Always under my daily calorie total, walking most days but not losing weight

cskews

Hi! I'm a little late to the party, congrats on losing those 3lbs! Sometimes it just takes a bit of patience. =D
A couple of things that I would add, make sure you're drinking plenty of water (this may have been mentioned before), that flushes everything through your system and gets rid of any excess water weight (sounds contradictory but it works). Aim for like 2L/4 pints per day.
And in my opinion what you eat DOES affect your progress as salty or sugary foods will cause you to hold on to that water weight too. Of course everyone is different but it does usually help, make sure you are getting enough protein in your diet aswell, you don't have to religiously follow your macros, but getting a decent amount of protein will help maintain healthy muscle tissue in your body.

Good luck with everything!

janejellyroll

cskews wrote: »

Hi! I'm a little late to the party, congrats on losing those 3lbs! Sometimes it just takes a bit of patience. =D
A couple of things that I would add, make sure you're drinking plenty of water (this may have been mentioned before), that flushes everything through your system and gets rid of any excess water weight (sounds contradictory but it works). Aim for like 2L/4 pints per day.
And in my opinion what you eat DOES affect your progress as salty or sugary foods will cause you to hold on to that water weight too. Of course everyone is different but it does usually help, make sure you are getting enough protein in your diet aswell, you don't have to religiously follow your macros, but getting a decent amount of protein will help maintain healthy muscle tissue in your body.

Good luck with everything!

I don't think anyone denies that a day that is higher in sodium or carbohydrates can cause temporary water weight retention. In the context of a calorie deficit, however, one will still lose weight even if you're eating salty or sugary foods.

springlering62

cskews wrote: »

Hi! I'm a little late to the party, congrats on losing those 3lbs! Sometimes it just takes a bit of patience. =D
A couple of things that I would add, make sure you're drinking plenty of water (this may have been mentioned before), that flushes everything through your system and gets rid of any excess water weight (sounds contradictory but it works). Aim for like 2L/4 pints per day.
And in my opinion what you eat DOES affect your progress as salty or sugary foods will cause you to hold on to that water weight too. Of course everyone is different but it does usually help, make sure you are getting enough protein in your diet aswell, you don't have to religiously follow your macros, but getting a decent amount of protein will help maintain healthy muscle tissue in your body.

Good luck with everything!

I am assuming you mean some other kind of pint? Four pints would barely get my throat wet and vitamins down in the morning!

I always used to think it was shabby of school to give us a paltry pint of milk with lunch. They wouldn’t let us buy extra and anyway, even if I could, nickels were too scarce in our household. That was back when a nickel was worth a nickel. <<<said in my best crabby old lady voice

Tblackdogs

It's actually not that complicated. I exercise when I feel like it but every day I try to carefully (as possible) watch my calorie intake. The thing is that if you have a bad week it really slows down an already slow process. Don't over think this. Try to eat at a deficit and maybe don't worry about the exercise calories for now.

nanastaci2020

Looking at your diary...

Large fried egg: 90 cals. My package of large eggs says 1 = 50g, 70 cals. When I weigh them, they are often 54-61 grams which makes them 75+ calories. Plus oil from frying. Do you know how much you used?

Avocado 1/2 medium 120 cals: how much did it weigh? Entries like 1 medium avocado, 1 small banana, 1 medium apple, etc. are vague. Because you don't really know if what you think is a small avocado matches what is in the entry for 'small' or 'medium' or 'large'. 100g avocado is about 160 calories, and using grams with accurate database entries helps to avoid errors. The same can be said of asparagus spears, but as asparagus is less calorie dense than avocado the room for error is smaller. A food scale is important for items higher in calories like nuts, nut butters, avocado.

You have the root vegetable soup 244 cals multiple occasions. Is this a recipe you've made and if so how did you log it? If you looked for a similar sounding dish in the database, you don't really know if it matches the dish you made. If you don't already, you can use the recipe builder and enter your ingredients and the builder calculates totals for you. Personally I weigh my finished dish, then set the # of servings = # of grams. If I make chili, I weigh the cooked food after its finished. If its 3500 grams I make the recipe = 3500 servings. Then if I put 275 grams in my bowl, I log 275 servings. Sunday I made meatballs. Weight of my mixture (before baking) was 2300 grams, so I entered my ground turkey, chopped onion, bread crumbs, etc. by item & weight into the builder. Then I made the recipe = 2300 servings. I baked the meatballs in a mini-muffin pan. I put 30 grams of mix in each muffin spot. So having 4 mini meatballs today for lunch, I logged 30 x 4 or 120 servings from this recipe.

Poobah1972

CoastalGirl67 wrote: »

Wee update from me. Ladies - your time of the month is very important !! Three days on and I’m now down another 3lbs to a half stone loss so much happy that I’m finally seeing results.

Just coming back to this thread this morning and caught your post... You put a even bigger smile on my already smiling face. Have an amazing Easter weekend, and a Fools day to boot. Your rocking it @CoastalGirl67

annliz23

You will get used to it, I log my food daily exercise normally a walk my weight stays static for monthsctgen I lose but as someone said above I have noticed my legs have become toned and so have my arms so getting there slowly and constant.

mvsanin

@callsitlikeiseeit
This flowchart is really helpful. What is the best way to track calories for strength training? Or just don't? I use a Garmin Forerunner35 - great for runs outdoors and in the treadmill. But I'm not sure how to account for calories when doing strength training.

GummiMundi

mvsanin wrote: »

@callsitlikeiseeit
This flowchart is really helpful. What is the best way to track calories for strength training? Or just don't? I use a Garmin Forerunner35 - great for runs outdoors and in the treadmill. But I'm not sure how to account for calories when doing strength training.

In the Exercise tab, in the Cardiovascular section, click on "Add Exercise". There is an entry for "Strength training (weight lifting, weight training)".

callsitlikeiseeit

mvsanin wrote: »

@callsitlikeiseeit
This flowchart is really helpful. What is the best way to track calories for strength training? Or just don't? I use a Garmin Forerunner35 - great for runs outdoors and in the treadmill. But I'm not sure how to account for calories when doing strength training.

for strength training, you can find the entry under the cardio section. I dont log any calories for strength training though.

jillfinney1

Just reading your post and I have a comment. I’m 60 years old and weigh 161.5 at 5’5”. A year ago, I weighed 173. So, yes. Slow does work. I just joined MFP because I have been stalled at this same weight for several months. So, how did I get off the first 12 pounds, slowly, but surely and it stays off. I started eating plant based diet. We watched The Game Changers on Netflix and I was so moved, it was easy to start. Plus, I have always liked veg more than meat, and I a, not a huge fan of milk. Cheese, though? Cheese was my favorite. 10 pounds came off in about 7 months. Everyone noticed that I wasn’t “puffy” and we attributed that to inflammation. Now, I’m beginning to log my food intake, and although that has never been helpful for me (I found when I focused so much on WHAT I was eating that all I did was focus on my next meal. For that reason, WW never worked for me. According to my doctor and the weight charts, I am still overweight, but at least I am progressing. You might want to take a look at Plant Based eating if it sounds interesting to you.

CoastalGirl67

Thanks for replying. My husband and I are definitely thinking that we need to be more plant based than we are at the moment.
It is definitely suiting you. You are glowing 😃

406MamaBear

This is so motivating...thanks for sharing! Congrats on your success!