Weight: Well that worked... or it was random?

[thistlechaser]

My weight loss cycle is really, really annoying: I'll spend many weeks going up and down around a single number, then I'll have a week or two where I lose, then I'll go back to many weeks of a plateau. It's so frustrating, because my results have no correlation to my effort.

I've been using the MyFitnessPal (calorie tracking) app for almost two weeks now, and this week I had a big loss (4.5 pounds, though only 3 of those were "new" loss). The app had me aiming for a pound a week loss, so that's great but unexpected.

Unfortunately I can't credit it to the app/close calorie counting yet. It could be some kind of water weight thing, it could be just this natural plateau cycle I go through, it could be just totally random and next week I'll gain 6 pounds (that has happened before -- a big loss followed next week by a bigger gain, when I do nothing different).

For many, many months now I've been so close to getting below 200. I'm really excited about this step forward, though it's tempered by the knowledge/worry that this is likely just a brief period of loss and I'll go back to hovering for another month or two before I lose again.

Though, weight loss aside, I have to say the best thing about tracking my calories is that I'm no longer so ravenously hungry. I used to not be able to sleep at night because I was so hungry! Other than random cravings, I'm rarely hungry nowadays. That's a really nice quality of life change.

Comments

[elfy.livejournal.com]

I'm happy my suggestion has a positive impact! And if it's "only" that you are less hungry! :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

For sure it did! Thanks again! :D

[bacchuslives.livejournal.com]

That's great about your hunger... I'd swear I hear voices telling me to eat when I try and diet. Your accomplishments are amazing!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Agreed on the hunger... and on the voices. Even when I'm not hungry, they say eat eat you really should eat. Not helpful!

[loup_noir]

Your weight loss cycle sounds very normal to me in all its frustration. Are you weighing yourself every day? If you are, stop doing that. Being fixated on a number is foolish. Have you been able to work in any sort of exercise? How's that big toe doing?

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I only have one official weighing day a week, but it's so hard not to check every day!

Big toe is still a pain in the butt. STILL not healed. I've been on antibiotics about six weeks straight now... Seeing the doctor again next week.

[postingwhore.livejournal.com]

I get full way faster than I used to, which kinda sucks because I still haven't completely adjusted. :\ I also hate waste, too, which doesn't help. Hopefully I won't gain any weight during the winter :\

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on not wanting to waste! It kills me when I do.

Good luck!

[adam-0oo.livejournal.com]

Not being able to sleep due to hunger sounds AWFUL

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I know, right? Luckily it doesn't happen anymore!