D1srupta's Journal, 22 August 2016

I believe I've finally hit a wall with the dieting. I'm not seeing the results I'd like and it is making it harder to not waiver from my diet plans.

I'm going to take a hiatus from the dieting for weight loss and move towards a maintenance lifestyle for a while. I've made a lot of progress and want to continue towards weight loss, but I'm burned out on weighing every single item every single day, making sure I get just enough macros and etc.

I'll continue to weigh and measure as it is the only way to know for sure what I'm eating, but I'm starting to hate scales.

The next couple of weeks will be hell for me even without all of the restrictions.

Diet Calendar Entry for 22 August 2016:
2379 kcal Fat: 91.33g | Prot: 256.74g | Carb: 133.74g.   Breakfast: Sonic Bacon, Egg & Cheese Breakfast Burritos. Lunch: KC Masterpiece Premium Hickory Brown Sugar Barbecue Sauce, Russet Potatoes (Flesh and Skin), Great Value Frozen Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast. Dinner: Kraft Natural Finely Shredded Mexican Style Four Cheese, Pace Restaurant Style Salsa Medium, Wal-Mart 93/7 Lean Ground Beef. more...

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Me too, hitting the wall is the worse. 
22 Aug 16 by member: ladymarrin
It must be something about this time of year because I am in the same boat with you two.  
22 Aug 16 by member: skydiverjim
Perhaps it is not a wall as much as a mis-calculation. Looking at your activity log, you consistently list standing as one of your activities. I and many others have found FS is overly generous on calories burned for non-cardio type activities which could lead some to believe they are burning more calories than they actually are. In most of your recent entries, it says you burned close to 3500 calories. Looking closer, it says you burned 1780 calories standing... not likely, as I ran for 2 hours with a heart rate monitor and did not burn that much. FS automatically adjusts you resting hours down to 8 hours with 881 calories burned. But if you remove the standing calories, your resting calories would double to 1762 calories for 16 hours of rest. add that to your 801 calories for sleeping and you get 2563 calories burned for the day. That's about 900 calories less than what you thought... so if you are eating back those cals because you think you will still have a deficit, the end result is little to no deficit, and maybe even a surplus. Hope that helps. Also, check out Scoobysworkshop.com and search for plateau busting tips... I busted a 4 week plateau at 228 lbs by eating 300 more calories a day, based on the advice from that article. Good luck and keep up the good work... do not lose heart! 
22 Aug 16 by member: ckworksalot
Most of us don't so much have a "losing" problem and a "maintaining weight loss" problem. Resting and maintaining is not a bad idea. The same with losing slowly and consistently. When we do radical things to lose, our body often responds radically. Small, steady, slightly random changes that are over all consistent have been the best for me thus far. What CKworksalot said could definitely be true as well. My DANGER ZONE is this thought: "You've been so good for so long you deserve a ___________" Especially when on vacation with the family. Why do I deserve to eat poorly?! Bad thinking, leads me to bad results.  
22 Aug 16 by member: mountain_mama
Correction "as a maintaining..." not "and a maintaining..." Double check before hitting submit!  
22 Aug 16 by member: mountain_mama
Maybe recalculate your RDI? You have lost a lot so I am sure the RDI must be lower as well, then you can adjust accordingly! 
22 Aug 16 by member: EDC1972
It is sad to say but the real issue is that the primary driving reason that I have lost so much weight is so that I might make more friends and even find love. I want someone to come home to, someone to share my life with, and that isn't happening through dieting and exercising. I want my career to go further, and that isn't going to improve by losing 20lbs. I spend so much time and energy trying to drop weight and I am seeing little to no progression in other areas of my life. I am tired of being lonely, and that has put me at a level of depression that honestly makes me think I might need to see a psychiatrist. What little I had in life that made me happy... the things that I enjoy... I have deprived myself in the hopes to be happier in the long run. It is all saddening. Friends I know are already married with children, have completed their degrees, are progressing in their careers, and so on. I'm just a useless nobody at this point, and I don't see that improving any time soon. I'll keep on pushing, I do not want to give up, but I feel that it is all so far from obtainable that I'm just spinning my wheels for naught.  
22 Aug 16 by member: D1srupta
