My goal was to stay flat with my weight, and I did... and I'm really disappointed. I was so very careful about what I ate. I've been carefully measuring and counting and tracking everything. I never dipped into my workout "credit" calories, and I always stayed just under my daily allocation. So in 2.5 weeks of eating about 1250-1300 calories a day, working out every day, drinking tons of water, I've lost... 3.5lbs. I log every day in MyFitnessPal, and I get the reports that "If every day was like today, in 5 weeks you will weigh 12lbs less than you do!" And now I want to throw my phone against the wall when I see that. I'm just... ugh. It's frustrating when you work this hard and there's no payoff.
So I'm struggling with my goals for next week. I'm really ready to throw in the towel. I'm also exhausted and stressed and it's just a bad day in general. So I guess I'll try to continue what I've been doing and hope for a 1lb loss.
I'd appreciate any advice.
Bonus: I've been making a lot of recipes from Skinnytaste. She has all of the calories listed so it's really easy to track everything. We've tried the Taco Chicken Chili, Instant pot chicken parm (no breading or frying); Philly Cheese Steak stuffed mushrooms (these were AMAZING and pretty low calorie). I keep looking and scrolling on her blog to see what else we can try. Everything looks amazing!
mae0111- kind of an odd question, but do you use iodized salt? I had a problem when I was trying to lose a good bit of weight several years ago, and the problem was that I was slightly iodine deficient. When I started eating iodized salt again, I lost significant weight.
mae0111, honestly when I lose weight my pace is about a half pound a week, which then takes forever. If people have more to lose then maybe they lose faster? But typically I was trying to lose about 10 pounds which would take 20 weeks and then sort of stall out a bit after week 10. I'm not trying to lose anything right now. I have the winter blues plus pandemic blues, plus the news is awful, so I am just trying to make it through the pandemic before I worry about weight. If I do anything I will do it just for strength.
mommyatty - I use it a bit, but maybe not enough? I will try switching it out.
waverly - I think I’m aiming for 15lbs total. I was aiming for 1-1.5lbs per week, so I guess I’m on track for that? But it’s just so disappointing to feel like you did all the right things and see the scale stay flat. My clothes don’t feel any different either.
ETA - DH has a lot more to lose - around 30lbs - and it’s like melting off him. As it always does. I know it’s a guy thing and I’m very happy for him but so frustrating...
mae0111, scale weight is such a liar, there are so many things that contribute to it. Especially your cycle. I always "gained" or stayed stagnate when my period is about to start and during. Keep that in mind.
Consistency is key. It’s not going to be linear it is up down and stagnate all the time. There is so much that goes on behind the scenes that takes a long time to come to the forefront. Don't give up and make sure the scale is not the only thing you are doing to track progress. Measurements were the best thing to help with the scale mind games.
I hit my step goals, fixed my eating a little bit. I really need to reign in my sugar intake. I am mindfully going to focus on that today. I got caugt up in my work outs just to fall behind again because my daughter had a stomache bug yesterday. She is still down for the count today, but seems to be feeling much better and is keeping things down again.
Goals for this week;
Step count again. Catch back up on workouts I have made progress with my pull ups, I can now do 10 assisted in a row so when I can do 3 sets of 10 I will loose a resistance band. Mindfully be aware of my snacking. I can do this. Still need to set a start date for my 10k training, life keeps getting in the way. Going to bed on time! ugh I have been staying up way too late these days.
mae0111, your calorie intake might be a little low. Try adding 200 calories back. Also, I found that doing some strength training helps a lot. Muscle burns more calories than fat and your clothes will fit better.
I ate a lot of junk last weekend since DH and I were on vacation. But we did a 4 hour hike and hit 10k steps on Saturday. I still got my other workouts done for the week. Just need to reign in the junk food.
My goal was to keep losing and I barely did. I lost .6 pounds. But I stayed on track with healthy eating and cutting out the junk. I broke down a couple times with a Coke one day and a Blizzard on another day. But I still feel like I'm going in the right direction. Cutting back on bread and pasta has been tough. I've been walking, but I need to incorporate more intense exercise now.
I know my update are weird here..but you guys can deal with that. I am weird.
I got an 8 second handstand today (video confirmed, so not just me counting quick in my head!) and then followed up with one that *felt* even longer, but not on video. I'm pretty impressed.
On Monday DH and I biked all the kids over to the school to play on the playground, and there was a wide open fake grass cushiony space on the playground that the oldest kid and I practiced free standing handstands/cartwheeling out (aka how to fall out vs. over) and it was really great mentally. The brain is not used to hanging out upside down.
I also made the mistake of taking the "short cut" home... which meant heading up a huge hill pulling DS attached to my cruiser. Let's just say.. it's Wednesday and I'm just now able to start breathing right.
