Am I doing okay? Worried

I don't see any water recorded, you must drink lots of water to keep from retaining fluid....the more you drink, the more fat/toxins/waste that your body flushes out,,,adequate water intake is key to weight loss

I am a bit worried about my weight loss journey. Since we're approaching the 90 day mark. I managed to hit the 11 lb mark sometime in early March. And gaining back about 2.lbs, which now puts me at 8.8 lbs. I just want to break my 10 lbs already.
I'm very worried. Can someone take a look at my journal please and give some suggestions.

Here are my stats

5 feet tall,
167.2 lbs
Doing Turbo Fire and I'm week 10 right now.
I try to eat about 1200 NET calories.

Thank you

I would do two things. 1 - Start tracking your sodium. Subway sandwiches, bacon, pizza...all things in your diary that have a lot of it and that can definitely affect things. 2 - Water!! I don't know if you aren't drinking it or just not logging it, but proper hydration is VERY important.

Either of those things individually can set you back, but if you are eating a ton of sodium and not drinking water, that would definitely be a double whammy and could explain a lot.

Are you eating your exercise calories? If you are only eating 1200 calories a day and excercising you are not getting enough calories. Your body wil go into starvation mode which will make it so much harder to lose.

The posts above nailed the sodium and water...The combination of those can add or drop pounds overnight almost if you keep an eye on them.

I noticed that you seem to be eating A LOT of white enriched style carbs. My first recommendation would be if you need breads and pastas that much, move to wheat entirely. That alone helped me and added other good nutrients into my diet. If possible, try to take away some of the overall bread carbs. Sometimes, you have white breads and/or pasta three times a day. Cutting this down or out could really be helpful.

I would also take measurements. I have only lost five pounds, however, my pants that almost fell off at work told me I was losing, but also gaining muscle/toning....That might help with a little added encouragement.

I agree.. add in more water.

Another thing I noticed was that you are not eating all of your calories. When I was on weight watchers and seeing a nutritionist regularly, that was my big issue. I had lost 23lbs and plateud. I was stuck there for months, then they told me that I am not eating enough calories my body was going into starvation mode. Even though I was eating, my body needed more calories to burn the fat since it wasn't getting enough, it was hanging on the fat because my body thought I was starving myself. Once I started eating close to calorie goal I dropped the rest of the weight.

I am on here and doing this again because of a major car accident and birth of a child (years ago), I just trying to get back into the swing of things now.

How is it possible to cut sodium if you don't try & eat much of it to begin with. Someone mentioned this and I was thinking, well I don't eat out, we don't eat 'boxed' meals, Yes of course packaged meals like cheese or sometimes an occasional fish stick but pasta, etc comes in a box! We can't make everything from scratch!

It looks ok calorie wise but you aren't tracking sodium. I was STUNNED when I started doing that and dropped another 2 lbs within a week. I notice now that when I am over my sodium, I gain or or stay static.

You are doing fine. Sometimes our bodies put us on "hold" because of stress, etc. Try changing it up. Eat your biggest calorie intake at a different meal one day. Do a completely different exercise from normal (even if it burns less than the usual number of calories) to get your body to wake up.

Also, measure yourself. Often, when the body is dropping fat but gaining muscle, the scale doesn't move but the tape will. It's a good way to see continued progress.

Best of luck! I know you can do it!

Hey there,

I took a look at the last two weeks of your diary and I have some tips for you, ones you may not like! :-) I noticed you eat/drink a lot of foods high in sugar, cut them out of your diet. No more snapple, pop, ginger ale or kettle corn. Some easy substitutes are water, water flavored with lemon, lime, orange or cucumber. Sometimes I get sick of water so I drink Vitamin Water Zero. Instead of raspberry snapple, switch to unsweetened iced tea. It tastes bitter at first but you learn to love it! And you can flavor it with lemon/lime. If you must drink pop, I would suggest diet although I think its best just to skip it all together. As for your popcorn, switch to low-fat light salt. Kettle corn is delicious however there's a reason for that. It's covered in sugar, butter and salt! I make my own air-popped popcorn which is yummy and healthier. Also, eat your carbs earlier in the day. Your body has a hard time metabolizing them at night. And eating too late at night of anything is bad for weight loss, which was my biggest downfall! I did notice you are eating lean meats and steam fresh veggies, those are great choices! I am consistently losing 1 or 2 pounds a week, so if you ever need any tips, friend me and I love to help!

Sugar is a simple carb, and when your body has excess carbs, it stores them as fat.