Day 2 and I want to quit already
mlyn627
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This is another one of the million times I've tried loosing weight. I've tried pretty much everything, this is my 2nd time trying MFP. I logged my food yesterday and went over a little bit. Today I thought I would do better, I have been trying to cut carbs and eat more protein. I have done so well today but I am so ridiculously hungry! I have drank so much water all day, doesn't help. I JUST WANT TO EAT!! How can I deal with this feeling everyday, it doesn't seem like it's something I can do! How do you get past this? Does it get better?
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It will get better. The extreme hunger only last for the first few days (about 3 for me). Soon you will get into the swing of logging all your food and feeling better with the decrease in calories. Just try to keep yourself busy and out of the kitchen. Workout, go shopping...anything to keep your mind off the food!!0
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My guess is you're at a larger deficit than is realistic for you. Did you choose a 2 pound per week weight loss goal? If so, try cutting it to 1. You need to find a way that you can stick with it.0
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I have learned, through MANY attempts at this, to take it slow and steady. I eat three meals and 2-3 snacks a day (all within my calorie limit), which means I am eating about every 2 hours to keep myself from ever feeling so hungry I would want to give in. I try to have at least a little protein with each meal/snack, which helps with the hunger issue too.
I also try to exercise 6 days a week. I have built up from 15 minutes a day to 40. The exercise helps me in many ways; one of my favorites is that I get to eat a little more!!!
What is your calorie goal set at? If you are constantly hungry, it may be set too low for right now.0 -
Heeeey Mlyn627,
I completely understand how you feel... Its really hard trying not to eat and eat all day. So here is some advice that I hope really works for you! first I do juicing and I make a batch for the week when I feel like i am hungry or want a snack I drink my juice and not just any juice but GREEN JUICE... I am working on just doing kale but i can't stomach that lol so i found some that have more veggies... Honestly I take it one day at a time and I really remind myself on why I am doing it.0 -
Let me guess....1200 calories?0
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What Athena said its much better to start at 1lb and go from there so your not starving yourself hell if you even need to cut it to 1/2lb and start from there then do so ANY progress is good progress start from a lower pound per week loss and go from there and once your comfortable eating at that ratio gradually bump it back up it will work wonders. Green numbers are always good motivators0
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What is your calorie goal set at? When I was feeling like that I bumped mine up 100 calories and it made all the difference. Also, if you exercise you get extra calories. 0
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ditto athena.
don't cut your calories so drastically. the important thing is to stick with something and if you are starving and depriving you'll be back to old ways in no time.
how tall are you and what is your current weight and what is your calories in MFP set at?
also consider the other side of it, are you really physically hungry or is just the idea of being on a diet and deprived making you hungry? you need to start having an awareness between physical and emotional hunger. learning this early will save you a lot of pain in the long run because it takes a lot of practice and sometimes thats only 1/2 the battle.0 -
I seen a meme today on Pinterest under motivation. It said : Some quit due to slow progress. Never grasping the fact that slow progress..... is progress. Hang in there
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Let me guess....1200 calories?
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How tall are you and your weight+age? What amount of cals are you trying to eat and how much exercise are you getting?
You may be at too high of a deficit. You can reset your goal to lose at say, .5 to a pound a week, which will be slow, but you'll have more calories available.
If the deficit is not the problem, then try to up your protein and fiber to feel full. It would be helpful if we look at your food diary.
Also, if you've gotten used to eating quite a bit, then eating much less WILL be an adjustment. I've found that at first, I couldn't imagine eating so "little" but now, I'm wondering how I ate SO MUCH. its all about your perspective. Things that I would have easily eaten before now really make me uncomfortably full while eating less than what I would have eaten.0 -
I agree that maybe you need to increase your allowed calories for now. I had mine set for a 2 pound weight loss the first few times I tried MFP, which kept me at around 1500 calories. I couldn't do that, I switched it to a 1.5 pound loss and am now eating almost 1800 calories a day. Those few hundred calories have helped a bunch and I'm still losing weight!
