Never thought I'd post a "poor me" thread...

Make sure you are measuring your portions properly.

Some of it may be water weight. Drink lots of water with real lemon juice added.

You may have hormone issues. When I first started trying to lose weight, I found it near impossible to lose. I went to a bioidentical hormone specialist, test showed I was lacking a lot of different hormones. Plus, test showed I had a hypothyroid. All have been corrected through medication and as long as I stick to my proper calorie count, I lose really well. Not 2 pounds a week because I am so close to my goal, but about a pound a week.

You are skinny-fat, I was the same. You need to burn the fat and little bit of cardio won't do it ! do lots and lots of cardio, and eat less. Once your CVS is strong and your BF% is low you can go on a surplus and lift heavy to build muscle. Or not. I eat to maintain and do very little strength work. Depends on your goals.

i don't have much weight to lose, and every time i lose a pound i seem to gain it back... my scale has been in the same place for 2 months... BUT... this is a happy story, because i've lost many inches, my clothes fit so much better, legs and arms are tighter, middle is getting smaller, and things have definitely shaped up. (i blend 30DS/RI30 5 days a week, and i hike a mile uphill and back 5 days a week with my dog).

it takes a long time to lose the fat around your belly, thighs and butt. we store much more there, so it takes a lot longer to come off than the rest of your body. i've had to let go of the scale, and focus on the fact that i am doing what i need to do to shape up and get fit, and one day, my body will be where i want it to be, and that might not be the magic scale number i have in my head.

What allergy med was this??

I was on Claritin for 3 weeks, then my respiratory therapist told me to switch to Zyrtec because I was still having issues that were causing asthma flares. I have been on Zyrtec for a month.

That would be odd if that was the problem. I have also been taking Zyrtec (albeit a generic version) for 3 weeks. Before that I had lost about 3-4 pounds over the course of 3 weeks. And now I have lost about .5 lbs in the last 3 weeks. Hmmm.... I really have no idea if that could be the problem, or why it would affect things. But I may just need to find out.

mine is the cheapest generic version I could find. I cannot afford $20 for 10 days or whatever. I found a store that has it for $10 for 30 days, $15 for 45.

Hey guys,
I have a success story I want to share with you.
It's not my success story, but one of my clients.

Suzie spent most of her adult life in a morbidly obese category. She was an active and healthy teen and young adult, and always managed to keep her weight under control, but once she got pregnant and had kids, she let it all go.

After 4 years she occasionally struggled to lose a bit of weight, but only to gain it all back a short time after.

After about a year and half ago, she started to a high protein diet, and joined some fitness classes. She did lose weight doing this, to the tune of around 10 pounds, but struggled to keep the weight off. She even tried to change things up, but the weight loss seemed slow.

She knew at that stage she had to add something new...
She was fed up with trying so hard to only see a little progress, especially when it took forever for little results, but most of all she hated not being able to keep up with her kids...

Thats when I met her. I gave her some instructions to do some specific resistance training and interval training. It was at this point she realized that this was the missing key. She stuck with it 3 times a week for sessions that lasted 20 minutes each, and changed her eating habits so that her body would want to lose body fat. When she did this she started to see her waist measurement drop dramatically, and commented that this was much easier then what she was doing in the past, and also saw results faster.

I can tell you that diet and an exercise program put together will work wonders if done properly!


Before, she use to workout over 5 hours a week, and her diet was almost starving her!


After 12 weeks went by, her results were totally amazing. She had lost just over 12kg, lost 2 pant sizes, and lost some of the giggly bits she hated. The best thing about it as that she didnt work as hard as she did previously, she found it much easier to incorporate into her busy life, and at the same time the weight dropped off her easier then ever before.

She hit some awesome physical milestones too... like being able to do 20 pushups in a row, and run 3 miles in 35 minutes, when she couldnt do any of those before.

If you stick with it and get the right advice , you too can get fantastic results in minimum time.

I hope that this gave you a little mroe inspiration to keep at it and never give up!

Find the right advice and keep moving forward

I've written an article on my blog about the 3 Major Fat Loss Mistakes
You can get see it here

http://benjaminbarroga.com/fatloss-mistakes

It's about the most common mistakes that people face when losing weight and how to avoid them

(I hope its okay with everyone. Dont worry there is nothing to sell, and you dont have to sign up to anything to see it, just some good advice to help you achieve the body you desire)


Thanks for reading guys, I hope this helped

Benjamin

You're my twin! Me too.
Glad I'm not the only one. I get upset when I see bigger losses but then have to remind myself that I've done this the right way. I'm more fit and healthy then I've ever been. Some people just can't believe it when I say I've only lost just a bit more than 20lbs in 9 months.

What is your BMR? TDEE? How do you know 1600-1700 is your required amount to lose?