I have been struggling with this for 7 months now! I lost almost 20 pounds and gained it all back. I go to the gym three times a week! I go back and forth between stair stepper and treadmill. I also do weights afterwards to tone up. Im not keep an exact calorie count but I have cut down quite a fit. I get so frustrated with counting and going over. I cant push myself to limit myself on lunch. When the time comes its easier to go by a quick (SMALL) fry and hamburger from Mcdonalds. I know it is still high in calories but its better then the quarter pounder and Large fry that i used to get. I am getting so discouraged with gaining everything back and my stretch marks keep getting bigger. I had to go buy 2XL shirts and larger pants. I feel like I want to cry. Any Ideas?

I have been struggling with this for 7 months now! I lost almost 20 pounds and gained it all back. I go to the gym three times a week! I go back and forth between stair stepper and treadmill. I also do weights afterwards to tone up. Im not keep an exact calorie count but I have cut down quite a fit. I get so frustrated with counting and going over. I cant push myself to limit myself on lunch. When the time comes its easier to go by a quick (SMALL) fry and hamburger from Mcdonalds. I know it is still high in calories but its better then the quarter pounder and Large fry that i used to get. I am getting so discouraged with gaining everything back and my stretch marks keep getting bigger. I had to go buy 2XL shirts and larger pants. I feel like I want to cry. Any Ideas?

Track you calories. You may be surprised what you are eating. Don't make an extreme change, just little ones. maybe set your goals to .5 lbs for a few weeks and go down from there. I ALWAYS fail when I eat low calories. Bump up the strength training, it give more "after burn"

Hope this helps

I hate how my body stores fat!!
I mean usually when women gain weight it's around the whole body but here I am, at 125 lbs and I still have a massive gut!
I wish I had the body shape to be the cute sort of chubby...

Also:
Since we're all short here, does anyone else get seriously annoyed seeing photos of r people who are much heavier than you but since they're tall they're slim?
I know it's a little illogical to get angry over but being short has its setbacks sometimes.

Hope you feel better soon! Doesn't it seem like you only get sick when you have plans? Not that anyone plans to get sick...

I'm feeling a little grumpy, I haven't gained but I stayed the same this week. Stupid TOM. I know it could be worse and that next week will probably show my work but still! Doesn't exactly make one feel like eating a carrot stick does it?? :grumble:

Uh yeah. I stayed the same basically last week and this and have been kicking my workouts into high gear. (Which I know, I know is most likely why my body is not responding right now, holding everything to figure out what's going on) but so agree. It sure doesn't encourage me to give up the wine at night I really want to drink......

I'm so sick of feeling rubbish...I have a sprained ankle and am still in pain following surgery to remove an abscess from my back. I'm so tired all of the time and completely unmotivated. I've been scared to even weigh myself for the past couple of weeks... :-( I'm 4' 10" and have a long way to go in terms of weight loss.

Thank you for the vent!

htimpaired,
I am sorry to here you've gained weight back; been there done that myself many times! I'm 5'2" and my highest weight was over 200lbs; you're to be commended for getting back here when you did! I appreciate your post; it serves as a caution for me. I'm basically at the weight I want to be and now I'm determined to figure out how to maintain so I don't yo yo back up to 200+ lbs like I've done in the past. I'm finally realizing maintaining a healthy weight is a never-ending challenge that doesn't end when I reach that magic number on the scale.

I have a test coming up and my best friend and her boyfriend just broke up. I'm sitting on the couch half counseling her, half reading pharmacology; next thing you know half of the cheetos bag in my lap is gone! They were, in my defense, natural cheetos but I'm still kind of in shock. I joined MFP two days ago and I suppose this is what I joined to take notice of. Before MFP I would not have even noticed.

I have the opposite problem: I'd rather lose the weight more slowly than I have been. I'm concerned if it falls off too quickly, I'll be less toned. I'm doing weights every other day, but still have insulin problems that seem to have slowed my ability to increase muscle tone. I may have to settle for healthy but skinny-fat!

I tend to skip lunch most days (or just have a few cashews/berries with caffeine to keep me going). I don't think the 'three square meals a day' rule works for anyone under 5'5 without a lot of exercise. At the weekend I have a late breakfast (11am ish) and that keeps me going until dinner as my brain is tricked into thinking I've eaten lunch. Like you, I'd rather feel as though I've eaten a proper meal when I do bother to eat!

Keep going. You'll get there! Just consider this week as a 'maintenance' week!

I've had a rubbish week too as I've been too aneamic to exercise, which has thrown me off a bit. I lost my appetite entirely, so haven't put on any weight. But my muscles feel like they've lost all the strength/tone I'd managed to get! Grrrrr!

Just going to start over from today!