Getting frustrated and discouraged

Would you open up your food diary? That way people can see what you are eating and possibly offer up some helpful info.

Try cutting your calories to about 1800 per day and be sure to drink lots of water...............about 120 ounces per day(Not all at one time). Now I am sure there will be plenty that disagree with what I am saying but I have lost 114 lbs since Feb. this year. If you are working out like that 5 days per week and your diet is right and you should be losing pretty quick for a while. Just an idea for ya

I can see your diary now.

I'm on the side that a calorie is not a calorie. You seem to be high in sodium most days. Have you considered trying to eat cleaner? Really cut down on processed foods, thus cutting back on sodium, and see what happens? The added benefit is that you get a lot more food for your calorie buck when eating clean. Lean proteins, whole grains, fruits and vegetables.

Actually, I'm having the same problem. But after a personal post of my own, I think I figured it out. I wasn't eating enough. I'd lowered my calories too much. I'd gone into nearly a 1300 calorie a day deficite, making me (technically)anorexic.
I'm pretty fairly active and added on workouts on top of that. Lost maybe 2 pounds in about a month so far. So, I'm gonna see what the difference is in, let's say, 3-4 weeks.

But make sure you take measurements. One of my buddies has some serious muscle right now and looks like she lost a lot of weight, but she only lost abuot 6 pounds so far. Keep your chin up! You're doing great. And you must be feeling great. It'll take awhile for you to start "seeing" a difference.

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Really watch your sugar and sodium intake. Drink more water throughout the day and try to cut down on the snacks. If you are going to have a snack eat veggies or fruit. I like yogurt with fresh fruit in it. It takes about 30 days for your body to get used to change.

You may want to measure yourself instead of weighing. You are probably loosing fat but gaining muscle at this point.

Its unlikely thats shes gaining muscle unless shes doing a lot of strength training and consistently eating excess calories.

What kind of workouts do you do (sorry if you've already said).

From your diary it seems you eat quite a bit of processed foods, Im with cuting back and eating more good quality food, more protein and good clean sources of carbs, such as sweet potatos, brown rice and oats. You seem to be fueling yourself well in terms of calories for workouts, how do you estimate your burn, do you have a HRM?

Its unlikely thats shes gaining muscle unless shes doing a lot of strength training and consistently eating excess calories.

What kind of workouts do you do (sorry if you've already said).

From your diary it seems you eat quite a bit of processed foods, Im with cuting back and eating more good quality food, more protein and good clean sources of carbs, such as sweet potatos, brown rice and oats. You seem to be fueling yourself well in terms of calories for workouts, how do you estimate your burn, do you have a HRM?

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What is HRM?

A heart-rate monitor, it will give you a more accurate estimate of calories burned, sites tend to over estimate quite a bit sometimes. If it seems accurate though fair enough .

Personally Im more of the lifting persuasion, I started lifting heavy 9 weeks ago and have never looked back, my body shape is changing and Im getting stronger. I eat well to fuel it and stick to mainly eating clean, unprocessed foods that taste amazing. I'd highly recommend compound stength workouts including large movements such as squats, deadlifts, bench press, etc, over split routines, as it works larger muscle groups.

Ive heard good things about polar, but theyre very expensive, I'd google around for one, see what deals you can get. A friend got one for £12 at Aldi, so sometimes you can get them really cheap.

Keep up the good work, and dont feel discouraged, you're making an effort to be healthier amd fitter, that in itself is awesome

Its unlikely thats shes gaining muscle unless shes doing a lot of strength training and consistently eating excess calories.

What kind of workouts do you do (sorry if you've already said).

From your diary it seems you eat quite a bit of processed foods, Im with cuting back and eating more good quality food, more protein and good clean sources of carbs, such as sweet potatos, brown rice and oats. You seem to be fueling yourself well in terms of calories for workouts, how do you estimate your burn, do you have a HRM?


i agree with Amy. I've cut down on processed foods and started reading ingredients lists a lot more. It's hard to increase the amount of veggies for me, but I've been slowly adding more and trying to disquise them, like in healthy smoothies in the morning. Adding spinich and mushrooms to an omlet, making vegetable soups. I've tried a couple of new things like Avacado slices added to my salad, never had them before. Tried mangos for the first time and Quinoa is great in place of rice or added to soups or even as a breakfast cereal of sorts. I started out around the same weight as you and have lost 33 pounds since the end of January. I started out just walking, but now I'm going to a fitness place to do some strength training, however, I have reached a plateau myself and I am going to use the measurements to see how I progress as well.