Help. I am getting FRUSTRATED!

julz_e
julz_e Posts: 10 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I cut out sugar 24 days ago. I was several cokes a day, and a duncan iced chocolate milk... i mean coffee. I have weighed, and measured everything, and started working out 15 days ago, the JM 30 day shred. My body hurts all over!!!! I have not lost 1 pound, or even a 1/2 inch... what am i doing wrong? I drink tons of water, I'm exercising and logging my food with measurements etc..(digital scale)
Im starting to get frustrated and think this is all pointless. I committed to 30 days to myself, but at this point, I am wondering if I should bother continuing...nothing is happening!
I have an apple watch so I can see I'm getting my heart rate in the fat burning area but i am not seeing that on the scale or measuring tape...
HELP!

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  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    There's a very likely chance that you are retaining water due to the workouts if you are constantly sore. What are your stats and is your food diary open?
  • julz_e
    julz_e Posts: 10 Member
    i have no idea... how to check any of that usmcmp.... how do I find it?
  • julz_e
    julz_e Posts: 10 Member
    I think i just opened it...
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,056 Member
    You don't seem to be weighing your food with an electric food scale. Please do use one as measuring cups and spoons are not precise. How do you know your peanut butter is exactly 2 tablespoons if you don't know what kind of spoon size was used for it, and how it compares to yours? How do you know your apple was medium if you don't weigh it? And grated cheese in a cup? It can sit in there being fluffy, or you can squeeze it in. That's a massive difference.
  • julz_e
    julz_e Posts: 10 Member
    Wait, your saying to log it by weight instead of cups? I was weighing meats but I didn't think of cheese..... and pb was done with a tablespoon. It's been very annoying to measure all this and not see anything
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    you're sore, so you're retaining water. you didn't gain all the weight in 2 weeks, so you wont lose it all in 2 weeks. be more patient.

    and weigh your food.
  • julz_e
    julz_e Posts: 10 Member
    How much water can one retain? Lol! I didn't think I should take a rest day, should I try that, or keep plugging away? I just am feeling really frustrated. Cutting out sodas and duncan should have made this easier yet I still see nothing
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    MFP can help, but you need to be patient and reevaluate your goals. Cutting sugar is not necessary for weight loss. Exercise is not necessary either, although it's great for your health and long term weight management. Thirty days is just a drop in the bucket. There are lots of great articles here and elsewhere about the important of thinking for the future when you lose weight. If you want to lose and keep the weight off, you're aiming for changes you can sustain, not a crash diet that you can drop as soon as possible.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    julz_e wrote: »
    How much water can one retain? Lol! I didn't think I should take a rest day, should I try that, or keep plugging away? I just am feeling really frustrated. Cutting out sodas and duncan should have made this easier yet I still see nothing

    up to 10lbs is normal...
  • amtyrell
    amtyrell Posts: 1,447 Member
    One can retain a lot of water weight. Also as a woman I at least lose almost all my weight for the month immediately following time of month
  • julz_e
    julz_e Posts: 10 Member
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    MFP can help, but you need to be patient and reevaluate your goals. Cutting sugar is not necessary for weight loss. Exercise is not necessary either, although it's great for your health and long term weight management. Thirty days is just a drop in the bucket. There are lots of great articles here and elsewhere about the important of thinking for the future when you lose weight. If you want to lose and keep the weight off, you're aiming for changes you can sustain, not a crash diet that y


    It's not about he "crash diet" I was doing this long term, but it's really frustrating when your are letting go of a strong habit, working out, eating correctly, and still not seeing a change. I cut the sugar out because it wasn't healthy, I am sure I would have ended up diabetic. I want to lose 20 lbs, which isn't a ton, but it seems impossible, especially since I haven't seen anything.

    I just am starting to doubt if this is even achievable
  • julz_e
    julz_e Posts: 10 Member
    I had a kids size Diet Coke at chick Fula yesterday, and other than that it's been water! I don't mind the water, I just hope this is water retention!!!!

    When does that stop? Ever?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    julz_e wrote: »
    I had a kids size Diet Coke at chick Fula yesterday, and other than that it's been water! I don't mind the water, I just hope this is water retention!!!!

    When does that stop? Ever?

    you ate high sodium yesterday.. that will cause water retention too...
  • julz_e
    julz_e Posts: 10 Member
    edited August 2017
    Ok so I will be weighing EVERYTHING now
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    julz_e wrote: »
    Ok so I will be weighing EVERYTHING now

    yep.

    and understand that weight fluctuates for lots of completely normal reasons, so even when you do everything right, the scales are sometimes mean.
  • julz_e
    julz_e Posts: 10 Member
    Well I will log everything including my water so you guys can help figure this out if I still can't see anything in the future! Thank you for your help. It just gets really hard when you are working so hard and not seeing anything
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    julz_e wrote: »
    Ok so I will be weighing EVERYTHING now

    Awesome! Tell us what you find!

    Also, there is absolutely nothing wrong with diet soda or sugar. If you like them, and they fit in your calorie goals, have them.
  • kokonani
    kokonani Posts: 507 Member
    Are you eating at deficit? Maybe counting is off?? In the first couple of weeks, it's mainly water retention from workouts. Check your calories, make sure you are at deficit, and be patient.
  • julz_e
    julz_e Posts: 10 Member
    I am at a deficit. I turned off the counting my steps too, I didn't want to have them count so I would eat more! (At least I think I did.... not sure where I did that at!)
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