What am I doing wrong!?!

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  • 2spamagnet
    2spamagnet Posts: 60 Member
    Per those numbers, your BMR is 1630 calories/day, if you do nothing but rest. At the least, MFP should have you at close to 1950 calories/day to maintain that weight. Assuming that, with no exercise, you should be eating 1,700 cal to lose 0.5 lb/week (0.25 kg), or 1450 cal to lose 1 lb/week (0.5 kg). The most I've seen recommended is 2 lb/week (1 kg), so that would be 950 cal/day that you could eat. I think you are doing fine.

    If you find that after exercise your NET calories are consistently lower than 950 day, look at switching to some higher calorie foods (if you find you are not hungry)...
  • DebbieLyn63
    DebbieLyn63 Posts: 2,654 Member
    Honestly, I think your calories are too low. Sounds like your body could be starving and storing fat. You may want to mix up your work-out routine and try some high intesity exercises like running, kickboxing, or cross training. This may confuse your body and take you off your plataeu.

    Really? She has lost 6 pounds in the last 3 weeks. She is NOT on a plateau!

    OP- Just be patient and keep doing what you are doing. Some weeks you lose, some you don't. And average of 1-2 pounds a week is great.
  • j6o4
    j6o4 Posts: 871 Member
    Drinking about 1.8 liters of water a day. Could I just do a less exercise and eat about the same or should I continue with the same exercise and up my cals? Or can I just continue with what I'm doing because I'm just not hungry enough to eat more. I actually eat a lot but it all low calorie foods. I've been doing measurements of hips, waist, chest, leg & arm and have lost cm on all except chest in the past week but no actual weight loss on the scales. I'm 168cm, 84kg & 29.

    You should net atleat 1200 calories, whether that's by eating only 1200 calories with no exercise or exercising and eating back your exercise calories to net 1200.
  • NoAdditives
    NoAdditives Posts: 4,251 Member
    Umm no I'm eating a total of 1100-1400 cal before exercise, so it comes in at 500-800cal net.... Should I be eating more? However I'm only eating about 600cal during the day then another about 600cal for dinner is that ok?

    That's a good intake.

    For a 2 year old.
    No, that's a good amount for a newborn. 2 year olds need about 1200 calories a day.
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    Honestly, I think your calories are too low. Sounds like your body could be starving and storing fat. You may want to mix up your work-out routine and try some high intesity exercises like running, kickboxing, or cross training. This may confuse your body and take you off your plataeu.

    Really? She has lost 6 pounds in the last 3 weeks. She is NOT on a plateau!

    OP- Just be patient and keep doing what you are doing. Some weeks you lose, some you don't. And average of 1-2 pounds a week is great.

    OP is netting 800 calories.

    Telling her to "just keep on" is horrible advice.
  • gigglesinthesun
    gigglesinthesun Posts: 860 Member
    Honestly, I think your calories are too low. Sounds like your body could be starving and storing fat

    No. That's now how it works.

    If you eat too few calories, you lose weight.

    OP, you are losing weight at a healthy rate. You probably need to be patient.

    NO...your body will go into starvation mode and store fat, which will not go away easily.

    will she perhaps even gain weight??? ... hmmm ... no, this is not how it works, the body cannot create fat from air.
    http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/starvation-mode

    To the OP: time of the months messes around a bit with these things due to water retention and what not, some people gain during ovulation, other in the actual lead-up. On another note the 1200 net calories where determined by doctors and dieticians, because at that number they could be reasonably sure that you could get all your nutrients (macro and micro) from your food, because your body only stores fat, nothing else. Make sure you actually get your protein and all the other stuff within those low calories. Also be aware that the exercise calories on mfp are often over the actual burn. Good luck :-)
  • ItsPheebs
    ItsPheebs Posts: 127 Member
    Yeah, that net is crazy low. I know it's a "to each his or her own" thing, but I lost 21 pounds netting at least 1400-1500 a day.

    I should say: EATING about 1800, but netting about 1500.

    I lost more than 60 eating more than that. Your body is not getting enough fuel.

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