Struggling 😕
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I am wondering what your start weight and height are? It would be easier to respond if we knew. To put this in context, I am 5'11" and for me getting to a UK size 8 would be illusory. I am at my goal weight and am a UK size 14 or 16 (depending on the style/manufacturer).4
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I have been trying to loose weight now for 3 years. My goal is to go from a uk size 10 to a uk size 8 without having to squeeze into them 😕 so probably need to loose around 12lbs ish maybe a bit less.
My problem is I don’t stick to anything. I’ll loose like 6lbs and then gain it all back sometimes more. I can’t stick to healthy eating for long. Food is definitely my biggest problem. I joined the gym a year and a half ago and loved it but since COVID hit I haven’t been much at all because of lockdowns. I couldn’t get in to the whole exercise at home. I’m really struggling mentally because I hate to way I look and the past few summers I’ve felt so uncomfortable and I promise myself that next summer I will be at my goal but it never happened 😕. Is there time to get near my goal by June?
So I’m hoping to get advice and tips as to how anybody started out on there journey? How much did you cut out in the beginning? How do you still manage to maintaining/loosing weight?
I’d be so grateful to anyone that could help me ☺️. Sorry for such a long post!
Then that's the problem, the bolded.
Are you not sticking to it because it's too hard? If so, why is it hard? How can you make it easier? (Common answers: Don't put all of your favorite foods on the forbidden list, don't try to lose super fast (especially when you don't have much to lose), don't completely give up your social life because of food limitations, don't think you need punitively exhausting unpleasant exercise routines, and more. All of that stuff is optional.)
If it helps you (makes it easier) if you cut out carbs, or eat only plants, or eat only during certain hours of the day, or take walks, or go to the gym, then do those things. If any of those things don't make it easier, don't do them, because they're optional, not universally necessary.
I lost from obese to a healthy weight back in 2015-2016, after *thirty years* of obesity before that. I didn't change my exercise routine in any significant way (was already pretty active, even while obese). I just figured out how to eat fewer calories in a way that was enjoyable when possible, tolerable at worst; and kept me reasonably full and well-nourished. It was surprisingly easy: I wish I'd done it decades earlier. I ate pretty much the same foods I'd been eating, just in different portions, proportions, frequencies. I remodeled my eating to hit a sensible calorie goal, using this process:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10636388/free-customized-personal-weight-loss-eating-plan-not-spam-or-mlm/p1
I've been at a healthy weight ever since then, but decided to lose around 10-15 pounds of vanity weight super slowly over about the past year. It was literally painless. How? Pretty much the same thing, with a tiny calorie deficit, average around 100 calories a day below maintenance calories, which is equivalent to half a standard serving of peanut butter. Took a long time? Yup. But super easy, and that time was going to pass anyway.
But I don't think weight loss *methods* are your problem (unless you've been trying to use methods that are just too freakin' difficult to tolerate). From what you wrote, I think the problem is getting that switch to flip in your head from "I think I want to lose 12 pounds" to "I'm committed to losing 12 pounds". If you need counseling to get there, get some. If you can get there from self-guided cognitive behavioral therapy (like The Beck Diet Solution), do that. Until you find a way to decide to lose the weight, and *commit* to it, you won't. There's really nothing any of us can do to flip that switch in your head. Only you can do it.
Here's a plus: If you can figure out how to chip away at this long-term goal, gradually but persistently, you'll learn new skills of self-management. You can apply those same skills in many other areas of your life: Education, career, finances, developing new hobby abilities, and much more. Self-management is powerful stuff.
(Yours is a short post, in my world, BTW.)31 -
I’m going to keep this short and sweet...
two rules I follow that work every time I start a weight loss diet:
Breakfast - heavily loaded with fat and protein- meat and eggs ...NO CARBS .. (sometimes I make an exception on the carbs if I go for sausage with the eggs as they have a bit of wheat or some other starch to bind. But not much. And I allow it as occasionally you must include some starchy foods x
Between 12 and 2 I’m allowed anything except bread or pasta. Any carbs (nuts,rice)
Then the second rule I live by when I want to shift weight...
After 4pm:
No carbs at all! And reduced fat!
If I want quick results I follow this eating routine and my cardio&strength combined 15 minute session right before bed.