Another thing I would say is to give it time. Distract yourself from food. Come up with new activities or do things you love. I get days when I feel unusually hungry but I either snack on low calorie things or I live with it. But you shouldn't be so hungry all the time, at least not after a few days. You do need time to adjust to the changes but maybe just try smaller changes? You have to really want to do this, and commit to finding healthier solutions that you live with for the rest of your life.0 -
A couple of things: First you say this is day 2 but your ticker says you have lost 2 lbs. If you lost 2 lbs yesterday - that could be the reason you are starving. Make sure you are eating at/or above the calorie level recommended by MFP to lose 2 lbs. a week. If you have less than 25 to lose - move it to 1 lb. per week.
Next - there is no quitting - this isn't a diet. This is a healthy eating/healthy living plan. What you do today and this week needs to be/lead to a sustainable lifestyle. I know it sounds strange - but under eating now won't help the weight come off and stay off in the long run...because you will be back starting over again in a few weeks or few months.
Next - make sure your "starving" is physical and not mental. Best gauge for me - when my stomach growls, I'm hungry. If it's not growling it's not time to eat. Learn to listen to your body and not your mental mind set of it's lunch time, dinner time, I ate less for lunch so I'm starving, etc.
Open your diary if you want specific help - it really will lead to better suggestions.0 -
Add some friends on here.. Some good ones... I personally found that MFP didn't work for me so I went back to Weight Watchers.... BUT I still login to MFP daily because of my Great Motivating Supporting friends that I have on here... So I do the WW points and log food on there but log weight and exercise on here too.
BUT for MANY people MFP works.. I think for me I really need someone else to weigh me in.
There are probably a million things you can do like eat more calories by setting your diary to only lose .5 a week instead of 1 or 2 pounds , Exercise more, Eat more dense foods like fruits and veggies etc..
All of those things are the obvious choices... BUT making good "friends" on here goes a lot farther if you ask me
Good luck to you in this journey. And feel free to friend me if you would like.0 -
Thank you for all the replies!
I am 5'4 230lb 40 yo. I set my goal to be 1.5 and my calories are at 1370. I have been trying to get protein in but I'm probably blowing it! I guess I am so used to eating whatever, whenever I want that it's a shock to my system. I haven't exercised yet, last time I tried my knees hurt and I just honestly haven't wanted to again...yet.0 -
so don't work out yet.Thank you for all the replies!
I am 5'4 230lb 40 yo. I set my goal to be 1.5 and my calories are at 1370. I have been trying to get protein in but I'm probably blowing it! I guess I am so used to eating whatever, whenever I want that it's a shock to my system. I haven't exercised yet, last time I tried my knees hurt and I just honestly haven't wanted to again...yet.0 -
When you reduce carbs, you need to increase fat intake to give energy.0
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i am 5'4" as well and was 255 pounds, currently 200.
you could eat at 1800 calories/day and lose weight in the beginning. i would start there until you;re acclimated with this new plan. and #1 thing. don't deprive yourself. don't stress yourself out with the nutritional details just yet. just get 1800 cal/day under you belt the next couple of weeks no matter the foods. THEN start incorporating WHAT you're eating and start looking at nutrition.
forget the exercise for now if its too much, that will come with time and weightloss.
its too overwhelming to do it all at once for some people. and if you are about to quit on day 2 i highly recommend to go with my suggestion.
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Then up your calories! Your TDEE at a sedentary activity level is around 2040. Subtract 20% off of that for weight loss and you could be eating around 1600 per day and still lose weight.
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Too low! Too low, I say. I wouldn't trust the MFP calculator, sorry. For your stats I would recommend 1700-1800. (IMO) And I personally believe "protein satisfies hunger" is a myth. Eat what you like.I am 5'4 230lb 40 yo. I set my goal to be 1.5 and my calories are at 1370.0 -
Have patience. This is a marathon, not a race.0
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To add to what others have said, check your caloric intake, especially compared to your daily activity - - if you have an active job, make sure you account for that. I don't believe you should ever be hungry. You might need to switch out some of your foods. It's pretty hard to go over calories on green veggies and some fruit, which is tasty and filling. Add a bit of protein (yogurt, peanut butter, cheese) to your snack and you'll probably find you're more satisfied.
