Getting Frustrated......again
suzeexoxo
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I have been trying to lose weight for a couple of years now (yes years) and I lose at an extremely slow pace. It's really frustrating for me, not seeing any significant results. I bought myself a fitbit also. I usually eat at a deficit. I was also replacing meals with homemade healthy smothies with almond milk, fruits and organic protein powder for breakfast and greens, flax, fruits, chia seeds, egg whites fir lunch. I was also jogging a couple of times a week and when I don't jog I try and at least keep myself active.
At this point I'm so discouraged. I don't know what else I can do to get results and for the stupid scale to move.
Help!!!!!!!!!
At this point I'm so discouraged. I don't know what else I can do to get results and for the stupid scale to move.
Help!!!!!!!!!
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There are missing entries in your diary and some days your deficits are too high. Figure out your TDEE and subtract 500 calories to lose a pound a week. It's not rocket science. My TDEE is about 2500-2600 I eat at 1800-2000 calories depending on workout intensity. Have been losing fat with tight logging.0
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What you eat doesn't matter from a weight loss perspective. If you're not losing weight over a period of years, you're eating too much.0
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According to my fitbit I burn about 2300 a day so I set my calories to 1350 but end up eating about 1600 because of what I burn. I log everyday, what u see on my diary is what I eat. And I weigh my food with a scale. Is 1350 -1600 too much to be eating?There are missing entries in your diary and some days your deficits are too high. Figure out your TDEE and subtract 500 calories to lose a pound a week. It's not rocket science. My TDEE is about 2500-2600 I eat at 1800-2000 calories depending on workout intensity. Have been losing fat with tight logging.
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Do you weigh your food, measure your creamer etc? If not, that's probably your problem... you're eating too much.
Also there is no way you're burning 1100 calories from exercise, unless you're working out intensively for 2+ hours. If your fitbit is linked to MFP, your MFP activity level should be set at sedentary and you shouldn't log your jogging calories, or you're eating them twice.0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »What you eat doesn't matter from a weight loss perspective. If you're not losing weight over a period of years, you're eating too much.
I burn about 2300 and eat about 1600. Ive tried eating as low as as 1200 but it makes no difference.0 -
You are eating too much. Either you are not logging accurately, or the days when you go over, you go over enough to make up for whatever you managed to cut the rest of the week, or you overestimate your burns, or most probably, a combination of all this.0
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And yesterday's logging was eating at maintenance because I was at a party and drank.0
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You are eating too much. Either you are not logging accurately, or the days when you go over, you go over enough to make up for whatever you managed to cut the rest of the week, or you overestimate your burns, or most probably, a combination of all this.
I log everything and I estimate based on what my fitbit tells me I burn. This is why Im so frustrated.0 -
If you were really at a 700 calorie a day deficit, or more, you'd lose weight. You aren't losing weight. Therefore, you aren't at a deficit. There's nothing magical about you.DeguelloTex wrote: »What you eat doesn't matter from a weight loss perspective. If you're not losing weight over a period of years, you're eating too much.
I burn about 2300 and eat about 1600. Ive tried eating as low as as 1200 but it makes no difference.
Whether your intake, burn, or both are wrong is something you'll have to figure out.
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Do you weigh your food, measure your creamer etc? If not, that's probably your problem... you're eating too much.
Also there is no way you're burning 1100 calories from exercise, unless you're working out intensively for 2+ hours. If your fitbit is linked to MFP, your MFP activity level should be set at sedentary and you shouldn't log your jogging calories, or you're eating them twice.
I measure my food, I have a foid scale. I'm active but my MFP is set to Sedentary. I do move alot throughout the day and I walk for about 1/2 hr - 1 hr. Yesterday's burn was due to me dancing for quite some time at a party and doing some deep cleaning during the day at my house.0 -
You are eating too much. Either you are not logging accurately, or the days when you go over, you go over enough to make up for whatever you managed to cut the rest of the week, or you overestimate your burns, or most probably, a combination of all this.
I log everything and I estimate based on what my fitbit tells me I burn. This is why Im so frustrated.
Some of these burns are very high. For example, yesterday 1100 calories. Have you cross checked if these burns make sense or not? Maybe something is off there?
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Do you weigh your food, measure your creamer etc? If not, that's probably your problem... you're eating too much.
Also there is no way you're burning 1100 calories from exercise, unless you're working out intensively for 2+ hours. If your fitbit is linked to MFP, your MFP activity level should be set at sedentary and you shouldn't log your jogging calories, or you're eating them twice.
I also don't log my exercise because my fitbit does it for me.0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »
If you were really at a 700 calorie a day deficit, or more, you'd lose weight. You aren't losing weight. Therefore, you aren't at a deficit. There's nothing magical about you.DeguelloTex wrote: »What you eat doesn't matter from a weight loss perspective. If you're not losing weight over a period of years, you're eating too much.
I burn about 2300 and eat about 1600. Ive tried eating as low as as 1200 but it makes no difference.
Whether your intake, burn, or both are wrong is something you'll have to figure out.
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If you aren't losing, you're not in a deficit.
Food scale, number one advice. Do you have negative calorie adjustments enabled and your activity level set at sedentary, as you're using a fitbit?0 -
There's another thread running about whether or not people trust their fitbit calorie burn. Might shed some light??0
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Liftng4Lis wrote: »If you aren't losing, you're not in a deficit.
Food scale, number one advice. Do you have negative calorie adjustments enabled and your activity level set at sedentary, as you're using a fitbit?
Yes I do have a food scale and I negative calorie adjustments enabled and my activity level set at sedentary.0 -
vivmom2014 wrote: »There's another thread running about whether or not people trust their fitbit calorie burn. Might shed some light??
