I really suck at being patient.
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I have 8-10lbs more to lose and progress is sloooow. When I first started losing weight I was dumb and decided to crash diet. I know that it’s really unhealthy, but I lost 10-14lbs in the space of 4 weeks and it felt good. Since I discovered MFP I’ve been more sensible and have been eating at least the recommended 1,200 and it’s definitely working. It’s just a struggle to keep patient. Does anyone else find that also? I just feel like I’m constantly fighting the idea that if I just did the same thing again I could reach my goal so quickly and then it’d be done and over. I’m not going to do it and I’m not really looking for advice - more like solidarity in knowing that I’m not the only one resisting the urge to get it over and done with quickly ^^’
I didn't even lose my last 6 pounds I did something else instead. I came out better for recomp then moving to other strategies to build more muscle. NO regrets. I weight 12 more pounds than my original scale weight goal.
I will NEVER be done. I still have to eat right and exercise my fanny off. IF I chose to eat the crap amount calories a woman my age and height with a desk jobs gets to maintain, I would be miserable.. but I refuse that.
Choices choices, hard work and more hardwork, but I am healthy, feel great (looking better imho) so its ALL worth it.
I started a new desk job recently and I absolutely feel you on not eating the same as others. I don’t wanna lump a whole group of people into one basket but there’s gotta be about 80% of my office that are overweight. It scares me into exercising xD3 -
Huh. Well that is a lot simpler than I thought! Thanks
Haha, it's pretty simple. Eat at maintenance (with a focus on lots of protein) and strength train. You'll shed fat while putting on muscle, so the scale won't move but you'll slowly lose some inches and gain muscle. It's a very, very slow process but a nice alternative to cutting/bulking cycles.
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Huh. Well that is a lot simpler than I thought! Thanks
Haha, it's pretty simple. Eat at maintenance (with a focus on lots of protein) and strength train. You'll shed fat while putting on muscle, so the scale won't move but you'll slowly lose some inches and gain muscle. It's a very, very slow process but a nice alternative to cutting/bulking cycles.
Here's a nice recomp before/after example:
https://www.musclehack.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/body-recomp-before-after-1.jpg3 -
I have 8-10lbs more to lose and progress is sloooow. When I first started losing weight I was dumb and decided to crash diet. I know that it’s really unhealthy, but I lost 10-14lbs in the space of 4 weeks and it felt good. Since I discovered MFP I’ve been more sensible and have been eating at least the recommended 1,200 and it’s definitely working. It’s just a struggle to keep patient. Does anyone else find that also? I just feel like I’m constantly fighting the idea that if I just did the same thing again I could reach my goal so quickly and then it’d be done and over. I’m not going to do it and I’m not really looking for advice - more like solidarity in knowing that I’m not the only one resisting the urge to get it over and done with quickly ^^’
I didn't even lose my last 6 pounds I did something else instead. I came out better for recomp then moving to other strategies to build more muscle. NO regrets. I weight 12 more pounds than my original scale weight goal.
I will NEVER be done. I still have to eat right and exercise my fanny off. IF I chose to eat the crap amount calories a woman my age and height with a desk jobs gets to maintain, I would be miserable.. but I refuse that.
Choices choices, hard work and more hardwork, but I am healthy, feel great (looking better imho) so its ALL worth it.
I started a new desk job recently and I absolutely feel you on not eating the same as others. I don’t wanna lump a whole group of people into one basket but there’s gotta be about 80% of my office that are overweight. It scares me into exercising xD
It scares you into exercising.. :laugh:
I work in healthcare more than 1/2 my office is over weight. Our company has given out tracking devices, gives money to those that meet step goals each week all in an effort to make our office healthier.. It off to a slow start we will see at the end of this year if it pays off.
