Slowly Giving up

fifteen pounds is awesome!!! When things feel slow I remember that it took years for me to put on this weight, it's not going to come off overnight. Sounds like you've been losing roughtly one pound a week which is the perfect rate to lose. You're doing GREAT.

you're doing great! Even if you've only lost 15 pounds, that's 15 pounds that you wont be seeing ever again!

100 days is only 14 weeks- yet, you've lost 15 pounds!!! At this rate, you're losing 1 pound a week- which is perfectly healthy and recommended!
Keep doing what you're doing... because you're doing it the right way!

Don't give up...slow and steady wins the race!!! I have been on 175 days and have only lost 17...but it's 17 lbs that i've lost and have kept off. If you are feeling that you are falling off the wagon, give into your temptation and have that slice of pizza. When I crave something I eat everything else in site to try to satisfy that craving..........but if I just give in and eat a limited portion, I get right back on track and don't gain. Plus, it sometimes helps to that to trick your metabolism.

Keep going! 15lb is a huge weight! Just imagine how much FAT that is! Well done!

I sympathise with you; I've been on here for about 6 weeks now and have lost.... wait for it.... 4 lbs! Yes, 4! And if my scales were anything to go by this morning, it's actually 2, but being a woman may have something to do with that!

BUT I've lost inches, feel a lot healthier, fitter AND I feel happier!

So, don't give up. Remember: "slowly, slowly catch the monkey!"
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I've been here for almost 1 year and am struggling to stay at 20 lbs lost. I have become healthier and am training for a 1/2 marathon. I am wearing smaller clothes & feel much better about myself. Yes, it is so easy to get caught up in seeing So&So's weight loss drops every single time they post but I'm not on their journey. I'm on my journey to being fit.

And guess what, the slower you lose the weight the more of a "lifestyle" change you have made & will be able to continue on that path & not regain the weight.

You need to find an exercise you like that makes you happy & feel good about yourself. You HAVE to eat more than 1000 calories/day. That's ridiculous and not supplying your body with the correct nutrients to be healthy.

Also, there are plenty of blog posts on MFP about people who lose around 10 lbs in a year and go from a 14 to a 6 because they have turned fat into muscle & reshaped their bodies. This is what is important to me - to wear smaller clothes, be healthier & look good. The scale is just a number but society puts so much emphasis on it. Have you taken measurements? Are your clothes smaller?

Don't give up if you really want to be a healthier & more fit person. If you don't then we can't force you to do anything. YOU HAVE TO WANT IT.

15 lbs in 100 days is basically a lb/week which is a healthy amount to be losing. You shouldn't be discouraged by that, you should be proud.

As for all the treats you miss, I've found that if I deprive myself then I give up. Buy a dreaded Lean Cuisine pizza and have it once a week. Just don't tell the militant clean eaters :laugh: Friday used to be pizza night for me and that's what I'd do. I still don't have the willpower to order a whole pizza and eat just one portion so I don't do it. I love peanut butter and chocolate so I've started stirring 1 tbsp of peanut butter into my oatmeal and sprinkling about half a tbsp of mini chocolate chips on top. It keeps me full all morning and helps with my cravings. My point is don't give up. Try something new. If you don't like it, then try something different. What works for one of us may not work for someone else. The trick is figuring out what works for you.

Good luck with your journey.

You joined when I did, and you are losing a lb a week - that is awesome!! Don't feel deprived - try to view this as a lifestyle change not a diet. All you are doing by tracking everything is giving yourself full disclosure of what you are taking in. You can stick with this - think of the feeling each week when you see that scale go down - even if slightly. You may just also need to find some more food options that keep you full and are nutritious and relatively low-cal. Good luck - please stick with it!!

There can be such a thing as under-eating. Effectively, the body realizes that it isn't getting enough energy from food to live (Basal rate - most people's is over 1200 calories per 24hrs), and so every bit of food that you put into your body is stored as fat ready for when your body really needs that energy. What I would suggest is to actually up your calories a bit, eating more meats, more veggies too - as although you may not like them, natural products contain tonnes of 'glucagon', a chemical which speeds up your metabolism. A great way to get extra calories is a pint of milk before bed, which will provide protein and extra energy for your body to begin metabolizing again. Also, if you do up your calories, and in turn your metabolic rate, if you do go mad one day, you won't have set yourself back nearly as far.

Include more eggs in your diet, more meat, and more brown carbs.

