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laurenz2501
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Joined MFP 4 months ago. Lost 3lbs. Seriously? On 1340 calories which i rarely go over? Then I see other people who lost 20-30 lbs in 4-6 months. I hate exercising (no i can't "find something i love doing"), possible thyroid issues, on top of horrible genetics. Fed up, but I know I can't throw in the towel...just tired of being huge. 
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If 30lbs is all you need to lose your aren't huge. If you are not losing like you want, you need to either lower your calories or up your activities or possibly both. Something isn't balancing correctly. If your lower your calories and increase your activity you may see a change. What I am seeing here, everyone is different and what works for one person may not work for the next.0
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I hate exercising (no i can't "find something i love doing")
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Your food diary is not open.
Some people, including myself, have to eliminate certain foods for good health and weight loss. Perhaps you are not eating enough or have other health issues? Genetics and contaminants play a role but most people can overcome that with a healthy diet. Not exercising will certainly slow weight loss as well. I don't exercise much but I get spurts of activity here and there. Since you don't have much weight to lose (30 lbs?), you will lose slower than a bigger person and your results will be better if you can find a way to add even small amounts of exercise.0 -
Maybe you should cut off some carbs or add some exercice... Try changing different things until you find the best diet plan that suits your body. For example I'm 160 cm tall and now weight 52; according to my plan I should eat 1200 calories a day but if I do it I get fat, maybe 300gr by doing that. So, what I do is that the days I don't go out home I eat 600 calories (full of essencial nutrients of course, you have to priority that!) and not to eat after 5 PM. and next day I've lost 300gr - 400gr.
Then you can also add green tea or more natural juices in your diet. This probably will help you in your weight loss.
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keep on keepin' on0
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@Adini: Because i hate ALL of it. i hate running/jogging gives me shin splints/red face/heart rate out of control/legs hurt/can't breathe. Lifting? Every single i do it i'm sore FOR DAYS. every. single. time. how can i go for a walk or jog the next day when i can barely move?? not many recreational sports for 28 year old females...unless i join one of the 1,000 mens softball leagues...0
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Joined MFP 4 months ago. Lost 3lbs. Seriously? On 1340 calories which i rarely go over? Then I see other people who lost 20-30 lbs in 4-6 months. I hate exercising (no i can't "find something i love doing"), possible thyroid issues, on top of horrible genetics. Fed up, but I know I can't throw in the towel...just tired of being huge.
You don't have to exercise to lose weight.
Are you logging everything? Condiments, beverages, bites off someone else's plate and all that?
Are you measuring with a food scale?0 -
open your dairy...and move...i know a lady losing weight by hula hooping...EVERY DAY
BTW Ive been here 2 years...Ive only lost 38 pounds,,,,but im not gonna making excuses about it...i eat a lot of CRAP..0 -
Your food diary is not open.
Some people, including myself, have to eliminate certain foods for good health and weight loss. Perhaps you are not eating enough or have other health issues? Genetics and contaminants play a role but most people can overcome that with a healthy diet. Not exercising will certainly slow weight loss as well. I don't exercise much but I get spurts of activity here and there. Since you don't have much weight to lose (30 lbs?), you will lose slower than a bigger person and your results will be better if you can find a way to add even small amounts of exercise.
^ yeah...i KNOW i need to exercise, and i KNOW that when i do, i feel absolutely amazing...but if i stop for two days, i get back in a rut again. and sometimes if i lose weight i'll say "okay i can afford a bag of chips now" I NEED TO STOP DOING THAT. thanks for your reply
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open your dairy...and move...i know a lady losing weight by hula hooping...EVERY DAY
BTW Ive been here 2 years...Ive only lost 38 pounds,,,,but im not gonna making excuses about it...i eat a lot of CRAP..
Really? Hm...i like where you're going with that. Is that ALL she did?0 -
@Adini: Because i hate ALL of it. i hate running/jogging gives me shin splints/red face/heart rate out of control/legs hurt/can't breathe. Lifting? Every single i do it i'm sore FOR DAYS. every. single. time. how can i go for a walk or jog the next day when i can barely move?? not many recreational sports for 28 year old females...unless i join one of the 1,000 mens softball leagues...
You don't HAVE to exercise to lose weight. But you're in Philly! Join the Philadelphia Sports Club. They have all sorts of recreational sports. I played volleyball with them when I lived there. Met tons of people that way.