I'm not getting a lot of family support. Actually I'm getting the opposite of support and more side eye or lots of you need to eat more over and over. I'm trying to cook pretty normal dinners but tweak them for me. So last night was pork chops in gravy in the crock pot and DD and DH ate it over egg noodles while I ate it over roasted cauliflower and broccoli. But then DH was trying to get me to drink wine with dinner and after dinner he said we should eat some ice cream as I hardly ate anything. I think this is my biggest challenge.
k3am, are your handstands against a wall? That is a long hold. DD can only hold like that if she has the wall behind her or if she is trying to balance with me kind of spotting her (hard to explain).
186momx , both. There is a rotating combination of daily drills including both free standing and wall supported. So today was frog jumps (no wall, but not a true handstand), chest to wall (so feet and chest touching the wall for 45-60 seconds), heel and toe pulls (feet on the wall and practicing pulling to or away from the wall depending on which direction you're facing) and then free standing handstands trying to accumulate 45 seconds of hang time between many handstands (where I got the 8 seconds).
For freestanding, I'm usually a couple feet away from the wall because I have a habit of overkicking occasionally, but the goal is not to rely on the wall at all. I did go back and look at the video, and for this one I tapped the wall and then went to freestanding vs. straight into a handstand with no wall.
k3am, What program are you doing? I think DD might actual like this one. We've tried just about every workout on Amazon Prime and she can't find anything she likes or can do. Zumba was a disaster, Barre was too slow, yoga was a no too. I had no clue she could be so picky.
supertrooper1 , that looks delicious. I will definitely throw that into the rotation!
polecat8 , do you think I need more? I put my stats, goals, and activity level into MyFitnessPal and it said I should stick to 1370 calories per day. I typically wind up with a "credit" of 500-800 calories for my activity. I don't usually eat those. I think I only ate those once because it had been a day and I wanted a second glass of wine on a Saturday night. But still never over. Usually under, but not drastically so. I did eat way under a few days ago by mistake because I somehow double counted my dinner.
ETA I forgot to say that I started more strength training a few weeks ago. So typical workout is some cardio of varying difficulty and type (walking, HIIT with walking/jogging, today was a slower walk with a steeper incline) with weights and some bodyweight exercises. Making sure to work arms, legs, back, chest, abs. I'm still a little limited from when I fell last month, but definitely getting much better and feel stronger. Hoping I see some results soon!!
k3am , That's amazing! I haven't been able to do that since I was a kid. I shudder to think what would happen if I tried right now.
186momx , I'm sorry that you're not getting good support at home. That's really difficult. It's hard enough when you're doing it along and have to watch other eat whatever they want, but so much more difficult when they are actively trying to sabotage you. Stay strong!
I started with her Core Play program which is cheaper and got addicted. I don't think I ever spent time looking at the Aligned page, but it's amusing now to see her say its a $1,000 value (because it's definitely not). The price dropped $50 at Black Friday which is when I bought it. Still not the cheapest, but with being stuck home for covid I figured I'd shell out the bucks for something that keeps me engaged.
mae0111, it sounds like your deficit might be a little too much if your typical 'credit' is 500-800 calories. Plus, you are doing quite a variety, including strength training. If your body is starving for calories, then it will hold on to whatever calories/weight it can. I think if you bump your calories up by 200 or 300 calories, then your body won't feel so starved and the weight will start to come off. Give it a try for a few weeks. If your body shape and weight is still the same, you might have to add back a little more. Good luck!
Post by supertrooper1 on Jan 20, 2021 14:19:24 GMT -5
186momx, sorry they're being crabs! The crab theory is where you put a crab in a bucket and it can get out on it's own. But put 2 or more in a bucket and they'll never get out because they pull each other down. When he pressures you, remind him that you're trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle and you can't do it when he's pressuring you from maintaining your goals.
supertrooper1, I love the crab theory. The lady helping me with my challenge is my sister's BFF and she was pissed when she found out how b-day dinner went Sunday and how sis didn't have my back and was giving me grief. DH can eat anything he wants and doesn't put on any weight. I keep waiting for it to catch up to him because he has a family history of obesity. I've been really stressing to DD that this challenge isn't about loosing weight but about teaching me different healthier habits to help me get through tax season.
Daily workouts still going fine here. After I decided my pants were too tight a week ago, I've been trying to watch my calories/eat more carefully, but I'm trying to make the changes sustainable, so they're not too drastic. I haven't lost any weight yet, but it usually takes me a couple weeks after I start to be careful for me to see any real change. I also had my second postpartum period the past week, so that was making me feel fatter than normal.
DS1's birthday is this weekend and we're only having a few kids to have a slice of cake (outside and distanced) so my big challenge will be staying away from the leftover cake.
This is one of my favorite recipes - pumpkin turkey chili.
186momx, It is hard when people try to get you to eat more or things you don't want. The best part of being a celiac is that no one pressures me into shared food anymore. The worst part, is that sometimes nothing is safe. I would keep doing what you are doing, but I know that it is way hard without support.
Nothing exciting here. Still getting over Covid, I started tracking my calories, but this whole working at home thing and being near the kitchen is not good for me overall.