Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 10:40     Subject: The scale is finally moving! Words to stay motivated?
What worked for me was Noom, which I learned about on this board.

I lost 10 pounds last winter, held that off until this winter and am now doubling down to get off an additional 5 this winter.

I have found that to actually loose weight I have to do the entering what I ate part as well as the rest of it.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 10:23     Subject: The scale is finally moving! Words to stay motivated?
You can do this OP! I lost 5 pounds after trying for years and then I got a little unfocused and gained 3 back over a couple of months. It is a major bummer but I am trying to tell myself that I can do it again.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 10:14     Subject: The scale is finally moving! Words to stay motivated?
Anonymous wrote:I have posted this before, but it worked well for me so I will post it again. I have a paper with a list of rewards on it for milestone losses (I do a reward every 5lbs down). When I get the reward, I put a little star sticker next to it on the paper. Striving to get the rewards is motivating, and looking at all the stars is as well.

The rewards are things I can afford but would hesitate to get myself. Little things, like the hazelnut bark at that new choc place at Tysons or some face masks at Sephora, up to medium things like a blowout or a new pair of Sambas, up to big things like a new wardrobe or trip or Apple watch.

Works well for me.


I also do this but try to avoid food based rewards. Books, clothes, shoes, spa services all motivate me. A visual habit tracker is a great idea, it's one suggested in the book Atomic Habits, which helped me keep new habits instead of backsliding.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 10:11     Subject: The scale is finally moving! Words to stay motivated?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Im waiting for the scale to budge. I stopped drinking after 12/31 and the scale has been pretty much stuck at the same weight. My clothes feel looser.


I did a Dry January and surprised myself by keeping it going day-by-day. I have a solid 30 to lose and only lost 3 in the whole month of January. It was depressing, though I felt better. In the 19 days of February, I lost 6 already. I think it is that I spent January focused on not drinking. Now that I am confident in that I am focused on eating better and moving better. It is working!


I only have 10 I want to lose and I was already working out a lot and my diet wasn’t terrible. I really thought there would be a loss with no alcohol. Even 2lbs. But I’m stuck at the same weight.


I found layering in time restricted eating/intermittent fasting to be really helpful and I had a lot of health gains after doing so. Dr. Jason Fung has a lot of YT vids and his team does a podcast, The Fasting Method, with a lot of good advice. Was a game changer for me and also seemed to better regulate hunger hormones which made changes easier.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 10:03     Subject: The scale is finally moving! Words to stay motivated?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Im waiting for the scale to budge. I stopped drinking after 12/31 and the scale has been pretty much stuck at the same weight. My clothes feel looser.


I did a Dry January and surprised myself by keeping it going day-by-day. I have a solid 30 to lose and only lost 3 in the whole month of January. It was depressing, though I felt better. In the 19 days of February, I lost 6 already. I think it is that I spent January focused on not drinking. Now that I am confident in that I am focused on eating better and moving better. It is working!


I only have 10 I want to lose and I was already working out a lot and my diet wasn’t terrible. I really thought there would be a loss with no alcohol. Even 2lbs. But I’m stuck at the same weight.


The less you have to lose the harder it is. Anything under 10 is essentially vanity weight and your body will fight to keep it. Things why even people who lose 50,100 lbs lose a lot at first and then start to slow down and struggle to maintain the same progress of loss. It would no joke be easier for someone obese to lose 25 lbs than for someone lean to lose 5.


I'm also trying to lose about 10 lbs to feel more comfortable in my clothes and also really to get healthier as my lipid numbers slowly get worse. After about 7-8 weeks of exercising regularly and IF (the IF really more of a mechanism to cut out late night eating and to reduce snacking), I am finally starting to see weight loss. For the first 3 weeks I was gaining weight from building muscle, then staying steady, then losing about 1 lb a week. The last week or two, I've been losing about 1.5-2 lbs a week. More importantly, I am eating better, snacking much less and moving a lot more. The challenge is keep this up long term. I can do it for a few months and then go back to all my bad habits and gain the weight back. Each time, it takes longer and longer to lose. For reference, I am mid 50s and recently went into menopause.


PP again, forgot to congratulate the OP. Someone at work said to me, no excuses. I'm hoping the eating well and exercising eventually becomes a lifestyle.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 09:59     Subject: The scale is finally moving! Words to stay motivated?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Im waiting for the scale to budge. I stopped drinking after 12/31 and the scale has been pretty much stuck at the same weight. My clothes feel looser.


I did a Dry January and surprised myself by keeping it going day-by-day. I have a solid 30 to lose and only lost 3 in the whole month of January. It was depressing, though I felt better. In the 19 days of February, I lost 6 already. I think it is that I spent January focused on not drinking. Now that I am confident in that I am focused on eating better and moving better. It is working!


I only have 10 I want to lose and I was already working out a lot and my diet wasn’t terrible. I really thought there would be a loss with no alcohol. Even 2lbs. But I’m stuck at the same weight.


The less you have to lose the harder it is. Anything under 10 is essentially vanity weight and your body will fight to keep it. Things why even people who lose 50,100 lbs lose a lot at first and then start to slow down and struggle to maintain the same progress of loss. It would no joke be easier for someone obese to lose 25 lbs than for someone lean to lose 5.


