Confused as to what to do

57810TKF

I was recently diagnosed with diabetes. I have exercised religiously for the last 15 years and watched what I ate. Gained weight anyway. Assured by gym it was muscle not fat. Always tried to avoid the carbs. Two weeks ago I went to the dietician after recording on paper what I had eaten for the past two weeks and she told me the calorie count that I was consuming was correct at 1600 per day since I exercised. The only modification she said I need to make was to incorporate more proteins. Since joining my fitness pal I have recorded everything. Usually I am consuming less than the 1600 calories. Based on the calculations due to exercising it sometimes says I should eat 1800 calories. The only thing I see that is high is the fat but am not sure that is an issue as I am usually under what the site says to eat including carbs. I am confused because according to my pants, I have not lost anything. Anybody have any suggestions? Should I eat more? Does the higher fat negate all my efforts? Not sure what to do any more. I plan on weighing myself next Monday but did not want to discourage myself if I were to weigh earlier.

Merkavar

Sounds like you only just started. Give it a few weeks.

Weigh your food so your logging is accurate. Eat back 50-75% of exercise calories.

Did the dietician say 1600 was your maintenance calories? Or that 1600 was right for wanting to lose weight?

malibu927

You've only been at this two weeks. It takes time to see results.

In the meantime, you should take a look at these two threads to tighten up your logging, because there's a good chance you're eating more than you think:
community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1296011/calorie-counting-101
community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide