About to lose my mind! Need experienced dieter! I'm just not losing!!?

Thistooshallpass710

Seems like I've been listening to the wrong suggestions until I got here !

jenncornelsen

im 29 and average 5lbs a month. i thought i was doing good ......... actually who am i kidding i know i am! yup change your mindset.

kr1stadee

Thistooshallpass710 wrote: »

I haven't left guys, I just realized that I got a random username suggested by MFP. I just now figured out how to change my username. I'm still here , I'm a real person lol and I'm making this commitment.
I do need weight training! It's my nemesis I swear!!! Lol hate it with a passion.
I guess I need to accept that I'm older and weightloss will be slower. I could easily lose 8-10 lbs a month a few yrs ago.
I mentioned to my sis that I lost 16 lbs since February and she thought that was a bit low considering all the work I've been doing. Basically 5 lbs-ish a month.

Weight training = lift heavy (sorry, the way I read your response seems that you got the wrong message from it).

You are dead-on, you are mid-40's, so weight loss will slow down. Eat for weight loss. Exercise for overall health.

How about using other methods of measurement too, clothing, mirror, photos, measuring tape... anything but your sister

Great job on the first 16lbs. Keep plugging and you can lose another 16.. and another!

mls100771

Yeah, I was gonna say you might want to avoid the scale. It's really not an accurate indicator of your progress, especially if you are exercising at the same time you are dieting. You might be dropping bodyfat at the same time you are putting on muscle. Stick with BMI measurement and the tape measure as a true indicator of your progress.

PAV8888

Your previous apparent disappearance made me "refine" my previous post and turn it into a blog article : - )
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/PAV8888/view/i-log-accurately-exercise-a-lot-and-haven-t-lost-any-weight-742013

MFP already includes the caloric deficit you need in order to lose the weight you said you want to lose in your eating recommendation. You are losing weight significantly faster by not fueling your work-outs and leaving a lot (as a percentage of what you eat) of delicious calories on the table! http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/PAV8888/view/eat-back-your-exercise-calories-741835

Without any help from you, your body will both become more efficient when it comes to exercise (and learn how to burn less calories for a given exercise*) and, in the presence of a large (or long term) caloric deficit, adapt into using less fuel to get by with.

If you are trying to lose weight, I don't see that you need to help your body become more efficient faster!
If you are trying to save on groceries, or gnawing on food annoys you too much... different story!

*Progressively lifting heavier weights gets around this for quite a while. If only I could convince myself to start lifting some

999tigger

booksandchocolate12 wrote: »

You've lost 16 lbs in 12 weeks?

I'd say the only thing you need to adjust is your expectations.

This +1 and your exercise really isnt that much.

Thistooshallpass710

400 calories burned is not a lot for a 30 min cardio ?? I'm getting conflicting suggestions saying if I'm already eating 1,400 cal a day that I really don't need much cardio to lose. Then I hear im not doing enough cardio?

PAV8888

How you can double check exercise Calories given by an app: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/PAV8888/view/how-do-i-double-check-exercise-calories-741824

How to eat back exercise Calories using MFP: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/PAV8888/view/eat-back-your-exercise-calories-741835

World Health Organization recommendations for exercise:
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2010/9789241599979_eng.pdf?ua=1
1. Adults aged 18–64 should do at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity throughout the week or do at least 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity throughout the week or an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity.
2. Aerobic activity should be performed in bouts of at least 10 minutes duration.
3. For additional health benefits, adults should increase their moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity to 300 minutes per week, or engage in 150 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity per week, or an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity.
4. Muscle-strengthening activities should be done involving major muscle groups on 2 or more days a week.

Achieving moderate (MET 3+) goals and Vigorous (MET 6+) recommendations through walking
[/i]3000 steps in 30 minutes is considered moderate exercise: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19362695
For 22yo healthy Chinese Adults, 3150 steps or 2km at a rate of 105 steps a minute is moderate exercise. @130 steps a minute it is vigorous. http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/3/1/e001801.full.pdf
(It is actually quite hard, though do-able, to hit MET 6+ by walking. An incline or very fast legs are pretty much necessary!)

The US recommendations for walking to meet exercise goals is 10,000 steps a day. And over 12,000 steps a day for weight loss. This would be equivalent to an ACTIVE setting in MFP.

janejellyroll

Thistooshallpass710 wrote: »

400 calories burned is not a lot for a 30 min cardio ?? I'm getting conflicting suggestions saying if I'm already eating 1,400 cal a day that I really don't need much cardio to lose. Then I hear im not doing enough cardio?

400 calories is a lot for 30 minutes of cardio.

If you are eating at a deficit, you don't NEED cardio to lose weight. Cardio will help your fitness and it can also either increase your deficit or allow you to eat more.

alexandrazzzz

Everyone will have different tips and tricks. My advice: read the book Why We Get Fat: AND What To Do About It by Gary Taubes. There is WAY more to it than calories in and out! Its hormones, types of food etc ALL at play here.