Weight loss is so slow

tmbg1
tmbg1 Posts: 1,451 Member
edited December 2 in Social Groups
I am working on truly honest logging and exercise.. Still the weight wants to hang on to me... I think it's working... Just soooo slow!! Just needed to vent.
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  • deholm
    deholm Posts: 11 Member
    I know exactly how you feel! And with my low thyroid it's not budging at all! So with my clean eating n lifting weights n cardio...now what?
  • slimstrauss
    slimstrauss Posts: 209 Member
    Understand how you feel, have the same problem, my weight has refused to budge no matter what I try, whether I weigh correctly, eat healthily exercise etc, maybe I'm not eating enough, but I'm only a small person, any suggestions?
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    deholm wrote: »
    I know exactly how you feel! And with my low thyroid it's not budging at all! So with my clean eating n lifting weights n cardio...now what?

    You might be counting calories already, to make sure that you're maintaining a deficit, the most important part of weight loss, and simply not have mentioned it.
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    Understand how you feel, have the same problem, my weight has refused to budge no matter what I try, whether I weigh correctly, eat healthily exercise etc, maybe I'm not eating enough, but I'm only a small person, any suggestions?

    How many calories a day are you eating, what is your average activity level, and how many minutes a week do you exercise? I'm small, moderately active, hypothyroid, get about 180 minutes of cardio per week, strength train twice a week, and I'm maintaining my goal weight on 1450 calories a day. I lose if I consistently cut down to about 1200 a day.

    Eating more protein makes me happier about eating 1450 cal a day.
  • deholm
    deholm Posts: 11 Member
    Well I just started a new program of lifting weights 6 x a wk, cardio 4 x wk, eating clean n no carbs after 3 pm. After 4 wks I've lost 1 pound...WOW!
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    Even if the actual numbers on the scale don't decrease, you know that you're more fit and muscular and that you have more endurance. It's all good !!!!
  • rbelfiore0262
    rbelfiore0262 Posts: 37 Member
    I just started back to really honestly tracking everything that goes into my mouth. I also just started an exercise routine. For the past 4 months I was gaining about 2-3 pounds a week! Do you think it is better to weigh yourselves every day or every week?
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    I just started back to really honestly tracking everything that goes into my mouth. I also just started an exercise routine. For the past 4 months I was gaining about 2-3 pounds a week! Do you think it is better to weigh yourselves every day or every week?

    I'm a firm believer in weighing daily. And recently heard a study that said daily weighers weigh less on average and are more likely to make good decisions about their meals.
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    I don't weigh myself very often, however I track my waist measurement closely, along with the fit of my tightest jeans, which aren't very tight at the moment. I can see the value of daily weighings. I only weigh myself on the medical scale at my gym, and I'm not at the gym at the same time every day. My weight fluctuates a fair amount during the course of a day.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    lithezebra wrote: »
    I don't weigh myself very often, however I track my waist measurement closely, along with the fit of my tightest jeans, which aren't very tight at the moment. I can see the value of daily weighings. I only weigh myself on the medical scale at my gym, and I'm not at the gym at the same time every day. My weight fluctuates a fair amount during the course of a day.

    Makes sense. I have a good digital scale, and weigh after my morning pee before the shower.
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    I'm with you !
  • tshirtartist
    tshirtartist Posts: 109 Member
    I'm in the same boat.
  • tigerblue
    tigerblue Posts: 1,526 Member
    It looks like I will lose about 1/4-1/3 lb a week ( so basically a pound a month) eating at 1300 calories a day. I hope I actually lose that much!

    I hear that after menopause it actually gets a bit easier. I am hoping. . . . .
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    tigerblue wrote: »
    It looks like I will lose about 1/4-1/3 lb a week ( so basically a pound a month) eating at 1300 calories a day. I hope I actually lose that much!

    I hear that after menopause it actually gets a bit easier. I am hoping. . . . .

    I've heard that as well. A friend of mine tried to lose 50Lbs for years. Then one day (post meno) she just started losing!
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    tigerblue wrote: »
    It looks like I will lose about 1/4-1/3 lb a week ( so basically a pound a month) eating at 1300 calories a day. I hope I actually lose that much!

