I think I'm stuck.....

djwife03

I think I'm stuck in maintenance! I have not lot weight in a year. I have lost inches. But yet I went up size! I tried several different things.....logging religiously, watching portions, playing with my daily calorie goal.....and nothing. I have a Fit bit and according to that, when I run I burn about 500calories. My diary is open but you find any consistency unless you go back a month or 2. I do br have a food scale(it's on my list!) but I do use a small dinner plate and feel I don't over eat. I eat until I'm full. Even if my calorie I take was off and I was eating more than I thought I'm burning 500 calories. I've posted in here several times and grid what was suggested. I'm quite lost. I'm 5'11 168 pounds(on a good day) I've out in 10lbs in The last year or so. I am 39yrs old.

editorgrrl

If you're not losing weight, then you're not eating at a deficit. Log accurately & honestly. Weigh your food. Only eat back half your exercise calories.

Adc7225

Sorry to hear that you are stuck, at this point I think the food scale is a must because maybe you are not accurately counting your calories.

I go back and forth with weighing my food (I even take photos just so I can have a visual when I don’t have my scale), I have been surprised by what a serving of something really is – for example I was way under a serving of potato chips but way over a serving of yams. Not by much but these are the things that add up.

Since you are losing inches you sound pretty active, I also have a fitbit (I love it), I use it to keep my moving.

djwife03

Most often I don't eat back my exercise calories.

Phoenix_Warrior

Log consistently. If you're not losing weight, eat 100 less for a few weeks and go from there. If by some craziness you continue to drop calories but no scale weight. See a specialist, as they could probably give you better direction. All we can tell you is it's calories in vs out. I know hormones can hinder a bit but it doesn't seem like it should trump thermodynamics?