On Struggle Street

kiwibecs
kiwibecs Posts: 4 Member
edited January 16 in Health and Weight Loss
I did MFP 18 months ago and lost 22pounds over a period of 6 months - it worked so well for me! Then I went travelling and everything came completly undone - I gained all of that back plus some so I'm back on the wagon (mostly) but this time I am REALLY struggling! I am losing maybe 100g a week IF that and I am sticking to my calorie goals. I have been logging on my phone and for some reason its not showing up here so cant show a diary but for the most part my dairy looks something like this
a banana berry smoothie for breakfast (~200cal), sushi for lunch, fruit/granola bar/cheese and crackers (all around 120cal) for a snack, and home made fish and chips or mushroom omelette for dinner. If I work out I throw in a protien shake and a few extra snacks. I have been going to the gym and/or running 3 times a week for an hour at a time and nothing is shifting and I am going crazy! I have upped my cals a bit from 1200 to 1370 and have had my thyroid and hormone levels checked!

Wondering if I need to up my cals a bit more but this stresses me out.. last time i did it all at just over 1200. Im 5ft 2in and currently 70kg (154lb).. my job is sedentary - Please help!

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  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
    Are you accurately tracking everything and measuring/weighing everything?
  • kiwibecs
    kiwibecs Posts: 4 Member
    Yep - EVERYTHING! Im doing the exact same as I did last time.. arghh! haha
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    Hmm
  • jess6741
    jess6741 Posts: 107 Member
    How long have you been back? You may not have been logging long enough to see results. Also have you been tracking your inches? There may be progress on that front before you see results on the scale.
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    Nods at jess she has a point there
  • ittybittybadonkadonk
    ittybittybadonkadonk Posts: 11,634 Member
    to add to the rest of the comments are you tracking your sodium and drinking lots of water ?
  • kiwibecs
    kiwibecs Posts: 4 Member
    Yes drinking lots of water - not tracking sodium but eating reasonably clean! I have lost a few cm'n but been at this for 3 months now!
  • benol1
    benol1 Posts: 878 Member
    Seriously, throw your scales out.
    Concentrate on a healthy, balanced calorie controlled diet and maintaining a regular exercise regime. By all means log everything in and burned.
    The weight loss will be a natural welcome by-product but the real benefit comes from increase in health, sense of wellbeing and happiness.
    kind regards,

    Ben
  • kiwibecs
    kiwibecs Posts: 4 Member
    Thanks Ben,

    Would love to do this! But just wanting to drop so that I can fit into some of my clothes! haha Thanks though I do agree with this!
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