been MFP for over a year- no loss- open to suggestions
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Get a food scale.
Use it regularly.
Log everything.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/872212-you-re-probably-eating-more-than-you-think
This. And as much as people want your diary open - close it and then be brutally honest with yourself. Every day - every meal - every snack - every spoon of whatever that you eat - weigh it and log it.0 -
This! OP read this and keep it simple!it's simple math: If you burn more calories then what you eat, you're going to lose weight.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819925-the-basics-don-t-complicate-it0 -
Get a food scale.
Use it regularly.
Log everything.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/872212-you-re-probably-eating-more-than-you-think
This. And as much as people want your diary open - close it and then be brutally honest with yourself. Every day - every meal - every snack - every spoon of whatever that you eat - weigh it and log it.
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Close it, open it, lie, or don't lie, but the only person you cheat is yourself. Get serious and brutally honest with yourself.0 -
Sometimes you can eat all the right food in the world and count your calories but you might be Insulin Resistant. I've had to add an Insulin Resistance diet on top of my 1200-calorie-a-day diet to really begin losing weight. Look into getting the book, it really can help you if you having problems with sugar and heavy grains.0
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Get a food scale.
Use it regularly.
Log everything.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/872212-you-re-probably-eating-more-than-you-think
This. And as much as people want your diary open - close it and then be brutally honest with yourself. Every day - every meal - every snack - every spoon of whatever that you eat - weigh it and log it.
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Close it, open it, lie, or don't lie, but the only person you cheat is yourself. Get serious and brutally honest with yourself.
Another vote for this.
Sodium will cause water retention, but it will not inhibit fat loss.0 -
You are too high in carbs (processed foods) and far too low in fat on most days that i looked at (healthy fat, ya certainly don't need more canola and soy).
But if you buy into that our bodies have zero complexity and it's ONLY calories in/calories out, then you must be doing something wrong.0 -
It's not that you need to eat less, some days you were at a deficit! I think you need to make healthier choices, I saw a lot of ice cream and cookies (don't feel bad we've all been there) but those type of foods are all empty calories and not conducive to weight loss. Yes, a treat now and then is ok, but I think you might being going a tad overboard. Try cutting out all those processed foods for a month and you will be AMAZED at the difference in how you feel. No judgements I have a hard time in that department myself! Also, try maintaining a steady amount of calories, cutting back isn't always the solution especially if you're eating reallyhealthy foods in place of junk!0
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I have read it over and over but still I will say it again....WEIGH your food, LOG EVERYTHING, eat a more CONSISTENT calorie intake, STOP eating so much pre-packaged and processed food as it is terrible for you, and be 100% HONEST with yourself.
I have also learned that I can not rely on all the calorie counts I find here on MFP. I believe this is because a lot of it is put in by
individuals incorrectly. Go to restaurant websites for more accurate eating out logs and if they don't have nutritional facts listed
go to a similar restaurant site and use theirs if you know the portions to be similar. I have to do this for local faves that don't offer nutritional facts and it seems to work well (you can count on restaurant food to be higher in calories than home cooked for sure). Input your own recipes for more accurate home cooked logs, and when in doubt go to the USDA website to learn the best way to accurately figure out what your chicken, pork steak, or beef roast should be logged at for the exact size serving you are having. It's all extra work, yes, but it works and I am living proof of that.
I also leave my menu open because it works to help keep me more honest with myself but this is an individual thing so do what you know works for you. And lastly my biggest suggestion is that you stop trying to diet and instead CHANGE YOUR ENTIRE EATING LIFESTYLE. This is what works for weight loss, long term maintenance of a good weight, and a healthy, long, life. Don't deep fry, pan fry in a TSP of olive or peanut oil instead with a little flour instead of a batter. Eat more veggies and steam them for the best taste and nutrition using fresh or frozen for the very best benefits. Use low fat (light just means fake sweetener) dressings. For snacks have fresh fruits and 100 calorie snack packs (1 only) when you want a cookie. Want your ice cream? Go out for it and have 1 scoop in a cup. You WILL eat less, have a proper serving size, and forgo those extras like sprinkles and syrups and cones when you do this. Being healthy is the ONLY way to loose AND maintain. It also makes you feel so much better and can lead to a much longer and happier life for you and anyone living with you as they will benefit from your changing the kitchen around to be a more healthy atmosphere too! :happy:0 -
Drop the sweets (cookies, ice cream, hersheys bars) even if you stay in your calorie range for the day. They are taking up vital calorie space that should be filled with nutrient rich whole foods. Once you get closer to your goal you can re-introduce the treats as a reward for making progress - but try to keep it to only one or two times per week.0
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I've been logging food and within cal range(mostly) for over a year and no loss. Exercise 30 min/day 4 times a week and still, no loss. Low (not no) carb, no loss. Went to the Dr.- no thyroid prob, no prob at all... anyone??? Understandably, I am pretty frustrated gaining, losing and never getting under my start weight of 190 2 years ago!! Open to suggestions.
