Im Soon About To Give Up

as of yesterday i have decreased my body weight by 20.1% yes it is possible.

You're less likely to gain weight back if you lose at a slower rate. The only thing truly needed for weight loss is a calorie deficit. Exercise will make you healthier and look better when you get to your goal weight though.

Your post lacks in information.
- How tall are you?
- What is your calorie goal? (Open diary for best help)
- How do you judge exercise calories burned?
- Do you eat your exercise calories back?
- How long have you been doing this? (you say weeks, but that isn't very helpful)
- Do you take measurements? (Not all changes will happen on the scale)

Weight loss doesn't always work like that. Some weeks, you do everything right, and lose a few pounds. Other weeks, you do everything right, and don't. I have lots of suggestions, but I'll pare it down to just a few:

1) Stop obsessing about the scale. Weigh yourself no more than about twice a month.

2) When you set goals, don't make them about weight. Of course, the point is to lose weight, but as I pointed out, you can't always control that. Goals should be something you CAN control. Like "I'm going to drink eight glasses of water a day", "I'm going to get five total hours of cardio this week", "I'm going to walk ten thousand steps a day with my pedometer" or "I'm going to include vegetables with every meal" or "I'm going to stay under my calorie goal every day this week". Celebrate meeting THESE goals, because every one of them makes you healthier. The pounds will take care of themselves.

3) I'm not looking at your food diary, but make sure that you are eating enough, but not too much, and eating the good stuff. One good way to do this is to calculate your TDEE (Google it) and set your calorie goal for 10-15% less than this number. And cut down on processed carbs.

4) If you honestly feel like you're doing everything right and can't lose a pound, see a doctor or a bariatrician or even a dietician. You could have a thyroid issue, or PCOS (which I have...it makes weight loss SLOW), or maybe you're not eating enough calories.

I hope some of this helps. Let go of the "ten pounds in a week" or the "two weeks left" nonsense and commit to your health from now until forever. And good luck!

No one should be looking to lose 10lbs in a week. A healthy loss is anywhere up to 3lb at the most.
If you want to lose weight and keep it off you need to lose it slowly.
You also need to be prepared to give it time - if you lose 1lb in a week or two and then give up because you haven't lost the huge amount you wanted you will never lose weight.
You need to give this 4 weeks minimum, esp as you're female and depending on the time of the month your weight will vary significantly.

It is possible to lose 10lbs in the first week at your starting weight, but a lot of it will be water weight and a week or so later things will sloooooooooooow right down and this could put you off again.

How many calories a day have you set yourself at the moment?

We all want to see fast results, but food is not your enemy, you have to learn to take things at a steady pace.

If you go all out and reduce your normal diet too harshly then you will definitely fail. It is all about moderation.

Go to the success topics and see some of the fantastic results with photos and maybe they will inspire you.

People post on the success topic page and you can see how long it may have taken them to get to their goals.

Anyone can lose weight, me and you included, but it is doing it in a good and healthy way that will help us see long term benefits x

2 weeks remaining for what?

15 months ago, I started this change of lifestyle at the weight you are now. I have lost 68 lbs. If you want the weight to remain off, you have to change your way of thinking of this as a diet and think of it as a lifestyle change. Although we all would love instantious results, it does take time. I'm almost at my goal weight, but the last mile always seems the hardest! Hang in there....if you want it bad enough, you will continue on! Good Luck on your journey!

i was recommended to this website for wieight loss... im 224-227 pounds and was trying to lose weight for the past weeks... i have 2 weeks remaining.. can anyone help me or give me a workout plan to lose weight.. 10-15 pounds would be good... i work from what i see.. if i see a deduction from the scale..i continue and if i dont, i always give up.. sigh.. i heard you can lose 10 pounds from the first week... is it possible?

I don't know how tall you are, but if I were you, I would start by trying to focus on eating maybe 1,800 cals a day for two or three weeks. See how much you lose. Adjust from there. Add exercise as needed/desired. If you lose a pound a week, you will be fifty pounds lighter in a year. It's your choice, but don't let the time get in your way. Chip away at it, slowly but surely every day. Hang in there.

