I am not losing anymore!

I have been losing weight since around December 2019ish, so around two years. My starting weight was 220ish and I am now at 133. I am 5'3/5'4 female and 22 years old. I am currently very stressed out because I have not lost weight since about July! I know I am doing everything right...I mean, I lost 80 pounds. I measure my food, and I have been consistently exercising for the past three weeks. I eat 1,200 calories every day. There were a few months where I developed really bad habits (500-800 calories a day) but I stopped losing weight doing even that. I know weight loss is basically calories in versus calories out, so I am so confused.

The only thing that comes to mind is because I allow myself cheat days, but I was averaging out the week to make sure that I do not go above 1200 calories a day on average. For the past month, I have been eating 1,200 calories a day and exercising at least an hour a day. The only time I am 'bad' is on Sunday, but I have three meals and don't really snack on that day. Still, it makes my weight go up so much, even though I am just having around 2,000 calories. It takes me like the whole week to lose that again.

I don't know what to do. I don't want to give up the day of enjoyment, but I don't know what else I could be doing wrong. I feel so unmotivated and depressed about this. It makes me want to revert to bad habits, like restricting. Does anyone have any tips of something I can try differently? I just don't know what is happening. I get a three-week plateau, but a three-month one?

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I feel I’ve been failing myself now more than ever and I need help.

I hesitated to post because I honestly figured my post wouldn’t get much traction because it’s so “basic”. But I don’t know know what to do to lose weight at this point.

For reference, I am a 25F, I currently weigh 240lbs, I’m 5’4, and I have PCOS and hypothyroidism.

I know the science and how it should work. In early 2018, I weighed about 165, which I was very happy with. When I graduated college and worked 2 jobs for 60+ hours a week, my diet and fitness routine began to fail. I couldn’t stay committed like I was in college. At the end of 2019, I moved to a new city with a salary-based job. I weighed about 185 and decided I needed work on my physical health (and in turn, would help my mental health) now that I had an 8-5. Well, we all know what happened at the beginning of 2020. Throughout the pandemic, I had highs and lows with fitness. Flash forward to present. I ended up gaining nearly 60lbs over the pandemic as well as stretch marks across my stomach. It has been so hard to get back into the routine. Harder that it’s ever been. I’ve bought myself food scales, workout equipment, new workout clothes, fitbit, used tracking apps, the whole 9 yards. I cannot stay consistent and it breaks my heart, because I’m only failing myself. Whether it’s gym work or kitchen work, I always end up having a rest/cheat day that just never ended. You would think looking in the mirror and hating how I look/feel would be motivation enough, but it’s not in my case, for whatever damn reason. And yes, I’ve talked to both my GP and psych, and they just encourage me to “get outside and make good dietary choices.” I’m on antidepressants, BC, and something for the hypothyroidism, but none of that inherently helps with weight loss goals.

I know I’ve focused on losing motivation here, but can y’all think of something that may be causing me to think that way? Am I doing the wrong workouts? Eating the wrong foods? I don’t know why I lose motivation over and over. Like it said, I’m breaking my own heart and I’d love any advice/resources/or experience y’all may be able to share.

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feeling demotivated :/

hi! this is my first post here and just wanted to share and see if anyone else feels this way. i have been working on my weight loss journey since September and I put in the work for 2 months (which I know isn’t that long but was a big milestone for me). i was going on a beach trip with some friends and used that to motivate me however I hated every second there, I refused to be in any photos and deleted whichever ones I was in and had so much negative self talk to myself about how ‘fat I was’ and how I never should’ve come on this trip because just being there was embarrassing. i felt everyone was looking at me and judging me, and i felt so shitty because I really did everything right before the trip but I still was not comfortable in my skin and felt the same as if I had done nothing for the past 2 months. i feel so bad because I had feeling confident on this trip as a goal in mind but I did not even feel comfortable wearing shorts, let alone a swimsuit there and it made me sad just feeling like I have such a long way to go. the trip is over now and I’m getting back to my gym and healthy eating routine but a part of me (which I know is wrong) is just kinda like fuck it - no matter what I do I’ll never be happy with myself and this negative self talk is just going to be with me for the rest of my life. everytime someone complimented me or was nice to me I just assumed they were lying and didn’t mean it. how could my insecurities and confidence become worse after trying to have a more healthy lifestyle?? it sucks because I was doing really well before the trip but now i feel very low. anyways this was just a rant, if you read till here i appreciate you!

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Friendly reminder, today's improbable low is tomorrow's impossible high

Friendly reminder to anyone on their weight loss journey. A new low on the scale is a new low. Stop worrying about it and appreciate it as a sign you're on the right track.

