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keithlewis18041
keithlewis18041 Posts: 7 Member
edited November 21 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi Keith here been using app for a week now! I have lost about 80 lbs in 12 mouths. My goal was 100 , the last two months Los 2lbs gain 2 lbs stuck .eat right for the most part count calories work out 3 to 4 times a week need help!!!

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  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    You're in the right place! Follow the MFP plan and read the forums. Sometimes when we're near our goal weight, we eat a little more because we become complacent. Log all your food and drink, stay within your caloric goals eating whatever you want, and enjoy losing that last 22 pounds.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Count your calories. Many people find that weighing their food on a food scale helps them get better estimates on how many calories they're taking in. You might consider trying that.

    Plateaus are a thing, but give it some time before you consider yourself truly stuck.

    Stick with it. :)
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Set your diary to public. It will be easier for people to pinpoint where you "may" be going wrong. Otherwise you'll just get the usual generic responses.

    Having said that lol

    Do you use a food scale to weigh all of your food?

    Do you eat back your exercise calories? if so, where are you getting your calorie burns from? MFP and the numbers from machines are usually greatly inflated..
  • keithlewis18041
    keithlewis18041 Posts: 7 Member
    No don't weigh food and usually always under calories and yes calories burned from machines or from this app. The same thing I have been doing just maybe not eating the right things all the time .
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    The smaller your deficit gets, the less wiggle room you have.

    Someone that has 100lbs to lose can sometimes get away with eyeballing their portions, and not being spot on with their calories. But when you only have 20 or so pounds to lose there is much less room for error.

    Without seeing your diary, I can only guess you are eating more than you think.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Oh, and the general consensus is to halve the calorie burn the machines and mfp gives you. Especially if you are eating those calories back.
  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
    keithlewis18041 wrote: »
    No don't weigh food and usually always under calories and yes calories burned from machines or from this app. The same thing I have been doing just maybe not eating the right things all the time .

    Now that you're getting closer to your goal, I would highly recommend tightening up your logging by weighing foods. I used to think I did a great job estimating but I was WAY off sometimes. I would also recommend decreasing the calorie burn MFP gives you (or a machine) by half or at least a third. They way overestimate!
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Get a food scale and start weighing your consumption.
  • keithlewis18041
    keithlewis18041 Posts: 7 Member
    Thanks you to everyone sure this will help
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  • barbecuesauce
    barbecuesauce Posts: 1,771 Member
    Congrats on the loss to date! That's a major accomplishment.

    Definitely get that food scale. I don't know if you use the recipe builder or rely on generic entries ("Homemade-Spaghetti"), but if it's the latter, stop that. Also, check to make sure you've updated your goals in MFP--you could be doing everything right but maintaining because your calories are lower than they were 80 pounds ago.

    As for the exercise calories, half is a good starting place. I found that my burn is closer to 75% of MFP's number.

    Good luck!
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