Eating right +exercising

chelseak26

So in January I weighed 185 as of February I weighed 175, I am stuck between 170 and 175. I'm eating healthy and exercising 5 days a week. Why am I stuck?!?!

bpetrosky

Weight loss isn't linear.

Do you know if you are maintaining a sufficient deficit? Are you weighing your food with a food scale? Are you eating back all of your exercise calories? Have you checked if your daily calorie target is correct for your stats and activity level?

Maxematics

Eating healthy doesn't cause weight loss; eating at a calorie deficit does.

suescraps

Same issue here......more active in the past month than I have been (in my life?) eating at a deficit calorie.....eating better than I have in years.....no chocolate since.....at least Feb 15- no sweets(well unless they are included in my calorie count) I gained a pound this week.....checked waist and hip measurement.....nada.....no change..... I guess we just need to push through....somethings gotta give right?? You are not alone

I can't offer anything but that .

selina884

suescraps wrote: »

Same issue here......more active in the past month than I have been (in my life?) eating at a deficit calorie.....eating better than I have in years.....no chocolate since.....at least Feb 15- no sweets(well unless they are included in my calorie count) I gained a pound this week.....checked waist and hip measurement.....nada.....no change..... I guess we just need to push through....somethings gotta give right?? You are not alone

I can't offer anything but that .

dont give up.
Are your clothes looser?

I wish more people would focus less on the scale and more on the mirror/clothes, otherwise you wouldnt feel so dissapointed.

Muscle is denser, and as youve been more active lately, you could be nicely loading up those muscles.

cityruss

OP, no mention of calorie intake and a closed diary.

selina884 wrote: »

Muscle is denser, and as youve been more active lately, you could be nicely loading up those muscles.

The poster stated she was consuming a calorie deficit. So she is not 'nicely loading up those muscles'.

Maxematics

cityruss wrote: »

OP, no mention of calorie intake and a closed diary.

selina884 wrote: »

Muscle is denser, and as youve been more active lately, you could be nicely loading up those muscles.

The poster stated she was consuming a calorie deficit. So she is not 'nicely loading up those muscles'.

Exactly. Even if OP weren't in a deficit, most women cannot put on pounds of muscle in such a short amount of time. I cringe every time I see the suggestion on the board, especially when the poster says they've been doing cardio and no lifting whatsoever.

People need patience. If it's only been two weeks, give it time. If it's been like six weeks without loss, you're overestimating your calories burned from exercise, underestimating the amount of food you're eating or some combination of the two. You don't need to give up carbs, sweets, processed foods, eat "clean" or anything of the sort to lose weight. A calorie deficit is all you need.

suescraps wrote: »

Same issue here......more active in the past month than I have been (in my life?) eating at a deficit calorie.....eating better than I have in years.....no chocolate since.....at least Feb 15- no sweets(well unless they are included in my calorie count) I gained a pound this week.....checked waist and hip measurement.....nada.....no change.....

Weight loss is not linear. I "gained" three pounds overnight because I ate a large pizza last night and it had a lot of sodium. None of it is fat, all the gain is water and it will be gone within a few days. Women also hold water weight at certain parts of their cycle.

diannethegeek

chelseak26 wrote: »

So in January I weighed 185 as of February I weighed 175, I am stuck between 170 and 175. I'm eating healthy and exercising 5 days a week. Why am I stuck?!?!

1. If it's been less than 3 weeks or so since you last saw a drop on the scale, don't sweat it! Normal fluctuations happen and unfortunately sometimes we stall for a week or two even when we're doing everything right. Give your body some time to catch up with the changes you're making.

2. If you aren't already, be sure that you're logging everything. Sometimes people forget about things like veggies, drinks, cooking oils, and condiments. For some people these can add up to enough to halt your weight loss progress.

3. Consider buying a food scale if you don't already have one. They're about $10-$20 dollars in the US and easily found at places like Amazon, Target, and Walmart. Measuring cups and spoons are great, but they do come with some degree of inaccuracy. A food scale will be more accurate, and for some people it makes a big difference.

4. Logging accurately also means choosing accurate entries in the database. There are a lot of user-entered entries that are off. Double-check that you're using good entries and/or using the recipe builder instead of someone else's homemade entries.

5. Recalculate your goals if you haven't lately. As you lose weight your body requires fewer calories to run. Be sure you update your goals every ten pounds or so.

6. If you're eating back your exercise calories and you're relying on gym machine readouts or MFP's estimates, it might be best to eat back just 50-75% of those. Certain activities tend to be overestimated. If you're using an HRM or activity tracker, it might be a good idea to look into their accuracy and be sure that yours is calibrated properly.

7. If you're taking any cheat days that go over your calorie limits, it might be best to cut them out for a few weeks and see what happens. Some people go way over their calorie needs without realizing it when they don't track.

8. If you weigh yourself frequently, consider using a program like trendweight to even out the fluctuations. You could be losing weight but just don't see it because of the daily ups and downs.

9. Some people just burn fewer calories than the calculators predict. If you continue to have problems after 4-6 weeks, then it might be worth a trip to the doctor or a registered dietitian who can give you more specific advice.

ClosetBayesian

cityruss wrote: »

OP, no mention of calorie intake and a closed diary.

selina884 wrote: »

Muscle is denser, and as youve been more active lately, you could be nicely loading up those muscles.

The poster stated she was consuming a calorie deficit. So she is not 'nicely loading up those muscles'.

Actually, she said she was eating healthy. She said nothing about a calorie deficit.

OP, are you weighing what you eat? Tracking that?

mommazach

Add water. When I flatline and am doing what I'm supposed to, I find that my water levels sucketh! Get a water app and make sure you are getting enough fluids.

DrusiliaDD

The scale isn't the only way to measure weight loss. I have been tracking on here for almost 4 weeks and I haven't seen the scale move at all however this morning I tried on a costume part that was made for me months ago and fit very snugly, and I can now fit my whole hand in the waistline.