So..thanks:)
lisasdoinit
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It's been 3 weeks of eating more.
You've all been with me through the trying to figure out how many calories I should be eating panic (and the panic when i realized i have to do the math EVERY TIME i lose weight!! ).
You've all been with me through the shock of I have to eat HOW MANY? HOLY CRAP..ARE YOU SURE?? panic.
You all supported me in putting the scale away when my first week showed a 5lb gain.
You all grinned along with me when I hit the "ok maybe i'm hauling around an extra 5lbs but WOW i don't feel tired anymore!!" milestone!
Today I was feeling really down and discouraged. My clothes are not feeling better. I'm tired. Sure, I'm not hauling my *kitten* up the stairs anymore - i'm still out of breath when i get there, but i don't look at them and think "oh god no, not stairs". And yes that's a good thing but seriously, after 3 weeks, it's not enough.
I also quit smoking 12 days ago. I am wearing the patch but apparently my metabolism will still slow down. So..ok.
But I was still blue and discouraged.
Then I read here a whole bunch of posts of people like me who did not get results in the first 3 weeks either. And that, my MFP Eating More friends made me feel a little lighter...a little more hopeful.
So..thanks for being there (again) in my time of need.
And please send me your metabolism boosting vibes!
Thanks !
You've all been with me through the trying to figure out how many calories I should be eating panic (and the panic when i realized i have to do the math EVERY TIME i lose weight!! ).
You've all been with me through the shock of I have to eat HOW MANY? HOLY CRAP..ARE YOU SURE?? panic.
You all supported me in putting the scale away when my first week showed a 5lb gain.
You all grinned along with me when I hit the "ok maybe i'm hauling around an extra 5lbs but WOW i don't feel tired anymore!!" milestone!
Today I was feeling really down and discouraged. My clothes are not feeling better. I'm tired. Sure, I'm not hauling my *kitten* up the stairs anymore - i'm still out of breath when i get there, but i don't look at them and think "oh god no, not stairs". And yes that's a good thing but seriously, after 3 weeks, it's not enough.
I also quit smoking 12 days ago. I am wearing the patch but apparently my metabolism will still slow down. So..ok.
But I was still blue and discouraged.
Then I read here a whole bunch of posts of people like me who did not get results in the first 3 weeks either. And that, my MFP Eating More friends made me feel a little lighter...a little more hopeful.
So..thanks for being there (again) in my time of need.
And please send me your metabolism boosting vibes!
Thanks !
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Hang in there. I think the hardest part for us is waiting for results. It'll happen.0
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My scale is still put up and I am not measuring till my bday. I have no idea where I am at lol. But I feel good!! We can do this together!0
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I'll hang in there with you. I upped my calories from 1200 to 1750 three weeks ago, and I have gained and lost the same 3 pounds over and over again in these three weeks. Today after doing some more reading, I realized I need to eat 2025 calories, so I'm upping it again today. I'm 24 days into Insanity, and I feel like I should be going down since I'm working my butt off! But I'm trying hard to trust the process and I hope to see some results soon (although I'm bracing myself for more weight gain now that I'm upping again).
You seem to be doing an amazing job with all the changes, keep going! And congrats on quitting smoking!!!0 -
You rock- seriously. Do you have any idea how many people haven't made it HALF as far as you have? And you've stuck with it!
Kudos to you!!!
You can totally do this and rock it. Congrats on quitting smoking too- I've been smokefree a smidge over a year now- it gets easier. A LOT easier.
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Took my body about 3 weeks to start losing again. I gained and lost the same 5 pounds over and over... I figured I was doing something wrong. But then all of a sudden in the last couple days I'm down that weight and a couple more. Think it just took a while for my body to realize I was serious and it needed to start cooperating. :laugh:0
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Well, if it helps any, the first week of upping my calories I lost 3 pounds and this week? I'm up 1 pound. But I'm hanging in there too. Because I've read enough here to know that this WILL work for me. And for you!
