Why am I not losing weight
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To be honest, I double-check my liquid measurements with the scale, too. I have a scale that 0's out if you put something on it, so 0 out with the container for the liquid, dole out the measurement [1 cup of milk, for example], and go accordingly.
OP, take a journal and do grams of everything. Everything. At least one week, preferably 2-3. If that doesn't open your eyes to any issues in difference of calories, you have written proof of EVERY morsel that you have popped into your mouth to take to your doctor. This includes 'a bite here or there'. Doctors will take you much more seriously in continuing to check you out, trust me.5 -
I can understand the resistance.
Weighing and logging can seem like a lot of work, and unnecessary to boot.
It can feel less threatening to just not think about how much you're actually eating.
The idea of having to reduce food intake can be scary.
It can feel like everybody's aganist you and that it's unfair that you have to weigh and log and restrict.
But.
Weighing and logging will only take a few minutes every day. If you want to lose weight, and you're not losing weight, weighing and logging properly WILL make you lose weight.
If you want to go somewhere, you first need to get an idea of where you are.
If you are overweight, you just need to reduce your intake a little bit in order to lose weight. If you plan well, and log correctly, you can still eat all the foods you like, and feel full and satisfied, and lose weight.
Many of us in here, have been, or still are, overweight. We have felt the shame, the loss of control, the feeling of defeat, maybe self-hate and even scorn from others. Taking back control over food intake doesn't just make others see us dfferently, it improves our self-esteem. Saying no to too much food is actually saying yes to yourself.8 -
stacey73casarez wrote: »Maxematics wrote: »stacey73casarez wrote: »poisonedcandi wrote: »stacey73casarez wrote: »Yes around my belly but I have also have had 3 c-section and don't know if that has a lot to do with it either
Dear OP,
Is there a reason you have not answered the question asked several times, are you weighing your food (in grams or oz, not using cups/measuring spoons/packet weights/serving sizes)? A lot of people are looking for a yes or no on this, because the answer to this question really changes the advice people will give you.
Before I started weighing food in grams I thought I was accurately measuring. But it can be very surprising when you actually weigh it out, especially for calorie dense foods like rice, pasta, cheese, peanut butter... A lot of packets also do not contain the weight stated on the packaging, so you can't rely on that being accurate. If you don't already do this, it could be really helpful for you.
So are you using a food weighing scale to weigh all solid foods?
Actually I could not tell if people were seeing my posts or not first and then I seen that they were they kept asking me if have been measuring and weighing my food I have told them yes I have been measuring and weighing my food and I know how to weigh my food and measure my food because I had to because I was of diabetic when I was pregnant with my last child not that that matters but I also took me a minute to answer them back because I'm not always on the Community page and I couldn't tell if they were seen my replies
Yet you still have not answered the units you're using when weighing your food. You were able to quote and respond to every aspect of the one post that told you what you wanted to hear but keep evading a question that's been asked multiple times even after quoting the poster.
Okay ive repeted this a few time now yes EVERYTHING I measure and weigh is in cups measuring spoon oz solid on food scale and liquids in measuring spoon and cups depending on the liquid cheese in oz and nuts in 1/4 cups
Can only assume you are trying to follow this thread on your phone rather than online because you haven't stated your measuring methods until now!
It would really make sense for you to take time to read through all the responses carefully - there's lot's of good consistent advice from people who have made the same mistakes and overcome the same hurdles you are facing.
Ditch the cups and spoons for a month, just weigh accurately. Nuts and cheese are two perfect examples of items you really need to weigh - not guess the volume in a quarter cup.
Also double check the entries you have picked from the database - there's a load of inaccurate entries that could be misleading you.
If you are still stuck after a month of accurate logging then come back to the forums with an open diary.7 -
stacey73casarez wrote: »Maxematics wrote: »stacey73casarez wrote: »poisonedcandi wrote: »stacey73casarez wrote: »Yes around my belly but I have also have had 3 c-section and don't know if that has a lot to do with it either
Dear OP,
Is there a reason you have not answered the question asked several times, are you weighing your food (in grams or oz, not using cups/measuring spoons/packet weights/serving sizes)? A lot of people are looking for a yes or no on this, because the answer to this question really changes the advice people will give you.