Hi. I was in the same boat as you are now, 15 pounds down 3 or so months into it, still depriving myself and not losing any weight. I stopped tracking for a while after that, gained a few pounds back and decided to give it another try. The things that I have found to be true for myself is that after about a month of low calories, my body adjusts and I don't lose anymore weight. Although, I wasn't exercising consistently when I started out here, either. I'm back now, it's been 15 days and I've lost about 5 or so pounds. Again, the metabolism thing. This time, I'm doing some things differently. I'm staggering my calories throughout the week in hopes of tricking my metabolism. I am consistently exercising 3 times a week. And I'm not doing the super low deprivation, I'm only on 1 pound a week which is more sustainable for me. Also, if I have a day I mess up, I just adjust the calories for the week. If I go over by 100 calories, I divide those calories up and take them off the remaining days of the week. So far it is working well.
I would say give yourself a little break. Go to maintenance or a lower weight loss category. Don't completely deprive yourself, but make sure you are tracking the treats. This is a hard time of year to maintain weight loss with all the goodies floating around. I think that we can indulge within reason, though. Give yourself however long you need to maintain, then do some research and make a strategy. BTW, I'm a vegetarian (lacto-ovo) and still have my homemade mochas almost everyday. I'm not saying we should eat lots of sugar because that defeats our health, but think more in terms of calories in rather than completely depriving yourself. And net calories over the course of a week, at that.
Good luck, I know it's hard. Starts and stops, sometimes. But you can do it! Focus on the process, not the end product! Even if I'm having a bad week weight wise, I still feel so much better and have so much more energy thanks to a change in attitude and consistent exercise.
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I know how you feel! I have absolutely no motivation to keep going when the number on the scale stays the same. But we can do this!

Want to be weight-loss buddies? We can push each other and all that good stuff. I have 125 lbs to lose to get to my goal weight, so I could use all the motivation I can get!!!

dont give up 15 pounds is great add me

dont give up up can do it just hang in there

It can be discouraging when weight loss doesn't seem to be moving fast enough. I will be on here three weeks tomorrow and so far have lost 4 lbs which is good, but considering most folks drop that much in water weight alone, it is a little frustrating. I've also read that you quickly lose recently gained weight. I gained 7 lbs over the summer due to lots of long distance travel by car and hospice care for a family member. (no exercise or sleep for a couple of weeks). Those lbs don't seem to be coming off any quicker. It is always very slow going for me. I can work out for 90 min a day and go six weeks without losing, then suddenly I will drop 6 lbs in a day. When I mentioned the four lb issue to my DH just now, he said, well at least you are losing and not gaining. It is a lot of work. I'm at 1200 calories a day. Today is my first day to go out to eat. We are invited to a friends and I have no idea what is on the menu. I just know in my heart that this time I have to persevere and not give up this time. Also, realize that a lot of people on here may be younger. I don't know how old you are, but I am 57 and this is a whole different ball game when you get older. I could lose weight easily when I was younger. I don't believe I have thyroid issues but I am on Aromasin and that is a steroid which causes high triglycerides in many. I haven't had my lipid panel run recently and plan to go after the holidays. You may feel like giving up but you'll just set yourself back on the same old track and you'll regain the 15 and feel even worse that you wasted all that time making such great progress, only to throw it away. You are doing great and what you are doing is working. Slow and steady. You should try a few splurge days here and there especially over the holidays. From what I've been reading on these threads, a lot of people claim they lose weight after a splurge. I don't think it will hurt you to do it once in a while as a treat to yourself, as long as you get back to business afterwards. Remember you have to eat 3500 EXTRA calories to gain a pound back, so even on a splurge day, you are not going to go off the rails. Stick with it. You have lot's of supporters here and you can do this. I wish you continued success.

Dont give up now! Think about it, you've been doing it for this long wouldn't it feel like such a loss to give it all up?
My mom has a thyroid problem aswell, and now that shes on proper medication and eating right she has lost a pile of weight. But her trick seems to be is having one "cheat day" to have all those things she was craving in the week.
I've watched her eat three bowls of ice cream in one night and shes still down 35lbs in 7 months! She just makes sure to get right back on her diet and not cheat for the rest of the week.
I suggest bumping your calorie intake to at least 1200 per day, eating properly and trying a cheat day. I know that this probably doesn't work for everyone, but at least this way if it does, you're not depriving yourself from all those things completely.
And who knows, once you see a doctor and you get on the right medication the weight could just fall off you.

Good luck, and hey if you feel like you need some more motivation feel free to add me as a friend