Feeling Frustrated

dfwdiva82

Hey everyone. Just wanted to share how I'm feeling and see if anyone has some advice for me. The last time I lost weight, I was losing 3-5lbs a week which kept me motivated. I started at 340lbs and was eating 1500 calories a day, working out 4-5 days a week. I got down to 265 that way, then plateaued and gave up. Now, I'm at 318, and MFP says that I should be eating 1990 a day. I've stayed below that every day, (with the exception of two days), while working out for an hour 5 days a week for the last two weeks. The scale wont budge!!!! I feel so frustrated because I feel like it's just not going to happen for me. Was it just those two irresponsible days that I went over or do I need to lower my calories? It's times like this that I usually turn to food, but I'm turning to you guys instead

God bless,
Krissa

hannahncakes

It might be the two days catching up with you or maybe your hard work will show next week. Just keep going & think of the long-term. If you're exercising & eating right you WILL see a difference but sometimes it just takes longer than others which sucks I know.

Don't give up- keep going you can do it!!

gvteacher

It seems to me like you need to lower your calories! 1990 seems like a LOT. I am not much smaller than you, and my caloric intake is around 1200. I spoke with my doctor before beginning my diet, and he suggested eating between 1200-1300 calories/day in addition to working out.

Perhaps you should see a doctor or a nutritionist and they can help you figure out more definitely how many calories you should be taking in!

Don't give up!

Scarletblue

Lower your calorie intake.

You did it right the first time yourself, plateauing is the worst, but it happens to everyone thats when you change it up until something works.

dfwdiva82

thank you very much for your input! I think you're right, 1990 seemed like a lot to me, too. I'm lowering it to 1500 this week, and we'll see what the scale says next week.