Yup. Hit Scream Weight.
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I was one of the tar-pit people my last go-round in 2013. Lost 75# while being very active on MFP. Hit goal and dropped out of sight. ONE short year it took me to gain it all back.
So after losing 75# again (at one point it was 99#) I’m taking a very different approach including leaning in to you with more experience, and weighing every day - even if i don’t like what I see.
If anyone is reading this that is uncomfortable about being in the same situation. Please either post, or PM. It feels so nice to know that this group has your back!
I haven't found myself in the same situation, but I carry that concern of it being just around the corner. That's why I don't dare stop weighing my food and logging. While I don't want anyone to have a hard time of it, I certainly appreciate people, like so many on this thread, posting about their experiences. It's a long and tough row to hoe and having people to commiserate with makes a world of difference.
Thanks for starting this thread.
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I haven’t weighed myself but for the last 2 or so weeks I’ve eaten like crap and I’m now constantly bloated so today I’m restarting.
For some reason when I see my goal weight on the scales I relax with my food, I’m still exercising but eating more junk so I’ve given myself a kick up the backside and brought lots of veg and fruit and yoghurt today.
We will all get back on track!!!!7 -
RideLiftRun wrote: »I was one of the tar-pit people my last go-round in 2013. Lost 75# while being very active on MFP. Hit goal and dropped out of sight. ONE short year it took me to gain it all back.
So after losing 75# again (at one point it was 99#) I’m taking a very different approach including leaning in to you with more experience, and weighing every day - even if i don’t like what I see.
If anyone is reading this that is uncomfortable about being in the same situation. Please either post, or PM. It feels so nice to know that this group has your back!
I'll send you a friend request...
I've never been active on MFP, but having yoyoed quite a bit with my weight since the original loss, I've now figured that while I know how to lose weight, I'm not very good at all at maintenance. So trying a new approach of being more active in here to help me figure it out! Thanks for starting this post, it really can be very uncomfortable admitting regain.
@RideLiftRun if you are into such things, there’s a podcast called Half Size Me that focuses on maintenance. I like hearing stories of others who are in the same place.5 -
This is such a great thread! Thanks, @nowine4me for the podcast info. Going to try it today while at the gym. I am still fighting with that 2 lbs. over my range, i.e., 4 from the bottom of the range, and while that seems like a small amount, we all know it's a slippery slope. What usually works for me - and what I have NOT been doing, BTW, is not to count calories when I get "up", but to change behaviors. I know that if I cut out the carb at breakfast, and have no food after dinner, I am not only not hungry either time, but also lose the weight. So now I have to break those two habits ... and it's a struggle. I refuse to give up, tho. Too many positives have come of being 40 lbs. less ... a lot of medical improvements, along with other things. We all need to remind ourselves that when the going gets rough, we have the tools! For me, I just need to get them out of the toolbox and use them!5
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RideLiftRun wrote: »I was one of the tar-pit people my last go-round in 2013. Lost 75# while being very active on MFP. Hit goal and dropped out of sight. ONE short year it took me to gain it all back.
So after losing 75# again (at one point it was 99#) I’m taking a very different approach including leaning in to you with more experience, and weighing every day - even if i don’t like what I see.
If anyone is reading this that is uncomfortable about being in the same situation. Please either post, or PM. It feels so nice to know that this group has your back!
I'll send you a friend request...
I've never been active on MFP, but having yoyoed quite a bit with my weight since the original loss, I've now figured that while I know how to lose weight, I'm not very good at all at maintenance. So trying a new approach of being more active in here to help me figure it out! Thanks for starting this post, it really can be very uncomfortable admitting regain.
@RideLiftRun if you are into such things, there’s a podcast called Half Size Me that focuses on maintenance. I like hearing stories of others who are in the same place.
Great thanks, I'll check it out!1 -
I was one of the tar-pit people my last go-round in 2013. Lost 75# while being very active on MFP. Hit goal and dropped out of sight. ONE short year it took me to gain it all back.
So after losing 75# again (at one point it was 99#) I’m taking a very different approach including leaning in to you with more experience, and weighing every day - even if i don’t like what I see.
If anyone is reading this that is uncomfortable about being in the same situation. Please either post, or PM. It feels so nice to know that this group has your back!
