Aggg help

mrsrkearns
mrsrkearns Posts: 35 Member
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I'm so aggrivate I been o n here sine 4/4 went from 280 to 270 was so happy I thought this was gonna work but I was using 1400 calories this app told me no 1700 id have better success I still don't eat that much close to 1500 and walk 3/5 miles at 3 mph and I'm a foster mother of 3 kids and have 2 teens of my own so lazy isn't a chance even If I wanna be but anyway I keep going up to 273/275 I don't understand yes I had my period but irs almost gone and the weight started going up as soon as it hit my first 10 pound goal WHAT DID I DO ????

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  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Do you weigh your food?
  • CasperNaegle
    CasperNaegle Posts: 936 Member
    +1 my guess would be you need to track your food closer and weigh everything.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    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.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,565 Member
    How long did it take you to lose the ten pounds? If your weight has only been going up the past 7-10 days, I would definitely chalk that up to TOM. You should see it drop back down in the next couple days. Other than that, just make sure you're logging everything with as close to 100% accuracy as possible.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,443 Member
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