Before I started weighing food in grams I thought I was accurately measuring. But it can be very surprising when you actually weigh it out, especially for calorie dense foods like rice, pasta, cheese, peanut butter... A lot of packets also do not contain the weight stated on the packaging, so you can't rely on that being accurate. If you don't already do this, it could be really helpful for you.
So are you using a food weighing scale to weigh all solid foods?
Actually I could not tell if people were seeing my posts or not first and then I seen that they were they kept asking me if have been measuring and weighing my food I have told them yes I have been measuring and weighing my food and I know how to weigh my food and measure my food because I had to because I was of diabetic when I was pregnant with my last child not that that matters but I also took me a minute to answer them back because I'm not always on the Community page and I couldn't tell if they were seen my replies
Yet you still have not answered the units you're using when weighing your food. You were able to quote and respond to every aspect of the one post that told you what you wanted to hear but keep evading a question that's been asked multiple times even after quoting the poster.
Okay ive repeted this a few time now yes EVERYTHING I measure and weigh is in cups measuring spoon oz solid on food scale and liquids in measuring spoon and cups depending on the liquid cheese in oz and nuts in 1/4 cups
I'm quoting this because the last few replies seem to have missed it.
My next thought aside from weighing all solids on your scale (as pointed out, those nuts could be throwing the numbers off) is that you are using correct entries. The database is largely user created and full of incorrect information. And I also wonder if you might be using generic entries for recipes, things like lasagne.
It would be a lot easier to eliminate issues if you opened your diary.1 -
I agree with few of the above. 1200 is waaaay too little. From my knowledge you need at least 1600 kcal to function properly, regardless of your height and weight.
Err... I'm 5'2". And I'm small now (healthy weight). Your minimum to "function properly" is my maintenance if I'm actually being semi-active. If I went sedentary, my maintenance would be even less than that.
Minimum recommended for women is 1200 calories, men is roughly 1500 calories.
I may not be at my ideal weight yet, but at 5'2" my maintenance at "ideal" weight of 130lb is 1340 and that's if I laid in bed all day. At 155lb and ok I'm extremely active (like beyond any settings on here) my maintenance is around 2500-3000 Calories a day, I've been losing weight for almost 2 years now at an average of around 1lb/week and it's very rare that I'll eat below 2000 Calories.1 -
I agree with few of the above. 1200 is waaaay too little. From my knowledge you need at least 1600 kcal to function properly, regardless of your height and weight.
Err... I'm 5'2". And I'm small now (healthy weight). Your minimum to "function properly" is my maintenance if I'm actually being semi-active. If I went sedentary, my maintenance would be even less than that.
Minimum recommended for women is 1200 calories, men is roughly 1500 calories.
I may not be at my ideal weight yet, but at 5'2" my maintenance at "ideal" weight of 130lb is 1340 and that's if I laid in bed all day. At 155lb and ok I'm extremely active (like beyond any settings on here) my maintenance is around 2500-3000 Calories a day, I've been losing weight for almost 2 years now at an average of around 1lb/week and it's very rare that I'll eat below 2000 Calories.
I was specifically commenting on the 1600 calorie portion, not the 1200 portion, on TDEE. [Edit; To specify why I posted my reply, it was because the original user in their quote said regardless of height or weight, they said you need at least 1600kcal to even function properly. Not true.]
Where do you get 1340 from, by the way, BMR?0 -
mrspett323 wrote: »1200 calories is the reason. You are under eating. You need to research TDEE VS BMR. BMR are the calories you need just for your body to lie in a coma. TDEE is calculated with exercise and the calories your body needs to sustain all of this. You calorie intake is way below what it needs to be. Up your intake and you will see a difference. I thought eat less and exercise more was key until my Trainer educated me. I gave it a try and it worked. Find a TDEE calculator and put your numbers in. Good luck!