I've been there. I lost about 80 pounds back in the early 2000's. I kept it off until about 2011 or so then gained it all back. Yeah, I had to hit scream weight too - I ballooned to 265 pounds.
Here's the take away - it's not hopeless. I wasn't doomed to stay fat. 265 pounds isn't my "setpoint" or the weight my body "wants" to stay. I simply stopped doing the things that had made me successful. I will tell you in skinny me v1.0 I did actually outrun a bad diet. I was running and cycling a lot of miles and could pretty much eat whatever I wanted. Problem is when i stopped exercising I didn't know how to eat - or monitor my caloric needs.
This time was different. I learned to log my intake and measure my needs. I monitor with daily weighing (works for me). I have returned to fitness and once again run/ride a lot of miles. What's different is I know how much to eat when I exercise and how much to eat when I don't. I'm more knowledgeable now - I've learned from past mistakes.
Good luck with your journey. You too are wiser now. Just get back to work - stinks to have to do it again but such is life.
Edit: I'm back to a normal BMI and have been in maintenance for about six months. I once again weigh what I did before. Success is possible.12 -
It I hit 150 I'd also scream, but my scream would be from happiness. That's my current goal weight. I'm 5'8". I didn't realize how fat that is still considered.0
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midlomel1971 wrote: »It I hit 150 I'd also scream, but my scream would be from happiness. That's my current goal weight. I'm 5'8". I didn't realize how fat that is still considered.
There's height to consider. IIRC, OP is less tall than you.4 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »midlomel1971 wrote: »It I hit 150 I'd also scream, but my scream would be from happiness. That's my current goal weight. I'm 5'8". I didn't realize how fat that is still considered.
There's height to consider. IIRC, OP is less tall than you.
Is less tall how we say short now, to spare the feelings of those of us who are vertically challenged?
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nutmegoreo wrote: »midlomel1971 wrote: »It I hit 150 I'd also scream, but my scream would be from happiness. That's my current goal weight. I'm 5'8". I didn't realize how fat that is still considered.
There's height to consider. IIRC, OP is less tall than you.
Is less tall how we say short now, to spare the feelings of those of us who are vertically challenged?
You and I are short. I didn't want to offend OP by lumping her in with the likes of us. :laugh:3 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »midlomel1971 wrote: »It I hit 150 I'd also scream, but my scream would be from happiness. That's my current goal weight. I'm 5'8". I didn't realize how fat that is still considered.
There's height to consider. IIRC, OP is less tall than you.
Is less tall how we say short now, to spare the feelings of those of us who are vertically challenged?
You and I are short. I didn't want to offend OP by lumping her in with the likes of us. :laugh:
You're short, but Pinup is shrinking. Wonder how tall she is now?
Sorry OT.1 -
midlomel1971 wrote: »It I hit 150 I'd also scream, but my scream would be from happiness. That's my current goal weight. I'm 5'8". I didn't realize how fat that is still considered.
It's not when you're tall.4 -
LivingtheLeanDream wrote: »midlomel1971 wrote: »It I hit 150 I'd also scream, but my scream would be from happiness. That's my current goal weight. I'm 5'8". I didn't realize how fat that is still considered.
It's not when you're tall.
Meh, don't worry. I'm 5'7" like Nowine, and hovering over 145. Everyone built different, body frame and structure has to be taken into consideration. Also muscle mass will make a big impact. I see sometimes posts of people my height and they weigh 115. It's what makes you happy, healthy, and able to sustain the weight that you consider ideal long term. It's hard to do it while eating candy and trail mix as a volume eater, lol. @nowine4me! I'm guilty of same thing, and it feels like an uphill ride often, too difficult to compensate overeating with extra exercise more often than not. I would like to be about 4 lbs lighter, but can't seem to stay there. So i tell myself, who's gonna know? It's a slippery slope, for sure. Making excuses can catch up with you.6 -
Great job @garystrickland357 getting back on track. Thank you for the pep talk.
And @icemom011 - oh to have your arms. You must be incredibly proud.2 -
I'm so glad I found this thread. I got down to 137, now at 161, not counting water fluctuations (happens a lot). I can't help but feel a little resentful at having to go through the weight loss again. I'm pissed I let myself get this size again. My clothes barely fit and I refuse to buy a larger size. So I just gotta suck it up and use that discomfort to direct me. Or else spend the spring and summer in leggings and sweats. I like my dresses too much for that.
