The calorie estimate is only reasonably accurate for steady state cardio. For that reason, don't eat back more than half, if that, of your strength training calories.

3. Weight loss isn't linear. It can go up, down, up, maintain, down a lot, down a little...etc. Your loss isn't atypical, it's just your body playing with your hormones and water levels. Your loss is likely consistent if your calories are, but the scale numbers may not always agree.

4. It's usually very hard to lose 2 lb a week unless you are obese or your intake is netting low. MFP caps the calories at 1200 even if you choose 2 lb. Unless your daily expenditure is consistently 2200 or higher, the budget MFP gives you to supposedly lose 2 lb is more likely to result in less than 2 lb loss.

5. Your friend may have more weight lose than you, so they can lose more eating more and doing less. To be honest I miss the days when I could eat 2000 calories and and simply walk for an hour a day and end up losing 2 lb a week. As I got smaller I needed to eat less and work harder. The quality of your food compared to your friend's has no bearing on how much weight you lose, and you can't really tell if she is eating more calories than you unless you are with her 24/7 weighing everything she eats. When it comes to food our perception is skewed. That's why you often hear about "naturally thin" people who "eat everything in sight" and never gain weight. We simply don't know how they eat when not around people (some people are simply social eater with nearly no appetite when alone) or how active they are.

NAbramovich

mataliaadavenport wrote: »

Does anyone else also seem to be like this? It only sucks cause I want it to go faster, but my body is on a different time, smelling flowers, dragging butt.
Sometimes I get envy and a little butthurt on people doing light exercises and just dropping weight like no tomorrow. It's pretty awesome for them, but I'm a little green with envy. Haha
Anyone have this issue too? Dealing with the envy bug?
Also, that all being said , I need more friends on here.

I can totally relate. I have a love/hate thing going with the success stories forum. I look to stories there for motivation, but get a little envious when I see someone has dropped 50 lbs in 4 months. I started in November 2015 at 185 lbs. I'm now at 167.5.

kimdawnhayden

When I lost weight I didn't lose a lot. But I did lose inches and dress sizes. I only lost about 15 lbs and went from a size 12 to a size 4. I added a bunch of muscle to replace the fat. You may be the same. It's called body recomposition. Do some research online about it. It's pretty neat.