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You said you usually eat at a deficit ?? It doesn't work like that. You must consistently eat at a deficit for weight loss. Cico.0
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thorsmom01 wrote: »You said you usually eat at a deficit ?? It doesn't work like that. You must consistently eat at a deficit for weight loss. Cico.
But but....brownies!0 -
I went back in your dairy till the first of August...and really you have to tighten up your logging
1 orange and cups and spoon entry's are not accurate at all.
medium strawberries
0.5 cup of rice
0.35 cup pinto beans
0.5 bag of cheetos
1 donut
1 egg always 70 calories and always 50 gram ( try to weigh them really i do and it is always different by less btw)
1 cookie
3 tsp of sugar
well this is just over a couple days
what i am trying to say is Try to weigh EVERY solid food specially the dressings and other heavy calorie dense food.
When you dont lose or losing slowly and it doesnt match up with your calorie intake than you eat more than you think/know
Look at this short video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY
Now you dont have much to lose so you are losing slower too that is normal
but the numbers have to match up at one point.
Be patient collect the data over weeks and do the calculation
But for sure try to tighten up your logging, it will help.
Dont estimate anything except when you are out or cant avoid it.
and also think of this
The more weight you lose the smaller your deficit becomes..( smaller body, lighter, so you burn less calories)
After every 10 pounds you lose you have to adjust your calorie intake...and losing 8 pounds isnt far off. You deficit is probably much smaller than you think.
So sit down and look over your dairy, get more accurate and you will see you lose the weight
Good luck0 -
Suze, your ticker says you've lost 8 pounds. How long did this take you?
I note by your diary that you use a lot of general entries, indicating that you don't weigh your solid foods. Make sure you weigh your food because measuring cups, spoons, and eyeballs are usually not accurate. Also, it looks like you don't log everything you consume (i noticed a day with very few calories), which I advise you do as well.
8lbs in like 5 mths. The day I have little calories is because I didn't really eat much. I weigh my solids on a food scale by grams.0 -
Liftng4Lis wrote: »thorsmom01 wrote: »You said you usually eat at a deficit ?? It doesn't work like that. You must consistently eat at a deficit for weight loss. Cico.
But but....brownies!I went back in your dairy till the first of August...and really you have to tighten up your logging
1 orange and cups and spoon entry's are not accurate at all.
medium strawberries
0.5 cup of rice
0.35 cup pinto beans
0.5 bag of cheetos
1 donut
1 egg always 70 calories and always 50 gram ( try to weigh them really i do and it is always different by less btw)
1 cookie
3 tsp of sugar
well this is just over a couple days
what i am trying to say is Try to weigh EVERY solid food specially the dressings and other heavy calorie dense food.
When you dont lose or losing slowly and it doesnt match up with your calorie intake than you eat more than you think/know
Look at this short videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY
Now you dont have much to lose so you are losing slower too that is normal
but the numbers have to match up at one point.
Be patient collect the data over weeks and do the calculation
But for sure try to tighten up your logging, it will help.
Dont estimate anything except when you are out or cant avoid it.
and also think of this
The more weight you lose the smaller your deficit becomes..( smaller body, lighter, so you burn less calories)
After every 10 pounds you lose you have to adjust your calorie intake...and losing 8 pounds isnt far off. You deficit is probably much smaller than you think.
So sit down and look over your dairy, get more accurate and you will see you lose the weight
Good luck
Makes sense thanks!0 -
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.
Your Fitbit burn is TDEE (total daily energy expenditure), the calories necessary to maintain your current weight. If you eat less than that, you will lose weight.
You can learn more in the Fitbit Users group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users
How slow is "an extremely slow pace"? A healthy, sustainable loss is .5 lb. per week for every 25 lbs. you're overweight. If you're losing slower than that, start by reading this flow chart:
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Your Fitbit cal burn does seem high. Here are a few of my days on Fitbit with the steps and cal burns. I'm 5'4 and between 140-145lbs
21000 steps 2460 cals
11600 steps 2000 cals
15000 steps 2210 cals
10500 steps 1990 cals
26700 steps 2770 cals0 -
I understand that there's a certain gratification with logging exercise, but I stopped doing it fairly early in my weight loss journey. There's the argument that you should eat back x% of calories burned, but too often I find it hard to correctly guess how much I burn. I just don't eat them back, and it works for me. Again, it differs between person.
