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Why am I not losing weight?
According to my fitbit, I burn 3000 calories a day. I've been logging my calories on MyFitnessPal and I'm consuming about 1900 a day. However, I am gaining a pound a month. How does this happen?
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This is making me very depressed
my thyroid dose changed over a month ago. Should be long enough to regulate it. I regained a lot of weight due to the unbalance. Now I can’t lose. Eating 1500 cal. Exercise as able. Health issues. How do you deal with the depression of going nowhere when you have motivation, put in the work and get nothing but .2 loss for…
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Gaining weight instead of losing
I’m so frustrated. I am gaining weight instead of losing. I am tracking my food and not even hitting all my calories. Sometimes I have 800 calories leftover! What is going on? I’m 52, female.
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Trying to figure out my goal
I have been doing well recently and made the best progress I've made in my battle with weight. My exercise is primarily weight training so trying to lose weight and gain muscle which I know is tough. I tried poking around on the net and could not find an answer but I'm trying to figure what my goal should be. I'm 5'6" to…
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Protein powder
how to choose protein powder in weightloss?
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Exchanging Pride for Grace
Why am I sharing this? Because many people think just because they mess up, their journey is over, or they are failures. It doesn't have to be that way. I've dropped 10 pounds (mostly water weight) since my doc appointment March 20th. I realized I don't need a 1200 calorie diet to lose weight right now, I am 5'1" and…
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Weight Loss Drugs and Strength
I had an eye opening experience with these drugs. My sister in law is T2 diabetic and severe fatty liver disease so she was put on a GLP-1 prescription. She’s lost about 40 pounds or so. When she started I wished her good luck and encouraged her to lift weights. Of course that never happened. Yesterday we were at my mother…
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Starvation Mode - Adaptive Thermogenesis and Weight Loss
I’ve read many times that Starvation Mode is a myth or that it isn’t - while this irks me, it isn’t sufficient to push me to just add more noise to the debate. I recently read an interesting article that reviewed different aspects of adaptive thermogenesis, thinking it might be of interest to others, I’ve written a…
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Perimenopause & weight loss
Hi all! I’m looking for an open dialogue with other women who are in perimenopause or have symptoms without being medically perimenopausal about weight loss, moods, hot flashes, etc….what works for you? What doesn’t work? How are you feeling? How can we support ea other?
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Fasting and Covod
What a pain, began my journey back to a good, healthy weight and was doing OK but then I managed to pick up bloody Covid somewhere, I wonder if I should knock off the fasting until I am better or just soldier on!? Thoughts…
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Do you add or subtract calories? Looking for opinions
So I am trying to gain muscle and lose fat (aren't we all)… I work out at a gym and have been doing body scans. It tells me my recent metabolic calorie rate is 1567.2 Should I decrease this value by 300 (cause I don't want to go lower than 1200 calories as I am old) and then calculate the buckets via macros and then add in…
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Am I too aggressive ??
Im 5,10, male, 42, around 199 lbs. TDEE calculated at 2900. I’m aiming for 160 calories each day. Training 5 times a week ( weights) each session I’m lifting more weight. Wishing says I’m losing fat based on a good reading today. I was made redundant 5 weeks ago so joined a gym, training 5 times a week. This week I…
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Weight loss with arthritis (no exercise)
Hello, Sorry if i’m asking this in the wrong place but i’m new. For context i am 18 and have rheumatoid arthritis, they took me off of my medication and it took until i couldn’t walk for them to finally give me it again. Sadly my body created antibodies to it so the medication no longer works. I had to drop out of school…
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Any Keto pals?
Embarking on week 3 of keto and feel at a stalemate, trying to think of new foods, recipes, snacks. Is there anyone who is further along in this and have some good ideas? I don't want to get burned out on the same old foods every day. TIA!
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Dieting with hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid)
Hi my names reannon I have hypothyroidism and am struggling to lose weight i have lost 4.4kg since the end of January I was wondering if there was anyone else on here that could give me some recipes or tips on how they manage there diet while having this I am on medication but want to change my diet
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How to lose weight while having pcos
I workout 6 times a week have alot of cravings like chocolate and junk food but need some serious suggestions about hiw to really reduce weight while having pcos
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Weight loss without GLP-1
Sometimes it feels like the only way everyone is losing weight is to go on a GLP-1 or do some surgery. But I don’t want to inject myself with medication every week or be cut open. I am trying super hard to eat healthy and exercise. Down 14 pounds in one month, but it hasn’t been easy. If you have lost weight naturally,…
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Is it possible to be in a Calorie Deficit but not lose weight
my weight is flat but training 5 times a week in gym. Not lifted weight in past 7 years. I’m on 1600 calories a day and I would say this is around 1000 calorie deficit. Protein level is 180gs because i want to build muscle.
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I am an absolute failure. I have not lost 1 inch.
I am so angry aggravated and defeated. I have not lost one freaking inch since I’ve been watching my calories not one freaking inch. I’m stuck in a 38. I’m so sick of this.
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Body measurements going down but fat % same?
Ok, so my weight is staying 163-165 the last two weeks. I weigh in every day to get a trend. My body measurements went slightly down, i do body measurements every 2 weeks. I plugged in measurements from two weeks ago and today's body measurements. I'm getting 27% fat for both calculations even though I went ever so…
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Late to the party!
330 lbs, 50% BMI, just back to gym after 40 yrs (age 63). Bad back. What would be doable strength training exercises for max cal burn?
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Do you reset your MFP goals?
I have reset my goals in the app after losing 20 pounds and it lowered the amount of calories per day based on the new lower weight that the reset goal used. I have since lost an additional 15 pounds, and my final target is another 30 pounds off. I’m wondering if other folks reset their goals for a long-term weight loss…
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Anyone else having a hard time hitting their protein and fiber targets while taking Zepbound?
I’m on my third week of taking Zepbound and I’m having a hard time getting anywhere close to the protein or fiber that I should be getting. It’s been so hard to get myself eating during the day and then I’m trying to shove in these small meals of protein and fiber towards the end of my day and still not hitting my goals.…
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Weight loss injections Tirzepatide
Has anyone tried this? I am starting this hopefully Wednesday.
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What is the ideal workout routine in the gym for a man trying to lose weight?
I go to the gym and hop on the treadmill for like 20-30 mins and then do any strength training and that’s it. I’m in the gym for like an hour. I wanna lose weight but I do not know if I am doing the right thing in the gym.
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My Weight Loss Journey
1. Use this free macro calculator to calculate calories and macros based on your weight and weight loss goals. https://blog.myfitnesspal.com/free-macro-calculator/ 2. Establish goals in Myfitness Pal. (Macros, Total Calories and Calories by meal) 3. Implement a time of day to start intermittent fasting (16 hours of fasting…
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Low Carb or Unrealistic?
Been advised not to exceed 34 grams of carbs for any of the 03 meals planned for each day in response to my Insulin Resistance and Pre-Diabetes diagnosis, but is this even possible in light of the fact that No Distinction was made between the different kinds of carbs, and I do Love my Fruits. Any Thoughts/Opinions or more…
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Low Calorie deficit
I need friends on here to be encouraged by. Iʻm struggling.
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Why am I not losing weight
Hi! Over the past month I’ve made a serious commitment to lose weight and be more active and healthy. I have been going to the gym Monday-Friday doing both strength training and cardio, and I challenged myself to 10k steps a day which I’ve been doing. I also now count my calories and macros and have shifted my diet…
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~1350 calories/day okay?
I’m a girl if that makes a difference—it won’t ruin my metabolism or something, right?