ETA: Actually, I think it was called the Philadelphia Sports and Social Club. I've got a few of their t-shirts somewhere around here.0 -
@Adini: Because i hate ALL of it. i hate running/jogging gives me shin splints/red face/heart rate out of control/legs hurt/can't breathe. Lifting? Every single i do it i'm sore FOR DAYS. every. single. time. how can i go for a walk or jog the next day when i can barely move?? not many recreational sports for 28 year old females...unless i join one of the 1,000 mens softball leagues...
For running at least, you might be trying to do too much too fast. Have you tried Couch to 5K? It's a great program aimed at absolute beginners in running.0 -
Joined MFP 4 months ago. Lost 3lbs. Seriously? On 1340 calories which i rarely go over? Then I see other people who lost 20-30 lbs in 4-6 months. I hate exercising (no i can't "find something i love doing"), possible thyroid issues, on top of horrible genetics. Fed up, but I know I can't throw in the towel...just tired of being huge.
You don't have to exercise to lose weight.
Are you logging everything? Condiments, beverages, bites off someone else's plate and all that?
Are you measuring with a food scale?
trust me i log evvveerryyyyttthhiinnngg even if it makes me feel like *kitten* after lol because i like to know exactly how much damage i've done.
but no i haven't bought a food scale yet and i should. when i log my food i choose the options that don't go by grams...cause i have no concept of grams whatsoever lol
yes, note to self: buy a food scale already!0 -
Who said running was the only way to exercise? You can walk, swim - whatever. The point is to just get moving - you can do it! You just have to want to.0
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@Adini: Because i hate ALL of it. i hate running/jogging gives me shin splints/red face/heart rate out of control/legs hurt/can't breathe. Lifting? Every single i do it i'm sore FOR DAYS. every. single. time. how can i go for a walk or jog the next day when i can barely move?? not many recreational sports for 28 year old females...unless i join one of the 1,000 mens softball leagues...
For running at least, you might be trying to do too much too fast. Have you tried Couch to 5K? It's a great program aimed at absolute beginners in running.
printed it. haven't started it. as usual. heard it's great though. thanks 0 -
Who said running was the only way to exercise? You can walk, swim - whatever. The point is to just get moving - you can do it! You just have to want to.
I don't want to, because I hate it with a passion. I try to tell myself "you hate it, it sucks, but it's a necessary evil that must be done. just like school and/or work. life doesn't revolve around sitting on the couch". but that lasts about 2 weeks before i quit again..0 -
Okay, well if you don't want to exercise and want to lose weight from a reduction calories only, then you should read this. You need to know if 1340 calories a day is right for you. Hope that helps.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-120 -
Maybe you're doing too much, too soon. Start with cardio and work till you have more stamina. When you begin strength training, start slowly...low weights---only one set of 10 or 12 reps per exercise. You will be sore, but hopefully it will be tolerable. Work your way up very gradually. Add a few pounds to your routine once a week or even every two weeks. Don't give up!!!! 0
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I'm doing couch to 5k right now and haven't ran in about 10 years. Each week bumps up the amount of time your run. I usually can't do the first day without walking for few seconds but the second and third days go much smoother. The first week I had no idea how I was going to run longer than 30 seconds and last night I ran for 5 minutes! I start week 5 tomorrow. I should be farther but got off track a few times. I just started back up where I left off and still did fine.0
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Oh...and make sure you stretch really well when your finished exercising. I didn't last night and my legs are a bit sore but if I do I'm fine the next day. If you check out fit2fat2fit.com I do the stretches he did for the first month once he started working out again. I do them each for 30 seconds. Takes a bit of time but makes a big difference in how you feel the next day.0
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I don't want to, because I hate it with a passion. I try to tell myself "you hate it, it sucks, but it's a necessary evil that must be done. just like school and/or work. life doesn't revolve around sitting on the couch". but that lasts about 2 weeks before i quit again..
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How about starting with a 15 minute walk, three times a week then increase it by 5 minutes the next week then the week after that? I started off that way because I kept on telling myself that I couldn't do it an hated it but I started to think about the end goal. Now I am able to run for a straight 40 minutes but it did take me a couple of years to get there and I always go out with go out with my head phones and listen to some pumping music or the radio. I have also run/walked with people of varying abilities. Feel free to add me if you would like some support.0 -
I was in the same boat with being huge and thyroid and other health issues, except I love exercise. I found that even with thyroid medicine there is no magic pill, I had to eat less and move more to lose all the weight. It takes time and a lot of patience but you can do it with the right tools. MFP is awesome but it is only a starting point. You need more resources to navigate our over abundance of food and a society that embraces obesity.
