Not losing weight (with running)?
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Open your diary. The (by far) most likely explanation is errors in your logging of either food or exercise.
In fact, it's basically guaranteed to be that, given you aren't weighing your food. 4020 doesn't even divide evenly by 7, eh....and amounts to less than 600 calories/day. If you were truly eating that little, it would be impossible for you to run.
And since you're running, it means your eating numbers are completely broken.0 -
TimothyFish wrote: »Me thinks you are eating more than you are admitting to yourself. Unless you are a very small person, you would be losing a lot of weight if all you're eating is 600 calories. Since you are also running, you need to be eating significantly more than that, or you could do yourself harm. Could it be that you are recording the calories for single servings when you are actually eating multiple servings?
I write down in a notebook a lot of the stuff I eat and just look on the back of the food. I put my cereal in a measuring cup as well as my milk, just look on the back of the package for my turkey bacon, both my yogurts I just look on the back of the package, and I usually Google my Apple according to it's size.0 -
You don't have to eat a lot of volume. Just eat calorie dense things like butters, nuts, oils, etc.
But still, if you're not losing weight you are not in a calorie deficit.
Why don't you open your diary so we can try to help you pinpoint where you can improve your logging? I0 -
DMLC2014 wrote: »
You should be eating around 1600 calories per day. When you eat less you put your body into starvation mode which you body wants to store fats. You need to feed your body everyday!You should be eating around 1600 calories per day. When you eat less you put your body into starvation mode which you body wants to store fats. You need to feed your body everyday!
Absolute nonsense. You don't gain weight eating too few calories. Examples: holocaust victims, anorexics, starving children in Africa.
When I read both statements it meant the same thing just stated…differently-am I missing something?
DML wrote [sic}…eating less puts you into starvation mode[sic}
3bambi3 wrote Nonsense{sic} you don't gain weight eating too few calories and gave example yet thats what Dm said and yet…its nonsense-now I'm def. confused because it sounds the SAME lol
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RedArizona5 wrote: »DMLC2014 wrote: »
You should be eating around 1600 calories per day. When you eat less you put your body into starvation mode which you body wants to store fats. You need to feed your body everyday!You should be eating around 1600 calories per day. When you eat less you put your body into starvation mode which you body wants to store fats. You need to feed your body everyday!
Absolute nonsense. You don't gain weight eating too few calories. Examples: holocaust victims, anorexics, starving children in Africa.
When I read both statements it meant the same thing just stated…differently-am I missing something?
DML wrote [sic}…eating less puts you into starvation mode[sic}
3bambi3 wrote Nonsense{sic} you don't gain weight eating too few calories and gave example yet thats what Dm said and yet…its nonsense-now I'm def. confused because it sounds the SAME lol
No. It's not confusing. Someone stated that eating too few calories made you gain weight. I said it's nonsense. Because it is. You don't gain weight eating in a deficit.0 -
I've been doing C25k and have seen absolutely no results. If anything I've gotten fatter?? I've been eating less and healthier but nothing has happened. I'm only on week 6 of C25k but have been running for the past five months. Very frustrated and just want to curl into a ball and cry. Have even been doing body weight exercises, blogilates videos, etc but they haven't been helping. The only thing on my body that has changed in the past five months is my bum. What am I doing so wrong?
Your profile says you only want to lose 9lbs...what is your current height and weight?0 -
RedArizona5 wrote: »DMLC2014 wrote: »
You should be eating around 1600 calories per day. When you eat less you put your body into starvation mode which you body wants to store fats. You need to feed your body everyday!You should be eating around 1600 calories per day. When you eat less you put your body into starvation mode which you body wants to store fats. You need to feed your body everyday!
Absolute nonsense. You don't gain weight eating too few calories. Examples: holocaust victims, anorexics, starving children in Africa.
When I read both statements it meant the same thing just stated…differently-am I missing something?
DML wrote [sic}…eating less puts you into starvation mode[sic}
3bambi3 wrote Nonsense{sic} you don't gain weight eating too few calories and gave example yet thats what Dm said and yet…its nonsense-now I'm def. confused because it sounds the SAME lol
No. It's not confusing. Someone stated that eating too few calories made you gain weight. I said it's nonsense. Because it is. You don't gain weight eating in a deficit.
That's true. It is impossible to eat too little to lose weight.
Literally, impossible.
OP's food tracking is completely broken and OP is eating a LOT more than OP thinks.
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TimothyFish wrote: »Me thinks you are eating more than you are admitting to yourself. Unless you are a very small person, you would be losing a lot of weight if all you're eating is 600 calories. Since you are also running, you need to be eating significantly more than that, or you could do yourself harm. Could it be that you are recording the calories for single servings when you are actually eating multiple servings?
I write down in a notebook a lot of the stuff I eat and just look on the back of the food. I put my cereal in a measuring cup as well as my milk, just look on the back of the package for my turkey bacon, both my yogurts I just look on the back of the package, and I usually Google my Apple according to it's size.
