Gained all my baby weight back

jenni4091

Hey everyone I'm 19 and I've gained back every single little ounce i had gained while pregnant putting me at 304lbs I exercise regularly I've even started a 30 day squat challenge. I do herbalife and take hydroxy cut I'm desperately trying to lose weight and i just can't! Any help please??

faidwen

Howdy,

You should probably drop the "extras" and focus on CICO and eating at a deficit. Easy peasy!!

Kamikazeflutterby

What @faidwen said. None of the "extras" help, unless you're taking a doctor prescribed medicine for a specific condition. You don't need to jump start, confuse, or reset your metabolism--you just need to eat a little less than you were before. Good luck and remember: baby weight isn't some special, magical fat that's harder to get rid of than normal fat. You can do this.

malibu927

Stop taking the Herbalife and Hydroxycut, they won't do anything. Start eating in a calorie deficit.

jenni4091

Probably a really dumb question but what does deficit mean @malibu927

malibu927

jenni4091 wrote: »

Probably a really dumb question but what does deficit mean @malibu927

A calorie deficit means you're eating less than you burn. When you set your profile up on MFP, it will give you a goal that already has a deficit included. Just add 250 calories for each half pound you chose to figure out what your maintenance calories will be. Eat that amount plus a portion of your exercise calories and adjust depending on how fast or slow your loss goes.

In addition, that doesn't mean you have to burn more through exercise than you eat. You burn plenty of calories just going about your day (work, school, taking care of your little one, socializing, errands, even basic bodily functions like breathing and digestion burn calories).

ElJefePerron

jenni4091 wrote: »

Probably a really dumb question but what does deficit mean @malibu927

Deficit means to consume less calories than your metabolism uses. MFP does a good job of setting your baseline caloric need and setting the deficit according to your weight loss goals.

Max calorie deficit here sets a 2 pound per week loss. For me, buying a food scale and weighing my portions really helped me get an accurate idea of my calorie consumption.

misskarne

Ditch the junk scamwoo Herbalife and Hydroxycut, fill out your stats in MFP, buy a food scale, and start weighing and logging EVERYTHING that goes in your mouth.

It works.