How much food is enough???
Ladybug_1794
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how much food should you be eating to lose weight and what is the right and wrong foods to eat???
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Well just stick to a calorie goal and you can eat anything as long as it fits in your calories and macros. I've lost 17 lbs this way
Eta: can't expect overnight loss either. Its take me 3 months to lose it at 1 pound a week average.0 -
Why so many boards in such a short time?0
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Eat whatever you like, eat less of it and add exercise for health and well being. Lift heavy for you!!
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear/p1
best wishes!!0 -
Why so many boards in such a short time?
It's because I'm not losing any weight with anything I try. I'm eating healthy and exercising and nothing is helping I've been using this app for about 5months now. I really just want to see what others are doing to help them lose weight and keep it off.0 -
You can be eating healthy but unless you are in a defecit you will not lose weight
Eta unless you have medical condition that makes it more difficult0 -
if you plug your stats and whatnot into this calculator, it will calculate this for you...that's kind of what this tool does.
eating "healthy" doesn't necessarily mean you are in an energy deficit...that is what is needed to lose weight. I eat very healthfully and I've gained weight doing so...eating healthfully is beneficial from a nutrient standpoint and it can be easier to control calories...but it doesn't guarantee anything in RE to weight loss.0 -
I'm not sure if I do or not. When I first started I lost 4lbs in just a week but gained it all back and haven't lost anything again0
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Ladybug_1794 wrote: »how much food should you be eating to lose weight and what is the right and wrong foods to eat???
Eat foods that you like in portion sizes that fit in your goals.
Get plenty of fat, fiber, and protein to help with hunger and health.
Eat plenty of fruits and veggies for the micronutrients.
Fill in the rest with sweets and treats if you want them.
I know that's probably not the answer you wanted, but food choices and meal planning are so personal depending on your goals, needs, and preferences. We don't have your stats or really any information to work with. I lose about a pound a week on 1700 calories, but I have no way of knowing if that's anywhere near the right calorie goal for you.
More specific answers will require more specific information.0 -
Ladybug_1794 wrote: »Why so many boards in such a short time?
It's because I'm not losing any weight with anything I try. I'm eating healthy and exercising and nothing is helping I've been using this app for about 5months now. I really just want to see what others are doing to help them lose weight and keep it off.
If it's been 5 months of consistently tracking your food with no loss then something is definitely wrong. Would you be comfortable opening your diary? Have you had a checkup with your doctor?0 -
Ladybug_1794 wrote: »Why so many boards in such a short time?
It's because I'm not losing any weight with anything I try. I'm eating healthy and exercising and nothing is helping I've been using this app for about 5months now. I really just want to see what others are doing to help them lose weight and keep it off.
If you arent losing its becayse you arent at a consistent deficit over time or rather you are eating more than you think , burning less or have settoo high a calorie target.
You first task is to weight with a scale all your food and then log it all. You will lose weight if you have entered your details into MFP so that you are at the desired deficit.0 -
There is no right or wrong foods.
How much will vary from person to person. Things like personal stats (height, weight, gender, age, etc), exercise, and daily activity all effect how much you can eat. As a general guideline though, women should not go below 1200 and men should not go below 1500. This is to insure adequate nutrition. It's really hard to get adequate macro/micro nutrients once below 1200 and if you get low enough it becomes impossible.
As an example:
5'4.5"
CW trend: 128 lbs
CW scale reading this morning: 126.9 lbs
Recent low: 126 lbs
Trend rate of loss according to trend weight: 1.5 lbs
Average intake for the past 30 Days: 2335
^My weight loss rate increased after I got bronchitis at the beginning of the month. I haven't gone to the gym all during this time. Before when I was going to the gym, I was losing 0.5lbs - 0 lbs per week. So I'm not sure what exactly is going on. Possibly a combination of water weight coming off and maybe I've overestimated my intake a bit. *shrug*
Typically keep my intake is in the range of 1800-2000 calories for weight loss. Sometimes more, sometimes less. When I was heavier, this resulted in a loss of 2lbs per week on average. Now that I'm close to my goal, this same range is resulting in a little over 1 lb per week - 0.5 lbs per week on average typically (as I said above, I'm not sure what's going on this past month).0 -
Hi Ladybug.
How many calories do you eat each day?0 -
The foods you eat don't matter for weight loss, the only thing that matters is how much. I find it extremely helpful to weigh out my foods and I measure and log everything, including condiments,oils and spreads.
