Frustrated About Weight Loss

kommodevaran

evangarciakarlo wrote: »

CICO why it does not work all the time if you create a 500 calorie deficit.

You are asking the wrong question. You should ask - how can I make sure I'm actually in a calorie deficit, how long do I need to be in a calorie deficit to see a drop on the scale.

CSARdiver

evangarciakarlo wrote: »

CICO why it does not work all the time if you create a 500 calorie deficit.

CICO works all the time.

Here's what's actually happening:

1. You didn't create a 500 calorie deficit.
2. Fat loss occurred, but was masked by water retention, glycogen retention, etc.


What time frame are we talking about here?

MichelleSilverleaf

evangarciakarlo wrote: »

CICO why it does not work all the time if you create a 500 calorie deficit.

Like others said it does work. Are you using a food scale to help you? If not, get one. It'll help you be more precise.

kimny72

How long have you been tracking, and how much have you lost so far?
What is your height and weight?
How do you measure out your portions?

kshama2001

There are mistakes that people commonly make that cause them to not lose weight that we might be able to spot if you change your Diary Sharing settings to Public: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings

Maxematics

CSARdiver wrote: »

evangarciakarlo wrote: »

CICO why it does not work all the time if you create a 500 calorie deficit.

CICO works all the time.

Here's what's actually happening:

1. You didn't create a 500 calorie deficit.
2. Fat loss occurred, but was masked by water retention, glycogen retention, etc.


What time frame are we talking about here?

I noticed the OP's name right away. They made a post on June 28th saying they didn't know if they could do the whole "weight loss" thing and they were losing patience. When asked how long he had been at it with no results, he did not answer the question. Another thread was made on July 9th about the OP not being able to handle daily fluctuations in weight even though they know losing weight every day is unrealistic. Now there is this thread, all in a grand total of two weeks. I'm not sure how accurate the OP has been logging, but I do know they're not giving it enough time.

garystrickland357

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Easier said than done!!! Change is really hard[/quote]

Yes, change is hard. I can empathize with your frustration. That said, you have to decide if you genuinely want to lose the weight - and I say that in the kindest and most supportive way. You have to CHOOSE to do the work. Weigh the food. Stop when you have reached your calorie goal. Adjust the plan to maintain a deficit. Your mind will throw a temper tantrum (I suspect that’s the reason for the post). Your mind wants the easy path that caused you to be heavier than you want to be. Just think of the reasons why you want to change and do the work. Success is possible. Success will come. Change isn’t hard forever.

PAV8888

People ask you questions for a reason.

Age, height, gender, current weight, goal weight.

Starting weight, how long have you been trying to lose weight, how much weight have you lost.

Do you weigh daily, once a week, some other variation including smart ones such as using a trending weight app, or dumb ones such as using multiple scales or weighing yourself several times on the same day.

I can tell you right now that your expectations are "off".

Why am I saying that? Because you are showing a huge deficit.

So I am willing to bet that you are losing weight but not seeing the size of loss you were "expecting by virtue of your hard work".

And this desire and expectation of FAST loss is what is killing you.

By making you engage in counter-productively large deficits, making life WAY more miserable than it has to be, and leaving your unhappy with reasonable progress.

DoubleUbea

evangarciakarlo wrote: »

Eating 2590 calories , Lightly active , male

That seems like a lot, I think it should be closer to 2,000.

Make sure you weigh and log.... EVERYTHING.

Nony_Mouse

evangarciakarlo wrote: »

manderson27 wrote: »

It can be frustrating as a lot of things can effect weight loss on a daily or even hourly basis but if you are weighing and measuring your food correctly and eating to the calorie goal MFP has given you it will come off.

Patience and consistancy is key. Also give yourself realistic goals. You haven't given much information on your stats or what you are hoping for so it is difficult to help in any meaningful way.

Check your logging and keep going. Good luck.

Eating 2590 calories , Lightly active , male

You're not eating that many calories though according to your diary. Not even close most days. So either your logging is massively off, or there's something else going on. We really need you to answer the questions asked by Pav and others in order to help you.

You've only been at this for just shy of three weeks, so I expect at least some of this is impatience and/or unrealistic expectations.

stephd7873

Losing weight is difficult but just keep pushing you’ll get there!

malibu927

DoubleUbea wrote: »

evangarciakarlo wrote: »

Eating 2590 calories , Lightly active , male

That seems like a lot, I think it should be closer to 2,000.

Make sure you weigh and log.... EVERYTHING.

Without knowing the OP's stats you can't say that's too much for him

nutmegoreo

DoubleUbea wrote: »

evangarciakarlo wrote: »

Eating 2590 calories , Lightly active , male

That seems like a lot, I think it should be closer to 2,000.

Make sure you weigh and log.... EVERYTHING.

If he's 300lbs and/or 6 feet tall, it may be just right. We don't have enough information.

errollmaclean

evangarciakarlo wrote: »

This weight loss is more frustrating than it should be. Eat x amount to lose y amount but still not working for me.

Put X amount on a digital food scale, to make sure you're actually eating X amount, THEN lose Y.

emmamcgarity

How long since you started measuring your calorie intake? Have you lost any weight yet?