Almost ready to throw in the towel

amie0724

veggies are free foods , eat them and a fiber drink to cleanse out your system everyday

msjessc

The calories burned are coming from here or from other calculators. I know that the machines are not always correct so I am using the time and the distance but not the calories burned.

Also as crazy as it is my stamina is actually pretty good. When I started in August trying to get this off I couldn't do a full 10 mins on the elliptical and now I book it and for 30-40 mins. And the yard work from this past weekend is no exaggeration. I have a part-time job as a caretaker for a property..6 acres open land.


Sodium has been where I am trying to get out. I don't salt anything myself so whatever is salted is salted when it is cooked.

I will have to go back and check the patty thing. I try to be soo careful and to be honest, calorie wise I am over estimating most times. I know that there are times when I am going to be off so it is better to estimate up than estimate down.

ccnjc4e

you are really supposed to do strength first then cardio? I was always told it was the opposite.

I was always told warm up, strength, then cardio, cool down.

msjessc

I wish I could eat omelets..Eggs are a HUGE no no for me..EGG ALLERGY SUCKS!

Oatmeal, cottage cheese, Greek yogurt fruit. I do like the Quaker Stila bars for a change of pace though.

And seafood I just don't like.

I have for tomorrow, left over smoked chicken for dinner, and then for Saturday I already have lean pork sauteed with some frozen asparagus stir fry.

I use a lot of frozen veggies,and make a lot at home. I tend to have the same thing over and over again because ther eis only two of us. But I would be lying if I said I didn't have my moments. As you can see I did/do. The longer I go without losing anything the more I tend to waiver on the eating.

Working out though..I've got that covered. Some days I have to drag myself to the gym but once I am there and get through my workouts the better I feel. It is like a recharging of the batteries.

NicholeRobb

I also suffer from hypothyroid & had a terrible time losing weight. I went to a nutritionist out of fear of gaining more & wanted to at least get a hold on how to prevent gain. The biggest thing I learned was that when eating healthy it is far easier to eat very low amounts of cals every day. I prided myself on that till I revisited my nutritionist who scolded me for it. Yes, the first wk or 2 it gave me a loss but after that I quit losing. I was told I wasn't getting enough cals & that even the number she had origionally told me to consume (1500), wasn't enough & that I was throwing my body into "Starvation mode". When u do that it doesn't matter how much u eat or how full u r if ur not getting a proper cal intake. Your body will still think it's starving & will horde everything preventing u from losing. It also may matter how long uve been on treatment for ur thyroid. If ur body hasn't regulated yet to the meds u may want to give that some time too. Just keep exercising & maybe try upping ur cal intake & see what happens

jsp2374

Are you still on the steroids. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and have to go on three day bursts on Prednisolone regularly. It is hard to take the weight off from the steroids, but like the thyroid it can be done. It takes a while. The last time I was on a three day burst I gained 3 kilos in 3 days while I was sticking to a 1600 calorie a day diet. It takes time and is hard but you can do it. It is also harder to take the inches off around the trunk after steroids, but again can be done. You can add me if you want. You can do it though, you can.

For almost a yr I was on major doses of steroids for sinus infections. That coupled with quitting smoking, coupled with a thyroid totally screwed up, coupled with a bad relationship all caused me to gain close to 60 pounds. Well I had sinus surgery which has allowed me to be off the steroids, and the relationship ended, and the thyroid is being medicated adn checked on a regular basis, but no matter what I do I can NOT seem to make the scale budge, or the tape measure move. In 6 mths I have lost 3 inches around my waist and 1.25 inches around my hips. I am still wearing the same size clothes so I can't go by that, and it seems no matter how hard I work out or what I eat nothing is working.

Would love some advice.

THANKS

jsp2374

Are stats are close. I am supposed to be the same height as you, but lost 3 CM due to spinal damage. I weigh more though. If you are eating below 1600 calories you probably need to up them hon. Again you CAN DO THIS. Oh and I am 37 as well. Have you had all your vitamins levels checked. That can also cause some problems.

Just had bloodwork done AGAIN today. The last round I didn't have to be upped but I was just borderline.


I am 5'4 and weight 225 and am 38 (tomorrow).

slowturtle1

DON'T GIVE UP! Health issues can make it such a struggle, but be patient with yourself/your body. This is obviously important to you judging from the effort you've put in already and the effort you continue to put in every day. You're worth the effort and you will get there! Just remember, if your body could talk to you it would probably say that it wants to meet that goal as much as you do and it appreciates all the work you're putting in to help it along.
:flowerforyou: Some words of inspiration:
"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." ~Buddha
"Learn to love, give kindness and support to someone close and important…yourself. " ~J. Charest

Rayjewls

My suggestion is to change your milk chocolate to dark...eat more of your daily calories before 4 pm any thing after 4 should only be dinner (during the week)...change your ground beef to ground turkey...keep snacks at least between 100 to 150 calories. I'm no expert but I think this would help you.