You would be very surprised to weigh your cereal, bacon and apple to find out how much you're actually eating.0 -
TimothyFish wrote: »Me thinks you are eating more than you are admitting to yourself. Unless you are a very small person, you would be losing a lot of weight if all you're eating is 600 calories. Since you are also running, you need to be eating significantly more than that, or you could do yourself harm. Could it be that you are recording the calories for single servings when you are actually eating multiple servings?
I write down in a notebook a lot of the stuff I eat and just look on the back of the food. I put my cereal in a measuring cup as well as my milk, just look on the back of the package for my turkey bacon, both my yogurts I just look on the back of the package, and I usually Google my Apple according to it's size.
https://youtu.be/JVjWPclrWVY 0 -
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TimothyFish wrote: »Me thinks you are eating more than you are admitting to yourself. Unless you are a very small person, you would be losing a lot of weight if all you're eating is 600 calories. Since you are also running, you need to be eating significantly more than that, or you could do yourself harm. Could it be that you are recording the calories for single servings when you are actually eating multiple servings?
I write down in a notebook a lot of the stuff I eat and just look on the back of the food. I put my cereal in a measuring cup as well as my milk, just look on the back of the package for my turkey bacon, both my yogurts I just look on the back of the package, and I usually Google my Apple according to it's size.https://youtu.be/JVjWPclrWVY
Ahh, I was looking for this video for another thread. Hope you don't mind, I went ahead and posted it in the other thread.0 -
Yes when i was running, on a day of running for an hour which is about 7 miles I can take in 3,000 and i was a size 4!!! I wasn't losing weight just minting I could have if i cut back. I was very toned.TimothyFish wrote: »Me thinks you are eating more than you are admitting to yourself. Unless you are a very small person, you would be losing a lot of weight if all you're eating is 600 calories. Since you are also running, you need to be eating significantly more than that, or you could do yourself harm. Could it be that you are recording the calories for single servings when you are actually eating multiple servings?
If your smaller than this idk its weird some people never eat and they look it, some people eat lot and they DONT look like it. If you don't like to eat as much try incorporating some of the yummier foods you love or try eating light salads with a home made vinagretter (lots of ideas online on how to make them easy and delish) then having a salad won't fill you up but will get you the much needed nutrients, antioxidants. Have you tried intervals or suicides where you run as fast as you humanly possibly can for 10 seconds and walk and repeat 10 times…switching things up greatlyhelps-you get rally motivated is the best perk.
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Go see a doctor, if you are really eating that little and not losing any weight, something is wrong that only a medical professional can deal with.....And down with the aggression and snarkyness, that is just childish.....
I do apologize for the behavior (rather rude of me, eh?) I just was expecting more people who had been running like I have, maybe some of those who had also done c25k and had possibly tried c210k who were going to give their input and had also found themselves in the same boat. Not one person has truly given something I *personally* (others may) see as truly helpful. All just stuff I already know and have been around the block with. I've asked my mother about it (personal trainer, nutritionist) and my father (pro bodybuilder, nutritionist, becoming certified as a personal trainer soon), and all 4 of the personal trainers I've been through about my appetite already and after checking through my diet they've all just come to the conclusion that it's just my body. I guess I was just expecting more answers related to the exercise not the diet. I do apologize for being rude though it was uncalled for.0 -
TimothyFish wrote: »Me thinks you are eating more than you are admitting to yourself. Unless you are a very small person, you would be losing a lot of weight if all you're eating is 600 calories. Since you are also running, you need to be eating significantly more than that, or you could do yourself harm. Could it be that you are recording the calories for single servings when you are actually eating multiple servings?
I write down in a notebook a lot of the stuff I eat and just look on the back of the food. I put my cereal in a measuring cup as well as my milk, just look on the back of the package for my turkey bacon, both my yogurts I just look on the back of the package, and I usually Google my Apple according to it's size.
You would be very surprised to weigh your cereal, bacon and apple to find out how much you're actually eating.
Word. When I weigh out my bacon, a serving of two slices is often equivalent to three.0 -
shadow2soul wrote: »TimothyFish wrote: »Me thinks you are eating more than you are admitting to yourself. Unless you are a very small person, you would be losing a lot of weight if all you're eating is 600 calories. Since you are also running, you need to be eating significantly more than that, or you could do yourself harm. Could it be that you are recording the calories for single servings when you are actually eating multiple servings?
I write down in a notebook a lot of the stuff I eat and just look on the back of the food. I put my cereal in a measuring cup as well as my milk, just look on the back of the package for my turkey bacon, both my yogurts I just look on the back of the package, and I usually Google my Apple according to it's size.https://youtu.be/JVjWPclrWVY
Ahh, I was looking for this video for another thread.
lol me too0 -
I finally bookmarked it. It just needs to be a sticky all its own.0
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RedArizona5 wrote: »DMLC2014 wrote: »
You should be eating around 1600 calories per day. When you eat less you put your body into starvation mode which you body wants to store fats. You need to feed your body everyday!You should be eating around 1600 calories per day. When you eat less you put your body into starvation mode which you body wants to store fats. You need to feed your body everyday!
