Slow weight loss

dcdoty957

Hello All,
I started a high protein low carb diet but I have seen little weight loss. Am I doing something wrong?

sijomial

Depends.
If that's your aim you're doing it right, if something else is your goal then maybe not.

No one knows anything about you or your circumstances including your timeline, unless you set the scene you can't possibly get anything but very generic advice such as......

Set a goal for an appropriate calorie deficit, log consistently with a reasonable degree of accuracy and make adjustments based on long term results.

dcdoty957

5’11 and currently weigh 263 and want to lose 50 pounds

Erfw7471

Are you logging/weighing/measuring your foods? If so, how many calories are you eating? If not, that may be a place for you to start.

High protein/low carb is a great way to lose weight if you like that way of eating. So can Weight Watchers, and Keto, and vegetarian, etc. as long as a caloric deficit is hit.

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

What do you call little?

How much have you lost over what length of time?

livingleanlivingclean

You could eat high protein and low carb and gain weight if you're eating too much - for weight loss, controlling your calorie intake is more important than worrying about your macro breakdown.

Are you in a calorie deficit? What is "high" protein to you?

shannonprovenzano2812

I’ve done high protein diets before but it isn’t enough to simply cut carbs and eat high protein to lose weight, you have to do that in addition to meeting your calorie goal. Put your stats and your goals into MFP and they’ll calculate how many calories you need to lose weight. You can eat high protein foods if that’s what you like, but you must stay within your calorie goals to lose.

Happy
Losing!

callsitlikeiseeit

RodaRose

Get a food scale. Amazon has them for around 25 dollars as do Walmart and Target.
Weigh your food. Put it in the diary each day so you know exactly how many calories you are eating.
Eat at the calorie deficit MyFitnessPal selected for you after you set up your account.
Weight loss happens in the kitchen.

What are your goals?

dcdoty957

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dcdoty957

So that would be 50 pounds of weight loss

peggy_polenta

how high protein? low carb does not mean high protein. any unused protein will turn to carbohydrate. my advice would be moderate protein. also, increase your fat. you should see a difference. make sure you are drinking lots of water. very important esp if you are just starting a lc diet.

mmapags

What is your calorie deficit? How many calories per day are you eating? This is the pertinent info along with your height and weight. If you are not losing on schedule then you are eating more than you think or are overestimating exercise burns. Whether it's low carb and high protein is largely irrelevant. Calories in vs. Calories out is what matters for weight loss.