It works!!! If you can stick to it for 2 weeks and combine it with stretches right before bed.... I guarantee 💯 you will see a difference in ONE WEEK ONLY. Please try this xxxx0 -
If you do follow this routine or similar... please let us know how it is going xxx2
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I’m going to keep this short and sweet...
two rules I follow that work every time I start a weight loss diet:
Breakfast - heavily loaded with fat and protein- meat and eggs ...NO CARBS .. (sometimes I make an exception on the carbs if I go for sausage with the eggs as they have a bit of wheat or some other starch to bind. But not much. And I allow it as occasionally you must include some starchy foods x
Between 12 and 2 I’m allowed anything except bread or pasta. Any carbs (nuts,rice)
Then the second rule I live by when I want to shift weight...
After 4pm:
No carbs at all! And reduced fat!
If I want quick results I follow this eating routine and my cardio&strength combined 15 minute session right before bed.
It works!!! If you can stick to it for 2 weeks and combine it with stretches right before bed.... I guarantee 💯 you will see a difference in ONE WEEK ONLY. Please try this xxxx
No you won't without a calorie deficit. And why suggest such an extreme diet lacking nutrients? Carbs are not evil, you know.8 -
I too lose and gain. And I too haven't ever had a LOT of weight to lose. But I also prefer eating whatever and how much ever I want so I always gain back whatever I lose. Not saying it won't happen again but I do think I've finally shifted my mindset and I'll share where I am. Most women need about 2000 calories to maintain. So if you eat 500 calories less, you should lose about a pound a week. If you exercise you can eat more but not much more unless you're REALLY burning a lot of calories. So if you have a big pigout day, you lose a lot of ground or if you go over for days in a row, you really slow down your progress. This time around I've been logging for 113 days and am down 13 pounds. I'm hoping that things continue as they have been until I lose the "last" seven pounds. BUT my plan this time around is to keep eating at that deficit when I'm at goal weight but start to eat back all my exercise calories and/or allow myself bigger meals a few times a week to get me to maintenance calories.1
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Thank you both for the advice ☺️. The weight I’m at now is my starting weight so do you think maybe it will be a bit easier to get closer to my goal? At the moment I’ve not been exercising and am not eating healthy so I’m really hoping that once I go back to the gym tomorrow and start eating healthy it will give me a fairly good start in my weight loss 🤞. The most I have ever lost was 6lbs so I’d love to get past that weight in a way that is sustainable for me.
That cutting out 100cals is such a good idea! I never looked at it that way. I could definitely stick to that 😊1 -
I am wondering what your start weight and height are? It would be easier to respond if we knew. To put this in context, I am 5'11" and for me getting to a UK size 8 would be illusory. I am at my goal weight and am a UK size 14 or 16 (depending on the style/manufacturer).
I’m 5ft 2inches and I weigh 141 which is the heaviest I have ever been. I have 3 boys and after each delivery I was lighter than I am now 😕. I’m a size 10 at the moment. When I used to fit comfortably in a size 8 I weighed 130lbs so that’s my goal 😊
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I have been trying to loose weight now for 3 years. My goal is to go from a uk size 10 to a uk size 8 without having to squeeze into them 😕 so probably need to loose around 12lbs ish maybe a bit less.
My problem is I don’t stick to anything. I’ll loose like 6lbs and then gain it all back sometimes more. I can’t stick to healthy eating for long. Food is definitely my biggest problem. I joined the gym a year and a half ago and loved it but since COVID hit I haven’t been much at all because of lockdowns. I couldn’t get in to the whole exercise at home. I’m really struggling mentally because I hate to way I look and the past few summers I’ve felt so uncomfortable and I promise myself that next summer I will be at my goal but it never happened 😕. Is there time to get near my goal by June?
So I’m hoping to get advice and tips as to how anybody started out on there journey? How much did you cut out in the beginning? How do you still manage to maintaining/loosing weight?
I’d be so grateful to anyone that could help me ☺️. Sorry for such a long post!
Then that's the problem, the bolded.
Are you not sticking to it because it's too hard? If so, why is it hard? How can you make it easier? (Common answers: Don't put all of your favorite foods on the forbidden list, don't try to lose super fast (especially when you don't have much to lose), don't completely give up your social life because of food limitations, don't think you need punitively exhausting unpleasant exercise routines, and more. All of that stuff is optional.)
