Weight hasn’t budged for 2 months

RidingTowardEverywhere

I’m so frustrated. Back in April I began with noom (which I had success with 2 years before) and in the first two weeks I lost about 7 lbs. I know that that isn’t the norm, just how it goes when you go from a very high caloric intake to low. In those weeks I was doing about 1500/cal and following their low calorie density diet. For the following 6 weeks, I heavily increased my exercise, my water intake, lowered my sodium, and lowered my calories down to 1300 in hopes that the scale would continue to move. No dice. I then decided to try out low carb in hopes that it would help, I have mild PCOS and my body hates sugar and carbs so it made sense. For the last two weeks I’ve been 25% carb, 35% protein, 40% fat and I’ve been trying to limit myself to healthy foods (less meats and cheese, more lean protein and veg). I’m on 1300 calories and it’s a struggle to even get that many calories in a day. My eyes look sunken in and I feel very low energy but that’s finally starting to improve.

During both of these periods, I had one dip below 220. The first time in a span of 3 days because I was hardly eating during an extremely stressful time and my weight dipped to 218, but weren’t right back up when I increased again to 1300.

The second time was last week on low carb, it went down to 219. I was so excited, but again it didn’t stick. Back up to 222 ( started at 229). My body doesn’t want to give up this weight and I’m so, so frustrated. The last two weeks I haven’t gotten much exercise ( mountain biking over the weekend, that’s it) because of the low energy. I’m hoping that adding my daily exercise back in will help, but I can’t wrap my head around the fact that eating only 1300 cals and low carb healthy food only is this hard to lose. Note: I drink 64oz-96oz water a day and stay in my sodium limits most days. Any advice for me?

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RidingTowardEverywhere

I appreciate that graph, but my TDEE at sedentary is 2110. I understand that PCOS makes it hard to lose weight but previously when I’ve talked to my doctor about it, low carb was what they suggested. Which makes sense because PCOS works by overproduction of insulin; your body hoards carbs as fat because the insulin receptors detect extra insulin, usually a sign of not having enough fat in your body. Low carb would make sense as you limit the amount of carbs that can turn to fat.

All that said, 1300 calories not counting when I am exercising is a pretty big deficit. I don’t even care if it’s a half lb every week, I just can’t even get that :-(( maybe it’s time to ask for medication?

RidingTowardEverywhere

Side note, if I were only weighing myself every week instead of every day, my two month graph would be as straight as John Water’s mustache. It would go 222-222-221-221-222-222-221-222. I wish my graph was up and down 😂 but man I can’t even do that

durhammfp

RidingTowardEverywhere wrote: »

but previously when I’ve talked to my doctor about it

Since it appears you are doing this under medical supervision, when is the last time you spoke to your doctor about your weight loss? Have you spoken to her about the struggle you are going through right now? Since your doctor is aware of your specific needs, as far as weight loss goes, a consultation with her might get you farther along that road than advice from the interwebz.

Mithridites

Sorry your weight loss has stalled. As for your low energy, have you had a blood test to check your iron and vitamin D? It's good to exclude anemia and vit D deficiency. Are you weighing all your food in grams? Because you could be underestimating your portions if you don't. If you like, send me a FR - my diary is open to friends.

RidingTowardEverywhere

@durhammfp The last time I saw my doctor about this was about a year and a half ago, I’ve changed insurance since then so I’ll have to find a new doctor. But honestly it may be well worth it at this point. I don’t mind a slow loss and I have no intentions to stop eating healthy, but I’m afraid to even have a normal meal every once in a while seeing as how finicky my body is :-( I think you’re right, I should probably set something up again.

RidingTowardEverywhere

@Mithridites thank you! My diary is public if anyone wants to see, it isn’t very long since I switched over from noom, but y’all are welcome to give criticism on it 🤷🏻‍♀️ I do weigh my food on a scale or measuring cups, never just guessing

ahoy_m8

Your data suggests you are eating at maintenance calories, whether you are counting them all or not. 1500 seems really low to me for your stats (I lose 2lb/mo on 1500 at a body weight 115-120 lb), but I admittedly don't know much about PCOS.

I do understand the hassle of having to find a new doctor. That's a bummer, especially during a pandemic. I hope the infection rate is not too bad where you are. Over a year is a long time to go without a checkup if you feel unwell. You are worth the effort to find a new GP who listens and who you like. I hope you find one and feel better soon!

SeanD2407

RidingTowardEverywhere wrote: »

@Mithridites thank you! My diary is public if anyone wants to see, it isn’t very long since I switched over from noom, but y’all are welcome to give criticism on it 🤷🏻‍♀️ I do weigh my food on a scale or measuring cups, never just guessing

are you blending the frozen strawberries with the premier protein?

RidingTowardEverywhere

@ahoy_m8 I’m not sure I understand...1500 (now 1300) isn’t maintenance calories for me. I measure everything, log everything. Not sneaking any food, I have no interest in sabotaging myself. I’m very aware of how to portion food with scales and measurements, spent a lot of my life working in restaurants. I’ll just check in with my gp, because if this is “maintenance” I suppose I’m screwed 😂

Mithridites

The measuring cups can introduce error for certain items, like mine was peanut butter.

RidingTowardEverywhere

@SeanD2407 I am blending them, yes. I use the Tetra Pak liquid protein drink and measure the strawberries out

quiksylver296

I'd drop the measuring cups, and weigh everything.

What kind of things do you use measuring cups for, and what types of things do you weigh? With 40% fat, I'd be making sure every source of fat was weighed, not measured.

Fat is 9 calories per gram. Carbs and protein are 4 calories per gram. So fat, especially, when mis-measured, can be a pretty good calorie hit.

RidingTowardEverywhere

@Mithridites Ill try to just stick to the scale, see if it helps. I do eat pb with apples all the time, measuring with a leveled tbsp

quiksylver296

RidingTowardEverywhere wrote: »

@Mithridites Ill try to just stick to the scale, see if it helps. I do eat pb with apples all the time, measuring with a leveled tbsp

Peanut butter was one of my biggest culprits for excess calories, weighing vs. measuring. 32 grams/2 tablespoons of my peanut butter is a serving. But scooping 2 tablespoons equalled more like 60 grams, when I started weighing.

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RidingTowardEverywhere

@quicksylver0922 I generally use measuring cups and measuring spoons for anything with a recipe. Leveled measuring spoons for fats, liquids, etc. using the scale for meats, fruit and veg, and generally not touching grains right now but would use four that as well.

quiksylver296

RidingTowardEverywhere wrote: »

@quicksylver0922 I generally use measuring cups and measuring spoons for anything with a recipe. Leveled measuring spoons for fats, liquids, etc. using the scale for meats, fruit and veg, and generally not touching grains right now but would use four that as well.

Try weighing it instead, just to be sure.

RidingTowardEverywhere

So, for science, I just checked the way I measure PB. Here are the results:

RidingTowardEverywhere

Am I doing something wrong? It looks accurate to what I have recorded in my diary.