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  • SassyMommasaurus
    SassyMommasaurus Posts: 380 Member
    Jla408 wrote: »
    oolou wrote: »
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    oolou wrote: »
    Jla408 wrote: »
    oolou wrote: »
    Well, if everything is as you say and you are being accurate in your calorie counting and exercise calorie burns - and you are not losing weight, then you know what you have to do. Eat less than the amount you currently are, and/or increase the exercise.

    Is it fair? No. But it's what you'll have to do to create the calorie deficit that will lead to a weight loss.

    Also remember that all those numbers you get online about how much to eat are estimates. They are a starting point. You adjust according to your personal experience. If you are gaining or maintaining on what is recommended, increase the deficit.

    EDIT: And, of course, I'm sorry to hear how frustrating you're finding all of this. Losing weight is hard. I found it easier to quit smoking.

    I have found through trial and error, if I have less than an 1800 calorie net, that I am dizzy and sick and cannot do the workouts I do. I am exercising 1-2 hours a day, every day.

    Okay; for a month stop the workouts and eat 1800 calories a day. See what happens then.

    I am not stopping workouts, they are the best part of my day and what I look forward to every day.

    Fair enough. Carry on as you are. Don't try anything different to what you are currently doing. But don't expect any change either to your current situation.

    I don't understand how stopping workouts would benefit me in any way at all.

    It will tell you if you are measuring the calories you are burning wrong and actually over eating when you don't think you are.
  • canadianvampyregurl
    canadianvampyregurl Posts: 231 Member
    Jla408 wrote: »
    canadianvampyregurl wrote: »
    I understand your frustration. I'm sorry you are experiencing this.

    I'm a stickler for weighing and measuring my foods. Do you weigh out your foods as well? I've found that it's helped me out so much. I had no idea what a true portion size was just by looking at labels.

    I also drink lots of water. It's only 245pm where I am right now and I've had 12 cups. I'm usually sipping all day. Water & mint tea :)

    Yes, I weigh everything. I am at 14 cups at 3:30

    Awesome :) glad to hear you are weighing your food :) that is a huge deal :) and yay for the water intake

    Ok - let's try and figure this out together :)
  • oolou
    oolou Posts: 765 Member
    edited June 2016
    ^^ what sassymomm wrote.

    There are so many estimates happening when we start off trying to lose weight. Let's begin by proving you can lose weight on a calorie deficit purely based on food intake. Once that is sorted, then bring in exercise.
  • Rosefern1
    Rosefern1 Posts: 42 Member
    edited June 2016
    I will also agree that you're probably overeating and overestimating calorie burn. As example, my cup of grapes as measured in a measuring cup actually weighed out to almost twice the calories. If you're not weighing ANY of your food, you could be easily consuming twice as many calories of everything. I don't believe there is any way you are burning 1000 calories biking. 210 here and I did a 60 min bike ride the other night. Covered almost 10 miles. Worked my tail off. Hills and faster pace on flat road and everything. MFP estimated my calorie burn at 539, and I even wonder if that is overestimated. (Runkeeper estimated my calorie burn at 528.)
  • Jla408
    Jla408 Posts: 1,830 Member
    Rosefern1 wrote: »
    I will also agree that you're probably overeating and overestimating calorie burn. As example, my cup of grapes as measured in a measuring cup actually weighed out to almost twice the calories. If you're not weighing ANY of your food, you could be easily consuming twice as many calories of everything. I don't believe there is any way you are burning 1000 calories biking. 210 here and I did a 60 min bike ride the other night. Covered almost 10 miles. Worked my tail off. Hills and faster pace on flat road and everything. MFP estimated my calorie burn at 539, and I even wonder if that is overestimated. (Runkeeper estimated my calorie burn at 528.)

    I don't burn 1000 Calories biking, i burn 300-600 doing a interval boxing class that ranges from half hour to an hour. I weigh everything.
  • Rosefern1
    Rosefern1 Posts: 42 Member
    Jla408 wrote: »

    I don't burn 1000 Calories biking, i burn 300-600 doing a interval boxing class that ranges from half hour to an hour. I weigh everything.

    Sorry! Put that on the wrong post!
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    In the past three weeks, what is your average number of calories eaten (not netted) each day?
  • Samanthor
    Samanthor Posts: 85 Member
    If you're really weighing everything and haven't seen any loss, than I think that you might have an issue bigger than strangers on a free website can help you with. I feel like you should see a professional who can tailor a plan directly to your needs, whether that is a nutritionist, a GP, or even a fitness trainer.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    OP can you open up your diary? It will help people give you much more precise help. Often times other people can see little mistakes that we don't even realise we're doing.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings

    If you are truly doing everything you say you are, then it shouldnt be a problem to set your diary to public for the time being :smile:
  • dlkfox
    dlkfox Posts: 463 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    OP can you open up your diary? It will help people give you much more precise help. Often times other people can see little mistakes that we don't even realise we're doing.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings

    If you are truly doing everything you say you are, then it shouldnt be a problem to set your diary to public for the time being :smile:

    Yes, please open your diary. It could be an error in a MFP entry you are using and that's why you're not in a deficit. More than happy to got through and help check for you.
  • LERadicalDreamer
    LERadicalDreamer Posts: 61 Member
    OP, I felt stuck for a while too, back when I was using my HRM. Not to knock Polar at all, but I think I wasn't using it correctly. I get different numbers by wearing a Fitbit Blaze all day long (based on when I do my exercising), and more importantly, I'm losing.

    Oddly (to me, maybe not to some), I'm losing more consistently now that I make sure to move every hour, instead of just doing my exercise right in the morning (granted for me, that means walking around my house in laps, because I don't do 105 heat indexes). I feel like my metabolism has improved.

    Or my cookies became antimatter (seriously, I caved and had some Thin mints yesterday, and I'm down 0.8 lbs).

    Anyway, CICO is a thing. It can be altered by many things - the week leading up to my period, I gain inexplicably, no matter what I eat. If I work out too many days in a row, I stall out. Heck, if I eat the same things every day and don't change it up, I stall or gain (maybe my body needs different nutrients and that's how it tells me).

    Either way, you need to change SOMETHING up if you expect a change. If you are happy with your exercise, that's going to have to be calorie intake. Give it a try for a few weeks. Be a stickler with what you're counting. Are you eating a lot of foods that bloat? It's gotta be something, but you aren't giving anyone enough information with a closed diary.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    I don't think OP wants to open her diary.
  • dragon_girl26
    dragon_girl26 Posts: 2,187 Member
    edited June 2016
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    If all that is true, you're going to have to cut calories. Maybe start by not eating any exercise calories back?

    I think maybe this might help, or at the very least try eating back only half of them. I don't agree with the other posters that you need to stop exercising. I don't think that's necessary, either, especially if you love doing it. I personally couldn't imagine doing that.
    It also could quite likely be logging errors, too. You said you weigh everything. When you put in your food entries, do you choose the exact brand and type of whatever you're eating? Calories can vary from brand to brand, so being as accurate as possible is important. Do you use the recipe builder, or choose already made entries as a best guess?
  • RobD520
    RobD520 Posts: 420 Member
    Also note that heart rate monitor calorie burn estimates can be accurate for cardio, but NOT for strength training.
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