I need help.

LoganAnthony6

a calorie IS just a calorie buuuuuut, calories arent the only things that makes up a food... the'res also fat and carbohydrate components
that could effect how it is absorbed and processed into your body and to be honest nobody really wants to count their fat and carbs intake (or at least my lazy bum doesnt want to) counting calories is already enough work ahah jus try to stick with natural foods like straight off the tree or ground thats obviously not always going to be possible but most things you find that the local produce stores are wayyy better than microwavable meals! Good luck :]

Hahaha. Yeah. Gonna try eating a bit more healthy foods, not eat back exercise calories and begin tracking on the site again for a little while.

Andrea8985

Speaking as someone that lived on processed foods for most of her life, I'm not about to judge you there. I will say since starting to eat healthier I feel way better and I think it has made a difference in my weight loss. A calorie is not a calorie. You're right in that it is "a calorie is a calorie" for calories in vs calories out, but some calories are empty and some are not. The ones from processed foods are not as good for you as ones from healthy, whole foods. I still eat junk and processed foods, but I try to find a balance. Eating nothing but processed foods was how I got overweight in the first place.

As far as further recommendations, perhaps try not eating exercise calories back. If you find it doesn't make a difference you can go back to eating them all. If you're too hungry not eating exercise calories back, maybe try eating back half of them. I'm always tempted to eat them back for the sake of eating them back when I see them on MFP, but I lose more when I don't eat them back.

Switching up your workouts I've found out is quite important, otherwise it's way too easy to plateau. I'm a huge fan of HIIT for switching up workouts.

Also, make sure you're drinking enough water. Water helps you lose weight. You can also try eating 5-6 smaller meals throughout the day rather than three larger ones. That's how I eat, because if I eat larger meals it's quite hard on me.

Hope that helps!

jaecamp1

I generally try to stay in my calorie range regardless of what the food is. I have been consistently losing, however I have noticed that the weeks where my calories were made up of primarily healthy foods I lose much more. On unhealthy food weeks I'm at around 1 pound where healthy weeks I'm losing up to 4 pounds. Same total calories. Between that and being able to eat more since it has fewer calories I tend to just eat healthier.

Lili0817

Abs are made in the kitchen. It's true! As long as you're eating junk, bad food... your midsection will stay the same.