weight loss is the most frustrating thing on earth

NothinToLose · January 2nd, 2006, 12:23 PM

Skyler, I'm using fitday too, but I bought it and installed on my computer instead of going online. Its a very good program, helps me great with tracking everything I eat. Writing down everything I eat and sticking to 1200 cals/day really helped me, although I do go over once in a while. I think I finally lost 2 lbs! My weight is still fluctuating, but at a lower level, and the main thing is that I lost 1 percent of fat! Whoo-hoo! I wish my progress was faster, I really would love to be able to loose 1 lb/week, but I don't think it is possible due to my current exercise intolerance.

skyler · January 2nd, 2006, 12:31 PM

wow, 1 % of fat loss is GREAT. congrats!! sounds like you are doing the right things. i guess we fall into the 'slow loser' category of people!! we'll have to help each other with the determination and motivation along the way.

NothinToLose · January 2nd, 2006, 03:13 PM

Thanks, Skyler. Yes, I am a slow looser indeed. I don't think I've ever been able to break the 1lb/week in the past attempts at this. But, to be honest, I'm not very dissappointed. I'd rather lead a lifestyle that I can sustain for a very long time, and loose gradually then try too hard for a week and then give up because of not seeing results or because I cannot sustain the diet/exercise regimen(that happened to me in the past too!)

Anyway, lets go as fast as we can go, and we'll get there eventually. We will definitely support each other as we go along! I know we will both need it. You can PM me anytime.

cherylhop · January 6th, 2006, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by NothinToLose

Hi, all,

Would not it be nice if the scale rewarded you with slowly inching down whenever you were good?

I started yet again the calorie counting thing about 2 weeks ago. I lost 2 lbs (on 12th and 13th day), and then Christmas came and I gained 2 lbs back also in 2 days! Rrrrr.... I've overeaten on Xmas day by about 200 calories, and day after x-mas I ate about what I burned. 200 calories over should not have made me gain 2 lbs! I actually felt slimmer x-mas eve, but now I feel so bloated and heavy again! Its probably the water that i've gained, but somehow the knowledge does not really make me feel any better. I wish I knew what is going on in my body, why it is doing such crazy fluctuations and why the hell it takes whole 2 weeks to show any progress at all.

BTW, I'm doing 1200 calorie/day thing, burning about 1500/day(I think), so "planning" on loosing 1 lb in 11 days. People on this forum are very encauraging, always telling each other to "stick with it", but how do you stick with it when you always have to be in the agony of frustration, constantly being down about lack of progress or lack of understanding what is going on in your own body?

Weight loss has been the most elusive thing for me. I learned a lot of things about it, but I still feel powerless and without any control over the loss. It all feels like majic. Sometimes I loose when I don't expect to, and sometimes I gain when I don't think I should. I know it should all be connected to how much one eats and exercises, but the timing with which your body gives feedback completely buffles me! I cannot draw a line between actions and consequences, I cannot say with any certainty that if I do X today, Y will result. It just does not happen that way with weight loss, and mentally it has been a HUGE challenge for me.

Anyone else feels that way?

I have made a new years resolution to really lose weight this time. I am really frustrated alot of the time because I am not always in situations where eating right is easy. Oh, and then you have all these people around you who eat junk and don't care. Let's face it we are going through the biggest challenge in our lives. The fact is I don't wanna lose this challenge so I am damn well going to get through this even if it is through gritted teeth. Maybe we can vent our frustrations together.

cherylhop · January 6th, 2006, 01:24 PM

Hope to hear from you soon. I am really looking to find someone who understands my situation. I am new to the site but wow how cool is this. I am 29 years old and a very relaxed but energetic kind of person. Basically looking for a friend

NothinToLose · 03:56 PM

Hi, Cherylhop,

I definitely understand your frustration. Mine really comes out of not knowing the whole truth about everything that happens in weight-loss and being unable to predict with any certainty short term. It takes a lot to be able to just put away the longing for instant gratification and stick with the program for weeks before seeing any changes.

I know what you mean about people eating things around you and you having to restrain yourself. It is very hard and sometimes impossible to not eat like them. I am lucky that my husband is not totally supporting my weight loss, but also doing it with me, even though he is in a pretty good shape, and he does not really need to lose anything.

I totally agree, weight has been one huge challenge in my life that I could not overcome (yet). I reached a lot of goals in my life, but this is not one of them yet, so it is definitely a challenge of my life as well! But being here at the forum personally helps me a lot, not only because of all the support I'm getting but also because of knowing that everyone is going through same feelings and emotions and hardships, and somehow that makes it easier. So, we all support each other in our journeys to thinner us!

Good luck on your path, I hope things will workout well!

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weight loss is the most frustrating thing on earth