Calorie Deficit and still not losing weight

cerise_noir

pwhitechurch wrote: »

SMH, I am new to the board and all I see on some posts is arguing. There is a debate section.

Thanks for the useful post :laugh:

CharlieBeansmomTracey

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CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

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corazombie wrote: »

Thank you everyone for your posts... yes i dont log the weekends because its when i spend time with family and loved ones and i really have no control over what we are eating those days, so just stick to keto but i dont fast those days unless i know we're having a huge meal that evening... as far as the grams and ounces thing, some of the things im logging dont give me the option to choose oz or grams, i try to keep my meals simple for this same reason, less chances for error... like the ketomeal, it only comes with the scoops option, BUT it says each scoop is 85 grams.. so i measure it as im sccoping it into the cup so i know its exactly a scoop.. thats what i meant when i said i was strictly logging... i dont think in leaving stuff out that adds 1000 calories without knowing... im not a rocket scientist but i think im smart enough to measure out food correctly.. yes, yesterday i just threw 25oz on there yesterday for rotisserie chicken but thats because i was unable to weigh the chicken, i went off of the number i had gotten last week when i took a chicken of very similar size and shredded it up then weighed it so i could get a more accurate number... then i added a little more weight to my guess because id rather over estimate than under estimate... sometimes its just not possible to break out the scale...

I have been working hard at putting on muscle and its definitely showing more, the scale hasnt moved but my body is showing changes, i havent measured myself but i will start.

I will start eating at maintenance and see how that goes and then go back to a deficit. And since we're on the subject... whats maintenance? 2100 cals? Mfp says 1950 cals.

And according to fitbit, which i know can be not so accurate, each day at the gym i burn over 1k cals and thats on a bad day. Im getting that number from the actual workout logs not the number i get at the end of the day..

Thanks again everyone for taking the time to reply... i appreciate all the insight and suggestions

IF you are weight lifting and using a fitbit then the calories are going to be highly exaggerated due to the arm movements. fitbits should only be used for steady state cardio. fitbit is going to log all your exercise outside of being sedentary .The thing is with fitbits you can do the same thing day to day and your calorie burns will be different. I know mine are. just for example. one day I can get 15000 steps and it will say I burned 600 calories,another day I can get less and it will say I burned more/less. if you arent losing weight then you are either in a stall or something in weighing and logging is off (aside from a possible health issue). I was 209 when I started and was eating over 2000 calories and losing weight,I was sedentary at the time too. Im only 5'6 1/2 and a female. will be 43 in a few days.


what is this ketomeal stuff you talk about? are you doing regular keto? and yes even the scoops can be way off as well. but yeah if you dont log due to weekends due to family meals it could mean you are wiping out any deficit you do have by eating more because you cant weigh it., trust me some foods are calorie dense so its very hard to guess at it. I was like you at one point and stopped losing weight and then gained half of it back,difference was I wasnt weighing food. I was using measuring cups and info off the packages. once I started weighing everything everyday I started losing again. but I noticed if I had a cheat meal or had takeout or whatever it would slow my loss,but I would just estimate everything. a lot of it was due to high sodium in foods like that.

that part is not true actually.

esp if you have a new model. I just moved my arm (with my new Charge2) 20x no steps.....it is now based on vibrations from walking.

Not saying that the calorie burns aren't a bit off...not sure if I totally believe mine yet.

any of the fitness trackers are supposed to be used for steady state cardio(unless it has other types of stuff built in some do). I dont know about the charge 2 because I dont own one. but even if its not tracking the arm movement its still not going to be accurate as its not steady state cardio. It would probably be better to take it off while lifting and log those burns separately(which we all know lifting doesnt burn a lot of calories-compared to cardio)

not so much actually ...that was for heart rate monitors not activity trackers.

I have the new charge 2 and it has a weight lifting setting so I did a 10 min session last night of bench (deload week) and it logged 37 calories...and that is not based on my Heart rate.

but you are correct lifting doesn't burn a whole lot in comparison to cardio but it still burns.

just did an experiment I have the charge HR and was lifting stuff and doing bicep curls and it was counting each movement as like 6 steps (curl up and down 2 reps each). while I was standing in place.so seems either mine or the older ones do use arm movements as steps. crazy

Yes I have a non fitbit one that does the same thing but that meant things like push mowing didn't "count" or pushing a stroller...I think they all got that and made some changes...


I know with my new fitbit (bought in march) that it actually asked which arm are you wearing it on and which one is dominant....and I figured it out one day one the treadmill as I walked I watched the steps go up and my arm was not swinging...it's a good thing.

the charge HR also asks which arm and which one is dominant