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[justme]

Ahhh the joys of the PLATEAU.

Can’t seem to loose weight (AGAIN) no matter what I do.

[Obesity Discussion]

Originally Posted by YTWCKF

Ahhh the joys of the PLATEAU.

Can’t seem to loose weight (AGAIN) no matter what I do.

How long have you plateaud for? It's normal for a week or two to plateau and then to start losing again. Also, it's probably a good idea to shake things up a bit, as the body does adapt to your lifestyle overtime. What have you been doing as far as a lifestyle change to date?

[dugan51]

I know how ya feel. My body just doesn't seem to want to leave the 'Big 2' (200 lbs). I've been there almost 2 months after making great progress the first 3 months. I really could'nt exercise anymore than I do now. I must admit I've been a little lax with the diet, but at least I'm not gaining. Makes me wonder if this where I should be.

[Obesity Discussion]

Originally Posted by dugan51

I know how ya feel. My body just doesn't seem to want to leave the 'Big 2' (200 lbs). I've been there almost 2 months after making great progress the first 3 months. I really could'nt exercise anymore than I do now. I must admit I've been a little lax with the diet, but at least I'm not gaining. Makes me wonder if this where I should be.

If you're eating less calories a day than your body uses, then you're going to lose weight. How many calories a day are you eating ? Do you keep track?

[Audrey]

Originally Posted by YTWCKF

Ahhh the joys of the PLATEAU.

Can’t seem to loose weight (AGAIN) no matter what I do.

I know the feeling. And it sucks, big time.

I think I'm stuck on another one right now, and trying not to let it get to me.

Can you do anything to shake things up? (exercise change, eating at maintaining calories for a couple of day)

If not, just ride it out.

[justme]

Originally Posted by Obesity Discussion

How long have you plateaud for? It's normal for a week or two to plateau and then to start losing again. Also, it's probably a good idea to shake things up a bit, as the body does adapt to your lifestyle overtime. What have you been doing as far as a lifestyle change to date?

Plateau for a month and now I am afraid to get back on the scale to see if it has changed now

I have changed the exercise routine AGAIN (yesterday) to try and see if things will change

Life style changes to date
Started going for minimum 30 minutes walks for lunch
Started Exercising more and I am running out of time in the day to fit anymore in
Started eating MUCH more healthy food and less of it.

But no matter how hard I try I cannot change the things I have previously discussed about my office and it gets more and more difficult every day to
come in here. This week is ok but next week who knows.

[justme]

Originally Posted by dugan51

I know how ya feel. My body just doesn't seem to want to leave the 'Big 2' (200 lbs). I've been there almost 2 months after making great progress the first 3 months. I really could'nt exercise anymore than I do now. I must admit I've been a little lax with the diet, but at least I'm not gaining. Makes me wonder if this where I should be.

I too am not exactly sure where I can fit anymore exercise in and still spend time with my family and sleep

Originally Posted by Audrey

I know the feeling. And it sucks, big time.

I think I'm stuck on another one right now, and trying not to let it get to me.

Can you do anything to shake things up? (exercise change, eating at maintaining calories for a couple of day)

If not, just ride it out.

Just changed the exercise routine again and I am hoping that does something. I had a killer routine but it was doing exactly that killing me.

[Audrey]

Originally Posted by justme

Just changed the exercise routine again and I am hoping that does something. I had a killer routine but it was doing exactly that killing me.

Have you looked at your calorie intack? I wasn't keeping track of mine and I lost about 30 lbs, but when I got into the weight that I'd had forever, it got much harder to loose it, so I had to buy a little notebook and keep track of everything I ate, then bam, another 10 lbs gone.

[Obesity Discussion]

Originally Posted by justme

Plateau for a month and now I am afraid to get back on the scale to see if it has changed now

I have changed the exercise routine AGAIN (yesterday) to try and see if things will change

Life style changes to date
Started going for minimum 30 minutes walks for lunch
Started Exercising more and I am running out of time in the day to fit anymore in
Started eating MUCH more healthy food and less of it.

