im workin hard but gainin weight. why ?
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lmhughley89 wrote: »Ok so would u say its a bad idea to be eating these frozen meals and like salads from mc ds and special k cereal n stuff
It might be a bad idea since you say that you are super hungry. If you add in foods that are higher in protein to your meals and snacks it will help you feel full. Some examples are eggs, chicken, greek yogurt, nuts, peanut butter, and you can find a lot more with a Google search.
Those foods that you mention are also fairly high in sodium, especially the frozen foods and will cause you to retain water. This won't effect your fat loss but it will cause fluctuations and may also be contributing to the gains that you are seeing.0 -
Well after wachin that video I see I am very much so off on my estiments and measurements ... so I think a scale is a good investment for my self .. because I honestly logg every thing and I just been logging the wrong amont apparently due to measuring wrong so I am going to back track and start over and fresh and also try out the elliptical like the guy said ... .. you all have been a major help tho I was nervous to ask but I am glad I did... thank u all add me as a friend if u would like. . Imma go to sleep now u all have a great night and again thanks a bunch..0
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lmhughley89 wrote: »Ok so would u say its a bad idea to be eating these frozen meals and like salads from mc ds and special k cereal n stuff
It might be a bad idea since you say that you are super hungry. If you add in foods that are higher in protein to your meals and snacks it will help you feel full. Some examples are eggs, chicken, greek yogurt, nuts, peanut butter, and you can find a lot more with a Google search.
Those foods that you mention are also fairly high in sodium, especially the frozen foods and will cause you to retain water. This won't effect your fat loss but it will cause fluctuations and may also be contributing to the gains that you are seeing.
Yes! I always have to add something to my meal if I have to eat a Lean Cuisine or Healthy Choice or something. Those things do not fill me up.0 -
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Best advice - get out of junk food h*ll and eat some real food. Weigh and measure that food accurately. If you are at a deficit you will lose...and since you don't have a lot to lose expect a 1/2 lb. to a pound a week.0
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Up your fats and protein and back way down on the carbs...just my opinion and what works for me. We are all different. But all those carbs, especially coming from processed foods are not good for you0
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simplydelish2 wrote: »Best advice - get out of junk food h*ll and eat some real food. Weigh and measure that food accurately. If you are at a deficit you will lose...and since you don't have a lot to lose expect a 1/2 lb. to a pound a week.
what is fake food?0 -
truckers_wife wrote: »Up your fats and protein and back way down on the carbs...just my opinion and what works for me. We are all different. But all those carbs, especially coming from processed foods are not good for you
Absolutely nothing wrong with carbs.0 -
simplydelish2 wrote: »Best advice - get out of junk food h*ll and eat some real food. Weigh and measure that food accurately. If you are at a deficit you will lose...and since you don't have a lot to lose expect a 1/2 lb. to a pound a week.
what is fake food?
Also curious.0 -
Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »Also, if you're eating a lot of frozen meals or pre-packed foods, you're probably intake of salt is probably very high which would cause additional retention to what you're already experiencing.
Which has no impact on fat loss. If you're patient and consistent, you will lose weight even eating pre-packaged meals.
Amusing how someone felt that post was flag worthy. Obvious abuse of the flag system.
I know! People get butthurt over the weirdest things.0 -
Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »Also, if you're eating a lot of frozen meals or pre-packed foods, you're probably intake of salt is probably very high which would cause additional retention to what you're already experiencing.
Which has no impact on fat loss. If you're patient and consistent, you will lose weight even eating pre-packaged meals.
Amusing how someone felt that post was flag worthy. Obvious abuse of the flag system.
I know! People get butthurt over the weirdest things.0 -
simplydelish2 wrote: »Best advice - get out of junk food h*ll and eat some real food. Weigh and measure that food accurately. If you are at a deficit you will lose...and since you don't have a lot to lose expect a 1/2 lb. to a pound a week.
what is fake food?
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Dominos Pizza - Specialty Chicken Sweet Bbq Bacon, 12 pieces 190 According to their site, a serving size is 3 pieces. you had 12, thus 760 calories.
- You're not in a deficit.0 -
TimothyFish wrote: »I don't use a scale, but I will use a measuring cup occasionally. I've been losing weight at my expected rate. So I don't see a food scale as the magical fix for everything. I tend to think that some people are more likely to be forgetting to log some things rather than their estimates being far off.
You are a man who is how tall? Shorter women have less wiggle room. Scales are a useful tool for us. OP, definitely get the kitchen scale hun.
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You're eating too much0
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First, you do not have much to lose. Which means that the difference between losing and gaining is not big, and not being accurate when logging or overestimating calories can make all the difference.
Second, your loggings are not accurate, sorry. To give an example, yYour 1 1/2 cup of cereal, it is not 30 grams or 1 serving as you seem to believe, it could be 2-4 times that, so you have not logged even half the calories you consumed there. Even entries where you are I guess downloading calories from fast food websites, I suspect you are missing the tiny letters stating that calories are per "serving" and where "1 serving is 13 grams or 1/4 of a sandwich"or something equally ridiculous. Like "Dominos Pizza - Specialty Chicken Sweet Bbq Bacon, 12 pieces" is most certainly not 190 calories. There is some tiny print somewhere saying that 190 calories is per serving, and I bet the serving is something like 3 and a half pieces...
So, you are logging 1200 calories, most likely this is closer to 2000.
Based on your diary, realistcally with the food choices you are making, you will starve to lose weight. Health and nutrient issues aside, if you are going to lose weight mostly on junk food and if you have low calorie needs because you are not starting at a big weight, you will starve, because these foods have a ton of calories per serving. It is a matter of choice. You can have just the 3 pieces of dominos chicken for dinner or have some grilled chicken and a plate of vegetables. One will be more to your taste but be so little that it will feel like you did not eat, the other might require some adjustement to what food should taste like, but keep you fuller for the next hours.
Also, you are overestimating your burned calories a lot.0 -
Aggliklik u actually make since ... what I am doing is scaning the barcodes and excepting the information that pops up ... with out even looking at it because I figured it was logging accuratly .... sheesh I feel real silly now I probably am eating to much and I wanna eat regular home cooked meals but I have NO CLUE how to even begin how to log the correct information so I been eating this shity food that taste so bland and so unfilling jus thinking I was doing it right .... well away with the junk food back to home cooking but I need to figure out this loggin correct calories thing ... thank u for ur help and explaining it in detail for me to understand0
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Yes, she should use a food scale, but measuring instead of weighing has not caused a 4 pound gain in 2 weeks. When you see large weight fluctuations like that (in either direction) it is almost always water weight. She is likely retaining water for some reason. Might be TOM, but more likely its her muscles retaining water to repair muscles from the new exercise. This is common when people begin working out.
eta Could also be water retention from sodium if the frozen meals and other pre-packaged foods have a lot of preservatives. Keep working hard OP. This is water weight and your body will get rid of it soon. Keep counting calories, keep logging your food, keep working out, and give this process time. It will work!0 -
I only took a quick look at your diary, and already found a 400 calorie error in one of your Dominos entries.
Make sure you're accounting for what the label says is the serving size (which often has little connection with reality).0 -
lmhughley89 wrote: »I have been working out regularly dping cardio on tredmill but amd thigh machine body lifts crunchs and squats but I haven't lost anything instead I gaimed 4lbs and dont understand why I have even been countin calories .....HELP me understand im getting discouraged
eating too much.0
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