Is this a lost battle?

After all the effort I got stuck after 18 days.

I have been losing and getting the same pounds up and down, and despite the effort put in login food and attending exercise classes daily ..... i got stuck.

The scale is not moving.
It is really bad to be the biggest fattest person in the exercise class, and find the middle section right "in the way" of every movement .....
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Well, before adding the exercise classes, I have Neen walking between 3 to 5 miles minimum daily and eating healthy for the last 5 months. As I was 5 -10 lb up and down for the last 2 years, I decided to take more serious track and accountability measures and keep a log of everything I do and have the professionals at the wellness center measure it.

I am vegetarian, I have been vegetarian all my life. I am the biggest person in my family in the last 6 or 7 years. ..... I am 106 lb overweight eating an average of 1200 1400 calories a day!

It takes more than 18 days. You say you're tracking, are you using a food scale?

aventuramt wrote: »

After all the effort I got stuck after 18 days.

I have been losing and getting the same pounds up and down, and despite the effort put in login food and attending exercise classes daily ..... i got stuck.

The scale is not moving.
It is really bad to be the biggest fattest person in the exercise class, and find the middle section right "in the way" of every movement .....
.

Its not moving because you arent at deficit. Eating healthy is not the same as eating at deficit. You might think you are putting in a lot of effort, but unless you get the basics right such as logging and weighing accurately all your food, then this will prevent you from being effective. Id be very surprised at someone 100lb overweight, exercising on a regular basis an 1300 calories not losing something even for 18 days, even taking patience into account.

Its only a lost battle if you decide you want it to be lost and theres no reason why you cnat lose that weight if you control your deficit properly. Go and look at the success section for inspiration from people who didnt give in.

Around the time of your period your weight would be off too.

Liftng4Lis wrote: »

It takes more than 18 days. You say you're tracking, are you using a food scale?

^This.

aventuramt wrote: »

Well, before adding the exercise classes, I have Neen walking between 3 to 5 miles minimum daily and eating healthy for the last 5 months. As I was 5 -10 lb up and down for the last 2 years, I decided to take more serious track and accountability measures and keep a log of everything I do and have the professionals at the wellness center measure it.

You did the right thing. Just "eating healthy" and walking doesn't work for a lot of us. (Walking itself instead of exercise classes certainly could be enough; the issue is tracking and being accountable consistently.)

So you are doing great and have been successful so far. I know it's hard, but you just need to have patience and not expect an immediate change or a loss every day or even every week. Often when you have a big loss it's followed by a slow down. But time passes quickly, so keep with it and soon it will be a few months from now and you will be shocked by how much progress you've made.

I do measure the food and drink i take. Even when i eat out. I always carry a set of measuring cups and spoons with me, so in case I have to eat out, (i usually pack my lunch and snacks), i know how much I eat.
Eating vegetables, beans, fruits and nuts it is hard to get up 2000 cal.

aventuramt wrote: »

I do measure the food and drink i take. Even when i eat out. I always carry a set of measuring cups and spoons with me, so in case I have to eat out, (i usually pack my lunch and snacks), i know how much I eat.
Eating vegetables, beans, fruits and nuts it is hard to get up 2000 cal.

Measure and weight in grams of foods are different. Way different.

Got your thyroid hormones checked lately?

aventuramt wrote: »

I do measure the food and drink i take. Even when i eat out. I always carry a set of measuring cups and spoons with me, so in case I have to eat out, (i usually pack my lunch and snacks), i know how much I eat.
Eating vegetables, beans, fruits and nuts it is hard to get up 2000 cal.

you are eating more than you think you are.

aventuramt wrote: »

I do measure the food and drink i take. Even when i eat out. I always carry a set of measuring cups and spoons with me, so in case I have to eat out, (i usually pack my lunch and snacks), i know how much I eat.
Eating vegetables, beans, fruits and nuts it is hard to get up 2000 cal.

Make your diary public so we can check it out. It's easy hitting 2k calories as a vegetarian/vegan, but you may not even require 2k. How much do you weigh? how tall are you? do you work out, or does all your exercise come from non-dedicated exercise?

aventuramt wrote: »

I do measure the food and drink i take. Even when i eat out. I always carry a set of measuring cups and spoons with me, so in case I have to eat out, (i usually pack my lunch and snacks), i know how much I eat.
Eating vegetables, beans, fruits and nuts it is hard to get up 2000 cal.

A little gentle correction -- it's very easy to get up to 2000 calories as a vegetarian, especially if you're regularly incorporating nuts into your meals. I've been a vegetarian since I was 11, and I've been a chubby vegetarian as well as a slender vegetarian, and a lot of places in between. In fact, I know a lot of overweight vegetarians, because it's easy to build a vegetarian diet that is high-calorie if you're not careful (for instance, lots of commonly-recommended sources of vegetarian protein, like nuts and dairy, can also be high-fat and high-calorie).

