Should I Stay or Should I Go Now from MFP????

ToFatToBeSick

How long have you been a member and trying on a regular basis? You can't expect overnight results. If you gained the weight back before you obviously didn't fix the problem. Once you lose weight, you'll gain it right back if you go back to your old eating habits. It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change.

It doesn't seem like you are ready to make this commitment so I'm going to be blunt. Get rid of MFP until you're determined to do what you need to do. Stop making excuses and blaming your failure on other things. The problem isn't MFP.

Losing weight is simple, burn more calories than you consume. That goes for EVERYBODY, you included so blaming a website that allows you to track your progress is nothing more then a cop out. In the end, you are in charge of your results.

BarbaraCarr1981

Excuse me - BUT my weightloss did work before! The reason I am needing to lose weight again is because I got pregnant - I had a baby! So now I am just trying to lose the last 8lbs and it freaking sucks because I've been at it since March 2012 (2 months after csec baby) but just started MFP on November 1st, 2012.

So ur right that it is simple formula - Burn more calories than you are consuming. Maybe Im not doing enough exercise? Hmm not sure - I feel I burn about 1000 cals a week from cardio and prob only 300cals a week from heavy weights. So this is burning 1300cals a week and Im eating 1500-1600 cals a day - sometimes more when Im eating exercise cals back.

sundaywishes

Silly me, I thought this dilemma was brought about by the rise of stupidity/lack of humor/overly sensitive feelings on the forums recently.


As for your question, it looks like you've figured out what you would like to do. Good luck.

jackpotclown

If you go there will be trouble....and if you stay it will be double \m/

ShutUpAndLift257

Stay and add me, I'll kick you in the tail!

belle19822000

Hi!

I took a look at your diary, day 7th february, and, I would die of hunger on that diet! :explode: :explode:

why? IMO, too much calories, too little food, and why the light breakfast? AM snack is enormous! I noticed when I eat little in the morning I feel hungry all day, no matter how much I eat later.
I see you set around 1500 calories (without exercise calories). Maybe you can go down a bit - 1300?
Last few kilograms/pounds are always the hardest to lose :sad:

But if it's too much for you (counting calories I mean), then stop, go back to whatever is working for you.

Best of luck! :drinker:

brookeaby1

I'm a little confused. I read the entire forum you posted, how on EARTH are you wearing a size 28 jean at 5'9 and 140-odd pounds? I outweigh you by almost 100 pounds and I don't even wear a size 28....

As to the weight loss;

Did you have a c-section or an abnormally large baby belly? Chances are your stomach muscles were damaged by carrying or delivering the baby. It shouldn't be about weight but about your inches. Perhaps try measuring your waist, hips, arms, thighs etc. and concentrate on shrinking those rather than losing actual pounds. Even when I'm a size 12-14 (I'm 6' and very large framed so believe me that's small for me) I still weigh 190-200 pounds. It's about how things feel. Do my clothes fit? Am I excessively flabby somewhere I don't want to be etc. In all likelihood, if you're just 8 pounds off your pre-pregnancy weight you may never actually meet that poundage. You're a very natural healthy weight for your height but you're going to have to do quite a bit of stomach muscle work outs to repair pregnancy damage and muscle weighs more than fat.

I think getting rid of the weigh in group is probably a great idea. Also, you have a young infant perhaps look into those floor activity workouts you can do with your baby. It creates bonding time with your child while working out your muscles and as the baby grows in size so do your work outs.

BarbaraCarr1981

I'm a little confused. I read the entire forum you posted, how on EARTH are you wearing a size 28 jean at 5'9 and 140-odd pounds? I outweigh you by almost 100 pounds and I don't even wear a size 28....

As to the weight loss;

Did you have a c-section or an abnormally large baby belly? Chances are your stomach muscles were damaged by carrying or delivering the baby. It shouldn't be about weight but about your inches. Perhaps try measuring your waist, hips, arms, thighs etc. and concentrate on shrinking those rather than losing actual pounds. Even when I'm a size 12-14 (I'm 6' and very large framed so believe me that's small for me) I still weigh 190-200 pounds. It's about how things feel. Do my clothes fit? Am I excessively flabby somewhere I don't want to be etc. In all likelihood, if you're just 8 pounds off your pre-pregnancy weight you may never actually meet that poundage. You're a very natural healthy weight for your height but you're going to have to do quite a bit of stomach muscle work outs to repair pregnancy damage and muscle weighs more than fat.

I think getting rid of the weigh in group is probably a great idea. Also, you have a young infant perhaps look into those floor activity workouts you can do with your baby. It creates bonding time with your child while working out your muscles and as the baby grows in size so do your work outs.

Bahahahaha! Did you really think I meant BIG by size 28???? I meant a size 28 inch. or we could also say size 5/6ish. And I have a long way to go to get rid of the belly - I know. I also have lipodystrophy on the belly cause of 100s of thousands of insulin needles for my 20years of type 1 diabetes.

BarbaraCarr1981

And yes, I had a csection.

fitfreakymom

I would love to be 140 and size 5/6 lol

BarbaraCarr1981

I would love to be 140 and size 5/6 lol

OMG! I would love to be back there again too. Right now, Im 148lb and size 9/10. I don't like it very much. Although I probably would like it if I didn't have the taste of size 5/6 from before. lol

fitfreakymom

hell I would love to be 148 and a 9 /10