If it helps you (makes it easier) if you cut out carbs, or eat only plants, or eat only during certain hours of the day, or take walks, or go to the gym, then do those things. If any of those things don't make it easier, don't do them, because they're optional, not universally necessary.
I lost from obese to a healthy weight back in 2015-2016, after *thirty years* of obesity before that. I didn't change my exercise routine in any significant way (was already pretty active, even while obese). I just figured out how to eat fewer calories in a way that was enjoyable when possible, tolerable at worst; and kept me reasonably full and well-nourished. It was surprisingly easy: I wish I'd done it decades earlier. I ate pretty much the same foods I'd been eating, just in different portions, proportions, frequencies. I remodeled my eating to hit a sensible calorie goal, using this process:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10636388/free-customized-personal-weight-loss-eating-plan-not-spam-or-mlm/p1
I've been at a healthy weight ever since then, but decided to lose around 10-15 pounds of vanity weight super slowly over about the past year. It was literally painless. How? Pretty much the same thing, with a tiny calorie deficit, average around 100 calories a day below maintenance calories, which is equivalent to half a standard serving of peanut butter. Took a long time? Yup. But super easy, and that time was going to pass anyway.
But I don't think weight loss *methods* are your problem (unless you've been trying to use methods that are just too freakin' difficult to tolerate). From what you wrote, I think the problem is getting that switch to flip in your head from "I think I want to lose 12 pounds" to "I'm committed to losing 12 pounds". If you need counseling to get there, get some. If you can get there from self-guided cognitive behavioral therapy (like The Beck Diet Solution), do that. Until you find a way to decide to lose the weight, and *commit* to it, you won't. There's really nothing any of us can do to flip that switch in your head. Only you can do it.
Here's a plus: If you can figure out how to chip away at this long-term goal, gradually but persistently, you'll learn new skills of self-management. You can apply those same skills in many other areas of your life: Education, career, finances, developing new hobby abilities, and much more. Self-management is powerful stuff.
(Yours is a short post, in my world, BTW.)
Thank you so much 😊. This is such a big help. I think I definitely need to look at this as a life long commitment and not cut out to much to quickly.
You have done incredibly well in your journey! You are definitely kicking *kitten*!!9 -
If you don't STICK with anything, you WON'T get results. CONSISTENCY is the key to any weight loss program regardless of the approach. If you look at any of the successful people who give advice here, they all have one thing in common.................................CONSISTENT HABITUAL BEHAVIOR. To create behavior you have to just keep doing the same thing over and over again until it's just part of your lifestyle. Even on vacation, I workout everyday someway. I still even watch my calories so I don't go overboard. Until you create a CONSISTENT BEHAVIOR CHANGE, you'll always keep yoyoing through your weight loss journey.
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I was drawn to your post first, because I am struggling in the VERY SAME WAY! During COVID, I gained back what I call the "COVID 20". I'm still down 45 pounds but need to make it 65 again! My weakness is the salty snacks - my brother airpopped some corn with NO SEASONINGS and NO SALT - bland but filling! Celery and watermelon are other filling foods with low calories. Just don't put peanut butter on the celery I certainly wish you the best, my friend - I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT!!!!7
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I've done the same thing, went down to even 10lbs below my goal weight! I was ecstatic! Then I got cocky and would splurge on occasion, then once a week and then even more often.
Although I never went back to my original weight, I gained 12lbs back and have been struggling ever since.
I know what to do about it but it's hard because it's too easy to stray from the healthy eating lifestyle.
It's a redo that I am unhappy about, disappointed in myself and angry at myself because the initial weight loss was pretty easy. But it needs to be done for personal happiness and accomplishment.
You will figure out what you need to do also.6 -
I have lost 75 lbs in the past 18 months or so, after years of what you describe (though my excess weight was higher and I still have 30 lbs to lose).
The things that worked for me were nothing gimmicky. The biggest tactic? Patience.
I found I could never stick to my diet because I was too aggressive with my goals. I'd go for a few weeks and then be ravenous and unable to continue. So I set my targets to the most modest level of half a pound a week (you'll note I have been losing at faster than that but that's the *goal* that worked for me).
