Giving up time line??

I felt like giving up about twice a week for the first 16 weeks.

But I lost 15 kg in those first 16 weeks so there was no way on earth I was going to give up.

BTW - exercise helps.

never felt starved.... sometimes hungry right before a meal... but never starved... maybe your eating too few calories.... eating just about the same diet as lost goals... lean piece of chicken,fish or beef, large salad and an entire bag of veggies.. 160 to 240 calories per bag depending on the veggies.

lil_katie86 wrote: »

Was there any point you felt like giving up? Or have given up in the past???
So far I'm on week four and I'm still dying from working out and starving from my new healthy eating!! When does this get better??

I'm not going to give up. I've changed for life now, I just hope it gets easier!!

Yes, I was willing to almost let myself go. I remember watching so much TV and double eating and thinking about it but being ok with the weight gain. But I'm 26 years old and have 3 little girls ages 10,6, and 3 months. After my 3rd child I gain so much weight. On average I was 145 lbs and now I'm 176 lbs. I need to be a role model for my girls and eat more healthier to shed off the pounds. I hope that by me changing my eating habits I will get back on track. Feel free to add me. I'm on my journey to lose 40lbs. I will be sharing my before and after picture, hopefully by the beginning of july.

lil_katie86 wrote: »

I have a very low carb and sugar diet!! And eating very healthy:-) all fresh ingredients!!

That may be true, but you should not be suffering. You may need to change things up a bit.

I am with you - very often feeling uncomfortably hungry. I am also eating a lot of protein, generally large volume meals/snacks and still feel hungry to the paintbrush it's distracting. Only 1 week in though so I'm hoping it's just a transition feeling : /

If you want to give up after 4 weeks, you're doing it wrong.

If you're starving, make sure you eat plenty of protein, fat, and fiber. If you're still hungry, reduce your deficit. Better taking it more slowly than giving up (I lost 75 pounds on the 'lose one pound a week' setting).

Working out gets easier though, but I suggest picking something you enjoy, otherwise it just won't be sustainable anyway... And what you need is a plan that is sustainable (both exercise and eating) because if you're serious about it, it's a forever thing.

lil_katie86 wrote: »

I'm not giving up!!! I have changed for life:-) it's just a hard start

Awesome attitude!

I believe this varies greatly from person to person. My experience varies greatly from the responses so far. I've been seriously going at this since 1/1/2014. For most of the first year, I saw results despite being super hungry all the time. I tolerated the extreme hunger because I was losing, albeit very slowly.

But when I stopped losing and entered a plateau, I couldn't stand being both hungry AND not losing. After 2 months of no sustained loss, I started some creative ways to try to start losing again. This was my first plateau, so at the time, I wasn't aware of how real plateaus work (where one is truly eating at a deficit and not actually losing). I started this variation of IF, which was not so much calorie counting (I did track calories for the data, but didn't restrict during feast times). For 6 weeks, I ate at double my TDEE in total, though some days a huge deficit and some days I actually ate 5 times TDEE. The idea was to at least use IF to maybe shrink my appetite. It helped a small amount, but not much. The good thing is that, since I was in a real plateau, I didn't have any sustained gain during this time. The day-to-day fluctuations (which happen within a plateau, but center around a base number) grew much larger, but I didn't gain or lose anything. So I went back to a normal daily deficit. Finally, a couple months later, I had the "whoosh." In hindsight, the whoosh would have been much larger had I not eaten at a surplus for 6 weeks of the roughly 6 months. I knew quite a bit more about plateaus for the next one, and was able to have more patience because I knew some of what to expect.

The short answer is: Yes, I totally understand what it is like to feel like you are starving - for me, it doesn't go away, but the losses keep me willing to eat at a deficit.

Day 2️⃣6️⃣9️⃣ - add me.

eat more protein, and make sure your TDEE is calculated properly. You should rarely be hungry.

lil_katie86 wrote: »

Was there any point you felt like giving up? Or have given up in the past???
So far I'm on week four and I'm still dying from working out and starving from my new healthy eating!! When does this get better??

I'm not going to give up. I've changed for life now, I just hope it gets easier!!

You need practices and habits you can maintain long term. I suggest that you learn to pace yourself on your workouts so you can survive better. Most workouts and classes are designed to challenge people with a great fitness level already. There is no shame in reducing the intensity, reps etc so it is challenging but doable for you.

I you're too hungry, increase your calorie goal, which means you set MFP to lose less per week. After you get used to that, you might be able to decrease cals again, in smaller steps. Be sure you're eating enough to fuel those killer workouts & recovery too. There is no reason to torture yourself. You need a plan that's sustainable or there's no point in doing this.