Within the calorie... Not losing weight!

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    diannethegeek wrote: »
    kat_princess12 wrote: »
    A little bit up and down isn't abnormal, especially within the span of just a few days. Also, while I see people consistently pointing out (on this thread and others like it) that not losing weight means you're taking in more than you're burning, and advising to use food scales for everything and the like, I don't see anyone pointing out the painfully obvious: this site (or any other) cannot tell you exactly how many calories you burn in a day. It can create an estimate based on averages for your height, weight, gender, and activity level; but there is no way it can tell you exactly how much you, personally, burn. If you continue to work out and eat under the estimated calorie goal, and aren't losing weight, you might have to think about lowering your calorie goal or not eating back your exercise calories at all.

    I specifically included that in my advice. I'm starting to think that no one reads posts beyond a certain length anymore. I use that copy/paste a lot in threads like these. Is there something that I could add or reword to make that more useful?

    I don't think it was too long plus the links did a great job of breaking it up.

    However, I do remember reading that people just read the first five lines of an email so maybe make sure you have what you want most to convey on the top.

  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    kkenseth wrote: »
    yarwell wrote: »
    NoIdea101NoIdea wrote: »
    *Edited to say you're not even the OP Yarwell

    So what ? Diane asked if her post could be improved and I expressed my opinion. The content was fine.

    You're not the OP. Don't derail the thread. She gave good advice and nutrition can't be explained in 160 characters or less.

    Meh. I did ask for advice on the post. And yarwell has a point. It could be more effective if I shortened it or stuck with the flowchart or a bulleted list. If anyone derailed the thread it was me. I shouldn't have grumped about my copy/paste advice in this thread since the OP did read it and find it useful. And I apologize for taking the thread down that road.

    Hope you're headed in the right direction now, OP! :flowerforyou:
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    gainesma wrote: »
    ItsmeDili wrote: »
    Hi all! I have been (mostly) within the daily calorie intake but haven't lost any weight since last week!! Since I started the weight loss journey I have been on crosstrainer for 30 minutes 6 days a week.,, I do sometimes eat back my calories but not excessively! Not sure what I am doing wrong!

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    1. Water
    2. Sleep not adequate
    3. Eat to lose, but cut sugar & carbs
    4. To much insulin in your body? It's not uncommon even in thin active athletes.

    While it is important to drink enough water and get enough sleep, it's not necessary to cut sugar and carbs. Insulin isn't a problem for the majority of the population.
  • momar23
    momar23 Posts: 292 Member
    edited July 2015
    ItsmeDili wrote: »
    diannethegeek wrote: »
    kat_princess12 wrote: »
    A little bit up and down isn't abnormal, especially within the span of just a few days. Also, while I see people consistently pointing out (on this thread and others like it) that not losing weight means you're taking in more than you're burning, and advising to use food scales for everything and the like, I don't see anyone pointing out the painfully obvious: this site (or any other) cannot tell you exactly how many calories you burn in a day. It can create an estimate based on averages for your height, weight, gender, and activity level; but there is no way it can tell you exactly how much you, personally, burn. If you continue to work out and eat under the estimated calorie goal, and aren't losing weight, you might have to think about lowering your calorie goal or not eating back your exercise calories at all.

    I specifically included that in my advice. I'm starting to think that no one reads posts beyond a certain length anymore. I use that copy/paste a lot in threads like these. Is there something that I could add or reword to make that more useful?

    I read your post and it was very useful!

    ^^ your post was useful
  • MirandaD0313
    MirandaD0313 Posts: 20 Member
    You have to burn more then you eat. Try to burn at least 200 or 300 more calories then you eat. Sounds difficult but you always burn calories while sleeping and doing the simplest activities.

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