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10 lbs x 3500 calories = 35,000
Exercise burning 400 an hour
35,000/400= 87.5 hours
You can be done before Sunday!13 -
I have 8-10lbs more to lose and progress is sloooow. When I first started losing weight I was dumb and decided to crash diet. I know that it’s really unhealthy, but I lost 10-14lbs in the space of 4 weeks and it felt good. Since I discovered MFP I’ve been more sensible and have been eating at least the recommended 1,200 and it’s definitely working. It’s just a struggle to keep patient. Does anyone else find that also? I just feel like I’m constantly fighting the idea that if I just did the same thing again I could reach my goal so quickly and then it’d be done and over. I’m not going to do it and I’m not really looking for advice - more like solidarity in knowing that I’m not the only one resisting the urge to get it over and done with quickly ^^’
I didn't even lose my last 6 pounds I did something else instead. I came out better for recomp then moving to other strategies to build more muscle. NO regrets. I weight 12 more pounds than my original scale weight goal.
I will NEVER be done. I still have to eat right and exercise my fanny off. IF I chose to eat the crap amount calories a woman my age and height with a desk jobs gets to maintain, I would be miserable.. but I refuse that.
Choices choices, hard work and more hardwork, but I am healthy, feel great (looking better imho) so its ALL worth it.
I started a new desk job recently and I absolutely feel you on not eating the same as others. I don’t wanna lump a whole group of people into one basket but there’s gotta be about 80% of my office that are overweight. It scares me into exercising xD
It scares you into exercising.. :laugh:
I work in healthcare more than 1/2 my office is over weight. Our company has given out tracking devices, gives money to those that meet step goals each week all in an effort to make our office healthier.. It off to a slow start we will see at the end of this year if it pays off.
Wow.. it’s gotta be bad if the company are stepping in! Though I imagine overweight staff looks worse for a company promoting health.
My coworkers are all in weight watchers or slimming world, which means they eat normal dinners and then snack the rest of the working day on 100 pieces of fruit in the name of being healthy.
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quiksylver296 wrote: »You can hand-type some emojis, if you know them. Put a :colon: on both sides of the word. Now you can distract yourself during the last ten pounds by playing with new emojis! :laugh:
This is gold - thanks! I've been adding them slowly on a spreadsheet as I spot them in comments, and here you've put them all together in one spot!0 -
darrenbeckworth wrote: »10 lbs x 3500 calories = 35,000
Exercise burning 400 an hour
35,000/400= 87.5 hours
You can be done before Sunday!
#diethack #lifehack #inspirational4 -
I have 8-10lbs more to lose and progress is sloooow. When I first started losing weight I was dumb and decided to crash diet. I know that it’s really unhealthy, but I lost 10-14lbs in the space of 4 weeks and it felt good. Since I discovered MFP I’ve been more sensible and have been eating at least the recommended 1,200 and it’s definitely working. It’s just a struggle to keep patient. Does anyone else find that also? I just feel like I’m constantly fighting the idea that if I just did the same thing again I could reach my goal so quickly and then it’d be done and over. I’m not going to do it and I’m not really looking for advice - more like solidarity in knowing that I’m not the only one resisting the urge to get it over and done with quickly ^^’
I didn't even lose my last 6 pounds I did something else instead. I came out better for recomp then moving to other strategies to build more muscle. NO regrets. I weight 12 more pounds than my original scale weight goal.
I will NEVER be done. I still have to eat right and exercise my fanny off. IF I chose to eat the crap amount calories a woman my age and height with a desk jobs gets to maintain, I would be miserable.. but I refuse that.
Choices choices, hard work and more hardwork, but I am healthy, feel great (looking better imho) so its ALL worth it.
I started a new desk job recently and I absolutely feel you on not eating the same as others. I don’t wanna lump a whole group of people into one basket but there’s gotta be about 80% of my office that are overweight. It scares me into exercising xD
It scares you into exercising.. :laugh:
I work in healthcare more than 1/2 my office is over weight. Our company has given out tracking devices, gives money to those that meet step goals each week all in an effort to make our office healthier.. It off to a slow start we will see at the end of this year if it pays off.
Wow.. it’s gotta be bad if the company are stepping in! Though I imagine overweight staff looks worse for a company promoting health.
My coworkers are all in weight watchers or slimming world, which means they eat normal dinners and then snack the rest of the working day on 100 pieces of fruit in the name of being healthy.
I love the bolded.
We aren't a very young office either, most of us are early 40's+, I will 50 soon. Don't get me wrong, I am sure that my boss is getting perks from insurance companies and what not to start an intuitive like this. I don't participate in it, I started way before this. I will say that the donuts in break room are few and far in between now. But that vending machine is another story..
