Frustrated

jadu1536

So, for the first time, I feel super frustrated. I joined cross fit over a year ago, and started following a nutrition program that outlined macros. So far, I have not seen any change in the scale, body fat, or inches when it comes to body composition. I dont get why I am not seeing any progress. Any advice?

cwolfman13

Macros don't mean jack for weight loss. Weight management is about calories. If nothing has changed, you're eating at maintenance calories. I also personally don't think CF is all that great for developing the kind of aesthetic physique most people are looking for...but that's just my opinion and I'm not a big fan. I had way better results when I quit CF and just started a good lifting program in the gym with some cardio on the side.

Dianedoessmiles1

I'm not sure how much you have to lose, or if you're looking for a more healthier body. But if trying to lose weight, like @cwwolfman above I go by the calorie intake, calories burned. If you aren't eating enough calories they can't be burned off. If on the other hand to many calories of course they won't be burned off.

Have you reentered your weight loss goal on MFP? Does it give you a suggested amount of calories to eat? If so trust the formula. I've lost over 100 lbs on another site that closed, so I've come over to MFP. On MFP it has the same amount of calories to eat, based on my age, height, weight and activity level. ALL of them play into it so well.

If you'd like to join a group that's very supportive around weight loss/maintaining the weight loss, we on the 2022 Winter 5% Challenge by clicking the link: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/141880-2022-winter-5-challenge-community This group is the one that helped me and MANY others to achieve our goals.

AnnPT77

If weight hasn't changed in a year, you're eating at maintenance calories, on average over time (whether you're counting calories, or not).

Beyond that, there's not enough info in your post to give much tailored advice. Such as: How tall/heavy/old are you and what does your daily life routine look like (busy, sedentary, etc.). I see that your diary is open, which is helpful.

When you say your plan "outlined macros", does that mean you have specific daily macro goals, that you're logging to hit? What are they (i.e., did you set your MFP goals to the ones outlined)? Do you have a calorie goal, or just the macro goals? If so, what was the calorie goal source (MFP or elsewhere), what weight management goal did you select (lose X per week, or whatever) and do you add exercise calories ( based at looking a few days of your diary, it doesn't appear that you do, but if you do, how do you estimate them)? How often are you doing the CF WODs (typical number of times per week)?

As an aside: Counting macros (with some precision) ought to be equivalent to counting calories (with equal precision) because each macro has a characteristic calorie level. (If logging with MFP, and going by macros, it's extra important to pick food database entries with accurate macros - the database is unpredictable in that regard, if not careful).

I think this stuff doesn't need to be hard, but it can be pretty nuanced, when it comes to most successful methods.

In general, your diary mostly looks fairly reasonable, though there's more of "one medium" "per piece/slice" and very even numbers (50g, 100g) than I'd expect if you were weighing food and logging precisely . . . but I know that can be deceptive.

CF boxes seems to vary a lot in what they do, and individuals vary a lot in how they do the WODs. I've seen friends succeed at body comp improvement with CF, but those folks are mostly very "take that hill!" and competitive kind of people, something I personally am not, so I haven't signed up at their training site because I know it wouldn't suit me or yield good results.

Also, where are you getting your body fat estimates, and what are your comparatives (i.e., near start of training, vs. now)? Some estimating methods are better than others, some have challenges to interpret, etc.

I'd like to help, if I can, but more info would make that easier.

Best wishes!