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xxlno
xxlno Posts: 21 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I am not losing weight consistently like I used to.
I have lost 11 lbs. in 23 days, but I had lost 9 lbs. by day 5 so you know that was water weight.
I stick close to 1200 calories a day. If anything I don't make it past 1050.
I was eating a full size bag of jelly beans 6 days a week before I started this. I also probably ate 3000 calories of real food and junk. Yesterday I went over by 300 - 400 calories cuz it felt like it just didn't matter. Today I am once again eating healthy, but I just wish I could lose 2 lbs a week.

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    You've lost 11 pounds in less than a month. That's excellent progress.

    Most people don't lose two pounds a week.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    You've lost 11 pounds in less than a month. That's excellent progress.

    Most people don't lose two pounds a week.

    This. And if you're set to 1200 calories (which you should be eating all of), it's unlikely you have a high enough deficit to be able to lose two pounds a week.
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    Why do you feel like you need to lose 2lbs per week?
  • xxlno
    xxlno Posts: 21 Member
    LOL 2# a week makes me feel like I am getting somewhere and it was worth giving up several hundred jelly beans a week.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    xxlno wrote: »
    LOL 2# a week makes me feel like I am getting somewhere and it was worth giving up several hundred jelly beans a week.

    1 pound a week is getting somewhere. .5 pounds a week is getting somewhere too.

    Often it is easier to adjust our expectations to reality than change reality to fit our expectations.

    If it isn't worth it to you to give up jelly beans if you're "only" going to lose 2-4 pounds a month, then I don't know what we can say to change that. But if your calorie goal is 1,200 with a goal of 2 pounds a week, it's likely that you don't weigh enough to safely and consistently lose that much per week.
  • Annahbananas
    Annahbananas Posts: 284 Member
    Slow and steady wins this and it's what keeps it successful. Losing 11 pounds in 23 days is nothing to scoff at...even if some of that is water weight.
  • cwagar123
    cwagar123 Posts: 195 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    xxlno wrote: »
    LOL 2# a week makes me feel like I am getting somewhere and it was worth giving up several hundred jelly beans a week.

    1 pound a week is getting somewhere. .5 pounds a week is getting somewhere too.

    Often it is easier to adjust our expectations to reality than change reality to fit our expectations.

    This. My "getting somewhere" was losing (on average) one pound every 2 weeks.... but it "got me" from 268 lbs to 194 so far
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    So... you're saying there's only two options. (1) Eat jelly beans all week and weigh more than you want to. Or (2) lose weight at a potentially unhealthy rate and never eat jelly beans.

    What if we told you there was middle ground that was actually ok? Like, eat SOME jelly beans and lose at a rational rate of loss. So you'll actually get both things you want.

    A year from now where would you rather be? At your current weight or higher? Or having lost 1lb per week? Time will pass in either case, you simply get to choose right now which result you want.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    edited June 2016
    xxlno wrote: »
    LOL 2# a week makes me feel like I am getting somewhere and it was worth giving up several hundred jelly beans a week.
    ??
    I'm happy if I lose 1lb a week. So, I'm got getting anywhere? My 85lb loss tells me otherwise.
    Slow down. You'll still 'get somewhere'.

    Also, weigh all your solid and semi solids on a food scale (in grams), and choose accurate database entries that reflect the packaging information. Log all that you eat/taste, drink, cook with, and add to. Everything. No sneaking bites. Count liquid calories. Everything.

    You don't have to give up anything to lose weight. I still eat candy, cookies, ice cream, etc...
    janejellyroll wrote: »

    If it isn't worth it to you to give up jelly beans if you're "only" going to lose 2-4 pounds a month, then I don't know what we can say to change that. .
    In a year, by losing 1lb per week, you'd be 48lbs down.

    I agree. Get a food scale.

  • xxlno
    xxlno Posts: 21 Member
    Touch. Ok I hear you all. Thanks for the reality check. I weigh 229 so I thought 2# was reasonable but changing my[exectations to fit reality hit me between the eyes so I guess it's true. I can't eat jelly beans.. I can't stop. No moderation with refined sugar
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,244 Member
    I've been losing at at less than a pound per week for 17 weeks and, let me tell you, I'm getting somewhere! :)

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