Tuesday, February 18, 2025

How to deal with frustration from not losing weight?

I (5’4f) previously lost 50 pounds and maintained for years, but didn’t weigh myself during the weight loss process. After a 2 year depression cycle I gained 45 back.

Since January 6th I have gotten serious about weight loss (about 6 weeks). My start weight was 183lbs, dropped down to 175lbs when I weighed Feb 1st. I weighed myself the last few mornings and I’m hovering around 177lbs.

  • I am currently set at a pound a week weight loss (1600 calories a day) but on average about 1450 calories unless I’m truly hungry. I am tracking everything I eat by weighing and creating recipes in the LoseIt app. Hitting my protein (115g) and fiber (30g) goals every day, I don’t eat back any of my extra calories, and have 1 cheat meal a week (but still stay at 1600ish).

  • I am hitting the gym for intense weight training 5x a week, and averaging over 700 move calories on my watch M-F and 400 on the weekends. I’m hitting new PRs every week (shout out to my leg press pr of 325lbs yesterday). On LoseIt i am set for slightly active. I am earning 250-300 bonus calories M-F and well as hitting my target burn goal on the weekends.

I know that my body is changing, my arms are getting defined, my ass is out of this world right now, and my stomach is shrinking. My clothes are fitting better than they did all of 2024.

I’m hitting tons of non scale victories but am feeling discouraged by the scale not moving. I have a history of eating disorders and am having to make conscious decisions not to slip into not eating. How do I change the way my brain is looking at this journey?

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