Beyond that--
1) weigh *everything* if it contains any calories, and log everything. Even if you go way over target, be honest. Start here by logging what you eat when you are not 'dieting' for a few days so that you can identify any items you habitually crave that are obvious calorie sinks. You said you like salty snacks, so maybe you are eating chips. Is there another salty snack with lower calories you can substitute? Seaweed chips? Baked not fried? Pick off the obvious calorie sinks and either give them up, substitute, or be more conscious of how much of them you consume so that you fit them into your daily budget without going over target. Pizza addicts could go with cauliflower crust, for example--since toppings dominate the taste, you probably won't notice the change but you'll cut a hundred or more calories from your serving.
2) set your target weight-loss rate to a slower rate, so that your calorie target is as high as possible consistent with still losing weight. This way, not every day will be a struggle of will to stay on-target. Focus on meeting your calorie, fiber, and protein goals unless you have a medical condition that dictates some other prioritization (eg: people with kidney conditions may need lower protein targets, diabetics may need to focus on low carbs). The idea is to maximize livability of your plan so that it is not burdensome to stay on it for a long enough time to reach your target weight at a half pound a week.
3) your weight can bounce up and down a couple of pounds between days based on how much food you have in your gut and your hydration--and you will probably retain more water after a day of lots of salty food. So expect this and do not regard it as evidence of failure.
4) avoid restaurants (this has generally been easy during the pandemic). When you do eat out or take-out, make a best-guess as to quantity. (this is my hardest logging challenge--figuring out what restaurant food contains)
5) Figure out which macronutrient makes you feel full on the fewest calories. For me, whatever detects "full" based on carbohydrate content does not seem to work no matter how many carbs I eat, so low-fat diets make me gain weight because they leave me ravenous. In contrast, biasing low carb (casual, not full-on-Atkins) with moderate fats keeps me feeling full, so I eat less while not feeling hungry (or only minimally hungry).
6) I do not use 'cheat days' on a regular basis but basically any special event (such as a birthday) is a 'free' day. Outside the celebration I try to eat 'to program' but at the event, for diet purposes I consider everything to be calorie-free. So what if it sets me back a week? I'll just go back on program tomorrow and lose that extra bit again.
7) get some kind of activity monitor. I have an apple watch and I have found it's estimates of my calorie expenditures to be accurate and helpful. I know I can earn more calories for any given day by walking certain loops in my neighborhood, so if I'm out somewhere and want something I believe to be an extra 400 calories, I know which walk I need to take that evening to cancel those calories out in the day's totals. Likewise if I'm logging after eating something and discover I'm over target, I have the option of working off the excess.
Using activity monitors however, beware, of "negative calorie adjustments", though I do recommend turning this feature 'on' in MFP. When you exercise, you get credit for the extra calories you burn. But if you fail to burn the estimated default calorie expenditure during the non-exercise portion of the day (which MFP estimates for you when you say if you are "sedentary" or "active" etc. in 'settings'), you could find that shortfall in baseline activity subtracted from your calorie target toward the end of the day. I've had a few days I thought would end 10 or 15 calories under budget get 'negative adjusted' at 8 or 9 pm such that I was over by 150 calories or so, which turns an 'on plan' day into a 'neutral' day where weight loss is minimal.
8) No foods are forbidden (except a couple I'm allergic to). The trick is portion control. The big sneaky calorie hog for me is butter. When I eat foods that are typically butter-rich (eg: pancakes. yes, I can have those if I arrange the rest of my day to hit my targets), I weigh out the butter ahead of time and often microwave to melt it so it is easier to spread evenly. In general a tablespoon of fat is 14g (butter, olive oil, whatever) and contains 100 calories (plus or minus 10). So for pancakes I tend to take my maple syrup (60g) and butter (14g), microwave it so it pours easily, and add 10-15g of fresh-squeezed lemon juice. Heating it makes it thin and runny so that it is easier to portion evenly over all the pancakes without waste or excess, and since it is pre-measured I know how to log it and can arrange my budget to allow it.