CaseRat

Sometimes you need some tough love, and I hope you take this criticism in a good way. But you really aren't making healthy food choices.
A lot of the food you're eating is processed. A lot is high fat, and you're eating lots of bad snacks. Most of your days have chips, chocolates, processed meats, popcorn, ice cream etc. It's okay to have the occasional treat, but you're having it every day! And it's taking up at least 1/4 of your total caloric intake, sometimes half!

You need to stop snacking on unhealthy food. You need to increase the amount you're eating, with good, nutritious, healthy food.

laurarpa

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! :flowerforyou:

Don't give up. Steroids suck and can most definitely pack on the pounds but I don't think you need to worry about occasional inhaler use. Good luck and hang in there.

714rah714

What type of exercising are you doing that burns over 1000 calories a day?

kyrasmum

For exercise have you ever tried jillian michael's 30 day shred. I strated doing that and really seeing instant results. Not that much in weight initially but in inches. In week 1 my waist had shrunk by 2 inches. Give it a go it's a good workout and only 20 min a day. Good luck on your weight loss journey

Eleanorjanethinner

Sometimes you need some tough love, and I hope you take this criticism in a good way. But you really aren't making healthy food choices.
A lot of the food you're eating is processed. A lot is high fat, and you're eating lots of bad snacks. Most of your days have chips, chocolates, processed meats, popcorn, ice cream etc. It's okay to have the occasional treat, but you're having it every day! And it's taking up at least 1/4 of your total caloric intake, sometimes half!

You need to stop snacking on unhealthy food. You need to increase the amount you're eating, with good, nutritious, healthy food.

Yup... I know it's going to be painful and difficult but over time you *can* transition to eating healthier snacks. Maybe ration yourself to one small serving of lite chips and one of dark choc a day. Try to get out of the habit of eating chips with meals. Swap them for other crunchy things like baby carrots and a lite dip (I *know* it's not the same, but so much better for you) or thin sliced apple.

When the sweet craving comes over you, try lean protein instead (sounds weird, but protein keeps you full and stable, sugar (even sugar in fruit) makes you go up and down). Drink water, drink a hot drink, and only then give yourself a small serving of something.

Look at other people's diaries to get ideas. (Especially people who've lost and kept off the weight).

You are technically under calories, but something's not working so try a change for a few weeks and see how that goes.

Good luck.

earlyxer

MSJessC -

I just took a quick look at your diary for the past few days. I won't mince words here, haha.

1) You need to manually edit the targets in MFP and set your carb/protein/fat ratio to 40/40/20. A high protein diet is the core of any good fat loss plan. You are eating far too many carbs, and should have almost none at dinner. Concentrate them in the morning. Lean proteins and fibrous veggies are the basis of what you should eat. White chicken and turkey, egg whites, white fish, lean red meats (top round, not ribeye!), broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, etc...

2) You are cheating way too much, every day there are unhealthy choices being made. You have to eat "clean". I probably don't need to tell you this but lose the pizza, lose the burgers and the candy and the potato chips. Yeah, you can lose if you eat junk as long as your calories come in right but junk food is calorie dense and you are going to keep finding yourself hungry and grabbing whatever is available to satiate your hunger. Look at MFP at the end of the day and ask yourself, what could I have foregone today?

Do that for two weeks and focus and I guarantee you will lose fat and the scale will move!

kyrasmum

A tip for replacing sweets: Slice an apple and bake it in the oven sprinkled with cinamon.

BazAbroad

If u eat too little your body goes into starvation mode.
Eat small and often, and train, weights then cardio is correct, but if your really after the weight loss, more cardio than weights. Do the rower as oppose to treadmill, get shape as u lose the cals, its longer that way, but u get a better body as the weight comes off.

Suzy_Loo

I'm studying nursing and have an insight that i think is really important that you listen to. The weight you put on when you're on steroids is the HARDEST to lose so don't feel disheartened. Fat in your diet is not the issue it's sugar you have to be careful of as lots of low fat products make up for it by packing them full of sugar. The best way to lose weight gained by steroids is exercise, it's even more important than what you eat. It makes sense when you tthink about it as people take it to aid exercise.
I'm not giving my opinion these are just medical facts so i really hope they help
Lots of Luck
x

samandlucysmum

I was told by someone that Kelp tablets are great for thyroid issues, they are great for getting rid of excess water too. You can get them from health food shops, or online. They work for me.,

msjessc

I have 6 acres that I am the caretaker to and the yard work alone is a great calories burner but that only started last week.

I seriously last week and the week before did two hours at the gym almost every day last week. I have recently changed gyms and this one I do NOT like their treadmills but have discovered the Elliptical crosstrainer and already had a love hate relationship with the stairmaster.

I admit that when the scale doesn't move with anything I do I have a tendency to give in to temptation a lot of that is emotional eating I know, but I do in the end try to make up for it by working harder.

