I QUIT!!!!

Dont quit I know its really hard, I have heard from a trainer named Jillian on the " Biggest Looser" that if you dont eat enough you will not loose any weight for your body starts to shut down and conserve what you have eaten. So go back and look at what you are suppose to be eating and work out for 30mins a day. Thats all that they ask for. See if that works I hope it does, if you want to talk I am here.
Danielle:flowerforyou:

I just found this link go to it and read it I think it will help you out alot.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/3047-700-calories-a-day-and-not-losing?page=1#posts-19051

I heard some Dr. once say, "It did not take you three weeks to gain this weight, You are not going to lose it in 3 weeks".
I think you are a victim of wanting over night results, and that is not going to happen. :frown:
I hate to tell every one here that, but it is true. Your body is just now starting to think, OH she wants me to LOSE the weight! Hmm, Maybe I will.
There are some people, Myself included that have bodies that hold weight for a while, THEN we start to lose. then when we do it is a steady loss. I have heard from some ladies on line here that did not lose ANYTHING for 4 weeks, and then when they did it was steady drop at a pound to 2 pounds a week.
IN THE MEAN TIME! How do you feel other wise?
Do you sleep better? Did you get through the start of the cold and flu season without getting sick? Or if you did, did you notice it did not LAST AS LONG? Have you noticed that you skin looks brighter?
Have you noticed you have more energy?
Are your clothes starting to look and feel lose on you?
Sometimes we put too much into the numbers on the scale and not at how we look and feel.
And Darling You look MARVELOUS! :bigsmile: :smooched:
--Diann

I am feeling the same frustrations! 5 weeks of cutting calories, eating much healthier foods, and excerising A LOT! and the scale? Hasn't moved in the right direction. But we can NOT give up now, or ever. These healthy changes in our food intake and exercise ARE making us healthier, whether the scales moves or not right now. I just have to keep it up and hope that eventually my body will release this extra weight that I'm lugging around.
Oh, and it does appear that you DO need to eat more calories. 1200 just isn't enough when you're working out as hard as you are, especially since it's probably such a shock to our bodies to have not only cut so many calories in recent weeks, but have also been kicking butt with tons of exercise. Add a few more healthy snacks to your day, particularily 1-2 hours before your workout. A slice of multigrain bread with 1 tbsp of natural peanut butter, get the carbs and energy your body needs to keep going. And another tbsp of PB on a stalk of celery within 30 minutes after your workout to refuel.

Yes, muscle does weigh more thatn fat which is why some people who gain muscle quickly and easily will hold weight a little longer when starting to excercise. You might also try a adding another type of cardio. Maybe some aerobics, pilates, yoga, and some light weights. ( I have many workout dvd's that offer all types of these, and I rotate them days between the treadmill.) Keep your workouts ever changing so your body doesn't settle into one thing.

I dont know if it has anything to do with it, but I saw on a show where a fitness guy said the elipticqal is really not all that good for you, if thats the only exercise you'e doing. He said it will burn calories, but b/c the moves that you are doing on it are not moves that your body naturally does, then you need to do other forms of workout, running, treadmill, etc

I quit! That's it!

I try so HARD , i eat good food and i try to burn almost half of what i eat on the eliptial 400-600 calories.
i only eat around 1200 a day!

and in THREE WEEKS I'VE LOST 4 ounces!!! i started at 133 and now im 132.6


i quit. i mean , i feel terrible.

i might as well eat whatever i WANT and weigh the additional .4!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you're 133? and what is your goal weight? do you only have a few pounds to lose? if that is the case then of course you aren't going to drop anything huge. you don't have anything huge to lose. if you only have 10 pounds to lose or maybe a bit more or less, your body will cling to it as long as it can. what is your bmr? are you in the normal range? You if so, then you are right, you SHOULD quit...Know why??? YOU MADE IT!!!!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: You are at the perfect weight for you!!!, TA DA!!! what a huge success. now all you have to do is relax, tone up a bit, set up a nice routine and bask in the glow, girl. firm up your arms or abs or what ever is your peskiest problem and be thrilled for yourself. You shouldn't feel terrible, you should be friggin dancing on table tops girl. take a yoga class instead of a cardio class and you will firm up those last few pounds before you know it. congratulations. I wish I were as close as you. But NO you can't eat whatever you want. now you have to educate yourself to maintain this small, but steady weightloss and size. now go out and buy a new dress and reward yourself for being damned near perfect!! :flowerforyou:

