Frustrated to tears. 2 months - no loss in lbs. or inches

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  • BabyFishMouth
    BabyFishMouth Posts: 31 Member
    You sound like an active person. Why not try increasing your calories to 1800 per day for a week or two and eat back your exercise calories. See if this helps jump start your weight loss. It is worth a try since you haven't seen any results lately.

    Gulp. From all the responses here, I'm starting to think I may need to do that. I was so wary of overestimating my activity level to be able to eat more that maybe I underestimated instead. It seems so unlikely that increasing my calories could result in smaller me, but hmm...
  • BabyFishMouth
    BabyFishMouth Posts: 31 Member
    unless you're part of the small minority with a legit medical issue complicating your efforts, there are only a couple of possible reasons you can go 2 months with no effect. of the top of my head...

    1) you are eating below your BMR and have been for a long time, while exercising like crazy. this gives you a large deficit from TDEE over a prolonged period of time, leading your body to slow its metabolism to the point where it takes a long time to see results. this is NOT starvation mode. this is a metabolic slowdown due to the stress you are putting on your body and increased levels of cortisol.

    2) you have a history of yo-yo dieting and your BMR is lower than you think it is.

    3) your BMR/TDEE calculations were done incorrectly and you are actually eating at close to your maintenance.

    4) your logging is not complete or accurate.

    5) you are close to your goal and proceeding with a small daily deficit that takes a long time to see on the scale.

    Yes, this. (Please don't smack me. WinnerVictorious has made some very good points. And we are both in the 40+ age range.)

    Also, I love your username. When Harry Met Sally is still my favorite movie of all time. :smile:

    No smacking here. I really appreciate both of your input. They are good points. I just wish I knew how to determine which, if any, is my problem.

    WHMS is one of my faves, too, obviously. We have good taste in movies.
  • astrampe
    astrampe Posts: 2,169 Member
    I actually went as far as going for a DXA scan - which was a hell of a shock....Came out that my bf was a lot higher than any calculator, scale of caliper test done by various "experts" stated..
    My BMR was a lot lower than I thought - 1398 I'm 5'8 and jumps between 176 and 181lbs...Wear a size 10 Levi jean...

    According to that, the clever guy who did the scan told me I can eat between 1750 and 1950 and still lose weight.:bigsmile:
    Ha ha....Eating that much does absolutely nothing exept makes me gain a couple of 100 grams every week....I dropped down to eating between 1650 and 1800 (moderate activity, even thoug I'm doing P90X six days a week....And maintained....
    Dropped further down to 1450 and yo-yo - losing a pound one week, gaining it the next week.....

    Started some pro-gest cream and Menoquil multivitamin...I can report back that after using both for about a month and a half, I have shiny hair and nice nails, and had one relatively violence free:bigsmile: (or thoughts of violence free) PM period.
    Not sure about anything on the weight front, as I had a bad flue and did nothing for a little over a week - and not realy kept track of food either.....
  • BabyFishMouth
    BabyFishMouth Posts: 31 Member
    "Started some pro-gest cream and Menoquil multivitamin...I can report back that after using both for about a month and a half, I have shiny hair and nice nails, and had one relatively violence free (or thoughts of violence free) PM period.
    Not sure about anything on the weight front, as I had a bad flue and did nothing for a little over a week - and not realy kept track of food either....."

    I have a friend who has been on a similar path for a few months and her results are the same, including weight loss. It turned out her hormones were out of whack, just not enough to fall outside the normal range most doctors go by. I just started using pro-gest. Weight loss aside, my family would be eternally grateful if I were a little less, um, "irritable" every month.
  • astrampe
    astrampe Posts: 2,169 Member
    Good to hear about the weight loss! Will give it time - have to say I thing my family is probably thankful for the peace.....:bigsmile:
  • Tootce01
    Tootce01 Posts: 184
    Bump!
  • amyljl77
    amyljl77 Posts: 43 Member
    I can't lose weight unless I'm only eating 1300 - 1500 calories a day or less.
  • autumnsnow786
    autumnsnow786 Posts: 279 Member
    Mmmm sometimes our bodies get used to the type of exercising we're doing and the exercise loses its efficacy. Maybe try a different form of exercise.

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