145 down and struggling...

emancipateurself
emancipateurself Posts: 175 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
So these last 23-30 pounds have been hell.....It's been four months of being up and down the same 10 pounds.

I know it goes slower and slower the more you loose and I am not giving up. It's just hard.

So I am posting this because I am complaining...about how hard it is lol

I switch it up all the time, really into heavy strength training and am in the gym for more then an hour 5 x a week.

I am used to plateaus.

I guess I just need to keep focused .

Wondering though for others who have been sucessful how did they get through the last pounds....

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  • jzammetti
    jzammetti Posts: 1,956 Member
    So these last 23-30 pounds have been hell.....It's been four months of being up and down the same 10 pounds.

    I know it goes slower and slower the more you loose and I am not giving up. It's just hard.

    So I am posting this because I am complaining...about how hard it is lol

    I switch it up all the time, really into heavy strength training and am in the gym for more then an hour 5 x a week.

    I am used to plateaus.

    I guess I just need to keep focused .

    Wondering though for others who have been sucessful how did they get through the last pounds....

    I've been stuck at the last few as well. I recalculated my TDEE and through some research discovered I was using lightly active modifer but am really more like moderately active - so I had to eat more. Also, around the same time, I started heavy lifting. Stayed the same, stayed the same, then our of nowhere dropeed 4 pounds. Just keep at it - maybe eat at maintenance for a few weeks then reinstate the deficit...

    EDIT: oh, an by the way, IMPRESSIVE weight loss thus far!
  • emancipateurself
    emancipateurself Posts: 175 Member
    I've never done TDEE personally, it's about 2400 calories right now....I eat what MFP designates for 1.5 loss atm which is 1520 BUT I always eat my excercise calories (based off my HRM). So typically am eating 2100-2200 calories.
  • kimazoo
    kimazoo Posts: 33 Member
    I so understand where you guys are at. I dropped a pound or so a week or at least once every two weeks. I got within 5 pounds of my goal and I feel like I see the same numbers on the scale for the last 2 months. With that being said...I am strength training so the scale is NOT my friend. What works for me is to focus on before and current photos as well as my measurements. I didn't loose more than a pound in 35 days but my photos and measurements told a completely different story. I'm amazed at the difference. So try not to fret over that number and focus more on the transformation that's taking place with your body. Drink lots of water, watch your sodium intake, eat lots of fruits and veggies, and work hard during your workouts. I do strength training 3 times a week and follow it with 20-40 min of cardio. I also do 1-2 days of cardio and then make sure I'm resting on the other days. My weight tends to go down the morning after my off day...which are SO important. If you'd like to friend request me, my food journal is open for my friends to see and I'm on here most everyday.

    Keep working hard...it'll pay off in the long run!!
  • emancipateurself
    emancipateurself Posts: 175 Member
    Meant based off my TDEE it tells me to eat 2400.
  • emancipateurself
    emancipateurself Posts: 175 Member
    I've never done TDEE personally, it's about 2400 calories right now....I eat what MFP designates for 1.5 loss atm which is 1520 BUT I always eat my excercise calories (based off my HRM). So typically am eating 2100-2200 calories.
    Try to lose 1lbs a week then. (increase your calories slightly)

    I'll try it, thx.
  • emancipateurself
    emancipateurself Posts: 175 Member
    Ummm under normal daily activity it says 2,270.
    I've never done TDEE personally, it's about 2400 calories right now....I eat what MFP designates for 1.5 loss atm which is 1520 BUT I always eat my excercise calories (based off my HRM). So typically am eating 2100-2200 calories.
    Try to lose 1lbs a week then. (increase your calories slightly)

    I'll try it, thx.

    Wait, before we do that, go up to "goals" and where it says. "calories burned through daily activity" what is that number??
  • emancipateurself
    emancipateurself Posts: 175 Member
    Meant based off my TDEE it tells me to eat 2400.

    Where you get 2,400 calories?

    Is this your TDEE, or is this how many calories you should eat to lose weight (based off the TDEE method)?

    Just based off various TDEE sites....and sorry to confuse I meant they tell me to eat around 2400 calories .. My TDEE is just over 3,000.
  • emancipateurself
    emancipateurself Posts: 175 Member
    Meant based off my TDEE it tells me to eat 2400.

    Where you get 2,400 calories?

    Is this your TDEE, or is this how many calories you should eat to lose weight (based off the TDEE method)?

