Diets & Weight Maintenance Support Group
Chat about how well your latest diet is -- or is not -- working. This group is a great place to find support and accountability as well as share success stories and valuable lessons with the community. From where to start to weekly weigh-ins, get help from others to reach your dieting and weight maintenance goals.
What am i doing wrong? I realized i was eating over 2000 calories a day. I'm watching my calories and what i eat more now and consume about 1500 a day and i'm satisfied. I eat proteins like chicken, fish, eggs, and blakc beans. I eat a sald a day for lunch, and i have veggies with dinner. I dont feel starving, but when i do feel hungry which is around snack time i have a banana, yogurt, cottage cheese or fiber bar. And it holds me over to the next meal. I drink alot of water, about 80-90 ounces a day. Its all i drink as i dont drink coffee anymore or juices. I work out five times a week, i do about 45-60 minutes of cardio, and i go biking about 3-4 times a week on top of that. I dont do any weights for legs because of my knees. In the past 3 weeks i only lost five punds and this past week i gained 2, how? I want to lose like 50 pounds. I'm also 33 year old female. Should i just be giving it more time and not be so upset? Work also has been really stressful and i'm working 11-12 hour days and then rush to the gym and come home and dont fall asleep til midnight and then my alarm goes off at 530. I know i could sleep more, but its hard iwth the long hours of work and ii'm trying to lose this fat.
As for gaining 2 this week, there are a couple things that may account for that. For me certain foods cause water retention for a day or so. Mostly for me it is any dish containing pasta and then pizza. If you keep a detailed food journal you maybe able to identify what foods effect you this way. Another reason will be that being female your monthly cycles will cause gain/bloating. Again a journal will be your best tool.
Keep going and if you can try to get some more sleep. ( i know with your schedule that's hard) Not getting enough sleep seems to cause weight loss to slow down. Keeping the journal will help you see what you need to do.
Keep us informed on how things are going. I know you can do this.