my story of frustrated/not losing dilemma...

Okay, today is not a good day. Well, I feel good, i guess that counts for something but I have been SO good for the past few weeks and still NOTHING Lost. Yesterday was a good day - 950 calories throughout little meals (and changed 'em up so i would confuse my body), 1 hour on the elliptical (interval training), 65 oz of water , weighed in this am and NOTHING GONE. I mean, honestly?!??!?!!!!! What else can I do??? I know you are all going to respond that muscle weighs more, and i get that, but i still have FAT over that muscle so that should be shedding. I am so frustrated/angry/annoyed...all of it....not quitting or anything but confused, i don't get it - i dont get what i should do now...or different. I am following all the rules...and I won't budge. I was in a plateau state for roughly 8 months before i lost some weight but it doesnt make sense to re-plateau again. My fitday is telling me that i am losing 0.33 lb/week. That isn't going to cut it. Somebody, anybody, suggestions????????????????????
 
Skyler, I haven't gone through to re-read your diary, but did note this morning you mentioned under 1000 calories for yesterday. Are you eating ENOUGH calories? My only thought is perhaps your body is going into starvation mode.

And maybe.. I'm no dietician, but perhaps WHAT your taking in for calories isn't the right food? are your fat gram counts high still even with a low calorie intake?

Sorry if my suggested offend you at all, but its just what is popping in my head as possible causes for your lack of weight loss. Please do not give up. I KNOW how frustrating it is!!

Another note.. uhm, check the batteries in your scale? :D
 
thanks new leaf. my fat content is very low - example of food intake..
oatmeal for breakfast
salad with tuna for lunch
apple and yogurt for snack
smartone dinner or chicken and veggies/rice for dinner
it comes up from 1000-1200 calories per day and i tested my RMR and it said 1430 so subtract 500 for weight loss and that means i am supposed to eat 950 calories a day to lose. sounds low, yes, but its the math. ???
 
Hi, Skyler,

Just saw this thread. If your RMR is 1430, then add your exercise on top of that, let's say your burn 200 per day on eliptical, your total calorie burned is 1630, minus 500, so you should eat 1130 to loose 1 lb/wk(with exercise!). You also burn some by doing everyday things around the house, taking a shower, washing dishes, etc, but it usually is not that much, maybe extra 100 or 200? So, the math says you should be loosing about 1 lb/wk! In my experience math always works, but then again, I'm a math major! :) LOL.
I just think you need to give your body a few more weeks to catch up. Sometimes changes don't show up until later. I don't loose weight constatly. I am in one place usually for about 2 weeks, and then the loss happens, then another two weeks. Maybe your body needs 3 weeks to adjust.
 
maybe so, ntl. needing time to adjust. i am a math person as well so i hear ya there. that is my calorie intake average for the past month or more - 1140ish so i think that is why the frustration is there, as it's math and science and that stuff makes sense to me. *sigh* i just heard caffeine affects weight loss (negatively), have you heard that? i knew that about diet coke, etc, but coffee? coffee, just black is my weakness...
 
I heard some negative stuff about coffee and caffeine in general, that it dehydrates, some say it will slow down weight loss, etc. BUT, I also read several articles based on real studies showing that 1 or 2 cups a day will not affect body negatively. It is mild diuretic and laxative, but as far as I know it actually speeds up metabolism for a short while, because it is stimulant and slightly increases your heart rate. Personally coffee's high acidity irritates my stomac and urinary tract. As much as I love a cup of coffee in the morning I try to stay away from it if I can. But, I don't think that driking 1 black coffee per day would negatively affect weight loss.
Sometimes coffee can make you hungrier an hour or 2 later and people tend to overeat, but I don't think this would apply to you at all. It can also contribute to "highs" and "lows", like sugar rush, but I doubt that it would make enough difference to slow down your weight loss.
 
I think that caffiene is a problem, if you're drinking it constantly, all day long, and not consuming other beverages, or not consuming enough water. I think thats when you run into the negative effects. So say a cup or two of coffee in the morning, isn't so bad. :) At least..thats my opinion and since its what I do, I'm sticking to it! :D
 
The only thing about coffee I'm wondering, is if you wait a little while before you start drinking water, your body may retain more water then it normally would. What happens for me is that unless I'm drinking constanly, my body starts retaining water, even if I just have a lapce of drinking of couple of hours. That may explain why you're retaining more water. Also, to put things in perspective, 2 glasses of water is 1 lb! That's all it takes to offset the scale!
 
WOW! I didn't know that 2 glasses of water is 1 lb. CRAZY. Yeah, i'm only having 1-2 cups in the am so i doubt the caffeine is doing it & you are right, it doesn't make me hungry or anything like that...

Have yall found good ways to STOP retaining water? Other than the obvious, low-no sodium, etc...??????? If even possible..
 
So, I figured out that I lose AT BEST 3 lbs/month, most likely 0.5 lbs / week, so that leaves me with 15 lbs left to lose to my goal weight, i should be at minus 8 by june 1. June is really my goal timeframe (wedding) so somehow I need to lose an extra 7 lbs along the way. I know the last 20 lbs are the hardest so i am now at the point of figuring out how to lose faster. let's see, it is 4 months, 16 weeks, somehow i need to bump up my loss/metabolism to 1 lb per week. I am going to continue with 1150 average calories daily, 5-6 days cardio (45-60 min on elliptical & now adding Kate's HIIT idea), 2 days of pilates, 1 other weight training and lots of water....this is what i do now (w/o adding the extra HIIT in my already interval training.

Question remains how can i boost this loss from 1/2 lb to 1 lb per week?

more water? i drink at minimum 65 oz per day
i take multivitamins
i eat small meals throughout the day (mostly - once in a while i save calories for dinner)
i change up my foods, i guess i could add more protein but i eat more balanced meals - sample day:
oatmeal, fruit
yogurt, apple or kashi bar
salad with tuna or sandwich
smart one frozen meal or chicken/shrimp with rice/veggies
lots of greens/salad

any suggestions??
THANKS.
 
The only way I know how to release water is to consistantly drink more, although during TOM and other changes, it is practically impossible to make your body give up water, it just a waiting game.
 
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