Can't loose weight even with diet and exercise!
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I can't really add anything more than the other comments I see here. But I just wanted to point out that just because you're eating salads doesn't mean they are low calorie. Just look up some of the calories in restaurant salads and you'll see my point. Just as an example many BK salads have more calories than in a whopper.5
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Hello yes I have been logging in my meals I get frustrated sometimes and stop. I am only able to exercise three times a week because I work 12 hour shift's three other days of the week. I am at 5'3 and 170 pounds right now and My goal is to be 135 to 140 pounds. And example of what I eat in a day is two boiled eggs in the morning with a cup of coffee with Stevia. Then at lunchtime I eat a salad with boiled chicken breast. For dinner I eattwo more boiled eggs and a half a cup of oatmeal. For snacks in between meals are usually eat either apples a little container of organic hummus with snap peas or a banana. My exercise consist of using a maxi climber in which i burn 750 cal in 50 minutes then I do 10 minutes of ab work. What am I doing wrong?2
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You're probably not burning 750 cals in 50 minutes...
How many cals are you eating? Log everything for 4-6 weeks and hit your calorie goal...6 -
anahdz2013 wrote: »Hello yes I have been logging in my meals I get frustrated sometimes and stop. I am only able to exercise three times a week because I work 12 hour shift's three other days of the week. I am at 5'3 and 170 pounds right now and My goal is to be 135 to 140 pounds. And example of what I eat in a day is two boiled eggs in the morning with a cup of coffee with Stevia. Then at lunchtime I eat a salad with boiled chicken breast. For dinner I eattwo more boiled eggs and a half a cup of oatmeal. For snacks in between meals are usually eat either apples a little container of organic hummus with snap peas or a banana. My exercise consist of using a maxi climber in which i burn 750 cal in 50 minutes then I do 10 minutes of ab work. What am I doing wrong?
Can you open your diary??
Exercise calorie burn is most likely not accurate.3 -
You don't even HAVE to exercise to lose weight as long as you are counting all of the calories you eat and actually maintain a deficit.2
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@aeloine - agreed. In the "Calories In/Calories Out" concept the food that one eats is the "calories in" and the body "doing its thing" and one's day-to-day activities are the "calories out". So, just make sure that the "calories out" are higher than the "calories in" and fat loss happens. Obviously, the larger the gap the more fat loss. There is an appropriate "gap size", depending on several things.
Cardio and training simply add to the "calories out" side of the equation.
The key is to (A) log everything correctly and (B) compare what should happen vs how your body is responding. If there is a 'disconnect' there then review the logging. There *might* be something that is less than accurate there. Maybe. But not necessarily.
Start there. As a general point....2 -
Hashimoto's Thyroid issue here too and post menopausal - yep it's harder to lose but I just expect it to be slow (.5 pound a week is good for me). I just try not to think of myself as on a "diet" - I've completely changed my way of eating for weight loss and health. I'm eating 1400 cal. a day- macros are 30 carbs/35 protein /35 fat
I don't lose when I up my carbs more. I'm 5'3 CW 188 (goal is 150).1 -
Yes, I can help you...
Doctors (and people in general) do NOT understand there are some people that cannot lose weight through calorie restriction. I have that problem. When I would finally prove to the doctors that I was not over eating, they would simply say that they did not know how to help me. I had a business partner that thought my week at her house was her opportunity to prove that I was overeating. She wrote down everything edible in her home. At the end of the week, in amazement, she said that I ate less than her. She was 5 foot tall and I was 5 foot 10 inches tall. A kaiser doctor made me increase my calories because I was very tired. That doctor told me that I would die still fat and never lose a pound in the process.
I have now found something that works. It is a combo of 1700 calories and 30 carbs. From my heaviest to now, I am down 43 pounds. I do have lymphedema which makes water weight a problem.
Write to me and I will talk with you. I am not a doctor and will only tell you what foods to try. Everybody told me to eat less and exercise more. That does not work for me.
I completely believe you. I have even mentioned this before. Some people do excel with extra calories, I dont know why ,I cant explain it ,but I know its true. I am not one of these people, I lose weight by eating less and moving more, however, I notice that after I eat more calories once or twice a week ,not junk food though, it gives me a little kick and then I lose like whoosh 2-3 lbs. Some things just are. Cue the woos lol.12 -
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anahdz2013 wrote: »Hello yes I have been logging in my meals I get frustrated sometimes and stop. I am only able to exercise three times a week because I work 12 hour shift's three other days of the week. I am at 5'3 and 170 pounds right now and My goal is to be 135 to 140 pounds. And example of what I eat in a day is two boiled eggs in the morning with a cup of coffee with Stevia. Then at lunchtime I eat a salad with boiled chicken breast. For dinner I eattwo more boiled eggs and a half a cup of oatmeal. For snacks in between meals are usually eat either apples a little container of organic hummus with snap peas or a banana. My exercise consist of using a maxi climber in which i burn 750 cal in 50 minutes then I do 10 minutes of ab work. What am I doing wrong?
