I have to be doing something wrong

cindytelson2017

I have been on this journey since July 2017 I have only lost 35 pounds and in the last two months I am hovering around the same weight I can’t seem to lose. I log all my food weigh and measure everything I drink 80 ounces at least of water per day 10,000 or more steps per day as well as exercising 5 to 6 days per week. I swim and practice yoga I walk I ride my bike. My macros are set at 45% carbs 25% fat 30% protein. I am 5Foot 3 inches179-ish pounds 56 years old I’ve had my thyroid looked at her used to have hyperthyroid now I have hypothyroid take medication for that take medication for high blood pressure. I want to lose at least another 30 pounds I thought it would be off by now but I’m stuck any suggestions

apullum

How are you measuring your calories?

Edit, for clarity: To what extent do you use measuring cups vs. a scale? How often do you estimate rather than weigh?

cindytelson2017

It says if I want to lose 2 pounds per week to stay at 1270 cal I don’t eat back my exercise most of the time. I weigh everything that is dry and measure everything that is wet. I very very rarely estimate anything I’m kind of OCD that way.

cindytelson2017

I pretty much eat the same food all the time steel cut oats blueberries and strawberries with a little bit a walnut every morning.2 40 cal whole wheat pieces of bread avocado and either turkey or chicken sandwich at lunch with fresh fruit. And either broccoli zucchini or some other vegetable with chicken for dinner. For snack are usually eat 0% Greek yogurt with fruit sometimes I don’t eat enough at so I will add some walnuts avocado low-fat mayonnaise or olive oil etc.

Lyrica7

Do you have Hashis? And are your thyroid meds optimized not just the low end of normal? Have you had your ferritin and Vitamin D levels tested-defiencies in these areas often go hand in hand with thyroid disease.

cindytelson2017

My thyroid is under control it’s taking about two years to get that way I don’t know what the hashes is. I did have a vitamin D deficiency was taking vitamin D but now I’m just taking a multiple vitamin I had labs done not too long ago they were supposed to check my vitamin D and they didn’t but all my other things turned out great

cindytelson2017

I will check on the other things you mentioned at my next lab which should be in a couple months

cindytelson2017

Thank you so much for your response

RoxieDawn

Are you still eating the same calorie intake you were at 35 pounds lost as in 1270 since July of last year? Measuring everything as in cups/spoons or weighing your intake using a food scale?

malibu927

Do you mind opening up your diary? We may be able to find something you haven't considered.

Also have you adjusted your calories down as you've lost?

kimny72

Are you double checking that the entries you are using in the database are accurate? There's a lot of garbage in there.

As the previous poster asked, are your thyroid levels well controlled now? There's no obvious reason why you should not be losing at 1270cals.

Having said that, with 30 lbs left, you shouldn't be expecting 2 lbs per week. I would change it to 1 lb, though I know that doesn't really address your question.

Have you taken any diet breaks? This thread might help too: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10604863/of-refeeds-and-diet-breaks/p1

Hang in there!

Zodikosis

This may get a bunch of woos as I'm just spitballing here, but have you tried a diet break? I know that, for me, after I've been dieting for awhile and have already lost a fair bit, I will stall out for a long time unless I eat at maintenance for 1-2 weeks and then resume the deficit. It really helps break up the plateau. Don't stop counting calories/exercising during the break, just eat at maintenance and see if it helps.

malibu927

Zodikosis wrote: »

This may get a bunch of woos as I'm just spitballing here, but have you tried a diet break? I know that, for me, after I've been dieting for awhile and have already lost a fair bit, I will stall out for a long time unless I eat at maintenance for 1-2 weeks and then resume the deficit. It really helps break up the plateau. Don't stop counting calories/exercising during the break, just eat at maintenance and see if it helps.

Diet breaks are very non-woo. OP, you can consider this option as well.

RoxieDawn

Zodikosis wrote: »

This may get a bunch of woos as I'm just spitballing here, but have you tried a diet break? I know that, for me, after I've been dieting for awhile and have already lost a fair bit, I will stall out for a long time unless I eat at maintenance for 1-2 weeks and then resume the deficit. It really helps break up the plateau. Don't stop counting calories/exercising during the break, just eat at maintenance and see if it helps.

