Fed up

[goragon]

I’ve really tried the last two week with poor results and it makes me think what’s the point.

I’ve stick to my calorie intake of 1600 a day, try to do 10,000 steps a day and have only lost around 2 lbs in two week.

I could easily put all that back and more just by eating unhealthy for one day.

I weigh most days and every time I stay the same or move up I get fed up.

I could try and cut my calorie a little bit more, I don’t think I have much time at the moment to up my steps, I’m struggling to get the 10,000 in.

This Healthy lifestyle is getting me down.

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I-2 lb a week is a healthy weight loss the quicker you lose the easier it is 2 put on keep it up ypur doing great

[Cressid Maintainer]

Hi goragon Please don't get fed up.You have done so well so far and your long term trend is still downwards at a healthy rate. A Healthy Lifestyle should be uplifting and not get you down.Rather than be impatient for reaching your final goal, try to concentrate on enjoying the process.Find healthy foods that you love eating and would eat out of choice even if you weren't counting calories. Lots of people count steps, and that's great if you enjoy that. But if it's just another task to do that you don't enjoy, can you find alternative exercise that you love? Do you think it is possible for you not to weigh yourself every day? It is upsetting when the scales stay the same or go up, and this will inevitably happen frequently if you weigh yourself everyday due to normal daily fluctuations in weight. If you weighed yourself weekly, then you would not have these daily disappointments.You are keeping to your calorie allowance, so there is nothing scary about going a whole week without stepping on the scales. Once you reach your goal weight (which you will as long as you keep going),you will still need to adopt a Healthy Lifestyle to maintain that weight, so now is the time to concentrate on finding ways to enjoy it so it becomes a Joy and not a Punishment.

Wishing you All the Best,

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone in reply to Cressid]

Couldn't agree more Cressid

goragon , maybe your aim for this week could be to find one or two new recipes/meals that you like, and secondly maybe turning off the step counter for a week and just doing what exercise/activity you enjoy.

And remember, your current weight loss is within the expected range for someone eating healthily. You could go on a diet and you may well have a more rapid loss, but you'd also be far more likely to regain. I know it's a pain but it can be less of a pain if you enjoy what you're doing along the way to a healthy weight, as Cressid says

[goragon]

Thanks for the support, I’ll try and weigh weekly for the time being.

[NannyEJ]

Not sure goragon but looking at your height and current weight, you may not be eating enough. I know this sounds counter intuitive, it feels like the less you eat the more you will lose when actually the reverse is true. Your body may be feeling starved and is hanging on to fat to protect itself.

Perhaps if you re-run the NHS BMI calculator and look at the suggested calorie range for you to lose weight healthily you will see this. I suggest you eat at the middle/top of the range for two or three weeks or so to reset your metabolism and see what happens. You may gain a little in the short term before you start your downward trend again but this is okay. You have done so well and lost so much already, it would be a shame to give in now as I am sure you don’t have too much left to get to target. Anyway, good luck with this and keep checking in with us, we are all rooting for you.

[elliebath Maintainer]

I agree with the above. At 223 pounds you definitely need more calories. Im approximately 130 lbs and I eat close to 1600 !!