Are you using a food scale? If not, start using it for all solid food, every single thing to see where your log may be going wrong. Are you getting frustrating and stopping without giving it enough time to work? And are you eating such a limited diet because you think you have to, or are those the foods you like?4 -
I really wish we could get some Ivy League scientists to sign up on the community. We have the highest concentration of people where the laws of thermodynamics do not apply to them here. We could re-write scientific history people!28
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anahdz2013 wrote: »Hello yes I have been logging in my meals I get frustrated sometimes and stop. I am only able to exercise three times a week because I work 12 hour shift's three other days of the week. I am at 5'3 and 170 pounds right now and My goal is to be 135 to 140 pounds. And example of what I eat in a day is two boiled eggs in the morning with a cup of coffee with Stevia. Then at lunchtime I eat a salad with boiled chicken breast. For dinner I eattwo more boiled eggs and a half a cup of oatmeal. For snacks in between meals are usually eat either apples a little container of organic hummus with snap peas or a banana. My exercise consist of using a maxi climber in which i burn 750 cal in 50 minutes then I do 10 minutes of ab work. What am I doing wrong?
My guess? You have some days when you don't log, and they basically wipe off your deficit.9 -
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anahdz2013 wrote: »Hello yes I have been logging in my meals I get frustrated sometimes and stop. I am only able to exercise three times a week because I work 12 hour shift's three other days of the week. I am at 5'3 and 170 pounds right now and My goal is to be 135 to 140 pounds. And example of what I eat in a day is two boiled eggs in the morning with a cup of coffee with Stevia. Then at lunchtime I eat a salad with boiled chicken breast. For dinner I eat two more boiled eggs and a half a cup of oatmeal. For snacks in between meals are usually eat either apples a little container of organic hummus with snap peas or a banana. My exercise consist of using a maxi climber in which i burn 750 cal in 50 minutes then I do 10 minutes of ab work. What am I doing wrong?
I get not wanting to see your calorie goal in the red, I really do. But it is better to log and have data than not log, keep eating and have no idea what you ate. Consistent logging can help you eat less.
What did you set your weekly weight loss goal to? With only 30-35 pounds to lose, a goal of more than a pound a week can be too aggressive, which often leads to overeating, and thus wiping out the deficit you struggled to create on other days. Better to lose more slowly than you would like, than not lose at all.1 -
Desdemonad wrote: »Be sure to get your thyroid gland tested. If it is underactive you will never lose weight. Also some medications cause weight gain or difficulties in losing, so check that our too.
Lots of posters here with thyroid issues who have been successful losing weight.
But yes, if one has a thyroid condition it is indeed best to be diagnosed and treated.1 -
anahdz2013 wrote: »Hello yes I have been logging in my meals I get frustrated sometimes and stop. I am only able to exercise three times a week because I work 12 hour shift's three other days of the week. I am at 5'3 and 170 pounds right now and My goal is to be 135 to 140 pounds. And example of what I eat in a day is two boiled eggs in the morning with a cup of coffee with Stevia. Then at lunchtime I eat a salad with boiled chicken breast. For dinner I eattwo more boiled eggs and a half a cup of oatmeal. For snacks in between meals are usually eat either apples a little container of organic hummus with snap peas or a banana. My exercise consist of using a maxi climber in which i burn 750 cal in 50 minutes then I do 10 minutes of ab work. What am I doing wrong?
How are you measuring the foods you are eating? A digital food scale is going to be more accurate. Double check the entries selected, most are user entered.....some are incorrect.
This flow chart is very helpful: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10179969/weight-loss-flow-chart-2-0/p11 -
Doctors (and people in general) do NOT understand there are some people that cannot lose weight through calorie restriction. I have that problem. When I would finally prove to the doctors that I was not over eating, they would simply say that they did not know how to help me. ... Everybody told me to eat less and exercise more. That does not work for me.
So the laws of thermodynamics don't apply to you? If this was truly the case, you'd make national headlines by defying science. There is no exception to the laws of energy balance.
You simply cannot create energy from yourself without an external source. If you ate at a deficit for long enough you would die. Your body does not have an unlimited supply of stored energy. People who don't eat enough die of starvation. You are no different. It's how anorexics eventually die, it's how many people in concentration camps died, and it's how many people who are terminally ill eventually die.
I'd love to see how you "proved" this to your doctors.
I do not mean to be snarky, although it may seem that way. It's hard to read tone (I understand that)....but your post is not scientific and can be misleading to many others trying to learn how this weight loss stuff works. All of them - without exception - follow the laws of thermodynamics and energy balance. It's how the universe works.12 -
anahdz2013 wrote: »Hello yes I have been logging in my meals I get frustrated sometimes and stop. I am only able to exercise three times a week because I work 12 hour shift's three other days of the week. I am at 5'3 and 170 pounds right now and My goal is to be 135 to 140 pounds. And example of what I eat in a day is two boiled eggs in the morning with a cup of coffee with Stevia. Then at lunchtime I eat a salad with boiled chicken breast. For dinner I eattwo more boiled eggs and a half a cup of oatmeal. For snacks in between meals are usually eat either apples a little container of organic hummus with snap peas or a banana. My exercise consist of using a maxi climber in which i burn 750 cal in 50 minutes then I do 10 minutes of ab work. What am I doing wrong?
That sounds good but it's incomplete. What's in your salad? Is there a dressing? How big is your chicken breast? Is the oatmeal just porridge oats and water or is it another kind of oats and do you add milk? How many kilojoules in your hummus? How many apples? If we don't know these things then it's hard to tell what's going on. If you don't know these things then you may be overestimating your kilojoules significantly.3 -
I use cesaer dressing two table spoons , 4-6 oz of chicken breast and the hummus is 160cal. I eat small gala apples.2
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