Your body loses weight in chunks, not linear. I have found that you can do everything right and your weight loss seems to plateau but you are patient and keep exercising and eating at a deficit (however slight) you will lose it, it will suddenly "whoosh". There are so many variables for the scale though: water retention, digestion, allergies, sodium, carbs, water intake, DOMS, inflammation, the list goes on. People mistakenly think they lose weight when they eat more because of these fluctuations.
If you have a lot of body fat reserves you would be surprised at how little you can eat (unless you have emotional eating issues or disorders). The leaner you get the less your body has to draw from and then you have to taper up your calories. There is no such thing as starvation mode for women over 12% body fat or men over 6% body fat. I am a living breathing example of that. I went from obese to now under 12% BF and I've maintained for one year and built muscle the whole time. You don't BUILD muscle in starvation mode, so I proved everyone wrong.
I found the tools in the Venus Index Workout. It's not just a workout, it's a lifestyle. It was a one time cost for the book and you get tremendous resources in the closed online forum that goes with it.. only women who are in the same boat.
My story is out there the Venus Index and Bobbies Fitness. I achieved my dream at age 50 and I'm maintaining and living my dream at age 51, in the best shape of my life and the leanest I had ever been. My goal was to get to size 8 but the Venus Index got me to a size 2-3 and the workout is only 1 hour a day 3 days a week, it changes up all the time, not boring, is designed to make any woman look her best, can be done at home or at a gym, and there is an amazing community of friendly women to help you.0 -
@Adini: Because i hate ALL of it. i hate running/jogging gives me shin splints/red face/heart rate out of control/legs hurt/can't breathe. Lifting? Every single i do it i'm sore FOR DAYS. every. single. time. how can i go for a walk or jog the next day when i can barely move?? not many recreational sports for 28 year old females...unless i join one of the 1,000 mens softball leagues...
For running at least, you might be trying to do too much too fast. Have you tried Couch to 5K? It's a great program aimed at absolute beginners in running.
printed it. haven't started it. as usual. heard it's great though. thanks
Definitely give it a shot. I'm on the end of week 6 right now and its amazing to see how far I've come from week 1. The cool thing is even by the second workout, it got easier to do. As for weight loss, getting a food scale is probably the best thing you could do. It's really hard to accurately report how much you're eating without one. Weigh pretty much everything.0 -
I promise you can find a form of exercise you like. I used to be like you, I hated everything I tried. Now I love all kinds of things. I tried kickboxing for the first time last night and it kicked my a** but I loved it. I also do a hip hop cardio class. My first month on MFP, I lost 8 pounds just by playing the Dance Dance Revolution video game every day (I love to dance if you can't tell). Try out a class at the gym if you can. If not, try swimming, or biking, or slightly less intense weight lifting, or a fun workout DVD... these are all things that I love now, that I never would've seen myself enjoying.
It's true that you don't HAVE to exercise to lose weight but it sure does help move things along, at least for me. Plus the high you get from it is amazing. If you can manage to stick to an exercise routine for just a few weeks, it will become habit!
You've gotten good advice on this thread. Don't give up now. You can do this 0 -
Who said running was the only way to exercise? You can walk, swim - whatever. The point is to just get moving - you can do it! You just have to want to.
I don't want to, because I hate it with a passion. I try to tell myself "you hate it, it sucks, but it's a necessary evil that must be done. just like school and/or work. life doesn't revolve around sitting on the couch". but that lasts about 2 weeks before i quit again..
Clean house. Work in the yard. Walk a dog (if you don't have one I am certain there is someone in your neighborhood who would LOVE to have you volunteer to walk theirs. I can't because of my arthritis! or volunteer to dog walk at the local shelter). Take a kid to the park. Go fishing. Mall walk. There are lots of things to get moving that aren't "exercise".0 -
I don't mean to sound rude but by your replies to people's suggestions it really sounds like you are just making excuses for yourself.
I don't love running, but I do it. At first all I did was walk. Even if it was only 15min. I'd stick my headphones in, listen to a podcast and tell myself, it is 15 min out of 1440 in the day.
Now I do cardio 3-5 hours a week and I don't love it, but I don't hate it, it's just something i do, like breathing, or going to work.
If you want to lift but are super super sore, start with lighter weights until you have the form down then start upping the weights.
