30 days and zero weightloss? Help

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  • manuel_kasko
    manuel_kasko Posts: 16 Member
    I'll have to check out tomorrow how much my pre packaged meals actually weigh.

    I don't eat burrito bowls or stuff like that too often but it has been a go to a few times over the last few weeks.

    So the general consensus is that I must be tracking incorrectly rather than my body doing something weird like gaining muscle and losing fat.

    I'll start being more attentive to weighing stuff and not trusting serving information. Plus I today got a body scan done so I'll give it a few weeks and get another one of those and see if anything has changed.

    Thanks guys.
    Videos were also help.
    Flow char pretty much tells me to go see a doctor but I'm not overweight so I won't worry about that.
  • Rocknut53
    Rocknut53 Posts: 1,794 Member
    I think we can conclude from all the comments that you are eating more than you think. Calorie counts are not absolute, neither are burns from any kind of exercise. Without much too lose, you have to be very meticulous about you intake. I am at a "skinny fat" phase right now and trying to dial in my calories to where I can get rid of the fat and still maintain and work on building some muscle. I've found this process to be MUCH harder than just cutting calories to lose weight.
  • manuel_kasko
    manuel_kasko Posts: 16 Member
    psuLemon wrote: »
    manuel_kasko wrote: »
    http://imgur.com/a/6friN
    It's public and has been since I made the very first post guys. Please stop asking if I've made it public.

    Hmm... much be a cliche... Are you able to sign on through a web browser?


    Im using my mobile but I'll check on the laptop in the morning
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,426 MFP Moderator
    Well if gaining muscle was that easy, we'd all be doing it. And we didn't even look into what program you are following.


    But also know that as you become more lean, there is less room for error.
  • manuel_kasko
    manuel_kasko Posts: 16 Member
    Rocknut53 wrote: »
    I think we can conclude from all the comments that you are eating more than you think. Calorie counts are not absolute, neither are burns from any kind of exercise. Without much too lose, you have to be very meticulous about you intake. I am at a "skinny fat" phase right now and trying to dial in my calories to where I can get rid of the fat and still maintain and work on building some muscle. I've found this process to be MUCH harder than just cutting calories to lose weight.

    Yeah, seems like I'll have to go the route of cooking my own meals and weighing everything. Not using pre packed or trusting takeaway company information.

    Or I could keep doing what I'm doing and lift weights and see what happens. Obviously I'm eating at exact maintenance lol
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,426 MFP Moderator
    manuel_kasko wrote: »
    Rocknut53 wrote: »
    I think we can conclude from all the comments that you are eating more than you think. Calorie counts are not absolute, neither are burns from any kind of exercise. Without much too lose, you have to be very meticulous about you intake. I am at a "skinny fat" phase right now and trying to dial in my calories to where I can get rid of the fat and still maintain and work on building some muscle. I've found this process to be MUCH harder than just cutting calories to lose weight.

    Yeah, seems like I'll have to go the route of cooking my own meals and weighing everything. Not using pre packed or trusting takeaway company information.

    Or I could keep doing what I'm doing and lift weights and see what happens. Obviously I'm eating at exact maintenance lol

    So I regularly get sushi and their nutrition is for 305g of sushi.. What was inside is generally 425-475g. You might want to try that with your prepackaged meals.
  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    If its been a month and no weight loss, then this may be something to address. Even though each meal is supposed to be X you don't know how accurate they are. Healthy is relative, but what is their track record for accuracy? Kind of like going to a restaurant and assuming the chef makes the meal according to standard. But if they're heavy handed in using oil, or use a larger portion than intended of potatoes, how would you know?
    manuel_kasko wrote: »
    StaciMarie1974 wrote: »
    Without access to your food log, how much 'scanned stuff' that is unweighed goes into what you eat?

    A lot of my dinners and some of my lunches recently have been from youfoodz. Which are meals delivered fresh and packed. Which I chuck in the microwave and eat. They have all nutritional information and are meant to be healthy easy meals.

    Not too much scanned unweighed stuff happens though. I'd say it's mainly just bread and eggs because they have the (2 slices = ) with the eggs I presume if I buy the 800g 12 pack that each egg should be around 66-65g and if they are a few grams out then that shouldn't matter.

    I've been weighing my breakfast stuff like butter and cottage cheese.

    If I eat takeaway then I make sure to go on their website and check the nutritional information. EG. I've eating a few burrito bowls and used the franchises website to check the information.

  • beaglebrandon
    beaglebrandon Posts: 97 Member
    comeonnow142857 wrote: »
    beaglebrandon wrote: »
    The calorie counts for ice cream were listed at 5oz. The smallest cone was 12oz! That's a 65% increase in calories!


    That's more than a 100% increase

    That's a 165% increase I meant to write. :)

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