Three weeks is not enough time under your belt to throw in the towel. First, record all of your body measurements and throw away your scale. Second, plan on eating at least five good meals a day. Third, add a little bit of strength training to your workouts, the more lean muscle your body has the more fat you will burn off, even while resting. Last, and most important thing to remember, losing weight is not hard, finding the discipline to always keep up with it is the hard part. I am sure you have to feel a little better, maybe just a little more energy. Be patience and don't always fall for all the hype of losing all this weight quickly sometimes it just takes a little time and perseverance. It is a trail and error game for everyone until you find what works for you to lose weight. Giving up now will just set you back even more, cause you will decide to do this again and if you quit now think of all the time you will have wasted. Best of luck and you can do this, YOU CAN DO THIS.

lietee and tbird are right. If you're doing what you say you're doing, you're not eating nearly enough calories and it's the classic example of "starvation mode."

Just eat what MFP tells you to eat. If you happen to burn 800 calories in one workout (and that is a HUGE workout; not one you should be doing every day), then you need to eat 800 more calories in food for that day, just like MFP says.

Trust the process! I promise it's a good one.

Ok.. so I keep hearing everyone say if you only eat 1200 calories you're starving yourself, blah blah...

But what I WANT to hear is from WOMEN who have actually eaten MORE and then started losing weight?

I mean... has this worked for any of you?
Tell us?

Ok.. so I keep hearing everyone say if you only eat 1200 calories you're starving yourself, blah blah...

But what I WANT to hear is from WOMEN who have actually eaten MORE and then started losing weight?

I mean... has this worked for any of you?
Tell us?

There have been lots and lots of stories. I'll say it again, 1200 is an arbitrary number. It may be what you need, but it may be too little for you. What you have to do is find out what your maintain calories are, and subtract anywhere from 100 to probably around 7 or 800 to loose weight (obviously, 7 or 800 is too many if your only suppose to eat 1400 total...etc.). Generally 75% of your maintain weight is a healthy amount. But REMEMBER, if your working out, add that to the total calories your suppose to have I.E. if your maintain calories are 1600 a day, and you work out for say 400 calories in a day, your maintain calories are 2000 for that day, that means you would need to eat 2000 to keep your weight balanced. now if you only eat 1500 that's a 500 calorie deficite for the day, you maintain that deficite and you get about 1 lb a week (slightly over) which, believe it or not, is a solid weight loss, not too much that your body is over stressed, but not too little that you can't tell. That's 4 lbs a month or, drum roll please, 48 lbs a year! That's pretty darn good.

Obviously, the more overweight you are, the higher your deficite can be without risking harm, to a point.
I hope this helps.

eat.. you must eat in order to loose weight!!!! You need to make sure you have the right base calorie amount based off of your height and goal weight and if you are exercising that much you definitely need to eat more calories.

To me it sounds like you're not taking in enough calories to even sustain basic bodily functions if you are eating 1200 and burning off 1/3 - 1/2 of it!! You need to either be eating more or excercising less. Your body is trying to hold onto whatever it can right now. There is such a thing as not getting enough calories.

Good luck!

Don't quit! Your body will not show the improvement until it knows that you are not going to quit. 1200 calories I agree is starving the body and it is shutting down the metabolism. For the one who asked about those of us eating more and have we lost weight.

I am eating 1600 calories and exercising 4-5 times a week. When I eat over the 1600 calories if I did not exercise that day you will find me infront of my dance dvd in the evening to burn off over the 1600 calories.

I am riding my bike hard 20-30 miles a week and I am in my 5th week of CONSISTENCY and I am finally showing signs of losing weight. For 3 weeks I stayed at a loss of 3-4 lbs. Frustrated as I was I was doing this for my health and a life style change. My BP is finally getting close to normal range instead of being extremely high. Jan 7 my bp was 160/108 today when I checked it I was 136/76. YIPPIE!!! But you know if I quit my BP will go back to where it was.

So please do this for a lifestyle change and keep your heart and other organs healthy.

It rained all day and now finally starting to clear at 5pm. I could be a couch potatoe but because I missed out on my 18 mile ride today I will go try to squeeze 5-10 miles before dark.

Hang in there!!!!

Stacy

I'm in exactly the same boat! I'm 133 right now and actually I gained 3 lbs in the last couple days. It's sooo frustrating but you shouldn't give up cause it's gonna take some time. And it might just be your gaining muscle. Just give it another shot.