Time to give up?
darciew2
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Is there a point when you just stop trying to lose weight and say f*** it, this is my body??
5'8" and 193 pounds with a lot of muscle. Also a LOT of stress. I stay between 1300-1500 most day. Generally low carb. Excersize regularly. In the last 4 months I have only lost 7 pounds and then gained back 2. REALLY frustrated. Have even been trying medically supervised low carb. All my labs like thyroid come back normal. Any thoughts??
5'8" and 193 pounds with a lot of muscle. Also a LOT of stress. I stay between 1300-1500 most day. Generally low carb. Excersize regularly. In the last 4 months I have only lost 7 pounds and then gained back 2. REALLY frustrated. Have even been trying medically supervised low carb. All my labs like thyroid come back normal. Any thoughts??
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Are you actually using a food scale to measure intake?4
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Yes to the food scale, and measuring spoons....0
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Yes to the food scale, and measuring spoons....
There's no need for measuring spoons. Just use the scale. And keep your deficit low enough where you're not feeling deprived. A .5-1 lb per week should be practical. You lose but don't feel hungry, win-win. So why give up when you can have both?3 -
I can squeeze a lot of food into measuring spoons. You need to weigh everything that is not liquid.3
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Yes to the food scale, and measuring spoons....
Ditch the measuring spoons aside from liquids. They are inaccurate for solids.
How are you measuring outtake?
But also, remember that weight loss is not linear. You still lost a total of 5lbs. I think this is more a case of unrealistic goals with losses than it is anything else. But if it is not at the rate projected by MFP, there's an issue somewhere in your logging.
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Yep! I'm 5"8 and 148-150lbs and have pretty much given up. I got down to my goal weight of 143lbs last year for like a minute, but it was too hard to maintain. I recently went back to see how many calories i was consuming, and it was a stupid low amount most days. Every waking minute revolved around food and calories, it was exhausting
I cant believe how much easier it is to maintain 5-7lbs more. 5 -
Ok I just went on amazon and bought a better food scale ( and something to manage stress too)
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I noticed when I lost 55 lbs and kept it off for 5 years that when I hit a Plateau i would go eat something yummy like burger and fries and for some reason my weight loss would come back after. I don't know if it meant anything but I'll do it again this time. I gained 60 lbs while pregnant and I'm back to trying to lose weight 6 weeks postpartum. Maybe stop trying for a couple days and then go back. Good luck3
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How long have you been dieting? Have you ever taken a diet break?
The stress of dieting and the stress of your life can be doing a number on you... and the scale.
Instead of giving up, make a plan.
You already bought a new food scale. Now relax.
Take a maintenance break for a few weeks. Let your leptin and thyroid levels come back to normal and let your cortisone levels drop. (That's what eating at maintenance will do for you).
Then, after all that happens, go back to plan.
Things should pick up again.8 -
If you have a lot of muscle, BMI might not work for you personally. You might be at a healthy weight for you at the weight you are. Why don't you talk to a doctor about it? One that doesn't see BMI as the be all and end all of health.2
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VeganRaptor wrote: »If you have a lot of muscle, BMI might not work for you personally. You might be at a healthy weight for you at the weight you are. Why don't you talk to a doctor about it? One that doesn't see BMI as the be all and end all of health.
The people for whom this applies are few and far between and have spent YEARS working on it in the gym.7 -
Is there a point when you just stop trying to lose weight and say f*** it, this is my body??
5'8" and 193 pounds with a lot of muscle. Also a LOT of stress. I stay between 1300-1500 most day. Generally low carb. Excersize regularly. In the last 4 months I have only lost 7 pounds and then gained back 2. REALLY frustrated. Have even been trying medically supervised low carb. All my labs like thyroid come back normal. Any thoughts??
Don't give up. Those numbers still show you lost half pound per week. It takes time to reach goals.3 -
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k9education wrote: »Is this where we're supposed to give you our blessing to give up? Or where we're supposed to support that BS about it being out of your control? It's completely within your control. If you want to give up though, go ahead.
I'm typically all for snarkiness, but this was uncalled for. Especially when it shows that you did not read the posts. OP already went and bought a better food scale. I wouldn't call that giving up. Frustration maybe, but not giving up.
