No loss since my last weight check in please help

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venky2017
venky2017 Posts: 17 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
My weighing machine shows the same weight since 15 days even if I am under my calorie goal everyday
I eat 1600 cal a day and workout 400 cal resulting 1200 cal a day which should give me better results
It gave me for first few weeks but not from past 15 days
Not sure what's wrong or its how it works

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,565 Member
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    How are you measuring your calorie intake and your exercise calories? Ideally you should be netting 1500 calories minimum, but you're likely eating even more than that.
  • daniip_la
    daniip_la Posts: 678 Member
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    I've recently gone for over 3 weeks with no loss, and then dropped nearly 10lbs in a week. If you're sure you're weighing and logging your food accurately, then be patient.

    Though, you should be betting at least 1500kcal.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
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    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.

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