Looking for people who are not losing weight

I've had weeks where I lose nothing. I weigh myself daily and every day it's the same, no matter if I exercised and ate well. Stick with it though, usually the next week I'm down a pound. If you are female (sorry can't tell from your post) you will go up and down with your cycle too.

I get your frustration. I've been low calorie since October 2011. I stopped losing weight, then it was a yo yo. I then in February increased my weight lifting and have gained. Guessing muscle gain.
I recently realized it is time to eat MORE to get back to losing.

I finally stopped lying to myself about what I was eating. I don't like recording my diet on this site as it makes me depressed and give up when I go over (even though everything I eat is generally healthy) so I record when I eat something not so good in an excel along with the exercise I do. It annoyed me because I could eat salad and eggs and lean chicken and fruit and boiled vegetables and I'd be over my calories or I could eat a sandwich and chocolate and **** food and be under. That's not healthy, that's bollocks. I can also see my times improving and distances etc (and I can see this in Nike+ too).

I keep a record on my excel of my weight and have made a graph so I can see the trend of weight going down (it hasn't moved much but the trend seems to be going down rather than up like it used to). It'll be 65 then 64.8 then go up to 65.5 then down to 64.6 then up to 65.9 then 66 then down to 64.5. Provided the TREND is going down, it shows you're losing - the more often 64 comes up, the closer you are to 63 being the occasional and 66 being long gone.

Work changed to their spring menu which has caesar salad. I get it every day, with the dressing on the side. I dip my fork in the dressing every second mouthful. Gets me eating salad (yes, I know caesars are NOT the healthiest with their bacon and cheese and croutons) but it motivates me to eat better for every other meal and it sure beats pulled pork sandwiches.

I am very competitive so I added a tonne of people to Nike+ (from one of the topics on here) and I just try to beat their distance every week. Currently I'm 5th of 21 and if someone passes my distance, I go for another run so I beat them. Twice in the past week I wouldn't have run normally but did because someone passed me. Today, I was going to go for a 5km but saw that someone was 7kms ahead of me, so went for a 7.5km run instead (got lost so it turned into an 8.2 but that's all the better).

My flatmates are THE most encouraging people on the earth and make me go on 7.5km runs (by telling me they're only going to run 5kms because I didn't think I could run 7.5km.. guess what, I can! Lazy, unconfident minds ruins your training plans) They're training for a half marathon and should be running pretty fast but they slow down when I come so I can keep up which gets me fitter which means I'll be able to keep up with them sooner. There's a 10km on the same day as the 1/2 marathon which they want me to go in but Im not sure if I'll be ready. Probably would be and I'm just being lazy but I would want to get a great time. Nevertheless, it's 3.5weeks away so maybe I can do a few more 7.5kms and increase quickly.

I was reading a novel called 'Townie' by Andrew Dubus III and there's a chapter where his mindset changes. His brother gets attacked and he's too weak to help him so he decides to bulk up. For some reason, this has motivated me and whenever I feel like I can't be bothered, I think of this kid working out hard in his basement. Strangest motivation ever.
I also saw an episode of Kendra where she is skipping hard in her kitchen. I think of her and her body and how hard she was skipping and that motivates me. I visualise my body and how happy it is and flat(ter) my stomach is when I eat salad and drink lots of water instead of eating carbs and carbs and fat and chocolate etc.

I have moved bedrooms and my new room is organised and clean and I feel this has motivated me. My life is clean, so my body can be too. Maybe get rid of all the clutter in your house so you feel in control of your space, mind and body.



If you like, I can make you an eating plan. Open your food diary so we can see what you're doing.

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