Having trouble losing weight

jaeshae1

I am 145 pounds and my goal is to be under 130. I have been eating 1200 calories for what seems like forever and have been exercising daily, but my weight has stayed the same. Any tips on how to lose the weight?

booksandchocolate12

Have you been weighing your food on a food scale? Logging everything? How do you measure your exercise burns? Do you eat back any of your exercise calories?

kirakinss

Depending on your height and whatnot, perhaps you are eating too low calories? May sound weird, but you should look into calorie cycling/zig zag dieting on higher calories. It can possibly help speed up your metabolism and help you achieve weightloss. Hope that helps!

diannethegeek

These are my really generic tips for people who are stuck. Opening your diary might help you get more specific advice if you're comfortable with that.

1. If it's been less than 3 weeks or so, 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.

Seffell

How long is forver exactly? Are you using a food scale for everything? At this weight it is easy to lose precision and eat at maintenance. The only tips would be to eat less than you burn. You have to make sure you are eating 1200 as a first step. Unless forever is only one-two weeks. I know how frustrating this is! Good luck!