Having issues with seeing the scale go up during pregnancy.

Background, started my weight loss journey in April of 2024. 40f, Height: 6’1” (185cm), Starting weight: 240lbs (109kg), Lowest weight: 188lbs (85.5kg), Current weight: 192lbs (87kg)

I’m currently 13 weeks and my midwife wants me to gain 10lbs over my lowest weight by 20 weeks. I was eating 2100 calories for the first trimester and I’ve bumped it to 2300 calories for the past week. I’m really struggling mentally with not wanting to see the scale go up but I know it needs to happen. Doing the straight calculations, if I want to gain 6 lbs over the next 7 weeks I need to consume an extra 21,000 calories which is about an extra 430 calories a day. I’m currently not very active. I don’t have the energy but I am burning between 1900 and 2000 a day. I haven’t really been interested in eating the higher calorie things that I liked before getting pregnant. Sugary stuff without accompanying fat or protein makes me feel sick within an hour. I’m eating around 80-90grams of protein a day. It really feels like a mind trip to be trying to gain weight after all that work. I never counted calories or macros in my previous pregnancies. I was overweight or obese during my 3 previous pregnancies. I know a lot of it will come off once I have the baby (all my kids have been over 10lbs (I’m tall so it makes sense). It still feels weird. I don’t want to stop counting because I don’t want to get out of the habit and I think I’ll do better keeping my macros where they need to be if I do count. Has anyone else done this journey of pregnancy after weight loss and stayed on the train after delivery?

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weight loss stalling

hey guys! so, i’m a 20F, 5’5 and started my weight loss process at 133 lbs six weeks ago. my weekly workout routine is as follows:

1-2 lower body weight lifting sessions

1 upper body/abs

3 cardio sessions (1 15 min HIIT, 2 30-45 min moderate intensity)

10k steps everyday

my average calorie intake in the first two weeks was 1250 and i lost 2 lbs in that period. in the past 4 weeks my average calorie intake was 1050 calories and the weight loss was:

week 3: - 2 lbs

week 4: - 1.7 lbs

week 5: - 1.5 lbs

so at the start of this week (week 6) i was about 126, but until today i only gained and lost the same 0.5 lbs while eating the same amount of calories i was eating in the weeks before. i track absolutely everything and only eat at home. i’m feeling frustrated about this. is it normal to not lose weight every day even with this calorie deficit?

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Losing weight struggle

Hi all -

Looking for some advice if anyone has gone through something similar. I’ve been consistently counting my calories since the beginning of the year. I was around 195lb, 5’ 3” female. Along with tracking calories, I’ve been going to the gym 3/4 times a week and walking more. I have a remote desk job so I’m definitely moving more than I used to. After roughly 1.5 months of tracking I’m still in the same spot. I don’t expect overnight weight loss but figured I should at least see a trend down.

I’ve been using a food scale and scanning labels to be as accurate as possible.

Anyone had similar issues? Did changing anything up help? Thanks for any advice

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Made great progress over the last 2 years, a little concerned about gaining weight back.

I'll try to keep things short, but basically I lost 75 lbs over the past 2 years the old fashioned way. Diet, exercise, tracking calories, you know the deal. I've been looking at a lot of content online about weight loss recently and I've been seeing people cite statistics that a lot of people gain weight back even after losing a ton. I do know that this is often overstated, but I am a little concerned about becoming one of those cases. I have an addictive personality and can definitely fall into cycles of bad habits.

I've had one experience with the yo-yo before. Basically I lost about 30 lbs, but I really hurt my back doing some exercise with poor form. It left me bedridden for weeks and I kind of just gave up and let myself go. Right now I feel like I'm in a great place, I'm still motivated, and I have this mindset of "I've worked soooo hard to lose this, there's no way I'm ever going back". I'm sure everyone who has gained their weight back also thought similarly at one point though.

So I'm just wondering what are some common pitfalls when it comes to keeping the weight off? What triggers people to "let themselves go" again? I would like to think it wouldn't happen to me again, but there is a little nagging worry in the back of my mind that it might, and I really want to avoid making any mistakes to make that more likely. I'm guessing that getting careless with your diet is probably the main culprit? Does anyone who has lost weight and maintained their goal weight have any tips for how to go from a calorie deficit to maintenance level without reverting to overeating?

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When did you hit your first plateau?

I’m approaching 90lbs down, and I can say I’ve hit my first plateau. Every 10lbs since about 220lb I would hit a slight 3-4 day lull, and then continue to lose weight. But here I am now, bouncing between 173-178 for a solid month now. All things considered, I think this is a good maintainable weight for my height at 6’ but I really had my heart set on the low 160’s and work my weight back up to this weight, but with some more muscle mass.

For those who hit a period like this in their weight loss, with only 10-15lbs left to go, what did you do? I feel like every time I start approaching 173, my hunger goes through the roof, and I’ll be more prone to over eat. I never had this problem the entire time until now.

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Winter Weight Loss Slump

Just here to vent and give others a space to vent. Losing weight in the winter is hard. Thanksgiving then Christmas/New Years is hard. For those of us (myself included) living in the Northeast this endless cold snap is hard. For me personally my birthday is in February so that’s hard. It’s way harder to get motivated to stay on track this time of year. I have been trying harder and doing better than ever before but I have danced around the same 3 pounds up and down since December. I’m trying to give myself a lot of grace but man a 10 degree increase in the temperature would do wonders.

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I didn’t need more discipline I needed fewer decisions

For the longest time I thought my issue was motivation. Like I just wasn’t disciplined enough. I’d start strong, track everything, plan my meals, follow all the rules… and then life would get busy and it would all fall apart. Work gets stressful. Days get long. Brain gets tired. And suddenly just eat clean feels way harder than it should. What actually changed for me wasn’t trying harder. It was making things simpler. I stopped obsessing over perfect macros. Stopped jumping to a new system every month. Stopped having 20 internal debates a day about what I “should” eat. I just made it predictable and easy. Less thinking. Less decision fatigue. More consistency. And honestly that’s when things started feeling manageable. Anyone else notice that the more complicated you make weight loss the harder it gets?

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