About to give up

Don't give up! You're right, 20 lbs might have came off when you were 20........ but you're not. One month is not long enough of walking for you to just give up on your health! The number on my scale did not change for THREE MONTHS and I'm 22. But I was gaining muscle and losing fat, and muscle weights more than fat. Even by just walking you're still benefiting your life. You could be working up your stamina and endurance.

I am by no means an expert and I'm sure others who are will respond, but have you thought about incorporating strength training at all? Or doing HIIT?

Have you tried the elliptical or bicycle, they take off a lot of calories and are easy on the joints. Don't give up, the best way to lose weight is to switch up your methods and not let your body get used to the same routine.

Don't give up! Even if you don't see the weight coming off right away, ask yourself, "Do I feel better?" I think if you are walking daily, you probably have more energy and feel more relaxed, right? Focus on that for right now. Remember that you are making lifestyle changes!

Don't give up!!! Have you been keeping a food diary, religiously including everything, even nibbles.
Walking is good but I find you really have to put a brisk pace (get your heart rate up) if you want it to work. Are there hills to march up for instance.
I was walking a lot but I've given it up as it really wasn't doing anything.

Maybe your body has gotten too used to walking. Try mixing up your workouts a bit: use some hand weights on your walks, go biking, play tennis, etc. and definitely add in strength training. Building muscle burns fat. You didn't mention how much weight you've lost this month. Even if it's only 2 pounds that's progress! Don't give up! You can do it.

Please don`t, you will be very surprised when results start showing. Your body needs time to adjust. Kudos for going for walks, I lost almost 70 lbs watching my food intake and walking just walking in less than 5 months. Buy pedometer where you could also see how many calories you are burning while walking. I promise very soon you will be very happy that you continued your journey. Keep up you are almost there.

Please don't give up! You have made a really good start! I am finding losing weight much harder than I did 10 years ago! Keep going because it will be worth it and you know you deserve to be he best you can be! If you need a new cheerleader I would happily accept a friend request.
It is tough but things that mean so much are worth sticking at:flowerforyou:

maybe you need to change some things around.
how many meals are you having in the day? are you tracking down your heart rate during your walks?
are you having good sleeping hours?

don't give up. play with your resources and keep your focus to a goal.

dont give up you have to keep trying
im 19 and i have been working out 6 days a week and eating right and today i weight in & i haven't lost much weight only 0.6lbs so i know how u feel like all the work you have been doing is for nothing i feel like that too. Right now i hate my scale but im not going to give up, just had some fruits and now ima workout even harder than i did last week. Check your measurement you may not be losing weight but you maybe loseing inches.

Your diet is a healthy diet (I hope) and you're out walking enjoying (from time to time) sunny days.

You've lost 11 pounds in 30 days.

And you want to quit because…?

Could you have lost weight faster when you were in your 20's or 30's? Perhaps.

And that makes no difference. And it just doesn't matter what you think you could have done 30 years ago, does it?

What matters is that in 30 days you've lost 11 pounds, right?


In your profile, you state:
"I need all the support I can get, I have a long long ways to go. I have been struggling with weight issues for years and I am trying to once again get motivated. I deal with a lot of anxiety which makes it harder but I am not going to let that get in the way anymore."

Is that statement of yours a demonstration of your determination or are you setting yourself up so that you can fail again. That's called "self-sabotage" and it's not uncommon in chronically overweight people.

Are you afraid of losing weight?

You should be thrilled that you've dropped 11 pounds in 30 days 'cause all you've had to do is go for a walk every day and not eat as much.

Think of it this way. If you keep doing what you're doing, you'll have lost over 50 pounds my Christmas. Is that something you want or are you afraid of change like that?

You might want to look at how you are eating...I have done some reading about post menopause and it seems like low carb is going to work better. Have you tried that?

It takes a tough person to stick with a goal and not even consider giving up! How bad do you want to succeed??
Give up?? But why?? Where else would you go in life that's more important, will save your life, give you such motivating and inspiring people to be around!?

Dont give up. Try going by measurements instead if weight. Even though you might be losing fat you ara gaining muscle and muscle weighs more. I have not been losing alot of weight, however I am shedding fat, gaining muscle and losing inches.