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[olivermoss]

I'm still on a weight loss plateau. Objectively, things are going great. Maintaining weight as I get more active is good. When people get more active they can wind up low energy or with a serious case of the hungries. I'm not dealing with either. I mean I did destroy take out from Chipotle's the other night but that was the day I walked 8 miles carrying camera gear. Tucking into a pile of chicken and beans after that is legit. My body's metabolism isn't fighting me. As far as I know, I am doing everything right calorie wise.

When I consider how much weight I am down as a percentage of my overall mass, it's a lot. I've had to adjust a strap on my camera bag. My favorite PJ pants are now loose and saggy over my thighs and calves. I really should go shopping to replace some items, but, well, pandemic.

On an intellectual level, I can logic out that things are great. On an emotional level I want to see scale numbers go down. There is so little I can do with my life right now. I am going to be among the last vaccinated so I still have months of this. My next 4 or so months is going to be watching others return to normal life and social activities while I sit here. Losing weight is a concrete thing I can do to prepare for my life restarting and while it was humming along I felt better about things.

One change I've made is switching from Noom to Weight Watchers. The social / group zoom / couching there is supposed to be tons better over on WW. I think Noom is great in some ways, but one thing I strongly disagree with them on is that daily weigh ins are good. Now that I am on WW I am going to weight in only weekly and not deal with those daily fluctuations that are more hydration levels and when I last pooped than any weight gain or loss.

If WW doesn't work out for me I'll just do weight loss solo. I'd rather do a group or a program but maybe no group is a good fit. Better to go solo than join lesser known and possibly sketchy programs.

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[mistressofmuses]

I have a local friend who has had a lot of luck with WW and really enjoyed the program. So good luck, and I hope you enjoy it too!

It sounds like you've got a LOT of activity that you're doing. The plateau is the damn worst sometimes, but it sounds like things are going well... but I know you know that, and that it doesn't help the "BUT WANT NUMBER GO DOWN" feeling.

[olivermoss]

I hope it works out. I am currently doing their points system. Doing that and also counting calories for each meal was getting to be a too much. I guess I'll see if the point thing works, or if I need to also calorie count.

Yeah, my activity has been a lot. I just really need this to be working. Even my doctor is all 'sometimes people's bodies get set at a certain weight and it's better not to fight it'.

[mistressofmuses]

Being "stuck" at a weight that isn't your ideal is extremely frustrating. I know that sometimes you do plateau for a while, and then your body sort of adjusts and you make progress again, so I hope that's the case with this.

I hope WW helps and does work well for you!

[kay_brooke]

I actually joined Noom in December and I'm still not sure how I feel about it. I like it as a meal tracker, but I also hate the emphasis on a daily weigh in. I've completely ignored it. I don't even own a scale and I'm not going to get one. And I haven't gotten anything out of the social stuff on Noom. Maybe I'm not doing it right?

[olivermoss]

My chat on Noom had no actual interaction. The group coach just posted inspirational things that looked scavenged from FB and my own coach pretty much sent me emoji. I couldn't get anything out that side either. WW appears to be better on the social side of things. They are using Zoom chats for meetings, but the downside is that it's drop in and there isn't a set group. It's not locals, it's everyone. There is some community building through coach's connect groups, but idk how well that works yet.