    I hear that after menopause it actually gets a bit easier. I am hoping. . . . .

    I've never heard that, but YAY!!!! I like it. I certainly have mental discipline that I never had in my twenties, thirties, or forties.
  • tmbg1
    tmbg1 Posts: 1,451 Member
    I'm on 1300 a day and I've averaged about a pound per month... It's so frustrating... Oh well at least I'm not gaining anymore
  • tigerblue
    tigerblue Posts: 1,526 Member
    edited August 2016
    @tmbg1 that sounds like me. I've been staying between 1300 and 1400 for almost three weeks now. When TOM leaves (yes he still comes) I hope to see at least 1/2 lb loss.

    I don't want to get my hopes up though.
  • tmbg1
    tmbg1 Posts: 1,451 Member
    @tigerblue I used to be able to lose a pound a week on 1300,.... Now the weight just hangs on.... I still have Tom but not as regular.... . I don't want to go below 1300 cause I get hangry!!
  • tigerblue
    tigerblue Posts: 1,526 Member
    @tmbg1 me too! I just can't stay under 1300--I can barely do 1400!

    And today's weigh in (TOM is almost gone--hormones should be settling down)--I was UP 0.8 lbs. seriously????
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    argh
  • artsyfarts700
    artsyfarts700 Posts: 44 Member
    Don't I know it! I've never struggled with losing a couple of pounds now it's torturously slow!!
  • lwesche54
    lwesche54 Posts: 1 Member
    I am so sick of "weight". I eat about 1200 cals a day, trained for a 2 day 150 mile bike ride all summer, did the bike ride. Swore I would not weigh myself until Sept 1. Weighed exactly the same!!!! Very depressing, frustrating but like my Doc says "numbers are good, you FEEL good, so why are your worried about your weight" I let her have it!!! LOL
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    lwesche54 wrote: »
    I am so sick of "weight". I eat about 1200 cals a day, trained for a 2 day 150 mile bike ride all summer, did the bike ride. Swore I would not weigh myself until Sept 1. Weighed exactly the same!!!! Very depressing, frustrating but like my Doc says "numbers are good, you FEEL good, so why are your worried about your weight" I let her have it!!! LOL

    Ugh so frustrating I know!! My doc has told me not to worry if I can weight in menopause. Umm, no. I'm going to worry. And I'm going to try to do something about it.
  • TheGaudyMagpie
    TheGaudyMagpie Posts: 282 Member
    I was doing pretty good but had to go back on my medication for neuralgia. It's all water, but I'm up four pounds and puffy. I'm focusing on fitness goals instead of weight loss right now, but I'm very annoyed that the smaller things I was fitting into are snug again. No idea when it will change either.
  • ohiowatching
    ohiowatching Posts: 16 Member
    I feel all your frustrations!!! I'm in the same boat...dang it is so depressing.
  • deholm
    deholm Posts: 11 Member
    I've been doing Jamie Eason's 12 wk challenge and finished am starting phase 2 over. Weight lifting, jumping, jogging, squats, lunges, jump rope. Not one pound lost! 8 mo w/o a period. My older sister who's gone thru it, jogs and lost 12 lbs in a month n a half. Seriously...it's discouraging!
  • tcunbeliever
    tcunbeliever Posts: 8,219 Member
    Are you doing measurements? You will likely see changes there before seeing movement on the scale.
  • tigerblue
    tigerblue Posts: 1,526 Member
    edited October 2016
    I've given up--gonna eat at maintenance and focus on fitness goals. Also, reducing sweets and baked goods, and replacing with whole grains, more fruits, and more veggies.

    Inexplicably, after just over week of eating at maintenance, I am down 1/2 pound. I'm watching to see if it is water, or real. Will keep you posted.
  • rbelfiore0262
    rbelfiore0262 Posts: 37 Member
    I'm back on the wagon! Of course I brought my healthy breakfast (egg beaters with salsa and a whole grain pita w/flax seeds) and I walk into an entire wall of donuts and hot fresh bagels! Don't care, I'm sticking to it.
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