I need some help

JohnDaConqueror

I know with weight loss there will be fluctuations, and it isn’t something consistent that I should see every day. Lately, I feel as if I stalled but I only hear people plateau when they are really close or halfway to their goal. I weigh 334.2, and I’m still very heavy and I don’t really know if it’s possible for me to stall. I’ve been getting really frustrated lately and my motivation is starting to get shaky, because I’ve been between two weights for 8 days, and I honestly don’t know why. I’m staying under my calories, and I’m weighing my food. I’m usually between 1600-1900 calories a day, sometimes 1500. Now, I haven’t implemented any exercise routine in my weight loss journey since I started, only for week I went to the gym and then I didn’t, and maybe my body needs exercise, idk. I’ve been doing fine just staying under my calories for the past month and a half and have been losing weight. Can this be a reason of the stall? Anyways, here’s my stats for the last 8 days



Currently in month 2
Day 15: 335.0 - June, 26th 2019
Day 16: 335.0 - June, 27th 2019
Day 17: 334.0 - June, 28th 2019
Day 18: 335.6 - June, 29th 2019
Day 19: 335.6 - June, 30th 2019
Day 20: 335.6 - July, 1st 2019
Day 21: 334.0 - July, 2nd 2019
Day 22: 334.2 - July, 3rd 2019

tinkerbellang83

That's not really enough time to consider it a stall, your weight fluctuates constantly, it's affected by how much food and liquid you have in your system, if you're adequately hydrated, bowel movements, changes to macros, increases in sodium intake, alcohol, medication, hormonal changes, exercise, and more.

snickerscharlie

If you were *truly* consuming 1600 - 1900 calories per day, your weight would be dropping rapidly.

Your answer is somewhere in here:

cmriverside

Stay the course. If you're doing all the suggestions in the above flowchart, then it's just a matter of patience. That one above is kind of small, here's the thread about it (and a bigger version plus discussion that may be helpful) from the sticky posts in the General Health Fitness and Diet subforum:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10179969/weight-loss-flow-chart-2-0/p1

Are you getting any exercise outdoors? That always helps my mindset tremendously.

cheryldumais

At the beginning of your journey I am guessing that you lost a pound every day or two but you are now slowing down to a more normal rate of loss. What sometimes happens is an initial water weight drop that can be dramatic then as time goes by and your body realizes this is now normal the water comes back in part but slowly. As a result you could be losing fat but your body could be trying to balance with some water return. That will eventually go away.

There are lots of other things to watch. Be sure you are weighing your food to be sure you aren't eating more than you think. Make a conscious effort not to taste here and there. This is the one that gets me most often. I cook my husband what he wants for dinner and of course I have to have a bite here and there to make sure it's seasoned right.......... right? Ok maybe no. I'll just have a couple chips but I don't need to log them right? Nope. Someone posted a photo yesterday with ketchup and salad dressing adding over 1000 calories a week that people tend to not log. It all adds up. Watch those things.

Your calories are pretty low for your size so if you are really eating that little you should be losing. Don't give up and be careful about cutting your calories too low because it will make you more frustrated and you won't stick with it. This has to be liveable because your life has to change permanently. Don't make it a misery.

I'm guessing you are a guy with the name Jonathan. I know men don't tend to measure as much as women. Be sure to take measurements. That will give you another way to mark changes.

If you are absolutely certain that you are not going over your calories then the best advice I can give is wait it out and maybe stop weighing so often. I know alot of folks would disagree with me about that. You have to decide what works for you but weekly weighing just made me want to give up if I got on the scale and hadn't lost anything. One day of high salt eating can add 5 or 6 pounds on some people. A large high fiber low calorie meal can add weight just from extra weight in the digestive system. I couldn't seperate those things out.

Whatever you do don't give up. Once you reach your goal no matter how slow the weight loss is you can stay there for good and that makes it worth the effort. You can never go back to eating the way you were no matter how fast you lose so take your time and learn along the way. Congratulations on one month of work well done!

LyndaBSS

I typically stall with every 10 pounds lost.

cheryldumais

cheryldumais wrote: »

If you are absolutely certain that you are not going over your calories then the best advice I can give is wait it out and maybe stop weighing so often. I know alot of folks would disagree with me about that. You have to decide what works for you but weekly weighing just made me want to give up if I got on the scale and hadn't lost anything.

Yikes, I meant to say daily weighing made me crazy. I weigh weekly now.

PAV8888

Not enough time to consider it a stall. Plus doesn't look like one to me.

Use weight trend app.

The rule was simple for me when I started out on MFP (and totally not easy to implement): before I openned my mouth it was already logged to the gram in MFP. Yes, this meant eating before i became so hungry I couldn't take the time to do so... or eating an apple while cooking. Or a second one. And then not eating the cooked food till later due to too many apples!...

Condiments and cooking oil / butter were already mentioned upthread. I am still looking for true zero calorie products when you consider sufficient quantity (as opposed to just enough to qualify under the 5 Cal rule)

Going for a (short) walk (assuming knees etc are ok for it) does not require pre planning or a gym trip.

If you make your deficit so large you cannot continue complying with it you will lose. And not in the way you want to.

Sustainable and actually implemented wins every time.

Your deficit sounds to me as if it is too large for your current TDEE.

Personally, once I learned enough which wasn't right away, I set my calories to lightly active for someone with my stats but within normal BMI.

Then i spent my time figuring out how to eat at that level and how to become more active.

Lost most of my weight on mfp eating a pretty accurate ~2500 (with a tdee of over 3200 at the time)

You're on a 2+ year project to lose and probably 3-5 years to embed the changes...

So think about doing things on a 5 year time horizon. Do I see myself doing this in 2024? Can I continue eating like this for 2-5 years? Do more things where the answer is yes!