Not loosing weight help!!

happylaws
happylaws Posts: 1 Member
edited November 16 in Health and Weight Loss
Ive got about 30-45lbs to loose before my wedding in 12 weeks. I've been working out with a PT between 5-6 times a week for nearly 3 weeks now. I have been tracking my macros on MFP, eating clean and have not eaten any sugar for the last week. However, I got on the scales this morning and I have not lost any weight in 2 weeks? I do feel slimmer and understand that you shouldn't always weigh yourself but can't help but feel disheartened. There has been a few days I've not ate my total 1700 calories and struggle most days to eat my 192g of protein. Do u think this could be the problem? I've always turned to slimming world when I want to loose weight and have always managed to do it successfully....for the short term. So I'm really contemplating going back to my older ways. Any advice please? Thanks

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  • mcraw75
    mcraw75 Posts: 99 Member
    It's not safe to lose more than 2lbs a week, so the most you can lose is 24lbs. You're still early in the game so no loss for 2 weeks is normal water retention from starting to work out. I'd take body measurements instead of weighing. Why are you eating so much protein? Seems high to me, but then I don't know your stats. Use 1g of protein for each pound of lean body mass, 0.3g of fat for each pound of body weight and the rest carbs.
  • mcraw75
    mcraw75 Posts: 99 Member
    Also, make sure you are using a food scale to weigh everything.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
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  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    From your post is sounds like you're least concerned with calories. You can eat clean all day long and workout for hours but if you eat too many calories you're not going to lose weight. Use your food scale, use the recipe builder, use accurate entries, be careful with eating back all your exercise calories unless you're 100% sure they're accurate... Buy some good slimming wear such as Spanx to wear under your dress.
  • KeeperOfCorvus
    KeeperOfCorvus Posts: 15 Member
    You may want to change your activity level in settings.
    I'd like to share my super low calorie, cheap, yet very filling daily diet. My main food is ramen. I know! It sounds terrible! But the ramen I eat is not the typical American grocery find. I buy boxes (30 packets each) directly from an Asian market for 10$. Real Asian ramen can come with rice noodles, in duck flavor, with dehydrated veggies and always has several seasoning packets: dry seasoning, dehydrated veggie seasoning, and an oil/fat packet. I add lots of veggies to it, like spinach, green onion, fresh ginger, mushroom etc. It's a great soup base at 250 calories. I add lots of extra water to thin it out. Super filling!
    Breakfast: big fruit bowl, lots of hot herbal teas
    Lunch: Asian ramen with veggoes
    Snack: Apple and powerbar
    Dinner: one or two bowls of veggie and ramen
    Snack: stove top popcorn with firukake seasoning and some salt.

    (About 1200 calories)

    Anytime time I'm hungry outside of that, I eat more apples and more hot tea. I drink tea all day. I also eat pickles anytime (0 cal)
    I'm never hungry, outside of battling my sweet tooth.
    Try finding filling foods that are low in calorie!
    Hope this helps ♡

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