Feeling Disappointed

mmmmmmaya

I feel really disappointed because I recently (6 months ago) started exercising, and eventually made my way up to 6 days per week, but I feel I haven't experienced any significant change in my body weight, bf%, or measurements. It feels difficult to keep with it after easing my way up to 6 days per week and not seeing any results after several months.

yopeeps025

You cannot out exercise a poor diet. The quantity of what you eat (calories) can easily erase all you work in the gym.

CM_73

How are you measuring your results, and what sort of exercise are you doing?

dramaqueen45

yopeeps025 wrote: »

You cannot out exercise a poor diet. The quantity of what you eat (calories) can easily erase all you work in the gym.

This- I too would do step aerobics 4x per week with absolutely no change in my weight- it's all about diet. You lose weight in the kitchen. Exercise to feel better and tone muscle.

wizzybeth

If you want to lose weight you have to eat at a calorie deficit. If you have not lost weight, you are not eating at a deficit.

Holly_Roman_Empire

No mention of what your diet consists of? That's what decides weight loss, not exercise.

shadowfax_c11

I was having trouble loosing weight despite an very active lifestyle. 15-20k steps a day including martial arts training and horseback riding and being a part time farrier. Guess why that was? Not monitoring calorie intake. Started monitoring calories and guess what? Weight is coming right off.

NoIdea101NoIdea

Yep, just to echo what everyone has said here, you need to be eating at a calories deficit, log and weigh all your food and be honest with yourself about what you're eating.

SueInAz

I can never understand these posts.... Posting in the forums of a calorie counting tool but not actually using the tool and then having no idea why they can't lose weight? It's mind boggling. Exercise calories are not as much as most people think they are and it's very easy to eat those calories back and more.

OP, spend some time reading the Announcement forum posts. Start logging your food to monitor your calorie intake vs. expenditure. If you stay close to MFP's calorie goal for you every day you will start to see results. As you've already seen, simply exercising is not a guarantee for weight loss. You need to be eating less calories than your body burns on a regular basis. The easiest way to ensure that is happening is to log what you're eating.

mmmmmmaya

SueInAz wrote: »

I can never understand these posts.... Posting in the forums of a calorie counting tool but not actually using the tool and then having no idea why they can't lose weight? It's mind boggling. Exercise calories are not as much as most people think they are and it's very easy to eat those calories back and more.

OP, spend some time reading the Announcement forum posts. Start logging your food to monitor your calorie intake vs. expenditure. If you stay close to MFP's calorie goal for you every day you will start to see results. As you've already seen, simply exercising is not a guarantee for weight loss. You need to be eating less calories than your body burns on a regular basis. The easiest way to ensure that is happening is to log what you're eating.

Actually I have been monitoring my food intake for over 2 years. In the beginning I only ate at a severe deficit but didn't exercise. I thought it might be beneficial to start the exercise, so I added that on.

Not using the tool is not the problem. I have used the tool consistently, and followed it's recommendations. Even while staying at the target set by the app, I fail to lose weight. This is true even if I set the app to have 0 workout avg per week (so no extra calories budgeted form exercising).

SuggaD

It's your diet. Period. You are logging exercise and/or food inaccurately.

kamakazeekim

If you're eating a deficit and exercising and not seeing a loss then it's time to see your doctor. You could have a hormonal imbalance. I had a similar struggle where no matter what I did I kept gaining weight very rapidly...turned out I had PCOS. For now, make sure you are using a scale to weigh all your food...it's super super easy to underestimate the amount of calories you're eating if you are "eyeballing" or using measuring cups.

jenncornelsen

u have only 15lbs to lose. are u already at a healthy weight and simply hoping to lose a few vanity lbs? if so thats fine but it will mean being extremely accurate with your logging and measuring all food put into your mouth.

Serah87

ainjiii wrote: »

SueInAz wrote: »

I can never understand these posts.... Posting in the forums of a calorie counting tool but not actually using the tool and then having no idea why they can't lose weight? It's mind boggling. Exercise calories are not as much as most people think they are and it's very easy to eat those calories back and more.

OP, spend some time reading the Announcement forum posts. Start logging your food to monitor your calorie intake vs. expenditure. If you stay close to MFP's calorie goal for you every day you will start to see results. As you've already seen, simply exercising is not a guarantee for weight loss. You need to be eating less calories than your body burns on a regular basis. The easiest way to ensure that is happening is to log what you're eating.

Actually I have been monitoring my food intake for over 2 years. In the beginning I only ate at a severe deficit but didn't exercise. I thought it might be beneficial to start the exercise, so I added that on.

Not using the tool is not the problem. I have used the tool consistently, and followed it's recommendations. Even while staying at the target set by the app, I fail to lose weight. This is true even if I set the app to have 0 workout avg per week (so no extra calories budgeted form exercising).

I say open up your diary and prove to us that you accurately using the tool.

Serah87

SuggaD wrote: »

It's your diet. Period. You are logging exercise and/or food inaccurately.

100% this!!! Sorry OP!!

jemhh

ainjiii wrote: »

SueInAz wrote: »

I can never understand these posts.... Posting in the forums of a calorie counting tool but not actually using the tool and then having no idea why they can't lose weight? It's mind boggling. Exercise calories are not as much as most people think they are and it's very easy to eat those calories back and more.

OP, spend some time reading the Announcement forum posts. Start logging your food to monitor your calorie intake vs. expenditure. If you stay close to MFP's calorie goal for you every day you will start to see results. As you've already seen, simply exercising is not a guarantee for weight loss. You need to be eating less calories than your body burns on a regular basis. The easiest way to ensure that is happening is to log what you're eating.

Actually I have been monitoring my food intake for over 2 years. In the beginning I only ate at a severe deficit but didn't exercise. I thought it might be beneficial to start the exercise, so I added that on.

Not using the tool is not the problem. I have used the tool consistently, and followed it's recommendations. Even while staying at the target set by the app, I fail to lose weight. This is true even if I set the app to have 0 workout avg per week (so no extra calories budgeted form exercising).

Define "monitoring my food intake." Are you weighing your food using a digital food scale when possible, measuring with cups/spoons as a second resort, or doing a darn good job estimating portion size as a last resort? Are you logging every bite that passes your lips? Are you using verified data in the food diary (e.g., USDA entries, etc.)?

Every day people come on mfp and claim to be biological anomalies who cannot lose weight despite eating in deficits. Thus far I have never seen that work out to be the truth because they can never prove that they are doing all of the above.