Very little weight loss: Looking for non-traditional advice

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  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    In the past I measured food and calories. It is not something I can sustain for every meal for the rest of my life. So no, I do not currently count calories. However I do eat reasonable portions and periodically I will go back and count for a week at a time to make sure my portions are OK.
    Without a food scale, "portion" is in the eye of the beholder. What, in your perception, is a reasonable portion?
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    :)
  • Michelle_Padgett13
    Michelle_Padgett13 Posts: 417 Member
    just a word of friendly advice... don't start another thread about how mean people are or how we are not supportive.
    Those never end well.



    No worries.. I'm not like that...

    :flowerforyou:

    I really do hope you get this sorted, OP. Unintentional maintenance is SO frustrating.
  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
    I have long ago accepted that I may count calories for the rest of my life. I lost 30+ pounds twice before and I want this to have been the final time. So after two years of maintenance, I'm still logging. It takes under 5 minutes a day because practically everything I eat is either entered as a recipe or a meal. My digital scale is handy and I batch cook. This is considerably easier than buying and maintaining four sizes of clothing.

    I do have other things in my life I would like to give up, but won't. Balancing my checkbook, combing tangles out of my dog, flossing my teeth, sorting the mail, and folding laundry. But like counting calories, it's part of what I need to do to manage my life. So I just do it and move on.
  • Amerielle
    Amerielle Posts: 153 Member
    I'm hurt. I thought my advice was really good and non-traditional.

    Also...in for those weight loss spells.
  • WalkingAlong
    WalkingAlong Posts: 4,926 Member
    I am totally overwhelmed and hurt.

    I was not expecting so many responses and I was definitely expecting more thoughtful, serious ones that indicate the writer read the entire original post.

    I'm totally fine if a lot of people advise me to count calories but I would appreciate it without the rudeness and assumptions.


    To address some of the things suggested:
    I have counted calories and have not found it helpful in weight loss. (That's why I don't bother with it now... and it's yes, it's not logistically possible.)

    I have created a calorie deficit as evidenced by previous calorie counting and a drastic increase in activity (including strength training and cardio) and decrease in calories.
    Some people are nasty. There is one poster who I honest-to-God never saw say a single thing that wasn't just bitterness. True story. I think they log on just to be nasty, lol.
    Hey, I know that guy.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Hey, I know that guy.
    Enough was enough there, lol.
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  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    I am totally overwhelmed and hurt.

    I was not expecting so many responses and I was definitely expecting more thoughtful, serious ones that indicate the writer read the entire original post.

    I'm totally fine if a lot of people advise me to count calories but I would appreciate it without the rudeness and assumptions.


    To address some of the things suggested:
    I have counted calories and have not found it helpful in weight loss. (That's why I don't bother with it now... and it's yes, it's not logistically possible.)

    I have created a calorie deficit as evidenced by previous calorie counting and a drastic increase in activity (including strength training and cardio) and decrease in calories.

    If you aren't losing weight you aren't in a deficit.....I don't know how to simplify it any more for you.
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    It takes two hours of cardio per day for me to lose two pounds per week. If I do one hour, I hold my own - but- do not lose weight.

    You need to eat less. It's not about the cardio.
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    Nearly the same problem but not as fit as you.....tried everything, nothing worked for 6 months. I read about "resetting your metabolism" and found a book "Fast Metabolism Diet" and buttaching.....it is working. Seems that putting your body through the same old rigamoroar day in and day out can screw your metabolism up, especially if you are not putting enough fuel in your body and with all that you are doing....seems you would need a lot of fuel. Anyway, putting this 28 day metabolism reset into action seems to be the answer for me....could be for you!

    metabolic reset? No.
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    It takes two hours of cardio per day for me to lose two pounds per week. If I do one hour, I hold my own - but- do not lose weight.

    You need to eat less. It's not about the cardio.

    ^^Yep, totally missed this.

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