Can't seem to lose weight
Acxa
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I'm 5'5 and weight 170 pounds. I haven't eaten any sweets/pastries for over 7 months and I've also stopped eating meat now for 4-5 months. And I haven't lost a pound at all just gained one or two pounds. Is there something im doing wrong?
I'm too lazy to work out but i do have a 8hr job which includes a lot of movement
My usual food consumption in a day:
07:30 breakfast- Oatmeal or porridge
10:30 snack- Banana smoothie or a fruit
13:00 lunch- vegetables or a sandwich or Salad
15:00 Snack- a fruit or usually skip this snack
18:00 Dinner- Pasta or steamed vegetables or fish or a sandwich
I'm too lazy to work out but i do have a 8hr job which includes a lot of movement
My usual food consumption in a day:
07:30 breakfast- Oatmeal or porridge
10:30 snack- Banana smoothie or a fruit
13:00 lunch- vegetables or a sandwich or Salad
15:00 Snack- a fruit or usually skip this snack
18:00 Dinner- Pasta or steamed vegetables or fish or a sandwich
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How many calories a day are you eating? How are you measuring them (food scale, measuring cups, eyeballing portions)?8
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The number one question that everyone will ask first ... Do you use a food scale?9
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i dont use a food scale, i dont over eat, i eat a normal amount0
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OP... all of this!! The flow chart is spot on.. follow it and you will solve your problem.. guaranteed.8 -
I thought I was eating a normal amount when I started putting weight back on after I lost some. bought a scale and found out I was overeating everything. even packaged foods can be off by a good bit.
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You definitely need to use a food scale. To lose weight it's a simple matter of calories in vs. Calories out.
If you read a lot of the posts on the website what are the common factors is that without a scale it's really easy to misjudge how much sure actually eating. Just to let you know and it is going to sound repetitive most of the posters to your question are going to tell you the same thing you have to use a food scale good luck in your journey7 -
how could i be over eating when
07:30 breakfast- Oatmeal or porridge Sometimes i dont even finish the bowl which is never full from the begening
10:30 snack- Banana smoothie or a fruit banana smoothie only has 2-3 bananas
13:00 lunch- vegetables or a sandwich or Salad vegetables are good eitherway, which i put in a lunch box which is a normal lunch box
15:00 Snack- a fruit or usually skip this snack
18:00 Dinner- Pasta or steamed vegetables or fish or a sandwich i usually measure the pasta by cups which i only use a lil bit more than half of cup, and if i would be eating steamed vegetables it wouldn't gain too much weight from a plate of steamed vegetables, and steamed is digested faster than raw anyway
i do assume this is a normal amount for a person who works 8 hrs which includes constant lifting/ moving/walking in a fast pace0 -
OP... all of this!!
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With no food scale, you don't really know if you're over eating. A normal amount to you could easily be 2 or 3 times the serving amount. You'd be awfully surprised how big a mouth your eyes have5 -
how could i be over eating when
07:30 breakfast- Oatmeal or porridge Sometimes i dont even finish the bowl which is never full from the begening
10:30 snack- Banana smoothie or a fruit banana smoothie only has 2-3 bananas
13:00 lunch- vegetables or a sandwich or Salad vegetables are good eitherway, which i put in a lunch box which is a normal lunch box
15:00 Snack- a fruit or usually skip this snack
18:00 Dinner- Pasta or steamed vegetables or fish or a sandwich i usually measure the pasta by cups which i only use a lil bit more than half of cup, and if i would be eating steamed vegetables it wouldn't gain too much weight from a plate of steamed vegetables, and steamed is digested faster than raw anyway
i do assume this is a normal amount for a person who works 8 hrs which includes constant lifting/ moving/walking in a fast pace
Yes..you can def be overeating. You will be amazed that normal portions to you are way smaller when weighed out...
Weight it all! Steamed veggies and all and forget about the digestion factor..irrelevant.10 -
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What's normal?i dont use a food scale, i dont over eat, i eat a normal amount
Get the food scale. It's eye opening. You think you're eating a normal amount of, let's say, pasta. But when you eat the actual serving size of pasta, it's small. Especially when you weigh it rather than using a measuring cup.
You said you're eating vegetables or a sandwich or a salad for lunch. These are 3 totally different things that could vary in calories fat and carbs by the hundreds.
If you want to lose weight you have to eat less.
How do you know you're doing that if you aren't measuring or counting or something.