Take it all one step at a time. Don't try to change everything at once - -its too much. Start by replacing ONE meal or ONE snack this week with a better one, then work from there. Promise yourself you'll sub one dinner with a healthier version or a different recipe altogether next week. Add walking or other light workout during week 3 - - It took years of bad habits to get where you are and the long-term changes will take time, too. Make your new ways habits and you'll have more success.
I hated that it took me two years to lose 40 lbs. No one noticed my weight loss. My clothes took forever to get big. I was impatient and frustrated... but it also stayed off for almost a year. And now I am calorie watching through my pregnancy and I am finding it easy to eat right for myself and my baby because the healthy habits are there. I still have "off" days, but I am human and they don't mean I am not a success. My overall positive changes prove I have been a success.
Keep your chin up and take it all one bit at a time. You can do this.0 -
Don't set such an aggressive weight loss goal, or yes, you will want to quit! Drastic changes almost always send people off the rails.
The right way to do this is not to punish yourself, and not to go hungry. Just be accountable and stick with it.
Try for the half-pound a week loss goal. If you accurately weigh, measure, and log everything, and manage stay within that higher number of calories for a while, you'll establish good habits. Then, start cutting back your calories a little and moving a little more, and see what happens.0 -
i am 5'4" as well and was 255 pounds, currently 200.
you could eat at 1800 calories/day and lose weight in the beginning. i would start there until you;re acclimated with this new plan. and #1 thing. don't deprive yourself. don't stress yourself out with the nutritional details just yet. just get 1800 cal/day under you belt the next couple of weeks no matter the foods. THEN start incorporating WHAT you're eating and start looking at nutrition.
forget the exercise for now if its too much, that will come with time and weightloss.
its too overwhelming to do it all at once for some people. and if you are about to quit on day 2 i highly recommend to go with my suggestion.
good luck!
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protein helps keep you feeling full longer. try including more protein in your breakfast; bacon, eggs, greek yogurt, spinach omelet. i've learned over the years through trial and error that consuming more protein is key. while carbs provide you energy, protein gives you a full feeling much longer so you don't feel like you're starving yourself til the next meal.
try keeping protein snacks nearby: hardboiled eggs, 2% greek yogurt, tuna w/avocado. and have a snack to tide you over til your next meal. something that has worked for me is eating 6 small meals/snacks a day every 2-3 hours. i rarely feel hungry and most of my meals are high in protein... if a carb is included i make sure it's a complex carb and/or high in fiber.
if you really want something, you'll find a way to achieve it!! you can do it! g'luck!0 -
Are you eating nutrient dense foods? Whole grains, lots of veggies, slow releasing carbs? If you are gonna go over, do it with something healthy and log it first so you aren't disappointed in yourself. Try tomato's which are very filling. Make gradual changes to choosing healthier options if its not what you like. Keep at it! Add me as a friend if ya want!0
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also...
even though you've done MFP before, you haven't made sustainable changes... or you wouldn't be back here again.
while you aren't "new" to this, these might help.
1. don't trust the initial setup that MFP provides. If you put in the wrong/inaccurate information, it'll tell you to eat an amount that may not be applicable.
2. Make sure you eat enough.
3. Figure out what works for you and is sustainable/healthy/long term.
4. avoid fads. don't buy in to any "Hey, try the twinkie and vodka diet"
5. Don't cut out anything now that you don't plan on literally giving up forever.
6. GET A FOOD SCALE. Weigh everything. No, seriously.
7. Get an HRM with a chest strap. You'll at least have a better idea of what you're burning. It'll be more accurate than the generic info in the exercise database.. and even more than the cardio machines. This is great for steady state cardio (run/walk/etc)
8. Don't go balls out. You'll burn out. I see 300 lb people show up here, instantly start working out and cutting their intake SEVERELY... trying to cut out all of their carbs at once.. whatever. Take it slow. Figure out how much you need to eat FIRST in order to lose.. then incorporate exercise.
