Call for help... not losing any weight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You should try reading the whole thread, but then again English may not be your strong suit. It was a suggestion...a suggestion to help someone. You have added nothing to this thread besides a picture and a smart *kitten* comment. This is why I don't respond on these stupid *kitten* sites. METABOLISM. look it up lady
I took what you said into consideration please don't hesitate to respond.. you actually said the same thing as a friend of mine
I have to find what works for me.. if its eating 5 to 6 small meals or 3 meals w/ snacks..
I appreciate both of your opinions.0 -
Whats your height weight and age? And how long is your workout routine?
My height is 5'7, age 43 and my workouts range from 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours
I would set your calories at 1800 (macro's at 40% carbs, 30% protein and 30% fats) and log everything with a food scale and daily. This is critical to understanding your success. What you can do is add 200 calories until you hit 1800. So do 1 week at 1200 (while logging daily) and then add 200 calories the following week, etc.. Once you hit 1800, stay there for 1 month to see progress. This is actually average for women (see below). So try not to be scared of 1800 calories, think of it like you get the ability to eat more delicious food. Remember, food is fuel.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/506349-women-who-eat-more-than-1800-calories-a-day
Awesome that makes sense.. I was scared of eating so many calories
Does the 1800 include my exercise calories as well?
That's a great suggestion to add 200 calories gradually. Thank you for doing the calculations for me and posting the link0 -
Emajination, you said you had your goal set to 2lb loss a week, correct? I would readjust that to 1lb a week. If you only have 30lbs to lose, your current set-up is too aggressive. The closer to goal weight one is, the less a week they typically lose.0
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IMHO, and i am not a professional anything regarding health, nutrition, or fitness, you need to give your body a day or 2 of rest from the exercising and track your food consistently. I don't track my food, but i already know it's an issue. so, i am working on making exercise consistent. THEN i will work on the food. I can't handle or stick with too many changes at once.0
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Emajination, you said you had your goal set to 2lb loss a week, correct? I would readjust that to 1lb a week. If you only have 30lbs to lose, your current set-up is too aggressive. The closer to goal weight one is, the less a week they typically lose.
Yes, its set to 2lbs a week... I didn't think it was agressive.. would it be better to set it to 1.5lb
.. 1lb just seems so low lol 0 -
IMHO, and i am not a professional anything regarding health, nutrition, or fitness, you need to give your body a day or 2 of rest from the exercising and track your food consistently. I don't track my food, but i already know it's an issue. so, i am working on making exercise consistent. THEN i will work on the food. I can't handle or stick with too many changes at once.
Beat me to it. Exercise is great but there is such a thing as overtraining. Take one or two rest days a week, give your body a chance to recover.0 -
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If you haven't lost a pound your caloric intake is too high. It really is that simple.
Start measuring your food and track it correctly.
ThiS^0 -
Working out everyday without rest is going to put your body into a state of panic. Take a rest day once a week or even twice a week. Log your food- eat within your limits, but make sure you get enough sleep and give your body time to rebuild. We don't build muscle working out- we build muscle when we rest AFTER we work out.0
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Just a tip: before you start eating more, I would try accurate logging first, and then reassess after a few weeks. Control one variable at a time in regards to intake.
good thought less is more sometimes gives you a chance to revaluate0 -
Whats your height weight and age? And how long is your workout routine?
My height is 5'7, age 43 and my workouts range from 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours
I would set your calories at 1800 (macro's at 40% carbs, 30% protein and 30% fats) and log everything with a food scale and daily. This is critical to understanding your success. What you can do is add 200 calories until you hit 1800. So do 1 week at 1200 (while logging daily) and then add 200 calories the following week, etc.. Once you hit 1800, stay there for 1 month to see progress. This is actually average for women (see below). So try not to be scared of 1800 calories, think of it like you get the ability to eat more delicious food. Remember, food is fuel.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/506349-women-who-eat-more-than-1800-calories-a-day
Awesome that makes sense.. I was scared of eating so many calories Does the 1800 include my exercise calories as well?
That's a great suggestion to add 200 calories gradually. Thank you for doing the calculations for me and posting the link
It's 1800 total. This is the TDEE method so I included exercise in the equation. So regardless of exercise or non exercise, eat the same thing.
