Scared of yoyoing...

allyyyson
allyyyson Posts: 22 Member
in Goal: Maintaining Weight
So, I am only 21 years old but I have lost a significant amount of weight for the third time. I was 165lbs when I was 12-13, got down to 134 when I was 14. Got up to 156 when I was 16, down to 124 when I was 17. I was up to 170-something in January, and now I am down to 130, hoping to get down to 125 but if I stay here I'd be happy. Still, eating anything remotely unhealthy makes me nervous. I am trying to eat 1500 calories a day, with 1700 being my absolute limit.

I often go to McDonalds because there is one located in the store I work at. I DO stick it in to my calories, I eat no more than 700 calories worth of food there, but I feel terribly guilty and afraid that, even though I am within my calories, I will still gain weight. I ate 2,100 calories a week or so ago and felt like a failure. I have been weighing myself every single day, to the point where I had a 2 pound fluctuation (that went down about 2 days later) I was scared that I gained. It is making me depressed. I am especially concerned that I lost too fast, 40+lbs in 6 months, it just seems like a lot.

I also think all of this weight loss and gain has taken an effect on my muscle mass. I remember having a completely flat stomach at 125, but right now, only 5lbs heavier I look so flabby. I was able to fit a size 4 at the time and wore a pair of pants that were a size 26 waist. I have pants now that are a size 28 waist that are tight (I do have pretty big hips, but still). :\ I am happier than I was at 170! Yes I am! But I am SO scared of regaining it probably isn't normal. I can only go to the gym 3 times a week due to my work schedule. That scares me too. On days where I feel too tired to exercise at all I feel guilty too. I know I am saying the same thing a lot but I am scared the cycle will repeat for round 4. If I messed up 3 times... it just seems inevitable. I don't know.

Replies

  • bald_navy_wife
    bald_navy_wife Posts: 81 Member
    for me i don't look at the scale much but i do try to stay between 125 and 128 lbs. Also if you're not already add in weight lifting to build muscle,I'll help get rid of the"flab" you are seeing. i know how you feel but lifting completely changed my body in the last few months without even losing a pound. the scale isn't telling the full story. next time you go to McDonald's try their southwest salad- its great even without the dressing and its only 290 calories(without dressing 390 with the southwest dressing) and it's healthy without compromising taste. good luck
  • jules0558
    jules0558 Posts: 8 Member
    Well honey, bless your heart. (Yep I'm from the south) I am 56 and I have yo-yoed my whole adult life. The least I have weighed (130 and I'm 5'3") was in my mid 20s and that was with weight watchers. If you are truly watching your calories that closely and keeping up with what you eat, you should be just fine. My problem is I would restrict myself so much when I dieted that I would just go crazy when I got tired of that particular diet and eat all the stuff I had craved for the previous weeks, therefore gaining it all back plus some. I'm trying to be more patient this time and take things slow and have a food plan that I can live with the rest of my life. I am losing slowly but I've decided slow is ok. They did tell us in Weight Watchers to weigh every day. And yes you will fluctuate some occasionally, and if you gain 2 or 3 pounds, and it stays there for 3 or 4 days, then maybe cut back a little or get in a little more exercise. Try not to stress and just take things a day at a time. Eat right, exercise when you can, drink plenty of water and get in your 7 -8 hours of zzzzzzzzz. You can do this!!!
  • natalee8
    natalee8 Posts: 34
    Hi :)

    I'm 23, was 172 lb at the age of 15, (I'm 4 11 - 5ft now, was smaller then AND flat chested - I was gross), I got down to around 140, then when I was 16 it crept up to 150 +, then when I was 18 /19 I got to my lowest weight of 112, which crept up to 125 and stayed there for a while, until I was 21 and I went up by about 15lb veeeerrrryyyy quickly and in the past year another 15 has come on slowly. . . . . . As you see I am a yo-yo er!!!

    However this time around (5 weeks 154lb to 142.2lb) I've added exercise, am doing it healthily for the first time AND I am properly using MFP, which I think if I commit to using forever can be my saviour!

    I really do feel your pain about being scared of gaining again- whenever I read anything about it being hard to keep weight off etc I panic, but the only reason for either of us to go back to being unhealthy is if we stray away from the good habits learnt and ALLOW ourselves to be. You're in control, no one and nothing else.

    Feel free to add me, I'm on here all the time and happy to offer support :)

Categories