Not losing weight - help!!

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  • DomesticKat
    DomesticKat Posts: 565 Member
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    You say you started two months ago but recommitted two weeks ago? So how long have you actually been consistently and accurately tracking everything? Two weeks? You also say you amped up your workouts. That can cause temporary water retention and mask fat loss from showing up on the scale. Have more patience and keep going. Weight loss isn't going to be linear so you need to commit to this for the long haul and make sure all of your logging is on point from here on out so you can fall back on that for reassurance for the weeks when you don't see a loss. No matter what there will be times when you don't lose weight every week. It's just the way this works for everyone.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,442 Member
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    Read this article, OP. It will save you tons of headache.

    http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/
  • DomesticKat
    DomesticKat Posts: 565 Member
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    TaviaLane wrote: »
    Not sure if it has been said/asked yet, but are you logging your exercise and eating back the extra calories?
    If you are, dont! Myfitnesspal is notorious for overestimating calories burned. If you had a really good workout then sure have a small extra snack if needed. but don't use up all the calories you earned through exercise because you may be eating more than you burned in your workout.

    Other than that, I definitely agree with everyone else that you need to be super accurate with your tracking. Use a food scale to weigh everything, at least for a couple weeks to see if there's something you're missing. It only takes a couple "small" mistakes a day to bring you up to maintenance calories.

    If you're positive that you are accurately tracking but not losing weight then you may want to see a doctor.

    This is not how MFP works. MFP uses the NEAT method, which means you're supposed to log your exercise and eat back what you burn from it. If you select weightloss as your goal when setting up your profile, then the deficit necessary to lose weight is already built into your calorie goal and that excludes any extra calories you burn from exercise. Just because MFP over-estimates calorie burn, it doesn't mean the calories from exercise shouldn't be accounted for. Collect your own weight loss data over-time and adjust accordingly to your true calorie burn from exercise after monitoring your weight loss for 4-6 weeks. Trying to create an even larger deficit by not eating back your exercise calories isn't a wise idea. Start by eating back 50-75% of your calorie burn from exercise and adjust from there.

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