Anyone Else Having a Slow Weight Loss Journey Like Me?!

Been losing weight for 37 straight months and am not done yet..... Slow and steady wins the race... Best of Luck....

my weight loss journey is also going very slow lately..i put myself in maintain mode not really to maintain but to get myself to eat more...i was averaging out at 900-1100 a day n frankly that is to low for me. now i am up here round 1300-1500 . i lost bout 2lbs since i started this...but i also have been lacking exercise as i felt like giving up...now i am back on the wagon n ready to lose the weight more!!! also i am trying to concieve as well...so plz feel free to add me..

I feel your pain!!! i have been very vigilant and only lost ten pounds in the last few months. The mantra that keeps me going is - it is still better and more healthy than gaining!!!

Make sure you take body measurements because as we all know, muscle weighs more than fat. And you might be losing fat but the scale won't change that much.

ALSO, I just found this out, but make sure you are constantly readjusting your goals every few pounds lost because MFP does not reduce your calorie goals for you to keep at the same pounds lost per week. For example, you weigh around 155, with 1.0 wk/loss, but then at 150 MFP will keep you at the same calorie goal but indicates you are only then at a 0.7 lbs per week loss. So make sure you are constantly going into the GOAL tab and readjusting your calorie goal.

I am also a very..very slow weight loser. I lift weights about 4x a week and do cardio about 2x a week. So I know you're frustration. But if you don't lift weights, then you'll just be a skinny fat.

I've been losing weight very slowly. I started at 225 at the beginning of 2007 and am now only down to 195. But I've kept all of it off, which is more than I an say for most dieters starting at my size.

I think that the main problem is type of food you're eating - because 100kcal of chocolate and 100kcal of tomatoes are not the same thing!! chocolate just goes straight to your belly and bottom, and you cannot get anything bad by eating vegetables!

I have gone a month losing 1 lb., only to have my doctor say, well, weight fluctuates more than that so it isn't a REAL pound. But, yes, yes it was real because the next pound and the next one kept coming off because I refused to be discouraged. You have to be stubborn, really stubborn and keep the weight going down no matter what your body is doing to sabotague your goals. Be cognizant of salt, water weight, portion size and hidden calories and sooner or later your body has to give it up!

Progress is progress! You're doing well =]

You just need to experiment with different things, like different calorie limits etc, youll find one that suits you =]

From my own personal experience, Kickboxing was the one thing that tipped me over the edge, mixed with a well adjusted diet.

Dieting alone will give you results, but bigger results will come if you push your body

One of the things I've noticed is the amount of sodium that I take in everyday. Sodium helps your body retain water. I admit, I don't drink nearly enough water - so maybe that will be my push to lose weight. I've been on MFP for 3 weeks, and have not lost any weight - but at the same time, I feel 150 times better.

If I had your loss ratio, I wouldn't be concerned at all. Keep up the good work!!!

So, 7 lbs over 14 weeks is an average of half a pound per week.

Slow, yes, but as long as it stays steady, it's good.

Been on since October and have lost 43lbs so far. It's slowed down coming off the last couple of months, but I'm not worried. As long as it keeps going down and not up, it's all good. Of course, I would like it to go faster, but, as others have said, I want this for the long term. I'm eating less, eating more of the right things, and moving more. My exercise of choice was and is walking. I have been taking my beautiful dog out with me for a daily 3 mile walk, bought myself a treadmill for when the weather does not allow outside walking and also bought Leslie Sansone's Walk Off the Pounds DVD which I absolutely love (been doing mostly the 3 mile walk with a stretchy band, but also have done the 4 mile walk) and have been doing over going to the treadmill or walking in the heat and humidity we have had in NYC. Right now if I hit my first goal of 60lbs by October, the 1 year anniversary of being on MFP, I'll be happy. Of course, I'd be even happier if I hit it earlier, but I'm still losing, eating right and moving so it's all good

I have been here 50 days. I have almost lost a whole pound.:happy:

I think that i am just now going into slow mode. Not sure why. First month i lost 17lbs. Second month i lost 11 pounds. Im just done my first week in month Three and the scale hasent budged. Frustrating!! We just have to keep at it and make some tweaks here and there to get it started in the right direction again. Dont give up! It will come off if you keep doing the right things.

Yes, I've been here since mid-Jan..6 months and only 25 lbs gone. But it's better than 0 lbs...

It gets frustrating though.

I'm losing weight v ery slowly - because I have a disability and can not excercise strenuously. So caloric numbers are ok but I'm not burning it off. I;ve lost 12lbs but need to lose 7 more and I can't. Some days I want to chuck it all - but that would not be productive. I can't do too much more than what I'm doing know - but hey I'm doing something!