We just gotta keep doing what we're doing and hang tough!!
Congratulations on quitting the cigarettes!!!0 -
Ladies, I dropped 4lbs bam the first week, oh I was so excited...but then I crept right up for the next 3 weeks regaining 3 pounds. At week 4, I netted a 1lb loss. But I lost one solid inch off my waist. I saw a leaner me in the mirror and for the first time I had hope.
For over 8mos or so I was eating less and less and working out more and more and looked just fatty, had no energy, and was irritable. I felt so much better, it was a relief, even when I saw the weight creeping up because I felt so much better. There after, I lost a total of 7.2lbs in 12wks. It may not seem like a lot, but I lost inches and I could see the muscles that I worked so hard for that were hiding under the sheath of fat created because my poor body didn't think I would feed it enough so it was holding every and anything extra I gave it during all of my many carb binges.
Ladies guess what happened then? I hit another plateau eating 1800 cals on non-workout days and from 2000-2400 or so on workout days. So, for 4 wks the 2lb boogie started, up down..up down and I thought to myself...hmmm, I could go down in cals but that didn't work before, so I am going to try going up. I hadn't quite hit the 15% from TDEE yet, so up I went 100 cals. Well that 1st week at my weigh in, I nearly fell over, I shot up 4lbs...but I got a hold of myself quick because I knew I sure didn't eat 14k cals in a week, so I had to hold tight. Oh how I was sweating a bit over the following weeks. I was up down, side, back front...oh the next 4wks was a mess, but then I realized I can't weigh when I had a sodium high the day before, I can't weigh when I lifted heavy within the last two days, and I sure better not weigh when I have my buddy TOM, so I waited and weighed in at 4wks with a net loss of 1.4lbs. That was two weeks ago, I then went on vacation, sodium was off the charts and Tom hit me...so hello 5lbs of water because my clothes fit the same as they did before. I am not weighing in for the next two weeks and will let you know how that goes.
I said all that to say, we have to keep mindful of the big picture. How are we feeling now that we are fueling our bodies? I bet most of your friends and family have noticed a difference in demeanor:-) Now you have an opportunity to train those muscles and retain more of them while losing the fat. Oh who doesn't like a nice toned body instead of dropping quick and being "skinny fat". And remember when you drop weight quick due to low caling majority regain weight even quicker because they can't continue that low caloric deficit forever.0 -
This is *just* what I needed tonight. My first week I lost a pound & was so excited, The next week I gained almost 3. This week up .5--and was so disappointed I almost cried.
But, I'm stepping away from the ledge (for now)....
I just keep telling myself, "Stay the course"....the other way "MAX cardio--eating less" wasn't working....give it a while.0 -
This is *just* what I needed tonight. My first week I lost a pound & was so excited, The next week I gained almost 3. This week up .5--and was so disappointed I almost cried.
But, I'm stepping away from the ledge (for now)....
I just keep telling myself, "Stay the course"....the other way "MAX cardio--eating less" wasn't working....give it a while.
Absolutely. That is what I had to tell myself over and over. It didn't work eating less and exercising more. I actually do way less cardio than I used to. Mainly because I had a hard time eating more.
If I could convince everyone to put away the scale for the next three months, that would be just perfect...lol.0 -
Up until 3 weeks ago I used to eat 1100-1200 cal/day and weigh every Sunday morning. Since upping my calories I have not weighed myself and now eat 1700-2000 cal/day depending on my work out (Ive substituted some of my spinning classes for weights). I am currently in week 4 and have not measured or weighed myself yet (I think part of me is scared). But to be honest, it feels liberating (as silly as that sounds). I may measure myself this weekend but I think I wont pull out the scale for a few more weeks. Why depress myself if the scale doesnt read what I want it to?
It's funny - intially I couldnt imagine how I was going to eat 1700 calories/day....now I cant imagine eating 1200 again!!
Hopefully I see results eventually and can continue with this journey.0
