Plateaus, red velvet cake and skinny friends.

So I'm140 lbs, work out everyday like an insane person (changing up workouts, weights, everything!), and i've been logging my calories as honestly as possible (about 1200- 1500 a day for 1lb loss a week) but i think i'm just stuck! The fat seems to have taken up pemanent residence on my body and it ain't budging! The worst part of all this is i'm the only one in my group of friends that works out and watches what i eat and im still the biggest one! Too often i've watched friends eat delicious pastas while i ate a salad with no dressing and watched them lose weight while i bounce around furiously, the fatty that i am.

The number of times ive heard my friends say, 'wow  i just lost 5 lbs and didnt notice, that deserves some red velvet cake no? let's go'.How dare she!doest she know i put on 5 lbs just HEARING the words 'Red velvet cake'...I've said red velvet cake too many times now, i should probably go for a jog. lol!

And now, for the last four days and another week to come i'm "on vacation" with my parents which just means we're visiting with aunts and uncles who just wont take no to food at all! And now im just scared of putting weight on much less scared of the fact im not losing anymore!

i guess ive plateau-ed? for like the last 2 years?! i have days where i wonder whether any of this is worth it, maybe i should go back to the buckets of fried chicken i used to eat when i was younger and pudgier. if im just going to be pudgy either way, might as well have fun? what say you?

Actually it sounds like you probably aren't eating enough calories.  If you workout as insane as you say you do then you need to up those calories and then you'll see the weight start to come off.

I'm not going to offer any technical advice, as I don't know how tall you are, how old you are, etc. What I AM going to say is...what are you, crazy?? 140 is not fat! You must be hanging around with really skinny chicks to feel fat at 140.

I remember being 140, wayyy back in high school, that was close to my lowest weight (I was on some wacko diet) and I too felt fat. In fact, I felt fat and gross and piggish, and I look back SO sad at how mean I was to myself. I look at pictures that show I was a lovely, well-proportioned girl, albeit with a little more junk in the trunk than some skinny chicks, but it was cute. I did not appreciate how great I looked at ALL. And 20 years of eating-disordered behavior led me to where I am now - trying my hardest to get back to a normal weight, just being under 200 will make me cry with joy. 140? Never going to happen, for the love of god enjoy being that!!

i think a lot of people deny that losing weight or looking nice is hard work... to make it sound like when they look great it was effortless. It's like we're not supposed to admit that we're not naturally flawless to anyone, let alone our good friends.

Thing it IS hard for most people, probably your friends included.

Think about it...Do you tell everyone just how long it took to blow out your hair? each thing you gave up to lose two pounds? Or do you tell them it was easy too?

Take care of yourself. Be healthy! You and your friends aren't in a contest.

If it feels like you are, you're probably not the only one competing and downplaying how damn hard you're trying to fit some ideal.