Absolute nonsense. You don't gain weight eating too few calories. Examples: holocaust victims, anorexics, starving children in Africa.
When I read both statements it meant the same thing just stated…differently-am I missing something?
DML wrote [sic}…eating less puts you into starvation mode[sic}
3bambi3 wrote Nonsense{sic} you don't gain weight eating too few calories and gave example yet thats what Dm said and yet…its nonsense-now I'm def. confused because it sounds the SAME lol
No. It's not confusing. Someone stated that eating too few calories made you gain weight. I said it's nonsense. Because it is. You don't gain weight eating in a deficit.RedArizona5 wrote: »DMLC2014 wrote: »
You should be eating around 1600 calories per day. When you eat less you put your body into starvation mode which you body wants to store fats. You need to feed your body everyday!You should be eating around 1600 calories per day. When you eat less you put your body into starvation mode which you body wants to store fats. You need to feed your body everyday!
Absolute nonsense. You don't gain weight eating too few calories. Examples: holocaust victims, anorexics, starving children in Africa.
When I read both statements it meant the same thing just stated…differently-am I missing something?
DML wrote [sic}…eating less puts you into starvation mode[sic}
3bambi3 wrote Nonsense{sic} you don't gain weight eating too few calories and gave example yet thats what Dm said and yet…its nonsense-now I'm def. confused because it sounds the SAME lol
No. It's not confusing. Someone stated that eating too few calories made you gain weight. I said it's nonsense. Because it is. You don't gain weight eating in a deficit.
Hm now I see it, but your body can go through starvation mode and store fats -no?0 -
RedArizona5 wrote: »RedArizona5 wrote: »DMLC2014 wrote: »
You should be eating around 1600 calories per day. When you eat less you put your body into starvation mode which you body wants to store fats. You need to feed your body everyday!You should be eating around 1600 calories per day. When you eat less you put your body into starvation mode which you body wants to store fats. You need to feed your body everyday!
Absolute nonsense. You don't gain weight eating too few calories. Examples: holocaust victims, anorexics, starving children in Africa.
When I read both statements it meant the same thing just stated…differently-am I missing something?
DML wrote [sic}…eating less puts you into starvation mode[sic}
3bambi3 wrote Nonsense{sic} you don't gain weight eating too few calories and gave example yet thats what Dm said and yet…its nonsense-now I'm def. confused because it sounds the SAME lol
No. It's not confusing. Someone stated that eating too few calories made you gain weight. I said it's nonsense. Because it is. You don't gain weight eating in a deficit.RedArizona5 wrote: »DMLC2014 wrote: »
You should be eating around 1600 calories per day. When you eat less you put your body into starvation mode which you body wants to store fats. You need to feed your body everyday!You should be eating around 1600 calories per day. When you eat less you put your body into starvation mode which you body wants to store fats. You need to feed your body everyday!
Absolute nonsense. You don't gain weight eating too few calories. Examples: holocaust victims, anorexics, starving children in Africa.
When I read both statements it meant the same thing just stated…differently-am I missing something?
DML wrote [sic}…eating less puts you into starvation mode[sic}
3bambi3 wrote Nonsense{sic} you don't gain weight eating too few calories and gave example yet thats what Dm said and yet…its nonsense-now I'm def. confused because it sounds the SAME lol
No. It's not confusing. Someone stated that eating too few calories made you gain weight. I said it's nonsense. Because it is. You don't gain weight eating in a deficit.
Hm now I see it, but your body can go through starvation mode and store fats -no?
No.0 -
Go see a doctor, if you are really eating that little and not losing any weight, something is wrong that only a medical professional can deal with.....And down with the aggression and snarkyness, that is just childish.....
I do apologize for the behavior (rather rude of me, eh?) I just was expecting more people who had been running like I have, maybe some of those who had also done c25k and had possibly tried c210k who were going to give their input and had also found themselves in the same boat. Not one person has truly given something I *personally* (others may) see as truly helpful. All just stuff I already know and have been around the block with. I've asked my mother about it (personal trainer, nutritionist) and my father (pro bodybuilder, nutritionist, becoming certified as a personal trainer soon), and all 4 of the personal trainers I've been through about my appetite already and after checking through my diet they've all just come to the conclusion that it's just my body. I guess I was just expecting more answers related to the exercise not the diet. I do apologize for being rude though it was uncalled for.
I’m confused as to what you wanted to hear. To lose weight, you need to maintain a caloric deficit of e.g. 250 calories per day to lose 0.5lb/week. It is generally easier to create this deficit by eating less than your body burns just being alive than by burning calories through exercising.
I lost lots of weight (i.e. 40 lbs) with running 5k+ daily when I first started out with MFP years ago. Why? I tracked my calories and didn’t eat back exercise calories, which are generally overestimated. So you see, it comes back to your food intake more than anything.
I’d listen to the above advice that you should track your food for a little while, by weighing everything with a scale to be accurate. If you’re actually maintaining a deficit, you will lose weight (though it may take a while depending on initial water retention due to exercising). The math doesn’t lie.0
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