I'm currently ovo/lacto veg and am eating 2000 calories per day. Feel free to take a peek at my diary if you'd like.

Wow! Those charts are fascinating! What a great way to keep weight loss in perspective. It's not linear, and it's more important to track a trend over time. So cool!

Weight loss isn't linear and getting healthy and fit doesn't happen overnight. 18 days is a drop in the proverbial bucket. <<<Going on 3 years of "good livin" ...still learning, still working, still setting goals and working towards those goals.

aventuramt wrote: »

I do measure the food and drink i take. Even when i eat out. I always carry a set of measuring cups and spoons with me, so in case I have to eat out, (i usually pack my lunch and snacks), i know how much I eat.
Eating vegetables, beans, fruits and nuts it is hard to get up 2000 cal.

No...no it's not...it's actually really easy considering legumes and nuts are both very calorie dense.

Make your diary public so we can check it out.

aventuramt wrote: »

I do measure the food and drink i take. Even when i eat out. I always carry a set of measuring cups and spoons with me, so in case I have to eat out, (i usually pack my lunch and snacks), i know how much I eat.
Eating vegetables, beans, fruits and nuts it is hard to get up 2000 cal.

Measuring cups should be used for liquids. Food scale for solids.
Anyone have the link to that video about measuring cups vs a food scale?

I dont eat diary products nor eggs. The nuts i add are measured like 1 tbl spoon of organic flax seeds, or 5 almonds. I do not eat white potatoes. I eat whole wheat bread and pasta but just occasionally, and no more than 1 slice a day if and when I eat it, or half cup of whole pastas.
I cook at home and at home use the scale. Measuring cups and spoons is for the rare occasion that i have to eat out.

Sometimes people get overweight or fat on salad because the salad is swimming in a pool of salad dressing. As a dressing i squeeze a real lemon or add some cider vinegar.

I am 5'10 and 234lb . I do not know what is non dedicated exercises. I attend the exercise classes that i am allowed to take given my health condition, with doctors approval and instructors modifications to fit me. 6 days a week
My T3 and T4 were border line some time ago

aventuramt wrote: »

I dont eat diary products nor eggs. The nuts i add are measured like 1 tbl spoon of organic flax seeds, or 5 almonds. I do not eat white potatoes. I eat whole wheat bread and pasta but just occasionally, and no more than 1 slice a day if and when I eat it, or half cup of whole pastas.
I cook at home and at home use the scale. Measuring cups and spoons is for the rare occasion that i have to eat out.

Sometimes people get overweight or fat on salad because the salad is swimming in a pool of salad dressing. As a dressing i squeeze a real lemon or add some cider vinegar.

I am 5'10 and 234lb . I do not know what is non dedicated exercises. I attend the exercise classes that i am allowed to take given my health condition, with doctors approval and instructors modifications to fit me. 6 days a week
My T3 and T4 were border line some time ago

Okay. I have an example for you about weighing vs not. In this case if I had not weighed I would have thought I had about 220 calories, but in reality I had 275.

First bread slice 10 extra calories-

Second Oatmeal 45 extra calories-

Little things like that add up quick. If your not losing weight, you might want to try it. I'd show you something with butter and peanut butter, but I have no idea wear my TBSP is at the moment.

shadow2soul wrote: »

aventuramt wrote: »

I dont eat diary products nor eggs. The nuts i add are measured like 1 tbl spoon of organic flax seeds, or 5 almonds. I do not eat white potatoes. I eat whole wheat bread and pasta but just occasionally, and no more than 1 slice a day if and when I eat it, or half cup of whole pastas.
I cook at home and at home use the scale. Measuring cups and spoons is for the rare occasion that i have to eat out.

Sometimes people get overweight or fat on salad because the salad is swimming in a pool of salad dressing. As a dressing i squeeze a real lemon or add some cider vinegar.

I am 5'10 and 234lb . I do not know what is non dedicated exercises. I attend the exercise classes that i am allowed to take given my health condition, with doctors approval and instructors modifications to fit me. 6 days a week
My T3 and T4 were border line some time ago

Okay. I have an example for you about weighing vs not. In this case if I had not weighed I would have thought I had about 220 calories, but in reality I had 275.

First bread slice 10 extra calories-

Second Oatmeal 45 extra calories-

Little things like that add up quick. If your not losing weight, you might want to try it. I'd show you something with butter and peanut butter, but I have no idea where my TBSP is at the moment.

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