Wish this was eaiser.

ashlee_tx
ashlee_tx Posts: 24 Member
edited November 24 in Health and Weight Loss
So, I am a week in, Wed-Sat I lost 3 pounds, From sun-today, nothing. I am eating roughly 1200-1400 calories a day. I am drinking slim fast for breakfast and lunch, I have a 100 calorie snack in the afternoon then I have a larger dinner ( 600-750) I am also limiting diet soda for dinner and drinking about 90 oz of water a day . I am well below my grams for fats, carbs and proteins and even the percentage that MyFitnessPal wants. So I am not understanding what I am doing wrong. Is my dinner too many calories? I've tried eating lunch and my slim fast for dinner and just cant do it.
By the time I get home I am hungry, but again I am calculating everything and I'm still not losing. According to myfitness pal I should be losing 2 pounds by just eating 1450.
I have been walking during my lunch so I am burning around 200 calories or so. I may start working out at home to get a better calorie burned..but other than that?
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  • ladyhusker39
    ladyhusker39 Posts: 1,406 Member
    Stats to give us some context to work with?

    Age
    Current Weight
    Goal Weight
    Height
  • ashlee_tx
    ashlee_tx Posts: 24 Member
    31
    260
    150
    5'6"
  • ashlee_tx
    ashlee_tx Posts: 24 Member
    Perhaps I am being a little inpatient, No everything is measured and calculated according the labels. I am logging everything down to my gum and still..no difference. Maybe it just takes a little longer to see some sort of result. I just want to know that what I am doing is working.
  • Muscleflex79
    Muscleflex79 Posts: 1,917 Member
    ashlee_tx wrote: »
    Perhaps I am being a little inpatient, No everything is measured and calculated according the labels. I am logging everything down to my gum and still..no difference. Maybe it just takes a little longer to see some sort of result. I just want to know that what I am doing is working.

    as others said - 3lbs in half a week is more than projected...

    you said you are measuring and calculating - but are you weighing everything you eat?
  • ladyhusker39
    ladyhusker39 Posts: 1,406 Member
    edited January 2018
    OhMsDiva wrote: »
    I will let the professional weigh in, but when I read your post I was thinking that you may need to eat more food instead of drinking slim fast. I can pretty much tell you that if you are hungry all day you will not lose weight because you are likely end up overeating to make up for the hunger. Are you weighing and logging everything? You did not say how much you want to lose overall. If you are not losing then you are probably eating more than you thing. Good luck to you. Do not be discouraged. Just get diligent about your weighing and logging and you will figure out what is not going right.

    I would agree with this if it continues. However, as she saw a decent drop of water weight at first and it's only been a few days without a loss, I think this is a premature conclusion.

    OP, this is actually a pretty common pattern when first starting out. Give it time before you start to be concerned, but if it does continue, then this advice is pretty solid advice.
  • alyssa_rest
    alyssa_rest Posts: 276 Member
    You're only a week in. The first 3 pounds you lost right away is probably water weight. Keep doing what you're doing, and you'll start to see a change over the next couple of weeks.

    Also, try using a food scale so you know exactly what calories you're eating. It's easy to underestimate your calories just by eyeballing portions.
  • SilverRose89
    SilverRose89 Posts: 447 Member
    ashlee_tx wrote: »
    So, I am a week in, Wed-Sat I lost 3 pounds, From sun-today, nothing. I am eating roughly 1200-1400 calories a day. I am drinking slim fast for breakfast and lunch, I have a 100 calorie snack in the afternoon then I have a larger dinner ( 600-750) I am also limiting diet soda for dinner and drinking about 90 oz of water a day . I am well below my grams for fats, carbs and proteins and even the percentage that MyFitnessPal wants. So I am not understanding what I am doing wrong. Is my dinner too many calories? I've tried eating lunch and my slim fast for dinner and just cant do it.
    By the time I get home I am hungry, but again I am calculating everything and I'm still not losing. According to myfitness pal I should be losing 2 pounds by just eating 1450.
    I have been walking during my lunch so I am burning around 200 calories or so. I may start working out at home to get a better calorie burned..but other than that?

    3lb in a week is significant. How much were you hoping to lose in that time? It sounds like you may need to adjust your expectations. Slow and steady is the goal here :smile:
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    ashlee_tx wrote: »
    Perhaps I am being a little inpatient, No everything is measured and calculated according the labels. I am logging everything down to my gum and still..no difference. Maybe it just takes a little longer to see some sort of result. I just want to know that what I am doing is working.

    are you WEIGHING IT ON A SCALE?
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    The key here is to manage your expectations and create sustainable habits.

    Losing 2lbs a week is considered quite a fast pace for most people! Most around here are happy with 1lbs lost per week. Of course, it depends on your starting weight, but expecting to lose more than 2lbs a week just isn't sustainable for most bodies.

    Look at your diet and ask yourself if it's going to be sustainable in... 2 months? A year? A decade?

    The more sustainable you make the process, the easier it is to stick to.

