Needing some serious advice here. 😵💫
I’ve been following a strict diet and exercise plan for 19 days and for the past 11 days the scale has barely moved. I’ve been following the 75 Hard program and this is the plan I’m following:
Diet:
~1,500 vegetarian, balanced, whole foods
1 gallon of water/day
No alcohol
No cheat meals
Exercise:
45 min of intense aerobics 5x a week
45 min of light aerobics 2x a week
45 min of yoga 7x a week
I track, weigh, and portion out all food, use my Apple Watch to track exercise and activity, and I put everything into my nutrition app LoseIt! According to my app I’m in a ~1,500 deficit each day. From that calculation I should have lost a little over 8 lbs. in reality I’ve only lost about 5lbs.
Week 1: I lost 3.4 lbs
Week 2: I lost 1.2 lbs
Week 3: I’ve lost 0.6 lbs
Seems each week I’m losing half as much.
My goal is to lose 40 lbs in 100 days. (Lofty, I know, but I am committed). If I don’t lose exactly 40, that’s fine. Even if it was 30-35 lbs I’d be ecstatic! But the way my weight loss keeps trending the past 2 weeks I will have only lost ~16 lbs in 100 days. Yes, losing 16 lbs would be incredible, but it’s not my goal and is off by a huge margin.
Any advice, tips, insights, or sharing of similar experiences are very much appreciated because I don’t know wtf is going on!
by Glittering-Proton
4 Comments
Are you getting enough sleep? How is your stress?
Weight loss isn’t linear. Our bodies aren’t machines. You’re not going to be able to precisely plot and plan your exact weight loss week by week. Give it time. If your calorie counting is on target and your calorie deficit is what it should be, the scale will catch up eventually. I think you’re setting yourself up for failure, or at least disappointment, with unrealistic expectations.
What is your height and weight?
Is there a reason you feel like you have to weigh yourself daily? I just weigh myself weekly. There is a great deal of variability in weight from day-to-day. I don’t think that frequency is a particularly useful way of getting data regarding weight loss. It’s probably not great for your mental health either.
Also, your two pictures show a lot of progress to me. I think you should feel proud of what you’re doing and focus on the healthy lifestyle choices. If you keep doing what you’re doing, you’re going to lose weight. You already have.