Help me understand the idea that she's not eating enough calories to lose weight. Weight loss is just calories in, calories out, right? If she's eating 1200 calories a day and burning that and more (much, much more it seems), where is the energy coming from if it's not coming from her fat stores? Shouldn't she definitely be losing weight?4 -
annarotica wrote: »mrspett323 wrote: »1200 calories is the reason. You are under eating. You need to research TDEE VS BMR. BMR are the calories you need just for your body to lie in a coma. TDEE is calculated with exercise and the calories your body needs to sustain all of this. You calorie intake is way below what it needs to be. Up your intake and you will see a difference. I thought eat less and exercise more was key until my Trainer educated me. I gave it a try and it worked. Find a TDEE calculator and put your numbers in. Good luck!
Help me understand the idea that she's not eating enough calories to lose weight. Weight loss is just calories in, calories out, right? If she's eating 1200 calories a day and burning that and more (much, much more it seems), where is the energy coming from if it's not coming from her fat stores? Shouldn't she definitely be losing weight?
She is underestimating her logging, pure and simple (and has admitted to using measuring cups for cheese & nuts instead of weighing).
What the person stated is called 'starvation mode' and is false. Starvation mode isn't a thing in the way these people are using it, otherwise people with anorexia wouldn't have the requirement for being underweight - they'd magically be regaining. People starving in other countries also wouldn't be so skinny.
It is indeed calories in, calories out.
(Edit: On that note, by the way, those who are starting off with a lot to lose also end up losing muscle mass. It isn't just fat you are losing, which is why exercise is recommended... I have the dreaded 'skinny fat' due to this. If you start off heavy enough to have 'extra skin' problems, the exercising & working on retaining muscle mass can actually help a good bit when it comes to the extra skin, too! My upper body looks fabulous despite 100lb weightloss. Dem arms)7 -
I agree with few of the above. 1200 is waaaay too little. From my knowledge you need at least 1600 kcal to function properly, regardless of your height and weight.
Err... I'm 5'2". And I'm small now (healthy weight). Your minimum to "function properly" is my maintenance if I'm actually being semi-active. If I went sedentary, my maintenance would be even less than that.
Minimum recommended for women is 1200 calories, men is roughly 1500 calories.
I may not be at my ideal weight yet, but at 5'2" my maintenance at "ideal" weight of 130lb is 1340 and that's if I laid in bed all day. At 155lb and ok I'm extremely active (like beyond any settings on here) my maintenance is around 2500-3000 Calories a day, I've been losing weight for almost 2 years now at an average of around 1lb/week and it's very rare that I'll eat below 2000 Calories.
I was specifically commenting on the 1600 calorie portion, not the 1200 portion, on TDEE. [Edit; To specify why I posted my reply, it was because the original user in their quote said regardless of height or weight, they said you need at least 1600kcal to even function properly. Not true.]
Where do you get 1340 from, by the way, BMR?
From some calculator online. I had it in my head at the time rather than have a set deficit I'd eat at maintenance for the weight I wanted to be, and a calculator had it come out as 1340 plus activity Calories. Turns out that I'm currently not that bothered by weight loss and want to eat to fuel my activity which I enjoy. Weight loss is just a side effect now of those days when I don't have a chance of eating my maintenance Calories (a few days last week that was around 3500)
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I agree with few of the above. 1200 is waaaay too little. From my knowledge you need at least 1600 kcal to function properly, regardless of your height and weight.
Err... I'm 5'2". And I'm small now (healthy weight). Your minimum to "function properly" is my maintenance if I'm actually being semi-active. If I went sedentary, my maintenance would be even less than that.
Minimum recommended for women is 1200 calories, men is roughly 1500 calories.
I may not be at my ideal weight yet, but at 5'2" my maintenance at "ideal" weight of 130lb is 1340 and that's if I laid in bed all day. At 155lb and ok I'm extremely active (like beyond any settings on here) my maintenance is around 2500-3000 Calories a day, I've been losing weight for almost 2 years now at an average of around 1lb/week and it's very rare that I'll eat below 2000 Calories.