And you said you can't seem to lose weight, so maybe you should take the advice of the people here who are responding to you.
Try it. It can't hurt. In fact, it could help.
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i would die if i ate less? im always so hungry0
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If you don't know how many calories you are eating, then you don't know if you should be losing weight. PERIOD.8
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i just logged my usual day and its only 1k calories0
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how could i be over eating when
07:30 breakfast- Oatmeal or porridge Sometimes i dont even finish the bowl which is never full from the begening
10:30 snack- Banana smoothie or a fruit banana smoothie only has 2-3 bananas
13:00 lunch- vegetables or a sandwich or Salad vegetables are good eitherway, which i put in a lunch box which is a normal lunch box
15:00 Snack- a fruit or usually skip this snack
18:00 Dinner- Pasta or steamed vegetables or fish or a sandwich i usually measure the pasta by cups which i only use a lil bit more than half of cup, and if i would be eating steamed vegetables it wouldn't gain too much weight from a plate of steamed vegetables, and steamed is digested faster than raw anyway
i do assume this is a normal amount for a person who works 8 hrs which includes constant lifting/ moving/walking in a fast pace
It's just maths and science really. Eat too much, we gain, eat just enough, we maintain, eat too little, we lose.
Your fruit smoothie for example, 1 banana can have 140 calories, 2-3 3-400 calories. That's a lot and that's before you even add in anything else like yoghurt, milk, other fruit.
Porridge? I have what would look like a small bowl, I use like an ice cream dish and it's only half full, that's a 250 calorie serving. I suspect you;re eating more than that. In just those two items you are clocking up nearly 700 calories. No lunch, no snack, no dinner even considered yet.
You need to work out accurately exactly how much you are consuming because right now you have no idea. Generally, people with weight to lose don't really know what a normal portion looks like (and I include myself in that statement).21 -
If you are not losing weight with your "normal" eating, you are eating too much. These people are giving you spot on advice. Try their suggestions instead of insisting you are not overeating. A food scale is your best friend for weight loss.12
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VintageFeline wrote: »how could i be over eating when
07:30 breakfast- Oatmeal or porridge Sometimes i dont even finish the bowl which is never full from the begening
10:30 snack- Banana smoothie or a fruit banana smoothie only has 2-3 bananas
13:00 lunch- vegetables or a sandwich or Salad vegetables are good eitherway, which i put in a lunch box which is a normal lunch box
15:00 Snack- a fruit or usually skip this snack
18:00 Dinner- Pasta or steamed vegetables or fish or a sandwich i usually measure the pasta by cups which i only use a lil bit more than half of cup, and if i would be eating steamed vegetables it wouldn't gain too much weight from a plate of steamed vegetables, and steamed is digested faster than raw anyway
i do assume this is a normal amount for a person who works 8 hrs which includes constant lifting/ moving/walking in a fast pace
It's just maths and science really. Eat too much, we gain, eat just enough, we maintain, eat too little, we lose.
Your fruit smoothie for example, 1 banana can have 140 calories, 2-3 3-400 calories. That's a lot and that's before you even add in anything else like yoghurt, milk, other fruit.
Porridge? I have what would look like a small bowl, I use like an ice cream dish and it's only half full, that's a 250 calorie serving. I suspect you;re eating more than that. In just those two items you are clocking up nearly 700 calories. No lunch, no snack, no dinner even considered yet.
You need to work out accurately exactly how much you are consuming because right now you have no idea. Generally, people with weight to lose don't really know what a normal portion looks like (and I include myself in that statement).
i eat 200calories from the porridge im in a hurry so i only take maybe 10 small spoons of it and leave. the banana smoothie is probably the only thing that fills me up throught the day and i dont add any other fruits just banana and water0 -
VintageFeline wrote: »how could i be over eating when
07:30 breakfast- Oatmeal or porridge Sometimes i dont even finish the bowl which is never full from the begening
10:30 snack- Banana smoothie or a fruit banana smoothie only has 2-3 bananas
13:00 lunch- vegetables or a sandwich or Salad vegetables are good eitherway, which i put in a lunch box which is a normal lunch box
15:00 Snack- a fruit or usually skip this snack
18:00 Dinner- Pasta or steamed vegetables or fish or a sandwich i usually measure the pasta by cups which i only use a lil bit more than half of cup, and if i would be eating steamed vegetables it wouldn't gain too much weight from a plate of steamed vegetables, and steamed is digested faster than raw anyway
i do assume this is a normal amount for a person who works 8 hrs which includes constant lifting/ moving/walking in a fast pace
It's just maths and science really. Eat too much, we gain, eat just enough, we maintain, eat too little, we lose.
