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.
My weight still wont budge. Last week and this week I have slacked off and done no weightlifting or walking because I have had low energy. I did do a lot of really hard yard work in the summer heat. I think the heat is what is sapping my energy. Now it is raining for days so I'm cooped up in the house. I just wish I could get more motivated. It doesn't seem to matter what I do, my scale never goes up or down. I always weigh the same. I'm going to try to eat less and eat lighter fare. In this heat I don't want to do anything. It's always so hard for me to lose weight in summer because it's too hot to do anything. In fall and winter it's nothing for me to drop 15 or 20 pounds without trying. But in summer I just feel swollen and bloated and lazy.
Everyone else acts like summer is the best. They say they lose so much weight in summer because they are too busy to eat and "so active." Active doing what? I'm active staying in out of the heat and thunderstorms playing video games. I know I can do some weights and bodyweight circuits in the house. But it's hot in the house too. I cook outside as much as I can to keep from heating the house up more. But for every healthy Cookout item I make, my mom has an unhealthy one she wants to make. It is really hard to resist smoked sausage or brats on the grill. I wish my family could be more supportive of me dieting, but of course that is never how it works. I'm stubborn so I keep trying to make healthy dinners for us all. I make light snacky lunches to take to work, I eat oatmeal for every breakfast, I drink tons of water.
I really don't think my diet is the problem, it's my activity level. I go on vacation in a month and I don't want to have gained by then and look horrible in my swimsuit and clothes. I need to lose about 4 inches off my waist. That won't happen in a month but I don't want to gain either. It's really hard to gauge my weight fluctuating. My scale never budges and I obviously have belly bloat because some days my waist measurement is 2 inches different. So the only thing I go by is how my clothes fit. It would be a lot more motivating if I could see the scale start going down even a few numbers. Is it possible I'm drinking too much water? Its hard not to in this heat.
My arms look like mashed potatoes when I flex, it's just sad!
The reason I never post my weight on here is because no one would believe me. Any time I ask someone how much they think I weigh, they say 160 or maybe 180 and then look scared like that's too much. When I tell them what I really weigh they say my scale is broke, but it isnt. Idk why I weigh so much because I'm not that fat. I hate the cliche expression "I'm not fat I'm big boned" but maybe that is true for me. I am 6 feet tall and have a very VERY large frame.
But yeah I don't think even my skeleton would weigh less than 140 so it's kinda odd for me to read posts on here where women weigh 140 and say they are fat. Maybe I should throw out my scale and not use it to measure.