You really need to just put your stats in the app to find out what your minimum calorie allowance is for the rate of loss you want, and stay below that number. If you exercise, try eating back about half of those calories at first and adjust from there.
Ultimately, what you need is a caloric deficit. How you get there will depend on you, the kinds of foods you like and any health issues you may have.0 -
Ladybug_1794 wrote: »I'm not sure if I do or not. When I first started I lost 4lbs in just a week but gained it all back and haven't lost anything again
Do you weigh your food with a scale?
Do you eat back exercise calories?
Do you use entries that start with "Generic - " or " Homemade -" (example: Homemade - Tuna Salad)?
Do you log your drinks?
Do you have cheat meals/days?
Do you log your cheat meals/days?
Do you log everyday or are there missing days in your log?
Have you been checked for hypothyroidism or PCOS?
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Ladybug_1794 wrote: »It's because I'm not losing any weight with anything I try. I'm eating healthy and exercising and nothing is helping I've been using this app for about 5months now. I really just want to see what others are doing to help them lose weight and keep it off.
I made my own post 3wks ago saying the very same thing. Just as everyone replied to me....i was eating right and exercising but I was overeating (not in a deficit) because I wasn't weighing my food properly. Once I bought a gram scale, I started losing weight.
Weighing your food and tracking calories the right way are key. Choice of foods and workouts is secondary.
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My calorie goal is 12-1400 I believe. I think I'm eating to much sweets0
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Ladybug_1794 wrote: »It's because I'm not losing any weight with anything I try. I'm eating healthy and exercising and nothing is helping I've been using this app for about 5months now. I really just want to see what others are doing to help them lose weight and keep it off.
I made my own post 3wks ago saying the very same thing. Just as everyone replied to me....i was eating right and exercising but I was overeating (not in a deficit) because I wasn't weighing my food properly. Once I bought a gram scale, I started losing weight.
Weighing your food and tracking calories the right way are key. Choice of foods and workouts is secondary.
Hey! I remember your thread. Glad to see you started losing again
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Ladybug_1794 wrote: »My calorie goal is 12-1400 I believe. I think I'm eating to much sweets
Only if they take you over your calorie goal. As long as you are in a deficit (even if you only ate sweets....although it wouldn't be healthy) you would lose weight. If you are not losing weight:shadow2soul wrote: »Ladybug_1794 wrote: »I'm not sure if I do or not. When I first started I lost 4lbs in just a week but gained it all back and haven't lost anything again
Do you weigh your food with a scale?
Do you eat back exercise calories?
Do you use entries that start with "Generic - " or " Homemade -" (example: Homemade - Tuna Salad)?
Do you log your drinks?
Do you have cheat meals/days?
Do you log your cheat meals/days?
Do you log everyday or are there missing days in your log?
Have you been checked for hypothyroidism or PCOS?
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Ladybug_1794 wrote: »It's because I'm not losing any weight with anything I try. I'm eating healthy and exercising and nothing is helping I've been using this app for about 5months now. I really just want to see what others are doing to help them lose weight and keep it off.
I made my own post 3wks ago saying the very same thing. Just as everyone replied to me....i was eating right and exercising but I was overeating (not in a deficit) because I wasn't weighing my food properly. Once I bought a gram scale, I started losing weight.
Weighing your food and tracking calories the right way are key. Choice of foods and workouts is secondary.
This is great! I wish more people came back and updated everyone on if the advice worked. If you haven't already, you should post that in your original thread so the people who tried to help see what happened.
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Ok I'm just wanting to lose weight so bad. My diary is open for everyone to see now. I'm going to try very hard to eat my goal calories and not go over. I don't have a scale to measure my food exact but I do use a measuring cup. I think I need to cut back my sugars and pastas. I just need a list of healthy food to eat and how to prepare them so anyone please feel free to message me and add me to help me out. I'm very unhappy with my weight and look0
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Ladybug_1794 wrote: »My calorie goal is 12-1400 I believe. I think I'm eating to much sweets
What they all said. You are not eating 1200-1400 cals and not losing, even if you think you are. You need to tighten up and make your logging more accurate. Then you will lose.0 -
Ladybug_1794 wrote: »Ok I'm just wanting to lose weight so bad. My diary is open for everyone to see now. I'm going to try very hard to eat my goal calories and not go over. I don't have a scale to measure my food exact but I do use a measuring cup. I think I need to cut back my sugars and pastas. I just need a list of healthy food to eat and how to prepare them so anyone please feel free to message me and add me to help me out. I'm very unhappy with my weight and look
No. You need a food scale.0 -
And you need to log. There's literally barely anything logged in your diary this week. Log your food, weigh it on a food scale, give it a few weeks. There's no other advice we can give you until you actually try to count calories properly.0
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You didn't log Friday or Saturday. Not logging means you likely ate way more than you think.
