No matter what I do. The weight is not coming off.
lope
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I’ve been watching my weight my entire life. Ten yrs ago I lost 45lbs w the 6wbmo. It was exciting. With the hard work.
I’ve gain that all back due to stress in losing both my brothers and both my parents. After I lost the weight the docs took my gallbladder out.
The past two years I have logged my food (1400 calories daily, less than 1400mg sodium) worked out 5 days a week for least an hr a day. For sure got the sweat on. I’m not losing weight. Nor are my clothes getting any more loose. I’ve had my thyroid checked. Nothing. I am so exhausted from trying. My doc is upset cause my not losing. REALLY? Help me here dude. Somethings not working right. So this calories in calories out is for the birds. So frustrated!!! 🙁
I’ve gain that all back due to stress in losing both my brothers and both my parents. After I lost the weight the docs took my gallbladder out.
The past two years I have logged my food (1400 calories daily, less than 1400mg sodium) worked out 5 days a week for least an hr a day. For sure got the sweat on. I’m not losing weight. Nor are my clothes getting any more loose. I’ve had my thyroid checked. Nothing. I am so exhausted from trying. My doc is upset cause my not losing. REALLY? Help me here dude. Somethings not working right. So this calories in calories out is for the birds. So frustrated!!! 🙁
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Are you weighing your food? EVERY bit of it? If not, I'd say you're eating more than you think.5
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Make sure to get enough sleep.1
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So sorry to hear of all you've been through! Seems like you're doing everything right. So frustrating for sure! What workouts are you doing, and approximately how much do you usually burn?0
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quiksylver296 wrote: »
Please read this link!2 -
I went thru not losing weight for awhile. I was on 1200 calories and exercised 4 days a week. I increased workout days to 5 and made sure I kept a 500 calorie deficit. I increased protein and cut out starches. So now I'm back on track. We all hit plateaus and just had to adjust until we see a change. It does not happen quickly. So dont get frustrated. Set small goals. Reach them then keep setting new ones. It took me awhile to find out how to break the plateau. You did it before. You can do it again! Keep pushing and be easy on yourself! It will happen. I'll be cheering ya on! 😊👍4
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Being a calorie deficit doesn’t always work you may need to up for calories spread out over more meals a day to reboot your metabolism.20
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Being a calorie deficit doesn’t always work you may need to up for calories spread out over more meals a day to reboot your metabolism.
Wrong.
A calorie deficit is how ALL weight loss works.
The real questions are how many calories = a deficit, and are calories logged in true & accurate. In other words....am I really at a deficit.
How many calories = a deficit will vary based on a number of things - some include; height, weight, age, and activity level. For true metabolic issues (a very small % of people) - meal timing and re-booting are nonsense.
The post linked above is an excellent one.7 -
Your thyroid may not be working properly. Get a second opinion. Your test results can show that your in "normal" range but if you have weight gain along with other symptoms I'd get it checked by another doctor. The only other suggestion I can make is sugar is a big culprit to weight gain try and avoid added sugars as much as possible5
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What works for me will not work for others. We are custom made and have to find our own sweet spot so to speak.3
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Two things:
1- this linkquiksylver296 wrote: »
2 - food scale. WEIGHT all foods, log by weight, carefully select entries. use recipe building not "similarly found recipes)
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1
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Your thyroid may not be working properly. Get a second opinion. Your test results can show that your in "normal" range but if you have weight gain along with other symptoms I'd get it checked by another doctor. The only other suggestion I can make is sugar is a big culprit to weight gain try and avoid added sugars as much as possible
Sugar does not cause weight gain. A calorie surplus increases weight gain (by weight, I'm referring to fat in this instance). You could lose weight eating only buttered donuts as long as you burn more calories than you consume. Unfortunately, because buttered donuts are very calorie-dense (a lot of calories for a small amount of food), you’d be pretty hungry often. Eating foods lower in calories allows you to eat more, so you stay fuller for longer. Eating only buttered donuts would also adversely affect your overall health after a while (not getting enough vitamins, minerals, fiber, etc.), but weight loss is all about calories – Eat fewer than you burn, in whatever form suits you, and you’ll lose weight.5 -
your calorie deficit is too high. your body is holding on to every calorie for dear life bc it thinks it's starving.18
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There are logically only two possibilities: you aren’t eating at 1400, or you are eating at 1400. If you are, that’s sadly maintenance for you, and the only solution is to drop your calories to 1200. If you aren’t (which is more likely) you still need to drop calories to lose weight. Either way, if your weight hasn’t moved in two years, you are going to have to lower your calories to see it move. This is true regardless of thyroid, gallbladder, whatever. There are no humans who won’t lose weight if they lower calories below maintenance. If there were, we would put them on a rocket ship to Mars, because it would save NASA the trouble of having to figure out how to ship food for two years for the astronauts.
