Help!! Can't Loose Weight!!

Speakeasy76

The only other explanation is that you have sleep-eating disorder. It sounds crazy, but it's a real (but rare) thing. You'd know, though, if food went missing without you being able to account for it.

csplatt

goal06082021 wrote: »

wmweeza wrote: »

https://www.iceland.co.uk/p/slimming-world-chicken-in-black-bean-sauce-500g/83390.html#start=1
Is that what you are eating?

If this is what OP is eating, then he's probably way, WAY undercounting his calories The package you linked is 500g, the nutritional information on that page is per 100g and lists 275kcal per 100g. That package contains 1375 Calories, if he's eating the entire thing for dinner.

this is a great question! OP, are you eating everything in the package or 1/5 of it?

Bella_Figura

csplatt wrote: »

goal06082021 wrote: »

wmweeza wrote: »

https://www.iceland.co.uk/p/slimming-world-chicken-in-black-bean-sauce-500g/83390.html#start=1
Is that what you are eating?

If this is what OP is eating, then he's probably way, WAY undercounting his calories The package you linked is 500g, the nutritional information on that page is per 100g and lists 275kcal per 100g. That package contains 1375 Calories, if he's eating the entire thing for dinner.

this is a great question! OP, are you eating everything in the package or 1/5 of it?

Sorry, it's not a great question. There are 275 kiloJOULES per 100g and only 65 kiloCALORIES per 100g, which means that the whole 500g dish is only 325 calories.

paperpudding

FallGirl84 wrote: »

freda78 wrote: »

FallGirl84 wrote: »

I have to agree with the previous commenters, 600 calories for a guy your size is way too little. You can't lose weight because your body thinks it must hold on to anything it can since it doesn't get enough to function as it should. Please check on how you're measuring food and marking it to MFP, and do increase your calorie intake. I'm a female, just an inch shorter than you but have a couple of kilos more on my waist - and even I'm losing weight while eating 1500-1700 kcal per day and not doing any exercise.

Nonsense - if someone is genuinely only eating 600 calories over a decent period of time then they will be losing weight unless they have slowed their heart beat, lowered their body temperature and stopped every movement of their body.

Eat too little and you will not lose weight is, quite simply, a story people tell when they convince themselves they are eating a lot less than they really are. It is a myth.

Naturally, I didn't mean like he wouldn't lose weight in the long term if he'd continue eating only 600 kcal. I was talking about his journey up until now - so only about the two months. Eventually, sure, he would start losing weight but it would no doubt be agony to him and his body, not to mention his health.

2 months is long enough term to assess based on real life results. ( I get that the answer to people asking why havent I lost weight in 1 week is that it is too soon to tell - but 2 months is long enough to tell)

real life results; Fact if you havent lost weight in 2 months you are not eating at a deficit.
Fact 600 to 800 calories is a deficit for any person
Therefore OP is not eating that little.

Beverly2Hansen

Is your scale broken? So sometimes low battery or a worn out scale get stuck at or near the last number before things went wonky with their inner working. Let me also add I rarely see a scale drop no matter how little I eat for roughly 3 weeks after I start exercising.

My suggestion is that you take body measurements monthly. I think you are dropping massive fat and not able to see the recorded changes. It is also sometimes hard to lose water retention at a calorie intake so low. 1500 calories will let your body relax and allow you to drop weight easier and not run the risk of gallstones, heart attack or hair loss which are the most common side effects on a diet as low calorie as yours. Good luck friend. 🙂

Beverly2Hansen

Speakeasy76 wrote: »

The only other explanation is that you have sleep-eating disorder. It sounds crazy, but it's a real (but rare) thing. You'd know, though, if food went missing without you being able to account for it.

This is an insightful question and videoing a nights sleep will difinititivly answer that.

callsitlikeiseeit

i as 5'1 43 year old female, a medication i was on caused me to all but lose my appetite.

i was LITERALLY eating 600 calories a day.

i was losing a pound a day with NO exercise.

NONE.

I am calling, in British terms, bollocks, on the amount you are eating, mate.

kshama2001

callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »

i as 5'1 43 year old female, a medication i was on caused me to all but lose my appetite.

i was LITERALLY eating 600 calories a day.

i was losing a pound a day with NO exercise.

NONE.

I am calling, in British terms, bollocks, on the amount you are eating, mate.

Yes, I was sick last month and my appetite was depressed. I didn't log every day, but one day I did log and it was 744 calories. I lost two pounds per week during this time, with no exercise.

kshama2001

benjaminfields25 wrote: »

Let me start with the basics, I'm a 26 year old British male, 5'8" and weigh 107kg (236lbs).

About a year ago I weighed 75kg and have since piled on the pounds due to lack of exercise and poor diet.

For the past 2 months my exercise regime has been an hourly brisk walk everyday (approx 8000 steps) consisting of downhill, uphill, flat and unever pathways.

I have completely cut out the takeaways and have started eating more healthy foods.

In the mornings I'll have only a banana for breakfast, a bottle of water and a green tea, after an hour I'll go for my daily hourly walk.

In the afternoon I'll have either a chicken salad with coconut aminos seasoning OR a slimming world carrot and red pepper soup with an apple.

In the evenings I'll have either a slimming world chicken in black bean sauce OR a slimming world chicken hot pot.

My average calorie intake therefore consists of between 600 - 800 calories a day compared to my old diet which consisted of between 2000 - 2500 calories a day (sometimes more).

I weigh myself each week with the same electronic scales on the same flat surface.

So my question is, why am I not loosing weight? Am I doing something wrong?

I'd be very thankful for any response as it's driving me insane!

There are mistakes that people commonly make that cause them to not lose weight that we might be able to spot if you change your Diary Sharing settings to Public: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings

debrag12

goal06082021 wrote: »

wmweeza wrote: »

https://www.iceland.co.uk/p/slimming-world-chicken-in-black-bean-sauce-500g/83390.html#start=1
Is that what you are eating?

If this is what OP is eating, then he's probably way, WAY undercounting his calories The package you linked is 500g, the nutritional information on that page is per 100g and lists 275kcal per 100g. That package contains 1375 Calories, if he's eating the entire thing for dinner.

It's 65 Kcal per 100g or 275 kj per 100g

snowflake954

OP--your profile says that you are female. Most everyone is assuming you are male because of your username. If you are female, you are still eating a VLCD unless your logging is off. There are stickie posts that deal with logging correctly. A female has water weight that comes into play. Yes, something in your thinking is very off because I'm a 66 yr old 5'11" female whose goal weight is 70 kg, and that puts me smack in the center of a healthy weight. You are shorter, so you would not be "skin and bones" at 70 kg. I hope you manage to straighten it all out.

It's best to go back to the beginning and plug your stats into MFP and get your daily calorie goal. Then get a digital food scale (this is just as important as weighing yourself on a scale) and start weighing and measuring everything you eat and drink. Ditch the prepared meals for two weeks. Stay within your daily calorie goal everyday eating normally for two weeks. See what happens.

Bella_Figura

snowflake954 wrote: »

OP--your profile says that you are female. Most everyone is assuming you are male because of your username. If you are female, you are still eating a VLCD unless your logging is off. There are stickie posts that deal with logging correctly. A female has water weight that comes into play. Yes, something in your thinking is very off because I'm a 66 yr old 5'11" female whose goal weight is 70 kg, and that puts me smack in the center of a healthy weight. You are shorter, so you would not be "skin and bones" at 70 kg. I hope you manage to straighten it all out.

It's best to go back to the beginning and plug your stats into MFP and get your daily calorie goal. Then get a digital food scale (this is just as important as weighing yourself on a scale) and start weighing and measuring everything you eat and drink. Ditch the prepared meals for two weeks. Stay within your daily calorie goal everyday eating normally for two weeks. See what happens.

I agree with everything you've said but need to point out that despite what it says on the OP's profile, in the opening sentence of the thread they self-identify as male: Let me start with the basics, I'm a 26 year old British male, 5'8" and weigh 107kg (236lbs).

My husband is the same height as the OP and 70kg is a comfortable weight for him. During 7 years of renal dialysis his 'dry weight' was kept at 65kg by his medical team, at which point he was pretty lean, but even then he didn't fit the description of 'skin and bone'.

snowflake954

Bella_Figura wrote: »

snowflake954 wrote: »

OP--your profile says that you are female. Most everyone is assuming you are male because of your username. If you are female, you are still eating a VLCD unless your logging is off. There are stickie posts that deal with logging correctly. A female has water weight that comes into play. Yes, something in your thinking is very off because I'm a 66 yr old 5'11" female whose goal weight is 70 kg, and that puts me smack in the center of a healthy weight. You are shorter, so you would not be "skin and bones" at 70 kg. I hope you manage to straighten it all out.

It's best to go back to the beginning and plug your stats into MFP and get your daily calorie goal. Then get a digital food scale (this is just as important as weighing yourself on a scale) and start weighing and measuring everything you eat and drink. Ditch the prepared meals for two weeks. Stay within your daily calorie goal everyday eating normally for two weeks. See what happens.

I agree with everything you've said but need to point out that despite what it says on the OP's profile, in the opening sentence of the thread they self-identify as male: Let me start with the basics, I'm a 26 year old British male, 5'8" and weigh 107kg (236lbs).

My husband is the same height as the OP and 70kg is a comfortable weight for him. During 7 years of renal dialysis his 'dry weight' was kept at 65kg by his medical team, at which point he was pretty lean, but even then he didn't fit the description of 'skin and bone'.

You're right, but then the OP needs to clear that up--their profile says female. It does make a difference in the advice given.

Bella_Figura

snowflake954 wrote: »

You're right, but then the OP needs to clear that up--their profile says female. It does make a difference in the advice given.

Yep, agreed that it does make a difference regarding the advice offered.

snowflake954

Bella_Figura wrote: »

snowflake954 wrote: »

You're right, but then the OP needs to clear that up--their profile says female. It does make a difference in the advice given.

Yep, agreed that it does make a difference regarding the advice offered.

Not only that, but when they plug their stats into MFP for their daily calorie goal it won't be correct, since there's a difference for males and females. This is for lurkers--check out your profile, and make sure there are not mistakes in your stats.