Ok, i have been at this for 15 months- have lost 65 for sure. Started at 315, now 240ish- i say ish because for the past 3 months, i have been losing /regaining the same darn 9 lbs. I am lightly to moderately active- i'm a nurse and work has been crazy lately- the last 12 hrs shift, i didn't even get a chance to sit down ( or pee) for the first 5 hrs! When i started i was eating around 1800-2000 and losing 1-2 lbs a week (give or take). I clocked in at 249 on Feb 10th, got to 241 on Apr 30th. That weekend i redid my kitchen- washing, scraping, painting (up and down a foot ladder a million times)- i hurt so bad that Mon, i knew the 4 oz of prime rib and fries i had Sat nite wouldn't hurt a bit- wrong, that morning it was 249! It seems like lately, i go down a little every week for about 3 wks, get my period, then i am back to where i start. I know, i am rambling-Frustrated! I have tried to zig zag days from 1400-1800, have been biking or walking when the weather isn't crappy- still getting down to 30's in the pms here in ND...brrr. I have noticed the last few days that my fat intake is pretty low- hard to eat fat when i Am fat. Could that be the cause? Even if i was completely sedentary, the burn shows 2200. I should be able to lose at least a 400-800 deficit daily, thus =2800 to5600 ( a LB) a wk. Any suggestions?? Help me. I know plateaus happen, but 3 months- cmon!
I don't know, just wanted to say stay motivated and don't give in.
My weightloss is very slow and I think for it's because I don't measure calories accurately enough. I hope some of the experienced members on here can shed some light on it for you.
Well done with the weight-loss so far. I think you need to almost start again with your new weight.... work out what your total energy needs are.
If you've been consistently restricting calories for 15 months then your body will have got used to the fact that there's less food to play with. It's a peril of all long-term dieters. So you could benefit from having a week where you aim to maintain on your full energy needs.... if that's 2800, go with that. Then resume weight-loss on 500-700 lower than your maintenance number. As you get smaller you need to be a lot more accurate about your food intake than maybe when you were bigger, so keep measuring portions and keeping your food log to make sure the quantities aren't creeping up.
Other things that can help are to change around what you eat, try new foods, swap your exercises around. I'm sure things will click back into place soon. Good luck
thanks guys- also on a side note- have you noticed a change in the tools? Last week when i checked the burn meter, for sed it said 2200, lite active 2400. Now it is 2200 for both- that hardly seems fair? Oh well, i'll put myself at 2300 and call it good. I did try eating about that much daily for a couple weeks last month, then drop back to 1800, and it didnt help at all. I am so confused. Keep the suggestions coming.
You're way past lightly active if you do 12 hour shifts as a nurse and you're doing exercise on top. You're at least 'moderately active' if not 'very active'. Try redoing the calculations, going with the new number for a few days and then dropping down by 500-700.
Wow, 65 pounds is amazing! Congratulations. I would second that you sound very active, and you probably need to eat more. When I had a very active job (I was waitressing at a very busy restaurant and was always flat out) I would lose on 1900-2000. I usually ate about 2300-2500 to maintain, and I was 5'8" and 135lbs at the time, so my calorie needs would be lower than yours.
Other ideas...
Hypothyroidism?
Not enough sleep? I'm not sure about the scientific evidence for this but I know that when I'm sleeping badly, my body doesn't function as well and it's much harder to lose weight.
PCOS?
Definitely change your exercise routine - our bodies adapt so quickly that we can end up putting in a lot of effort for minimal results.
Good luck!
Original Post by kawnd11:
thanks guys- also on a side note- have you noticed a change in the tools? Last week when i checked the burn meter, for sed it said 2200, lite active 2400. Now it is 2200 for both- that hardly seems fair? Oh well, i'll put myself at 2300 and call it good. I did try eating about that much daily for a couple weeks last month, then drop back to 1800, and it didnt help at all. I am so confused. Keep the suggestions coming.
They made some changes to the tools that calculate our "burn" last night. They are working on getting a few problems resoved. Such as what you said -- apparently sedentary and lightly active now show the same calories.
