Frustrated 😐

[xleighx]

Hi I'm new here been dieting for about 6 weeks I've lost a stone but of late it's come to a hault it's driving me mad I need to lose about 6st any advice is much apreaciated x

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Hi and welcome

and well done on losing a stone already

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[Wadestreet]

First do not give up!!!. And well done on the lost stone. Everybody has different metabolism. Maybe look at your eating plan and increase the exercise could be a simple as that. I hope you start losing weight soon. Good kuck.

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Read this article on the MyFitnessPal blog from way back. It should reassure you that plateauing is not necessarily a bad thing: blog.myfitnesspal.com/the-u...

[xleighx in reply to Hidden]

Thank you that was really helpful x

[Iwilldothisthisyear 3kg Restart Feb 2024 Restart June 2023 in reply to Hidden]

That's a really helpful post xx

[HubbysMissMouse]

Hi xleighx do you know how many calories you are eating every day. Make sure you check out the calories you should be having to eat between daily on the NHS bmi calculator. I used to only eat around 1000 Cals a day and never managed to lose weight before. I found out that by not eating the amount of calories advised by the calculator to eat to be able to lose weight your body thinks that you are starving it and turns what I did eat into body fat and this weighs more than eating the extra calories does so it stopped me from losing weight and sometimes puts weight on instead. I am so pleased I found this out on here and have now managed to lose 2 1/2st so far by eating the right amount of calories advised. Please don't make this same mistake as I did. Good luck with your journey.

[xleighx in reply to HubbysMissMouse]

Ahhh I guess that makes sense I'm having about 1008 calories a day give or take the doctor also put me on orlistat so maybe I am just not getting enough ! It's so difficult you think your doing so well but not getting results x

[Pineapple27]

You've done the hardest part! Now to just keep on going!

Here are a few of my past posts which I hope you will find helpful and inspiring. I won't try and tell you that my journey was easy - and you'll see that there were many blips along the way, but 5 years down the line, I feel about 20 years younger than I did when I was lugging around 4 stone more.

Please do pop back to the forums and share your journey with us - we are here for you, day and night and happy to share your success or support you when you need it.

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[xleighx in reply to Pineapple27]

Thank you so much that's good to hear and well done! I've battled up and down for years just have never managed to keep it off but promised myself this time it's for keeps turning 40 in 2 months and don't want the sore knees and tiredness I suffer now it's time for a change it just gets so hard when you hit that wall! Look forward to reading your posts 😊 xx

[James40Cheshire]

Fantastic effort for the 1 stone loss. Some ideas for getting off the plateau:

1. Make sure you are eating enough. Trying to go too quickly will cause the opposite effect to the one you want.

2. Are you sure that you are counting accurately? It is very easy to think you are eating less than you actually are.

3. Are you using the same scales in the same spot each time you weigh? This can give very different results each time if you are not.

4. Watch out for sugar and alcohol as even if these are within your calorie range they can cause issues with weight loss.

Good luck with it. James

[xleighx in reply to James40Cheshire]

Hi James thanks for your reply yes I am doing all those things cut out alcohol altogether much to my other half annoyance 😁 I think maybe I am not eating enough I'm doing about 1008 calories a day I've cut out snacks altogether if I cut anymore I'd be as well just with water ha ha

[James40Cheshire in reply to xleighx]

Unless you are tiny 1008 calories is nowhere near enough, so I think you know what you have to do.

[xleighx in reply to James40Cheshire]

Eat some chocolate 😁 ?? No I guess I do I really didn't think I was doing badly was having 3 meals a day ect... just goes to show eh ! I will just need to find the balance

[James40Cheshire in reply to xleighx]

Why not have some chocolate? Straight after a meal some dark chocolate would be fine I think.

[xleighx in reply to James40Cheshire]

Yeah I have heard dark chocolate can be ok in small pieces I also love a mocha coffee but gave it up for the diet maybe I should indulge once in a while 😊

[kbed]

Hi when I first started trying to lose weight I just started counting calories, I soon found out that was not enough so I started to go to the gym & weight started coming off, you don't have to go the gym just going out for a walk is fine but not a stroll a brisk walk may help the point is keep at it don't give up you will do it just be determined.