Back again!

djwife03

I’m back after a long hiatus and two foot surgeries! And still struggling. Same old same old- it seems no matter what I do, I can’t find the right formula for weight loss. I’m the highest weight I’ve ever been. I’m 45yrs old, 5’8 and 196lbs on a good day. I have discovered in recent months that gluten no longer agrees with me belly. So I’ve been cutting that out. I use beach body on demand for my workouts and just finished my second round of LIIFT 4 and this week started shift shop. I have been eating more often and trying to get more protein....:but that doesn’t seem to make a difference either. I need help. I would really appreciate help and not ciriticism. I would like to lose 30 lbs but it appears my weight is going in the wrong direction. I’m so frustrated and upset I could cry. I have always struggled with the daily calorie thing on mfp how that all works. This week hasn’t been a very good week. I’ve had m&ms and today I had a Bloody Mary. But I have tried to offset that by eating better too. I’m very lost. I do wear a Fitbit so that adjustment does go into mfp. And I do use a food scale. Would love to add friends also! So that’s me and where I’m at now!

JustSomeEm

You can have M&M's, and you can have Bloody Mary's and chocolate and cake and chips and whatever you want and still lose weight. The trick is to not eat/drink it as much as you might like OR as often as you used to. You also have to actually log every single thing you eat or drink. Any time I've had trouble it was because I was grazing (taking a bite here or there) and not logging - and that was usually due to me trying to 'diet' in a way I am not able to sustain (ie - 'dieting' instead of changing my food habits in ways I can live with for the rest of my life). You've got this. I took a look at your food diary, and it looks like you've only been logging for about a week. Give it about a month, log everything as honestly as possible then see where you are. You're doing great - you CAN do this.