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zfitgal
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Hi, I have been a Weight Watchers member for years and have done really well on it. For the past 10 months I have havw been fluctuating between the same 3 pounds. I added up my calories and noticed I was eating between 1100-1400 calories per day. MFP says I should be eating 1660 for the amount of training I do. Has anyone ever experienced this before? i am so frustrated and feel so defeated....
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The last three pounds? Your logging needs to be tight0
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i have 10 to lose...1
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i never said anything about te last 3 pounds...0
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When you added up your calories, did you include all your fruit and veg? I only ask, because WW doesn't allocate Points for them.1
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The answer to not losing weight is never in tease calories. You need to tighten up your logging. Use a food scale for ALL solids.0
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i only ate 2 fruit a day on ww and I did eat veggies. I didn't start my fitness pal yet. I logged all my info and 1660 is what it said, My bmr is 1450, so it makes sense to be eating 1660. I train hard. 6 days a week, very heavy weight lifting 4 days a week and cardio 3 times an hour each session. I dont think I'd measure lettuce and fiborous veggies, only starchy ones. But I would measurw fruit.0
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I ask because changing to MFP from WW, logging veg was the mind-block I had to get over. I easily eat 200-300 calories in veggies a day, and that's not including the starchy ones.2
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im sure I am eating that now in veggies, but my weight loss atopped totally, I added thw fruit in to my cpinring calories0
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From my experience with WW the accuracy is very loose. They're not super into accurate logging. That can make it hard if you don't have a large margin for error. So in the beginning when you have a lot to lose it is fine, but as your deficit gets smaller it definitely becomes an issue. Which works great for them because you remaining a paying customer longer, but not for the one hoping to lose the weight.4
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Also, the new Smart Points system calculates points bvased on saturated fat and sugar, rather than carbs and total fat. In that, it is making a subjective judgment call on 'health' rather than actual calories, which can significantly impact weight loss.
It's one of the reason people are leaving the new system in droves.4 -
Google "starvation mode myth".........it's not real
http://www.weightwatchers.com/util/art/index_art.aspx?tabnum=1&art_id=35501
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ok so I'm totally lying and not really tracking right?1
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Google bodybuilding.com and type in starvation mode...0
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the only way its real is if you are eating 500 calories or less,then your body once it doesnt have enough calories will turn to fat, once its gone then it turns to muscle(heart,lungs,etc) to use for fuel. after that your metabolism starts shutting down. if starvation mode http://www.nowloss.com/starvation-mode-myth.htm were real to where you held onto everything anorexics,people in starving 3rd world countries would retain fat stores. what you do get if you are dieting and eating more than that is adaptive thermogenesis-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3673773/.4 -
not to sound dumb but huh lol?0
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Google bodybuilding.com and type in starvation mode...
it says LOW calorie diets http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/changingshape4.htm it states if you drop to less than 1000 calories you can lose lean body mass. so i dont know where you are getting that its a thing.1 -
In answer to huh??
Charliebeans post in shorthand : people in famines, anorexics, POW camps : they are starving and they are stick skinny.
Starvation mode didn't kick in and stop them losing weight11
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