Feeling discouraged

I'm sorry you're struggling.

Weight loss is primarily about food. Not exercise. Though it certainly helps your health and helps create a deficit. How are you keeping track of/measuring your food/calorie intake?

Arunahan wrote: »

I started logging in my fitness pal about 79 days ago. I also go to orange theory fitness about 8-10 times a month. I work very longs hours so cannot exercise everyday. In the beginning I lost weight rapidly but after 3 weeks my weight started to slightly creep up. I have lost only 7 pounds in last 79 days. I am feeling somewhat discouraged.l noticed that I am slowing moving towards my bad habits ( eating high carb and low proteins). I am trying to be patient to myself. I am so amazed by many wonderful people in this forum who have lost tons of weight. I wonder how they kept on going despite failures and slow progress at times ?

The issue is not likely the carbs. It's total calories. Are you weighing your food? Are you logging regularly? What are your calories to set to, and are you always under?

what keeps me going is knowing it works. if i eat less than i burn, i lose weight. finding those numbers and balancing it with the ups and downs of life can make it harder but not impossible. The days i dont want to do the work, i either dont and accept the consequences or i just make the decision to do what needs to be done. Also, a cute new outfit never hurts. in the long run the pay off is worth the struggle, for me. hope you find your way through this.

I log everything. I log the good, the bad, and the ugly. I realized today that I was logging mistaken information for the past 2 days so I went back and fixed it. If my weight goes up, I know why. If I binge, I figure out why. I fix the problems and know that if I maintain a calorie deficit with accurate measuring and recording of the food I eat I will lose weight. In your opening statement you admit that bad habits are creeping back in. No. Habits don't creep. We allow ourselves to do things that we know we should not do because we want to. This is in your head. If you can get that squared away you'll be successful at living a healthy life.

I think that you know what you need to do. It is just a matter of doing it.

When you cheat who are you cheating?

It's a process and you learn as you go along.

I already learned that eating something (other than single servings) straight from the package is a really bad idea for me. Because I suck at paying attention to it and end up eating more than I even really want, so I really have to portion out what I'm going to eat first. Simple concept, but making it a new habit took a bit.

Recent new thing for me, I need to put open packages of food "away" and not have them just sitting out.

I had an open package of pecan halves on the kitchen table. My daughter opened them and I just didn't bother with figuring out a place for them (not a lot of kitchen storage). I like pecans. Found myself walking by and grabbing 2-3 pecan halves. Went on for a few weeks before the penny dropped and I closed them up and put them away.

This week daughter opened a package of pretzels and they are sitting out on the kitchen table. I've counted/logged them, but I know I just need to put them up so I can ignore them like I a pretty good about ignoring the cookies/cracker/chips that are also in the kitchen.