A Little Disillusioned & A New Plan
January 21st, 2008 by Rian | Filed under Miscellaneous.I’ll be honest here - I’m getting a little disillusioned here with losing weight. Stuff works for me, but it only works short term.
For instance, low carbing? Yeah, it’ll work for a while. Low calorie? Yeah, it’ll work for a week or two. Exercising like a fiend and eating light? Yeah, it’ll work (but I’ll also be sick for weeks). Exercising regularly and eating a bit less than normal? Doesn’t work at all for me.
And then it all stops. I’ve been conscious of every single morsel that has gone into my mouth in the past few months, and I’m not really losing weight anymore. Some days, my pants are looser than other days. Some days they aren’t. I’ve been averaging something like a 2 pound per month loss for the last two months. That is just unacceptable!
I mean, yes, overall, my pants ARE looser than they were a few weeks ago. But it’s not enough. The scale has remained at the same number for over a month now.
Eat six meals a day, people say? Doesn’t work. My blood sugar goes crazy for some reason when I do this. Plus, I cannot physically shove food in my mouth that many times a day! I’m just not hungry for it. Doesn’t that make sense?
Why won’t the weight loss continue steadily? It doesn’t matter if I eat 1200 calories, 600 calories or 1800 calories in one day. Nothing is really changing much, if at all.
I keep hearing all this advice. But none of it works for long.
I’m just fed up with this whole dieting thing. I’m on my last option here… and this better work. So…… I have decided to start taking a diet pill. Which one, I’m not going to reveal here. No, it’s not Hoodia or Alli. And it is NOT an illegal pill or substance. I’m being very careful, and and only taking 1/4th to 1/2 of the recommended dosage, but I’ve already noticed a dramatic reduction in appetite. Not that my appetite is enormous to begin with, but this pill makes a person not want to eat anything.
So yeah, it’s pathetic, I guess, to stoop so low to taking a diet pill, but I’m at my wit’s end here. For real. I don’t usually share the extent of my frustrations in this blog because I’m a pretty private person, but hey… I’m putting it out there now: I’m taking diet pills - just started yesterday. (Very carefully). And making sure to take vitamins EVERY SINGLE DAY and eat at least two servings of fruit and/or veggies per day.
We shall see…
Sorry to hear you are having such frustrations with the weight loss. It’s the worst when that scale just won’t move no matter what! Be careful with that diet pill….
Thanks Kyle!
I took a diet pill once and it totally messed with my mood. Be careful that you keep watch on your emotions!
To be very honest Rian .. you should have blood work done for you thyroid ..get it check if you having normal T3& T4 along with normal TSH .. since i just diagnosed with Hypothyroidism ..and hypo ppl have hard time loosing wt… discuss it with the Dr. and read about it if you feel depressed / feel cold/ have dry skin / trouble loosing wt then definatley have it checked out …
hope that helps…
-Tahira
I agree with Tahira about getting your blood work checked again. I’d check with the doctor and tell him/her all your frustrations. I don’t really believe in the diet pills, but believe me, I totally understand your frustrations about slow weight loss! Hang in there — be careful! They can be addictive.
Also, there is a thing called sub-clinical hypothyroidism which is very difficult to diagnose and can easily be missed. You might be better off going to see an endocrinologist.
Hey thanks for all the comments! I don’t have any symptoms of hypothyroidism other than the hard time losing weight. I was tested somewhat recently. I have a lot of energy these days (thanks to regular workouts) and am never cold unless it’s below 30 degrees.