Day 2 and I want to quit already

I am 5"5...53 years old...and one year ago this week I was 188 pounds. Today, a year later, I'm 154 and within 10 pounds or so of my goal.

I never starved.

I learned that I could enjoy exercise again and feel alive...without pain.

I discovered the joy of looking great in a pair of jeans and giving away all my XL tops and size 16 pants.

My MFP friends were there for me every day, keeping me focused, motivated and sane (especially during plateaus).

You have too much life ahead of you to quit on Day 2. I agree with others who suggested changing your weight loss goal so your calorie goal is easier to attain each day. Lose weight steadily and enjoy the ride. If you want to lose weight for the rest of your life and never be the heavy girl again, make changes you can live with every day. You may not be able to put in hard workouts now, but we all start somewhere. Try walking for 15-20 minutes; then longer. Then pick up the pace. That's how I started and you can too. :flowerforyou:

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I have set my limit to 1200 per day. I know it should be more, but when I log in and saw that I have gone over my limit by 100 - 300 calories, I know I am still under the "real " limit I have. I find if I set myself to the real limit, I'll will blow it by adding extra food I really don't need...like candy bar, cookies, etc. So far it's working for me just fine.

Thank you for all the replies!

I am 5'4 230lb 40 yo. I set my goal to be 1.5 and my calories are at 1370. I have been trying to get protein in but I'm probably blowing it! I guess I am so used to eating whatever, whenever I want that it's a shock to my system. I haven't exercised yet, last time I tried my knees hurt and I just honestly haven't wanted to again...yet.

I am a little older, but I set my goal to be 1.5 and my calories are also at 1370. The first, like 12 days, I was having a rough time, but after that time, the hunger went away, I keep only foods I know I won't overeat (i.e., Lays chips are not in my house). That helps a lot. Yesterday, I only had 900 calories at the end of the day, because I wasn't hungry. Knowing that my body needs fuel, I had a bowl of bran flakes with soy milk as a snack before bed, and it was a nice treat...and got my calories to a reasonable place. 3 weeks ago, I would have thought 1/3 package of oreo double stuff cookies was a nice treat. If you just keep plugging along, you will get there, quicker than you think. Good luck!!

This is another one of the million times I've tried loosing weight. I've tried pretty much everything, this is my 2nd time trying MFP. I logged my food yesterday and went over a little bit. Today I thought I would do better, I have been trying to cut carbs and eat more protein. I have done so well today but I am so ridiculously hungry! I have drank so much water all day, doesn't help. I JUST WANT TO EAT!! How can I deal with this feeling everyday, it doesn't seem like it's something I can do! How do you get past this? Does it get better?

I bet you could increase your calories to at least 1700 or more and still lose like you want to. You can always readjust. Did you use a BMR and TDEE calculator to find your calorie goal?

Peanut butter out of the jar is the fit girls ice cream out of the pint. When I am real hungry a tablespoon or two of Skippy all natural peanut butter with honey is the cure, and it keeps you from overeating other foods.

It's definitely not easy to lose weight, and hunger is the number one issue with weight loss. But there is no such thing as weight loss without getting hungry. It does get better as your stomach and brain get used to the new calorie intake.

I remember after about 4 weeks of hard work and counting every single thing I ate down to the last calorie, I was so mad that I'd only lost 2 lousy lbs. It was then I realized that this is something that I had to keep up if I really wanted to notice some changes. And I also didn't realize that 2 lbs. was actually a big difference! It was nothing to be mad about. Also if there are days you go over by a bit, don't beat yourself up over it! I kept up with logging everything I ate and making sure I cut out a lot of carbs and stuck with a lot of protein and veggies. (I even went semi-paleo diet for a little bit). I also recently moved to a new city where I don't drive and I walk everywhere, so within the last 5 months, I lost 19 lbs since I first joined MFP back in April of this year. As the age old cliche says, slow and steady wins the race. I mean it. You can't already be in this mindset that you want to give up after only 2 days. You can power through it! I literally have the worst discipline in the world when it comes to food. If I can do it, so can you.

Something to also remember: let yourself have at least 1 cheat day out of the week. That's right, you heard me. Get it out of your system. I let myself always have at least one day where I don't obsessively count every calorie but I also don't go crazy and cram everything into my mouth, which might actually be helpful. If you just absolutely deprive your body completely there's a pretty good chance you might cave in one day and binge, gaining back everything.

And most importantly, make sure you're eating enough calories that make up for the amount you actually burn throughout the day! I made the mistake first starting out of not eating enough (i was starving almost every hour of the day) and it turns out, I actually GAINED a couple lbs. doing that. So make sure you're eating enough. That's the most common mistake people make right away. When you're feeling that ravenous, that means you're not really putting in enough calories into your body.

Keep it up! You can do it.

This is for life and slow and steady wins the race. Don't be so hard core and ridged on yourself. Enjoy

if i feel extra hungry, i drink more water, workout a little and then eat something very low in calories like peppers or celery. it's hard but it can be done. i'm frustrated too with my hypothyroid fighting me the whole way, but stay focused on the why and keep it in front of you every day.

Consistency is the key at the start I find, as you allow better habits time to bed in. Your targets may be too aggressive, thus why you're rebounding so strongly, so quickly. Ease off a little, or even set your goal to maintain your weight, just to get started, then as you're happy to push on a little, do so at your own pace. Its difficult if not impossible to change everything at once, but much easier to make small changes, get used to them, and build them up

That carb goal of 247g per day means you're never going to lose anything. You're torturing yourself for no reason right now.

What should it be at? I have no idea I just put in how much I want to lose per week and it auto populates it I guess.

Don't listen to food/macro fear mongering. You can eat whatever your heart desires, as long as it fits into your daily calorie goal, and you will lose weight. The however is, once you do this for a little while, you may find a slightly different balance works best for you but don't worry about that right now - just concentrate on calories and consistent logging for the next month or so until you get it down pat.

Good luck!

stay busy!!!

and eat every 2 hours...this helps me.

I've already eaten twice today and its only 10 am :P

There isn't any reason you should feel hungry! You need to eat little and often!

I like to use the motto Never hungry never full!
Think 5 small meals over the day instead of 3 larger ones..........This is my normal food intake as an example!

Breakfast: 30g porridge, with semi skimmed milk, 1/2 teaspooon of honey and a good sprinkle of cinnamon

(Avoid cereals and porridge like ready-break they are not very good for you and are not slow realise, the bigger the porridge oats the better for you, they realise energy slowly over the day and keep you full for longer)

Morning snack: Pear and Nakd bar (cocoa orange flavour) They might have 145 calories in them but they have no sugar and again are slow realise energy which will last you until you next eat!

Lunch: 4 Ryvitas with cucumber and mint cottage cheese or soup, The food doctor sweet chilli soya & corn chips, cherry toms

Afternoon snack: Pear 1 handful of dried apricots and nuts (no salt etc)

Tea: pan cooked steak with parmesan cheese salad or beef burger with halloumi cheese, tomato (no bread or chips) and raw spinch salad on the side

Dessert: Greek yoghurt with fruit and little coco powder!


If your struggling with meal ideals it is wroth looking at what other people are eating on here or feel free to message me and I can help you think of meal ideas!!!

xxxxx

You did great yesterday! Glad to see that you upped your calories. It was set a little too low for starting off. If you want to change it later, you can . Yay for not giving up! Also, if you are using the MFP recommended plan, you can eat back about half your calories from exercise. A lot of calorie estimations for exercise are set too high.