BTW, the method I use is a custom set up, so you don't have to worry about the 1 lb vs 1.5 lb loss.0 -
Myth. Eating 5-6 times a day does nothing for your metabolism. Same with eating breakfast.try eating 5-6 times a day also. Keep your metabolism up by eating a good sound breakfast with protein and fiber. This will start your day out and allow for your body to feel full longer. If you want to look at my diary, I set it up for times of day and not the 3 meals. It helps me track what I am eating and when. I got that tip from a fitness trainer that set up my program here in the Army.0 -
I know you mentioned you've only been tracking since Nov 10, but who eats plain pancakes? Are you sure you didn't have just a LITTLE bit of butter or syrup? Or what about mayo or mustard on that burger? A glass of juice at breakfast? Tiny things like this add up very quickly and if you forget to track it can make the difference between losing that lb or staying the same. I also agree with someone else that mentioned not seeing fruits or veggies at all. Track everything you eat or drink that has a calorie value if you are really focusing on figuring out why you aren't losing weight.
Also, get a heart rate monitor to track your exercise to get a better calorie burn than the estimated burn you can get from entering exercises on here. Not everyone burns calories at the same rate. Your deficit might not be big enough to lose weight between spotty tracking and possibly over estimating your calorie burn from your exercise. As for the 1200 cals/day - lots of people lose on that amount - whether or not they eat back their exercise calories. It won't put your body into a crazy starvation mode and make you gain weight. If you aren't losing weight, the deficit simply isn't there to allow weight loss. And yes, sleep is super important, and drink your water, and make sure you hop on your left foot in a circle before stepping on your scale for weigh in day.
You've made a great start with adding in exercise and tracking your food, now just to tighten it up! You can do it, and you will see results. 0 -
To add context, below is a study from the National Institute of Health.Completely untrue. You cannot say that if you have a 1500 calorie intake goal that you should eat it all for dinner. Weight loss may go with calorie intake, but your metabolism decides at what rate they are burned. Maybe from a weight loss view, eating more or less meals doesn't matter. But putting your body into starvation mode does not help your metabolism. That is really just common sense.
"We conclude that increasing MF [meal frequency] does not promote greater body weight loss under the conditions described in the present study."
If you still don't believe it, I would suggest looking at all the success stories with interim fasting. www.leangains.com has a lot of that information.
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A couple of things. 1 do you drink anything lol jk but seriously log all of your water. coffee, alcohol drinks. And are you accurately logging/measuring your foods and going by the food serving on the box? Like 5 cookies equals x amount of calories
For logging your liquids I know it sounds tedious but it will show you where extra calories add up and accurately measure at least a few times to make sure its correct. I do measure my creamer and yes I did measure my wine one night just to get an idea on how much 5ozs look like, trust me it wasnt much but that extra little bit showed me on where I might be getting those extra calories in my day....
I dont got a digital food scale yet but I plan on after the holidays getting one and yes I do hear measure cups arent accurate but Ive measured my food in them quite a few times to get an idea on how they look especially in a bowl cuz its less space for it to spread out0 -
that is all well and good, i think the point is that eating 5 or 6 meals ( or breakfast or not) does not impact metabolism any differently than eating 3.I am just trying to suggest different courses of action. The big meals don't work for me and I actually feel better and am able to track things like snacks easier if I track them by time. Before I changed it, I would look back at my diary and try to remember what part of the day I ate almonds. All about trying to find out what works best for you.
oh, it was already said. sorry guys:flowerforyou:0 -
I think most of all you need to determine your caloric needs. I went back to Nov.10th and found that you eat anywhere from 450 to almost 2000 calories a day independent of the exercise you do which also varies from nothing to 2324 calories burnt.
We all know that for weight loss it does not matter so much what you eat but how much you eat , but I am still worried about the lack of variety and quality of your diet. Except a cup of raw spinach on Nov 17th, the veggies on a chicken burger and some avocado on Nov 13th and one Gala apple on Nov 11th, there is no vegetable or any fruit in 3.5 weeks. Also there are more things you can eat but chicken patties and chicken burgers and buns, apart from the processed bakery goods you eat often.
I am wondering if you maybe will shed a lot of water weight if you just eat within portion size, taking your calorie deficit into consideration using a variety of foods that are not all laden with salt and not-so-healthful carbs. Just getting rid of all that water you might be retaining due to your poor diet, might give you the kind of start that will motivate you, so your exercise and diet is not all over the place. The way it is now, no one can give you any really useful advise, because there is really nothing to go by.