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I think you just need a new outlook...2 pounds a month means you'll have lost 24 pounds by the end of the year!4
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There's no time to give up on yourself!1
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An enormous amount of factors play into your goal of weight loss. The important part is to give credit where it's due and celebrate the 7 pounds you've lost. Also, I recommend not getting caught up in pounds, so much as inches. Inches lost are more indicative of a healthier body! Best of luck, though! Keep experimenting and definitely don't give up!!1
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Eimaj5575 is describing a refeed, which typically is great if you've been doing a low carb diet. It restores the glycogen stores in your body, helping your insulin and other hormones start burning again. Fun science stuffs 3
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Is there a point when you just stop trying to lose weight and say f*** it, this is my body??
5'8" and 193 pounds with a lot of muscle. Also a LOT of stress. I stay between 1300-1500 most day. Generally low carb. Excersize regularly. In the last 4 months I have only lost 7 pounds and then gained back 2. REALLY frustrated. Have even been trying medically supervised low carb. All my labs like thyroid come back normal. Any thoughts??
There's something wrong with your logging
And you may be muscly but unless you are a champion world renowned bodybuilder you're not that muscly
Can you open your diary because I think you might be making fundamental errors ...2 -
I'm pretty sure it's in the "most days" and "around" part TBH5
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Is there a point when you just stop trying to lose weight and say f*** it, this is my body??
5'8" and 193 pounds with a lot of muscle. Also a LOT of stress. I stay between 1300-1500 most day. Generally low carb. Excersize regularly. In the last 4 months I have only lost 7 pounds and then gained back 2. REALLY frustrated. Have even been trying medically supervised low carb. All my labs like thyroid come back normal. Any thoughts??
What about this ... take a break for a couple weeks and just relax.
Then return to it and stick to it like glue for 3 weeks. Enter your info into MFP, select to lose 1 lb/week, select sedentary as your activity level ... and stick to it.
Weigh everything you eat to ensure accuracy.
When you exercise, estimate your calories burned a little on the low side. Pick the "light" or "slow" workout options. Then eat half your exercise calories back.
Has a doctor said you need to be low carb? If not, then don't worry about that ... just focus on your calories.
And stick to it like glue for 3 weeks.
At the end of 3 weeks, see how you feel.3 -
Is there a point when you just stop trying to lose weight and say f*** it, this is my body??
5'8" and 193 pounds with a lot of muscle. Also a LOT of stress. I stay between 1300-1500 most day. Generally low carb. Excersize regularly. In the last 4 months I have only lost 7 pounds and then gained back 2. REALLY frustrated. Have even been trying medically supervised low carb. All my labs like thyroid come back normal. Any thoughts??
1) You probably don't have as much muscle as you think
2)Aim to eat a consistent calorie number not a rough range
3)No need to do low carb
4)Use a food scale for EVERYTHING
All you need is to set MFP with your correct weight, set your weight loss goal, weigh and log everything you eat and stick to the goal MFP gives you.3 -
What is "a lot of muscle"?
I'm 5"7 138lb (obviously the pic is from competition, so I have a bit of fat on my body atm)
Eating around 2000 cals a day. -200cals when dieting.
Workout 3-4 days a week, resistance training. Cardio = cycling to work 20mins.
I would suggest to re-think your nutrtition and whole dieting.
Getting food scale is a good decision. 3 -
No I didn't mean give up like sit on the couch and eat donuts. I was just having a pity party, and wanting to throw out the scale. Thanks for the real advice and reminders that the in betweens and abouts and almosts are probably the problem.5
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Maybe don't bother going low carb. In fact I would suggest 1 high carb day per week. Not eating carbs decreases leptin which is a weight/fat loss hormone. You could be unintentionally lowering your metabolism. Try sticking to your calorie goal with 100% accuracy for 6 days of the week, then 1 day a week eat at maintenance calories by increasing your carbs. But don't check your weight the day after this or you will freak out (carbs cause water retention). Over time this should HELP you lose fat faster though.
Make sure you're getting enough protein every day and exercise. I took 1 week off exercise and lost a lot of momentum. Try weight lifting & hiit cardio.
Try a digital food scale and eat foods you can accurately measure the calories in. Guessing or estimating too much is a problem.
Try to watch the sodium levels.2 -
I've felt like saying "f*** it" before, but always regretted it.
Once I figured out what actually works for me to lose weight I was so happy getting results! Imagine if I'd given up before that?3 -
I personally wouldn't give up with BMI that high. My guess is that you are actually eating more than you think you are, even if you are at 1300 - 1500 most days. Your average daily is probably quite a bit more.
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