Gonna sound like a parrot here with the whole "Weigh your food" buuuut -- that's the legit way to do it. Figure out what your deficit is and go from there. MFP has a calculator hanging around for that.0 -
Suze, your ticker says you've lost 8 pounds. How long did this take you?
I note by your diary that you use a lot of general entries, indicating that you don't weigh your solid foods. Make sure you weigh your food because measuring cups, spoons, and eyeballs are usually not accurate. Also, it looks like you don't log everything you consume (i noticed a day with very few calories), which I advise you do as well.
8lbs in like 5 mths. The day I have little calories is because I didn't really eat much. I weigh my solids on a food scale by grams.
A little over a pound a month, then? How long has it been since you have not lost any weight at all?0 -
MysticRealm wrote: »Your Fitbit cal burn does seem high. Here are a few of my days on Fitbit with the steps and cal burns. I'm 5'4 and between 140-145lbs
21000 steps 2460 cals
11600 steps 2000 cals
15000 steps 2210 cals
10500 steps 1990 cals
26700 steps 2770 cals
Ok but am 5'4 and 172, so shouldn't my burn be more?? According to Fitbit based on my age, height and weight my TDEE (with about 10k steps) should be 2350. So is fitbit and all the other tdee calculators wrong? Im so cofused now.0 -
editorgrrl wrote: »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.
Your Fitbit burn is TDEE (total daily energy expenditure), the calories necessary to maintain your current weight. If you eat less than that, you will lose weight.
You can learn more in the Fitbit Users group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users
How slow is "an extremely slow pace"? A healthy, sustainable loss is .5 lb. per week for every 25 lbs. you're overweight. If you're losing slower than that, start by reading this flow chart:
Thanks!0 -
Suze, your ticker says you've lost 8 pounds. How long did this take you?
I note by your diary that you use a lot of general entries, indicating that you don't weigh your solid foods. Make sure you weigh your food because measuring cups, spoons, and eyeballs are usually not accurate. Also, it looks like you don't log everything you consume (i noticed a day with very few calories), which I advise you do as well.
8lbs in like 5 mths. The day I have little calories is because I didn't really eat much. I weigh my solids on a food scale by grams.
A little over a pound a month, then? How long has it been since you have not lost any weight at all?
It's been about 1mth since the last time I lost anything.0 -
It looks like many entries are measured in cups and tablespoons. That is not the same as weighing your food. I'm guessing that you are eating more calories than you think and not burning as many. Both of those together would cause problems.0
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vivelajackie wrote: »I understand that there's a certain gratification with logging exercise, but I stopped doing it fairly early in my weight loss journey. There's the argument that you should eat back x% of calories burned, but too often I find it hard to correctly guess how much I burn. I just don't eat them back, and it works for me. Again, it differs between person.
Gonna sound like a parrot here with the whole "Weigh your food" buuuut -- that's the legit way to do it. Figure out what your deficit is and go from there. MFP has a calculator hanging around for that.
I don't log exercise only what my fitbit syncs based on my activity. I burn about 2300 per day if Im active so I have my MFP set at 1310.0 -
SherryTeach wrote: »It looks like many entries are measured in cups and tablespoons. That is not the same as weighing your food. I'm guessing that you are eating more calories than you think and not burning as many. Both of those together would cause problems.
It could be. As many have suggested. I need to really tidy up my logging and measuring.0 -
MysticRealm wrote: »Your Fitbit cal burn does seem high. Here are a few of my days on Fitbit with the steps and cal burns. I'm 5'4 and between 140-145lbs
21000 steps 2460 cals
11600 steps 2000 cals
15000 steps 2210 cals
10500 steps 1990 cals
26700 steps 2770 cals
Ok but am 5'4 and 172, so shouldn't my burn be more?? According to Fitbit based on my age, height and weight my TDEE (with about 10k steps) should be 2350. So is fitbit and all the other tdee calculators wrong? Im so cofused now.
Your burn would be more but I think 300+ cals more a day would be pretty extreme. Are you sure all your info is correct on fitbit?0
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