I'm SO frustrated...need suggestions plz

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I'm SO frustrated...need suggestions plz
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Sat, 11-06-2004 - 9:30am
Well, I knew that losing the last 30 pounds was not going to be easy, but I didn't really think it would be this hard. I haven't lost any subtantial weight since March, and I don't know what to do next. I suppose the fact that I have almost zero desire to exercise has something to do with it, but I guess I've been lucky that I've actually been able to lose most of my weight with little to no exercise, it's been strictly with diet. But now that I'm trying to get past my plateau, I'm doing exactly the same thing I did in the beginning and seeing NO results. Like, I'm doing induction again, but this week my weight has gone from a high of 207 to a low of 203...today I'm 206. I just can't get the loss going again. So I had an idea today that I shouldn't be weighing myself every day. I used to do this and benefit from it because I would literally see a pound gone each day, for about a week every month. Talk about motivating!! But now, my motivation is shot, because it just seems that my body doesn't want to go below 200. On Wednesday I was super motivated, because the scale said 203, when the previous day it said 207! So I figured, great, my body is cooperating, but then the next day it was 205! And I had stuck to my diet, so I don't get why my body keeps going up and down like this. I've tried upping my carbs, didn't work. Now induction isn't working, and I am starting to get really tired of my food choices.

I know that I would be more motivated to exercise if I could afford to join a gym, but unfortunately I'm not in a place yet where I can justify spending that much money each month on a gym membership. I'm forced to be tight with my money, and while it would be a great investment, I still have too many bills to worry about.

Has anyone found that they had more success by weighing just once a week? I thought maybe then I'll be super motivated during the week if I have a certain weigh-in day. I just think that maybe I'm focusing too much on that number instead of how good I feel, or how I look. I'm just TIRED of weighing 200 pounds! It will be more motivating for me to see the 100's, then I'll feel that I'm JUST around the corner from my goal weight!

Does anyone else have suggestions for what I could do different?

~Sabrina 264/206/160-165

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Registered: 04-16-2003
Thu, 11-11-2004 - 11:18am
Hey, Rely. Thanks for your encouragement! I'll try to send you some pics as soon as I get a chance. I'm not sure about being in ketosis, because I don't use the pee sticks so much anymore. I've been thinking about that scheduled cheat thing that I wanted to try, and I'm not so sure it'll be too good for the ketosis thing, because I might be in full ketosis, and then break it by doing a scheduled cheat. What do you think about that?

Anyway, gotta go do some grocery shopping, so I'll ttyl ~Sabrina
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Thu, 11-11-2004 - 12:54pm
Sabrina....when I was doing Atkins, I also scheduled cheats and I stuck to the schedule.
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Thu, 11-11-2004 - 1:40pm
Oh, that's good to hear, Shawna. I think I'll try it out and see if it works. I think that it will end my PMS binges if I allow myself a treat at the end of a week, as long as I've worked hard enough to earn it! I think it will also be a good self control lesson, too, because if I can just let myself have one treat and not screw up my whole day, that will strengthen my self control. I'm looking forward to testing it out...that blizzard sure sounds like a wonderful idea!! ~Sabrina

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