9. Don't cardio yourself to death.
10. Take the information on the forums with a grain of salt. A lot of people that have been here for a while.. and have been successful, may seem jaded. They give out GREAT advice day after day, only to be met with people that refuse to listen.
11. Eat real food. Not diet food. Not "low fat, sugar free, now without X." It's easier to get/find/count.
12. don't set time restrictions.
13. measure yourself weekly. Don't just weigh. Measure and take pictures.
14 BE PATIENT.
15. Avoid forum topics that have "1200" in the title. It's just full of butthurt. Lots of it.
16. If you ask a question on the forum, give as much information as you can ("yes, I have a food scale and weigh my food" is worlds better than "I eat a palm full of miscellaneous boiled chicken parts..sometimes.")
17. Be honest with yourself and honest with us.
18. This isn't a game, it's about changing your lifestyle. Do that.
pretty much that.
...and don't fall into the "1200 calorie" vertigo of suck because of:
the typical MFP users does this:
1. I wanna lose weight, let's try MFP.
2. OH! Wow, it tells me I can lose 2 lbs a WEEK? AWESOME!
3. I just sit at a desk when I'm not working out, I guess I'm sedentary.
4. MFP tells them 1200 calories, and they don't even eat that.. then they work out on top of it.. creating an even bigger deficit.
5. Lose a lot, fast, brag about 1200 calorie success.
6. Come back in a few months trying to figure out why they're dizzy, tired, not losing weight.
7. Get on the forums, ask why they aren't losing.
8. Get two responses (I eat 1200 and lose) (I eat 2200 and lose)
9. Argument ensues about who is right.
Now. That being said. These threads happen hundreds of times per day. Most times, and I mean really.. seriously.. 95% of the time.. people get the 1200 number because they don't put the right information in when they set up the account. There are a great number of people that are trying to help. I'm one of 'em.
I'm a hardcore advocate of actually finding out what works for the individual.. by means of other calculators, averages, time, practice, and patience.
Blanket prescriptions of 1200 calories "because it worked for me" is more harmful to the generic new user than the "figure out what you need to eat." Unfortunately, one is a LOT easier to type.
Find out what you need: http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/
and make sure to read: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants
...and here's another approach.
Block off 6 weeks. log EXACTLY what you eat for those six weeks, weigh at the beginning, weight at the end. If you've lost, you're eating under your TDEE. If you haven't lost, congrats.. you found your TDEE, if you've gained... then you're above TDEE.
From there, look at how much you lost or gained and you have a rough estimate of how to shift your intake to balance it out.
Online calculators are great, but they're just estimates. They give you decent ideas for starting points. From there, it's on you to fine tune it.0 -
I eat about every 3 hours breakfast, morning snack, lunch evening snack, dinner, late night snack. It controls the hunger. And if you makes healthy choices you can eat more food.0
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Never be hungry! There are many low cal foods that are filling and you should incorporate these. For example, If you do cereal in the morning try a big bowl of puffed brown rice with berries or grapes and low cal skim milk. You can eat lots of low cal soups and fresh veggies and fruits in addition to whatever else you are eating. I have a good appetite myself and have found these foods not only make me fee good but I'm also never hungry.0
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I seen a meme today on Pinterest under motivation. It said : Some quit due to slow progress. Never grasping the fact that slow progress..... is progress. Hang in there
Great quote!
The beginning is the hardest part, then it gets easier for a while, but there will always be tougher times. I'd say start with a small deficit, even if it's just 200 kcal, then work your way up week per week according to how much weight you're losing. Remember that losing even very little is better than nothing or gaining weight. If you can lose a pound in a week, I wouldn't bother lowering your intake. When you hit a plateau, then lower by 50 a week, etc...
Good luck!0
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