Weight loss?

natashab61

Hi- quick question.
So last week I consistently lost some weight for a couple of days and then it magical reappeared and now it is gone. I am so lost. Am I losing weight?

janejellyroll

There's no way for us to tell based on the information provided here.

Are you eating at a deficit?

natashab61

janejellyroll wrote: »

There's no way for us to tell based on the information provided here.

Are you eating at a deficit?

Yes. But I don't log foods yet. What i have done....is used this app to figure out my caloric intake for a planned days meals and I still eat the same thing for seven days and try not to stray. And even if I do my calorie intake is low enough to allow for me to still be in deficit.

janejellyroll

natashab61 wrote: »

janejellyroll wrote: »

There's no way for us to tell based on the information provided here.

Are you eating at a deficit?

Yes. But I don't log foods yet. What i have done....is used this app to figure out my caloric intake for a planned days meals and I still eat the same thing for seven days and try not to stray. And even if I do my calorie intake is low enough to allow for me to still be in deficit.

If you're at a deficit, then keep at it. Even if you haven't lost anything besides water weight yet, you will.

rheddmobile

Sounds like water weight. Depending on how much sodium you eat, how much sleep you get, and how your digestion works, you can lose or gain several pounds in one day, but it's water, not fat.

natashab61

How do I lose fat? Lol

janejellyroll

natashab61 wrote: »

How do I lose fat? Lol

By maintaining a calorie deficit.

natashab61

Ok. Will do. Thanks

T0M_K

natashab61 wrote: »

janejellyroll wrote: »

There's no way for us to tell based on the information provided here.

Are you eating at a deficit?

Yes. But I don't log foods yet. What i have done....is used this app to figure out my caloric intake for a planned days meals and I still eat the same thing for seven days and try not to stray. And even if I do my calorie intake is low enough to allow for me to still be in deficit.

ummm....how many calories are you eating that when you "stray" your still ok? Eating to little is not a recipe for success....and to have room to stray makes me think you may be on to large of a deficit.

natashab61

Tomk652015 wrote: »

natashab61 wrote: »

janejellyroll wrote: »

There's no way for us to tell based on the information provided here.

Are you eating at a deficit?

Yes. But I don't log foods yet. What i have done....is used this app to figure out my caloric intake for a planned days meals and I still eat the same thing for seven days and try not to stray. And even if I do my calorie intake is low enough to allow for me to still be in deficit.

ummm....how many calories are you eating that when you "stray" your still ok? Eating to little is not a recipe for success....and to have room to stray makes me think you may be on to large of a deficit.

1200 calories per day if I follow everything to the T. So if I make a lemon juice with one lemon, half spoon of honey and salt lol it is amazing and refreshing. That doesn't put me too over.

rheddmobile

Your weight may go up and down with water weight, but if you stick to your program it will eventually trend downwards. A pound of fat is about 3500 calories, so if you're eating 1200 and the scale shows you gained 2 lbs in one day, just shrug it off and go on with your life. There's no way for 1200 to magically turn into twice 3500. Seeing that high number on the scale can be demoralizing but you just learn to ignore it and trust the process.