Why is it not working

babyfashion1973

Been eating healthy for a couple of weeks now. Cereal in the nothing, mixed salad at lunch with a bit of ham and an egg in it, chicken or pork stir-fry in the evening with minimal oil. Only snack on fruit or low fat chrisps (chips if you are not from UK). Drinks are all diet and there is no cheating. Don't seem to be loosing anything. Before I was eating pizza, cake, chocolate bars, ice-cream, anything and was maintaining weight. Why is the healthy eating not working? Don't do a lot of exercise due to health issues but a bit of walking every day. I bought smaller plate for smaller portion. Husband is eating the same and the weight is dropping off him. Not fair.

VioletRojo

Because weight loss isn't about "eating healthy", it's about eating fewer calories than you use. Are you weighing your food? All of it?

How many calories are you eating? How tall are you? How much do you weigh and what is your goal weight? How old are you?

Panini911

can you quantify "doesn't seem to be loosing anything"? have you weighted yourself? what does the scale say exactly? or measurements?

two weeks is early days. it took time for the weight to go on, it will take time to take off.

lastly - yes it's best to quantify what you are eating not just "eat healthy". lots of healthy foods are high calorie. get a food scale, log your food.

here is a great thread with tips: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1

mduarte79

I've always struggled with my weight. The only diet that had worked for me in the past was low carb diet. Recently after a few weeks i would plateau. It wasn't until i started logging my food that i realized how many calories i was consuming and that was probably why it wasn't working. I started doing low carb and staying under 1200 calories and lost 15 pounds in 2 1/2 weeks. I started at 222.1 pounds and im 206.6 so if your smaller then the weight will come off slower but this worked for me.

MichelleSilverleaf

mduarte79 wrote: »

I've always struggled with my weight. The only diet that had worked for me in the past was low carb diet. Recently after a few weeks i would plateau. It wasn't until i started logging my food that i realized how many calories i was consuming and that was probably why it wasn't working. I started doing low carb and staying under 1200 calories and lost 15 pounds in 2 1/2 weeks. I started at 222.1 pounds and im 206.6 so if your smaller then the weight will come off slower but this worked for me.

You're not supposed to go under 1200cal, and 15lbs in 2 1/2 weeks isn't healthy.

AnnPT77

I've been vegetarian for 45 years, and a pretty healthy eater (veggies, whole grains, etc.). I got fat that way, then obese, and stayed obese for several decades. In the later stages, I became very athletically active on top of the reasonably healthy eating, training most days of the week, and competing. I got pretty fit. But I stayed obese for another decade.

At 59-60, without really changing what I eat, I lost from obese to a healthy weight, and have stayed at at healthy weight for 3 years since. It was all about consuming the right number of calories.

One thing that can be a challenge for women with a male partner (who is often taller besides) is that they can eat more calories than we can, typically. It seems unfair of the universe, but there's no arguing with facts.

Losing weight is all about eating the necessary number of calories. Eating nutritiously is important for health, energy level, and more, but calories control weight.

babyfashion1973

Ok sobmy daily food intake is very similar day to day and has been for 2 weeks except one day this week I ran out of salad and had pasta but a typical day is
Breakfast - cereal with skimmed milk 381 calories
Lunch - salad with 2 slices of haþ and an egg 446 calories. The salad is a shop portion so just scan the barcode and Indid not have all of the lettuce cause it did not fit into my lunch container.
Evening meal. Ready portion stir fry 432 calories
Snack -low fat crisps and small piece of 70% Chocolate. 143 calories

If my maths is right it comes to 1402 calories.

Was 106 kg when weight at hospital 2 weeks ago. This included clothes but not shoes. Was 105.8 at home this morning with no clothes. Would expect some loss even if it's just a kg a week but nothing. I am notbcheating that's why I don't get what's happening.

dannyw1uk

Like most people here say, weigh the food, enter it in the MFP app and you'll see what you're consuming calorie wise.
Your husband may be losing it because he's eating less than his 'maintain' calorie limit, you may well be over that given you're not the same person and have a different metabolic rate but you won't know until you track it consistently for a few weeks.

Its not what you eat but the calorie intake (and usage) you accrue. You can lose weight eating nothing but pizza as a few people have proved but that's not something anyone would really recommend.

Don't be too down on yourself though. 2 weeks is NOT a long time to see any results at all. Once you get your calorie intake right and consistent over a period of a months not weeks then you WILL see results.

And great effort by the way! The hardest part for me was starting in the first place!! Walking is a terrific low impact way to exercise and you can build from there.

Track your intake using the app
Be consistent
Don't be down on yourself when it doesn't fall off right way
You can do this!!! :-)

Thormodo

Apart from all the tips given, how are you sure your measurements are accurate?

You weighted yourself on two different scales. There's no way to know how accurate your home scale is compared to the one at the hospital. Also perhaps you weighed yourself at different times, which can also easily be a kg difference.
For most accurate measurements weigh yourself in the morning (after going to the bathroom) and use the same scale every time. Also keep in mind your weight will vary day to day. For example if you ate salty the day before, you'll most likely weigh more, due to water retention, same if you worked out et cetera.

Panini911

sounds like you are "winging it" and it's not working. sometimes that works for some people at least at first, but since you are saying it isn't - it is time to do it more formally and get some good data points and accurate calculations:

1 - put your stats in MFP. input a resaonable rate of loss. aim for the calorie it gives you on average each day (PLUS exercise calories)

2- get a food scale. weigh all foods, log carefully all those foods (lots of bad entries).
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1