Not losing weight and frustrated

lisflames

I have been trying to lose weight for months now and finally got a treadmill at home I work out every other day for 45 mins and try to log in my calories by using the scanner on fitness pal but I haven't lost any weight but 2 lbs what I'm I doing wrong please help

zoeysasha37

Are you just scanning your foods or are you actually weighing them also ?

Weighing foods with a food scale is very important.

ShandaLeaS

thorsmom01 wrote: »

Are you just scanning your foods or are you actually weighing them also ?

Weighing foods with a food scale is very important.

^this

zeeshanhashmi

First note you weight today then try to reduce your calorie intake. Try taking 100-200 less calories from today and keep working I would say daily. Then check your weight after a week or so.

Apart from treadmill, do some strength training too.

RedGeezer

thorsmom01 wrote: »

Are you just scanning your foods or are you actually weighing them also ?

Weighing foods with a food scale is very important.

Okay I will probably come across as stupid, but why is weighing very important? Does the food packaging lie?

bringon30

RedGeezer wrote: »

thorsmom01 wrote: »

Are you just scanning your foods or are you actually weighing them also ?

Weighing foods with a food scale is very important.

Okay I will probably come across as stupid, but why is weighing very important? Does the food packaging lie?

It can be inaccurate more often than people think.

OP, not only do you need to weigh your food, but be sure you are not overestimating your calorie burns.

RedGeezer

bringon30 wrote: »

RedGeezer wrote: »

thorsmom01 wrote: »

Are you just scanning your foods or are you actually weighing them also ?

Weighing foods with a food scale is very important.

Okay I will probably come across as stupid, but why is weighing very important? Does the food packaging lie?

It can be inaccurate more often than people think.

OP, not only do you need to weigh your food, but be sure you are not overestimating your calorie burns.

Thanks for informing me. What's the best/accurate food scale?

bringon30

Any digital scale. Just be sure to keep the batteries fresh!

Orphia

SherryTeach

Experienced people here could help more if you opened your food diary. I got a red flag by the phrase "trying to log my food." Consistency and accuracy are what it takes to monitor calories. "Trying" does not count.

Patttience

What you are doing wrong is keeping your diary closed. Please open so people can see better what you are doing. Weightloss is 80% diet, 20% exercise.

Orphia

SherryTeach wrote: »

I got a red flag by the phrase "trying to log my food." Consistency and accuracy are what it takes to monitor calories. "Trying" does not count.

Good pickup.