Egg whites, Eggs period I would eat every morning if I could..I can not. diary, I can tolerate at times, cannot tolerate all of the time. Greek yogurt does seem to be okay though as does cottage cheese anything else and I am sick as a dog. If I space it out a little one week,and a little the next week...

There was a day where I showed tacos for dinner..These were hoomemade tacos, and the salsa..I made, not prepackaged. Chips though are a weakness of mine. I am trying to find other things to take their place but that is a hard one. I can give up the sweets easier than the chips. Isn't that strange?

I, unfortunately have no clue how to calculate the calories on the things I make from scratch so I tend to use whatever I can find that is similiar. I would LOVE input on that and maybe my food diary would look a little better? I do not use white anything...not bread, not rice, not pastas. Even when I make bread or cakes I am using wheat flour as well. I actually prefer the taste.

Y'all have all been so great and I am sorry if I am sounding a bit defensive. I do try to be so strict with myself and as I said, when it doesn't seem to be doing any good I fall off, but where as the old me would have not even have logged in again, I am here. I want to do this. I want to be the person that I have always wanted to be but have never been.

So....

If oatmeal isn't good..Please othr ideas that DO NOT include any part of the egg. I will NOT be able to eat it. I just can't even though I have been tempted because I know that it is normally suggested and I have had success with Low Carb/High Protein before, but unless I want to spend the day sick and doubled over and possible in the ER it will not be an option.

Lunch...I will make the attempt this week to not have chips. I won't have carrots. They are gross. LOL

Dinner...Because I don't normally get home until 6 or 6:30 I can't eat earlier. I wish I could and when I am able to I will.

I so want this to work. I am tired of feeling like crap about myself. So when I get home I will see what I can plan for tomorrow and forward.

britexmom

if you already counted the amount of walking/excerise that you get daily through work on your lifestyle choice then you dont want to log them again as excersise since MFP will be calculating your daily caloric needs on how active you are w/out addtl workouts.

slowturtle1

I, unfortunately have no clue how to calculate the calories on the things I make from scratch so I tend to use whatever I can find that is similiar. I would LOVE input on that and maybe my food diary would look a little better? I do not use white anything...not bread, not rice, not pastas. Even when I make bread or cakes I am using wheat flour as well. I actually prefer the taste.

Have you used the recipe tab? If you click on that you can put in your own recipes with the quantities you use and it will calculate the calories etc. for you. It's not perfect, but it's better sometimes than going through the database and trying to find something close.

earlyxer

If you have trouble calculating the calories of homecooked foods, I recommend Googling a recipe and following THAT instead. For example, try "healthy turkey tacos" and see what you find. It will almost always show the calories, etc.

lewandt

Where are you getting your numbers from with the exercise? I burn about half of what you have down for the amount of time you have with the elliptical. My machine is very high so i don't use their numbers. That is huge as it would take away a ton of calories!

JuzJoJo

Great feedback but theres one thing no one has touched on.
You HAVE to believe in yourself and the challenges you set forth.
You will not succeed if you're already defeated.
You have to decide that this is it and there is no other option.
When you truly desire something and can actually see it then it becomes a reality.
Just hang in there and have faith.

jaireed

Here's my two cents! Know where your thyroids at, what number. Know what your doctor's opinion of a healthy range is. This may not be YOUR personal normal range. Losing weight with a hypo thyroid is HARD and at times truly UNFAIR. I know. When my meds worked, I started working out and watching what I eat and I've lost 11 pounds!

ScottFree_66

Go into your settings / diary settings and add sodium and maybe potassium to your diary.
It can be scary when realize how much salt foods have. Especiallly foods that are sold as being healthy / low calorie (guess the salt adds flavor vs. lost calories).

instead of deli meats eat chicken breast (I've started cooking several days worth just to have pieces for snacking).
instead of crackers / popcorn / chips, eat veggies (snap peas, carrots etc...)
instead of brownies / chocolates eat fruit (someone already suggest baking apple slices with cinamon).


when entering food into your diary double check it in google... especially once you start tracking sodium. seems like a lot of people don't enter anything into that field when the create foods.

for your homemade foods, you should create recipes. you can find most ingrediants like tomatoes, celery, apple, paprika, garlic etc... already entered into MFP.

marcenepea

I haven't read the post other then the original post. But I read a couple of days of your food diary. I would look into eating more fresh veggies and less processed foods. I'm going to guess you have heard this.
I love being able to see other peoples diaries. I've learned alot of different ideas this way.

I'm sure you got alot of advice from your post. I hope you were able to get some great help. And if you didn't keep trying. Don't give up.

Good Luck

msjessc

Thank you all for the input. I get new Thryoid results tomorrow and if they are within "normal" I am going to make an appt to see the dr just to make sure I am not competeing against some OTHER issue.


Here's to a new day right????

CampKelly

Interested to hear what the blood work says....keep us posted :flowerforyou: