I need advice to start losing again. I am at a standstill

Tina_Holmes716
Tina_Holmes716 Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello, I have been doing my fitness pal on and off for a little while. I have lost 12lbs so far, I need to loose about 60 more pounds. I have been working out everyday. Does anyone have any advice on what I can do to kick start my weight loss again.

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  • Panda8ach
    Panda8ach Posts: 518 Member
    To start with you need to stop with the on and off :/ You need to be dedicated to getting the weight off and that means sticking with it! Are you logging all your food?
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Enter your stats into MFP. Set your activity to sedentary and your loss to 1 lb per week. Get your calorie goal. Get a digital good scale. Weigh all! Your food &log in MFP. Every day. Eat back no more than half your exercise cals.
  • 2DUNNY
    2DUNNY Posts: 101 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Buy a food scale. Weigh everything. Log everything. No skipping, cheating or forgetting.

    i agree with this. and what i have been doing is every saturday, i drink a coke. i used to drink 1-2 per day, and i miss them, but knowing i can have one every saturday makes the weekdays easier. also set yourself up with a reward. such as, for every 10 lbs, you get a new pair of shoes, or a new lipstick, or a new work-out top, etc.
  • ThatFrigginGuy99
    ThatFrigginGuy99 Posts: 46 Member
    I agree with all above but remember to keep the mental part of it fun too. The on again off agian comes when your plan becomes a chore or obligation. It's no longer fun or you begin to plateau and you begin to wonder why and then quit.
    Secondly: keep it simple. The more research you do, the more opinion based information you get. Personally i keep to 3 main rules:
    1) Make your own naturally HEALTHY food. (Don't make a pizza lol and dont buy premade dinners)
    2) Align your caloric intake with your output to maintain a deficit. ( I have to eat 3000+ calories a day to maintain my active lifestyle and lose weight. Less active lifestyles will require less calories taken in.
    3) Eat less, move more, have fun.
    I hope this helps. Good luck.
  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    Log everything you consume, accurately and honestly. Accurately means that instead of estimating how much is on your plate, you weigh your portions out, use correct database entries and log. Honestly means tracking all you consume, even if you have a bite of this or a taste of that or its something you regret eating.

    Beyond that, its a matter of patience. This is a process of 10-18 months potentially. Does every day have to be perfect? No, and you can even sometimes choose to eat more. Just let those situations be exceptions rather than standard habit. Month by month, you will become fitter and healthier. So even though it takes time, you're getting stronger all the time.
  • bridgets1978
    bridgets1978 Posts: 6 Member
    Weighing and measuring food really worked for me as is mentioned above. I also found that when I hit a plateau that changing my workout routine helped. If I was doing a lot of cardio, I focused more on weights and vice versa. It kept my body guessing. Good luck!
  • Chadxx
    Chadxx Posts: 1,199 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Buy a food scale. Weigh everything. Log everything. No skipping, cheating or forgetting.

    This ^

    You don't need a kick start. What you need is accuracy and consistency in maintaining a calorie deficit. I haven't plateaued once in the process of losing over 150 pounds and all I have done is maintain a deficit. There is nothing to it but to do it.

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