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I feel your pain, completely. I managed to drop 50lbs after I had my baby, and I still wear the same size pants I wore 2 weeks after having her. HUGE disappointment.


BUT even through the disappointments of not dropping sizes, and barely dropping inches, I reap all the other benefits. Mostly, the feeling better all around. I wake up earlier in the morning. My body doesn't constantly ache. I can stretch, touch my toes, run, play with my kids, clean my house, and my heart doesn't give me issues. And surprisingly enough, my acid reflux has calmed down a lot.

There are many health benefits that you will reap even when the mirror isn't the picture you want. I hope you stick with it, as it will help you in the long run. Try changing things up, try a new fun exercise, try training for a reason (like a marathon).

Good luck to you! and remember, there are plenty of us on here who feel exactly what you do. I know I sure do.

Don't quit now! 20 pounds in 3 and a half months is awesome! Definitely not something to be depressed about. Keep at it and I'm sure you will start to "see" the results. Also, try strength training with 2-5lb weights. That will tone your muscle so that clothes will fit better to keep up with your awesome weight loss. Keep at it!!!

you could be building muscle in all that too! Keep it up! You can do it!

I am almost to 20lbs lost and I feel that way sometimes too. But I took before pictures and just looking at those I can see that I have lost some back fat and some "bloating" in my stomach. Stay stay and stay focused. You will start to feel it & u might be gaining some muscle now too! I wouldnt worry too much about the scale or anything else until you feel comfortable.
Keep going.. It's within your reach!!!!

There is no going back... what you were doing was harming you only making it harder to be healthier in the future. Each day, each meal, you have a choice to take care of your body or not. One road leads to obesity, hypertension, diabetes and stroke... You're doing great! Don't give up.

You probably wear your weight all over like I do. I can lose weight but it takes a while for my clothing to show that I did. Not sure what you are doing, but toning along with cardio is key to actually changing the way your clothes fit. Keep it up - it will be worth it.

Hello,

I have been in MFP for 3 and half months and lost 20lbs in total. I have a further 57lbs to lose. I am not losing fast because I am very greedy and frankly I have motivativation problem.

Anyway today I am very very low, I just realised than for the last 3months i have been counting what I eat, I have lost 20lbs and frankly i cannot see the difference, i cannot feel the difference in my clothes or anything. :sad:

Thinking that it might not be worth it after all and should just enjoy food the way I like it and without moderation

You won't succeed with that attitude! Think positive and dedicate yourself!

I have only lost 9 pounds so far, but I have a feeling I will be the same.
back when I was 90 pounds lighter my jeans were only 2 sizes smaller.
Whereas I know people who have lost 30-40 pounds and went down like 6 sizes.
So I hope in the long run when I do lose like 90 pounds that I go down at least more than 2 sizes lol.

thanx for being honest with your feelings. That is the first step.
I'm terribly addicted to food and rarely feel overfull so I can eat and eat and eat and eat. I feel so much better about myself and my self-control. you will start noticing a difference soon I'm sure. I challenge you to stick to it for another 3 month and see if there is a difference.

you may need to tone a bet. you have lost the weight but your skin needs to come back in. start light and see the results. I find that if I don't do any toning I really can't see much difference.

I admire people more when they are excited that they lost 20 POUNDS....not B*tch cause they can't see a difference...Maybe if you change your attutude you'll see a difference...:laugh:

Try doing toning tapes...I haven't lost much weight but my clothes are fitting much better because of toning. 20#'s is huge weight loss...don't give in now. Have a couple of friends join so u can keep each other on track and motivated.

WOW!!! WTG!!! I hope that after I've done MFP for 3 1/2 months that I will have lost 20 pounds!! I am SO PROUD for you!! I've been feeling down about loosing weight for a long time and after being introduced to MFP I'm feeling so much better about things!! I hope you do hand in there and continue to inspire newbies like me!!!!!

I've lost 12 lbs and I can't see the difference either. I'm sure someone else has already said it, but 20 lbs in 3 months is awesome! I've lost 12 lbs in 6 MONTHS! and that's keeping at it for 6 months! Just recently it started coming off. You sound like me with the amount of weight you want to lose, so I think it's just that we have quite a bit to lose so it's probably not as noticeable as it would be on someone who ONLY HAS 20 lbs to lose...know what I mean?

If you had a friend in your position and told you that it wasn't worth trying anymore, what would you tell them?

A lot of peoples' personalities play a role into how they take themselves into account in dealing with disappointment. There are some who are enablers that will play the "yes man" role and just let people do what will temporarily make them happy.

I'm not a "yes man" and neither is life, so I'm not going to tell you that you should give up and eat whatever you want. But I do believe in whatever you decide to do, there are always consequences that follow. The consequence of watching your intake and exercising is weight loss and a better sense of health. The consequence of binging and "doing what makes you feel happy [temporarily]" is weight gain, and usually accompanied by low self-esteem, apathy, and depression.

Life presents challenges for you to take. Life is fair in the sense that people are capable to be very adaptable to almost any situation, yet at the same time it's not fair because most people aren't prepared when those challenges arise. It all depends on how you look at it.

In your case, if you can't tell a difference, make a difference happen. Be just as fair with life as you think it is with you. If you don't believe it's fair, then don't be fair either. Make life your b**** and prove that you're the dominant one in control of how you want your own life to progress. Prove it by working out a little bit harder and choosing a wider variety of healthy foods in your diet. If you believe life is fair, then whatever effort you've been putting into your lifestyle change is the exact result you're getting. Water weight is usually the bulk of the initial weight lost. The inches and clothing sizes will usually adjust later when your body starts burning off the fat surrounding the muscles. But that will take time.

When I lost my first 20, I was still wearing the same size too. It wasn't until I lost the first 30 - 35 lbs was when I noticed the clothes were barely a little looser than normal. Then every 15 - 20 lbs after that I would have to start tightening my belt a little bit more and wear a slightly smaller size.

If there was a wall or plateau or fluctuation I hit, I took it as life putting me on a reality check to let me know that whatever I was doing wasn't good enough. So, I took it as a challenge, and because I have a rebellious curiosity, I found a way to get around it and I chin-checked reality to let it know that I will do whatever it takes to achieve my goal. I'm selfish in that sense. It's literally all about me and I'm happy with that, because I care just enough about things as long is it's for my benefit.

In the end, it's your decision. Nobody is going to tell you what to do, unless that's how you make decisions. If that's the case, then stick to the healthier lifestyle. If you decide your own way of doing things and live your own life, then you already know what you want to do. Just make a decision and stick to it. Everything after that will follow the way it's supposed to.