I was specifically commenting on the 1600 calorie portion, not the 1200 portion, on TDEE. [Edit; To specify why I posted my reply, it was because the original user in their quote said regardless of height or weight, they said you need at least 1600kcal to even function properly. Not true.]
Where do you get 1340 from, by the way, BMR?
From some calculator online. I had it in my head at the time rather than have a set deficit I'd eat at maintenance for the weight I wanted to be, and a calculator had it come out as 1340 plus activity Calories. Turns out that I'm currently not that bothered by weight loss and want to eat to fuel my activity which I enjoy. Weight loss is just a side effect now of those days when I don't have a chance of eating my maintenance Calories (a few days last week that was around 3500)
Age does also factor into this, but 10/10 believing you chose one of the ones that underhits hard. Your maintenance wouldn't be that low (even at older ages, where metabolism starts to go down a bit), you should be good.
Your age (peeked at profile), 5'3", 130lbs.
Sedentary (desk job, sitting around all day) shows... 1450, 1390, 1450, 1450,
Light Exercise 1660, 1513, 1690, 1662
Same stats, but my age (26)...
Sedentary; 1558, 1562, 1495, 1559,
Light Exercise; 1786, 1822, 1625, 1786
For anything asking how many workouts, how many minutes, I straight up put '0' for sake of testing this. I've entered no body fat percentages when asked (which also makes it more accurate). Sedentary is serious couch potato business. xD
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As a note, I googled random calculators, and use started going down the first page. I haven't checked any other sites in particular... I'm curious what MFP or LoseIt would come up with.0 -
@stacey73casarez Since you mention nuts in 1/4 cup measure, and since I consume nuts from a 1/8 cup measure 5 days each week, I'm going to describe the way I do it.
First, the nuts are from a bag of Great Value Omega-3 Trail Mix. It has a variety of nuts of different sizes and shapes along with craisins, which are sweetened cranberry carcasses.
I have this at work as part of my lunch plan.
I use a pocket-knife for part of this, but any sort of knife or straight edge would do well.
I use the 1/8 cup measure to scoop a bunch of stuff from the bag.
Then I slide the edge of the knife over the of the cup to push away anything that sticks above the rim. In fact, I do this three times. The various bits move and adjust their positions as the blade passes by, and things can get knocked out on the second and third pass which survived the first pass.
One day, after this elaborate process had left me with a 1/8 cup measure that looked short, I turned on my scale that I kept at my desk and used for other parts of my lunch and used it to weigh the contents of that 1/8 measure cup that looked short. It weighed 14 grams.
A serving was listed on the Nutrition Facts as 28 grams and 1/4 cup. I wanted half a serving, and I did have half a serving in a 1/8 cup that looked short.
When you measure your nuts in your 1/4 cup, does it look short to you? Or, do the nuts heap up high in the cup?5 -
annarotica wrote: »mrspett323 wrote: »1200 calories is the reason. You are under eating. You need to research TDEE VS BMR. BMR are the calories you need just for your body to lie in a coma. TDEE is calculated with exercise and the calories your body needs to sustain all of this. You calorie intake is way below what it needs to be. Up your intake and you will see a difference. I thought eat less and exercise more was key until my Trainer educated me. I gave it a try and it worked. Find a TDEE calculator and put your numbers in. Good luck!
Help me understand the idea that she's not eating enough calories to lose weight. Weight loss is just calories in, calories out, right? If she's eating 1200 calories a day and burning that and more (much, much more it seems), where is the energy coming from if it's not coming from her fat stores? Shouldn't she definitely be losing weight?
She is underestimating her logging, pure and simple (and has admitted to using measuring cups for cheese & nuts instead of weighing).
What the person stated is called 'starvation mode' and is false. Starvation mode isn't a thing in the way these people are using it, otherwise people with anorexia wouldn't have the requirement for being underweight - they'd magically be regaining. People starving in other countries also wouldn't be so skinny.
It is indeed calories in, calories out.
