I give up :(

zaynesmommy2015 wrote: »

It's been about 2 weeks now since I started trying to actually lose weight. I am 155lbs and I'm down to 153 now but it goes up and down. I've been working out but I pulled a muscle a few days ago and now I can't work out. So now I'm trying to eat less calories than I burn. I LOVE food so this is like the hardest thing ever. I feel like I'm always starving myself. Today I ate a little bit of spaghetti and went to work, while I was at work I was starving so I ate like 3 cookies, hot chips, and Pringles. Even after all that I felt like I was starving so when I came home I got a big bowl of spaghetti and ate it all. I don't think I can do this anymore, I should just give up! Hmmm being fat isn't all that bad right.

plan your day. Plan your calories to fit into the day. Plan so you don't have moments where you eat cookies chips and pringles, but eat satisfying filling meals.

you've been at this a couple of weeks and have seen some progress, weight loss is never linear, but if you walk away after just two weeks you're only disappointing yourself. You can do it. Weight loss IS made in the kitchen so think about what you eat. Protein can make you feel fuller so balance your carbs and protein better. You may not have that much to lose in which case the weight loss will be slower. A couple of pounds is still a couple of pounds?

You're giving up after 2 weeks??!?! Really?

Anyway, you don't have to work out to lose weight. Weight loss is all about HOW much you're eating and exercise is for fitness. You should use a food scale to figure out just how much you're eating. Also, I'd suggest reading the stickies in this forum to educate yourself on a realistic, sustainable weight loss plan.

Okay so two weeks is nothing - don't give up before you have given yourself a chance to succeed. Weigh your food, log it onto MFP and check out the calories. Yup - you get bugger all pasta/cookie/chip per calorie. Now have a look at what you get if you choose the same amount of calories but in some protein? and how vast an amount of veggies you get. Then start to make some choices. Choose to succeed and give yourself a break - two weeks is nowhere.

2 weeks is not enough time. I agree that it seems like you are looking for a way out. Pasta is fine if it fits in your deficit plan. Does it? It's calorie dense food. In other words, lots of calories for not a lot of food. Same thing with chips and sweets. Try to make better choices like getting enough protein and vegetables which will make you feel more full. I've heard it said that it takes 30 days to create new habits. You will need to plan ahead for food so you don't make last minute, poor choices that derail your plan.

You had 1 bad day and you want to give up? ooook.

Sorry but if one day is going to make you stop trying then you really don't want to change yourself at all.

Change is hard and you need to constantly push and fight.Bad days will happen...but its what you do after those bad days that define if you will succeed or not.

Being fat or not is your choice alone so make it and commit.

Sorry if this seems harsh but its the truth

zaynesmommy2015 wrote: »

It's been about 2 weeks now since I started trying to actually lose weight. I am 155lbs and I'm down to 153 now but it goes up and down. I've been working out but I pulled a muscle a few days ago and now I can't work out. So now I'm trying to eat less calories than I burn. I LOVE food so this is like the hardest thing ever. I feel like I'm always starving myself. Today I ate a little bit of spaghetti and went to work, while I was at work I was starving so I ate like 3 cookies, hot chips, and Pringles. Even after all that I felt like I was starving so when I came home I got a big bowl of spaghetti and ate it all. I don't think I can do this anymore, I should just give up! Hmmm being fat isn't all that bad right.

I'm assuming if there were meatballs or other protein with the spaghetti you would have mentioned it.

Sure, when I eat a lot of carbs and insufficient protein I will want to eat and eat and eat. My body is looking for the protein. Moving forward, try making sure you get protein with every meal or snack and see how that effects your appetite. I strive for about 30% protein to 40% carbs. I don't obsess about the numbers, I just look to see if there is almost as much protein as carbs.

You have to start from the beginning and take more control. Buy a food scale, it costs no more than 10-15 bucks. You can get it on amazon. Weigh your pasta and look up how much calories it has. You should eat regularly - try to include protein veggies, and some carbs. If you do not cook, you need to talk to your husband about it who does and do this together. Kitchen is 80% of your success - I am the proof, I love exercising, I always have and I still have gotten heavy b/c I ate 2-3 times as much as I burn. Feel free to add me as a friend and ask me anything. You can totally do it but you have to invest the time and energy.

Use the MFP database to search for what you are eating. If you're not ready to calculate each food based on your cooking, you can guesstimate using what others have put in. "Homemade spaghetti" will give you a close estimate of what you ate. A food scale (which you can buy at walmart/grocery stores) literally weighs your food so you know exactly how much you are eating. Without a scale, you can guess using measuring cups (but best to overestimate your number if you do it this way).

Every time you eat, log it. Eat a medium-sized apple, log a medium-sized apple. Eat 14 Pringles, log 14 Pringles. Stay as close to your calorie goal for the day as you can.

Saying you don't cook is another excuse. You didn't cook the cookies or chips. You can open a bag of lettuce to eat with your spaghetti. Or a can of green beans.

A food scale will be found in the kitchen section of any big box store. $10-20. You can weigh your food in grams and get a far more acute picture of what you are eating. It is very eye opening. Pasta servings are not worth it to me but I found I could have more nut butter than I expected. They are so worth the cost, the only gadget you really need to lose weight.

It really sounds like you are not ready to make the commitment to lose weight. When you are really ready, all of those excuses will just go away. But right now, they seem to be what is driving you. I do not mean any disrespect. I too, had those excuses - no time to work out, health issues so I could not work out, not knowing what/how to cook, etc.