Everyone loses weight at different speeds, I've been here since Nov and I've lost 20lbs. It wasn't easy. I worked hard.
If having a red face, or feeling sore is going to keep you from working hard, then I really don't know what to tell you because I look like hell when I'm done with a great workout.
No one is going to do it for you, you have to be willing to put in the work.
If you want to do it through diet alone, that's up to you, but exercising has MANY other benefits besides just "losing weight"0 -
If you suspect thyroid problems then you need to go to a doctor. You also need to make sure you're accurately measuring your food, I was over-estimating my food for the longest time until I bit the bullet and got a good kitchen scale.
If WALKING makes you hurt all over then you're probably really unfit and should try to walk every day to build up your cardiac fitness. There's no use being skinny if you drop dead of a heart attack running after a bus.
I hated running. HATED it. I forced myself into doing c25k eight months ago and I am only JUST starting to enjoy running. I don't do it because it's fun, or because it's easy. It's hard, you sweat, you get shin splints, you want to cry, you wheeze and struggle. But when you finish it, you feel like you've achieved something and when the weight starts to come off.... That's when it's worth it.0 -
Thanks guys...wow...you are all awesome i will try your suggestions...but also try to stick with them. thank you! 0
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Oh...and make sure you stretch really well when your finished exercising. I didn't last night and my legs are a bit sore but if I do I'm fine the next day. If you check out fit2fat2fit.com I do the stretches he did for the first month once he started working out again. I do them each for 30 seconds. Takes a bit of time but makes a big difference in how you feel the next day.
You're right. The first time i did 30 Day Shred i almost called out of work, lol i was THAT SORE for literally 4 days. horrendous. but after that, the more i stretch the less pain i get. i'm not sure if i even stretch correctly. i only have about 3 stretches that i do...but it DEFINITELY helps big time.0 -
@Adini: Because i hate ALL of it. i hate running/jogging gives me shin splints/red face/heart rate out of control/legs hurt/can't breathe. Lifting? Every single i do it i'm sore FOR DAYS. every. single. time. how can i go for a walk or jog the next day when i can barely move?? not many recreational sports for 28 year old females...unless i join one of the 1,000 mens softball leagues...
Classic mistake -- too much, too soon; you have to EASE into exercise. My husband has been exercising for years, but he STILL does this; I'm not sure why. He doesn't weight train for IDK, a month and then he lifts HEAVY and HARD like he was never off...that doesn't work
You can't LEAP into exercise; it's not a ALL or nothing; start SLOW-LY...I mean REAL slow. Try walking at 2 miles/hour for 15 minutes; you're okay the next day? Walk again at 2 mph for 15 minutes; do this for a week...you doing good with this bump it up to 2.5 mph or bump it to 20 minutes (NOT both) the next week. Contrary to belief you can't just jump in the deep end to learn how to swim...you just wind up drowning.
With weight training; try once per week with no weights; did I just say NO weights??? YES I DID. NO WEIGHTS. You can use your own resistance to start your muscles learning the moves and YES you actually gain muscle and toning by doing this. I still use this method and other do to. Start off with something easy; you can do 1 set of each exercise 12 reps (NO WEIGHTS)
Chest -- Wall Push-ups (just like it says; lean against the wall and do push ups against it)
Example below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RtM3L00BUU
Back -- Rows (put your fists in front of you; arms should width apart and pull back like you're trying to make your elbows touch behind you, then push forward again)
Example below but you do them w/out the bands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3LNu_GcgDc
Butt - Butt crunches (my fave; lay on your back knees bent at and feet flat on the floor; lift your butt off the floor while squeezing your cheeks and keep squeezing as you lower -- protect your lower back and keep your tummy sucked in, but BREATH)
Example (some rambunctious kids...do it slower)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOCutw8Cj8Q
Shoulders -- over head press (make a T with your arms, bend at your elbows; like your a football goal post, press up and lower; your hands should not drop lower than your shoulders)
Example (except you do without the bands)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6dq5e_overhead-press-exercise-tips_news
Bicep Curls -- You can do these with both arms together or alternating
http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/detail/view/name/dumbbell-alternate-bicep-curl
Tricep Kickbacks --
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UIZLA5yhiA
ABS --
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjet7LwKjyA
Remember Form is THE most important (not the number of reps and never the amount of weight...but you will be starting with NO WEIGHT)
Friend me if you'd like other suggestions after you get going......Good Luck!!! I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT!!!!0
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