FED UP

smokeythepug
smokeythepug Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Motivation and Support
People, I'm looking for some motivation and/or advice because at this point, I'm just OVER IT. I've been working out since January of this year. I'm 46, I weight about 200 right now, I'm 5'4" and I wear a size 12-14. I have mixed it up with cardio, I have added in weights/strength training, I have watched my diet to a tee. I have lost about 15 pounds, and that is it. I will admit that I feel better, but I haven't gone down a size and I don't look any different. I am really frustrated and I'm wondering why I'm wasting time five days a week to workout and eat clean if it's not going to make a difference. Has anyone else experienced the same thing? I've lost weight before, and now it just ISN'T HAPPENING. Help!

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  • moonangel12
    moonangel12 Posts: 971 Member
    A big THANK YOU kimny72!! I was reading through that food scale thread a few weeks ago, accidentally closed it out and could.not.find.it! Nor could I remember how I got to it in the first place!

    To the OP, I second the food scale recommendation- it makes a HUGE difference! You can eat healthy and clean and still go way over on calories (and opposite that, eat crap food and stay under, but that’s not the discussion here). I have always been a label reader but not a calorie counter - quite eye opening!
  • denjan333
    denjan333 Posts: 158 Member
    What does it mean to "watch your diet to a tee"? The other two posters have good advice. I'll only add that you may also consider some blood tests to rule out any biological issues. Personally, I have low thyroid, and if I didn't take my medication, I would imagine that losing weight would be more difficult. That said, almost every time, the issue comes down to accurate food intake. Not using a food scale. Not logging absolutely every item of food and drink. Over-estimating calories burned in exercise. Etc, etc.

    Not one person on this planet is "unable" to lose weight. You are not a super-human fat-keeping machine. If you follow the basic rule of calories in < calories out, you will lose weight. The thing for you to do now is find out where you're being inaccurate, and fix it up. You can do it.
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