Stalled and need support

I keep stalling too, depressing but I'm not giving up, hang in there!

I think you hit the nail on the head in your blog. I don't think the "three weeks" of having a period and of feeling crappy/wanting to eat everything in sight are a coincidence.

Hormones are Hell, but the brain can overcome.

Talk to your doctor about your symptoms, they may need to adjust your meds.

Also, consider trying some light exercise just before dinner. Have a little snack (string cheese, chocolate milk, turkey breast... something with higher protein than carbs) and go for a non-strenuous walk. See if that helps your cravings without leaving you too hungry.

I didn't check your diary / calorie goals, but you may need to up your calories a bit or add more protein (30% of your total calories, protein = 4 cal per gram) while your body is adjusting to your new hormonal levels.

Hope you feel better soon! Don't give up!
Jen

With 518 friends you need more support? :O

This is not helpful.

I've tried going back over your food diary and a lot of days seem blank and the days you have logged, seem to have not eaten enough. It doesn't matter what size you are, food is energy your body needs to run efficiently. The bigger you are, the more claories you need however this where you can cut a little calaories each day. But that doesn;t mean you cut your required daily intake as well as any exercise.

Think of food like gas for your car. If you idle, you don;t need much gas but when you're motoring along you find you run out of gas and needto refill. This is the exercise (running the car). So you need gas both in idle and when moroting (even more so0. ou can't double dip trying to reduce idel calories and exercies calaories cause you effectively running on fumes.

You may not feel hungry, or maybe you are, but your body needs the fuel. It not only impacts on your physical but also your psysiological and mental well being too if you're not getting enough fuel. On the subject of fuel, MFP give you the recommended doses of octanes i.e. fat,protein, carbs etc. It works.

Hope that helps

All I can say is don't give up!!!

None of us did this to our bodies overnight and none of us will fix it overnight.

When you decide from within that you are ready to get back working at it is when it will start happening for you again.

TRUE!!!

Hi guys ... Having some problems ... I'm stalled for the last three weeks and can't get into the right frame of mind to lose weight (or even care about what I'm eating).

I'm desperately looking for some encouragement and for some help motivating me to get back on track.

I'm down 119 lbs (in 8 months) but have been vacillating between 280 and 270 for three weeks because I can't wrap my head around anything right now.

Help?

I went more indepth into this on my blog if you want to read it. http://reformedfatgirl.blog.com/2012/05/23/no-motivation-need-help/

Any help is appreciated.

I have been reading on here a lot of the eat more posts and about eating your BMR daily, etc. I had plateaued for a bit and was getting very frustrated so I threw caution to the wind and ate my BMR totals. I was COMPLETELY satisfied AND I broke my plateau by losing a pound. All of this in one day of eating this way. I know there are threads on here all of the time addressing eating more but I can't find it right now. I'm sure one of the other posters on here will find it. Good luck!

I've been in the same mindset, mainly because I had finals and graduation and parties to go to the past 2-3 weeks. But now that that is all done with, I'm trying to get back into the "healthy" frame of mind again. I had been eating ok up until this past week (parties and party food does that to me) but I had stopped exercising at all because of all the studying I was doing.

Well, now I'm exhausted because of finals, graduation, and parties! LMAO. I haven't exercised at all this week yet, and I can tell you I'm not going to tomorrow. I'm working 11a-1130p tonight and doing it again tomorrow. I'm going to be way to tired to do it when I get home tonight, and I probably won't get up early enough to do it tomorrow. But I WILL do it Friday and Saturday!

We CAN do this!

Hormones are a serious issue and can cause depressed-like symptoms (apathy, no motivation, mood swings, irritability, fatigue, craving carbs and high fat foods) and that can wreck your progress. You have made such gains... my suggestion would be to consider herbals in addition to talking with your doc. In the mean time, drink lots of water, force yourself to walk or do other exercise, keep tracking food, stick to your routine, and (I used to have to do this) if you are terribly craving bad foods at night and you have gotten your good calories in for the day- just go to bed and go to sleep. Adopt meditation practice perhaps before you go to sleep. Good luck to you.

I totally feel you on the PCOS front and I would say, if you aren't already in contact with your doc about your symptoms you should be. For me, there have been many times that I thought it's supposed to suck this bad. I just have to tough it out. Then later I learn that the extraordinarily tough time I was going through was not normal and medical intervention made my life so much easier. And nothing major either, just a 10 day course of treatment. On the other hand, it may have to be something you have to ride out and either way you need strategies.

I checked out your food diary and there were some blank days. I would encourage you to log even if you feel like you don't want to. Keeping up your routines can help you slug through your slump. You might also try eating more in the morning and more protein. I know that helps me.

When I'm having the urge to crawl under a rock, try to do something that makes me feel good about myself. I might look at old pictures of myself and remember how far I've come or get way too dressed up for an everyday activity. I spend time doing something that makes me happy, despite feeling like crap.

I'm not sure if you are stuck in a food and fitness rut but if you are, try something new and challenging. Set a new nutrition goal and fitness goal this week. Something you know you can do and feel good about that.

And a final thought to end my tome. I recently heard someone say: Why is a plateau a crisis? You are achieving something you have not been able to achieve in the past. You are maintaining a lower weight than you have ever been. Learn what you can in this moment to take it with you to get to your next goal.