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Can’t lose any weight no matter what I do

aleunam0804
aleunam0804 Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss

I’ve been eating healthy and exercising but the scale just goes up or stays even …

Any help would be appreciated

Answers

  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,835 Member

    I ate healthy for a dozen years, and exercised lots - really lots, even competing as an athlete - but stayed class 1 obese. Neither eating healthy nor exercising assures weight loss.

    How many calories have you been eating, for how long a time period, while the scale goes up or stays even? And what does "goes up or stays even" mean, exactly, in numbers? How old, tall, heavy and active are you in terms of not just exercise but job and other stuff?

    It's the balance between calories eaten, and calories burned in all ways - being alive, job, home chores, exercise, etc. - that will directly determine weight loss, gain or stability.

    I'd like to help you, because reaching a healthy weight was an amazing improvement in quality of life for me, so I want that for everyone. But without knowing more about those things I asked, I really don't know how to help.

  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,362 Member

    Eating healthy and exercising is no guarantee you’re going to lose weight. It comes down to calorie balance. Every week if you’re taking more calories than you’re burning, you’re not going to lose weight and you may even gain. You need to wait 4 to 6 weeks at a certain calorie amount to judge if your actually in a calorie deficit.



    It sounds like you may not be counting your calories and if you’re not, you need to start, you need to know where you’re at, and have some kind baseline to work off of

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