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Not eating enough for loosing a weight???!!!

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  • Posts: 75 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »

    Relax :)

    Like Dianne said, "If it's only been a week, then there may be nothing to worry about yet."

    Have you also started any sort of exercise program recently? Where are you in your menstrual cycle? Many of us retain water at ovulation as well as premenstrually.

    I'm not having period for last 3 months.... that's why I'm trying to loose weight...
  • Posts: 35,719 Member

    I'm not having period for last 3 months.... that's why I'm trying to loose weight...

    It's still only been one week.
  • Posts: 75 Member
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    How much water are your drinking a day?

    not keeping track of it properly, but I think enough... 3lit definitely
  • Posts: 75 Member

    It's still only been one week.

    I know... one week of eating 5times a day.. what's mean for me more then before... but I wasn't tracking before.. its just what I think.. so it might work.. I don't know now...
  • Posts: 75 Member
    exercise? I'm trying joga, becouse of the back pain... and I don't know if that's counts but I'm working 12 hours shift on my legs, but more standing then walking though and trying to have around 10 000steps. I used to swim a lot, but then was feeling down, depressed so I stop everything....
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    I'm not having period for last 3 months.... that's why I'm trying to loose weight...

    This isn't meant to be a daft question... but could you be pregnant?

  • Posts: 75 Member

    1200 is setting yourself up for failure. If you start on 1200 you have nowhere to go as you lose weight.

    You say you do 10,000 steps at work so set yourself to at least light active.

    you mean 1200 is not enough??
  • Posts: 1,001 Member

    you mean 1200 is not enough??

    1200 is an extremely small amount of food to maintain long term if you include all your drinks and condiments and weigh everything properly I couldn't manage it all the time, I lose on 1600 cals.

    If you're getting 10000 steps a day 1850 sounds right, but you could go down a couple of hundred cals off that if you wanted, just make sure you are super strict about weighing and measuring everything that goes in your mouth, including cooking oils, condiments etc and don't rely on packaging and spoon/cup measures unless it's liquids. If you do that you'll see the weight shift in no time at a healthy and sustainable pace. :)

    Also don't mix up dry weights with cooked weights for rice, pasta, potatoes etc and always measure dry.

    Good luck x
  • Posts: 15,486 Member
    edited May 2018

    not keeping track of it properly, but I think enough... 3lit definitely

    I was only curious about your water intake. Usually when a calorie deficit is created and one being as large of a deficit as yours I would have thought you would have dropped some water weight in your first week.

    Your sodium amounts between what you were eating before you started the meal replacements has probably been an adjustment, I was curious if you were drinking too much i.e causing water rentention.

    In any regard, did you setup a different calorie goal when you ordered your meal replacements than what MFP has given you to lose weight? How many pounds is 1850 to lose per week in MFP?
  • Posts: 4,286 Member
    RoxieDawn wrote: »

    I was only curious about your water intake. Usually when a calorie deficit is created and one being as large of a deficit as yours I would have thought you would have dropped some water weight in your first week.

    Your sodium amounts between what you were eating before you started the meal replacements has probably been an adjustment, I was curious if you were drinking too much i.e causing water rentention.

    In any regard, did you setup a different calorie goal when you ordered your meal replacements than what MFP has given you to lose weight? How many pounds is 1850 to lose per week in MFP?

    I feel like OP is the kind to read this and then drastically cut down drinking as if thats what your telling them to do. OP Its not what shes saying at all. Just pointing that out
  • Posts: 15,486 Member
    edited May 2018
    JaydedMiss wrote: »

    I feel like OP is the kind to read this and then drastically cut down drinking as if thats what your telling them to do. OP Its not what shes saying at all. Just pointing that out

    That is not what I am telling her to do at all.

    As it relates to this, it would be important though for her to understand lower sodium diets, lowish carb diets and proper electrolyte balance.

    I cannot tell honestly how much she is actually eating. However thinking 1200 is the right amount and how much she is vs should be eating to lose weight seems to be of great confusion to her as well.

    eta: on the opposite side of the spectrum she could be adding table salt to those meals since they are low in sodium, perhaps bland. :smiley:
  • Posts: 75 Member
    RoxieDawn wrote: »

    That is not what I am telling her to do at all.

    As it relates to this, it would be important though for her to understand lower sodium diets, lowish carb diets and proper electrolyte balance.

