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I'm not new to weight loss. In 2007 I weighed 230 pounds, and through diet and exercise (healthy foods, counting calories, getting healthy), I lost around 80 pounds and kept it off...until I had a baby. I gained 50 pounds while pregnant, in spite of continuing to eat a healthy amount of good food (and ate for for 1, not 2) and exercise 5 days a week. I hit 190 while pregnant and lost back down to 160, and never could lose another pound.
Fast forward five years and I am still fighting the fight. I can NOT lose weight, and randomly gain weight a couple of times a year that won't come off. It's not hormonal - the doctors say that's fine and "not possible" on the pill. I do cardio and weights. I've eaten my "weight loss" calories from before and nothing. I've increased calories and nothing. I've QUIT counting and ate whatever I wanted for a few days before picking back up and nothing. The only thing that semi-worked was the 21 Day Fix, but I was working out so much and eating so little I had to quit about a week in because I was getting sick. All 5 pounds of that weight loss came back immediately.
So I'm at the point where all I haven't tried is a "fad" like Plexus or straight up starving myself and I'm considering both. Someone tell me you've been in the same boat and there's an answer? Please? Plexus doesn't need my money....
Fast forward five years and I am still fighting the fight. I can NOT lose weight, and randomly gain weight a couple of times a year that won't come off. It's not hormonal - the doctors say that's fine and "not possible" on the pill. I do cardio and weights. I've eaten my "weight loss" calories from before and nothing. I've increased calories and nothing. I've QUIT counting and ate whatever I wanted for a few days before picking back up and nothing. The only thing that semi-worked was the 21 Day Fix, but I was working out so much and eating so little I had to quit about a week in because I was getting sick. All 5 pounds of that weight loss came back immediately.
So I'm at the point where all I haven't tried is a "fad" like Plexus or straight up starving myself and I'm considering both. Someone tell me you've been in the same boat and there's an answer? Please? Plexus doesn't need my money....
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if you're not losing weight you're not in a deficit.8
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TavistockToad wrote: »if you're not losing weight you're not in a deficit.
this. are you weighing everything you eat???0 -
I actually am. I've ranged from 1,400 calories per day for many weeks to 1800 per day for many weeks and different levels in between over the past 5 years. I don't know how I couldn't be in a deficit. Like there's no possible way. I measure and weigh.0
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And I don't "eat back" calories0
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have you had your thyroid checked since having your baby?1
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can you open up your diary? its closed.0
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Muscleflex79 wrote: »can you open up your diary? its closed.
Sure....if I can figure out how. Right now it's a train wreck though. I've been in "I don't care" mode all summer. If you want to see normal, go back to like April/May....0 -
I actually am. I've ranged from 1,400 calories per day for many weeks to 1800 per day for many weeks and different levels in between over the past 5 years. I don't know how I couldn't be in a deficit. Like there's no possible way. I measure and weigh.
as a previous poster noted - if you are not losing you are not in a deficit - it is as simple as that - you just need to find out where you are going wrong (hint - it is almost always logging/measurement issues)3 -
Muscleflex79 wrote: »can you open up your diary? its closed.
Sure....if I can figure out how. Right now it's a train wreck though. I've been in "I don't care" mode all summer. If you want to see normal, go back to like April/May....
maybe the problem is consistency? you don't have a massive amount of weight to lose, so you may need 6 weeks plus of consistent deficit to get the scales to move.8 -
Muscleflex79 wrote: »can you open up your diary? its closed.
Sure....if I can figure out how. Right now it's a train wreck though. I've been in "I don't care" mode all summer. If you want to see normal, go back to like April/May....
within a minute of looking I can see that most of your entries are in cups, pieces, slices and tablespoons - not weight measurements (and I did look back in April - but your current ones have the same problem). if you want to be accurate you need to weigh your food - not put "one slice/piece/cracker/cup" etc.2 -
Muscleflex79 wrote: »I actually am. I've ranged from 1,400 calories per day for many weeks to 1800 per day for many weeks and different levels in between over the past 5 years. I don't know how I couldn't be in a deficit. Like there's no possible way. I measure and weigh.
as a previous poster noted - if you are not losing you are not in a deficit - it is as simple as that - you just need to find out where you are going wrong (hint - it is almost always logging/measurement issues)
But this is where it's frustrating...I can eat PERFECTLY. I can log and weigh every single thing I eat without fail for weeks. I can plan everything out perfectly and eat PERFECTLY on plan...and nothing. Nothing. So even logging and measuring completely accurately does nothing.0 -
Muscleflex79 wrote: »I actually am. I've ranged from 1,400 calories per day for many weeks to 1800 per day for many weeks and different levels in between over the past 5 years. I don't know how I couldn't be in a deficit. Like there's no possible way. I measure and weigh.
as a previous poster noted - if you are not losing you are not in a deficit - it is as simple as that - you just need to find out where you are going wrong (hint - it is almost always logging/measurement issues)
But this is where it's frustrating...I can eat PERFECTLY. I can log and weigh every single thing I eat without fail for weeks. I can plan everything out perfectly and eat PERFECTLY on plan...and nothing. Nothing. So even logging and measuring completely accurately does nothing.
see my previous response - your logging is FAR from perfect or accurate.6 -
Muscleflex79 wrote: »Muscleflex79 wrote: »I actually am. I've ranged from 1,400 calories per day for many weeks to 1800 per day for many weeks and different levels in between over the past 5 years. I don't know how I couldn't be in a deficit. Like there's no possible way. I measure and weigh.
as a previous poster noted - if you are not losing you are not in a deficit - it is as simple as that - you just need to find out where you are going wrong (hint - it is almost always logging/measurement issues)
But this is where it's frustrating...I can eat PERFECTLY. I can log and weigh every single thing I eat without fail for weeks. I can plan everything out perfectly and eat PERFECTLY on plan...and nothing. Nothing. So even logging and measuring completely accurately does nothing.
see my previous response - your logging is FAR from perfect or accurate.
