Please HELP

stephanienicole1983

Will someone look at some of my diary entry's and tell me why I can't lose any weight....thank you

TimothyFish

No need to look at your diary; you're not eating less than you are burning.

PeachyCarol

amyr271

It is most likely due to the high amounts of sugar in your diet, sugar is the main cause of fat.

Azexas

amyr271 wrote: »

It is most likely due to the high amounts of sugar in your diet, sugar is the main cause of fat.

LOL no.

Sugar does not cause fat. Excess calories do. You may want to do a little more research.

OP- check out the flow chart that PeachyCarol posted. Are you using a food scale to weigh your food and are you eating exercise calories back? Also, I noticed nothing logged for Saturday and Sunday. Were you still tracking your calories?

drkhoax

Steph, did you put that you are sedentary? Or that your job involves moving a lot?

yeahfatty

I'm no expert at all but looking at your diary, it seems like you don't log consistently & you eat pretty much only processed food. maybe start to log everything including weighing it & going for a bit more wholesome options?

Azexas

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SezxyStef

amyr271 wrote: »

It is most likely due to the high amounts of sugar in your diet, sugar is the main cause of fat.

Yah no...

OP from what I can see you don't use a food scale,
You don't log consistently everyday
Protein and fats are very low (they help keep you feeling fuller longer)
a lot of your entries are suspect for correctness...

So yah you are probably eating more than you think..

Buy a food scale, log everyday, get more protein since you are such a low calorie goal and check the entries.

Don't use homemade entries unless you've made it, make sure all nutrient values are there...etc.

drkhoax

@yeahfatty I didn't realize she wasn't logging on weekends - that may be why. If you are drinking alcohol and stuff on the weekends, and not caring (You may) - it may be the issue as well.

smotheredincheese

Well you seem to be under your calorie goal every day so you should be losing. But what's happening on weekends? You could be eating 5000 calories of donuts every Saturday night but if you're not logging it only you know if that's what's going on.

Kennethxyz

What's up with not logging from friday after breakfast - monday morning? That is probably the problem! Also you dont seem to be weighing your food, do this!

stephanienicole1983

I usually don't eat well on the weekends...but normally I scan everything I eat with the barcode..I try to Stay at my 1200 during the week..and I put sedatary life when it asked...I feel like I'm not eating already but calories show I'm getting the 1200

Azexas

stephanienicole1983 wrote: »

I usually don't eat well on the weekends...but normally I scan everything I eat with the barcode..I try to Stay at my 1200 during the week..and I put sedatary life when it asked...I feel like I'm not eating already but calories show I'm getting the 1200

Do you use a food scale or not?

DemoraFairy

You've got a lot of things like 1 medium banana, 1 apple, 1 cup, etc. If you're not losing weight it's probably because things like this are more calories than you expect because you're not weighing them.

So, as others have said, start weighing everything!

yopeeps025

amyr271 wrote: »

It is most likely due to the high amounts of sugar in your diet, sugar is the main cause of fat.

Stop watching Fed Up and believing that trash of a documentary.

stephanienicole1983

No I don't weigh my food..I just assumed using the barcode would help..I always feel hungry but am not seeing results..I haven't even saw options on how to log weighed food

Azexas

stephanienicole1983 wrote: »

No I don't weigh my food..I just assumed using the barcode would help..I always feel hungry but am not seeing results..I haven't even saw options on how to log weighed food

You're eating more than you think. Buy a food scale. You can get one on Amazon for around $10-15.

stephanienicole1983

Thanks. .what about exersise..

Azexas

stephanienicole1983 wrote: »

Thanks. .what about exersise..

If you are eating your exercise calories back only eat 50-60% back. The burns tend to be over inflated.

yopeeps025

stephanienicole1983 wrote: »

Thanks. .what about exersise..

Well you don't need it to lose weight.

DemoraFairy

stephanienicole1983 wrote: »

No I don't weigh my food..I just assumed using the barcode would help..I always feel hungry but am not seeing results..I haven't even saw options on how to log weighed food

In the drop down for serving size when you enter the food it'll have an option for 1 gram or 100 grams, you use that. If the entry you're using doesn't have an option for grams, either find one that does or work out the calories yourself using the calories per 100g info on the packet. If you're eating something that doesn't come in a packet with nutritional info (such as fruit), there are usually generic options with grams.

For exercise just make sure you're not overestimating your exercise calories if you eat them back. Most people eat back 50-80% of their exercise calories as exercise machines and MFP tend to overestimate the calories burnt.

Muscleflex79

I think your last post said it all - "I usually don't eat well on the weekends" - any calorie deficit you make during the week can easily be undone with a bad day or two on the weekends!

stephanienicole1983

Thanks everyone..was just getting frustrated not seeing results and feeling like I was starving

Kennethxyz

stephanienicole1983 wrote: »

I usually don't eat well on the weekends...

What does that mean? You eat too many kcal? Or you don't eat enough?

Azexas

stephanienicole1983 wrote: »

Thanks everyone..was just getting frustrated not seeing results and feeling like I was starving

Up your protein and fat intake. That will keep you fuller longer.

stephanienicole1983

I eat Like crap on the weekends...
I've been trying the kellogs protein shakes to up my protein

Azexas

Chicken
Tuna
Eggs
Greek Yogurt
Beef jerky
Cheese
Protein bars (quest or musclepharm are my personal favorites)
^^Protein sources I can think of off the top of my head

Nuts have a good amount of fats to them

yopeeps025

stephanienicole1983 wrote: »

I eat Like crap on the weekends...
I've been trying the kellogs protein shakes to up my protein

So make better choices on the weekend.

stephanienicole1983

Thank you
time to really buckle down. ..

Monklady123

stephanienicole1983 wrote: »

I eat Like crap on the weekends...
I've been trying the kellogs protein shakes to up my protein

I'm pretty new to all this but I think the weekends are a big part of the problem. One "crappy" weekend could possibly undo a week of dedication to counting calories. Whatever it is on the weekend that you really want to eat, don't cut that out entirely. Plan for it instead. So for instance if I know we're going to get pizza on Saturday night, and I know I love a cold beer with pizza, I'll enter calories for two slices plus the beer right into my tracker while I'm drinking my morning coffee. Then I work backwards with what's left. So breakfast might be an egg white omelet with one whole egg and tons of vegetables in it. And lunch would probably be a big salad with some form of protein, like maybe chicken breast or tuna. Also I would be sure to get in some exercise calories that day.

Doing that means that I can still have my pizza and beer and not go over by too many calories.