only losing a pound a week

momentai

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Most likely cause is that you're eating more than you think. Are you weighing your food?

I don't weigh but I overestimate my food. I always list it as more than less.

It's still not accurate though. So you don't really know what your calorie intake actually is.

I don't weigh but measure, for example if I eat a cup of brown rice I log a cup and half on MFP

That sounds like a horrible idea. Just weigh your food and log it as the correct weight. You need to learn what your actual TDEE is, and the only way to do that is to know exactly how many calories your eating. Trust me, it will make adjusting your intake much easier in the future.

I know right now I just don't have a food scale or the time to weigh it

Weighing food literally takes at most, 10 minutes cumulatively through the day. You can get an inexpensive scale pretty much anywhere. Order one from Amazon and have it shipped right to your door.

But if you're okay with 1 lbs a week (which is nothing to scoff at, btw), then just keep doing what you're doing.

I'll try getting one soon cause once I'm done losing I want to gain muscles and its important to know exactly what you're eating.

Besides over counting is there any other reasons I can't lose more then one pound a week?

How much do you weigh now?

You are young, but only 5'3, so it's quite possible that a deficit that would amount to 2 lbs/week isn't that feasible.

Anyway, you said you are happy with 1 lb, and you should be. Consistency is the key and will help you when you are ready to shift to muscle building (as will not being too aggressive and losing more muscle than necessary now).

I'm 141lbs , yeah I don't want to lose to much muscles that's why I lift heavy weights.

myfatass78

momentai wrote: »

Hi,
Since February I've been losing a pound a week, which is good. But according to MFP I should be losing more than that.

I eat around 1250 cal (I'm 5'3) a day plus go to the gym almost every day but don't eat those calories back since I don't trust the machines calorie counters.
I do cardio and weight training and I walk to the gym which is half an hour away.
I feel like I should be losing more, any reason this could be happening?
I'm happy that I'm losing a pound a week and I don't need to lose more, it just confuses me.

Thx Charlie

Ok. I'm not sure if anyone else has pointed out this to you, but you are doing damage to your body by only eating 1200 calories and not eating your exercise calories back. How to you expect to keep this up when you might only have a NET calorie intake of perhaps 800 (I don't know how much you exercise so just pulled a simple number). Your NET calories intake should be 1200. Please don't do this to your body. I made the same mistakes years ago and still pay the price for it now. You need to EAT MORE, not eat less. If you look, there are people on here that eat much more, exercise and still lose weight.

Liftng4Lis

A pound a week is awesome, WTG.

myfatass78

Ok. Is everyone here not reading her post. Her calories are way too low. She is going to bring harm to herself and everyone here is encouraging it ?????

try2again

I do the over-estimating thing too, since at the moment my calorie allotment is quite high and I generally don't come close to it, but when you are working with such a low number (the 1200), I think I would strive to be more precise and weigh. You could actually be shorting yourself needed calories. Pay attention to how you're feeling and relax

EKC1978

myfatass78 wrote: »

momentai wrote: »

Hi,
Since February I've been losing a pound a week, which is good. But according to MFP I should be losing more than that.

I eat around 1250 cal (I'm 5'3) a day plus go to the gym almost every day but don't eat those calories back since I don't trust the machines calorie counters.
I do cardio and weight training and I walk to the gym which is half an hour away.
I feel like I should be losing more, any reason this could be happening?
I'm happy that I'm losing a pound a week and I don't need to lose more, it just confuses me.

Thx Charlie

Ok. I'm not sure if anyone else has pointed out this to you, but you are doing damage to your body by only eating 1200 calories and not eating your exercise calories back. How to you expect to keep this up when you might only have a NET calorie intake of perhaps 800 (I don't know how much you exercise so just pulled a simple number). Your NET calories intake should be 1200. Please don't do this to your body. I made the same mistakes years ago and still pay the price for it now. You need to EAT MORE, not eat less. If you look, there are people on here that eat much more, exercise and still lose weight.

I could not agree more with Myfatass78. I am the same height and am over weight. I struggled with weight loss in the past even though I was exercising and eating less. A friend suggested bumping up the protein by having it at every meal. It helped a lot. I would loose 10-12 lbs a month. Those low calorie meals don't do us any favors if they are not replenishing what our body needs.

