30 pounds lost, and 30 pound left to go...help.

This is a very interesting read and might help, I am posting this from a forum as it is very helpful: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/9433-expectations

I completely relate, I am now 29 and have had the battle of the weight loss since I was much younger than you. And I now am getting back in the game, because I realize I will be 30 next year and the older you get, the harder it is to lose. My thoughts are that this first stage in weight loss you lose the most. In a few weeks I am expecting to hit the same "wall" as I like to call it, that you are hitting now. I told myself not to get discouraged when I hit the wall like I normally do, my plan will be to add more time to my workout sessions, and make them a bit more intense, because the first stage is the easiest, your body then becomes conditioned to what you have been doing. You have to shake it up, try new things, and either and more time or more intensity or both. Currently I am doing between 60 to 120 minutes per day. Split into a morning session and an evening session. While this week has been more like 30 min in the morning and 30 at night, I am pushing myself harder to get that heart rate up there and adding challenges. I weigh in after Month 1 on Sept. 1st. At that time I will add a requirement to myself that I MUST do 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the evening no matter what, and that it must be high-intensity. No slacking. You are young and you shouldn't do more than the doctor recommends. This I hope will work for me, and has in the past. This is the most important weight loss transition for me, because I have made an additional commitment of using no weight loss pills, gimmicks, caffeine, etc. I wanted this to not be a temporary weight loss. I currently weighed in at 183 lbs on 8/10. I only weigh once per month as to not let the scale play tricks with me. I encourage you to do the same. My goal is to weigh 143 lbs by 1/6/13. That is 8 lbs per month I want to lose. But if I don't meet my goal, I won't quit, and neither should you. Good luck to you, hope some of this advice was helpful to you!

Go to settings, and update your diet/fitness profile. Even if nothing in there has changed hit accept. It will tell you what your new calorie goal is. You should be doing this every 10 pounds you lose. The more you lose, the less your body naturally consumes, and the more you have to cut back. My first goal was 1800cal/day. Now after I've lost 35 pounds it's only 1500cal/day.

This is a very interesting read and might help, I am posting this from a forum as it is very helpful: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/9433-expectations

Thanks for posting this. I really needed it today. I started out strong and am down 28lbs. YAY GO ME but the last few weeks the scales have been moving at a rusty screech and my drive is taking a beating! It isn't just about looking better, it's about feeling better and being healthy but seeing the weight loss and looking better sure are great motivators to keep going. It is especially hard as my husband is so close to his goal and I still have soooo far to go. Another 45lbs :frown: Right now I feel as though I must be doing something wrong. Am I leaving too big of a deficit? Not enough of a deficit? I am struggling to just keep going but I will because I am nothing if not stubborn :happy:

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