You only logged breakfast on Thursday. Again ^
Only a few days logged in August.
Lots of partial logging.
^These are the major problems I see.
Okay. You aren't logging consistently. Consistency is key. Purchase a food scale. Weigh all the food you eat at home (less dishes than measuring cups plus better accuracy). Log everyday for the next 4 weeks.
The reason your not losing is that you don't know how much your eating. It's not what you eat, but how much.0 -
arditarose wrote: »And you need to log. There's literally barely anything logged in your diary this week. Log your food, weigh it on a food scale, give it a few weeks. There's no other advice we can give you until you actually try to count calories properly.
Yes I've been very off track with my logging lately but I'll keep logging even if it's bad stuff0 -
Ladybug_1794 wrote: »arditarose wrote: »And you need to log. There's literally barely anything logged in your diary this week. Log your food, weigh it on a food scale, give it a few weeks. There's no other advice we can give you until you actually try to count calories properly.
Yes I've been very off track with my logging lately but I'll keep logging even if it's bad stuff
And another piece of advice...try not to think of food as good and bad. Last night I had french fries and a cheesy chicken sandwich (I went over my goal for the day but it's possible that meal could have fit into my deficit as well). I didn't think of the french fries as bad, in fact I tend to be low on fat so I was happy to have a little extra. Carbs? Great. I need them too. Protein? Fabulous. I felt great after that meal. Within a balanced diet, there are no good or bad foods. There are better choices sometimes, yes. But food is food.0 -
I eat sweets and chips almost every day, if they actually made me feel full its probably all i would eat. I have lost 33lbs. And pasta is actually a pretty low cslorie food for the portion you get.
You need to buy a scale. I ate a goviva chocolate truffle candy bar last night and a corn dog. And i lost 1.2lbs0 -
Ladybug_1794 wrote: »arditarose wrote: »And you need to log. There's literally barely anything logged in your diary this week. Log your food, weigh it on a food scale, give it a few weeks. There's no other advice we can give you until you actually try to count calories properly.
Yes I've been very off track with my logging lately but I'll keep logging even if it's bad stuff
Log it all There are no good or bad foods, just food. Sure, for health reasons, you don't want to eat ring dings for every meal but for weight loss, it wouldn't matter as long as you're staying at a deficit. 0 -
Ladybug_1794 wrote: »arditarose wrote: »And you need to log. There's literally barely anything logged in your diary this week. Log your food, weigh it on a food scale, give it a few weeks. There's no other advice we can give you until you actually try to count calories properly.
Yes I've been very off track with my logging lately but I'll keep logging even if it's bad stuff
I wouldn't say lately. I would say in general.
Looking at July.
1 full days
followed by 3 partials
ending with 2 full days
4 full days at the beginning of August
1 skipped day
6 full days
3 skipped days
1 full day
11 skipped days
1 partial
4 skipped days
In September, you didn't start logging until the 6th and even then it's a partial log.
7th is also a partial and the 8th - 16th are skipped completely.
So far, you have never logged more than 6 days in a row and skipped lots. Looking it over, that's 15 (I think I counted right) days fully logged since July 25. 15 out of 56 days.
I'll say it again. It's not what your eating, but how much. Your obviously eating at least what you need to maintain your current weight. You don't know how much that is calorie wise, because you are not logging your food.
For the record: I eat chocolate, fast food, pizza, pasta, and other yummy foods. They aren't bad until your eating so much of them that you gain. Obviously there are better choices, but included in a balanced diet they are fine. I've lost a lot of weight while eating them and ya, my diet isn't as balanced as it should be (that's more of a health thing though). I have lost weight though with them in my diet.0 -
Stop focusing on this idea that you can't eat sweets or pastas.
Instead, focus on logging every single thing you eat, every single day. Log exactly. Weigh each portion.
The reason you aren't losing weight is because you are eating way too many calories. That's it.0
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