Aaaaaaagh!!!

roxanajrdhm
roxanajrdhm Posts: 2
in Motivation and Support
I am really frustrated and am wondering if anyone can provide any suggestions/insight/motivation. I have tried several times over the years to lose weight. A couple of years ago I joined a Beachbody challenge group and tried Shakeology for the first time. During the 4 week challenge, I lost 4.5 pounds and 5 inches, and I continued to lose weight over the next couple of months--it was like the challenge kickstarted everything. I was able to maintain for over a year, but this past summer I was dragging, my hair was falling out, I had gained about 7 pounds, and I just felt crummy. Found out I had hypothyroidism, so started on low dose of meds, and now I'm feeling lots better. I've begun exercising regularly again using Focus T25 with Shaun T. and drinking my shakeology again every morning. I am now in week 3 and have lost NOTHING!!!!! I weigh 140 and am 5'3", so I'm not a huge person, but I have 5 kids and my poor body is very sludgy. All I want is to get to around 130, tone up, and feel good. I'm exercising at night after all kids are in bed, which makes me have trouble getting to sleep but it's literally the only time I can exercise. I'm doing my best with the workouts--I'm not able to make it all the way through from start to finish, but I've kept up with the modifier and have sometimes done the regular workout, jumping back and forth between the two as I am able.

What the heck????? I'm eating healthy foods, watching my junk intake, have completely quit drinking diet coke and now just drink water...how can I go from being a slug eating crap to eating healthy and exercising every day and not lose one single pound? Any ideas? The only thing I can think of is when I log my daily intake and exercise into MFP, it consistently says I'm under my calorie goal, BUT it's not significantly below--I eat close to 1200 calories but burn some exercising, so I'm probably around 1050 per day, but I'm not hungry most of the time. If I eat more fruits and veggies, it won't add many calories, so I need to add caloric foods, but I'm not really hungry for them. I'm adding calories to my shakes every morning, so those are around 300 calories each, and I didn't used to eat breakfast at all, so that's an improvement. I am very frustrated. I don't want to go on a "diet"--I want to eat healthy and do something I can maintain.

Sorry for the book. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!

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  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,589 MFP Moderator
    Muscles retain water when adjusting to a new workout routine so that may be masking some weight loss. Some people it takes longer to see results. I have never had a big first week drop that alot of people see, in fact I have never seen a drop within 2 weeks of starting a new diet. Guess thats just how I work. Keep with it and be patient.

    netting 1050 calories is pretty low, try to up that. Add some fats into your diet: a handful of nut, tbsp peanut butter, handufl of seeds, use a little butter and oil when cooking.

    Also read http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

    make sure you are measuring your food accurately (food scale!) and logging EVERYTHING. MFP is also not a very great way to estimate your burns if that is how you are doing it.
  • jbella99
    jbella99 Posts: 596 Member
    Wow you sound exactly like me. I know I will get a lot of slack for this but I bought a book called The Primal Blueprint. I did stick to it for about a month and lost 12 pounds. I slacked a bit due to stress and just feeling sorry for myself and it back plus a few pounds. But it was the only thing that actually worked for me.
  • roxanajrdhm
    roxanajrdhm Posts: 2
    Thank you, I appreciate it! I am still frustrated but I know the exercise and lifestyle changes are good, regardless of weight loss, so I guess I will just stick with it and see what happens. It's hard to read other peoples posts about big changes made in short periods of time; I guess my body just isn't made that way! Thanks again, and now that I've seen this part of MFP, I can read others' posts and learn some new strategies!
  • Coyoteldy
    Coyoteldy Posts: 219 Member
    Don't use the scale as your only measurement....do your clothes fit differently? I too have thyroid issues.....doc just increased my meds....but have not lost anything for weeks according to the scale despite exercise and diet....very frustrating...until I tried on some clothes during a closet purge.... The fourteens are one wayyyyyy too baggy and I am back into twelves..Whooo hoo...so weight "loss" is not the only measure of success.....hang in there ok?
  • terbusha
    terbusha Posts: 1,483 Member
    I agree with the previous post. Have you lost inches? That is an indicator or body composition changes, swapping fat for muscle. I only lost 2 lbs in the whole second month of P90X3. However, I dropped a bunch of inches and 2% body fat (11.2% to 9.5%). The scale is not the best measure of fitness progress. Maybe you need to eat more. Try bumping up to 1400 calories/day for a week or 2 and see where that lands you. That should help with your energy level during your workouts.
  • Jestinia
    Jestinia Posts: 1,153 Member
    This one is tricky because you have thyroid issues. Have you considered speaking with a nutritionist?

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