I'm so discouraged

missfabulous_1

I am so discouraged but I have been very disciplined as far as eating minus two days. I have not lost any weight at all. I have taken Garcinia pills, lots of water, but not much exercise. I'm going to the beach at the end of next month. Although I am not expecting mind blowing results I need to be decent enough to feel good about prancing around in a bathing suit. I know it's possible. I need motivation to get physical for maximum results. Any words of encouragement? Any exercise tips for losing belly fat?

diannethegeek

For a flat stomach, this thread is one of my favorites: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1

And this one, too: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/977538

You can drop the garcinia cambogia. It's not been shown to be effective beyond the placebo affect in any trials.

For stalls, these are my really generic tips:

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.

JeromeBarry1

Dimensions and weight please. What's your BMI? What's your target BMI? 6 weeks is just barely enough time to safely and sensibly lose 10 lb if you have 50 to lose. If you have only 10 to lose, you'll do better to rethink your self image than try any kind of gimmicky silliness.

MissusMoon

missfabulous_1 wrote: »

I am so discouraged but I have been very disciplined as far as eating minus two days. I have not lost any weight at all. I have taken Garcinia pills, lots of water, but not much exercise. I'm going to the beach at the end of next month. Although I am not expecting mind blowing results I need to be decent enough to feel good about prancing around in a bathing suit. I know it's possible. I need motivation to get physical for maximum results. Any words of encouragement? Any exercise tips for losing belly fat?

Number one: Those pills do nothing but make your wallet lighter. They are a scam.
Two: "minus two days" Depending on what you have to lose, that can wipe out your deficit.

Are you actually counting your calories via the MFP setup?