Frens0614 wrote: »

Frens0614
Monday
PW 146.1
CW 146.8

I’ve been hovering around the same weight for months. I can’t seem to move on, and with the holidays here, I’m struggling even more. I’m disappointed .

@Frens0614 It may be time to revisit your goals. The body adapts to what we do to it, exercise, claories, etc. Sometimes you need to change up your calorie goals, workouts and whatnot. If you've lost a significant amount of weight, your body doesn't need as many calories to maintain and therefore the same is true if you want to lose. I would look at what you're taking in and start there!

I was exactly in that boat at the beginning of the year. For 6 months, I stayed the same, or lost and gained the same 2 lbs. I decided I needed to make the change, looked at what I was doing and decided that it wasn't working. I wound up mixing in some intermittent fasting and cutting some extra calories from my diet and I'm down another 26 lbs since I did that at the end of June.

And as for the holidays coming up, one day of eating isn't going to kill all the progress you've been making, so like for Thanksgiving, even if you go overboard one day, it's not going to do as much damage as you might think. 1 pound=3500 calories, and 2 pounds=7000 calories, so even if you managed to eat 7000 calories in one day, that's only 2 lbs and that's assuming that all of that was extra, which it's most likely not as you do NEED some to survive.

The trick really isn't to not enjoy time with family and eat the things we want to, it's limiting it to one day, and not giving in. And just because we overate once, we aren't sunk, destroyed, etc. We still pick up and carry on, and eventually we will get where we want to be.

dheliason wrote: »

dheliason
November week 1
Monday
Previous: 142.8
Current: 141.5

@dheliason Awesome start!

evangsimmons170 wrote: »

My weigh-in days are Mondays.

11/1 SW: 358.2
11/5: 357

@evangsimmons170 Great job!

mram3582 wrote: »

@AB0215 You were too fast for me this morning. I came home from work and was going to collect weights, but they were done! Done! I'll keep an eye out for the rest of the day if you need a break.

@mram3582 I got up early, I hate when the time changes, I went to bed at like 8 last night and got up super early, wasn't ready for my workout so I decided to come in here and see what was going on lol.

spinnerkind wrote: »

Also since I'm new in this challenge, here is a bit about myself:
I've kept my weight for 2 years now which I think is great, because I used to jojo quite a bit. When I was studying I also started doing sports regularly but did not really limit my food.. so I ended up with 211,6 lbs (I'm 5 feet 7), which left me rather uncomfortable with my body. So in 2014 I downloaded mfp and consequently ended up with happy 167,5 pounds! Then life (work and my partner) "got in the way" and while I still did sports, I was eating more while not exercising enough... I'm still quite happy with my body but I really want to get back to the 167 points. I hope these challenges help me to finally stay on track!

@spinnerkind I'm right there with you, I'm down a lot, and I'm quite happy with my body right now, but I would like to take a bit further and get to the finish line. You've done great for yourself and you'll get there!