    Just based off various TDEE sites....and sorry to confuse I meant they tell me to eat around 2400 calories .. My TDEE is just over 3,000.

    Do you know body fat?

    It's hard to judge accuratly I believe on me b/c of my excess skin....but it was around 35 % a couple months ago based on one of those machines that you step on with bare feet (lol I have no idea what those are called)...the machine calulated that at 199 pounds I would be under 30%....I do know that my muscles,organs, ect weigh 141 pounds and I would be dead at the point. ...
  • emancipateurself
    emancipateurself Posts: 175 Member
    Meant based off my TDEE it tells me to eat 2400.

    Where you get 2,400 calories?

    Is this your TDEE, or is this how many calories you should eat to lose weight (based off the TDEE method)?

    Just based off various TDEE sites....and sorry to confuse I meant they tell me to eat around 2400 calories .. My TDEE is just over 3,000.

    Do you know body fat?

    It's hard to judge accuratly I believe on me b/c of my excess skin....but it was around 35 % a couple months ago based on one of those machines that you step on with bare feet (lol I have no idea what those are called)...the machine calulated that at 199 pounds I would be under 30%....I do know that my muscles,organs, ect weigh 141 pounds and I would be dead at the point. ...

    Okay, I'll just ask this, do you want to eat your calories back or not?(we're talking about 2 different methods)

    Ok lets just say this...I am USED to eating them back. I am USED to always wearing my HRM when I am active. I think it helps me keep my heart rate up b/c I am always checking it. So I would prefer to eat them back vs another method. I am for anything though b/c at this point I am super frustrated. So just give me your opinon...you've been here. Thx.
  • pspetralia
    pspetralia Posts: 963 Member
    I've never done TDEE personally, it's about 2400 calories right now....I eat what MFP designates for 1.5 loss atm which is 1520 BUT I always eat my excercise calories (based off my HRM). So typically am eating 2100-2200 calories.
    Try to lose 1lbs a week then. (increase your calories slightly)

    This
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    I have no advice, really, and I think Pu is a great source for help at this point. He lost an entire human, too.


    I just wanted to say you are an incredibly beautiful woman and you are stronger than steel to have made it this far.

    Congratulations and I know you'll figure this out!!
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    I never had an unintentional slow down in losses but I did reset MFP to lose .5 lbs per week for the last 10 pounds and I actually started weighing all of my food in grams instead of just measuring by volume. Before I tightened up my logging accuracy I would lose and regain the same 5 lbs over and over. Once I started using the food scale I lost consistently.

    Have you taken any diet breaks along the way? Where you eat at maintenance for a couple of weeks?
  • emancipateurself
    emancipateurself Posts: 175 Member
    Okay, that was really confusing... There was so many different numbers from different places. Some eat calories back, some don't, some are true TDEE some are not... I figured it out.

    The sites that tell you to eat 3,000 plus calories consider exercise in to your equation to maintain your weight.((so you don't have to eat your calories back to maintain your weight eating 3,000+ calories)

    MFP calculated you at 2,270 calories to maintain your weight without exercise(if you'd eat this you'd lose weight if you exercised and didn't eat your calories back). Since you want to eat calories back, we should go by the MFP method.

    2,270 calories is what you need to maintain your weight IF you eat back your calories.
    So I took away 20% from this number which puts you at 1,800 calories to eat. AND eat back your calories.

    This is almost adding 250 calories to your diet(which will bring your weight loss to about 1lbs a week, slow it down from what you set on mfp) which goes back to my initial post.

    So in summary

    Set your goal to 1,800 and eat back your calories try that for a month. If that doesn't work, reduce your calories by 10% try again for another month.

    lol It was really confusing sorry....I will try that. I set it to loose 1lb/wk...which put me at 1770...so there we go. Thanks for your advice and patience...ha ha.
  • simplydelish2
    simplydelish2 Posts: 726 Member
    There's a couple of things that may be going on...first, if you've been really heavy for a long-time it will be much more difficult to lose those next 25-30 pounds. Second, you may be eating too little...I tried to look at your diary but it's not open. Make sure you are eating at a minimum what you need at your BRM.

    Unless you are really tall, your goal seems to be realistic. Wishing you all the best!
  • Sjenny5891
    Sjenny5891 Posts: 717 Member
    WOW... 145, 170, 190+ pounds lost. You all are inspiring. I'm afraid I'm not going to be much help. When I stopped losing weight, I set my goal to maintain for 2 or 3 weeks... When I changed it back, I lost weight fairly quickly.

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