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Ddonna82
Ddonna82 Posts: 48 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
New to mfp been logging for 15 days counting calories, but no weight loss need help and advice from anyone who has lost large amount I'm 350 pounds at 5"8!!

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  • Ddonna82
    Ddonna82 Posts: 48 Member
    Please respond!
  • Ddonna82
    Ddonna82 Posts: 48 Member
    Ddonna82 wrote: »
    Please respond!

    Please respond
  • peachyfuzzle
    peachyfuzzle Posts: 1,122 Member
    How many calories are you allotted per day? Also, what is your age?
  • Ddonna82
    Ddonna82 Posts: 48 Member
    I was doing 1700, but the last 2 weeks 1800 and I'm 32
  • libbydoodle11
    libbydoodle11 Posts: 1,351 Member
    Have you been weighing and logging your food?

    How many calories did MFP recommend for you?

    I am certain you could be eating about 2500 hundred calories and still be losing.

    Are you on any particular meds?

  • Ddonna82
    Ddonna82 Posts: 48 Member
    I don't weigh my food a I do take medication, I drink lots of water execrise most days, I have eaten out but I logged! I'm so discouraged I'm very over weight and I feel that I should of loss by now!
  • libbydoodle11
    libbydoodle11 Posts: 1,351 Member
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1296011/calorie-counting-101/p1

  • pander101
    pander101 Posts: 677 Member
    Weigh your food. You are probably eating more than you realize. And 15 days isn't very long depending on your goals.
  • peachyfuzzle
    peachyfuzzle Posts: 1,122 Member
    Without working out, and just doing day-to-day activities, your TDEE is around 2800 calories, so you should be losing weight eating anything less than that. 1800 - 2000 calories would be fine, but I believe that you're eating more calories than you think.

    Like others have already said, you should weigh your food, and not use the cup measurements on the nutrition label.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Ddonna82 wrote: »
    I don't weigh my food a I do take medication, I drink lots of water execrise most days, I have eaten out but I logged! I'm so discouraged I'm very over weight and I feel that I should of loss by now!

    You're eating more than you think... Weigh everything.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Ddonna82 wrote: »
    I don't weigh my food a I do take medication, I drink lots of water execrise most days, I have eaten out but I logged! I'm so discouraged I'm very over weight and I feel that I should of loss by now!

    I gained two pounds my first two weeks due to increasing my activity. But yes, you reallydo need to purchase a food scale. It's eye-opening to see what a serving size is compared to what you've been eating.
  • Ddonna82
    Ddonna82 Posts: 48 Member
    Thanks!! I will try to weigh my food!!
  • peachyfuzzle
    peachyfuzzle Posts: 1,122 Member
    edited November 2014
    malibu927 wrote: »
    Ddonna82 wrote: »
    I don't weigh my food a I do take medication, I drink lots of water execrise most days, I have eaten out but I logged! I'm so discouraged I'm very over weight and I feel that I should of loss by now!

    I gained two pounds my first two weeks due to increasing my activity. But yes, you reallydo need to purchase a food scale. It's eye-opening to see what a serving size is compared to what you've been eating.

    So much this.

    The first thing I weighed with a food scale was a 1/2 cup serving of kidney beans. Per the nutrition label, that 1/2 cup serving should have been the same as 113g, and there should have been 3.5 servings (1 1/2 cups or 395.5g) in the can.

    I weighed out the 113g, and it was WAY more than 1/2 cup. It left only 90g in the can, so there was only a total of 203g in there to begin with; although, I do not doubt there were 1 1/2 cups.

    In this way, I would have actually been eating less had I used the food label, but either way, it still stands that food labels are notoriously incorrect when dealing with cup measurements.
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