I have to say I am a bit bummed out today. I stepped on the scale after two weeks of trying to eat better, exercise more and….I have lost no weight. Not a pound, not even a half pound. I should have measured areas such as my waist, hips, and thighs, before I started, but I haven’t noticed a difference there either. My pants don’t seem looser, and I really don’t think I’ve lost any inches.
So what’s the deal? I highly dislike eating healthy, my taste buds will just not learn to accept green vegetables, and I crave Doritos every other hour. But I tried my best, cutting way back on my chip intake, eating fruit for my snacks instead of candy bars and cheez-it’s, and having a strawberry and banana smoothie in the mornings instead of pop-tarts for breakfast. I enjoy working out, often visiting the gym three times a week, along with doing workouts at home to DVDs or workouts I rip out of Shape magazine. So why am I not seeing any results? What more do I need to do? If someone tells me I have to completely cut out Doritos, I think I will be heartbroken.
I won’t give up just quite yet. By incorporating more fruits into my diet and choosing whole grain when it comes to bread and even pasta noodles, I feel like I am being better to my body. I will keep up with my workouts even when the perky blonde trainer tells me to smile and I feel an overwhelming urge to throw my socks at her. Today, I will go out and buy that pesky measuring tape to take down my inches, then see in another two-three weeks how I did. More to come…
I am in the same place. I am using CalorieCount.about . com, been eating better, and going on the treadmill 5 days a week. I have GAINED weight. Seriously, WTH? It is so frustrating to not see that immediate result of all your hard work and sacrifice, but stick with it. Eventually it has to result in something positive. Or at least that is what I am going to do.
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Darn that has got to be tough! Do you measure yourself? Keep up the hard work and I’ll do the same!
Weight loss takes time, so try not to get discouraged. Try to think about it more in terms of changing your lifestyle to something healthy and sustainable rather than focusing on the numbers on the scale. It sounds like you’re heading in the right direction, though, so that’s great. 🙂 Fruits and whole grains are great and healthy, but the calories do add up–perhaps you’re just eating too much of a good thing?
It’s also possible that you’re toning up from your new exercise regimen, or even that you’re just retaining fluid (it’s normal to fluctuate as much as a kilo or so from day to day).
I packed on the kilos during uni, but managed to work it off over a period of a year and a half or so mostly by working to change my diet to something that is healthy and that I can keep up in the long term (ie, that allows chocolate!). I also work to and from work every day (5ks each way), so that helps (and gives me more time to listen to podcasts and ebooks 🙂 )
Steph
PS, If you like Doritos, a wonderful alternative is baked chopped pita bread (coated with spices) and eaten with salsa (which is very low in calories and super yum)
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Thanks for your great comments Stephanie! I wondered if I was eating too much, even if it is things like fruit. I’ll have to watch that! I want to try that pita bread, I’ve had pita chips before and I loved them!