Weight loss question

Re: Weight loss question

• jmccall79 member

  February 2013

  I think your body is naturally going to plateau... It's like it reaches a point and says "holy crap, she's starving me...let me store 'this' for later", even if what you're doing is "healthy". If you don't change "something" then that plateau is where you're going to be stuck. The only problem I see with what you're doing, and I'm not a nutrition expert by any means and do not follow what I'm telling you, is when/if you do splurge in any way it's going to send your body in shock. It's about moderation, and beind healthy of course, but if you don't allow some of those 'not' good things in your life then when it does happen your going to send your body into complete shock! This is the completely wrong way to do this...but if you're crash dieting it may work...because your body is storing things right now...you may need to 'go off' what you're doing for a few days.  Let your body calm down (you may gain a couple pounds back) and then go back at it.  It's like it starts over again. I'm probably going to get flamed by some nutrition guru because that's the completely wrong way of doing it...and if you saw me you'd think who the he!! am I to say anything...but I've seen, heard, and read enough to know how it works.  I just don't have the will power to do it.  So, unless you change something and add exercise or something, you're going to have to trick your body and be 'bad' for a few days and then go back at it...and fyi, you may get sick doing this (I mean sick to your stomach) because your system isn't used to it.

  

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• suitern member

  February 2013

  I agree with jmccall.  Are you eating enough calories during the day?  If you aren't, your body is probably in starvation mode and saving everything you put into it, thus the plateau.  When I worked as a trainer, I always warned my ladies about this when they were dieting.  You probably would do better eating a bit more calories to get your body out of a starvation mode and then slowly go back to eating less and basically restart your metabolism.  Also, I would TRY to find time to work out-even if it is just walking.  Can you go on your lunch hour?  I second the Thirty Day Shred.  I have used it before and had good luck with it.  Also, I woudl allow yourself a cheat day a week to have something you crave-obviously not a whole bag of chips, but maybe a handful.  Also, just make sure that what/how you are eating it is something that you will be able to maintain long term.  Remember, eating healthy is a life style change...not just a temporary diet, especially if you want to keep the weight off! Good luck!
  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  

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• runrinserepeat member

  February 2013

  This is going to sound blunt, but I mean well.

  You're doing this all wrong. This part is a giant red flag (especially the bold):

  AshleyAnthony2B:

  I just changed strictly diet. Cut out EVERYTHING. Only eat healthy, only homemade. Only shop the outside of the grocery store. I've hate my life for the past 3 months because of this, I am freaking miserable and unsatisfied, but seeing it drop off so fast kept me going 100%...

  I try to eat pretty similarly - stay on the edges of the grocery store, eat mostly homemade and fresh. But I allow myself some wiggle room. Are you my friend on MFP? Please please please friend me if you are not, and take a look at my diary. I have ice cream every night. It's a huge part of the reason I've been so content with the other changes I've made. I'm not miserable. I still see results (maybe not as quickly, but does it matter, if I'm going to keep this weight off for years to come?). I don't feel deprived. IMO, that's the biggest goal anyone should have when they try to make their lifestyle healthier. 

  I mean, what were your plans once you reached your goal weight? If you were to just revert back to your old habits, the weight would just come back. Unless you make permanent changes that you can live with, it's an exercise in futility.

  With regards to the question at hand, though, my plateaus usually only lasted a week or two before I'd see a spurt of rapid weight loss. It's easy to lose motivation when the scale doesn't budge, but I'd imagine your goal is to become smaller, right? That's more easily gauged with a measuring tape. I'd highly recommend picking one up, so that you can divorce the ideas of weight=result. Once you get into the swing of things, though, you start to see that every few weeks, you hit a plateau, and as long as you stick with it, you will eventually start moving again. It gets easier. 

  But no. That cheeseburger will not kill you. I freaking love cheeseburgers, and if I want one, I find a way to make it fit. And that's why I'm going to be able to stick with this long term. I really hope you can find a way to do that, too.
  

   

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• pennyandandy member

  February 2013

  I was hoping kle would see this. I agree with her. Join mfp with us, it helps a lot. I don't log my food every day, but I did for quite a while and it really helps me visualize what I'm eating. Now I know that this lunch and this breakfast are going to be so many calories, and I can ballpark what I can/should eat for dinner and dessert. I don't deprive myself, and I am still losing. I really feel like I have a much better relationship with food now. I used to seriously binge on a package of cookies or a gallon of ice cream, but now I can eat two cookies a day and know that I will have some again tomorrow and be okay with that.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• MrsLindinger0905 member

  February 2013

  kleMcK:

  This is going to sound blunt, but I mean well.

  You're doing this all wrong. This part is a giant red flag (especially the bold):

  AshleyAnthony2B:

  I just changed strictly diet. Cut out EVERYTHING. Only eat healthy, only homemade. Only shop the outside of the grocery store. I've hate my life for the past 3 months because of this, I am freaking miserable and unsatisfied, but seeing it drop off so fast kept me going 100%...

  I try to eat pretty similarly - stay on the edges of the grocery store, eat mostly homemade and fresh. But I allow myself some wiggle room. Are you my friend on MFP? Please please please friend me if you are not, and take a look at my diary. I have ice cream every night. It's a huge part of the reason I've been so content with the other changes I've made. I'm not miserable. I still see results (maybe not as quickly, but does it matter, if I'm going to keep this weight off for years to come?). I don't feel deprived. IMO, that's the biggest goal anyone should have when they try to make their lifestyle healthier. 

  I mean, what were your plans once you reached your goal weight? If you were to just revert back to your old habits, the weight would just come back. Unless you make permanent changes that you can live with, it's an exercise in futility.

  With regards to the question at hand, though, my plateaus usually only lasted a week or two before I'd see a spurt of rapid weight loss. It's easy to lose motivation when the scale doesn't budge, but I'd imagine your goal is to become smaller, right? That's more easily gauged with a measuring tape. I'd highly recommend picking one up, so that you can divorce the ideas of weight=result. Once you get into the swing of things, though, you start to see that every few weeks, you hit a plateau, and as long as you stick with it, you will eventually start moving again. It gets easier. 

  But no. That cheeseburger will not kill you. I freaking love cheeseburgers, and if I want one, I find a way to make it fit. And that's why I'm going to be able to stick with this long term. I really hope you can find a way to do that, too.
  

   

  This, this and this! On MFP I originally set my profile up so I could lose up to 2 pounds in one week - which set my calorie limit at 1200 calories. The first day I finished until 1200 calories the app warned me that if I don't consume at LEAST 1200 calories a day then my body could go into starvation mode. So, I adjusted. And just because you're not losing pounds doesn't mean you're not losing inches - you could be gaining muscle.
  

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