What were you doing that was holding back your weight loss?

kshama2001

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kshama2001

What help me back was blaming various OHs for what I was choosing to eat.

DapperDassie

Believing somehow it was more than just calories in caloried out. That i had to cut out all yummy foods to lose weight which had me on a restrict and binge cycle my whole life

DamieBird

DapperDassie wrote: »

Believing somehow it was more than just calories in caloried out. That i had to cut out all yummy foods to lose weight which had me on a restrict and binge cycle my whole life

^^^^^ This was me, too, for a very long time. I also labored under the wrong impression that you could out-work a bad diet, which kept me 20-30 pounds overweight for a long time, until I stopped being so active and it got to more like 50+ pounds. Now, I know better, and I understand there are no short cuts, nothing off is limits, it's all down to CI<CO at the end of the day, and exercise is for fitness and fun, not weight control or to 'earn' food.

carpe_vinum

I added too many carbs! I am low carb, so am working to find the perfect balance for my body.

lucypstacy

For me, it was snacking every time I got in the car - and I'm on the road a lot. I didn't eat all that much at meals, so I was under the impression I didn't eat much. It wasn't until I started looking at all those little snacks that I realized where all my calories were coming from.

incisron

I ate badly. First I spent some time thinking I was eating healthily just because I avoided junk food and fast food, but used so many of my 1300 calories on simple carbs - bread, jelly, sugar, juice. Then I'd eat my mom's cooking, which was none too healthy, and to keep from underestimating what I was eating, I'd get a small portion and estimate it at 500-600 something cals, almost half of all my cals. Then I'd wonder why I was starving, found it hard to stick to my diet, and stuffed my face to maintenance or a bit over twice a week. Then I'd schedule cheat days where Id eat all the junk I'd avoided all week, and not count calories for any of it.
Then I started eating junk all the time. I counted my cals, but didn't make myself eat treats moderately. I'd buy large packages of junk and tell myself I'd only eat XYZ amount, but would end up eating too much of it, being hungry because I'd spent so many cals on garbage, then overeating, then overeating some more.
Thirdly, I hadn't begun to really understand willpower.
Now I make sure to eat my protein and fruits and veggies and have lost 10 of the lbs I'd regained and 10 more. 60 to go.

daneejela

I guess there could be only one reason: I was eating more calories then I was burning.

Why I was doing that?

I guess because I was lacking knowledge about calories in common foods. I was familiar with every single nutrition subculture from paleo to vegan, low carb, high carb, low protein, high protein, low fat, high fat, you name it, but at the end of the day I didn't have the clue how much I had eaten that day nor how much I have spent.
I think I spent more time last few years researching about nutrition then on my professional fields, and yet somehow it was hard for me to accept that simple CICO(calorie in calorie out).

I am not saying that it's true for every single person. You might have a disease that makes harder to loose weight, but before assuming anything, I would recommend just trying simple old CICO for few weeks.
I know many women with hypothyroidism or PCOS that have successfully lost weight and even improved their symptoms.

mskimee

Guesstimating my food/portion sizes and calories for way too long. I was swearing every day I was eating only about 1,300 calories a day, but when I weighed everything one day (to prove to myself I was eating fine and it was something else causing the issues) I discovered to my horror I was eating way over 4,000 a day most days. And checking labels too!!! A lot of the low calorie things I was buying were really high in salt which caused me to retain water and made me very bloated.

YvetteK2015

Not logging. I'm horrible at eyeballing portions, so every time I would stop logging for a while, I would put weight back on. The other problem I had, which I didn't realize for a long time is that eating breakfast makes me ravenously hungry all day long. Once I stopped eating breakfast, even without logging, I still consumed less calories in a day because I wasn't as hungry.

Machka9

What were you doing that was holding back your weight loss?

Moving house + dealing with illness or injury.

That combination has always lead to weight gain for me.

The moment things are settled and I'm feeling some better, I lose the weight. I eat less and exercise more. CI<CO.

BoxerBrawler

I didn't care or even think about what I was eating. I indulged in anything I wanted, at anytime. I ate nutritious foods about 50% of the time but consistently over-ate. I ordered out way too much during the week and ate out way too much over the weekends. After I lost all of the weight and was way too skinny... skin and bones skinny... I started counting macro's instead of calories and I started lifting heavy weights daily. This really ramped up my health and fitness level!

hesn92

I just wasn't committed. I looked in the mirror and thought to myself "I really need to lose some weight" but when it came down to it id rather just eat whatever I wanted and not worry about calories. At some point I just finally decided I was going to do it, so I am. I'm tired of not being happy with how I look.

shrcpr

I was just drinking too much. Margaritas and such. Lots and lots of them. I miss them but I just can't afford the calories and still maintain my weight and fitness goals.

CSARdiver

After getting a total thyroidectomy I listened to conventional knowledge and accepted that I was doomed to gain weight. Once I learned the minimal impact thyroid really has on metabolism I simply watched how much I ate and logged in MFP.

Good things rarely happen listening to conventional wisdom.

MarilynTC

Wine.

Tropicoolblonde

PhilipByrne wrote: »

Beer.

SCoil123

I gained weight back when I switched jobs. I did Insanity at my old job and hiked around campus. I needed to get active again.

SusanMFindlay

Not logging.

Post-pregnancy, I figured I could lose the baby weight by working out and "eating healthy". And I did, to a point. After the first pregnancy, I got down to 10 pounds over my pre-pregnancy weight then got pregnant again (but the loss had pretty much leveled off anyway). After the second pregnancy, I got "stuck" 20 pounds higher than that.

So, I went back to what worked for me back before I ever got pregnant (or even met my husband). Logging every calorie. I'm now 10 pounds lighter than my pre-pregnancy weight with about 10 pounds left to get back to my lightest ever adult weight (and the upper end of the "normal BMI" range).

BWA468

A good nights sleep. Im living at my parents as moving away soon and I would wake in the spare bed feeling like someone had kicked me in the ribs. Pretty sure there are springs stabbing me. Weightloss has been steady but a bit slow even though Im losing what I should (over 200lbs so I do usually lose a kg a week even though Im only set for .5kg). Bought a memory foam topper for the bed and had a fantastic sleep. Lost a kg straight away! Im sticking to my calories etc but a decent sleep is so vital. At least in my case it is

Tewsy87

I wasn't eating a balanced diet, even though I was eating lower calories! Veggies are your friend! Protein is your friend!

Luna3386

Not accurately weighing everything. Wasn't consistent. Ugh, spent 5 years not making progress despite working out. I'm obviously pretty thick (headed, not thicc tho that's the goal lol).

nowine4me

Not getting enough sleep. The better and longer I sleep (up to 8 hours) the better I'm able to control my appetite. Feeling tired just makes me crave food to keep my energy up. Now I go to bed at 9:30, lights out asleep at 10 and wake up ready for a 6am workout. Even on weekends.