New and FRUSTRATED! Please help!

Not2BFat

Not2BFat

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Okay, the basic details:

Gender: Female
Age: 24
Height: 5'6ish
Beginning Weight: 269
Current Weight: 237

Over the last two years I have yoyo'd back and forth until finally I have gotten my weight down to 237. Well, about a week and a half ago something clicked. Probably the fact that my 25th birthday is coming up in November and I still weigh over 200 pounds!!!

Well, I have been working so hard. Usually when I get really serious the weight just starts to drop, but this time it won't budge. All I have been doing is concentrating on eating healthy and working out.

My usual food is something like this:

Breakfast: Cottage Cheese, Cranberry Juice
Snack: 1 Serving Fruit
Lunch: Healthy Choice Dinner or Equivelant
Snack: Serving Cheese and some baked Lays
Dinner: Sandwich and one serving of fruit.
Drinks: Water and one diet soda

Now, the thing that makes me really think I am totally not supposed to be fat is the fact that I LOVE to exercise, and I'm really good at it! Even at my current weight. I've been working out twice a day. Usually 30 minutes on the crosstrainer in the morning, a 15 min. Abs Class, and a 60 min spinning class.

I've had people say that I might be pushing myself too hard, but I love working out. I crave it if I do not do at least the above, and I throw in a bit of weightlifting if there is time.

The thing is, I really have it this time. I'm so devoted and I know it will stick this time, if the scale will just MOVE! I really want to drop some significant weight before my birthday, Nov. 23rd. I just know that I am not supposed to be Fat! :banghead:

Please, any help would be apprciated.
 
First off start by reading the stickied threads - especially in nutrition -and get yourself in a reasonable calorie range that you can stick with for the rest of your life... You need to eat the appropriate calories for the weight you are at... so you've got room to adjust down the road.

Then start reading in on topic...

Make time for weight lifting.. it's important -the stickied threads in exercise will give you some good places to start... When you eat at reduced calories your body loses muscle - weight lifting helps maintain the muscle - so if you care about what you look like when you're losing weight -you will make the time.

There's a lot of good information on this site that's available to you... Please use it.

Start yourself a diary as well - it's a place for people to get to know you - for you to keep track of yur successes and challenges, and to get support.. Read other's diaries as well... join a challenge..
 
you shouldnt stress about getting the numbers to go down.if you are doing weight training,the is a good chance the number on the scale wont go down.also if you are stressed out,youll hold onto the weight.dont make impossible goals and keep at it.focus on getting healthy and the weight loss will come.by the way:dont trust the scale-go by clothes and how you feel. it sounds like you are at a plateau-do some research on high intensity interval training,or HIIT for short-the info might interest you
 
Hello!

I agree with the other poster that you may be gaining muscle which will not allow the scale to move as quickly as you would like to see. How about finding some clothes that are slightly tight and try these on to see if there is a difference. Or take some measurements and go by these.

Some thoughts on your diet:

Breakfast: Cottage Cheese, Cranberry Juice (how about an apple instead of cranberry juice)
Snack: 1 Serving Fruit (nuts and a fruit or vegetable)
Lunch: Healthy Choice Dinner or Equivelant (frozen dinners have lots of salt which retain water/how about a salad with a lean piece of chicken)
Snack: Serving Cheese and some baked Lays (mozzarella string cheese + vegetable serving like broccoli)
Dinner: Sandwich and one serving of fruit.
Drinks: Water and one diet soda (a lot of sodium in diet soda)

***Increase your water. The process of burning calories requires an adequate supply of water in order to function efficiently; dehydration slows down the fat-burning process.

***Get enough sleep at night.

***Increase your weight training. Increased muscle mass will fire up your metabolism.

***Eliminate the whites - white flour, white salt, white sugar, and white rice.
 
hello

here are a few other options you can try...

Breakfast: Cottage Cheese, Cranberry Juice (try a fiber one bar and an orange instead)
Snack: 1 Serving Fruit (almonds, get the flavored kind do a serving. one seriving of almonds makes you feel like you have eaten a full meal)
Lunch: Healthy Choice Dinner or Equivelant (frozen dinners have lots of salt which retain water/how about a salad with a lean piece of chicken) I agree with this poster but I would swap this and dinner around)
Snack: Serving Cheese and some baked Lays (veggies carrots and celery)
Dinner: Sandwich and one serving of fruit. (I would swap your lunch and dinner around do the salad and chicken for dinner and the sandwich for lunch)
Drinks: Water and one diet soda (water and if you like iced tea try that with splenda)

Also, something that helped me a great deal with my weight loss was once a week I would pick one meal to eat what ever I wanted. I did this because if you tend to do the same day in and day out your body doesn't have motivation to change. Adding this one meal not only allows you to enjoy something you would have eaten on a regular basis before and it gives your body something to feed off of. I lost an average of 3 pounds a week. I would notice the loss one to two days after I ate my what ever I wanted meal. Good luck!
 
I like this site because people generally try to help but every time you read a post, please just take it in and think about it. We can all make suggestions but you are ultimately responsible for yourself and that means learning what works for you. There are certainly fundamental facts to all of this fitness stuff, some of which I am still learning. However, not every suggestion is 100% accurate or more like accurate in your case. For example, I do agree that it is possible for one to gain muscle and not see the scale move to much but I seriously doubt you are gaining muscle with such few calories and minimal weight lifting. Besides, at your weight (and I am not picking on you, just making a statement) you should not be trying to gain muscle. You said yourself your goal is to lose weight. In that case, you need to focus on losing fat and trying your best to maintain muscle. As Maleficient said, weight training is a necessity to maintain the muscle you already have. You need to be training each major muscle group at least once per week if not up to 3 times per week depending on how you are going about it. For you, since you sound like you are not real familiar with how to do weight training, I think a upper body workout once a week and a lower body workout once per week would be a good place to start. After 4 to 6 weeks you can try adding one more if your schedule permits.

Another necessity is getting the right amount of calories. I can't sit here and tell you to eat an apple versus an orange but I can look and see you need a little more protein and you are probably not getting enough calories. That looks like 1000 calories or less to me. Not nearly enough. For your weight you need a lot more than 1000 calories or your body will fight you.

As I said, these are just suggestions. Do some research and find out for yourself. As Maleficient said, click on the different threads in this forum and read a bunch of the stickies. Then put a good plan into action. It sounds like you have the determination, you just need to make a few changes and I think you will be well on your way. Just be realistic though. One to two pounds per week is a good and healthy weight loss rate.
 
Well I looked again and you are probably getting enough protein but I don't think you are getting enough calories. Have you ever totaled them? Maybe I am wrong and you are getting more like 1500? You still need more than that at 237 lbs.

That and add weight lifting.
 
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