4 weeks - no movement on the scales

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  • laurendunlop83
    laurendunlop83 Posts: 7 Member
    Interesting point about the packaged foods and I will need to watch this. this is quite a small part of my diet looking back over eight days I've probably consumed about 3200 kcals from scanned food so there is a chance here that I've gone over my allowance by 640 kcals but it's unlikely to be that high overall and would only be 80 kcals a day at worse so still sufficient to keep me in a calorie deficit for my size. Think for the time being I'll continue with my trainers advice (she is a qualified nutritionist) for the next four weeks and see what the difference is then. If at that point I'm not seeing any weightloss then I think an appointment at the docs would be worthwhile. On the bright side, I know I'm eating better, I'm exercising more than I ever have and I feel stronger and happier as a result. If only the damn scales were reflecting that!
  • veganbaum
    veganbaum Posts: 1,865 Member
    laurendunlop83 wrote: »
    Interesting point about the packaged foods and I will need to watch this. this is quite a small part of my diet looking back over eight days I've probably consumed about 3200 kcals from scanned food so there is a chance here that I've gone over my allowance by 640 kcals but it's unlikely to be that high overall and would only be 80 kcals a day at worse so still sufficient to keep me in a calorie deficit for my size. Think for the time being I'll continue with my trainers advice (she is a qualified nutritionist) for the next four weeks and see what the difference is then. If at that point I'm not seeing any weightloss then I think an appointment at the docs would be worthwhile. On the bright side, I know I'm eating better, I'm exercising more than I ever have and I feel stronger and happier as a result. If only the damn scales were reflecting that!

    Just so that you are aware, assuming you are in the U.S., a person can be a "nutritionist" with very, very little knowledge of nutrition. It's actually a little scary, given the number of people who will go to a nutritionist for advice. A dietitian is a different story, and if one really needs to see someone for advice about their diet, a dietitian would be the best choice.

    As has been mentioned, lower carbs will lead to some water-weight loss. You may find such a diet more satiating, which is obviously good, and perhaps necessary due to a medical condition, but it is not necessary for weight loss. If your trainer did not explain why you should increase calories and reduce carbs when you have lost "no" weight (if the NO weight is actually true), I wouldn't follow that trainer's diet advice.

    You didn't respond to several questions and maybe you won't come back to this thread. But since it got bumped, if you do come back or if there are lurkers - please go back and reread the responses that are saying the same thing - start with being accurate in logging food (including choosing from the database as many entries are incorrect). Look at your weight loss trend - this will require more patience if you only weigh once a week, which you did not answer. Weighing once a week can mask a loss. If you are weighing once a week, even four weeks may not be enough data. If you are seeing "no" loss - actually no loss - logging is likely inaccurate, but six weeks of data would be a bit better (especially with hormonal fluctuations women can experience).

    Two months of data does not call for a doctor's appointment, in my opinion. Did you read the flowchart? Making things more complicated than they have to be is part of the reason a lot of people fail to lose the weight they want to, or maintain the loss after they have. It doesn't have to be complicated and it kind of seems that's the direction you're headed rather than looking at the likeliest possibilities first.

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