I'm pretty sure I sound like a crazy person but I'm not seeing results the last week or so
HolyHibachi
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So I started at 263 pounds. I started May 29th and have had weigh-ins every Wednesday since then:
6/7: 254 lbs
6/14: 251 lbs
6/21: 249 lbs
I've been super strict about my calorie limits, only going over 1300... twice? I think? Should I be worried about it starting to taper off? I lost 75 pounds in 2012 and put all of it back on and more and I don't remember this kind of stalling this early in the process last time.
Any thoughts?
6/7: 254 lbs
6/14: 251 lbs
6/21: 249 lbs
I've been super strict about my calorie limits, only going over 1300... twice? I think? Should I be worried about it starting to taper off? I lost 75 pounds in 2012 and put all of it back on and more and I don't remember this kind of stalling this early in the process last time.
Any thoughts?
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A two-pound loss in a week is not a stall. It is, at your weight, a healthy rate of loss. Much of the 9 lbs you lost in the first week was water.8
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All I see is great results. I don't see a problem here other than unrealistic expectations.14
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You lost weight. You lost a good amount of weight. How is that not results?10
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You lost weight. You lost a good amount of weight. How is that not results?
^^^this.
Weight loss is not going to be a fast process. You didn't gain it overnight, and you won't lose it overnight. A 2 lb loss is a loss, not a stall. Sounds like the only thing to adjust here are your expectations.7 -
You have been doing great!!!!!
Be patient. Weight loss isn't linear. It doesn't go as fast as we want it to.
Put your focus on making sustainable changes that you will continue to do after you've met your goal weight. Then trust the math.4 -
You're also OLDER so metabolic rate tends to be a bit slower. Most of all you just need PATIENCE.
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »A two-pound loss in a week is not a stall. It is, at your weight, a healthy rate of loss. Much of the 9 lbs you lost in the first week was water.
Right and I get that. I did break the cardinal rule and have been weighing myself daily and noticed I'm up two pounds from yesterday and then went back down.0 -
If you want to weigh daily, use a trend app. Happy scale for apple. Libra for Android.4
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HolyHibachi wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »A two-pound loss in a week is not a stall. It is, at your weight, a healthy rate of loss. Much of the 9 lbs you lost in the first week was water.
Right and I get that. I did break the cardinal rule and have been weighing myself daily and noticed I'm up two pounds from yesterday and then went back down.
Nothing wrong with weighing everyday as long as you're not going to freak out over every fluctuation. You didn't gain two pounds of fat overnight. It just doesn't happen that way. Most likely culprit is water weight.1 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »HolyHibachi wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »A two-pound loss in a week is not a stall. It is, at your weight, a healthy rate of loss. Much of the 9 lbs you lost in the first week was water.
Right and I get that. I did break the cardinal rule and have been weighing myself daily and noticed I'm up two pounds from yesterday and then went back down.
Nothing wrong with weighing everyday as long as you're not going to freak out over every fluctuation. You didn't gain two pounds of fat overnight. It just doesn't happen that way. Most likely culprit is water weight.
And I'm not really worrying about anything beyond protein intake so maybe I need to watch salt to prevent that.1 -
HolyHibachi wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »HolyHibachi wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »A two-pound loss in a week is not a stall. It is, at your weight, a healthy rate of loss. Much of the 9 lbs you lost in the first week was water.
Right and I get that. I did break the cardinal rule and have been weighing myself daily and noticed I'm up two pounds from yesterday and then went back down.
Nothing wrong with weighing everyday as long as you're not going to freak out over every fluctuation. You didn't gain two pounds of fat overnight. It just doesn't happen that way. Most likely culprit is water weight.
And I'm not really worrying about anything beyond protein intake so maybe I need to watch salt to prevent that.
It's more than just salt that causes water retention though. New or increased exercise is also a common cause. The reality that weight fluctuations happen all the time. The trending apps are really helpful for that. Or stick to the weekly weigh-ins, but honestly, what happens if you jump on the scale when it's at a high point?
Edited to delete the reference to TOM, since I didn't notice you were a guy before now.3 -
HolyHibachi wrote: »So I started at 263 pounds. I started May 29th and have had weigh-ins every Wednesday since then:
6/7: 254 lbs
6/14: 251 lbs
6/21: 249 lbs
I've been super strict about my calorie limits, only going over 1300... twice? I think? Should I be worried about it starting to taper off? I lost 75 pounds in 2012 and put all of it back on and more and I don't remember this kind of stalling this early in the process last time.