And see my response about how I know it's been a train wreck. You're gonna have to take it from me...there have been times where it's been spot ON and there's been no change.0 -
Muscleflex79 wrote: »Muscleflex79 wrote: »I actually am. I've ranged from 1,400 calories per day for many weeks to 1800 per day for many weeks and different levels in between over the past 5 years. I don't know how I couldn't be in a deficit. Like there's no possible way. I measure and weigh.
as a previous poster noted - if you are not losing you are not in a deficit - it is as simple as that - you just need to find out where you are going wrong (hint - it is almost always logging/measurement issues)
But this is where it's frustrating...I can eat PERFECTLY. I can log and weigh every single thing I eat without fail for weeks. I can plan everything out perfectly and eat PERFECTLY on plan...and nothing. Nothing. So even logging and measuring completely accurately does nothing.
see my previous response - your logging is FAR from perfect or accurate.
And see my response about how I know it's been a train wreck. You're gonna have to take it from me...there have been times where it's been spot ON and there's been no change.
within a minute of looking I can see that most of your entries are in cups, pieces, slices and tablespoons - not weight measurements (and I did look back in April - but your current ones have the same problem). if you want to be accurate you need to weigh your food - not put "one slice/piece/cracker/cup" etc.4 -
Muscleflex79 wrote: »Muscleflex79 wrote: »I actually am. I've ranged from 1,400 calories per day for many weeks to 1800 per day for many weeks and different levels in between over the past 5 years. I don't know how I couldn't be in a deficit. Like there's no possible way. I measure and weigh.
as a previous poster noted - if you are not losing you are not in a deficit - it is as simple as that - you just need to find out where you are going wrong (hint - it is almost always logging/measurement issues)
But this is where it's frustrating...I can eat PERFECTLY. I can log and weigh every single thing I eat without fail for weeks. I can plan everything out perfectly and eat PERFECTLY on plan...and nothing. Nothing. So even logging and measuring completely accurately does nothing.
see my previous response - your logging is FAR from perfect or accurate.
And see my response about how I know it's been a train wreck. You're gonna have to take it from me...there have been times where it's been spot ON and there's been no change.
in your April logs you had cups, grams and ounces as measurements...
spot ON for what time frame?2 -
An option would be to look at something like a ketogenic way of eating. I won't say 'diet' because it's not... it's a way of life. Limited carbs, moderate protein and higher fat. Over 3 years I've lost 100+lbs and it's now become how I eat.12
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Muscleflex79 wrote: »Muscleflex79 wrote: »Muscleflex79 wrote: »I actually am. I've ranged from 1,400 calories per day for many weeks to 1800 per day for many weeks and different levels in between over the past 5 years. I don't know how I couldn't be in a deficit. Like there's no possible way. I measure and weigh.
as a previous poster noted - if you are not losing you are not in a deficit - it is as simple as that - you just need to find out where you are going wrong (hint - it is almost always logging/measurement issues)
But this is where it's frustrating...I can eat PERFECTLY. I can log and weigh every single thing I eat without fail for weeks. I can plan everything out perfectly and eat PERFECTLY on plan...and nothing. Nothing. So even logging and measuring completely accurately does nothing.
see my previous response - your logging is FAR from perfect or accurate.
And see my response about how I know it's been a train wreck. You're gonna have to take it from me...there have been times where it's been spot ON and there's been no change.
within a minute of looking I can see that most of your entries are in cups, pieces, slices and tablespoons - not weight measurements (and I did look back in April - but your current ones have the same problem). if you want to be accurate you need to weigh your food - not put "one slice/piece/cracker/cup" etc.
Full disclosure here, I read this and totally stomped off and had a little mini fit lol. "I know HOW to do this" I told myself..."I've done this before!" "These people don't KNOW ME!" Grrrrrr...
Then I started thinking about HOW I did this before...by weighing. Oops.
Sometimes it takes people calling you out to get you to stop being one of those people lying to themselves...
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TavistockToad wrote: »Muscleflex79 wrote: »Muscleflex79 wrote: »I actually am. I've ranged from 1,400 calories per day for many weeks to 1800 per day for many weeks and different levels in between over the past 5 years. I don't know how I couldn't be in a deficit. Like there's no possible way. I measure and weigh.
as a previous poster noted - if you are not losing you are not in a deficit - it is as simple as that - you just need to find out where you are going wrong (hint - it is almost always logging/measurement issues)
But this is where it's frustrating...I can eat PERFECTLY. I can log and weigh every single thing I eat without fail for weeks. I can plan everything out perfectly and eat PERFECTLY on plan...and nothing. Nothing. So even logging and measuring completely accurately does nothing.
see my previous response - your logging is FAR from perfect or accurate.
And see my response about how I know it's been a train wreck. You're gonna have to take it from me...there have been times where it's been spot ON and there's been no change.
in your April logs you had cups, grams and ounces as measurements...
spot ON for what time frame?
A previous time frame, before I lost my mind lol. See response above2
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