Weight loss stuck

dewsangell
dewsangell Posts: 3 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello everyone. I’m having a hard time and feeling alone and ready to throw in the towel! I won’t but it’s frustrating. I am on 7 weeks of eating healthy. I track everything and eat 1200 calories a day. I walk daily 1.5 miles and hike on the weekends 4-5 miles. I am about 45 pounds over weight and for the last 10 days I am gaining 2 pounds than loosing but never below the lowest 10 day weight. It’s not that time of month and I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I by no means am thin so I don’t know why the weight won’t come off.

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  • wmweeza
    wmweeza Posts: 319 Member
    It's either water weight, you aren't weighing and measuring EVERYTHING you eat so you underestimate how much (yes even condiments and butter etc), or it's hormones. Those are the most likely culprits
  • dewsangell
    dewsangell Posts: 3 Member
    I’m thinking it’s hormones as I have the IUD but really don’t want to be stuck forever. Somethings got to give
  • dewsangell
    dewsangell Posts: 3 Member
    I have a food scale and love it. I am very cautious on weighing etc. It’s been so disappointing but I’m not giving up
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    edited February 2020
    Here's a recent chunk from my Trendweight graph. Diamonds are scale weight, red line is my trend. Horizontal lines are 1 kg increments (2.2 lb). As you can see, a looong period of up and down, and up again on scale weight, followed by a steady (and taken in isolation, rapid) drop. This is what the lead up to ovulation, and then the week following, look like for me.

    If you're confident that your logging is accurate, just stay the course.

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  • KingofAlbion247
    KingofAlbion247 Posts: 1 Member
    Try eating a cheat meal or two to get your metabolism going again
  • atiffka
    atiffka Posts: 3 Member
    I have also had the IUD for about 5 years and I was very skinny post IUD and never had any problems with my weight even after having my son. As soon as I got my IUD I started to gradually gain weight. I went from weighing 115 to weighing 150 and could not lose any weight at all no matter how hard I tried. I just got my IUD removed last week and have already lost about 10 pounds and my stomach is much flatter. The hormones in the IUD could definitely be the reason why you are unable to lose weight.
  • leggup
    leggup Posts: 2,942 Member
    Open your diary? 7 weeks of consistent 1,200 logging should show a change.

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