Doing these things I have been able to stay roughly on-plan for over 18 months now and believe I can continue until my target weight. There were a few interruptions for me because of a couple of months of smoky orange air that prevented exercise and a couple of deliberate plateaus because I did not want to lose weight fast enough to generate a lot of loose skin (not a concern for you losing only 12 lbs, but a concern for me with a total goal of around 100 lbs).18 -
I think it may be harder when you have 10-15 lbs to lose - I have 80+ I need to lose. But my pattern has been the same - lose some, gain it back. My daughter and I recently started CrossFit - they gave us a strict meal plan to follow for 8 weeks. It consisted of a balance of protein / carb / veggie (yes, vegetables are carbs, but it is separated for these purposes of getting your body on a healthy track) - that was breakfast and lunch, dinner is protein / fat / veggies. And their motto is to eliminate before you moderate. I've done Weight Watchers - where they encourage you to moderate to stick with the plan. For me, the eliminate was much more effective because I lost the desire for sweets. I was able to stick with it strictly for 4 weeks (then the month of birthdays hit), but still maintained and didn't regain the 12 pounds that i had lost in those 4 weeks.7
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I have been trying to loose weight now for 3 years. My goal is to go from a uk size 10 to a uk size 8 without having to squeeze into them 😕 so probably need to loose around 12lbs ish maybe a bit less.
My problem is I don’t stick to anything. I’ll loose like 6lbs and then gain it all back sometimes more. I can’t stick to healthy eating for long. Food is definitely my biggest problem. I joined the gym a year and a half ago and loved it but since COVID hit I haven’t been much at all because of lockdowns. I couldn’t get in to the whole exercise at home. I’m really struggling mentally because I hate to way I look and the past few summers I’ve felt so uncomfortable and I promise myself that next summer I will be at my goal but it never happened 😕. Is there time to get near my goal by June?
So I’m hoping to get advice and tips as to how anybody started out on there journey? How much did you cut out in the beginning? How do you still manage to maintaining/loosing weight?
I’d be so grateful to anyone that could help me ☺️. Sorry for such a long post!
"My problem is I don’t stick to anything."
Hi, this for me seems to be the biggest problem. Consistency is the key, along with diet. There is no mention of calories in/out.
I have restarted my journey from years ago. I am in week 3 of exercise and tracking calories. This is what I have done:
- I do cardio on my stationary bike and started off with 1 class. After 3 days, I added another class. I do it daily, religiously. Exercise isn't just for weight loss, it's for the high I get from exercising. It lasts all day.
- I stick to my calories from MFP and track daily. Personally I do lose eat back my exercise calories, because according to my Peloton, 55 minutes of cardio with 2 classes means I burn 1000 calories (dubious!) but I will not eat that back. But I have a bit of a cushion if I am hungry. But I always end the day with a deficit.
- on off days, I go for a walk for 30 minutes, brisk.
- each week I journal about what I realized the week before, and make course corrections.
- I cut out bulky carb stuff like pasta.
- Every time I get a hunger pang I ask myself if I am really hungry or if there is something else (stress, emotional eating, trigger, etc).
- I try to sleep as much as I can every night. Fail more times, but I still try. Up early, too.
- I do not see exercise as the means to an end. The benefits that HIIT, etc bring outweighs the long term gains which I am sure exist.
I would look at why you cannot stick to healthy eating for long, maybe dig deep.
I am down 4 pounds my first week. I will continue and take things on a week by week basis. At some point I will introduce strength training to mix it up.
Go walking daily. Pack podcasts and listen to music.
Get rid of the goal. If you can't be consistent you will fall back on feeling badly about not meeting it and it will sabotage you
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Thank you both for the advice ☺️. The weight I’m at now is my starting weight so do you think maybe it will be a bit easier to get closer to my goal? At the moment I’ve not been exercising and am not eating healthy so I’m really hoping that once I go back to the gym tomorrow and start eating healthy it will give me a fairly good start in my weight loss 🤞. The most I have ever lost was 6lbs so I’d love to get past that weight in a way that is sustainable for me.
That cutting out 100cals is such a good idea! I never looked at it that way. I could definitely stick to that 😊
Exercise isn't essential, but it does increase your daily calorie needs. If you're weight-stable to start, and increase exercise enough, you should start to lose weight. (It takes quite a bit of exercise to amount to a pound a week, or even half a pound a week, all by itself. It also takes multiple weeks for half a pound a week of fat loss to show up on the scale, because most of us find that daily weight fluctuates by multiple pounds day to day because of changes in water retention and digestive system contents in transit on the way to becoming waste.)
Eating "healthy" is pretty much irrelevant, for weight loss, if by that you mean "eating healthy things and not eating bad things". (There really aren't "healthy" and "bad" foods, in any kind of universal sense.) A good overall balanced diet is good for health, though.
