Eating 1350 calories a day and exercise but not losing weight!! Need some advise please :-)

kami3006

I agree with giving it a couple more weeks.

You could open your diary so we can see if there's some oversight you're making.

longblondie2004

I just put in my stats on fitness pal. LOL. According to MFP, I need to eat 1500 calories and the macros are totally different from what I was doing 50% carb, 30% Fat, 20% protein. The fat is fine but I was doing more protein and less carbs. I actually was doing 25% fat, 35% carb, and 40% protein

longblondie2004

Ok...how would I open my dairy?

kami3006

longblondie2004 wrote: »

Ok...how would I open my dairy?

Go to Settings > Diary Settings > then scroll down to Diary Sharing and opt for Public.

longblondie2004

Thank you...Ok. Let me know if you can see it :-)

collectingblues

longblondie2004 wrote: »

I just put in my stats on fitness pal. LOL. According to MFP, I need to eat 1500 calories and the macros are totally different from what I was doing 50% carb, 30% Fat, 20% protein. The fat is fine but I was doing more protein and less carbs. I actually was doing 25% fat, 35% carb, and 40% protein

You can modify the macro splits to what you want to do. The 50/30/20 is the default.

collectingblues

longblondie2004 wrote: »

Thank you...Ok. Let me know if you can see it :-)

The first thing I see... Are you weighing *all* of your food? Looks like a number of things with tablespoons, or half of something (like a banana), and perfectly even ounce measurements.

If you're not, I'd start there. Peanut butter in particular can be tricky *and* calorie dense.

longblondie2004

Yes, I'm weighing it. I weight every receipt and then split according to servings. Now, we know that it's not 100% accurate but I'm doing the very best I can. A medium banana is not exactly the same for all banana's but I do the best I can. Probably as good as most, but I'm not trying to body build. I just follow it as accurate as possible and I don't do BLTs. (bite, licks, and tastes) It really shouldn't be this complicated to lose a few frigin pounds.

longblondie2004

I'm actually follow "Trainer Lindsey" who is wonderful at teaching how to weigh food. She is a body builder and just got down to 10% fat. I'm using her receipts too and they are wonderful. Along with the ideal lean protein powder now...I was using six star protein.

collectingblues

longblondie2004 wrote: »

Yes, I'm weighing it. I weight every receipt and then split according to servings. Now, we know that it's not 100% accurate but I'm doing the very best I can. A medium banana is not exactly the same for all banana's but I do the best I can.

Can you explain what you mean by this?

Are you weighing *everything* when you put it on a plate or a bowl to eat it? Not just weighing when you buy a new thing, and entering one serving. You've got lots of tablespoon entries, which tells me that you're not weighing those things... and they're things that are super calorie dense.

MichelleSilverleaf

Losing so little is going to be slow though, no matter how perfect or close to perfect you manage to get. There's just so little fat left. If you're noticing measurement changes on your body then you are clearly losing something even if the scale isn't reflecting it. It's not complicated, it's slow. Just how it works unfortunately.

kami3006

MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »

Losing so little is going to be slow though, no matter how perfect or close to perfect you manage to get. There's just so little fat left. If you're noticing measurement changes on your body then you are clearly losing something even if the scale isn't reflecting it. It's not complicated, it's slow. Just how it works unfortunately.

^ yep.

I know you're weighing but am unclear on how you're doing it and your diary doesn't reflect it. Linking this here since it's a great demo:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1

longblondie2004

I put my food on a food scale or I use the tools for tablespoon and not a regular spoon. I using measuring cups, etc. I have over 20% body fat...I have plenty of fat to lose. LOL

collectingblues

longblondie2004 wrote: »

I put my food on a food scale or I use the tools for tablespoon and not a regular spoon. I using measuring cups, etc. I have over 20% body fat...I have plenty of fat to lose. LOL

Ah. OK. Yup -- time to ditch the tablespoons and measuring cups. Weigh EVERYTHING.

longblondie2004

And, yes, I'm weighing everything. LOL. Even my salad mix I put in a cup. I know crazy and I have lots of fat. Only people body building usually get this specific

collectingblues

longblondie2004 wrote: »

And, yes, I'm weighing everything. LOL. Even my salad mix I put in a cup. I know crazy and I have lots of fat. Only people body building usually get this specific

But using a cup isn't the same as weighing it. And I think that's where you're getting calories you aren't tracking.

Body builders aren't the only ones who weigh their food. Anyone who wants to be sure they're in a deficit do.

I know that you think this is adequate -- and if you were seeing results, it might have been. But you're not losing, so it's time to strive for the best accuracy that you can. And that's WEIGHING everything -- not using measuring cups, tablespoons, and "half" portions.

kami3006

longblondie2004 wrote: »

And, yes, I'm weighing everything. LOL. Even my salad mix I put in a cup. I know crazy and I have lots of fat. Only people body building usually get this specific

No, people who calorie count are frequently this specific because it can make all the difference. Measuring and weighing are not the same, and if you check out the video I linked above, you'll see why.

That said, you don't have to weigh everything forever but you should do it for at least a few weeks to see what you're really eating and what portions really look like.

kami3006

Just to add, it's really the simplest thing that can be wrong when someone isn't losing and is by far one of the easiest to fix.

longblondie2004

Ok. Thank you all so much for looking at things. I will work harder to weigh on my food scale.

abbasrizvi918

I guess your body is storing water to accumulate for the fat loss. With around 900kcals deficit you would be loosing around 2 lb per week. So basically your body is storing 2 lb of water per week additionally.
After one or two more weeks, the body would stop water retention as there is more than enough accumulated water and the scale would start to go down
Don't consider water weight light ok. I started creating around two weeks ago and right now my weight is 176lb, took creating at 169 lb. See water weight is the real *kitten*