    It all comes down to calories. Eating at a caloric deficit WILL result in weight loss. There's no need to add expensive drinks to your diet, or remove your favourite snacks. For satiety purposes, you may want to adjust things here and there, but it shouldn't feel like you're depriving yourself.
  • mom22dogs
    mom22dogs Posts: 470 Member
    edited January 2018
    ashlee_tx wrote: »
    So, I am a week in, Wed-Sat I lost 3 pounds, From sun-today, nothing. I am eating roughly 1200-1400 calories a day. I am drinking slim fast for breakfast and lunch, I have a 100 calorie snack in the afternoon then I have a larger dinner ( 600-750) I am also limiting diet soda for dinner and drinking about 90 oz of water a day . I am well below my grams for fats, carbs and proteins and even the percentage that MyFitnessPal wants. So I am not understanding what I am doing wrong. Is my dinner too many calories? I've tried eating lunch and my slim fast for dinner and just cant do it.
    By the time I get home I am hungry, but again I am calculating everything and I'm still not losing. According to myfitness pal I should be losing 2 pounds by just eating 1450.
    I have been walking during my lunch so I am burning around 200 calories or so. I may start working out at home to get a better calorie burned..but other than that?

    Fats, Carbs and protein grams given by MFP is what you need to be eating - they are minimums generally. You need to make sure you are eating what it tells you for fat, protein and carbs, or more, as long as you are still at your calorie goal, it's fine. That will help with satiety.
  • SolotoCEO
    SolotoCEO Posts: 293 Member
    You've lost 3 lbs in a week. That means you've exceeded the goal of 2 lbs. Weight loss is not linear. My trainer has to remind me that if I eat healthy (and at a deficit), get my exercise in, the weight will come off. Sometimes at .5 lbs a week, sometimes at 3 lbs. a week. This is a long-haul lifestyle. You can't gauge your success on a week.
  • KelGen02
    KelGen02 Posts: 668 Member
    while I am much older than you (48), I started at 260lbs like you...I ate like crap and was a couch potato. In the first 9 months I lost 72lbs... it was slow and steady, some weeks i didn't lose, others I gained but for the most part it was a steady loss. I have been on every diet known to man over the years, lose the weight gain it right back because "diets: are not sustainable. You want to lose weight and keep it off, you have to change your lifestyle all together. I changed what we ate, how I cooked, started exercising (that in itself was like a slow death to me because I have 2 herniated disk in my neck and 4 in my lower back as well as permanent joint damage) I started by making small changes every couple weeks until it just became part of my routine. Like me, you did not gain all that weight overnight or in a week or even over a few months you are not going to lose it overnight. There are no good or bad foods, there are simply foods and you can eat them all if you want to, just in moderation. You will find what is "worth" the calories to you and what's not, it differs for everyone. Do you plan on drinking two of your meals for the rest of your life? I would hope not... Like the above poster said, sustainability is key. losing weight is not a sprint, it is a marathon, a life long commitment. Patience and forgiveness goes a long way in a lifestyle change. I gained some weight over the holidays and that forgiveness is exactly the reason why I didn't give up all together... Good luck!
  • maybe1pe
    maybe1pe Posts: 529 Member
    I'm going to reiterate what others have said. Have patience.

    I lost 110 lbs in just under 3 years. Did I want it to go faster? of course I did. was it frustrating? heck yes it was. was the time going to pass by either way? yup.

    like others have said; focus on eating things you like, weighing everything, remember that lots of things can cause water retention.

    I personally started by walking a few times a week and eating the same things I always did just less. Over time my eating changed to manage my hunger levels.

    Really focus on making sustainable and long haul choices; one at a time, don't overhaul your life in a week. I can tell you from experience it likely won't last. For example: I can't vow to give up cake because I know that's not going to lead me to success I'm going to eat cake. BUT I CAN vow to eat cake less often, only a small slice for my birthday or my nieces birthdays. Something like that is more sustainable for me.
  • Ekoth1017
    Ekoth1017 Posts: 100 Member
    edited January 2018
    Seems like you’re doing good so far. It took me well over a month to lose 5 pounds.

    I’ve been trying to keep in mind that it took me 4 years to get as fat as I am now and that it’ll take as long to get it off and a lifetime to keep it off..
  • steveko89
    steveko89 Posts: 2,223 Member
    toxikon wrote: »
    The key here is to manage your expectations and create sustainable habits.

    ^Took the words right off my keyboard.

    As far as your weight loss rate, one week is not long enough to be concerned, weight loss won't be linear due to fluctuations in hydration, hormones, sodium intake, and other factors. If you elect to weigh yourself daily, use a trend app like Libra to analyze the data over time, not focus on day-to-day loss. As long as the trend is moving in the right direction, you're on the right track. Personally, I weigh myself daily and see routine peaks and valleys +/- 2lbs or more over my weekly averages. Definitely look at the sustainability of your nutrition and lifestyle choices since you're targeting to lose over 100lbs; though this goal is very achievable (there are numerous posts in the forums of people successfully losing this amount of weight), it will take time. Even if you're lucky/diligent enough to sustain a 2lb/week loss rate for the duration of weight loss (unlikely, especially as you get closer to your goal weight), it will still take a year to reach your target of 150. You need to gear your choices to a system to which you can adhere. Focusing on building healthy habits will also help you maintain your reduced weight and healthier lifestyle. Specifically regarding the slimfast shakes, some find that consuming liquid meals lack in satiety, which could be contributing to your hunger before dinner. Others (myself included) find that increasing protein and fat percentages over the MFP defaults improves satiety. All that said, it does come down to consistently eating at a caloric deficit, which you certainly have a grasp of. Keep hitting that calorie goal, make nutritional adjustments you can live with and you'll get where you want to be!

  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    Give it more time.
    I would generally say to wait a couple of weeks after making a change before evaluating how things are going- unless you are doing extreme things or experiencing negative health as a result of what you are doing.
    Be patient.

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