goatelope Member

I started at 182, got down to 170 and since then I have slowly gained and I have no idea why. 4 weeks now at 172-174. I just cry every day because I’m weighing and logging to the point where it kind of ruins my day having to do it, but still no loss! I didn’t mind when I was seeing results. Someone reached out to me and…

Many of the reviews say that Fitbit tried to make them sensitive in order to pick up movements etc, but that some of them pick up too much movement. I have disabilities and so I am thinking that perhaps the better one for me is the one on my phone / via MFP. This always gives a conservative estimate eg yesterday 130…

I feel so hopeless. I do weigh and log as carefully as is practical. I’ll keep at it but I’m so upset.

ah ok. I can try doing this for a couple weeks and see what happens.

I’m stuck as well. I have my calorie goal set to 1200, sometimes I go over by a bit but it’s still averaging at less than 1400 per day, even including days when I went over. I lost 10 lbs at first but nothing in over a month now - it’s devastating.

Everything had caloric values on the packaging. Eg I had a sandwich from Gregg’s which was 347, a soup which had the calories on the carton and which I ate all of. I weighed the banana and measured the milk. I checked packet for rice cakes. Weighed the feta. Etc

Yes, I weight everything with a kitchen scale and rarely estimate. Also I never use oil, just fry light, and always round up not down.

I’m pretty careful but I know what you mean

A lot of people have talked about doing this and/or fasting. I have upped calories to 1350 to see if that will help (some people told me I’m not eating enough). I would like to try this as well, as I’m getting so fed up.

Thank you for this. I don’t eat out - what I do sometimes is write it all down on paper and then quick add because I find it a hassle to create recipes at dinner time. I am pretty meticulous about logging. I eat 1200 daily on the basis that it probably adds up to 1300 thanks to little mistakes. But even with an average of…

So you mean the 1241 is just what it took my body to stay alive?

Aw, it’s kind of true.

This is really helpful - thanks. Agree when I feel too restricted it precipitates a binge. But I do also binge when I want comfort and there is so little else in my life besides food!

Exactly this. I had at least 2 chances to pull it round today but I kept going, I felt I had already ruined it all. God it’s annoying.!

Thanks. I am actually a meticulous weighter - quick adding is not about guestimation. I log everything very carefully on a piece of paper as I’m cooking and serving food - but sometimes I don’t always have the time to sit there creating meals and ingredients on the app. So I do hold myself accountable - I weigh everything,…

Thank you for this kindness. Stress - lots of things but it’s been really hard the last few weeks. Really, thank you.

Thank you. The thing is that I really don’t move around much - 3 or 4 days a week I do manage to walk, but I’m not able for exercise yet as my hip is so sore. So my maintenance is really low, and I’m frightened that if I go up then I will put on even more. I’ve just weighed myself and I’ve put on about another pound since…

Thank you. Sometimes, I think I have to treat myself rather than what I did today which was a kind of fed up, angry and upset binge. I didn’t really enjoy anything properly. I feel so stupid. I have gained 4 lbs the last two weeks despite sticking to my goal. It’s maddening.

Thank you. My maintenance is about 1750 and I try to eat 1200 a day but I have stalled the last 2 weeks and my motivation has badly suffered; I’ve gained 4lbs even though I have stuck at 1200 so I get demoralised. It’s very difficult for me to exercise due to hip and knee problems but I do walk. I haven’t been losing…

I wish I had just had a really nice warm lunch somewhere, something comforting and satisfying. Even had I gone over my goal, it wouldn’t have been a binge. I could have treated myself. But instead I ate half a sandwich and then got angry and sad and went for cake and sundae etc. What a *kitten* loser.

Thanks everyone for these responses. Yes I log. Everything. When I do quick adds it isn’t because I’m estimating, it’s because I weigh and jot down on a note pad and sometimes don’t want to log each ingredient. I’ve done some double checking and I was underestimating calories in eggs so I have adjusted that. I think it is…

Hi - thanks for that, it did seem a bit weird. I had one week where I was eating erratically and I think it’s safe to say I would have eaten on average 1400 calories a day for 5/6 days Apparently my maintenance calories are 1400 a day, meaning I should have 900 a day if I want to lose 1lb a week. That seems very low but I…

Attached pics now

Fab, thank you!

We need a forum I think, for recipes at various calories

FYI each weighs 140g but that’s with skin and bone

Right, ok that’s interesting - thanks!

Add me - I’m on here every day :-)

Please do add me - I like the support and to support others. I feel people’s pain. I’ve got 40 lbs to lose

Agree about the journey. Even if I don’t weigh daily, it’s still upsetting no movement in 10 days. I understand re patience, I guess I just feel a little demoralised and worried that it’s somehow plateaued.