    I cannot tell honestly how much she is actually eating. However thinking 1200 is the right amount and how much she is vs should be eating to lose weight seems to be of great confusion to her as well.

    eta: on the opposite side of the spectrum she could be adding table salt to those meals since they are low in sodium, perhaps bland. :smiley:

    I'm adding salt to everything, food what they sent me I wouldn't eat without extra salt... I think I eat to much salt.. that's why I'm always thirsty...
  • Posts: 75 Member
    JaydedMiss wrote: »

    I feel like OP is the kind to read this and then drastically cut down drinking as if thats what your telling them to do. OP Its not what shes saying at all. Just pointing that out

    what is OP, I'm here first week.... sorry
  • Posts: 1,630 Member

    what is OP, I'm here first week.... sorry

    OP = you - Original Poster
  • Posts: 75 Member
    Ok, guys to make it clear.. English is not my first language, so I might be struggling to really explain what's is going on... I'm 30 years old, always fat, fighting with weight all my life.... why I asked you if eating more will help me is because one week ago, maybe bit more I sign up with diet chef, in instruction is to use this app and stay with calories allowance. But I realize I'm going to eat more. What I was doing before, I have only one lunch break at work.. no morning I had my coffe, than at 13 I had Wasabi.. whatever, hot bento, suchi.... I finished at 20 becouse I wanted to loose weight sometimes I skipped dinner just had tea.. or salad with chicken.... now I have to eat all this.... believe me or not I wasn't loosing weight
  • Posts: 75 Member
    PAV8888 wrote: »
    300lb and 10K steps (= MFP Active) and 1200? Not if the Calories in are correctly measured. Plus this is definitely not a sprint. So take it easy, hey? Reasonable deficits applied consistently = results!

    Thanks, if I can eat more ill be no more then happy, it just doesn't make sence to me... but I'm on it...
  • Posts: 75 Member
    deviette wrote: »
    English not being your first language might explain a lot. You do sound a little OTT(over the top) with your reactions to each individual comment.

    The general advice is this:
    - Stick to your calorie suggestion for the day. Eating too little may make you hungry. It may make you snack without even thinking about it.
    - Weigh all your ingredients before you cook them and use weight as apposed to cups or "portions" where possible.
    - Log everything that goes into your mouth, drinks too
    - Don't forget cooking oils, log those too
    - Make sure you're properly recording the correct portion sizes (because the difference the weight of something as cooked, and something as raw can be very different)
    - Try and be specific with your logging and avoid "generic" versions of something
    - Check the calorie count per 100g/ml against what's on the side of the packet. The MFP database isn't always accurate

    Good luck :smile:
    deviette wrote: »
    English not being your first language might explain a lot. You do sound a little OTT(over the top) with your reactions to each individual comment.

    The general advice is this:
    - Stick to your calorie suggestion for the day. Eating too little may make you hungry. It may make you snack without even thinking about it.
    - Weigh all your ingredients before you cook them and use weight as apposed to cups or "portions" where possible.
    - Log everything that goes into your mouth, drinks too
    - Don't forget cooking oils, log those too
    - Make sure you're properly recording the correct portion sizes (because the difference the weight of something as cooked, and something as raw can be very different)
    - Try and be specific with your logging and avoid "generic" versions of something
    - Check the calorie count per 100g/ml against what's on the side of the packet. The MFP database isn't always accurate

    Good luck :smile:
    deviette wrote: »
    English not being your first language might explain a lot. You do sound a little OTT(over the top) with your reactions to each individual comment.

    The general advice is this:
    - Stick to your calorie suggestion for the day. Eating too little may make you hungry. It may make you snack without even thinking about it.
    - Weigh all your ingredients before you cook them and use weight as apposed to cups or "portions" where possible.
    - Log everything that goes into your mouth, drinks too
    - Don't forget cooking oils, log those too
    - Make sure you're properly recording the correct portion sizes (because the difference the weight of something as cooked, and something as raw can be very different)
    - Try and be specific with your logging and avoid "generic" versions of something
    - Check the calorie count per 100g/ml against what's on the side of the packet. The MFP database isn't always accurate

    Good luck :smile:

    Thank you, and I'm really sorry I don't want to sound OTT... For now I'm not cooking just adding my ready meals... just now I've had my lunch mashroom pasta already made I just heated up.. 208kcal... that's why, as you guys told me its not enough I went to pret and bought a soup... doing my best, really... hoping this is going to work... thank you again...
  • Posts: 75 Member
    edited May 2018
    try2again wrote: »

    You can definitely eat more calories and lose weight, but note everyone is telling you *correctly measured* calories. That means food scale.

    understood, thank you
  • Posts: 978 Member
    Thank you, and I'm really sorry I don't want to sound OTT... For now I'm not cooking just adding my ready meals... just now I've had my lunch mashroom pasta already made I just heated up.. 208kcal... that's why, as you guys told me its not enough I went to pret and bought a soup... doing my best, really... hoping this is going to work... thank you again...
    No worries

    I love soup a a weight loss too. As long as it's not a creamy one, I always find they're so many less calories than I'm expecting :smile:

  • Posts: 75 Member
    deviette wrote: »
    No worries

    I love soup a a weight loss too. As long as it's not a creamy one, I always find they're so many less calories than I'm expecting :smile:

    exactly, just something about 100... but I feel I'm going explode soon... lol
  • Posts: 2,541 Member

    I'm adding salt to everything, food what they sent me I wouldn't eat without extra salt... I think I eat to much salt.. that's why I'm always thirsty...

    You might find that you see a little more results if you reduce the salt. Large amounts of sodium can lead to water weight, which might be masking your weight loss results.

    Might be worth a try, just for a week or so, to see what happens if you really keep the sodium under control.
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