It's taken me two years to lose my weight one here. It's not a quick fix, it's a lifestyle change but stick with it it works and you'll feel so much better when you do

First of all, you can't give up this easily and this quick! You didn't gain your weight in 2 weeks and it's not going to come off in 2 weeks. I weigh 192 and I have been doing the MFP calorie counting for 60 days. The scales keeps showing the same 2-3 pounds gained one week and lost the next BUT I did measure before I started which is what you need to do. Measure all your body parts and write it down. Follow the plan for 30 days then measure again and I bet you'll see what's happening. I've lost 17" and I know I have a lot of fat to burn FIRST before the pounds start coming off. Use patience, Drink 8-10 glasses of water a day, walk or move at least 3 times a week. If you can't do cardio, try just doing some easy dumbbell weights. Go to http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkbRJKtiIoQ330fAZiE9_sg?sub_confirmation=1 for some workouts. Also, I bought this at Target http://www.amazon.com/Gaiam-Pilates-Band-Medium-Resistance/dp/B000OCRQLA/ref=lh_ni_t?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER It is amazing the stretch and burn you can get from these simple, low impact exercises. If you work your muscles, you burn fat. Don't give up! Give it a few months then you'll be hooked!

the first 40 pounds took about 5 months. then i gained 10 over the holidays. then i lost 20 more over 3 or 4 more months. then i maintained that for about a year and started back toward loosing again about a month and a half ago. i have lost 7 pounds since then.

my start weight was 274 and i am currently 218.

i watch my calories, i eat real whole foods, lots of veggies, fish, lean meats, i don't eat much in the way of bread or pasta, i get my carbs from vegetables. i try to only eat food that looks like food. avoid processed crap most of the time...obviously there are days where that isn't how it goes but i'm living a life not living a diet and i plan to enjoy my life.

i go to the gym as often as i can. usually 3 times a week. sometimes 4. i do cardio and try to get my heart rate up to my target range for at least 30 minutes. i lift some weights but am currently nursing a rotator cuff injury so i have to be cautious there.

i'd like to pull the "oh it is such hard work" card but truthfully for me it isn't. when i eat right and work out i loose weight. when i don't i don't pretty simple. i'm 35 years old and have been very over weight (int he 250-274) range since i started high school. this is the first time in my life i have ever even considered trying to be fitter let alone actually done anything about it.

i'm not loosing weight i am getting rid of it. i have no intention of finding it again.

I love the bolded line! :flowerforyou:

the first 40 pounds took about 5 months. then i gained 10 over the holidays. then i lost 20 more over 3 or 4 more months. then i maintained that for about a year and started back toward loosing again about a month and a half ago. i have lost 7 pounds since then.

my start weight was 274 and i am currently 218.

i watch my calories, i eat real whole foods, lots of veggies, fish, lean meats, i don't eat much in the way of bread or pasta, i get my carbs from vegetables. i try to only eat food that looks like food. avoid processed crap most of the time...obviously there are days where that isn't how it goes but i'm living a life not living a diet and i plan to enjoy my life.

i go to the gym as often as i can. usually 3 times a week. sometimes 4. i do cardio and try to get my heart rate up to my target range for at least 30 minutes. i lift some weights but am currently nursing a rotator cuff injury so i have to be cautious there.

i'd like to pull the "oh it is such hard work" card but truthfully for me it isn't. when i eat right and work out i loose weight. when i don't i don't pretty simple. i'm 35 years old and have been very over weight (int he 250-274) range since i started high school. this is the first time in my life i have ever even considered trying to be fitter let alone actually done anything about it.

i'm not loosing weight i am getting rid of it. i have no intention of finding it again.

I love the bolded line! :flowerforyou:

thanks! i am fortunate enough to live in an amazing culinary city. i'm not letting that slide by me ;-)

Healthy weight loss and immediate gratification do not go together, I'm afraid. From your post, it sounds like you need to work on the mental aspect of it all - sign yourself up for the long haul, really come to grips that this will be a GRADUAL process and then start in with the healthier eating. Quick fixes rarely work and most end up gaining back the weight and then some and you end up worse off than if you never even tried.