Struggling to Keep Moving Forward (and downward..)

Focus on how much better you feel. That's what keeps me going.

I am in the same boat...I am now around 203 also 5 ft 9 and feel demotivated. We need to keep going! There is no alternative!

I would consider taking a diet break as the above poster mentioned. I would log everything, but eat at maintenance for a couple weeks and then get back to it.

Also, if you're having trouble with your logging when you do get back to it I would look at past logs and see if there's something you can easily eliminate that would help create a larger deficit.

How did you determine the 1300 calories? I would think your BMR is probably around 1700. I'm not sure what kind of job you have or your exercise habits but I have to assume your TDEE is 2100-2200. If you have not been dieting in a little while I would definitely not start out at 1300, that will be difficult and unsustainable. You may lose some initially but when your body adjusts you will have no where to go.

You are probably safe around 1700 with keeping track and getting enough cardio in you should start to see the weight go down. Every two weeks see if you are averaging 1.5lbs or so a week and if you are, keep everything the same, if you begin to not lose weight, drop calories by 5%. Goodluck!

I lost 55 pounds last year and had lost my motivation in recent months. It wasn't until Monday of last week that I read some updates from an MFP friend who had been on the same journey with me last year and had also lost 50 pounds. She had gained back 21 pounds and was back on the program but she was invigorated and kicking butt. Her new found determination and progress reminded me that I could do it too. I recommitted right then and there and immediately weighed myself and logged it in. I had gained back 15 pounds but I felt like a fire had been lit under my butt and I was going to stop making excuses. I had a great last week and just started week 2. I logged in a 4.7 weight drop and while I know it's mostly water etc, seeing the scale move in the right direction gave me the fuel to make this week even better. If you have already lost a significant amount of weight before you know you can do it again. Get back to the basics, what worked for you then and just bite the bullet and do it. We can do this! Everyone feel free to friend me.

I just spoke with my doctor about this today. She said that after a large weight loss your body kind of fights you to lose more so it's best to maintain for a while and then resume your weight loss . Great job on what you've accomplished this far!

becca_rup23 wrote: »

Thanks for that! I've been on top of my food this week again and already down about 4 lbs, mostly from water weight and eating less sodium filled foods I'm sure but it makes me happy!

I had gone pretty quickly from around 225 to 220ish back up to 227 within a few days. after relatively quick loss I was BUMMED to creep back up after a planned cheat meal. In reality 220 a few pounds lower than where I should be. I thought about water weight but haven't though much about retention due to high sodium. interesting. I'm only like 3 weeks into this.

I read an interesting article about 'reverse dieting' and it could explain why it is so easy too regain the lost weight. I cannot find the original article, but pretty sure a good google search will help.