Help Wanted.......

[mumof2]

Hi, this is my second post on here and am hoping for some help.  I got a fitbit charge hr for my birthday on the 5th of this month, and I love it. The second I put it on I have made big changes. I have gone from doing no excerise, eating junk, and drinking fizzy, to averaging 10,000 steps a day, no junk food whatsoever,eating healthy and drinking at least 2 litres of water each day. It has been hard, but I am feeling so much better in myself. My problem is, the weight doesn't seem to be moving much. I have "alot" of weight to lose and was looking forward to this journey, but when I got on the scales this morning I felt pretty disheartened when I saw that the scales had in fact showed that I had put weight on????

Sorry for the long post, but I'm hoping that someone might be able to give me some ideas on what I could maybe try/do to help move the weight. Thanks.

[chme88]

Hi and good on you for taking charge of your life. Losing weight is never going to be an easy ride, so just go easy on yourself when things don't happen straight away. I guess the main change is going to be your diet and that has already been spoken a lot about so I won't go into that any more. As for exercise... Walking is a fantastic start, but you do need to try a bit harder than that if you want exercise to be an attribute to your weight loss. I'm not sure if you've joined a gym or something, but as mentioned, weights will be your friend. They won't make you more bulky. Light weights, high repitition. Most gyms offer an introductory session about how to use the weights equipment, so don't be afraid to ask for help. Your other option is group fitness classes which may be intimidating at first - but they will get your heart rate up, and that's what you want. As for the water consumption... I never knew you could consume to much! I've always been a big water drinker - up to 3 litres a day, but lately in this heat + exercise I find I'm consuming 4-5L ! I'm freaking out a lil now, I don't even know how to cut back =/ Anyways, Keep us updated on your progress 😃

[SebringDon]

@mumof2

I take a little different approach to my weigh-ins, and it's not for everybody, but it works for me. Since I know I'm following my Food Plan religiously, I know that over time I'm going to lose weight, not gain it. So I weigh first thing in the morning every day, BUT I only log the downs. If, as happens occasionally, I have an up-weight day, I simply resolve to do better that day so it doesn't repeat itself. Sure enough, in the next day or two, that little bit of up has disappeared and I'm on the downward journey again.

As I said, it may not work for everybody, but it works for me. Everybody has to find their own way.

[mumof2]

Thanks @chme88 and @SebringDon , what you have both said makes complete sense. I'm not quite at that stage of joining up to a gym or fitness class as I am very overweight and feel so embrassed about being around other people at the likes of a gym etc, but once my weight is down a wee bit more I plan on looking into a fitness class or a gym. My husband has a complete home gym in the garage so I plan on looking online to find out what exercises might be best for me at the moment.

As for the scales, I seem to have a "love/hate" relationship with them, haha. I was going to weigh myself weekly but I have found this week I have weighed myself every morning (as I was doing my 1st DietBet competion) and I think each morning will work for me better because it I think will keep me on track more.

Thanks to everyone on this post for your ideas and comments. It's so great the amount of support on here.

[KyoCat]

For myself I need to lose about 100+lbs.  I lose about 8 so far.  Most of my weight loss so far is my diet and small workouts.  10-15 minuets yoga, stretches, 20 minuet cardio.  My Dr. had told me diet is about 90% of weightloss.  I should stay away from breads, rice, pasta, sweets, soda, etc.  Since this last month I had no soda, amost no bread or pasta but kept rice (just proportioned).  I use sparkpeople to help catologe calories and see how much fat/protien/carbs I can eat in a day depending on how much I need to lose.  The fitbit can also be connected to the sparkpeople account.

A tip from that site is to measure hips, waist, chest, arms, and thighs.  So even if you didn't lose weight one week (or put some on), your measurements might have changed.

[Chazzie]

My weight changes so many times during the week. You have to take into consideration that time of month...does your body think it's starving itself, water weight, water retention, bla bla bla

I was a prisioner to the scale in the past....this go around I weigh in once a week if even...I don't care what the scale says..I am losing inches. If you stick to your plan...walk, exercise and eat right...the weight will come off...just give it time...you will be smiling very soon! :0)

Good luck on your journey!

[Ukase]

This post wasn't too long, relax. 

Don't look at the scale. It only measures gravitational pull - which will vary with your hydration level. 

Write down what you eat, portions and caloric values. 

Log it on this site. 

If you're at a caloric deficit, you're losing weight. Otherwise, you're not. Makes no difference what that scale says. 

[SunsetRunner]

I weigh myself first thing in the morning after going to the toilet stark naked, scale places on a hard bathroom floor and always in the same place

But as others have said weight is not always a good indicator, due to gaining muscles, look at your waist etc as well, the scale says I have lost approx 10lbs which is great, but I also need to put an extra hole on my belt, otherwise the jeans are too loose 🙂