HELP

TexasChic1998

Can anyone tell me why I am not losing weight. I am gaining weight. Feel free to look at my food journal.

quiksylver296

Your food journal isn't public.

More info is needed. Age/height/starting weight/current weight/how long have you been trying to lose weight...

Read this thread, OP,

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1

And this one,

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1

And this awesome article

http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/


If those don't answer your questions, let us know.

Panini911

The issue is often that people are eating more than they think they are.

Please read all the above threads. get a food scale, use it for anything that is not liquid (and log liquid in measuring spoons/cups)

diannethegeek

If you're willing to set your diary to public (Settings > Diary Settings > Public) then we can take a look. You have a lot of different threads going right now with a lot of different information in each of them. Setting your food diary to public, even if it's only for a little while, might help us all get a better picture of what's going on so we can offer better advice.

These would be my very generic suggestions without a lot of info, though:

1. If it's been less than 3 weeks or so, don't sweat it! Normal fluctuations happen and unfortunately sometimes we stall for a week or two even when we're doing everything right. Give your body some time to catch up with the changes you're making.

2. If you aren't already, be sure that you're logging everything. Sometimes people forget about things like veggies, drinks, cooking oils, and condiments. For some people these can add up to enough to halt your weight loss progress.

3. Consider buying a food scale if you don't already have one and use it for everything. Everything. For a couple of weeks to see what kind of discrepancies you're running into. They're about $10-$20 dollars in the US and easily found at places like Amazon, Target, and Walmart. Measuring cups and spoons are great, but they do come with some degree of inaccuracy. A food scale will be more accurate, and for some people it makes a big difference.

4. Logging accurately also means choosing accurate entries in the database. There are a lot of user-entered entries that are off. Double-check that you're using good entries and/or using the recipe builder instead of someone else's homemade entries. Don't trust the barcode scanner or restaurant entries 100%.

5. Recalculate your goals if you haven't lately. As you lose weight your body requires fewer calories to run. Be sure you update your goals every ten pounds or so.

6. If you're eating back your exercise calories and you're relying on gym machine readouts or MFP's estimates, it might be best to eat back just 50-75% of those. Certain activities tend to be overestimated. If you're using an HRM or activity tracker, it might be a good idea to look into their accuracy and be sure that yours is calibrated properly.

7. If you're taking any cheat days that go over your calorie limits, it might be best to cut them out for a few weeks and see what happens. Some people go way over their calorie needs without realizing it when they don't track.

8. If you weigh yourself frequently, consider using a program like trendweight to even out the fluctuations. You could be losing weight but just don't see it because of the daily ups and downs.

9. Some people just burn fewer calories than the calculators predict. If you continue to have problems after 4-6 weeks, then it might be worth a trip to the doctor or a registered dietitian who can give you more specific advice.