Slightly Discouraged
Jan. 30th, 2013 02:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geeklover80I've basically been trying to lose weight for four years. I'd exercised and "dieted" before but that was when I got serious about it and kept up with exercising. I haven't had complete success with it. When I first started, I did lose 20 pounds but then gained it back. And there was another time when I lost about ten pounds, but again I gained it back. Part of my problem, is that I'm not good at dieting. I've learned to cut some stuff out, like I rarely drink soda anymore, but I have other vices I can't stop(I have a horrible Keebler Soft Batch cookie addiction.) I think if I had to choose one to do, I should probably do it the other way around and diet without exercise. My boyfriend's mother has been dieting for awhile, and she's been losing weight even though she really doesn't exercise at all.
When I moved in with my boyfriend, they had a Wii, so I would do Wii fitness all the time, but I got kind of down because the results fluctuated wildly. Sometimes I'd lose a pound or two, but more often than not I'd either gain a few pounds or stay exactly the same. My boyfriend was struggling with his weight as well so we decided to try going vegetarian. But that still doesn't necessarily mean eating the healthiest of foods. But we've done that, we're taking vitamins and we joined a gym. My boyfriend has been telling me that he's een noticing some changes. And I've definitely noticed it in him. But we hadn't really weighed ourself. So I told my boyfriend that the other night, and he said we should go to the supermarket, where they had a scale. I was very nervous and then was disappointed that I hadn't lost anything. My boyfriend says that your actual weight number isn't that important and we've only been doing this for a little less than a month. But still, I thought I'd have at least lost a little something instead gaining weight. But Mike still says he's seeing changes, and like I said he's definitely changing (his butt is in danger of being displaced by his biceps, as my favorite body part of his) so we'll just keep doing what we're doing, with a few tweaks.
Stacey
When I moved in with my boyfriend, they had a Wii, so I would do Wii fitness all the time, but I got kind of down because the results fluctuated wildly. Sometimes I'd lose a pound or two, but more often than not I'd either gain a few pounds or stay exactly the same. My boyfriend was struggling with his weight as well so we decided to try going vegetarian. But that still doesn't necessarily mean eating the healthiest of foods. But we've done that, we're taking vitamins and we joined a gym. My boyfriend has been telling me that he's een noticing some changes. And I've definitely noticed it in him. But we hadn't really weighed ourself. So I told my boyfriend that the other night, and he said we should go to the supermarket, where they had a scale. I was very nervous and then was disappointed that I hadn't lost anything. My boyfriend says that your actual weight number isn't that important and we've only been doing this for a little less than a month. But still, I thought I'd have at least lost a little something instead gaining weight. But Mike still says he's seeing changes, and like I said he's definitely changing (his butt is in danger of being displaced by his biceps, as my favorite body part of his) so we'll just keep doing what we're doing, with a few tweaks.
Stacey
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Date: 2013-01-30 03:56 pm (UTC)One thing that I started to use recently that has really helped me was to actually count my calories for the day. I have an app on my phone, myfitnesspal is the one I use, but there are lots of them, that you enter in your info, how much weight you want to lose, and it gives you how many cals per day you should be eating. Then you can enter in your food on your phone and it will count them for you. The great thing about the app is that it has a ton of foods on it so there is really no guesswork. You can also log your workouts and it will tell you the calories you burned and will add that in to your daily diary. It also helps you track how much water you drink, the walking you do during the day etc etc This is awesome if you need visuals to keep you motivated AND if you are OCD like me :D
Also, one thing that I don't think anyone has mentioned yet, is to weight yourself at the same time every day. Our weight can fluctuate as much as 3lbs during the day so to get an accurate day to day reading, weigh yourself at the same time. I always do mine after I wake up and before breakfast.
I know everyone always has weight loss advice and I know you've already gotten some great stuff from other friends, I just wanted to share what has worked for me thus far.
Anyway, Go you! You can do it! :)
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Date: 2013-01-30 11:52 pm (UTC)It is really great being able to do this together with Mike. I have MyFitnessPal on my iphone. I only used it once to check how many calories I needed per day for my ideal weight, didn't know about that other stuff. Sounds good.
I did hear that about weighing yourself the same time every day.
Thanks!
Stacey