Where’s The Balance???
I can’t find it. I’m not sure what is going on but I am really struggling with finding that place where my body is happy to drop weight, even a little each week. I can be an all or nothing kind of gal, so it’s easier for me to eat none to minimum than it is to eat more and stop. It’s very tempting to do things to drop weight to hit my goal, but I know it would just come right back on. I’ve tried just eating my daily points and no loss. I tried eating daily and flex points, no loss. I do tend to hit a number on the scale and stay and visit it a while before dropping down again but this is frustrating. True, I have not made the best food choices but I’ve stayed in my point range. I guess with getting older I can’t “get away” with some of the things I have before. I can’t deny myself anything, that would be pure diet death for me. Tell me I CANT have kale and I will crave kale (I HATE kale). I know I’m a mental case but I’m trying. Same with exercise, I get excited, push to hard, end up with shin splints or terrible arch pain and then can’t do anything.
I’ve got to re-examine here and now. I can’t go another week and not lose. I set a realistic monthly goal for the Christmas Challenge and it looks like that’s not going to happen unless my body sheds overnight.
OK…I am very down about this and yes that little voice is with me, telling me you may as well give up…BUT I am tooooo stubborn to quit. I’m not giving up. I just need to figure out what things I need to change. Going to go over my food journal and some old ones to look at weeks I did well. I need to be careful about the sodium and maybe throw some other form of exercise in. More fruits and veggies…fresh.
Just talking it out with myself…and whoever may stubble on my nonsense. It will come…I am not a patient person…I will continue and I AM GOING TO WIN THIS BATTLE! I am going to use my stubborn nature for my benefit. Being a hard headed mule will pay off for me…HEE HAW!
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Wow I read this and thought “Did I write this?” You sound just like me. I have been eating some what healthy and exercising everyday for two weeks and no wieght loss what so ever. It is so frustrating and I wonder what am I doing wrong. I am older now I understand that but jeez does it have to be impossible. Then I have the overload of so many different diet options, low carb, low fat, high protien, I mean what is a girl to do. I am really frustrated with the food part of this. I can not afford to eat alot of fresh fruits and vegetables, we are a low income family and they just cost to much. I dont know what to do. I wish I could just stop eating all together like I did with ciggs when I quit smoking but you can’t cause you will die. I also here people say you have to take in at least 1200 cal or your body wont burn anything but how is that true when you see people that have starved due to reasons beyond there control and they lose wieght and are always thin. I don’t know it is all very frustrating to me and I just want to say you are not alone and I feel the same way as you.
Moderation is also my biggest problem. I have an -aholic personality. I can quit cold turkey, but as everyone knows, that is not possible with food, on HAS to learn to eat enough, but not too much… talk about frustration.
One thing that worked for me in the past is to try to find out the underlying “need” for my hunger at that moment, sometimes it was bordom, being tired is a huge hunger mimicker (did I make that word up?), even having to use the bathroom use to make me hungry, basically any time I should have done something to take care of myself, I ate instead…
So, something you can try, or not, like all advice, listen, sort, use what you can, toss what you can’t. The “program” part was to write down every time you ate (column 1) how you felt (2) and check (3) physically hungry or (4) emotionally hungry. As time passes, try to get mour check in column 3 as time goes on.
If you try it out, let me know how it works for ya!
~tina
gee, I need to read my blogs before I hit submit! There’s about 100 mistakes up there!
Hey - Your definitely trying and I dont understand the points - I’m guessing your saying you are getting a calorie deficit - with no results? Something is not right - either the calorie deficit is not happening , or u body is tired of the routine it is in and not responding. It happened to me - I took up martial arts to give my body the shake up it needed, now with eating less (1400 cal) and exercising - 3/4 a week am seeing a little but drop every wk ! La Tina - tips look good - I’m gona try them too!
Chrisie~ I understand where you are coming from! I have been following my points and exersizing faithfully and the scale went up 3 pound.I thought for sure after 2 months of kickboxing the scale would move. I think we look to much into the numbers on the crazy scale… For the past few days I’ve wanted to give up too, but like you
I can feel your frustrating…Grrrr….I’ve heard this so many times at BuddySlim.
I think mostly people just keep plugging along, and their bodies finally kick into high gear. The weight starts coming off. Some do say they “kick it up” or “change it around” and that gets things moving.
I’m alot like you…I’m an “all” or “nothing” kinda girl, and I get frustrated like you do.
I believe YOU CAN DO THIS. Stay strong..get mad and make it happen! You have so many supporters here on your side. Big big hugs for you!!
Ok, you sound alot like me. 2 things that have helped me: Moderation, and “cheat” day. I have learned to be happy with whatever improvement I see whether is shows on the scale or not. I may not show a loss every week, but I am showing muscle, or and improved attitude, or I just plain feel better because I am taking care of myself. The 2nd thing is I have one day a week where I take a break from workouts and I can have at least one thing I am really craving. Saves my sanity for the rest of the week.
You sound like you to go extremes one way or the othe like me. I love your never quit attitude, I have that too. You can do this, one step at a time and learn to celebrate EVERY little success, they do add up. Hugs,Kama
You’ll find what works for you, it’s all trial and error until you find your secret key that unlocks the weight.
We are such close sisters, Dawn thinks I am you…now that’s a compliment: )
I am totally with you today…losing steam…is it the heat…my impatient nature…boredom…
I don’t know!!!!??? I just feel apathetic and unmotivated!
But like you…I REFUSE to give up…
drastic times call for drastic measures. I got a new food plan from Rachel and tomorrow I start!!
This is exactly how I feel. I am sooooooo black or white. I once heard that an addiction is like a tiger. You have to put it in a cage. Unfortunately, with a food addiction, you have to take it out and walk it several times a day.
The picture of the donkey sums up how I feel. I feel like so many days, weeks, months I am just up the creek without a plan.
I don’t have any words of wisdom, but I did teach a lesson in my daughter’s Sunday school class today about patience. Think about Abraham waiting for Issac, and David waiting to be king. Like someone said, maybe we’re suppose to be learning other things during this time - patience, persistence, good habits, moderation, faith…
I’m going to keep on tweaking my food. I already changed my cardio from 6 days down to 4 and added in 3 circuit strength days, which I have been resisting, no pun intended.
The alternative to tweaking the food is giving up and eating. Not an option. I am not going back. It’s funny how stuff will work for you for a while, like a certain workout routine, or certain food plan, and then ‘poof’ it justs stops working. I think that’s how God keeps us turning to Him. He doesn’t want us to think WE’VE got it figured out.
I don’t know if this helps, but I found it really useful to look at the numbers of weight loss.
You need to cut out about 3500 calories a week to lose a pound of weight. That is a lot! The best thing I’ve found is to combine a reduced intake with exercise.
I’ve been calorie counting, and consuming anywhere from 1300-1400 calories a day. I have got 13 pounds gone so far, and I can’t imagine going back. Exercise is a bonus - meaning you can lose weight without it, but you’ll lose more with it! It depends how much time I have, and how energetic I feel.
Good Luck - you’re doing GREAT. It’ll work out!