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Glad to hear you're not giving up. We all lose weight differently. In my first week, I worked out every day 1 - 2 hours, and I was up and down the same 3 lbs. Then I lost a little. Then I stalled again. Then lost a little the next week. The third week, I was struggling with the same stupid pound. Then, I lost it and a little more. Then I stalled a few days, lost a little, etc... Now, I've lost a little three days in a row! Go figure. I did buy a scale for my food. I'm very careful with logging everything. And it's really paying off! I'm up to 14.4 lbs. in 5.5 weeks now. There were two weeks where I almost gave up because I was gaining a little or staying the same. But your body will get used to the new routine and you will start losing. Just make sure to measure everything and log. It really works!
Good luck to you! And don't give up! Also, if you stall, change up your workouts. I'm sure you've heard that. My trainer told me to do weights first, then cardio, to burn the most fat. I didn't know that and have been doing it in reverse this whole time!0 -
LOL, take your own advice sweetness.You should try reading the whole thread, but then again English may not be your strong suit. It was a suggestion...a suggestion to help someone. You have added nothing to this thread besides a picture and a smart *kitten* comment. This is why I don't respond on these stupid *kitten* sites. METABOLISM. look it up lady0 -
I know you mentioned you've only been tracking since Nov 10, but who eats plain pancakes? Are you sure you didn't have just a LITTLE bit of butter or syrup? Or what about mayo or mustard on that burger? A glass of juice at breakfast? Tiny things like this add up very quickly and if you forget to track it can make the difference between losing that lb or staying the same. I also agree with someone else that mentioned not seeing fruits or veggies at all. Track everything you eat or drink that has a calorie value if you are really focusing on figuring out why you aren't losing weight.
Also, get a heart rate monitor to track your exercise to get a better calorie burn than the estimated burn you can get from entering exercises on here. Not everyone burns calories at the same rate. Your deficit might not be big enough to lose weight between spotty tracking and possibly over estimating your calorie burn from your exercise. As for the 1200 cals/day - lots of people lose on that amount - whether or not they eat back their exercise calories. It won't put your body into a crazy starvation mode and make you gain weight. If you aren't losing weight, the deficit simply isn't there to allow weight loss. And yes, sleep is super important, and drink your water, and make sure you hop on your left foot in a circle before stepping on your scale for weigh in day.
You've made a great start with adding in exercise and tracking your food, now just to tighten it up! You can do it, and you will see results.
this is so true.. I didn't think about the mayo or the syrup or condiments.. I told you, MFP is a wealth of knowledge.. I'm going back to add the missing condiments to my diary lol
And I'll make sure to hop on my left food in a circle before stepping on that scale again lol0 -
A couple of things. 1 do you drink anything lol jk but seriously log all of your water. coffee, alcohol drinks. And are you accurately logging/measuring your foods and going by the food serving on the box? Like 5 cookies equals x amount of calories
For logging your liquids I know it sounds tedious but it will show you where extra calories add up and accurately measure at least a few times to make sure its correct. I do measure my creamer and yes I did measure my wine one night just to get an idea on how much 5ozs look like, trust me it wasnt much but that extra little bit showed me on where I might be getting those extra calories in my day....
I dont got a digital food scale yet but I plan on after the holidays getting one and yes I do hear measure cups arent accurate but Ive measured my food in them quite a few times to get an idea on how they look especially in a bowl cuz its less space for it to spread out
I only drink Water, no tea or coffee or sodas or anything.. Just water0 -
OP, the big long post and not one mention of your calorie goal. Track your intake and exercise accurately and you'll see results. You're eating more calories than you're burning. Simple.
?? Did anybody even look at the OP's diary??? She is only logging 1000-1200 calories. Assuming she's actually logging everything she eats... she is definately NOT eating more than she burns. I'm sure she burns that while she SLEEPS.
I did, and there were several days where there was nothing logged. I stick to what I said, because you know, science. While your suggestion of "eat more" came with good intentions, that is not going to help her lose weight.0 -
Glad to hear you're not giving up. We all lose weight differently. In my first week, I worked out every day 1 - 2 hours, and I was up and down the same 3 lbs. Then I lost a little. Then I stalled again. Then lost a little the next week. The third week, I was struggling with the same stupid pound. Then, I lost it and a little more. Then I stalled a few days, lost a little, etc... Now, I've lost a little three days in a row! Go figure. I did buy a scale for my food. I'm very careful with logging everything. And it's really paying off! I'm up to 14.4 lbs. in 5.5 weeks now. There were two weeks where I almost gave up because I was gaining a little or staying the same. But your body will get used to the new routine and you will start losing. Just make sure to measure everything and log. It really works!
