Not losing

suecoyle3

My calorie goal shows 1260 a day, I burn at least 600 a day on my treadmill and elliptical am I exercising too much

singingflutelady

How long has it been that you haven't lost anything? What's your height and weight? Do you use a food scale to measure your food?

suecoyle3

I started two weeks ago and I do measure my food, I'm actually doing the Danette's may diet

terbusha

Low intensity steady state cardio is not very effective for actual fat loss. There are much better options for exercise that will help you make progress. I would do things that are higher intensity and also incorporate fast-paced resistance training. That is a great way of going about working out. Also, you don't want to under eat either.

Do you have a history of low-calorie intake? You may need to start a reverse diet to get your metabolism up a bit before you can do an effective body fat cut.

singingflutelady

Measure how? Are you using a food scale?

murp4069

You can't outrun your fork. You may be eating too much without realizing it if you are not properly weighing and measuring your food. Also, are you sure about how many calories you are burning on the treadmill and elliptical? Are you using a heart rate monitor? Some people are surprised to find out how much we tend to overestimate our exercise calories.

diannethegeek

In the absence of more information:

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.

laceyslabaugh

I have a question: Do you have to eat back your calories that earn? I don't earn much but don't even pay attention to them. I only eat my 1200;