Dieting & Excercising But Not Losing Weight
AmillB
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so I started taking my diet serious last Sunday and this Sunday when I weighed myself I am at the same weight I have been Excercising and eating clean however my weight is the same and it is so frustrating
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are you weighing your food0
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No I don't have a scale but I don't eat large portions0
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Buy a scale, measuring spoons and measuring cups. Then weigh/measure and log everything.0
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Get a scale and weigh/measure everything. Reassess after 4 weeks.0
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diary is hidden, so can't help you here. You're probably eating way to low in calories + proteines. But thats just guessing in the dark here.0
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I workout 5 days a week for 60 min and no I don't eat back all my calories I'm on a 1340 calorie limit I'm thinking about dropping it to 12000
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I workout 5 days a week for 60 min and no I don't eat back all my calories I'm on a 1340 calorie limit I'm thinking about dropping it to 1200
if you are not eating them back then I would not drop to 1200. It has only been a week. More then likely you have the following issues:
inaccurate logging due to not using a food scale which is leading to underestimating of calorie intake.
water retention from increased activity
what is your training regimen? Weights/cardio/mixture? Are you on a structured program or a homemade one?0 -
No I don't have a scale but I don't eat large portions
But you have no idea how much you are actually eating and whether you are in deficit or not or by how much. If you dont know that then its very hit and hope on whether you can expect to lose weight or not.
Take the energy you have from being frustrated and channel that into being patient and getting some perspective on how long the whole process will take. Work hard on getting the basics right and it will start to fall.0 -
You're eating more than you think, almost guaranteed.
Get a digital food scale, they're around $10-$20, weigh solids in grams and measure liquids.
Weigh everything, keep doing what you're doing and track everything for 3-4 weeks, then make adjustments if you still aren't seeing a change.
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macgurlnet wrote: »You're eating more than you think, almost guaranteed.
Get a digital food scale, they're around $10-$20, weigh solids in grams and measure liquids.
Weigh everything, keep doing what you're doing and track everything for 3-4 weeks, then make adjustments if you still aren't seeing a change.
~Lyssa
Yeah I'm going to buy the scale0 -
I'll repeat what's been said. Calorie counting is a science. The calories you expend by just 'being', the calories you spend doing exercise and the calories you consume all need to be calculated to the best of your ability. Without accurate numbers you cannot calculate how many calories you should be consuming to fuel your body and are likely to either under eat or overeat, both of which will stall your weight loss. The trick is to find that sweet spot where your body is working at the perfect deficit.
You need to buy scales so you know exactly how many calories you are consuming.
What's the point in changing your calorie goal from 1340 to 1200 if you don't know how many calories you are eating now?0 -
Weight loss is 80% (some say an even higher percent) eating at a calorie deficit. Weigh and measure everything, for many, estimating or assuming you haven't eaten many calories just does not work.
Interesting observation. I am on maintenance. I lost 90# before I began to even go on short walks. Since 1/25/15, I have gone to the gym everyday, hoping that will work for losing the few stubborn pounds that I gained between Thanksgiving & New Years. Until last Sunday, I had not lost an ounce. Since then, I have been eating @ 1500 calories/day and this morning, I am down 1.5 pounds. Coincidence? I don't think so. Eating at a calorie deficit is more important than exercise for losing pounds, at least for me.0 -
are you supposed to eat back your exercise calories? maybe thats why im not losing weight
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missbamboo76 wrote: »
are you supposed to eat back your exercise calories? maybe thats why im not losing weight
you should only eat back half because most calorie burn estimates error on the high side...0 -
I ditto buying a scale. I thought I was doing great with guessing portions...got a scale about 2 weeks ago, and I feel like Ive entered some sort of time warp. What I thought was one serving of rice..was actually THREE! I still shake my head at myself when I measure something out, how *vastly* different it looks from what I assumed it would be.
Anyway, it changed my world LoL and I feel way better knowing that what I log is *actually* what I ate. Though my intentions were good with logging everything I ate, I was way under-estimating my calories...now I feel confident and can better track my intake.0
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