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good job MM, i need to get on that early morning kick again. ugh. so i am really frustrated that the scale won't budge. I am ODing on cabbage and soup and everything healthy. I am not perfect diet wise, but pretty damn close. I am considering trying to eliminate all grains and see if that has an effect, if you think it may? (the collective you). I do eat brown rice, oatmeal and quinoa, probably 1-2 servings a day, closer to one, generally at bfast. I really do not know what else to do beside starve myself. (which i do not want to do.)
so i am really frustrated that the scale won't budge. I am ODing on cabbage and soup and everything healthy. I am not perfect diet wise, but pretty damn close. I am considering trying to eliminate all grains and see if that has an effect, if you think it may? (the collective you). I do eat brown rice, oatmeal and quinoa, probably 1-2 servings a day, closer to one, generally at bfast.
You say this constantly that you are nearly starving yourself. Have you actually tracked all your calories religiously over a period of time? I mean everything, even taking bites of your kids plate etc. I find that I can fool myself VERY easily in terms of the number of calories I am consuming and it is only when I really track it that I lose weight consistently. But that means tracking EVERYTHING.
Or might it be that your body is telling you something? I guess, from your posts, that you are at a healthy weight.
Is it not so much about the weight, but leanness or muscle tone? Fitness? I don't necessarily weigh less now than I did when I got married and was as thin as I've ever been...but I feel as if I do, because I am much more fit and toned. Sometimes there is more to it than the number of pounds.
If you place oatmeal in a glass of water, it absorbs the water. If you put a piece of salmon or tempeh in water, it does not absorb as much water. The same happens when it's in your body.Whenever I visit my family for a few weeks, I eat less grains and more protein, basically in the form of salmon. I lose weight in pounds. When I come back, I get back to what I weighed before I left, because I get back into the grains. I do not eat more overall calories here. Grains, however, absorb water, whereas the protein does not. I assume I just retain less water at my family's place.
If you are at a healthy weight and want to change your body, you need to lift heavy (heavier) weights. Building muscle feels incredible.
Have you thought about talking with a nutritionist? It seems like MoS had a great experience in working with one and she got good results. Maybe that would help sort out what has you stuck at that weight, and what can prepare you for more training.
Ok, I can't explain the science of it, but my understanding is that it goes deeper than this. That the glycogen (maybe?) actually holds onto water and when we eat less carbs there is less glycogen in our bodies which translates into less water... i.e. water weight. But... I don't think I'm explaining it exactly correctly.
meri- what about just trying the meds. Some people have had that work for them, even if their thyroid #'s are within scope. My understandign with thyroid is that it could be "low for you" but not "low for the average", if that makes sense.
I still think weight training will help change the composition and shape of your body. And building muscle helps your metabolism.