Good luck to you! And don't give up! Also, if you stall, change up your workouts. I'm sure you've heard that. My trainer told me to do weights first, then cardio, to burn the most fat. I didn't know that and have been doing it in reverse this whole time!
thank you .. I didn't know to do weights first then cardio.. I will change it up once I get this logging and eating together0 -
Read Dr. Atkins book....google it...0
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I only drink Water, no tea or coffee or sodas or anything.. Just water
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You food diary says something different. Not that it really matters, because you don't eat enough on average and a soda here and there will not do you any harm. Maybe, and I say this with all respect ,you are not really aware of what you eat, how much and when; pre-planning helps a lot with that.....and of course sticking to that plan .0 -
first of all... Good luck in your journey!From what I saw in your diary... you're not eating enough....
Regarding the message above, and similar messages you got advising you to eat more. Before you do start eating more ... Log your food accurately. As many have already posted above, most likely you are eating too much. But you will find this out with accurate logging.
From my experience...
Logging accurately is difficult at first, but gets much easier.
#1 Tip. Log accurately.
I found I could not 'guess' accurately at all. Serving size is much to ambiguous sometimes, so I have to measure and weigh everything. Heck -- even this morning I carefully measured out my cereal and milk, and weighed my fruit. But as time has gone by, for some foods I find myself being able to guess far more accurately.
#2 Tip. Log often
I also recommend that you log immediately after (or before) your meals and snacks. This has the added benefit of making you more 'aware' of what you eat. Heck... by simply doing this I changed my eating behavior. I found every time i wanted to snack I would think if I really wanted it enough to log it. LOL -- so my snacking cut way back... and the pounds started coming off without dieting!
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Thank you everyone for responding..
Going forward, I will incorporate:
1. Logging everything put in my mouth
2. Increase my vegetable/fruit intake and log it
3. Continue being consistent with my exercise, #60daysoffitness
4. Weigh my food, to ensure I'm eating my serving size.
5. Eat more food (I was not eating enough nor was I eating my exercise calories)
6. Start taking my measurements
Thank you so much for helping me to see what I have been doing incorrectly... I'm going to remain focused and determined to get this weight off!!
I'll keep my diary public for accountability
Something else to add or adjust…Are you drinking half (if not more) than your body weight in oz for water? Definitely eat more potassium (mostly found in veggies) to offset the sodium intake. You will feel more full & will have less cravings for other stuff. Do you have a heart rate monitor? I know you are exercising, but it could be that you are burning less than you think you are actually burning. If you have a large enough deficit, you will lose weight, you don't have to eat back all your workout calories to lose weight. If you are only burning 400 calories, I'd personally only eat back maybe 100…this is just from experience. Play with the numbers & see what works for you. Weigh yourself often to make sure you are on track. If the scale goes up, get proactive with eating more veggies, less calories, and/or more sweat to eat more.
You can totally do this…it just takes some adjustment.
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Thank you everyone for responding..
Going forward, I will incorporate:
1. Logging everything put in my mouth
2. Increase my vegetable/fruit intake and log it
3. Continue being consistent with my exercise, #60daysoffitness
4. Weigh my food, to ensure I'm eating my serving size.
5. Eat more food (I was not eating enough nor was I eating my exercise calories)
6. Start taking my measurements
Thank you so much for helping me to see what I have been doing incorrectly... I'm going to remain focused and determined to get this weight off!!
I'll keep my diary public for accountability
Something else to add or adjust…Are you drinking half (if not more) than your body weight in oz for water? Definitely eat more potassium (mostly found in veggies) to offset the sodium intake. You will feel more full & will have less cravings for other stuff. Do you have a heart rate monitor? I know you are exercising, but it could be that you are burning less than you think you are actually burning. If you have a large enough deficit, you will lose weight, you don't have to eat back all your workout calories to lose weight. If you are only burning 400 calories, I'd personally only eat back maybe 100…this is just from experience. Play with the numbers & see what works for you. Weigh yourself often to make sure you are on track. If the scale goes up, get proactive with eating more veggies, less calories, and/or more sweat to eat more.
You can totally do this…it just takes some adjustment.
Add me if you'd like.
You don't need to drink that much. As long as you feel hydrated, you are good to go.0 -
More water?
Not eating enough?
Too much Chickfila?
Maybe loosing inches rather than weight? Measurements
Maybe try mixing up the workout so it isn't always the same thing.. make it fun
Maybe take vitamins?0 -
Another thing....Do you eat any home made meals for lunch or dinner? I see alot of Chic Fil A meals. Is it really from there or did you just find that cuz you are eating breaded/fried chicken? Home made meals are usually less fat and always healthier over all. Even if you got to take an extra hour or 2 out of your day once a week to prepare foods and freeze them for dinners then do so0
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