This is good advice. I was going there next with my question up thread when she came back with an answer.

ccsernica

First, congratulations on your progress so far! You may not be quite where you want to be yet, but 35 lbs ain't nothin'.

If you lost that weight from July to March, that's an average loss of right around 1 lb/week. That's just about right. There are many reasons why we might plateau though. One is that, as we lose the weight, we need fewer calories to maintain. If you've never had MFP recompute your calorie goals, it's possible you're aiming for calories appropriate for the old larger you, but not the new slimmer you. Your calories will be adjusted automatically if you update your progress via the app, but not if you do it via the website. So if you haven't done so lately, go to the Settings page and then "Update diet/fitness profile". It should automatically be filled in with your current weight. Then just click the "Update Profile" button at the bottom.

By the same token, as we lose the weight we have less wiggle room with our calories than when we're just starting out. So it may be that you used to be able to get away measuring by volume or by eye rather than by weight, but you can't anymore. Whenever possible, all solid food should be measured by weight. A kitchen scale is an indispensable weight loss tool.

I plateaued once for about a month, and discovered it was because ONE food I typically ate for lunch, from the steam tables at Whole Foods, I was measuring by volume. And was using the wrong database entry for to boot. The result was that I was getting about 500 cal/day more than I thought I was. When I fixed that, the weight loss resumed.

If you log and eat back your exercise calories, you may want to take the approach many of us do and only eat back about half of them. Exercise calories are often overestimated.

Unless you're an athlete with specific goals, your mix of macros doesn't matter all that much as long as you feel sated at the end of the day. Properly treated hypothyroidism won't affect weight loss either. It can be more difficult for shorter people to take weight off, but that shouldn't become an issue until you're closer to your goal.

Good luck!

CSARdiver

kimny72 wrote: »

Are you double checking that the entries you are using in the database are accurate? There's a lot of garbage in there.

As the previous poster asked, are your thyroid levels well controlled now? There's no obvious reason why you should not be losing at 1270cals.

Having said that, with 30 lbs left, you shouldn't be expecting 2 lbs per week. I would change it to 1 lb, though I know that doesn't really address your question.

Have you taken any diet breaks? This thread might help too: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10604863/of-refeeds-and-diet-breaks/p1

Hang in there!

Read this 2x.

Thyroid has little to no impact on your metabolism, but is can impact your appetite and sleep/energy levels.

Your rate of loss will diminish as you get closer to your goal. I'm hypothyroid and medicated and in the beginning I was easily able to burn 2 lbs/week, but now as I'm getting close to 10% bodyfat it's closer to .5 lb/week. You should be expecting 1 lb and the margins of error narrow the closer we get to goal. Bottom line if you aren't losing you are not in a caloric deficit.

Take a break. Do something different for a week, but still log. Eat at maintenance for a week and change up your exercise routine, then go back to your deficit plan. Take a long hard review of your logging during this week or better yet have someone else do this for you and check their findings. Most of all be patient.

cindytelson2017

Such great advice from everyone thank you so much. I am actually going on a small vacation for four days tomorrow and I was planning on logging but it’s kind of a family reunion with lots of food alcohol etc. so I will continue to log and I won’t be getting on a scale for four days so that’s good news but I really am scared to get back on it when I return. And to be totally honest I do occasionally have cheat meals I would estimate about one every two weeks. I will check my settings and re-adjust if necessary. Again thank you all so much it really helps this is my first post and I am surprised at the responses.

callsitlikeiseeit

how much of your exercise calories are you eating back? if more than half, you may need to adjust.

callsitlikeiseeit

another thing i notice, just looking at your diary quickly - i see a lot of questionable entries and weights.

are you weighing on a SCALE.

.33 serving of fruit salad?

consistent 1 oz and 3 oz servings of meat?

1 medium banana

etc, etc , etc

cindytelson2017

I have set my diary to public I think that’s what you meant by opening.

cindytelson2017

I am Weighing on a scale