Not losing weight and frustrated!

I would lose .08 per wèek if I followed the goals exactly. So I adapted till I found my groove. It's working now.

I'm sorry, I have no advice what so ever. I just wanted to say at 5' 8" and 153 I think you look fabulous. Your arms, oh my gosh, they are beautiful.

tschenk99 wrote: »

AlmaCopeman wrote: »

I hope this helps.
I am a weight loss consultant and a few tips I could give you that could help are
1) don't just use you app write everything down and carry that book/ paper with you every where you go. You maybe eating more then you think so try and weigh your food.
2) you are on maintaince if no weight loss for over a year. Try going to a 1200 cal menu plan for at least 2 weeks strait.
3) if number 2 doesn't work try doing a 1200 cal and 1500 cal on Opposite days
4) try having another small meal a day. So if you only do 4 have 5. You should have brk, snk, lunc, snk, din, snk. (6 small meals) a day.
5) try doing less activity or just do one if you do more ie: just do a walk not a run or just do yoga not the gym.

Hope you try these. I do have more ideas so I could always help if these do t work for you.

Thanks! These are great pointers.

Oh geez!

Barbs2222 wrote: »

I'm sorry, I have no advice what so ever. I just wanted to say at 5' 8" and 153 I think you look fabulous. Your arms, oh my gosh, they are beautiful.

Yeah, to the OP, I would suggest you have your body composition tested (bodpod, DEXA, etc.) and make sure you actually have that much fat you can safely lose. While your "ideal" calculated body weight is a bit less than your CW (although your current weight is well within normal healthy limits for your height), you also seem to be quite athletic in build, which can easily throw off estimates of what you 'should' weigh.

SLLRunner wrote: »

Patttience wrote: »

cups and tbsp can be just as accurate as weighing so long as you make them level.

This has not been my experience 99.99 percent of the time.

And the studies have shown that even the best of people are significantly off on their measurements by as much as 400 calories. And with only a few lbs to lose, it makes the ability to mess up, even greater. I have found that the smaller I get, the more precise I need to be with my weighing to ensure I lose.

OP, what is your workout routine? I say you workout a lot, because can you define that? Also, do you have any medical conditions?

Side note, most days you get a lot of protein, at your weight, you probably only need 120gs (puts you around 1g per lb of lean body mass). If you are lifting, I would probably reallocate some of those extra calories to carbs.

UltimateRBF wrote: »

Patttience wrote: »

cups and tbsp can be just as accurate as weighing so long as you make them level.

But my questions is, do you really need ot lose anymore weight. You are probably looking pretty close to perfect as you are now.

That's...not true.

Agreed. Even though I was measuring peanut butter and levelling it off, I was actually eating way more than the serving size grams. Now, that I weigh my peanut butter, I am getting the correct amount per serving. I was sooooooo off!

shell1005 wrote: »

tschenk99 wrote: »

Thanks! These are great pointers.

I hate to be Debbie Downer, but they aren't.

Weight loss doesn't need to be complicated. It doesn't. You are really close to your goal weight, so it is going to be slow going, but that is good news. It means you are doing it the healthy and right way.

The best advice you got is to get out your food scale and to weigh your food. Then you know much more accurately what you are eating. Losing weight is as simple as managing calories in vs. calories out. I used to think I had to have a set of rules or advice like above, but not this time....and my success at losing weight and now maintaining has been off the charts.

Best of luck to you.

When your body is at a conferrable state with no longer lossing weight you have to try something different to see some sort of success or our minds go crazy and we as humans get frustrated.

I'm not saying what you suggested is not right because it is a good suggestion, everyone's is.

But her body could need some sort of push to see the last bit of weight she wants off to come off.

aggrandize2212 wrote: »

tschenk99 wrote: »

I'm 5'8 153lbs trying to get to 145. I've been on a plateau for almost a year. Please help!

8 lbs isn't too much..if you want to lose it and lose fast try a water based diet. Whatever the case may be, stay focused and you'll get there. It is possible. Add me as a friend.

What is a "water based diet"?

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You look great! Want to start there...
Really: great!
Some people say a Whole30 helps them drop some inflammation/bloat because it is essentially an elimination diet.
Don't jump all over me people: I know this is a CICO site & im not a traitor. I just think if a draconian 1200 calorie diet for a woman your size isn't doing anything maybe you want to play around instead & see if something in your normal line up of foods is not being processed efficiently.

AlmaCopeman wrote: »

christinev297 wrote: »

@AlmaCopeman can you please explain your reasoning for numbers 2 through 5?

Reasons for 2 through 5
#2 is for weight loss simple as that calories in vs out
#3 is tricking your body into thinking that you will be getting more food on the lower cal days when food is not given body will compensate for those extra calories by "eating" fat
#4 eating more meals in your day/ or eating every 3-4 hours is building your metabolism ie: fast metabolism = weight loss
#5 doing activity in any sort is awesome and extreamly good for your ticker but Overtraining has been shown to affect blood levels of important neurotransmitters such as glutamine, dopamine and 5-HTP, which can lead to feelings of depression and chronic fatigue. The stress caused by intense, excessive exercise can negatively affect the hypothalamic-pituitary axis, possibly causing conditions such as hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism is known to cause depression, weight gain, and digestive disfunction along with a variety of other symptoms. As we know, high stress in general can cause symptoms of hypothyroidism, and the stress caused by excessive, intense exercise is no exception.

I have NEVER in my years of researching hypothyroidism, a condition i suffer from, heard of excessive exercise or stress causing it, what a load of rubbish!

High stress causing symptoms of hypthyroidism? Snorts! The main syptoms of hypothyroidism are weight gain (you are correct) extreme tiredness and brain fog (as us hypos like to call it) i.e. An inability to think clearly. This can then be combined loosely with a whole load of other symptoms such as dry skin, hair loss, digestive issues(again as you mentioned but by no means a clear cut symptom for all hypo's), vitamin deficiencies, neurological symptoms, some hypo's have unexplained weight loss, slow growing and or brittle nails and many many more.

Not all hypo's suffer the same symptoms and a lot of the symptoms can also be attributed to many other conditions such as pernicious anaemia, iron deficiency, insomnia, adrenal problems, menopause,life events such as being a new mom (really lack of sleep) to name a few so your focus on overexercise /stress and hypothyroidism is a tenuous correlation at best.

Sorry OP rant over, you've received some great advice on tightening up your logging and using the scales for measuring i would go with that if I were you.

blessingsfromabove721 wrote: »

sinbadfxdl wrote: »

Measure your waist and thighs while your in a plateau. You may have gained muscle mass. It weighs more than fat. If you lost dress and pants sizes, your losing body fat.

Op, you will not gain muscle while eating at a deficit. I do agree to take measurements , as you could be losing inches and sometimes water weight can mask that

I guess you may be right, I am getting stronger so that accounts for something. I went from 20 pushups a day to 60 and 0 knee bends to 50 every three days. I suggest to stay away from knee bends unless you like to be extreemly sore. Havnt lost a pound in two weeks, but lost 2 inches on my belly and lost most of my initial water weight. Explain how increasing strength may have nothing to do with muscle mass please.