Fought the good fight, but...

It looks like you just started in August? This is not something that is going to happen over night, this is a lifestyle change, this is forever. It takes patience and determination.

You will always lose quickly at first and then .... s...l....o....w.....l.....y..... it can be very frustrating. I had a week where I exercised, logged, etc and I lost .2 pounds!! :grumble:
So change up what you're doing, try increasing protein and reducing carbs a bit, find an exercise you LOVE (better yet with someone you love to be with too). Over the long haul it will be worth it, not because you want to see lower numbers on the "scale" but because you will feel great because you're eating healthy, exercising and treating your body as something you truly value. And don't weigh yourself more than once a week (or even just once a month). I see people on here getting frustrated because they seem to gain and lose and then to find out that they're weighing daily! This is a lifestyle change- it will get better.

You joined in August and you're quitting after only five weeks?

I just looked at my progress report. You know how much weight I've lost since April? TEN POUNDS. That's two stinking, miserable pounds a month.

But it's also what I have my calories set for - 0.5 pound loss a week. So yes, it's slow. But it's working.

You have to keep doing it. You didn't gain that weight in a month and you're not going to lose it in a month either.

I'm going to look into my crystal ball (ok, my own track record) and predict that if you just decide to quit trying now, you will be back here in a few months with even more to lose.

For me the turning point was realising there is no quitting, because there is how it has to be. This isn't an option, it is a neccesity. I might lose slowly, but its a better alternative to staying overweight, sore, unhealthy and miserable.

I love my family, but I look at the older women in my family who get exhausted by a trip to the supermarket, who struggle with stairs, who are on blood pressure, cholesterol and all sorts of other meds, whi have type 2 diabetes and I see what happens if I "quit".

For every week I might not lose a pound, I think of the fat that may have been stripped off the inside of my arteries by the good choices I made that week. That little drop in blood pressure. That little gain in fitness. It isn't about a number on the scale, it's about my health, my life and the quality thereof.

Really think about what quitting means. It isn't just stopping counting calories and eating what you want. It's giving up on your health. It's accepting that your body doesn't deserve to be healthier, fitter, last longer, live longer.

I've quit so many times. Every time I've come back fatter than before. Because quitting doesn't mean just staying where you are now for good. It almost always means getting worse.

Take a breather. Maintain. Step back and reassess. But don't give up on yourself, because I guarantee you won't always feel like this and next time you decide to do something positive for yourself, you'll just be starting from so much further back.

You have lost 14 pounds in less than two months? That's pretty good progress.

This is not a quick or linear process. There are ups and downs, periods where the pounds fly off and times where they seem to be stubbornly holding on for dear life.

You need to cultivate patience, work at a sustainable pace you can stick with, and keep trying. When you fall down, and everyone does, you get back up and keep going.

This can be done, and you can do it. It's up to you to believe you're worth it.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/ihad/view/the-path-of-success-631437

I have been doing this longer than a month, lol...I have been doing it for nearly four months. I only found MFP a month ago. Anyway, thanks for those of you that had encouraging words. Bye all, and good luck to you.

That's still pretty good progress. It's moving in the right direction.

Quitting on yourself isn't funny.

It's your decision. Good luck.

Honey, no one can make you stay, but just the fact that you've lost 14 pounds in four months is something. It's taken me five months and I've lost less than you have. But I'll be dammed if I'm giving up.

I'm going to be one year older next year. And I can either be exactly where I'm at right now or I can be 20 pounds lighter, even with this slow-@ss progress. The time is going to pass regardless. So you can be where you are right now or you can be progressed, even if it's only a little.

In case you look at this thread again, here are my weigh-ins since September 2013.

I've been trying to lose weight in some form for years, and honestly the only thing that's held me back and kept me at my highest weight ever (30lbs higher than when I originally signed up to MFP) is because I kept quitting, or slacking, or losing accountability to myself.

The next year will go by whether you stick with it or give up. So you will either be 20-50lbs lighter by September 2015, or you won't. 100% your choice.

Honey, no one can make you stay, but just the fact that you've lost 14 pounds in four months is something. It's taken me five months and I've lost less than you have. But I'll be dammed if I'm giving up.

^^^ Respect, you just earned mine.

I've been trying to lose weight in some form for years, and honestly the only thing that's held me back and kept me at my highest weight ever (30lbs higher than when I originally signed up to MFP) is because I kept quitting, or slacking, or losing accountability to myself.

The next year will go by whether you stick with it or give up. So you will either be 20-50lbs lighter by September 2015, or you won't. 100% your choice.

AMEN. I have been struggling with my weight all my life. I lost a bunch of weight, had my son, and ever since then I have struggle to lose weight and stay committed. My son turned 2 earlier in summer.

Don't blame "the cards". It's you. There's 2 things: 1. You overestimate what you burn or you 2. Underestimate what you eat. That's it. Well, MAYBE MAYBE a third...there's a medical reason at play you don't know about but you can't really know that until you really determine you are being as specific on your burns and weighing/measuring every single bite you put in your mouth.

I'm hypothyroid. Losing weight is a very hard battle. My medication is my sledge hammer. I still have to wield it. Are there days where that brick wall looks bigger and stronger than I am? Of course, but that baby is coming down one brick at a time if I have to. I lost 20 lbs in 2 months.. Sure that looks amazing, but I had to learn how to do it. Food, exercise, patience. I have a very long way to go, but I don't dwell on the end result, just 20 lbs at a time.. no time limit, just me, my sledge hammer and those bricks.

You have lost 14 lbs in a month, and that is not quick enough for you?


Remember, you did not gain all this weight in a month, it will take as long if not longer to lose it.