First plan of action is to be absolutely sure how many calories you really are eating. Weigh every single bite, and measure liquids. Then lower your calories from that.
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aprilzmobile wrote: »your calorie deficit is too high. your body is holding on to every calorie for dear life bc it thinks it's starving.
How exactly do you think that would work? And if 'starving' causes a person to stop losing weight, then how does actual starving to death happen...?
'Starvation mode', as usually mentioned in these threads, is basically a comforting myth that prevents people from looking closely at their diet and exercise. That's OK if you're dieting purely out of societal pressure and just want to be reassured that you're trying 'hard enough'; it's not at all helpful to anyone who actually wants to lose weight.4 -
aprilzmobile wrote: »your calorie deficit is too high. your body is holding on to every calorie for dear life bc it thinks it's starving.
How exactly do you think that would work? And if 'starving' causes a person to stop losing weight, then how does actual starving to death happen...?
'Starvation mode', as usually mentioned in these threads, is basically a comforting myth that prevents people from looking closely at their diet and exercise. That's OK if you're dieting purely out of societal pressure and just want to be reassured that you're trying 'hard enough'; it's not at all helpful to anyone who actually wants to lose weight.
it works very slowly actually due to the body protecting itself if under fuelled. To lose weight we need to fuel the body similar to a bbq. Too much charcol is like too many calories and just piles up, too little and the fire goes out also with nothing to burn.9 -
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tinashawkins wrote: »aprilzmobile wrote: »your calorie deficit is too high. your body is holding on to every calorie for dear life bc it thinks it's starving.
How exactly do you think that would work? And if 'starving' causes a person to stop losing weight, then how does actual starving to death happen...?
'Starvation mode', as usually mentioned in these threads, is basically a comforting myth that prevents people from looking closely at their diet and exercise. That's OK if you're dieting purely out of societal pressure and just want to be reassured that you're trying 'hard enough'; it's not at all helpful to anyone who actually wants to lose weight.
it works very slowly actually due to the body protecting itself if under fuelled. To lose weight we need to fuel the body similar to a bbq. Too much charcol is like too many calories and just piles up, too little and the fire goes out also with nothing to burn.
Is the fire going out meant to be equivalent to your metabolism ceasing to function? Because your metabolism ceasing to function is kind of the actual definition of death. You have just described how dying of starvation works.
What doesn't happen is that you magically somehow stop burning any fuel and yet still function as a living being.
Your body can't choose to just stop breathing, replacing blood cells, fighting infection and so on in order to conserve weight. It has to burn fat and muscle to keep those essential services running. If you underfuel it to the point where it can't burn enough fat and muscle, what happens is cuts to essential services; you'll feel fatigued, suffer from hair thinning, dry skin, easy bruising, brain fog, get ill easily and various other side effects.
(The metabolism has some wiggle room, but not nearly enough to prevent weight loss in a significant deficit)8 -
Read this. It's to the point (no kid gloves), but it's extremely helpful and informative: http://physiqonomics.com/eating-too-much/2
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tinashawkins wrote: »aprilzmobile wrote: »your calorie deficit is too high. your body is holding on to every calorie for dear life bc it thinks it's starving.
How exactly do you think that would work? And if 'starving' causes a person to stop losing weight, then how does actual starving to death happen...?
'Starvation mode', as usually mentioned in these threads, is basically a comforting myth that prevents people from looking closely at their diet and exercise. That's OK if you're dieting purely out of societal pressure and just want to be reassured that you're trying 'hard enough'; it's not at all helpful to anyone who actually wants to lose weight.
it works very slowly actually due to the body protecting itself if under fuelled. To lose weight we need to fuel the body similar to a bbq. Too much charcol is like too many calories and just piles up, too little and the fire goes out also with nothing to burn.
How do anorexics end up dead then?2
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