Thread: I'm about ready to give up. Words of encouragement appreciated

Originally Posted by 2ndfiddle

Talkin, please don't give up. Look at all the progress you've already made! Amazing losses!

I have read that as you get closer to your goal (assuming it's a healthy goal, i.e., you're not trying to look anorexic), the weight loss can really slow down. Also, that we might stall at a weight we were at some time ago, but that if you stick with it, you'll eventually break the stall. Also, that you may still be losing inches even if your weight stays the same. Maybe this is what's happening to you.

Here's a way to get you more excited about sticking it out...go post about your progress in the thread about success stories, because You certainly are a success story! It will encourage others as well!

Good luck!

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I agree w 2ndfiddle! You were going thru P2 during christmas!!! Who does that? YOU! That's who! I mean, I'm not strong enuf to do that but you looked at it and took it on.
I'm not sure why you are cutting back on your fruit and why you are getting sick. This is my first round, I look up to peeps like you.
Hang in there!
Shuga

It's just water weight, honey. You go through stalls like that. What are you eating? You may have some kind of food sensitivity.

Originally Posted by grammy1952

It's just water weight, honey. You go through stalls like that. What are you eating? You may have some kind of food sensitivity.

Chicken, fish, cucumber, lettuce, apple, strawberries. I do eat turkey burgers which I realize aren't on protocol, but I can't eat beef because it stalled me. I started eating turkey instead since I'd done it on all my rounds with no problems, and I was having really, really good losses eating them or chicken for lunch with fish at dinner. Then I ran out of fish so I was just eating chicken and turkey, but I got more fish so I'm hoping this will jump start the losses again. I had so many stalls this round because I ate beef most of it not realizing that and/or cabbage was causing it, so I lost out on a lot of losses for the first half of my round. I'm not losing inches, either. Trust me, I've been checking. I've been the same for the last 2 weeks, at least around the waist, which sucks since last round I ended .4 higher than my current weight and I was an inch SMALLER than I am now. Grr! I feel better now that I've had time to calm down, but I can't guarantee that if this happens tomorrow I won't be stark raving mad again!

Originally Posted by jmmrr

I'm sorry you're having such a tough time. I'd be miserable, too, if I were you. But you've done so very well in past rounds...just stick to this one and you'll soon be done. Are you having any health problems that could be affecting this? I ask because I gained 50 lbs, while dieting and exercising, a few years ago. I didn't realize my thyroid wasn't working because I kept getting normal TSH test results.

I don't think I do, but who knows. No real way for me to check because I don't have insurance, so unless I pay $100 just to sit in the office (which I can't afford to do), there's no way to know. Sigh.

Originally Posted by Shuga

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I agree w 2ndfiddle! You were going thru P2 during christmas!!! Who does that? YOU! That's who! I mean, I'm not strong enuf to do that but you looked at it and took it on.
I'm not sure why you are cutting back on your fruit and why you are getting sick. This is my first round, I look up to peeps like you.
Hang in there!
Shuga

Thanks yeah, P2 during Christmas was a DISASTER. I was so miserable, haha. I'm dropping a fruit because sometimes that jump starts losses when they've slowed mid-to-end of a round. I've done it every other round, usually way before now.

Try eating fish 2x a day for the rest of your round. The fish really does help. Good luck!

Stalled again. I feel nothing. Maybe I should just accept that I'm done losing with this diet. I'm only .4 less than I ended my last round at, and it's not like I had even gained everything back. My average is now .2 per day. Seriously. I give up.