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Hello all,

I feel like I've lost my mojo in a big way. I've not been on the forum for over a week now and I think it's because I felt like rubbish last week because of last week's small loss, but deep down just thought it was a little funk. BUT I weighed in today and lost the same.. 1/2 a lb! AHHHH I've been working so very hard at this for the past 3-4 weeks and lost in my first 2 weeks but last week and especially this week I really really REALLY pushed myself, worked out daily (in a big way!), ate so incredibly sensibly, on my normal days didn't go over 1,400 and on my fast days only took in 2-400cals (not the cleverest idea but I'm feeling desperate now)

What's that about?! HOW!?
I've never given any WOE or lifestyle change such dedication and push... and for that loss, I was ready to cry this morning.

I need words of wisdom; something, anything to stop me from jacking it in, and just avoiding food all together. 24 hour fasts - 7 days a week.
I want to do this. I have 47 weeks till the wedding now and at this rate I'll never get to goal, and I hate how I feel about myself at the moment, sick of being the one "oooh but you have a very pretty face" blah, all I hear when people say that is "shame about the rest of you"

The only real changes are that I've been avoiding drinking water and stuff, I've become completely obsessed with the scales and the water weighs SO much! I weigh in after every single last meal, wee.. sleep.. workout, blink! (lol)

Blah. help :'(

x x


and I know my signature strip at the bottom says it all, but it's hard to feel that when you don't... feel that (sense?!?)

[carorees]

Oh dear, oh dear, @MrsGToBe what has happened?!

First, read this: topic1006.html which explains how exercise and all kinds of things can cause a weight increase.

Second, stress releases the hormone, cortisol which really slows down weightloss and messes with your body, so you need to stop stressing!

Third, you know that increasing exercise like crazy will result in water retention due to the damage you've done to your muscles so you'll have that water to muck things up.

Fourth, the tape measure is a better guide to weightloss (and to whether you'll fit your clothes nicely) than the scales so, stop dehydrating yourself (which actually causes water retention so is pointless), stop weighing and start measuring!

Fifth, more fasting or cutting calories will stress your body more and will not be good for your health...don't do it!

Sixth, tell us a bit about what you kinds of things are eating, when you're eating, what is your current BMI, waist:height ratio, what's your goal BMI, how much weight you are looking to lose so we can collectively come up with some ideas to help you!

47 weeks is ages away, so even if you did carry on at half a pound a week that's still nearly 2 stone lighter, which will be a big change!

Hi MrsG I think you are being a bit hard on yourself , this way of eating will not make you lose weight quickly but slowly and steady. Since you have exercised hard this week , your body is adjusting , retaining water etc so your scales will not be very helpfull. Have you taken your measurements? In regards to not drinking water because of water weight, I don't think that's a good idea, our body needs water to flush out toxins etc

I was thinking the same. How much do you have to lose and how is your BMI ?

5:2 is not a magical wand, you need to find your key for it to properly works and it can take time, but as it would take time for every other diet.

You need to relax, take a deep breath and see the positive sides instead of focusing on the negatives. Half a pound a week is good and is the average loss so everything is good

Just listen to Caroline and relax !

I was about to say what Caroline said, only less well, so I'm just going to say listen to Caroline too!

Hello all,

Nope - had no idea that that could affect it! I mean the work outs, you just think work out and you think... it's a good thing and can only mean a big minus, the bigger the push - the bigger the minus.
So I guess from today (official weigh in date) is the day to drink up, measure and... erm stress less.

I knew that the gain in muscle affects it but my logic (of lack of) is:

if you lose inches and never the lbs - then will I be at goal size but still weigh the same?! o.O

x x

[Moogie]

If you've only been doing this a few weeks it's not unusual for the loss to vary initially - you should feel glad you've lost a little rather than having the gain/maintain that many people in the early weeks experience as water/fat balances out! What you've experienced is quite normal, so stick with it and let us know if it doesn't start coming off at nearer the average rate (1lb/week) soon. Don't stress yourself over deadlines, that won't help anything. You'll lose what you lose by then, better that than a gain or maintain!

If things aren't looking more positive in the next few weeks do tell us a bit more about your lifestyle - how you fast, what your BMI is etc and we'll try to help get you back on track. But at this early stage what you're talking about is quite normal and nothing to worry about or cause to jack it in!

Also, as another note - the less water you drink (or consume through other methods), the more your body will retain. If you're drinking enough in general your body doesn't feel the need to hold on to so much as it doesn't think there's a drought

and thank you for your replies x x

Hi MrsGtoBe this is a slow and steady way to go as mentioned you have a lot of time in the scheme of things and if you take note of the posters who show their stats you will see a lot of weight loss happens in the time you have to go. So balance it all out reasonably and I am sure you will be well pleased in the count down if it is realistic

Also check your TDEE. 1400 sounds a little low if you are working out "daily in a big way". Generally speaking you don't need to do a low calorie diet on your regular eating days and fasting on 200-400 cals.

I am not saying that you can go all out and eat 10,000cals a day and still lose weight on this way of life but 1400 cals and heavy workout load may be contributing to your lack of weight loss.

I am about 5 foot 2, sedentary and have a TDEE of approx. 1500. If I increase my exercise to three times a week my TDEE goes up to about 1800cal/day.

The forum has a progress tracker that you can use to get a suggested TDEE.

hths.

Echoing whats already been said. Our bodies take a few weeks to adjust, so whilst you think nothing much is going on, your body could be busy re-adjusting

You have a great focus to aim for in 47 weeks, so keep going

You have lots of new friends on the forum helping you all the way.. if only to see wedding pics

From Mrs G to MrsGftobe. Don't give up. It's way too soon. I'm a slow loser, eating like a flip pin' Saint and working out like a maniac too (follow my blog). First month I lost nothing, second a big drop, third nothing and now I'm moving again. It's averaging just under a pound a week, and lost 3.5pct of my body fat and I'm happy because under any other WOE, I would have given up ages ago . Stick with us babe

Please don't give up...listen to Caroline and Moogie and everyone else for that matter. If you look at other people's progress charts you will see that we don't always lose weight every week and sometimes we put it on and sometimes we just get stuck! But in the end the progress is DOWN! Stick with it...in my opinion it's a life saver.

Thank you all so much. I truly do appreciate all of the encouragement I'm not one of these people who just moans and doesn't listen to the advice but just moans some more, so I have taken it all on board and yeh... I'm not ready to give up on this WOE (..WOL!) I will stick at it and give myself a bit of a chance (and a big glass of water, I've been parched! lol)
Also, think it's almost TOTM and that doesn't help with the moods, down feeling and weight and such too I suppose?

Thank you all!

x x