Any thoughts?
Male, 249 pounds, and only 1300 calories? Oh my.4 -
You should be eating more calories. Your body could be going into starvation mode. I was eating 1500 and started to plateau after 3 months, went to 1700 in February and have been steadily losing 2-4 pounds a week. It's a scary thought going up in calories but your body needs food especially if you're exercising.0
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brittanih1330 wrote: »You should be eating more calories. Your body could be going into starvation mode. I was eating 1500 and started to plateau after 3 months, went to 1700 in February and have been steadily losing 2-4 pounds a week. It's a scary thought going up in calories but your body needs food especially if you're exercising.
Starvation mode doesn't exist. And even if it did, 1500 is nowhere near starvation levels.7 -
OP, you should be eating 1600 calories minimum. Use a food scale for ALL solid and semi solid food (that includes prepackaged, single serve items, pre-weighed, deli meats). Use cups/spoons for liquid only. Choose accurate database entries that reflect packaging information. Use USDA entries for fruits/veg/produce.brittanih1330 wrote: »You should be eating more calories. Your body could be going into starvation mode. I was eating 1500 and started to plateau after 3 months, went to 1700 in February and have been steadily losing 2-4 pounds a week. It's a scary thought going up in calories but your body needs food especially if you're exercising.
Starvation mode doesn't exist. And even if it did, 1500 is nowhere near starvation levels.
Agreed. I wish people would stop with the starvation mode business.7 -
I use the Happy Scale app for my iPhone. You input your current weight every time you weigh yourself and it displays the overall weight loss trend. In my case, I can see that after 4 or 5 days I weigh another pound or two, but then that gain disappears and I've lost it and a little more. Seeing the graph is a nice visual, and it keeps me from freaking out over the natural fluctuations. And the app gives you "milestones" where you're congratulated for losing every 5 pounds or so.1
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I "stalled" after a month, added 250 calories daily, and lost 4 pounds that week. It's very possible you're eating too little, your body thinks you're starving, and it's holding onto the weight. I would suggest that you increase your calories.0
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How, you may ask, can "Eat more, lose weight" happen?
Easily.
You eat more, you move more, you lose weight.
Just be sure to move more.0 -
You are doing great and you just need to keep doing what you are doing. The scale is okay for measuring large changes but pretty useless for day to day evaluations since weight change and fat loss are often different. I rely on a measuring tape and how my clothes feel more than the scale. Fat loss doesn't follow a perfect, logical path. Consistency, patience and occasional forgiveness will take you where you want to go.1
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I "stalled" after a month, added 250 calories daily, and lost 4 pounds that week. It's very possible you're eating too little, your body thinks you're starving, and it's holding onto the weight. I would suggest that you increase your calories.
Actually, the fat you lost the previous week but was masked by water weight or some other cause of fluctuation, finally showed up on the scale. This is very common and has happened to me many times. The trend over several weeks or even months is what to watch. It has nothing to do with starvation mode.2 -
This since OP is male ^^^amyrebeccah wrote: »...OP should add calories (once ensuring logging accuracy) simply because he's eating too low to be healthy and fuel normal daily activity, and adjust his expectations for weight loss pace...
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You're also OLDER so metabolic rate tends to be a bit slower. Most of all you just need PATIENCE.
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You shut your mouth!
Kidding..... Sort of.... Not really.... 2 -
HolyHibachi wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »HolyHibachi wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »A two-pound loss in a week is not a stall. It is, at your weight, a healthy rate of loss. Much of the 9 lbs you lost in the first week was water.
Right and I get that. I did break the cardinal rule and have been weighing myself daily and noticed I'm up two pounds from yesterday and then went back down.
Nothing wrong with weighing everyday as long as you're not going to freak out over every fluctuation. You didn't gain two pounds of fat overnight. It just doesn't happen that way. Most likely culprit is water weight.
And I'm not really worrying about anything beyond protein intake so maybe I need to watch salt to prevent that.
But you say in your OP that you're worried about weight loss "tapering off" (or ask whether you should be worried about that), and that's what everyone is responding to.
And what does protein intake have to do with watching your salt?
ETA: You don't sound so much like "a crazy person" (reference to thread title) as someone whose brain is foggy because he's been eating way too little for a month.1 -
HolyHibachi wrote: »So I started at 263 pounds. I started May 29th and have had weigh-ins every Wednesday since then:
6/7: 254 lbs
6/14: 251 lbs
6/21: 249 lbs
I've been super strict about my calorie limits, only going over 1300... twice? I think? Should I be worried about it starting to taper off? I lost 75 pounds in 2012 and put all of it back on and more and I don't remember this kind of stalling this early in the process last time.