I'm also trying to lose about 10 lbs to feel more comfortable in my clothes and also really to get healthier as my lipid numbers slowly get worse. After about 7-8 weeks of exercising regularly and IF (the IF really more of a mechanism to cut out late night eating and to reduce snacking), I am finally starting to see weight loss. For the first 3 weeks I was gaining weight from building muscle, then staying steady, then losing about 1 lb a week. The last week or two, I've been losing about 1.5-2 lbs a week. More importantly, I am eating better, snacking much less and moving a lot more. The challenge is keep this up long term. I can do it for a few months and then go back to all my bad habits and gain the weight back. Each time, it takes longer and longer to lose. For reference, I am mid 50s and recently went into menopause.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2024 10:58     Subject: The scale is finally moving! Words to stay motivated?
Anonymous wrote:Im waiting for the scale to budge. I stopped drinking after 12/31 and the scale has been pretty much stuck at the same weight. My clothes feel looser.


I’m at the same point. Lots of healthier changes for the new year with a focus on tracking what I eat and weigh instead of just moving more. No drinking and I’ve been eating way healthier and exercising more anyway. Scale has shown at most 5 lbs lost and mainly goes back and forth between 3-5 lbs. I have a lot (40 lbs) to lose, so it’s getting frustrating to hear “it comes off easily at first.”
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2024 11:48     Subject: The scale is finally moving! Words to stay motivated?
Words for motivation? You said it yourself, “The scale is finally moving!”

That’s awesome — congrats! Keep up the good work.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2024 04:19     Subject: The scale is finally moving! Words to stay motivated?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Im waiting for the scale to budge. I stopped drinking after 12/31 and the scale has been pretty much stuck at the same weight. My clothes feel looser.


I did a Dry January and surprised myself by keeping it going day-by-day. I have a solid 30 to lose and only lost 3 in the whole month of January. It was depressing, though I felt better. In the 19 days of February, I lost 6 already. I think it is that I spent January focused on not drinking. Now that I am confident in that I am focused on eating better and moving better. It is working!


I only have 10 I want to lose and I was already working out a lot and my diet wasn’t terrible. I really thought there would be a loss with no alcohol. Even 2lbs. But I’m stuck at the same weight.


The less you have to lose the harder it is. Anything under 10 is essentially vanity weight and your body will fight to keep it. Things why even people who lose 50,100 lbs lose a lot at first and then start to slow down and struggle to maintain the same progress of loss. It would no joke be easier for someone obese to lose 25 lbs than for someone lean to lose 5.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2024 16:34     Subject: The scale is finally moving! Words to stay motivated?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Im waiting for the scale to budge. I stopped drinking after 12/31 and the scale has been pretty much stuck at the same weight. My clothes feel looser.


I did a Dry January and surprised myself by keeping it going day-by-day. I have a solid 30 to lose and only lost 3 in the whole month of January. It was depressing, though I felt better. In the 19 days of February, I lost 6 already. I think it is that I spent January focused on not drinking. Now that I am confident in that I am focused on eating better and moving better. It is working!


I only have 10 I want to lose and I was already working out a lot and my diet wasn’t terrible. I really thought there would be a loss with no alcohol. Even 2lbs. But I’m stuck at the same weight.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2024 15:56     Subject: The scale is finally moving! Words to stay motivated?
Anonymous wrote:Im waiting for the scale to budge. I stopped drinking after 12/31 and the scale has been pretty much stuck at the same weight. My clothes feel looser.


I did a Dry January and surprised myself by keeping it going day-by-day. I have a solid 30 to lose and only lost 3 in the whole month of January. It was depressing, though I felt better. In the 19 days of February, I lost 6 already. I think it is that I spent January focused on not drinking. Now that I am confident in that I am focused on eating better and moving better. It is working!
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2024 14:12     Subject: The scale is finally moving! Words to stay motivated?
Im waiting for the scale to budge. I stopped drinking after 12/31 and the scale has been pretty much stuck at the same weight. My clothes feel looser.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2024 14:08     Subject: The scale is finally moving! Words to stay motivated?
Anonymous wrote:I have posted this before, but it worked well for me so I will post it again. I have a paper with a list of rewards on it for milestone losses (I do a reward every 5lbs down). When I get the reward, I put a little star sticker next to it on the paper. Striving to get the rewards is motivating, and looking at all the stars is as well.

The rewards are things I can afford but would hesitate to get myself. Little things, like the hazelnut bark at that new choc place at Tysons or some face masks at Sephora, up to medium things like a blowout or a new pair of Sambas, up to big things like a new wardrobe or trip or Apple watch.

Works well for me.

Thanks, I really like this idea. I’m a huge book reader but I’m also cheap, tending to wait for something to be available through the library. I think I found my currency!
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2024 13:50     Subject: The scale is finally moving! Words to stay motivated?
I have posted this before, but it worked well for me so I will post it again. I have a paper with a list of rewards on it for milestone losses (I do a reward every 5lbs down). When I get the reward, I put a little star sticker next to it on the paper. Striving to get the rewards is motivating, and looking at all the stars is as well.

The rewards are things I can afford but would hesitate to get myself. Little things, like the hazelnut bark at that new choc place at Tysons or some face masks at Sephora, up to medium things like a blowout or a new pair of Sambas, up to big things like a new wardrobe or trip or Apple watch.

Works well for me.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2024 13:44     Subject: The scale is finally moving! Words to stay motivated?
After two months of trying my best with my diet and hitting the gym 5 days a week for cardio and weight training, the scale is finally moving and I can see small changes.

I’ve finally gotten better with my diet, which was the hardest part for me. And I’m so glad things are changing. But I need words of motivation! I am always sabotaging myself. I NEED to be different this time!