I've hot a wall in my weight loss for a year and a half....should I give up now?

bytemi4496

I had been losing weight for a while....30 lbs. (from 270 to 240). but for a year and a half I've been shuck between 230 and 240. I've been seeing a dietitian for over two years and I'm wondering if I'm just wasting my money plunking down 50-100 dollars a months for nothing. I'm at my wits end? Is there any hope for me?

Mr_Healthy_Habits

Find a vise, and sacrifice that *kitten* to the weightloss God's!

I was stuck at the same place and dropped another 80lbs after giving up soda!

If that's not your crutch, give up alcohol, or cut fast food out completely... Reduce the size of your meals, pick up your workouts...

Or all of the above!

SueSueDio

Congrats on your loss so far!

Check out the stickied posts in the forums, set up your profile with an appropriate goal, learn how to weigh and measure your food correctly to accurately count your calories... and stick with it.

It's definitely possible to succeed... but perhaps what your dietician is doing is no longer enough for you now that you've lost some weight. Many, many people have had success using MFP, and it's free. Read up a bit, and see if you feel confident enough to lose the dietician, save your money, and go it alone.

MichelleSilverleaf

If you're not losing it's because you're no longer in a deficit. Are you tracking? If not, start. Weighing what you eat? Again, if not start.

batorkin

Simple, you are still eating too much if you haven't lost weight in that long. You don't need a dietitian to lose weight, and it sounds to me like they are just stealing your money at this point.

Weight loss is very simple, just count calories and don't eat more than recommended each day. The website tells you how many. You don't need to exercise at all and anyone can do it (we have 70+ year olds on this site). Anyone who tells you differently is honestly just wrong or trying to get your money.

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rheddmobile

It does sound as if the dietician isn't benefiting you.

How many calories are you eating? Exercise? Your stats?

apullum

Either your logging is consistently underestimating how much you eat, and/or your calorie goal is too high. I’m not sure what benefit there is in seeing the dietitian.

ann_kristen

Never give up! Assess your situation and change whatever needs to change! Or drop the dietician

Lesscookies1

How many calories do you eat? Do you use a food scale?

LivingtheLeanDream

You have been eating at maintenance calories for all that time. If you want to lose more you are going to have to cut some calories. Make some small adjustments to your daily intake and before you know it you will start losing again.

P.s sounds like you are wasting that money each month on that dietician!

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Francl27

Ditch the dietitian. Eating 'better' will not help you lose weight if you're eating too much of the healthier food.

Lounmoun

bytemi4496 wrote: »

I had been losing weight for a while....30 lbs. (from 270 to 240). but for a year and a half I've been shuck between 230 and 240. I've been seeing a dietitian for over two years and I'm wondering if I'm just wasting my money plunking down 50-100 dollars a months for nothing. I'm at my wits end? Is there any hope for me?

It is great that you lost 30 lbs and maintained that loss. That isn't nothing.

What does the dietician do? Why have you been seeing them for 2 years? You don't need a dietician to lose weight. You do need a calorie deficit though. If you have not been losing then you are eating at your maintenance level.
Did you lower your calories as you lost weight? Did your activity level change?
Are you tracking your food intake?

Log everything you eat and drink as accurately as you can. Use a digital food scale instead of eyeballing, spoons or measuring cups. Choose correct entries from the database. Use the recipe builder for foods you make at home.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1


http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300319/most-helpful-posts-general-diet-and-weight-loss-help-must-reads#latest/p1

stanmann571

For $100 a month, they better be meal planning and cooking for me.

DebLaBounty

By now you’ve probably learned all you could possibly need from the dietician. Write down everything you’ve been told by this person, and discontinue your expensive waste of time there. Recommit yourself to following the MFP program, weighing and logging your food every day. Refer to your notes if you need a reminder about your dietician’s nutrition advice. Spend the $50 to $100 you just saved and buy more of the healthy foods you enjoy!

Piqueaboo

Don't give up, we're all here with you by your side during this process - you'll not regret your decision to carry on one year from now, I promise!

CattOfTheGarage

Your hard work = maintenance, which is an achievement in itself, and a heck of a lot better than getting heavier. If you give up, that is what will happen, don't kid yourself. And there is nothing good at the end of that road.

You may well not need this dietitian, as you are clearly able to maintain and probably do not need more help with that. If you want to lose, you need to change something. Eat a bit less, or move a bit more. Those are the only two options.

But whatever you do, don't give up on the process, or this time next year you will be 350lb. Never forget that. Staying at this weight is infinitely better than gaining.

JMcGee2018

Drop the dietician, they're bilking you if you are paying for help in losing weight and they've been allowing you to eat at maintenance for the last year. Tighten up your calorie counting (or start if they didn't have you doing that already) and reduce your intake to whatever MFP suggests for you. Invest that money you were spending in healthy foods, a gym membership (if you want, exercise isn't necessary for weight loss), and the new wardrobe you will need to buy once you start losing weight again.

Never give up!