JuleWill Member

I'm with you! I've been complaining about my weight for too long and it just keeps going up and up. Tonight I'm getting back on track and this time I'm going to track my food and keep my promises to myself.

Someone posted this and I found it extremely helpful. It might help someone else feeling like I am... [url=http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1[/url]

Thanks everyone for such helpful responses. I think I'm just being whiney and I need to get on with it and keep going. At the end of the day, the scale number shouldn't dictate my success. I'm definitely feeling better doing the exercise and my eating has very much improved. I need to focus on being happy with that.…

Lol - yes my post does scream that, doesn't it :blush: I'm just so used to having around 2kg loss by this time but then, I probably normally don't start my heavier exercise work load until after I start seeing some results so maybe it's a muscle/fat ratio thing. I'm sure my muscles are building right now so that would be…

Thanks debubbie - very helpful

Thanks segacs, makes perfect sense. I think maybe I'll look elsewhere. I've had loads of success with Weight Watchers in the past and I know that system back to front. I think what I'm dealing with here is my body just not reacting as I know it normally does. Perhaps it's a symptom of getting older and hormones are coming…

I guess I'm going by what I've managed in the past. I always keep logs and it normally takes me about 8 weeks to lose around 6kg so I was hoping to lose up to 5kg over the next 6 weeks. That means I'd be happy with 3kg if that was all I could do.

I think this is pretty much what I'm doing because I have done so much counting in my life. I'm looking at my portions and I know what a 300 calorie meal looks like.

But realistically, is this something people do for the rest of their lives? I know I'm a nightmare when I'm counting. I can't enjoy eating food with friends when I'm counting and it's all about numbers. I know I'm fighting this right now .....

Thanks Allan, that makes sense. I'll give it a go.

Thanks guys. I guess that stomach shrinking thing is an "old wives tale", then. I think you are right about the motivation as I am very motivated at the moment and I do think this low appetite is more due to my anxiety. Thanks for your quick reply.

My friend told me something about a "fat break" - that's what she called it. It's where you have been losing weight consistently for a while and then you reach your goal - have a few slip ups - but you continue to lose or maintain even though you eat things that would normally stack weight on right away. From what I…

Oh wow - I wasn't thinking it would be that much!! MFP says around 855 calories for a container, or around 570 calories for a plate. I guess I won't be eating anything else today then?

Hmmm - well I just guessed how many calories I burned at Body Pump because there wasn't anything like it in the activities. I guessed 450 - I hope that was right. Don't want to stuff up on the first day!!