Thanks. Where is this thread?0 -
The days you don't have logged, what's going on there?0
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Do you weigh your food, measure your creamer etc? If not, that's probably your problem... you're eating too much.
Also there is no way you're burning 1100 calories from exercise, unless you're working out intensively for 2+ hours. If your fitbit is linked to MFP, your MFP activity level should be set at sedentary and you shouldn't log your jogging calories, or you're eating them twice.
I measure my food, I have a foid scale. I'm active but my MFP is set to Sedentary. I do move alot throughout the day and I walk for about 1/2 hr - 1 hr. Yesterday's burn was due to me dancing for quite some time at a party and doing some deep cleaning during the day at my house.
I wouldn't consider dancing or housework to be exercise calories if it were me. Calories eaten back are those burnt from having your heart rate elevated considerably for a given length of time. Unless you were sweating/huffing and puffing while cleaning or at the party, I wouldn't be counting it regardless of what Fitbit says.
My guess as to what's going on is overestimating your calories burnt which is causing you to eat a bit too much back. Maybe try sticking with your calorie goal and not eating anything back? See what that does for a bit? If you start losing then you're on the right track with troubleshooting this.
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Liftng4Lis wrote: »The days you don't have logged, what's going on there?
It was 2 days of last weekend I was out of town at a celebration and it was difficult to log what I ate but I usually do.0 -
Is your FitBit set to lose weight? It looks to me like the FitBit is adjusting your daily calorie goal up to your TDEE (maintenance level). If you are eating back everything that's why you aren't losing. Although going strictly off the comments (I have looked more that a few days back in your diary), you aren't logging accurately every single day.
My thoughts: tighten up the logging, and review your FitBit settings.0 -
Do you weigh your food, measure your creamer etc? If not, that's probably your problem... you're eating too much.
Also there is no way you're burning 1100 calories from exercise, unless you're working out intensively for 2+ hours. If your fitbit is linked to MFP, your MFP activity level should be set at sedentary and you shouldn't log your jogging calories, or you're eating them twice.
I measure my food, I have a foid scale. I'm active but my MFP is set to Sedentary. I do move alot throughout the day and I walk for about 1/2 hr - 1 hr. Yesterday's burn was due to me dancing for quite some time at a party and doing some deep cleaning during the day at my house.
I wouldn't consider dancing or housework to be exercise calories if it were me. Calories eaten back are those burnt from having your heart rate elevated considerably for a given length of time. Unless you were sweating/huffing and puffing while cleaning or at the party, I wouldn't be counting it regardless of what Fitbit says.
My guess as to what's going on is overestimating your calories burnt which is causing you to eat a bit too much back. Maybe try sticking with your calorie goal and not eating anything back? See what that does for a bit? If you start losing then you're on the right track with troubleshooting this.
True. Thanks.0 -
You have less than 25 pounds to lose, so setting high loss goals is unrealistic. This is also where you need to tighten up your logging. Set your deficit for 1/2pound per week loss.
Use your food scale for all solid/semi solid foods, measure all liquids. Log everything you consume. Ensure you are using accurate database items. (1 serving of chocolate chip pancakes is not in any way accurate).
Once you get your logging in line, and you are truly eating at a deficit, the results will come.0 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »Is your FitBit set to lose weight? It looks to me like the FitBit is adjusting your daily calorie goal up to your TDEE (maintenance level). If you are eating back everything that's why you aren't losing. Although going strictly off the comments (I have looked more that a few days back in your diary), you aren't logging accurately every single day.
My thoughts: tighten up the logging, and
your FitBit
Question, why do u say Im not logging accurately?0 -
Marilyn0924 wrote: »You have less than 25 pounds to lose, so setting high loss goals is unrealistic. This is also where you need to tighten up your logging. Set your deficit for 1/2pound per week loss.
Use your food scale for all solid/semi solid foods, measure all liquids. Log everything you consume. Ensure you are using accurate database items. (1 serving of chocolate chip pancakes is not in any way accurate).
Once you get your logging in line, and you are truly eating at a deficit, the results will come.
Could be if she used the recipe builder.
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Marilyn0924 wrote: »You have less than 25 pounds to lose, so setting high loss goals is unrealistic. This is also where you need to tighten up your logging. Set your deficit for 1/2pound per week loss.
Use your food scale for all solid/semi solid foods, measure all liquids. Log everything you consume. Ensure you are using accurate database items. (1 serving of chocolate chip pancakes is not in any way accurate).
Once you get your logging in line, and you are truly eating at a deficit, the results will come.
The chocolate chip pancakes are made by me and I entered the ingridients in the mfp recipe log and calculated 1 pancake as a serving. How is it not accurate?0 -
Marilyn0924 wrote: »You have less than 25 pounds to lose, so setting high loss goals is unrealistic. This is also where you need to tighten up your logging. Set your deficit for 1/2pound per week loss.
Use your food scale for all solid/semi solid foods, measure all liquids. Log everything you consume. Ensure you are using accurate database items. (1 serving of chocolate chip pancakes is not in any way accurate).
Once you get your logging in line, and you are truly eating at a deficit, the results will
As for the rest of your advice it makes sense.0 -
vivmom2014 wrote: »Marilyn0924 wrote: »You have less than 25 pounds to lose, so setting high loss goals is unrealistic. This is also where you need to tighten up your logging. Set your deficit for 1/2pound per week loss.
Use your food scale for all solid/semi solid foods, measure all liquids. Log everything you consume. Ensure you are using accurate database items. (1 serving of chocolate chip pancakes is not in any way accurate).
Once you get your logging in line, and you are truly eating at a deficit, the results will come.
Could be if she used the recipe builder.
Yes you are right! I use the recipe builder often.0
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