I'm short,5'3", so the the additional weight looks like a ton, and I can see on my friends and coworkers faces that they want to say something. I'm grateful that they haven't because I know for myself I won't handle it well.
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I hit SW earlier this year.
I haven't had the energy to be disciplined. I've been lazy about it - unusually so. Maybe it's age. I care, but I certainly don't care enough to be as rigorous as I was 3 years ago, or would have been under these circumstances.
My deficit is about 250-300 calories a day, max, and that's it. And that's basically within margin of error. I have to weigh in and see if I'm even losing... this may actually be MAINTENANCE!
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@New_Heavens_Earth I swear, the fact that I donated all my clothes other than one size up will be my saving grace. At the time, it was brutally hard for me to do, I had very little confidence. But now, if I had those sizes 6-8-10-12-14-18-20 and 22 in the back of my closet, it would be a gazillion times easier to let this continue to slide.
I’m down a few under scream using a very small deficit and don’t have to fear the flying buttons today. Happy hump day!12 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »midlomel1971 wrote: »It I hit 150 I'd also scream, but my scream would be from happiness. That's my current goal weight. I'm 5'8". I didn't realize how fat that is still considered.
There's height to consider. IIRC, OP is less tall than you.
You'd be surprised how few people take that into consideration.
In high school I weighed the same as my best friend. I was 5'10" and she was 5'1". So at 150, I was at a good and healthy weight, and she was significantly overweight. But somehow in the "fat talk" among friends, everyone talked about *me* like I was just as fat, because I weighed SO MUCH and wore a size 13, which was apparently "so huge."
What I wouldn't give to be back at my "OMG, you're so FAT" 150 pounds....16 -
I hit SW earlier this year.
I haven't had the energy to be disciplined. I've been lazy about it - unusually so. Maybe it's age. I care, but I certainly don't care enough to be as rigorous as I was 3 years ago, or would have been under these circumstances.
My deficit is about 250-300 calories a day, max, and that's it. And that's basically within margin of error. I have to weigh in and see if I'm even losing... this may actually be MAINTENANCE!
I can’t imagine living with MORE than a 250-300 calorie deficit. I love food too much and I get hangry enough as it is on my more active days. I have no idea how much you want to lose, but, chip away at it!
My whoosh finally happened today, after a month of feeling like the weigh and log game was a waste of time.4 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »midlomel1971 wrote: »It I hit 150 I'd also scream, but my scream would be from happiness. That's my current goal weight. I'm 5'8". I didn't realize how fat that is still considered.
There's height to consider. IIRC, OP is less tall than you.
You'd be surprised how few people take that into consideration.
In high school I weighed the same as my best friend. I was 5'10" and she was 5'1". So at 150, I was at a good and healthy weight, and she was significantly overweight. But somehow in the "fat talk" among friends, everyone talked about *me* like I was just as fat, because I weighed SO MUCH and wore a size 13, which was apparently "so huge."
What I wouldn't give to be back at my "OMG, you're so FAT" 150 pounds....
Its ridiculous that anyone would declare you fat when you clearly weren't.... hoping you realised that back then and didn't listen to such rubbish .... I would have thought it would be common sense to realise that 150lb looks different on everyone.0 -
LivingtheLeanDream wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »midlomel1971 wrote: »It I hit 150 I'd also scream, but my scream would be from happiness. That's my current goal weight. I'm 5'8". I didn't realize how fat that is still considered.
There's height to consider. IIRC, OP is less tall than you.
You'd be surprised how few people take that into consideration.
In high school I weighed the same as my best friend. I was 5'10" and she was 5'1". So at 150, I was at a good and healthy weight, and she was significantly overweight. But somehow in the "fat talk" among friends, everyone talked about *me* like I was just as fat, because I weighed SO MUCH and wore a size 13, which was apparently "so huge."
What I wouldn't give to be back at my "OMG, you're so FAT" 150 pounds....