But no matter how hard I try I cannot change the things I have previously discussed about my office and it gets more and more difficult every day to
come in here. This week is ok but next week who knows.

Every time I see that mad smiley it makes me laugh.

Are you actually counting calories and eating towards a target daily caloric intake?

[justme]

Originally Posted by Obesity Discussion

Are you actually counting calories and eating towards a target daily caloric intake?

Nope. If I count calories I quit and give up too easily and it always seem to end with me in a bakery saying I don't have time for this.

I try to stick to portion sizes however and daily servings of meat, fruit, vegetables, dairy, fat, etc. This seems to work for me, or at least it use to.

[William Wallace]

Originally Posted by justme

Nope. If I count calories I quit and give up too easily and it always seem to end with me in a bakery saying I don't have time for this.

I try to stick to portion sizes however and daily servings of meat, fruit, vegetables, dairy, fat, etc. This seems to work for me, or at least it use to.

Unfortunately that's the only way to tell. Portion sizes are not the most exact science. You may be surprised that you're eating more calories than you thought. Maybe not on a permanent basis, but maybe for a day or two track your calories and see how many calories you are really consuming, and it could be that your method isn't working as well as you hoped and you may need to tweak your eating habits a bit more.

[inlove]

Wishing you luck. It is hard to not get discouraged. I myself am falling down that slump.
I lost weight pretty quickly and well at first....now I have not lost anything as far as I can tell. And I have been working out everyday and watching my calorie intake.

Keep your head up.

[justme]

Originally Posted by inlove

Wishing you luck. It is hard to not get discouraged. I myself am falling down that slump.
I lost weight pretty quickly and well at first....now I have not lost anything as far as I can tell. And I have been working out everyday and watching my calorie intake.

Keep your head up.

Thanks and I hope your able to start loosing agin soon

Originally Posted by William Wallace

Unfortunately that's the only way to tell. Portion sizes are not the most exact science. You may be surprised that you're eating more calories than you thought. Maybe not on a permanent basis, but maybe for a day or two track your calories and see how many calories you are really consuming, and it could be that your method isn't working as well as you hoped and you may need to tweak your eating habits a bit more.

You know, I agree with you but I also know that if I start counting calories it is a sure fire method of getting me to gain weight. Not because counting calories makes anyone gain weight it is because it frustrated the living daylights out of me and I get REALLY tired of trying to keep track of all this. Which ALWAYS leads me to saying the following to myself “I don’t have time for this (insert proper expletive here) I’m getting a muffin” And

Now for the last part --

Bottom-line, to loose weight takes one thing and only one thing “focus” without it you cannot follow any diet at all (period).

I have spent the last few days thinking about this and it comes down to I am not focusing… on anything…. other than my kids, these days. EVERYTHING can potentially set me off into a fit of anger lately. And that tells me I do not have any focus at all.

There is a lot more going on, other than job stress in my life, to cause this. Without going into great detail all I will say as that a couple people in my family have been diagnosed recently with some rather serious conditions that there is no cure for, it is just wait and watch things deteriorate. Also my wife and I recently helped bail out another family member that was spiraling into debt, to the tune of $50,000 thinking that it would help and all it appears to have done is give them extra money to create more debt and expect us to bail them out again, which will not happen, so this is causing a bit of a rift in the family. And then a close friend that is going through a divorce needed someone to talk to and chose me and now I have more intimate detail about their lives than anyone should have and I don’t need their problems on my shoulders.

I also know, although it is hard to admit, I really need to go talk to someone about all this before I have a stroke since every time I get angry the BP spikes.

With all that said I am going to cease posting for quite a while since all I can do it seems is complain, whine and be negative. None of which, believe it or not, is normal for me.