Keep at it girl! You are doing great! You can only do what is best for you and your body.

momentai

myfatass78 wrote: »

momentai wrote: »

Hi,
Since February I've been losing a pound a week, which is good. But according to MFP I should be losing more than that.

I eat around 1250 cal (I'm 5'3) a day plus go to the gym almost every day but don't eat those calories back since I don't trust the machines calorie counters.
I do cardio and weight training and I walk to the gym which is half an hour away.
I feel like I should be losing more, any reason this could be happening?
I'm happy that I'm losing a pound a week and I don't need to lose more, it just confuses me.

Thx Charlie

Ok. I'm not sure if anyone else has pointed out this to you, but you are doing damage to your body by only eating 1200 calories and not eating your exercise calories back. How to you expect to keep this up when you might only have a NET calorie intake of perhaps 800 (I don't know how much you exercise so just pulled a simple number). Your NET calories intake should be 1200. Please don't do this to your body. I made the same mistakes years ago and still pay the price for it now. You need to EAT MORE, not eat less. If you look, there are people on here that eat much more, exercise and still lose weight.

I have a lot of energy and always feel full , I eat a lot of veggies since they are low calories. Before I started calorie counting I was only losing 2lbs a month. I know that eating more is better and when I burn more than 500 cal during exercise I eat around 1400.
I'm really small and find any more calories cause me not to lose anything at all.

myfatass78

Yes, you feel fine NOW. But I guarantee that you won't be able to keep this up long term. Your body has reserves but eventually that will run out. You will start getting every flu that goes around, feel dizzy and sick for no reasons and be unable to exercise. I am begging you to eat more. You are endangering your health.

myfatass78

So are you or are you not eating back your exercise calories. Your original post says you are not but you say here that you are.

myfatass78

Also, when you are eating so low, while you will gain some muscle, you won't reach your potential strength wise. You will get newbie gains and that is all.

myfatass78

Also don't use your height as an excuse. There are LOTS of us (including me at 5'2) who are small. I'm horrified by what you are doing to your body. What do you think will happen when you reach your goal weight ? You won't know how to eat like a normal person. The whole point of dieting is to lose weight and to retrain ourselves to eat good quality foods but not over eat.

momentai

myfatass78 wrote: »

Also don't use your height as an excuse. There are LOTS of us (including me at 5'2) who are small. I'm horrified by what you are doing to your body. What do you think will happen when you reach your goal weight ? You won't know how to eat like a normal person. The whole point of dieting is to lose weight and to retrain ourselves to eat good quality foods but not over eat.

I am planing to slowly increase my calories as I lose weight, then I'm gonna start building real muscles cause you can't build real muscles while cutting.

momentai

myfatass78 wrote: »

So are you or are you not eating back your exercise calories. Your original post says you are not but you say here that you are.

I usually burn about 100-200 calories during cardio and the gym, then some during weights.
On days where I go for a long run or hiking and burn more then 500 cals I will eat enough to get that 100-200 that I normally burn at the gym. But most days I just go to the gym so most of the time I don't eat calories back

nopotofgold

@momentai Another thing that could be leading to the scale not going down more than a pound a week is water. You will need to look it up because I can't remember exactly but if you are weight training, the muscle could be holding more water to them while they repair. I think you should eat back your workout calories since MFP only does cardio calories not strength training (since it is so hard to calculate). You are already at the lowest you can do calories wise and if you are going to try to gain muscle, which burns more calories anyway, you can't just look at the scale and the low calories could hinder that process. Measuring your muscles and body fat percentage is something you should start doing.
Best of luck with your fitness goals.

DevilsFan1

myfatass78 wrote: »

Ok. Is everyone here not reading her post. Her calories are way too low. She is going to bring harm to herself and everyone here is encouraging it ?????

If she's losing a pound a week, her calories are not too low. In fact, they are just about perfect for weight loss. More likely, she's not counting her calories accurately.

palmirana

I recommend investing in a digital food scale, measuring cups and liquid measuring cup and be careful when registering foods. Also make sure to drink enough water.