1) "mostly"--If you are over enough, and often enough that can mess with your progress.
2) get a scale and measuring cups to ensure proper measuring. rely on your own measurements not those pre-entered by others
3) "net cals"--click on "my home" then look at your green bar to the right you will see "net cals" this represents what your body is actually operating on once your pre-entered stats have been entered and it has added all your foods you ate and then subtracted all your exercise cals you burned. Google "net calories" if this explanation does not make sense. Keep reading explanations until it makes sense to you why you should be eating back all your exercise calories to get that "net cal" number to match closely your cal goal.
4) "cal goal" I looked back a couple days and was unclear what your cal goal is. That's okay, it's not MY cal goal it's yours. You should know what your cal goal is and why as per YOUR specific activitly levels age and whatnot. Many many online resources exist to help you find a good one.
I would look at all of the above and nail them before venturing into the confusing and often unnecessary and sometimes even unfruitful world of tinkering with diet specifically, or cutting all of this food or all of that food, or following this or that eating to the letter of the law diet plan. Those are usually just artifiically constructed ways to achieve the simple goal of eating at a deficit. I hope this makes sense. No one who's Dr. has cleared them as having no medical problem in their way of weight loss should have to be frustrated after a year. Not even after a season. Good luck, get detailed, get going, get skinny, you can do it! :flowerforyou: :drinker:0 -
Get a food scale.
Use it regularly.
Log everything.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/872212-you-re-probably-eating-more-than-you-think
This. And as much as people want your diary open - close it and then be brutally honest with yourself. Every day - every meal - every snack - every spoon of whatever that you eat - weigh it and log it.
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Close it, open it, lie, or don't lie, but the only person you cheat is yourself. Get serious and brutally honest with yourself.
I read this the other day: Your body keeps an accurate record of your food and exercise, regardless of what you write down.0 -
weigh your food, stop being fat.0
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Get a food scale.
Use it regularly.
Log everything.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/872212-you-re-probably-eating-more-than-you-think
This. And as much as people want your diary open - close it and then be brutally honest with yourself. Every day - every meal - every snack - every spoon of whatever that you eat - weigh it and log it.
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Close it, open it, lie, or don't lie, but the only person you cheat is yourself. Get serious and brutally honest with yourself.
Another vote for this.
Sodium will cause water retention, but it will not inhibit fat loss.
I concur. It has to be honest. Open AND honest = accountability. Its easier to lie to yourself than to your diary and even harder to anyone you think might read it. I find an open diary to be seldom humiliating but ALWAYS motivating.0 -
Get a food scale.
Use it regularly.
Log everything.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/872212-you-re-probably-eating-more-than-you-think
^^^ This0 -
I'm no expert, but I think the first thing most people are going to say is open your diary so they can make suggestions.
Exactly! Its not possible to log accurately, exercise and be at a calorie deficit for a year (when there are no health issues) and not lose. You are either eating more than you think (i.e. not weighing correctly) or overestimating exercise calories, etc. Good luck but you really should re-evaluate your plan.0 -
May I ask how old you are, and how much you're trying to lose? (I'm assuming you're female, and not super tall, but it's hard to gauge where you'd like to be.)0
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I was I same position. I was under my allowance everyday Then realized I was actually eating to little and my body had gone into starvation mode get as close to to your allowable calories each day and the results will surprise you0
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I agree with pretty much everyone else - there are 2 things that must be happening...
1. You're underestimating the portion size and consuming more calories than you think
2. You're actually not eating enough and your body is in storage mode.
I would weigh and measure out all of your portions and see if that helps first. If after two weeks, you still see no difference, I would try adding 100-200 calories to see if that is the problem. I know how frustrating it can be to think you are doing good, and have nothing to show for it on the scale. (That makes me think, now that I've said that....have you lost any inches?? You know, muscle weighs more than fat.)0 -
You maybe like my wife.
She had to increase her calories to lose weight.
I know it may sound crazy but I seen it work for myself.
Have you yo yo dieted before?
I read a research about a lady that did the starving thing to lose weight effected her ability to lose weight proper way.
Just things to check on.0 -
I read this the other day: Your body keeps an accurate record of your food and exercise, regardless of what you write down.
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I love this quote...I will have to steal this and keep as a reminder!!0 -
One thing I noticed in a quick look at your exercise diary is that you overestimate calorie burn due to walking. Walking for an hour will not burn 500 calories. I might start with cutting that in half. In general, I'd lean away from logging such exercise with calories much at all. On first glance, seems that just because the log says you should be losing, you have likely not been accurate with the logging. I hate to add to the chorus of folks saying it's a logging error, but I imagine you need a push to take a hard look at the accuracy of your logging. Be honest, specific, measure exactly. If that doesn't work, then we can look at what exactly you're eating too. Feel free to friend, I'd love to see how you're doing over time.0
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I'd cut out the simple sugars. Your fluctuating blood sugar levels are likely interfering with "it's just math" algorithm for losing! I could be eating 1200 cals every day and actually gain weight if the calories aren't well spaced and well-used. Simple sugars kill any chance of me losing weight regardless of total count for the day. I do eat fruit (fructose sugar) but when I need to cut for losing I do my best to avoid junk sugar. It makes a world of difference.
Good thing fruits only have fructose and no other kind of sugar in them.
To the OP, as others have already said, weigh your food and track accurately0 -
Alot of broscientists are coming out of the woodwork in this thread.0
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Lots of other info here ahead of mine, but I will add this :
1 lb. = 3500 cals, so to lose 2 lb/week,
you should eat 500 fewer cals per day than you are now - 7 days/wk X 500cals/day = 3500
AND burn 500 cals per day -7 X 500= 3500
OR just do half of each of those 2 above if you can't say, burn 500 cals a day, make it 250/day. Good luck!!0 -
Alot of broscientists are coming out of the woodwork in this thread.
I think they may feel invited in by the original post looking far and wide for answers.0 -
I read this the other day: Your body keeps an accurate record of your food and exercise, regardless of what you write down.
I love this quote...I will have to steal this and keep as a reminder!!
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put it on your wall, here you go
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Alot of broscientists are coming out of the woodwork in this thread.
Yeah, there's no point in even trying to correct any of it.0 -
1-Eat more veggies.
2-Be totally honest and log EVERYTHING! Its depressing when you do sometimes but that in itself is a good medicine.
3-Be sure to drink plenty of water. The more you workout, the more water you sweat out. Drink, drink, drink!
4-Be aware of a possible plateau. If you do the same workout day in and day out your body will adjust in about 30 days and the net benefits of that exercise decrease over time, regardless of what the machine readout says.
5-Step up the intensity. If you feel "comfortable" in your exercise it's time to push it up a notch!
Keep trucking and you'll work it out!0 -
meh, i looked at your food diary. i could come up with some suggestions (like eat less sodium and calorie dense, but ...)
BUT...
sorry, but imo you're not exercising. your exercise diary is full of walking 2-3 mph/dog walk for like, 20 mins. if you consider that exercise, then i would bet you are sedentary otherwise. which means that logging a paltry few mins of slow walking ain't gonna get you anywhere.
get it moving! lift up heavy stuff and put it down! break a sweat! get your heartrate up over 140 and keep it there, etc etc.0 -
What helped my husband is to quit eating at night. I know it sounds ridiculous but it's just when his metabolism slows to a crawl. Also, do you know what blts are? (Bites, licks, tastes) if you have kids, huge huge problem! Gotta drink that water, I've been told that dead fat cells are actually urinated out! So it serves two purposes when you're trying to lose weight chemical changes require water. I'm a horrible logger, I give you props for being much better than I am!
Did I just read what I thought I read?0
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