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Weight loss

mroque10
mroque10 Posts: 2 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I’m a very busy mom. No time to meal prep. What has worked for others that easy and helped them lose weight. I’ve been eating about 1300 calories a day with sometimes eating 200 over but I feel like I’m not losing weight. And suggestion are appreciated.

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  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    Have you set your profile in MFP to get a calorie target? How did you arrive at 1300? Do you use a food scale and log consistently? Are you checking your database entries to see if they're correct? If you exercise, are you overestimating your calorie burns?
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,158 Member
    You feel like you're not losing weight or you aren't losing weight? Might just be your patience/expectations.

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  • Panini911
    Panini911 Posts: 2,325 Member
    mroque10 wrote: »
    I’m a very busy mom. No time to meal prep. What has worked for others that easy and helped them lose weight. I’ve been eating about 1300 calories a day with sometimes eating 200 over but I feel like I’m not losing weight. And suggestion are appreciated.

    are you using a food scale and logging everything? is 1300 what MFP said to lose 1/lb a week?
    how long have you been eating 1300 calories?
    have you weighted yourself at all to confirm? I mean it takes a number of pounds before I "feel" I've lost anything (like 10+) and that takes months to achieve.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    mroque10 wrote: »
    I’m a very busy mom. No time to meal prep. What has worked for others that easy and helped them lose weight. I’ve been eating about 1300 calories a day with sometimes eating 200 over but I feel like I’m not losing weight. And suggestion are appreciated.

    feel like you're not or have weighed yourself and you're not?
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