Really discouraged...

Well, it took me about six months to lose twenty pounds. Why do you think what you are doing isn't working?

Id try to cut back on your sodium intake a little, sodium makes you retain water weight

Maybe try and shake up the workouts a little? Trick your body, if it gets used to you doing the same thing daily it will learn..

Hope this helps

Thank you! Wow 110 pounds that is amazing! Congrats!

Thanks, feel free to add me and ask questions.. ill help if I can.

So I workout. Everyday. I meal plan. Everyday. I barely ever go over my cals and if I do for a day it is never for the whole week as I am under another day. I work really hard. It has taken me 23 weeks to lose just 19 pounds. I am only half way to a goal that was a fraction of the majority of people's goals and it has taken me nearly half of a year. I feel like I am working so hard for a this body and it isn't even the body I want. I feel like I must be doing something wrong. I am not even averaging a pound a week. Eh I guess I just needed to vent. My diary is open if you are curious and perhaps I am an idiot and am missing something big. Thanks for listening!

I feel like that too sometimes, but a slower loss is usually also associated with a more permanent one. Your diary looks good. Maybe tweak your calories a little up or down for a week or two and see what it does for you. Sometimes we aren't taking in or burning off as much as we think we are. I feel we are mostly working with good estimates, but see if a change works.

So I workout. Everyday. I meal plan. Everyday. I barely ever go over my cals and if I do for a day it is never for the whole week as I am under another day. I work really hard. It has taken me 23 weeks to lose just 19 pounds. I am only half way to a goal that was a fraction of the majority of people's goals and it has taken me nearly half of a year. I feel like I am working so hard for a this body and it isn't even the body I want. I feel like I must be doing something wrong. I am not even averaging a pound a week. Eh I guess I just needed to vent. My diary is open if you are curious and perhaps I am an idiot and am missing something big. Thanks for listening!

I feel like that too sometimes, but a slower loss is usually also associated with a more permanent one. Your diary looks good. Maybe tweak your calories a little up or down for a week or two and see what it does for you. Sometimes we aren't taking in or burning off as much as we think we are. I feel we are mostly working with good estimates, but see if a change works.

Thank you! I am probably just having a bad day. I know even if it is slow I will get there it is just sad to be in the summer time and still feel awful in my swimsuit. I weigh in on Thursdays so we will see what tomorrow brings for this week. Crossing my fingers!

I definitely know the feeling. I'm always getting discouraged! As long as we keep on going. Feel free to add me I'd love to hear about your progress. Sometimes I somehow worry people will think I'm creepy randomly adding them :P lol

It has taken me over a year to get to my goal weight.... which I am still 0.4 pounds away from. My goal loss is only 35 pounds! It seems that the less you have to loose, the harder it is and the longer it takes.... I was fairly active before but eatting the wrong things. I have lost a pound a week.... for the most part. I had 2 periods of time where I either gained or stayed the same for months and then it just starting coming off again. As long as you are being HONEST with your logging and exercising, you are doing fine. If you get to a place where nothing is happening, try a different workout routine, take a day off of logging and eating healthy, do something different. You will get there!

I will go weeks with no lose or even gain.

April 9th was the last time I lost any weight until today...I got on the scale and was down .2 pounds. Not much but it was the ONLY loss in over 2 months. It was a LONG plateau, but I knew if I hung in there, it would break. If you have lost 19 pounds in 23 weeks, you are doing fabulous. Its taken me 13 months to lose the 51 I have. But I know that those pounds are gone forever. Just as the way I am eating is forever. Its not a diet. You have the rest of your life to lose. Wont take that long, but there is no hurry....honest.

Read what you said here:

I will go weeks with no lose or even gain. Its as if the weeks where I slip up and have to miss a few workouts are the only time I see significant loss. When I have perfect weeks I almost ALWAYS gain.

So use that information. are you restricting your calories too much? what is your net calories those weeks? Perhaps you are being "too perfect".

With that said, I lose weight very slowly. I wanted to lose it quickly and "be done". And then I realized (even though I heard it a million times) that this is truly something I need to be able to sustain for the rest of my life, so slow and steady wins the race.

You can totally do this!

First of all, you're doing really well. You're living a very healthy lifestyle with a good diet and exercise.

I took a quick look at your diary. A couple of suggestions:

(1) Drink more water. It curbs your appetite and helps your whole body. I had a problem drinking enough water, so I bought a 32 oz sport bottle, fill it with filtered water and lemon slices, and try to drink 2 of those a day. The lemon gets me to drink more.

(2) You have a lot of dairy (milk and cheese). My weight loss stalled with dairy, so I cut it out. I've lost 21 pounds in 9 weeks on a diet based around brown rice, lentils, and vegetables. Lentils have a lot of protein. It might help your weight loss to include a few simple rice, lentil (or other bean), and veggie dishes a week. Brown rice doesn't have gluten, in case that's an issue.