I’ve been right there with you toggling between 147 and 146. This morning was 147.4. Which is stupid, because I swear to God I have behaved with the sole exception of some popcorn the night before last, which I acknowledge was not strictly needed for survival. Yesterday I think I came in under 1300 kcal, so should have seen 145.8 at the MOST.
Anyway, my sympathies! I thought at some point about inviting you to race, since we’re so close in weight, but then before I could bring it up you’d gone down to 146.something and I was still at 147.something, and I remembered I’m like 15 years older than you and so it would be a fool’s game (by which I mean I would lose) and dropped the whole idea.
Sigh. I’m at 146.4 again this morning. I’ll give myself one thing, I been extremely consistent in my lack of scale movement. I’m trying not to get too down on it. My lifts are getting better and my other workouts are pretty killer. But it’s a bit discouraging. Maybe this is our week. Maybe we don’t need a race. Perhaps just some encouragement from each other. Do you have a set goal? I would like to bob between 135 and 140. I will say this shit was easier when I was 36.
Are you actively guys tracking what your eating? Weighing/logging? A lot of times if your not actively tracking you get somewhat complacent with eating and things slip in and stay in without even realizing.
I would challenge you both to track diet diligently as with training/cardio. When we have this data we can see trends in what your doing and how it corresponds to weight loss/gain.
Your welcome to use mu log as a template for logging info. Pretty much cut/paste and make the daily changes. Takes me less than 5min daily.
If your not using a logging tool I would suggest chronometer.
And I would say this shit was easier when I was 46!
I’m not sure what my goal is. For most of my adulthood I ranged between 125-135 at just under 5’7". Running was my main thing, with some upper body strength training, though I half-assed it. So not a ton of muscle. I also have four kids (now grown) with whom I was very active. I was happy with the way I looked and felt, but my goals now are different. Running is too hard on me at this point, so I’ve changed focus to strength training. I don’t know what an optimal weight would be for me at this point. I’m thinking 140 maybe? But we’ll see when I get there.
Back to the point - I was being a bit facetious about racing. Weight doesn’t change in linear fashion, and shouldn’t, and holding steady while we’re both hopefully adding muscle is not a failure. The mirror, our clothes, and measurements all track progress. Even more valid a gauge of success would be improvements in strength, which I know I’m experiencing and so are you.*
*Obviously while all of this is true and we both know it, I’m kind of full of shit because I join you in bemoaning the lack of scale movement and will have a much happier day when my weight finally drops to its next set point. Because at the end of the day, that’s where the dopamine hits are.
I’ve been spot checking with myfitnesspal and logged I think three days this week, though I’d gotten away from logging food because I thought it was making me kind of crazy. I also wanted to give the reta a chance to impact my intake without thinking “oh, I can have another yogurt” because my calories allowed.
I think I’m actually in an okay place (see my post above).
I actually do. I weigh and measure everything to the gram, every bite, everyday. And chronometer is the app I use. I actually think I’m going to have a weight drop soon and I’m mostly just complaining. Lol. I am for sure seeing results in other ways. I think that weight has just been slammed into my head for my whole life and it’s hard to look past that number. But I’m trying for sure.
Thanks. I just wanna be able to get dressed and leave the house. You know what I mean? Not 15 changes to find something that I look not horrible in. Lol
Plus I like feeling like a badass when I deadlift. I realize that my lifts are not impressive in the context of this site, but in the context of me they are killer.
Agreed. I actually like logging my food. I love the feeling of control it gives me when I know exactly what I’m doing. That’s how I talk myself down when I get frustrated. Except when I accidentally cause a ruckus by complaining about my stalled scale movement on a thread.
You are going to perceive a whine in my response. I’m sorry. I know whining is unpleasant. That said: but I’ve already been doing it for so long! I’m tired of it!
That’s actually how my work weeks are. That’s why I was pleased with the spot checks this week. However, I did not spot check on the day we went to the fair. Nor the day after, when we went to a festival.
This is how my work weeks are as well. Although I had oatmeal for dinner the other night because I just couldn’t take anymore chicken. Lol. Sad day when you go to oatmeal for excitement.
That happened to me this morning. After the conversation about tracking (and a workout and a three mile hike) I went crazy and ate three pieces of dark chocolate and a bunch of Sun Chips after my tracking-friendly dinner of chicken, broccoli, and a small potato. The part of me that wasn’t saying “I don’t care!” was screaming “THIS WILL DESTROY EVERYTHING YOU’VE WORKED FOR” because my weight was already up.
This morning? 146.6, which while not a loss is at the lower end of the up-and-down I’ve been seeing for like two weeks now, and nearly a pound below yesterday’s morning weight, prior to which I’d been eating squeaky clean.
