Why isn’t my number changing?

ceelou52

I been on this journey for 3 weeks now and I have been eating under my calorie goals and I work out over a hour 5-6x a week and only drink water and I’m still stuck at the same weight! My calorie intake is at 1200. You would think i would have lose a pound by now? I feel discouraged I’m not doing all this hard work to be maintaining my weight omg! I feel frustrated!

deannalfisher

if you are just starting to work out then you may be retaining water
females and your cycle - weight will fluctuate during different phases

are you eating back a poriton of your workout calories (MFP doesn't include purposeful exercise in its calorie recommendations)

ceelou52

Yup I am eating back like half of the calorie I work out so some days I’ll eat 1600 calories with. Remaining 200

ceelou52

Also as for my cycle I have been waiting for it to start it is late (no chance of being pregnant single lady here) so maybe that what is messing me up as well but you know it would be nice to even see one pound lost! Something that tells me I’m doing good. Maybe I should try some kind of detox and suggestions?

cmriverside

Your FOOD diary isn't open, so can't really give a lot of input. If you open it to "Public" we can help troubleshoot.

So, with not much info on your stats (age/weight/exercise etc.) I'll just leave this:

ceelou52

Ok I’ll make my diary public and my stats are I’m 230 age 32, and 5 foot 2 I am also a diabetic

ceelou52

How do I make my diary public

harper16

Detoxes do nothing but waste your time and money please don't consider a detox. Most are unhealthy and dangerous.

ceelou52

Okay, I won’t try a detox and still haven’t figured out how to make my diary public but I can write out my typical day
I start out with drinking water and taking one a day woman’s vitamin
I make a smoothie with a one or two cups of spinach 250 ml of almond milk that’s at 30 calories per cup i add half a cup of straw berries and half a banana and I add half a cup of blueberries. And a quarter cup of avacodos. I fill up a larg cup of it and drink it. I work out I do the 30 day shred on level 2 i than do squats as I’m trying the squat challenges I’m at 155 today. I use a leg resistance band. I than do the 30 day beginner shred. I eat lunch and that is a salad with 2 cups of spinach and kale I use the strawberry poppy seed dressing a tea spoon or less as I’m not much for dressing and I add half a cup of chicken breast to it. I need to get a food scale but haven’t ventured out. For supper I eat another salad that’s pretty much the same as lunch and sometimes have a cup of carrots and a tablespoon of hummus as a snack. Some days I also have a protein bar for snacks. Or grapes I don’t eat late either. And I drink 8-10 cups of water that has lemon and cucumber in it. I can see a difference in my pictures from before and now but no difference in weight. My sugar also has been manageable and I don’t need to take my pill everyday as my numbers stay between 4.1 and 7.0.

ceelou52

I also add a scoop of whey protein to my smoothie but I don’t drink all of the smoothie as I share with my aunt when I make it and sometimes I add Greek yogurt or I eat a yogurt by itself. Other days I have a smoothie and two boiled eggs for breakfast if I don’t add the protein to the smoothie

angelsja

Setting, then diary settings to make it public

Talan79

Are you using a digital scale to weigh your food?

Lietchi

First recommendation: stop using cups to measure your food and get that scale as you intend to do. Weighing is much more accurate than using volume measurements. You could be eating more calories than you realize, or less!

On the other hand, patience is a virtue for weight loss. All that exercise could easily be causing water retention, especially if you're not used to it.