Need some help!!!!

JaymeHayes14

Hey guys!!! I have been using MFP for 25 days now and I have had no real success. I eat healthy, exercise every other day, and still can't lose any weight. I will lose a pound but then gain it right back. I feel like I am at a stand still!!! Ugh!!! Can anyone who has had success losing weight please give me some suggestions on how to do it because maybe I am not doing something right!!!???? Help me please!!!

chandanista

People will ask for stats: sex, height, current weight, goal weight, age, how you measure (do you use a scale?), how many exercise calories you eat back.

Eri0515

Try measuring yourself, you may be losing inches but not pounds.

Orphia

jenduf02

I lost over 100 lbs in like 11 months. I found the number one thing that helped was not eating after 6 pm, and going to bed earlier. I also consumed an average of 1000 calories/ day; but that also depends on your height , weight, age, etc. I actually didn't even exercise once; I lost all my weight just by my calorie consumption.

JordisTSM

jenduf02 wrote: »

I lost over 100 lbs in like 11 months. I found the number one thing that helped was not eating after 6 pm, and going to bed earlier. I also consumed an average of 1000 calories/ day; but that also depends on your height , weight, age, etc. I actually didn't even exercise once; I lost all my weight just by my calorie consumption.

Unless you are on a medically supervised plan, do not eat less than 1200 calories per day.

Orphia

jenduf02 wrote: »

I lost over 100 lbs in like 11 months. I found the number one thing that helped was not eating after 6 pm, and going to bed earlier. I also consumed an average of 1000 calories/ day; but that also depends on your height , weight, age, etc. I actually didn't even exercise once; I lost all my weight just by my calorie consumption.

Deprivation is not a sustainable way to learn to live within your calorie limit.

There is no evidence that meal timing affects weight loss. The body burns energy day and night.

But congrats on your dedication.

CampLondon

I lost 30 lbs over 3 months and now I am slowly gaining it back. I would run/walk for 45 minutes but not any more. I also would do other exercises for 30 minutes or more. After I exercise I feel lightheaded. My advice is to exercise for at least 5 days a week. Work different muscle groups different days. Maybe increase your exercise intensity. Someone's warm up is another one's workout.

ilex70

One size fits most, not all.

Eating healthy and exercising are both good, but not the key to weight loss. You have to consume less than you use.

If you aren't losing at all in a three week period then you are eating more than you think or burning fewer calories. Maybe both.

Tighten up your logging (use a food scale) and ignore exercise calories unless you really have a good monitor on them (MFP burn estimates are known to run high), then you might eat back half.

If your logging is strict, you aren't eating a lot back for exercise, and you still aren't losing, then cut 100 calories a day and see if that gets things moving.

Lounmoun

If you want specific advice:
Open your diary.
Tell us your height, weight, weight loss goal, activity level.
The amount of calories you think you are eating and burning.

General advice:
Check your logging accuracy. Make sure you are logging everything you consume. Use a food scale if you are not already. Choose correct entries from the database.
Eat only a portion of calories earned from exercise.

JaymeHayes14

Thanks to everyone so much!!! I weigh 148lbs, I am 5 ft 2in. My weight loss goal is to lose 20 lbs!!! I exercise between cardio and strength training 5 days a week. I walk on average about 2 miles a day and my calorie intake says to eat only 1345 calories per day . I tried doing 1200 calories per day but I felt light headed and dizzy. So I changed it to 1 lb per week of what I wanted to lose.

Annr

I'm going to go all Yoda on you.... It's not the destination but the journey you are learning. Losing weight with restriction will not get you to a longtime doable plan that you can do for life. Change your mind.....change your body. The process of eating healthy, doing healthy things and being of a healthy mind seems to me, to be the path I wish to take.