I can't give up now but really feel like I want to.
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Remember that diet is the most important part of weight loss so perhaps something there could use a tweak to get things moving again.
QFT. OP, exercise is not really about weight loss, it's about fitness. If you're not losing, either your calories are out of balance or it's water weight from all the intense exercises you've been doing.
1) Do you weight and measure your food? Do you double check the listings on MFP (many are user entered, old and inaccurate)? Do you log consistently (every food/drink you consume, every day)?
2) Are you eating back exercise calories? If so, where are you getting your burns (MFP, some other site, HRM)?
Hi,
Yes I measure and weigh everything that passes my lips, include my alcohol on weekends and even the chocolate I sneaked from the kids treat box.
I don't eat back my calories. I struggle to eat the 1700 a day I am supposed to eat.
I work out between 30-75mins 6 days a week. Calories burned are calculated from my HRM.
If I ate back the calories, would my weight shift?0 -
oh why?
Find an exercise you enjoy!!!! This is nonsense. Life is too short to be miserable. You do not have to run if you don't enjoy it.
I walk and do strength training
Good luck
^^This. I HATE running, but love walking and weight lifting. Why does your exercise routine HAVE to include running? Simple answer. It doesn't. Why do something you hate?0 -
Like the others said, find something you enjoy.
If you hate running, do something else. Forcing yourself to run is obviously not working.
I can't run due to a medical condition, but I thought I needed to be a hardcore fitness buff to lose weight (I was worried short amounts of walking, swimming, and strength training weren't enough based on what other members do for exercise) so I was avoiding things I can do and also like to do for other exercises. That was not the way to go, and now I know my exercise program is better than no exercise. It's not a competition and exercise shouldn't be making you miserable because you want to find something you'll stick with.0 -
I have to agree that if you're not enjoying it - try something else.
I couldnt get on with running - I have knee issues etc - I could have carried on - but really wasnt feeling it. So instead I walk, quite a fast pace, and have managed to lose all my weight this way only - and Im managing to do a 'Mega walk' challenge of 62 miles in May0 -
Oops, double post:)0
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Only you know if you are just having a tough day and want to vent, but really are committed to your running goal, or if you truly do hate it and running isn't for you. I also hate running, used to do it twice a week because it was the best thing to get my heart rate up, but then I found other class-based aerobic exercise I liked better that was also tough cardio.
Have you tweaked your diet at all? As others have said, that is the most important aspect of weight loss. Just my little anecdotal evidence...I did 1200 cals. low carb for 6 months, then started zigzagging 4 days 1200, 2 days 1450, 1 day 1650 and alternating carb/low carb days. This did help break a plateau, but I eventually doubled my cardio and I started to feel weak and light-headed, especially during workouts. I had been reading about "eat more to weight less", and thought about upping my calories a little, but my weight loss had already slowed again and I was afraid it would stall altogether.
Then came the holidays, and a week of eating with family and friends where I ate at least double my usual intake! I only gained 2 pounds, but realized I truly had been starving myself, and needed to eat more. I am now eating 1650 every day, and my weight loss has sped up! I also tweaked my macros, 40 carb/30 protein/30 fat everyday. I feel fabulous, am never hungry, and don't feel deprived because those extra calories give me the wiggle room to eat healthy food I enjoy (like beans & brown rice!).
I was also wearing a Fitbit (and HRM for workouts) during the time I was feeling weak. It motivated me to increase my daily steps, hence the increased cardio. I later started wearing a BodyMedia fit band, but the calorie burn was much higher than the Fitbit, and thought it was way over-calculating. After doing some math, I've realized that the BodyMedia was likely more accurate than I thought, that Fitbit wasn't registering all my non-step related activity, and my deficit was more like 1200-1400 a day, which is why I was so weak. The BodyMedia is showing my current deficit as 750-950, which is much more manageable, especially since I only have 15 pounds to go!
Anyway, just some thoughts. Tweaking calories, tweaking macros, tweaking your deficit. Best of luck!0 -
If you don't enjoy running do something else. There are so many different exercises you can do. I'm sure you can find one you really like!0
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i really enjoy running.... as long as i only do it once every 3 months!!!0
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i really enjoy running.... as long as i only do it once every 3 months!!!
You made me smile for the first time today. Lol, thanks :-)0 -
Last time I checked running wasn't compulsory!
If you really, really want to do that 10K, try this as an alternative training plan.
Once a week, set out to cover 10K, however long it takes. After you've done a fast walking warm up, run for as long as you feel comfortable, even if it's just 5 minutes. Walk fast until you feel like running again. Repeat until you don't feel like you want to do run any more and walk the rest. That way you'll definitely, definitely be able to finish a 10K!
Do similar half-hour session two or three times during the week.
If you want a more formal run/walk ratio, try Jeff Galloway's based on your target pace:
Run-walk-run ratio should correspond to the pace used (Runners).