Its ridiculous that anyone would declare you fat when you clearly weren't.... hoping you realised that back then and didn't listen to such rubbish .... I would have thought it would be common sense to realise that 150lb looks different on everyone.
No kidding. That's complete BS. Jealousy is ugly.
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Jumping in to say I can really relate! Several years ago, I went from 166 to 133. I loved being 133! I love how I felt, howclothes looked and fit the first time in my life, I started focusing on my running times. Even managed a few age group awards at races.
I found the running plus daily weighing worked to maintain and I did so for a good 2 years. In fall if 2016 I got very sick with Lyme and the medication made me lose my appetite. I dropped a few more pounds. After that, my weight started slowly creeping up. At first it was to 135 then 137... just a couple pounds so you think “gee I should watch this” but you aren’t alarmed yet.
Last year the scale tipped 140 for the first time in about 4 years. I’d make a good start to redo my MFP efforts but usually only make it a week or two. I think it’s just tough thinking of how much work went into losing the weight the first time and deep down I want to feel like I’m beyond that now.
On Monday I was at 144. I know that some people are thinking gee, that’s normal or even good for someone 5’7” and 40, but understand when you’ve experienced a weight closer to your ideal, you don’t want to stray from that. I’m starting to have clothes fit tighter and I can’t hit some of the running times I easily did 3 years ago. A huge motivation for me is my running goals.
Phew! That was long, but it was good to get off my chest. I’m glad op you wrote this here because I was feeling down. As you see the first forum I went to today for encouragement was maintenance so I’m gonna agree, yes! This belongs here!
We’ve got this! Btw if someone does set up a group or challenge, I’d be all over that. I do think it’s a different ballgame for maintainers.13 -
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LivingtheLeanDream wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »midlomel1971 wrote: »It I hit 150 I'd also scream, but my scream would be from happiness. That's my current goal weight. I'm 5'8". I didn't realize how fat that is still considered.
There's height to consider. IIRC, OP is less tall than you.
You'd be surprised how few people take that into consideration.
In high school I weighed the same as my best friend. I was 5'10" and she was 5'1". So at 150, I was at a good and healthy weight, and she was significantly overweight. But somehow in the "fat talk" among friends, everyone talked about *me* like I was just as fat, because I weighed SO MUCH and wore a size 13, which was apparently "so huge."
What I wouldn't give to be back at my "OMG, you're so FAT" 150 pounds....
Its ridiculous that anyone would declare you fat when you clearly weren't.... hoping you realised that back then and didn't listen to such rubbish .... I would have thought it would be common sense to realise that 150lb looks different on everyone.
Nope: I was a teenager, I was "bigger" than any of my friends, and I bought it hook, line, and sinker.
This is one reason I get ticked off at the whole "well, if we tell people they're fat, we're helping them" argument. Because it doesn't.
(Seriously: "Plus size" started at size 12/13 back then. I almost had to get a prom dress from the Mother of the Bride section because no prom dresses went above a 12 and I was up to a 13/14 - at a perfect weight and "normal" BMI. "not being able to find nice clothes" was also not "inspriational."9 -
It happens- you lose the weight, and then something happens to derail or tempt your progress and hard work. But don't worry- you can always get right back on track at the next meal and lose the weight. You will get there, you got this. Don't get discouraged. Don't quit! You can do it!2
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I can’t imagine living with MORE than a 250-300 calorie deficit. I love food too much and I get hangry enough as it is on my more active days. I have no idea how much you want to lose, but, chip away at it!
My whoosh finally happened today, after a month of feeling like the weigh and log game was a waste of time.
This is encouraging!
I was hoping for a mini cut of 1 lb/week for 4 weeks to get it over with, but honestly... it's too much work. And like I said, I'm being lazy.
I guess my worry is that if I choose 250 calories as a daily deficit, it might really be less due to errors (I weigh foods but there is margin of error on some staples).4 -
I’m really into this thread. I have felt like a failure for struggling to maintain after feeling so confident once I figured out losing. So glad to hear that we all have to keep adjusting and being aware. Thanks so much everybody who is supporting this group!!5
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As of today, I’m back out of scream territory, but not yet back in range (132-138). I flat refuse to buy new shorts for vacation, so that gives me motivation. And it’s FINALLY starting to warm up!21
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You’ve got this!2
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