Starting Over - New Beginning- no so fun!

skinny4me2be

Hi All--this is just a vent...

I've been on this site off and on for about a year, half heatedly dedicating myself to this weight loss goal of mine. I've tried the TDEE-% and because my activity is so variable I had a hard time figuring out what my eating goal should be...so I gave up on that....I never knew what activity level to select from on this app, just didn't follow anything ever really to a T. I always let life and its fun activities get in my way and made up excuses as to why I could eat. Well it caught up with me. So I last week I decided to go the simple route.

I told myself to give this one month, log every single day, no skipping (my downfall on the weekends), I set my self to sedentary, for my activity, figuring that way the Fitibit would give me the read back on what I need to eat back with the step activity I performed, as my activity changes so much from day to day. I was very good last week. I weighed, measured everything for food (digital scale) and drink, logged my food every single day, ate 2-3 carbs per meal, focusing on lean protein, at back most of my fitbit calories earned, I'm on week 3 of the couch to 5K-continued that plan with walking on rest days. I felt so good about what I had done last week, my deficit was 250-400 calories each day. I felt awesome this morning, thinking my efforts had paid off until I stepped on the scale and it had said I didn't lose an ounce. I was devastated to say the least. I figured my scale was wrong so I stepped on it 3 or 4 more times. No change! I understand the scale is not the only way to measure, was just hoping to see something-even an ounce would have made me happy! I know its only been a week, so I know I have to give it time and I will, as I do not plan to give up!

Thanks for lending me an ear!

maletha4life

Hi! Skinny4me2be,

Don't get discouraged. You're doing good. Losing inches can be better than losing weight. For instance, months ago, I was a size 14, worked out like a crazy person. I used free weights and kinetics (incorporating lounges). I ate okay, could have done better, but I did eat less. I did this for about 2 weeks. No pounds dropped from my scale, but I felt different and my clothes fit differently. But the scale still showed 170 lbs. My 14's were too big, so I went shopping. I tried on a 12, they were too loose. But, when I tried on a size 10--to my surprise it fit. I was flabbergasted. I couldn't believe it.

What I realized is that when you build muscle it weighs more than fat and but it's leaner than fat. So, even though I didn't loose any physical pounds. My entire body structure and shape changed. People everywhere was like; you look great and asked how much weight did I loose. I would tell them absolutely nothing, but that I lost fat and gained muscle.

Again, stay encouraged, like you said it's just been a week, in time, you will see the results.