I went out to a fancy restaurant last night for a friend's birthday. I threw caution to the wind and ordered whatever I wanted and what I wanted ended up being sea scallops wrapped in bacon and served in a champagne cream sauce with whipped potatoes and green beans. And lets not mention the warm bread served with garlic + red pepper infused olive oil and garlic soup with croutons and the pitcher of sangria :o The rest of the weekend wasn't a whole lot better either.
I also magically gained 4 lbs. over this past weekend. How much of it is water retention? I'm not sure but now I feel like all of last week was a total bust, a total waste of my time. I'm frustrated. It's so difficult for me to lose weight even when I am being diligent that sometimes I wonder why I bother at all. I suppose a lot of you ladies have felt the exact same way at some point or another.
Today I did a couple of different equations to find my BMR/RMR. I wanted to try a bunch of different ones and then average them out to get an idea of what my minimum caloric intake ought to be. They all put me around 1600-1700 calories. Are you kidding me?! I can't seem to lose a thing unless I'm under at least 1300 and that 1600 range is supposed to be my needs AT REST and I have a lightly active job that keeps me on my feet all day. Maybe I'm not eating enough but it seems when I up my calories I simply gain weight.
*sigh*
I guess I'm in a rut, not only my weight but mentally too. How do I get myself going? How do I become a success story?
Probably most of that 4lbs is water swing. It's really difficult to eat enough to gain 4lbs of fat in just a few days.
But even if you did, so what? You didn't get fat in a weekend and you won't lose it all in a weekend either. It's just a few pounds; don't let it become more than just a few pounds. You can't change yesterday so just put it behind you and concentrate on eating less and exercising more today.
I'm surprised to hear you say at your weight and activity level that you don't see losses if you eat more than 1300 calories a day. How are you estimating your calorie intake? Over how long a period have you tried eating at 1600 calories without seeing losses?
Thanks for the reply Carter.
I usually use fitday to estimate my calorie intake. When I'm faithful around 1300 calories a day I might lose a pound in a week but then I have trouble sticking to my guns and my limits and I go off plan. And when I go off plan I really hit the skids and go way off for weeks and it's all undone. Maybe It's as simple as not being consistent and not being diligent for a long enough period. I'll admit I have some major weaknesses and my love of food and laziness are 2 of them.
A lot of my frustration comes from my past success, I used to weigh 250 and lost 65 lbs. in about a year. Then I moved twice, new job, new life and I maintained for about a year. Now THIS year I've been stuck going back and forth from about 195 to 205. I just can't figure out why I could be so successful in the past and not get that back!