You will get this, like I said I dropped my goal it was more because more weight loss was not going to get me final results I wanted. I hung around in MFP and found other things to help with that.
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Sorry......side note here..........I know I've mentioned this before but @RoxieDawn's back selfie is amazing. ok, continue.5
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Sorry......side note here..........I know I've mentioned this before but @RoxieDawn's back selfie is amazing. ok, continue.
Thanks @_Figgzie 2 -
I do kinda feel like those are a little.. exaggerated. I have no doubt that people surviving for extended periods on few calories have those symptoms and more, but I do feel the long term risks are far less likely for those on short term diets. That’s not to say I’d encourage short time crash diets at all, I just don’t believe that after a month your hair and fingernails are gonna up and leave your body ^^’MegaMooseEsq wrote: »Whenever I think about crash-dieting, I look at my hair and fingernails and think about how much I would miss them if they went all brittle and fell out. I've certainly had the thought from time to time. Hang in there - we can do it!
Actually, it's gonna vary depending on severity. With enough shock to your system, hair can start thinning pretty fast. The mechanism is that it stops growing (or slows a lot), which results in a narrowed, weaker hair shaft. The weaker shaft breaks off at scalp level as the thinned bit "extrudes" from the scalp. Different hairs can be variably affected, which might result in thinning rather than head-wide complete loss.
I don't know how severe a calorie or nutrient deficiency it would take to down-regulate (de-prioritize) hair growth that much - it might vary by individual.
But if the systemic shock is severe enough, the hair loss can be speedy. I lost pretty much all of mine all at once, right around day 17 post-shock (not dietary - but this experience is why I learned how it works).
Nails are quite a bit slower IME - slower normal growth rate.2 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »You can hand-type some emojis, if you know them. Put a :colon: on both sides of the word. Now you can distract yourself during the last ten pounds by playing with new emojis! :laugh:
This is gold - thanks! I've been adding them slowly on a spreadsheet as I spot them in comments, and here you've put them all together in one spot!
I can't take any credit. I got the whole list from another member.3 -
Sorry......side note here..........I know I've mentioned this before but @RoxieDawn's back selfie is amazing. ok, continue.
Truth. I wanna be her when I grow up.8 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Sorry......side note here..........I know I've mentioned this before but @RoxieDawn's back selfie is amazing. ok, continue.
Truth. I wanna be her when I grow up.
No.. you have that wrong, I've wanna be you when I grow up!
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I want my wife to be as fit and strong as @AnnPT77 when she grows up.9
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quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »You can hand-type some emojis, if you know them. Put a :colon: on both sides of the word. Now you can distract yourself during the last ten pounds by playing with new emojis! :laugh:
This is gold - thanks! I've been adding them slowly on a spreadsheet as I spot them in comments, and here you've put them all together in one spot!
I can't take any credit. I got the whole list from another member.
@pinuplove for those who care.
Give her a hug sometime for doing this
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Tacklewasher wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »You can hand-type some emojis, if you know them. Put a :colon: on both sides of the word. Now you can distract yourself during the last ten pounds by playing with new emojis! :laugh:
This is gold - thanks! I've been adding them slowly on a spreadsheet as I spot them in comments, and here you've put them all together in one spot!
I can't take any credit. I got the whole list from another member.
@pinuplove for those who care.
Give her a hug sometime for doing this
:flowerforyou:
You're awful, @TackleWasher! :laugh:2 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »You can hand-type some emojis, if you know them. Put a :colon: on both sides of the word. Now you can distract yourself during the last ten pounds by playing with new emojis! :laugh:
This is gold - thanks! I've been adding them slowly on a spreadsheet as I spot them in comments, and here you've put them all together in one spot!
I can't take any credit. I got the whole list from another member.
@pinuplove for those who care.
Give her a hug sometime for doing this
:flowerforyou:
You're awful, @TackleWasher! :laugh:
Yeah, well, you're.... you're... you're a guy!
