32days - 4lbs [Frustrated]

fitmap73

Hi don't get discouraged, 4 lbs is a good start. It is good you are focused on controlling the diet. It is possible that you are converting fat to muscle from the exercise program-- so you might be making improvements that don't show up on the scale (but will evenutally!). Try to get up to 10,000 fitbit steps-- basically take another 30 minute walk each day. Also only drink water (and coffee or tea if you take it).

editorgrrl

KellyDean242 wrote: »

Hello pals! Today marks 1 month since i've been logging my food, while trying to stay around 1200-1500 calories per day. I lost 4lbs within the first 2 weeks, but the scale has not moved since!

According to my fitbit I average 4,500-5,000 steps per day. I've just ordered a foodscale online to help with my measurments but most of my foods are packaged, so I'm not completey off about my intake. What am I doing wrong?

Weigh everything—even packaged food. The label will have a weight in grams for one serving.

Your Fitbit burn is your TDEE (aka your maintenance calories). If you eat at a reasonable deficit from that, you will lose weight. Connect your accounts at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/fitbit and enable negative calorie adjustments in your diary settings.

You can learn more in the Fitbit Users group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users

GregSponaugle

30 lbs in 61 days, so far, by following a low carb diet. I use MFP religiously, but on to track my carbs. I could care less about the calories. And Low carb isn't all about meat. It's understanding how foods breakdown as sugars and choosing foods that don't breakdown as quickly.

malibu927

GregSponaugle wrote: »

30 lbs in 61 days, so far, by following a low carb diet. I use MFP religiously, but on to track my carbs. I could care less about the calories. And Low carb isn't all about meat. It's understanding how foods breakdown as sugars and choosing foods that don't breakdown as quickly.

You're losing half a pound a day? Your calories (which is how you lose weight) must be extremely low.

maineapple

Deli meats can have a lot of sodium also.

I also wanted to say that I was following the MFP guidelines previously for how many calories I should be eating and my weight loss wasn't as consistent as I wanted to see. I was eating about 1500 calories per day. Now I am doing Nutrisystem and logging through MFP and my caloric intake is about 1350 per day and I am finding it easier to lose weight. I honestly think I was eating too many calories before and probably my portion sizes weren't as accurate as they are now. I was measuring, but over time you sort of start eyeballing it and the sizes begin to increase. Some people can stay motivated losing very little per week, but for me it isn't enough for me to stay motivated. I want to see 1.5-2 lbs. per week on average to feel like for me all the effort is making a difference.