*SCREAM* I just can't get under 200!

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  • HollisGrant
    HollisGrant Posts: 2,022 Member
    I want to start off by saying that I am POSITIVE that this is mental now. I just don't know how to move past it, and believe me I WANT TO! Fat girl problem #3343- I've lost 43 pounds, and that has put me at 200! Yay right? EXCEPT! Every time I approach 199... I shoot right back up to 203, 202, 201. And it's because the SECOND that scale reads 200, I'm pretty sure some brain demon screams "Noooooooo" because bread becomes my BFF and a cheat day doesn't seem like THAT BAD of an idea and Oh I just don't have time to go running today. Someone help me move past this! I don't understand why I'm sabotaging myself, I want this more than anything but it's like my subconscious is rebelling!

    Sounds like you're frightened of the new life you can have. Get rid of the bread. Don't buy any. Eat brown rice as a substitute. Go do something to make yourself happy.... like Zumba or something with a fun touch. You can totally do this!
  • H_Factor
    H_Factor Posts: 1,722 Member
    3 ideas for addressing your plateau:

    1. increase the intensity of your exercise. I recommend HIIT 2-3x per week. You could go to dailyhiit.com and try those work-outs or you could do sprint interval training outside your house.

    2. add in a 24 hour fast each week. I strongly recommend reading Eat Stop Eat.....or, at a minimum, reading my blog about my experience with intermittent fasting (you can find it on my profile page).

    3. mentally, your mind is somewhere between self sabotage and complacency....not sure which one is more of an issue right now (I think its self sabotage), but I think you have some of both going on. My suggestion is that you put your scale away for a month. You keep doing what you have been doing (until recently) to lose the weight that you have lost. I think if you eliminate the anxiety of a weigh-in day, you will be less likely to self sabotage...and more likely to make the consistent good decisions you have made up until your self sabotage moments. To the extent complacency is an issue, you just have to remind yourself that despite the progress you have made, you have not achieved your goal of sustained good health.....you should remind yourself of all of the reasons you started this journey and remember those things you hated about your life 40+ pounds ago. Basically, you don't want to go back there. Complacency, however, works against that ... so, sometimes, you have to spend the time to re-educate yourself about your reasons for getting healthy and remind yourself that you're not here.
  • Brandei
    Brandei Posts: 119 Member
    If its weighing yourself that is sabotaging you, stay away from the scale for awhile. Just a thought.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    What is your calorie goal set at? Also, are you using a food scale?
  • MightyDomo
    MightyDomo Posts: 1,265 Member
    You just need to have a good reminder of what you are doing this for and also cheat days in moderation are not bad :) A day off every couple weeks is not going to hurt your progress unless you eat 10,000 cals in that day and are completely sedentry to the point that someone shovels that food in your mouth for you and helps you masticate your food and help your throat urge to swallow the food.

    Just keep doing what you are doing and maybe give yourself an extra day that you kick your own butt into high gear and so you can have one day that you get to 'cheat', that might help!
  • faefaith
    faefaith Posts: 433 Member
    Maybe you are afraid of what will happen when you get under 200 lbs. Mariane Williamson's book A Course in Weightloss may give you some insight. Hope it helps, love!
  • NovemberJune
    NovemberJune Posts: 2,525 Member
    IDK. Being close to arbitrary milestones (under 200, 50 lbs lost, etc) always motivated me! I set a lot of short term goals and went for them. Good luck! :flowerforyou:
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    What is your calorie goal set at? Also, are you using a food scale?

    This and open your diary for more ideas.
  • Hiskhaleesi
    Hiskhaleesi Posts: 53 Member
    I would like to thank everyone who replied, and all the helpful messages and friend requests. This website is one of.the greatest places you could possibly come to find like minded friends. Since I'm on my phone, answering all questions tonight is going to be pretty impossible, but I wanted to.thank you all and I'll pop in tomorrow to.answer questions and weigh in (hehe) on some of the suggestions I was given. I will say that im going to toss the scale (gently so as not to mess up calibration) in the closet for a few weeks, as I've become quite obsessed with it (AGAIN) recently. Weigh in Wednesday tomorrow to see where im starting at and then nothing for at LEAST a week, see of I can make it 2.
  • Lesa_Sass
    Lesa_Sass Posts: 2,213 Member
    I would like to thank everyone who replied, and all the helpful messages and friend requests. This website is one of.the greatest places you could possibly come to find like minded friends. Since I'm on my phone, answering all questions tonight is going to be pretty impossible, but I wanted to.thank you all and I'll pop in tomorrow to.answer questions and weigh in (hehe) on some of the suggestions I was given. I will say that im going to toss the scale (gently so as not to mess up calibration) in the closet for a few weeks, as I've become quite obsessed with it (AGAIN) recently. Weigh in Wednesday tomorrow to see where im starting at and then nothing for at LEAST a week, see of I can make it 2.

    Make it three and we have a deal. :smile:
  • MissMouse85
    MissMouse85 Posts: 38 Member
    Reaching 200 was probably a huge milestone that you have been aiming for for a long time--now that you are there your motivation is wavering. One way to overcome this is to maybe go on maintenance calories for a couple weeks. Give yourself a break. Be kind to yourself and appreciate how far you have come. Use the time to set a new mini-goal then go for it!



    THIS!! Give yourself time... maybe even 6 months... to hang out at 200 and let your body "reset". If you are losing weight for life there's no hurry, and the slower you lose the weight the more likely you will keep it off for good. I know this probably isn't what you want to hear, but I wish you luck!
  • PinkMartiniPls
    PinkMartiniPls Posts: 50
    I had the same issue! It didn't matter what I did, so I (this is a bit unhealthy but it worked wonders) would have a decent lunch and skip eating in the evening altogether. Usually a few days of this would get me over the hump.

    Just be careful not to binge!! Perhaps you could do something aerobic in the evening to get your mind off of it, or even an hour of just stretching might help.

    One last note... don't practice this as an every day thing, it won't work and it's not healthy. I only use it when I've hit a road block that I can't get past.

    Hope this helps.
  • Hiskhaleesi
    Hiskhaleesi Posts: 53 Member
    1. Calories set at 1,500, normally under. And If I go over, I make sure to do "enough" to burn what I go over.
    2. Food scale is a yes. I weigh and measure everything... I even googled what percentage a teaspoon was of a tablespoon (It's 33 if you care) so that if I didn't use a whole tablespoon of something (usually peanut butter) I would be able to accuratly log it.
    3. 200 was a HUGE milestone, but I don't want to just sit at this weight forever! I have some very specific goals to meet.

    So, the good news. My last weigh of July was this morning and I was a flat 200. I've been very strict with myself today and kept under calories. I've decided that in addition to no scale this month, I don't really want to take rest days either. Now, before you go off and say you need rest days, what I mean by this is I plan to do intense cardio 5-6 days a week, and as a "rest" day just go for a 2 mile or so walk. I also plan to incorporate some strength straining into my routine, so anyone reading this who does strength training and can give me some pointers, if you feel like friending me and sending me a message it would be much appreciated.

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