Not eating enough for loosing a weight???!!!
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• volume measurements for rice (and using post-cooked weight) can be wildly off (could amount to hundreds of calories difference).
• Is the coffee your recipe (with weighed milk), or a random entry?
• be wary of food made by others (I'm not familiar with Diet Chef - if it is a TV-dinner style meal, double check that what you think is meant to be 1 portion really is meant to be 1 portion (and not 2 or 2.5 or 3); if a restaurant thing, could be way off - different people may add different amounts of oils/butter)
• Did you use any salad dressing/cheese/nuts/croutons/etc on the Tesco salad? (if yes, it is far more than 23 calories)
• If the porridge is an instant thing and not individual packed servings, make sure your weight is correct. (volume measurements on porridge/oatmeal/etc can be way, way off).
• a few empty days recently. a few others look possibly incomplete (missing dinner, etc).
(edit: typo)
I haven't used anything just had some veg from package on a side of my dinner.. dinner, lunch and breakfast are done for me.. as I ordered 28days diet... that's what they are promoting, that they have done counting and measuring for me.. I just have to add diary and fresh veg... and log in to this app... that's all what I'm doing, they are really small portions... can I post photo here??0 -
Yes, use the Attach File or Attach Image button to post a photo.0
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kshama2001 wrote: »Yes, use the Attach File or Attach Image button to post a photo.
can't find it here..0 -
Looks like this on desktop. (No clue about mobile.)
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kshama2001 wrote: »Looks like this on desktop. (No clue about mobile.)
I see... I'm on mobile...maybe that why... nevermind, I just wanted to prove that this porridge is really 37,and all the food from diet chef is really small... anyway.. I feel even worse now.... thought I'm doing good,but obviously not...0 -
Kate_therapist1 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »Looks like this on desktop. (No clue about mobile.)
I see... I'm on mobile...maybe that why... nevermind, I just wanted to prove that this porridge is really 37,and all the food from diet chef is really small... anyway.. I feel even worse now.... thought I'm doing good,but obviously not...
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.1 -
How much water are your drinking a day?0
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Kate_therapist1 wrote: »Hey, I'm really struggling... so many people told me that I'm simply not eating enough.. how is that possible??! Logically if I'll carry on like this it's not gonna work.. I need to loose a weight☹️ I'm so scared of ill eat more ill gain more.. please any ideas, advises??... Thanks a lot.... BTW.. I have my goal set for 1850 kcal.. but sometimes on the end of the day I have1000 left
I doubt you're undereating, as you're NOT LOSING weight.
A cousin had to be institutionalised last Friday, a day after his birthday because he decided to not eat anything but get his calories through cigarettes and tea. A thirty nine year old man who had gotten skin and bones skinny. My point is, you wouldn't be posting about NOT LOSING if you were truly eating at such an extreme deficit.8 -
If you are 300 lbs I’m estimating you have around 150 lbs to lose. This will be at least a 2-3 year project. I doubt you’ll want to pay for 36 months of pre-packaged meals. I know this is probably not what you want to hear, but try to start looking at it that way so your expectations are more realistic and you stay motivated and not get discouraged.
Once you get through your initial food boxes, I’d strongly advise to use the MFP setup, select 2 lbs a week to lose and get a realistic daily calorie allowance. It should be higher than 1200 calories at your weight. Eat whatever you like - just weigh and log it all. Try to increase your activity for a few extra calories.
The trick is to learn new habits that you can take into maintenance. I’m afraid what you are trying to do now is setting you up for failure.12 -
I would consider the diet chef thing a lesson learned, buy a food scale, enter stats in MFP and eat food. By the way, McDonald's is fine as long as it fits in your calories and doesn't leave you starving later for having used them all up. 9
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kshama2001 wrote: »Kate_therapist1 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »Looks like this on desktop. (No clue about mobile.)
I see... I'm on mobile...maybe that why... nevermind, I just wanted to prove that this porridge is really 37,and all the food from diet chef is really small... anyway.. I feel even worse now.... thought I'm doing good,but obviously not...
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...0 -
Kate_therapist1 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »Kate_therapist1 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »Looks like this on desktop. (No clue about mobile.)
I see... I'm on mobile...maybe that why... nevermind, I just wanted to prove that this porridge is really 37,and all the food from diet chef is really small... anyway.. I feel even worse now.... thought I'm doing good,but obviously not...
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...
It's still only been one week.4 -
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TavistockToad wrote: »Kate_therapist1 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »Kate_therapist1 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »Looks like this on desktop. (No clue about mobile.)
I see... I'm on mobile...maybe that why... nevermind, I just wanted to prove that this porridge is really 37,and all the food from diet chef is really small... anyway.. I feel even worse now.... thought I'm doing good,but obviously not...
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...
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...0 -
If you are 300 lbs I’m estimating you have around 150 lbs to lose. This will be at least a 2-3 year project. I doubt you’ll want to pay for 36 months of pre-packaged meals. I know this is probably not what you want to hear, but try to start looking at it that way so your expectations are more realistic and you stay motivated and not get discouraged.
Once you get through your initial food boxes, I’d strongly advise to use the MFP setup, select 2 lbs a week to lose and get a realistic daily calorie allowance. It should be higher than 1200 calories at your weight. Eat whatever you like - just weigh and log it all. Try to increase your activity for a few extra calories.
The trick is to learn new habits that you can take into maintenance. I’m afraid what you are trying to do now is setting you up for failure.
ok, I'll do it... 1200 will be fine, just ill have to learn on scale, hope is not that big deal... I'm ready to do it!5 -
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....0
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Kate_therapist1 wrote: »If you are 300 lbs I’m estimating you have around 150 lbs to lose. This will be at least a 2-3 year project. I doubt you’ll want to pay for 36 months of pre-packaged meals. I know this is probably not what you want to hear, but try to start looking at it that way so your expectations are more realistic and you stay motivated and not get discouraged.
Once you get through your initial food boxes, I’d strongly advise to use the MFP setup, select 2 lbs a week to lose and get a realistic daily calorie allowance. It should be higher than 1200 calories at your weight. Eat whatever you like - just weigh and log it all. Try to increase your activity for a few extra calories.
The trick is to learn new habits that you can take into maintenance. I’m afraid what you are trying to do now is setting you up for failure.
ok, I'll do it... 1200 will be fine, just ill have to learn on scale, hope is not that big deal... I'm ready to do it!
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.7 -
Kate_therapist1 wrote: »
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?
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sytchequeen wrote: »Kate_therapist1 wrote: »
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?
trying for baby, but not ☹️7 -
TavistockToad wrote: »Kate_therapist1 wrote: »If you are 300 lbs I’m estimating you have around 150 lbs to lose. This will be at least a 2-3 year project. I doubt you’ll want to pay for 36 months of pre-packaged meals. I know this is probably not what you want to hear, but try to start looking at it that way so your expectations are more realistic and you stay motivated and not get discouraged.
Once you get through your initial food boxes, I’d strongly advise to use the MFP setup, select 2 lbs a week to lose and get a realistic daily calorie allowance. It should be higher than 1200 calories at your weight. Eat whatever you like - just weigh and log it all. Try to increase your activity for a few extra calories.
The trick is to learn new habits that you can take into maintenance. I’m afraid what you are trying to do now is setting you up for failure.
ok, I'll do it... 1200 will be fine, just ill have to learn on scale, hope is not that big deal... I'm ready to do it!
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??0
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