Could use some advice

bobbywinter8

I've been trying to loose weight for a couple months now and I just feel like my weight is taking its good ol time to go away. I don't really know what I am doing wrong. I try to keep my calories low and go to the gym as much as I can. Does anyone have any advice on how to lose weight faster and/or just tips on making healthy decisions throughout the day. How did you guys lose your weight?

Machka9

Have you entered your details into MFP and selected sedentary as your activity level?
Are you logging everything you eat ... weighing it first to ensure that you are accurately logging your calories?

diannethegeek

How much have you lost over what period of time? How much do you have to lose? If you're close to your goal weight, it's possible that the weight is just going to take its sweet time coming off even when you do everything right.

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.

malibu927

What are your stats? How much are you losing per week? If the picture is current, it doesn't look like you have much to lose, and weight loss will be slower then.