Can I send you a {{{{HUG}}}}, I can hear the sorrow in your post and wish I could be there with you physically to have a long talk <3 Short of that - when I feel really down, somewhat hopeless and helpless I have learned to get outside of myself and do something for someone else. It could be volunteering at a dog rescue, homeless shelter or a local charity. Look for a good group of people to join in a common effort - in real life. Online will NEVER equal real people in real life with real hugs, tears and joys. Don't work to hard to "find" that someone special, just "be" that someone special to lots of other people and that's usually when the magic happens.  
22 Aug 16 by member: mountain_mama
You have dropped 114 pounds - your body needs to stabilize! You are amazing! 
22 Aug 16 by member: HCB
Is it time to search out your spirituality? You have done so much for yourself that you shine from within. 🕊 
22 Aug 16 by member: Sarah1950
Maintenance will do you go. I'd also find 3 sites that will calculate your tdee and recalculate your calories. Lost weight means lower calorie needs since you don't have to feed the fat that used to be there.  
22 Aug 16 by member: northernmusician
Flip the script, baby. If you do this to conform to what you think others want from you, you'll always fall short. Be the you that makes you happy, be the you that feels good, Screw what others have. You were never made to be "normal'. You were made to be extraordinary! You're the only one of you there is on this planet. YOU get to decide what that's going to be. 
22 Aug 16 by member: mskestrela
Sorry to hear that you are going through a rough patch. Depression really stinks as I have been there. It may sound self-centered but you need to do what is right for you, nobody else. I'm sure your weight loss has done wonders for your health and possibly your self-esteem. I would recommend just being social and be yourself. Don't try to be something you're not to impress others. If you need to be less strict with your eating then by all means do so but don't throw your work away. You can have a social life and still monitor our intake. Wishing you the best! 
24 Aug 16 by member: CatHerder
Totally agree with CK about the FS numbers for calorie burning. What really shook me was the truth in MountainMama's words. We often find what we need most when we stop looking for it. Volunteering adds "instant purpose" to any life and it takes you out there to the real world and it'll make you feel good! This virtual crap is helpful, but doesn't compare to the real world. Wish you peace. 
24 Aug 16 by member: Five-Two Cowboy
First of all, you're too close to stop now. Secondly, love doesn't care about your weight.. true love at least, so you gotta stop feeling so down and depressed about what you don't have or don't look like and focus on what you do have and all the hard work you've put in to get where you're at today. Do you like any sports? Do you like music? Join groups on social media and find out where the fans tailgate or where the small private concerts are and go hang out. Get out of your comfort zone and turn the frown upside down. You can't wait for anything to come to you, you gotta open yourself up and let people in .. it'll come to you. I was feeling the same way about myself. Fresh out of a crappy relationship and a mother of 3 children. At 33, I thought I'd never get married..but I got out there.. joined a group of college football fans and went to their tailgate.. and now I found someone who shares my likes and we live together. :) It'll happen, get out there. As far as your goals, change something up. Your body acclimates to your exercise after 8-12 weeks (I'm in school to personal train) and you have to have a variable. Throw in some light weights and do overhead presses, bicep curls, lateral raises.. something to get the muscles going while you're just standing there. :)  
24 Aug 16 by member: shellylay
Look in your mirror and say it out loud "I am amazing! I've lost 114 pounds. I will not quit. Quitting is never the answer. I am a winner" I mean it. You are amazing. I spent a few minutes poking at your entries and I think you need to adjust your RDI. I had to readjust my RDI a few months back. Guess what, I still have plenty energy and still have junk food, check my logs, just not as much. As a matter of fact, I just had an emergency Wendy's JR Cheeseburger deluxe because I don't want them to go out of business. You can do this. Trust me! You are a Fat Secret Warrior and we need you to hang on. Quitting is NOT in your nature. You are a fighter. You are awesome. Lean on us if you must, we can bear the weight. We leave no one behind and your success is very important to us. -Ches 
24 Aug 16 by member: chesgreen
I have read that doing a fast can get you thorough the plateau 
14 Sep 16 by member: johncrumpton

     
 

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