2016 Resolutions

[LittleRedHead54]

Started out wanting to lose 60 pounds for my 2015 resolutions. So far this year I've lost 20lbs. Hoping to hit my goal weight of 125lbs sometime next year. 

But it seems I've hit a wall and can't get pass it what so ever. Does anybody have any tips to help me get passed this wall? I've changed want I drink and eat and how much I consume in a day. And tried out different types of exercises. That all helped for awhile not doesn't seem to be doing anything now. People keep telling me I still look like I'm losing weight, but my scale is telling me otherwise. 

Also, what is everybody else Resolutions for next year? I'm hoping to get 20,000 steps or more in a day and try out yoga. 

[Heybales]

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@LittleRedHead54 wrote:

@Heybales

I've had a very stressful year. So, yes I have a lot of stress. I've been trying some yoga cause I heard it can help with stress and I've taking up some other hobbies to try lowering my stress levels as well. 

I've had some thyroid problems for years. I had hypothyroid. I have recently been checked out by my Doctor and was told I not longer needed to take medicine for my condition.

My goal calorie intake is around 2000. But I rarely get close to that. I usually don't eat much but I do drink a lot of liquids. 

The first of the year I have broken myself off of drinking Pepsi's and how many sodas I drink though out the day. I still drink 2 cans of Sprite a day. I have them even out from lunch to supper. I also started drinking green tea, black tea, and some fruity drinks. Like apple juice, orange, cranberry, and etc...

I know drinking too many fruity drinks can be bad for you cause of the sugar in them. So I limit how many I drink of them though out the week. 

I lost the 20lbs. I think took me 3 months to lose. Just from changing what I drink and cutting out the junk food intake as well as walking a lot. 

In October until November was when I backed off of too many workouts. I had gotten a really bad eye injury and my Doctor told me to lightly up with doing certain actives until my eye was fully healed. I now got the clear to being back up on my workouts again.

I have a Fitbit Charge HR.  

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That's great the 20 lbs wasn't due to crash diet, if it took 3 months.

Well, assuming that actually.

You could have lost 3 lbs weekly for 2 weeks, then 2 lbs, then 1, then down to nothing - despite eating very little and perhaps eating less as you weighed less.

I'll always remember lady that lost 50 lbs in a year in her success post about reaching half-way goal - sounded nice and reasonable, 1 lb weekly. Until she shared she'd been at plateau for 4 months, lost very little weekly 2 months prior, and after the initial 1 month the weekly amount started crashing fast.

That is exactly what the body causes by adapting - it'll usually prevent something foolish from continuing too long. And she started out eating 1200, and adding more and more exercise. She hadn't thought out what happens for last 50 lbs if already eating 1200 and lots of daily exercise. Just checked MFP status - still there 1 yr later. I'll bet she's stressed out if not binging frequently.

So anyway - great news on thyroid - that's what makes me assume you didn't abuse body too much, which actually can cause thyroid issues.

Sugary drinks may not be great, but at least they are accurate calorie counts usually. But every time you have one, you are spiking insulin and turning off the normal fat burning mode your body is in.

As long as you eat less than you burn, it should still balance out - but it is more stressful on the body too.

I'd suggest too that focus be on strength training if you can enjoy it enough.

Heavy for you circuit training 3 x weekly, with whatever time you got left for cardio right after. Make the cardio then what you enjoy as intense as you desire.

Between days should be walking or slow cardio - you need recovery and repair from good workout - and stress relief. Take time to relax and plan and think - if that can help out with the stress.

You'll need to manually log Circuit training though, as HR-based calorie burn will be inflated from reality.

The cardio is fine.

And start eating up to the amount Fitbit says you burn, decreasing that deficit. In fact, put Fitbit at maintenance mode in profile.

About 100 extra daily for a week at a time. Just mentally keep in mind what you are allowing for a deficit this week.

Many people get a flush of that stress-retained water as soon as some of the stress is removed - like eating more, or sleeping more, ect.

But suggest keep moving on up the eating level until maintaining for a couple weeks.

Fitbit is going to be giving a potential daily burn based on usually decent stats.

Sadly level of deficit and stress can lower that potential to suppressed - which is what I think you are having some effect of - along with that stress-water weight.

You should feel the workouts increase in energy and intensity and performance - and because of that and more food available - should see the body changing more than even the scale may change.

If the scale causes stress - may even be good to ditch it until you reach end of 2 weeks at maintenance, just take measurements.

[NineToTheSky]

@emili. Thank you so much for your post. It makes so much sense to me, and is very inspirational.

[emili]

@NineToTheSky- my pleasure! and thank you so much for your kind words. Anytime you need a friend- holler!