I eat right and count every little sneaky gram and my journey looks like this:
I want to lose at least 19 kg. WDYM, I LOST ONLY 1 KG IN THIS MONTH. At this pace, it would take me 19 months, that is a year and 7 months. I do not have this kind of patience. It is fucking too big of a sacrifice for a pity reward. It is not fair that other people have always been thin, and I have to go through this shit.
Let me know if you all also were in this position. What did you do and when did kg start melting off?
by Obvious_Jello5273
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How many calories are you aiming for a day, and how physically active are you?
I think you know the answer. You’ve fixed your intake, now it’s time to do some (additional?) workout.
If I eat at 1500 calories, I will lose around 150g a day, as a 36 year old, 5’’ 10 male.
Try calculating your maintenance weight using an online calculator and base your deficit on that, if you are particularly small then you may need a bigger deficit, as others have said, ideally this would be from exercise rather than cutting more, as you still want the nutrients from 1500.
It doesn’t have to be 2 hours a day. Walk to the shops and/or take public transport to a destination you would normally drive to- there’s a lot of extra walking and standing waiting for a train or bus. I’m heading for a nice day out in London this weekend, but I’ll easily get 2/3 hours worth of walking in that day.
You do realise that unless you change your calorie burn considerably, this is the level you need to eat at for ever if you want to stay the size you are?
Based on your height/weight, you’d be eating at an approximate deficit of 7-800 calories, meaning you should be losing roughly .6kg per week
Many factors including water retention can affect your weight, but over a month period I would expect to have lost at least a couple kilos
I would make sure you’re accounting for everything you eat & drink (including snacks and alcohol)
I’ve gained ~1 kg the last week while being on a deficit (100% know I’m on a deficit, I have not miscalculated). I’m starting to get really discouraged and feeling like “what’s the point?”. I know it’s not fat, it’s water. It is starting to get really hard eating this little for nothing. But, I know it’s only a dip, it will get better and hopefully soon. Eating more will absolutely not help, so I’m just trying to be mindful of it. With exercise and eating according to my plan.
After reading some comments, here’s my take on this. You may be tracking, but there’s a problem. Either you aren’t as good at tracking as you think you are, or you’ve miscalculated your TDEE. You need to check that first. Even staying with current tracking habits and decreasing by 200-300 calories a day should start the ball moving. I see a lot of excuses for not exercising. Let me tell you this. You don’t have time now? Guess what? You won’t have time in another few weeks or months because of some other inconvenience. You don’t need 2 hours to walk. Go walk for 20 minutes. Out of breath? Good! Keep going. No one here is poking fun at you, people are just being honest and calling out your downfalls in a constructive way. Did you post this seeking help, or are you just posting to complain? Answer that for yourself. Keep at it, make changes, make growth.
Well, if it makes you feel any better, I’ve been counting for 3 months and have gained a pound. Add in daily Pilates and hitting 10k steps 5 days a week and I’m really confused. I swear my body has just betrayed me and I don’t know where to go from here.
Weight lose is hard when you don’t eat protein and don’t workout, i’m saying that because i used to eat healthy but i was hungry all the fucking time, so i didn’t wanna workout either.
Protein makes you feel full, and personally i feel more woken up. Exercise in this case helps you lose calories but you might not be as hungry as if you just didn’t workout.
Are you tracking what you eat in an app? Would you be able to post what a normal day of eating looks like for you? Maybe some folks can help adjust what you’re eating.
If you’re truly eating 1500 calories a day, even with very little exercise, I feel like you should have lost more than this in a month. I would definitely consult your doctor. They may be able to run some tests to see if something else is preventing you from losing weight.
But as others have mentioned, you gotta move. Start small, walk back and forth in your home for 10 minutes. Slowly add more time. You can do it while reading or watching something on your phone to help take your mind off it being uncomfortable.
I believe you’ve been trying to track carefully, but unless you prepare all your meals yourself (so you know exactly what ingredients are in sauces, etc.), it’s very easy to be wrong.
Buy a kitchen scale and weigh everything you eat. That way you’re not guessing if you ate 25g or 30g of cheese or whatever — it’s hard to discern portion size with the naked eye but those little variances add up in calories. This is especially true with measuring butter or oil, which is why it’s nearly impossible to know how many calories are in a restaurant meal.
To answer your title question about how I don’t give up when the weight isn’t coming off like I want it to: I tell myself that even if I never lose another pound, at least I’m in a better place than I used to be and I don’t want to go back to where I was, so I better keep doing what I’m doing to sustain where I’m at now.
I honestly may get banned for this, but what the hell is your attitude?
There isn’t some magical weight loss troll who decides if you lose weight off of good behavior. If you only lost 1kg in a month, that’s on you and you only.
Other people have always been thin because they didn’t overeat. Coming from someone that was once 430 pounds.
I’m not trying to grill you, but losing weight takes work, if you want to go the easy route then you’re going to get an easy route amount of loss.
Average someone not really counting every calorie and being dumbfounded that they aren’t losing weight thread;
It is crazy how some of us have the fucking demonic brain worm telling us to eat eat eat, and others seemingly don’t.
The post has so many negative reactions, felt like rocks being thrown at me. This post might help others. If not I would just delete it. So many strong opinionated people, oh God. Let’s try to be kinder to other people; just because everyone is anonymous doesn’t give a red light to be mean for fun.
I wish I can hold a pic of my monthly weigh ins cause it would look very similar to yours. For context, I’m F, 5’2”. I had my calories around 1200-1350 and my activity would only be hitting my 10k steps daily. The weight loss was agonizing slow. In the past few weeks, I’ve actually upped my calories to 1400-1500 and also increased my activity to add in: 3 15-20min peloton rides + 3 20 min strength and 2 30 min rides. This has helped me break out of the 152-153s I was stuck in for about a month.
I’m sure you’re tracking accurately, but one tip that really helped me (and it might help you) is to make sure to count the sauces and little bites you may have here and there. Previously, I’d have a bite of my boyfriend’s sandwich for lunch. Two bites for dinner etc etc. Either account for it, or cut out the extra bites you may be having. I’m guessing the little bites for me can add up between an additional 100-200 calories!