I will go back and continue what I started out doing but stopped doing a few weeks ago, Sanshou (Chinese martial art) and go talk to someone as well. And I just got another idea from my word spell checker that always wants me to correct Sanshou to snowshoe. I use to snowshoe too, I think when it snows I will go do that again. I am also considering snowboarding.

Thank you for all the support and advice but I got to go

Later all
Again thanks.

[William Wallace]

Originally Posted by justme

You know, I agree with you but I also know that if I start counting calories it is a sure fire method of getting me to gain weight. Not because counting calories makes anyone gain weight it is because it frustrated the living daylights out of me and I get REALLY tired of trying to keep track of all this. Which ALWAYS leads me to saying the following to myself “I don’t have time for this (insert proper expletive here) I’m getting a muffin” And

But your shooting yourself in the foot. I look at it that by not spending the time now to do this calorie counting now, I'd just be costing myself time in the end in the form of a lower life expectancy. Counting calories doesn't take THAT long. Besides, once you do it for a while, you start to memorize the nutritional values of each slice of bread, each slice of cheese, etc. and it becomes easier and quicker to count.

Originally Posted by justme

Now for the last part --

Bottom-line, to loose weight takes one thing and only one thing “focus” without it you cannot follow any diet at all (period).

I have spent the last few days thinking about this and it comes down to I am not focusing… on anything…. other than my kids, these days. EVERYTHING can potentially set me off into a fit of anger lately. And that tells me I do not have any focus at all. .

Well, you are focusing on your kids, but think of it this way, you are also partially losing weight for your kids. You'll be setting a better example for your kids which can have a positive impact on their health, but more importantly, by losing the weight you'll more likely be able to live longer and be around for your kids longer in life and be able to spend more time with them, and even their grandkids.

Originally Posted by justme

There is a lot more going on, other than job stress in my life, to cause this. Without going into great detail all I will say as that a couple people in my family have been diagnosed recently with some rather serious conditions that there is no cure for, it is just wait and watch things deteriorate. Also my wife and I recently helped bail out another family member that was spiraling into debt, to the tune of $50,000 thinking that it would help and all it appears to have done is give them extra money to create more debt and expect us to bail them out again, which will not happen, so this is causing a bit of a rift in the family. And then a close friend that is going through a divorce needed someone to talk to and chose me and now I have more intimate detail about their lives than anyone should have and I don’t need their problems on my shoulders.

I also know, although it is hard to admit, I really need to go talk to someone about all this before I have a stroke since every time I get angry the BP spikes.

With all that said I am going to cease posting for quite a while since all I can do it seems is complain, whine and be negative. None of which, believe it or not, is normal for me.

I will go back and continue what I started out doing but stopped doing a few weeks ago, Sanshou (Chinese martial art) and go talk to someone as well. And I just got another idea from my word spell checker that always wants me to correct Sanshou to snowshoe. I use to snowshoe too, I think when it snows I will go do that again. I am also considering snowboarding.

Thank you for all the support and advice but I got to go

Later all
Again thanks.

I would absolutely go get back to Sanshou and talk to someone about things going on, and remember, we are all here for you too, and are more than willing to be a strong shoulder for you! You can talk to us about just about anything. Besides, we're cheaper than a trained professional! It's OK to vent here. That's why we're here, and we encourage people to do so. Don't lose touch with us, keep us posted, we're all going to support you until the end.

[dr5bite]

Dear JustMe,

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Good luck!

[Alexxa]

HI justme

I think I can help you out about the calorie counting.

There's a site that counts all your aclorie intake, fat, protein, etc. It even calculates your daily activity! All you have to do is write in all that you eat and the program does the rest.

Search google for FitDay. I can't post links (yet). I use it and it's helped me quite a lot! I actually have the whole program. Try it and then let me know what you think!

Keep your head up!!!

And talk to us all you like. We are all here to help.

[donna jacquez]

Im just starting myself, how did you lose the 11 lb i could also use some encouragement.I walked my dog for the first time today.