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Maybe your progress has been slow, maybe you've been stuck at a plateau for awhile, all of a sudden, you see a new low on your scale one day. First comes euphoria, you did it, you're making progress again and the evidence is right there in front of you.

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Then comes worry. You've been stuck in place for so long and suddenly the weight just comes off all at once? That can't be right. Maybe the scale is defective, there's no way you managed to lose so much weight at once. So you weigh yourself again, and again, and again. No change in the number, it's consistent.

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You still don't dare to believe it. You think you'll wake up tomorrow and it'll all be a dream, you'll be back at the same weight you were the day before. And true enough, you weigh yourself the next day and that number is creeping back up again.

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Worry and disbelief changes to disappointment. Too good to be true, as expected. You haven't progressed at all. Yesterday's numbers must have been due to water weight or something, not 'true' weight loss.

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It's easy to sink into a bad mood and feel hopeless afterwards, but I'm telling you to cut that negativity out. Shifts in weight on a day to day basis are to be expected. There are any number of reasons why you hit a new low and suddenly regain weight despite still exercising and or eating at a deficit. Could be water retention after a salt/carb heavy meal or could just be, pardon my crudeness, you being full of shit.

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Weight loss isn't a straight line, it's more playing with a yo-yo on an escalator going down. That new low you glimpsed for a day wasn't some fluke or error with the scale, it was a sign that you're still on the escalator and it's still in motion.

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Just think back, when you first started, was it even possible for such a number to appear? I highly doubt it. And if you don't give up, that fluke is going to become a regular number, and then it's going to be a high you'll be seeing less and less of until one day, even the highest number you see on your scale is less than that.

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Remember, today's improbable low is tomorrow's impossible high. So don't give up and have faith in yourself.

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Back at it again after not counting calories for about 7 years. It's a journey and you can totally do this! (again if needed!)

Hey all,

I lost a bunch of weight back in 2014 (In progress pics). - [180].. About 114lbs all together 294 down to 180 through calorie counting and exercise. Anyhow, after this last year with covid and deaths in the family I was pretty depressed and definitely eating my feelings (ahh yes, that old thing). I blew up from 190 (Start of Covid) to 212 Oct '21. Started counting calories again and no cheat days so far. Already down 13.2 pounds. Feeling good.

Set the goal in your mind. Weight loss is so much a mental game. You got this! Also, this community during those hard early days of weightloss was so so beneficial. Love you guys!

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Advice on weight loss

Hi everyone 👋

I'm a 23 year old 6ft guy that currently weights 220lbs. I've basically been in a bit of a rut fitness wise the past year. About 18 months ago I was walking around at a comfy 180lbs but dropped off with watching my calories for 6/7 months and boom, 230lbs.

For the past 9/ 10 months I've been a lot more active than I ever before. Find myself doing weight training at least 3 times a week and either run 3km or cycle roughly 20km 3 times a week.

I count my calories a whole lot more consistently and although on weekends I'll have a few beers and get a takeaway I'm puzzled as to why I've been stuck gaining and losing the same 10lbs the entire time.

There's been periods where I've cut down my calories intake to 1500 per day for a month at a time but the moment I go back to a normal amount of 2200 calories a day, it bounces back.

Naturally I fast most of the time, by going the whole day without eating and then having one high protein meal at the end of the day with some spare calories in case I fancy a nut bar or something.

Ultimately, I have absolutely no clue why this has been so hard and wondered if anyone has any idea or suggestions to how I can turn the tide on this?

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Wondering if my rate of weight-loss is normal

Hey guys I wanted an outside perspective on my weight loss. I'm 5'2, 247lbs and 30 years old and I've been working with a personal trainer since July. I feel much stronger and more mobile than before, but I haven't lost quite as much weight as I thought I would. We mainly do strength training which I enjoy but my weight has been really stubborn. In total in the past 5 months I've lost 20lbs, 6 inches off my chest and 2-3 inches everywhere else.

For reference September 14th my weight in was 253 and when I weighed myself over the weekend my weight was 248.

When I talked to my trainer about this last month they mentioned that they my body is in the rebuilding phase because I'm doing so much strength training. But I talked to them about it again when they asked how much I weighed and they seemed surprised that the scale was hardly moving.

How long does rebuilding usually take? I feel like I've been very stagnant for so long and my trainers reaction makes me think I'm doing something wrong.

20lbs in 5 months feel so low, back when I was on keto in the first few months I was dropping weight like crazy.

Edited: wrong weight in the first paragraph

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