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Tacklewasher wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »You can hand-type some emojis, if you know them. Put a :colon: on both sides of the word. Now you can distract yourself during the last ten pounds by playing with new emojis! :laugh:
This is gold - thanks! I've been adding them slowly on a spreadsheet as I spot them in comments, and here you've put them all together in one spot!
I can't take any credit. I got the whole list from another member.
@pinuplove for those who care.
Give her a hug sometime for doing this
:flowerforyou:
You're awful, @TackleWasher! :laugh:
Yeah, well, you're.... you're... you're a guy!
:devil:
I truly LOL'ed!!! Up to five!3 -
JeromeBarry1 wrote: »I want my wife to be as fit and strong as @AnnPT77 when she grows up.
Aw, that's sweet! She might well have high aspirations instead, though. 1 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »The last ten pounds take FOR.EV.ER!
Preach brother!3 -
I do kinda feel like those are a little.. exaggerated. I have no doubt that people surviving for extended periods on few calories have those symptoms and more, but I do feel the long term risks are far less likely for those on short term diets. That’s not to say I’d encourage short time crash diets at all, I just don’t believe that after a month your hair and fingernails are gonna up and leave your body ^^’MegaMooseEsq wrote: »Whenever I think about crash-dieting, I look at my hair and fingernails and think about how much I would miss them if they went all brittle and fell out. I've certainly had the thought from time to time. Hang in there - we can do it!
Oh, I know I'm probably exaggerating. The point is more that the mental exercise works to remind me what's really important - my health. Although I am also really fond of my hair.0 -
I looked at it this way throughout the weight loss process - I had two options, be patient or Just Stay Fat.8
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Contrarian opinion: if you can REALLY maintain without hanging by your fingernails, go faster. Cut to 1200, 1300 (wherever) and just be done with it. Most people who do crash/fad/fast diets are not educating themselves on proper nutrition. They don’t have to tools to maintain. They go back to old eating habits. So if you do, go for it.6
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i personally don't see why people don't lose as fast as they can. i do understand and believe one should not be super restrictive or eat under 1200 calories. But i've been doing a metabolism diet where i eat six times a day of balanced whole foods... and i'm losing fast and loving it..have no plans to slow things down. it i weird to get back to my normal size so quick after YEARS of poking around with counting calories and getting nowhere.9
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quiksylver296 wrote: »The last ten pounds take FOR.EV.ER!
^^^^^^^^^^^^
And ever and ever and ever and eeeevvvvvveeerrrrrrrrr3 -
HoneyBadger155 wrote: »Yes it can suck, and yes, I get impatient sometimes.
I try to find other goals and things to focus on so I'm less concerned about the weight.
Since you're so close, it's going to be a looong process, so learning to accept that and finding a few other things to focus on would probably help.
That’s true. I’m definitely gonna keep working towards fitness goals too, so that can be my focus for the journey I think
Fitness goals are what is keeping me sane right now. I ran a kick-*kitten* 10k this weekend, won my age group. It was awesome. Still have 8-10 more lbs to lose.5 -
elisa123gal wrote: »i personally don't see why people don't lose as fast as they can. i do understand and believe one should not be super restrictive or eat under 1200 calories. But i've been doing a metabolism diet where i eat six times a day of balanced whole foods... and i'm losing fast and loving it..have no plans to slow things down. it i weird to get back to my normal size so quick after YEARS of poking around with counting calories and getting nowhere.
Excess muscle loss would be a main one, at least that is important to me.6 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »You can hand-type some emojis, if you know them. Put a :colon: on both sides of the word. Now you can distract yourself during the last ten pounds by playing with new emojis! :laugh:
This is gold - thanks! I've been adding them slowly on a spreadsheet as I spot them in comments, and here you've put them all together in one spot!
I can't take any credit. I got the whole list from another member.
@pinuplove for those who care.
Give her a hug sometime for doing this
:flowerforyou:
You're awful, @TackleWasher! :laugh:
Yeah, well, you're.... you're... you're a guy!
:devil:
I truly LOL'ed!!! Up to five!
I...whaaa... What is even going on here and how did I get dragged in??
That's what I get for working this afternoon!
@Tacklewasher is awful (not news) and @quiksylver296 is a guy (probably ought to send that dress back...)4
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