(Edit: On that note, by the way, those who are starting off with a lot to lose also end up losing muscle mass. It isn't just fat you are losing, which is why exercise is recommended... I have the dreaded 'skinny fat' due to this. If you start off heavy enough to have 'extra skin' problems, the exercising & working on retaining muscle mass can actually help a good bit when it comes to the extra skin, too! My upper body looks fabulous despite 100lb weightloss. Dem arms)
Actually I said I eat about 3oz of cheese weighted in food scale and about 1/4 cups of nuts but I don't eat nuts all day every day i eat them for a snack and may once a week and if I eat nuts for a snake that's all I eat
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OP, I don't understand your replies. When people say that your logging is a problem it's not a personal attack on you.8
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OP, I don't understand your replies. You posted and wanted to know why you're not losing weight, people have told you. If you're not willing to make any changes and you feel your logging is perfect then don't change anything. You are an adult. But without any changes, your weight is probably not magically going to fall off. People are trying to help, if you're not willing to accept it and critically look at your habits then there is no point in posting.11
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Thank you for all this information I have look at everyone ones post and took in a lot of information I'm going to try all this advice and see if it help me out thanks again everyone......3
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Sorry double post, lost that first one0
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Maxematics wrote: »stacey73casarez wrote: »Maxematics wrote: »stacey73casarez wrote: »poisonedcandi wrote: »stacey73casarez wrote: »Yes around my belly but I have also have had 3 c-section and don't know if that has a lot to do with it either
Dear OP,
Is there a reason you have not answered the question asked several times, are you weighing your food (in grams or oz, not using cups/measuring spoons/packet weights/serving sizes)? A lot of people are looking for a yes or no on this, because the answer to this question really changes the advice people will give you.
Before I started weighing food in grams I thought I was accurately measuring. But it can be very surprising when you actually weigh it out, especially for calorie dense foods like rice, pasta, cheese, peanut butter... A lot of packets also do not contain the weight stated on the packaging, so you can't rely on that being accurate. If you don't already do this, it could be really helpful for you.
So are you using a food weighing scale to weigh all solid foods?
Actually I could not tell if people were seeing my posts or not first and then I seen that they were they kept asking me if have been measuring and weighing my food I have told them yes I have been measuring and weighing my food and I know how to weigh my food and measure my food because I had to because I was of diabetic when I was pregnant with my last child not that that matters but I also took me a minute to answer them back because I'm not always on the Community page and I couldn't tell if they were seen my replies
Yet you still have not answered the units you're using when weighing your food. You were able to quote and respond to every aspect of the one post that told you what you wanted to hear but keep evading a question that's been asked multiple times even after quoting the poster.
Okay ive repeted this a few time now yes EVERYTHING I measure and weigh is in cups measuring spoon oz solid on food scale and liquids in measuring spoon and cups depending on the liquid cheese in oz and nuts in 1/4 cups
That's the FIRST time you've mentioned the units. Why are you measuring nuts in cups and not grams or even ounces when you use that for other things? Nuts are extremely calorie dense. Weigh everything on your scale in GRAMS as others have stated above. Based on your responses, the methods you use, and the nuts alone I can guarantee you're eating much more than you think.
I measure nuts in a cup because I did got to an nutritionist about seven years ago and that's the way they always told me to measure but that was seven years things change1 -
OP, I don't understand your replies. You posted and wanted to know why you're not losing weight, people have told you. If you're not willing to make any changes and you feel your logging is perfect then don't change anything. You are an adult. But without any changes, your weight is probably not magically going to fall off. People are trying to help, if you're not willing to accept it and critically look at your habits then there is no point in posting.
I taking every body's advice very seriously and yes I am an adult that's why I asked the question and I know my weights not going to magically fall off that's why I go to the gym twice a day but you probably didn't read that part either and the part that I was saying yeah I'm going to try all this advice to see if it helps and it might help if you would read through all the posts to see what I put two instead of just jumping to conclusions thinking that I'm not listening to what people are telling me1 -
Okay I'm not going to post anymore for awhile I'm going to try out all this advice ....thanks again everyone for you advice3
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@stacey73casarez Good luck, and thanks for reading and listening
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