Your fruit smoothie for example, 1 banana can have 140 calories, 2-3 3-400 calories. That's a lot and that's before you even add in anything else like yoghurt, milk, other fruit.
Porridge? I have what would look like a small bowl, I use like an ice cream dish and it's only half full, that's a 250 calorie serving. I suspect you;re eating more than that. In just those two items you are clocking up nearly 700 calories. No lunch, no snack, no dinner even considered yet.
You need to work out accurately exactly how much you are consuming because right now you have no idea. Generally, people with weight to lose don't really know what a normal portion looks like (and I include myself in that statement).
i eat 200calories from the porridge im in a hurry so i only take maybe 10 small spoons of it and leave. the banana smoothie is probably the only thing that fills me up throught the day and i dont add any other fruits just banana and water
OP how many calories does MFP give you to eat each day???
Do you exercise?
Forget what you think you logged today, let's see if we can figure out your calories + exercise (if you do) and make sure you are going to be eating enough when you start weighing your food..
I can presume you are going to get a food scale now...right? If not then .. not sure what to tell you..3 -
As i have mentioned before i work 8hrs? i dont stop from moving, this feels like an 8hr workout. the only time i get to sit is when i get my lunch break0
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As i have mentioned before i work 8hrs? i dont stop from moving, this feels like an 8hr workout. the only time i get to sit is when i get my lunch break
I have a highly active job as well (retail) where I don't stop moving. I lost weight with no problem. Why? Because I accurately weighed and logged my food (usually 1700-2200 calories).14 -
As i have mentioned before i work 8hrs? i dont stop from moving, this feels like an 8hr workout. the only time i get to sit is when i get my lunch break
I have a highly active job as well (retail) where I don't stop moving. I lost weight with no problem. Why? Because I accurately weighed and logged my food (usually 1700-2200 calories).
i work in a factory, which includes more movement than retail.
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This mentality is why you are not loosing weight. And why you are on a calorie counting site using eyeball portions and strange ways to measure food is beyond me.
I am trying to get answers to help.. but the insistant method you use seems to be what you want us to confirm is the right way to do this.. its not.38 -
VintageFeline wrote: »how could i be over eating when
07:30 breakfast- Oatmeal or porridge Sometimes i dont even finish the bowl which is never full from the begening
10:30 snack- Banana smoothie or a fruit banana smoothie only has 2-3 bananas
13:00 lunch- vegetables or a sandwich or Salad vegetables are good eitherway, which i put in a lunch box which is a normal lunch box
15:00 Snack- a fruit or usually skip this snack
18:00 Dinner- Pasta or steamed vegetables or fish or a sandwich i usually measure the pasta by cups which i only use a lil bit more than half of cup, and if i would be eating steamed vegetables it wouldn't gain too much weight from a plate of steamed vegetables, and steamed is digested faster than raw anyway
i do assume this is a normal amount for a person who works 8 hrs which includes constant lifting/ moving/walking in a fast pace
It's just maths and science really. Eat too much, we gain, eat just enough, we maintain, eat too little, we lose.
Your fruit smoothie for example, 1 banana can have 140 calories, 2-3 3-400 calories. That's a lot and that's before you even add in anything else like yoghurt, milk, other fruit.
Porridge? I have what would look like a small bowl, I use like an ice cream dish and it's only half full, that's a 250 calorie serving. I suspect you;re eating more than that. In just those two items you are clocking up nearly 700 calories. No lunch, no snack, no dinner even considered yet.
You need to work out accurately exactly how much you are consuming because right now you have no idea. Generally, people with weight to lose don't really know what a normal portion looks like (and I include myself in that statement).
i eat 200calories from the porridge im in a hurry so i only take maybe 10 small spoons of it and leave. the banana smoothie is probably the only thing that fills me up throught the day and i dont add any other fruits just banana and water
10 small spoons? You have absolutely no way of knowing if that is 200 calories.
But that's still 600 calories before lunch. A sandwich can easily be 3-400 calories (and that's on the low side if you add butter, mayo, cheese), another banana for a snack 100 so now we're up to 1100 calories before we go into dinner. That's all conservative estimates too.
Fact is, if you are not losing weight you are eating too much. If you don't want to hear this then carry on as you are not losing weight.39
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