8 min/mi—run 4 min/walk 35 seconds
9 min/mi— 4 min run-1 min walk
10 min/mi—-3:1
11 min/mi—2:30-1
12 min/mi—-2:1
13 min/mi—-1:1
14 min/mi—30 sec run/30 sec walk
15 min/mi—30 sec/45 sec
16 min/mi—30 sec/60 sec
Friends have done sub-four hour marathons using this method!
Good luck! :flowerforyou:0 -
Hey there you! Take it one day at a time. Sometimes, and maybe I'm speaking for myself, we lose motivation because we hit a plateau and wonder why are we doing this in the first place? Why are we pushing if it doesn't work? How much longer should I wait? But if you don't do anything to achieve your goals and just quit because it seems like it's not working, then you'll have a big regression and will definitely regret it later when you retake your health and fitness plans.
Keep on going, I see you have lost 23 pounds. It doesn't matter how long it took but that's some progress right there! You've come a long way and that's really good.
Find something that you like - trust me, you will! Maybe dancing, or something like that. I do short but strong circuit trainings. To be honest I don't like it that much because it is very tough, but after the workout I feel sooo good about myself. Just keep on looking at the final prize, there's where all our motivation comes from! Doesn't matter how long it takes, you'll get there.0 -
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I hope you are feeling a bit better now. It's horrible when things don't go well especially exercise. As the others have said do what you enjoy!!! If I didn't have a personal trainer at the gym I would not do 1/4 of what I do. Don't beat yourself up especially if you are still feeling sore after the other day! How often do you weigh yourself? I am a bit of a serial 'weigher' and have had to get my son to hide the scales at times as I was jumping on them every day. Remember our bodies fluctuate so much with fluid, especially us women....and in the heat that you live in especially!! I know as I live in Romania and in the summer months it can be 45C easy. Also exercise can make you put a temp weight gain. My trainer warned me of that and actually said it would be better to stay the same weight but lose cms. Hope this and the other posts have helped. X0
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Last time I checked running wasn't compulsory!
If you really, really want to do that 10K, try this as an alternative training plan.
Once a week, set out to cover 10K, however long it takes. After you've done a fast walking warm up, run for as long as you feel comfortable, even if it's just 5 minutes. Walk fast until you feel like running again. Repeat until you don't feel like you want to do run any more and walk the rest. That way you'll definitely, definitely be able to finish a 10K!
Do similar half-hour session two or three times during the week.
If you want a more formal run/walk ratio, try Jeff Galloway's based on your pace
Run-walk-run ratio should correspond to the pace used (Runners).
8 min/mi—run 4 min/walk 35 seconds
9 min/mi— 4 min run-1 min walk
10 min/mi—-3:1
11 min/mi—2:30-1
12 min/mi—-2:1
13 min/mi—-1:1
14 min/mi—30 sec run/30 sec walk
15 min/mi—30 sec/45 sec
16 min/mi—30 sec/60 sec
Friends have done sub-four hour marathons using this method!
Good luck! :flowerforyou:
Thanks for this, it makes more sense than me trying to run continually :-)0 -
Sounds like you are in an exercise rut. try something different. Zumba, water aerobics, spin class. Also maybe explore some different foods your body is just probably craving a change but don't give up.0
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I hope you are feeling a bit better now. It's horrible when things don't go well especially exercise. As the others have said do what you enjoy!!! If I didn't have a personal trainer at the gym I would not do 1/4 of what I do. Don't beat yourself up especially if you are still feeling sore after the other day! How often do you weigh yourself? I am a bit of a serial 'weigher' and have had to get my son to hide the scales at times as I was jumping on them every day. Remember our bodies fluctuate so much with fluid, especially us women....and in the heat that you live in especially!! I know as I live in Romania and in the summer months it can be 45C easy. Also exercise can make you put a temp weight gain. My trainer warned me of that and actually said it would be better to stay the same weight but lose cms. Hope this and the other posts have helped. X
Reading all these quotes has helped.
I am a weigh three times a week kinda girl, can't help it but you're right, living in the desert, my water weigh flutuates hugely so should stick to once a week weigh and go by my measurements and not what it says on the scales.
I don't post on the forum often but knew after feeling so deflated today that writing on here, I would get some great advice. Thanks to everyones advice, I am armed with some new tatics and am going to try some different ways of making running more fun and hopefully, it'll work. If not, no biggie, will stick to my cycling, gym, circuit training and body sculpting classes. I am determined to get rid of this weight!
Thanks everyone :-)0 -
Good to hear! Please pop back and update us with how your training's going
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Brill! Hope you are having a good day today! X0
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Big Hugs
Dont give up as you'll then be even more demoralised
I cant run Im very top heavy Id love to be able to but its not possible so I do walking and zumba
As said find something you enjoy it should be about liking what your doing or you'll just not do it x0 -
Good to hear! Please pop back and update us with how your training's going
I second this^^^^ best of luck 0
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