Any thoughts?
i am the same way. it's coming off sooooooooooooo slowly this time around. i lost 60 lbs in 2012 and it took right at a year. now i have been at this for a year this time around, and i have only lost 24 lbs in the entire year. it's maddening. keep up the good work. sorry it takes so long.
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HolyHibachi wrote: »So I started at 263 pounds. I started May 29th and have had weigh-ins every Wednesday since then:
6/7: 254 lbs
6/14: 251 lbs
6/21: 249 lbs
I've been super strict about my calorie limits, only going over 1300... twice? I think? Should I be worried about it starting to taper off? I lost 75 pounds in 2012 and put all of it back on and more and I don't remember this kind of stalling this early in the process last time.
Any thoughts?
i am the same way. it's coming off sooooooooooooo slowly this time around. i lost 60 lbs in 2012 and it took right at a year. now i have been at this for a year this time around, and i have only lost 24 lbs in the entire year. it's maddening. keep up the good work. sorry it takes so long.
I'm sorry, but did you actually read the post. Losing 14 pounds in less than a month does not constitute a slow loss. Commiserating with the OP for it taking "so long" only encourages his unrealistic expectations.6 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »HolyHibachi wrote: »So I started at 263 pounds. I started May 29th and have had weigh-ins every Wednesday since then:
6/7: 254 lbs
6/14: 251 lbs
6/21: 249 lbs
I've been super strict about my calorie limits, only going over 1300... twice? I think? Should I be worried about it starting to taper off? I lost 75 pounds in 2012 and put all of it back on and more and I don't remember this kind of stalling this early in the process last time.
Any thoughts?
i am the same way. it's coming off sooooooooooooo slowly this time around. i lost 60 lbs in 2012 and it took right at a year. now i have been at this for a year this time around, and i have only lost 24 lbs in the entire year. it's maddening. keep up the good work. sorry it takes so long.
I'm sorry, but did you actually read the post. Losing 14 pounds in less than a month does not constitute a slow loss. Commiserating with the OP for it taking "so long" only encourages his unrealistic expectations.
OH, i only saw that he lost 5 lbs. i must have miscalculated or misread.
i didn't see 263, i only saw the weights he entered on the dates listed, which is 5 lbs. from 7th to 21st.
i wasn't commiserating, i just know how it feels to try really hard and not see the results you want.0 -
I "stalled" after a month, added 250 calories daily, and lost 4 pounds that week. It's very possible you're eating too little, your body thinks you're starving, and it's holding onto the weight. I would suggest that you increase your calories.
Repeat after me:
"Starvation mode does not exist. The body will not hold onto weight/fat if you feed it too little calories"...4 -
This since OP is male ^^^amyrebeccah wrote: »...OP should add calories (once ensuring logging accuracy) simply because he's eating too low to be healthy and fuel normal daily activity, and adjust his expectations for weight loss pace...
Logging is definitely accurate. I measure everything out. This thread has helped me to realize what I should be doing.
Thanks, everyone.0 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »HolyHibachi wrote: »So I started at 263 pounds. I started May 29th and have had weigh-ins every Wednesday since then:
6/7: 254 lbs
6/14: 251 lbs
6/21: 249 lbs
I've been super strict about my calorie limits, only going over 1300... twice? I think? Should I be worried about it starting to taper off? I lost 75 pounds in 2012 and put all of it back on and more and I don't remember this kind of stalling this early in the process last time.
Any thoughts?
i am the same way. it's coming off sooooooooooooo slowly this time around. i lost 60 lbs in 2012 and it took right at a year. now i have been at this for a year this time around, and i have only lost 24 lbs in the entire year. it's maddening. keep up the good work. sorry it takes so long.
I'm sorry, but did you actually read the post. Losing 14 pounds in less than a month does not constitute a slow loss. Commiserating with the OP for it taking "so long" only encourages his unrealistic expectations.
OH, i only saw that he lost 5 lbs. i must have miscalculated or misread.
i didn't see 263, i only saw the weights he entered on the dates listed, which is 5 lbs. from 7th to 21st.
i wasn't commiserating, i just know how it feels to try really hard and not see the results you want.
That's pretty much the definition of commiserating -- to express that you understand how someone is feeling.
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