For weight loss, what matters is how much you eat ( in calorie term), and getting that a little bit below the number of calories you burn (through daily life and exercise) the overwhelming majority of days. You don't absolutely need to *count* the calories to achieve that, but counting them can be a relatively easy method that works for many people.2 -
INTERMITTENT FASTING....Not for weight loss but for CONTROL. I'm doing the same thing and it has helped tremendously. Perspective: I am a mom of 3 in medical school. My children are 4,5 and 6. So when I tell you that IF and then implementing calorie restriction during your eating window are pure gold in getting started I don't say it lightly. I am under a lot of stress and just prohibiting myself in this way has given me so much confidence in my ability to control my own "hunger." Don't be afraid that it won't work. Because your body will adjust and you won't feel the same level of hunger after a couple of days. You don't lack will power, you lack self- control. Think about it for a moment. Download the Zero app in addition to this one and take back your life. You can do it.5
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So much good input on this thread! I have found most of the MFP group to be well-informed and very willing to share:-) There are so many ideas on eating trends, that I will share some of what is working for me and may be usable regardless of which 'plan' you choose to follow:
Education first:-). Then implementation. I am learning more everyday!
-What are you eating now (calories, fat, protein, carbs-low starch and high starch) and how much you will need of each to get to your goal? What foods/drinks contain most/least of what you want/don't want in your diet? Example: Look at glycemic index and load charts if 'sugar' is an issue for you and make a list of foods that will help you get to your goal. If your issue is with fats- google a list of good fats and replace the bad ones.
-Do you want to use exercise to reshape/tone/strengthen your body or is your goal just 'lose weight/size? Determine if you want/like cardio or strength or a mix. Personally, I like free weights and walking- no gym needed.
-Are you most interested in 'hitting goal' quickly/easily or making a lifestyle change that is a 'forever' thing?
My answers were:
-I was eating WAY too much sugar/high starch/processed foods, too little green leafy veg, and not anywhere close to enough protein-so I changed that.
-My ability to exercise is limited, but I do what I can with weights (even body weight/resistance) and walking to strengthen my body.
-Personally, I set my calorie goal at a range of 1500-1800 calories a day, and try to stay within that range. If I go over or under goal a day during the week, I don't sweat it: the very next day is a brand new chance to see how well I can do. This gives me 'wiggle room' (as an 'all or nothing' sort of gal, this is a change in thinking for me), and allows me to lose .5lb per week while I have enough to eat to keep my satiety level high. I.e, Since I removed processed foods/added sugars mostly from my foods, I eat plenty of whole foods with healthy fats. This way, I do not get so hungry that I 'chuck it all' and decide I have 'failed again'. I figure I did not get overweight overnight, so I am not going to reach goal immediately either.
Determining at the outset that I was going to make a lifestyle change has helped. You will hear often that 'weight loss is not linear' a lot because it is true. But my weight trend is downward! The reports and tracking weight and measurement on this site, as well as food -calories and macros- give me a visual comparison of how well I am doing compared to how not well I WAS doing:-). My thinking now is 'weekly', rather than 'daily'.
To answer your question of whether you can make your goal of 12lbs down by this June: Yes, but it may be easier to see how close you can get to your goal by then. We have 4 weeks left til June 1. 3lbs per week is a little strenuous, which may make it harder for you to stay focused/consistent. May I suggest trying for 1lb per week as your goal? Then, as you find yourself gaining momentum toward your goal, you can tighten up, if you wish. Consider this: If you set goal at losing 1lb per week, you can still reach your goal by August-enough time to show off a new swimsuit body at the beach! And the journey there will have been much easier:-).
I am 65 or 66 days into using MFP and enjoy seeing the results on paper. It is harder for me to see them in the mirror (I have lost about 22lbs from Feb 2020 to date, with most of that since Feb 22 this year), but measurements and track record help me stay motivated and see what I can improve.
Final thought: Use MFP members and the blogs to help-motivation, guidance, support-when you need it. We either have been or are in the same boat or a similar one:-) Best wishes!5 -
The exercise part struggle... Your lucky.. Coz my struggle is asthma and a torn acl.. I get tired three times faster than an average person. Let this motivate you and not waste your potential... Go go go!3
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