Please help...why am I not losing any weight?

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  • MelissaAnn1983
    MelissaAnn1983 Posts: 149 Member
    Don't workout the same group everyday. When I go I always walk/run on the treadmill, elliptical, cycle, and core. One day I work out my legs and the next arms. Check the color of your first urine. If it is apple juice yellow add more water to your day l. Straw or lemonade color keep doing what you do. Calories in vs calories out. Check in your tdee. Make a deficit off that. Do not eat below your bmr. I changed to this method and it is working.
  • Poodledoodle100
    Poodledoodle100 Posts: 11
    We have very similar stats and goals. I'm a newbie too although this is my second attempt and I posted a very similar post last week. I took the advice given and now I think the scale is defiantly dropping ( mid week cheeky weigh in). The advice given was to use a food scale, which I already was, and because I'm so short and have plenty of excess fat the risk of starvation mode was slim therefore not to eat back my exercise calories. To stick at 1400 for a month and then review and if loosing more than 1lb a week to gradually increase to a more manageable goal, above my BMR.
    Just looking at your diary you have massive exercise calories and I presume your taking these from the machine totals when doing eliptical and treadmill. I also use both these machines and dont leave the gym till I've burnt 700 calories (according to the machines) but I only log it as 350 as the machines are off. I think this is leading you to over eating some days and undoing the good of other days. This may well be controversial advice but it's short term advice that seems to have kick started the weightloss for me. Good luck on your journey.
    Pre logging food also helps me, I plan it out for the week leaving enough room each day for a quick treat/ biscuit at work etc and then 'touch up' my calories everyday to the real amounts. It helps with planning my shopping list and also I don't end up eating all my calories before dinner :)
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,342 Member
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    Thanks I like your comment. It's a lot more helpful. But I think that's one of the things I need to do too is switch up my workouts because I've been doing the same things for the past few months. And yes I do the same estimations like you.

    Weight loss is from diet, not exercise. Switching up your exercise if you are eating too many calories is not going to help.

    Also, simply scanning stuff in from the bar code does not mean the entry it correct. I have many things that scan and while they are close, the calories a quite different because it is not the exact product, or it is the same product from another country where the recipe is different.

    In short I am fairly sure your estimations are off. At least use measuring cups and spoons, and to that make sure the database entry you are logging with matches up with the nutrition information on the package for the stuff you scan.
  • LunaInverse
    LunaInverse Posts: 109 Member
    Ok I'm gonna go out on a limb here- from what I see, I don't think you are eating enough! Have you heard of TDEE? I was eating about 1400 calories a day, and still hungry as hell, and surely not losing any weight. I calculated my TDEE here: http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ . When I entered my stats it told me I should be eating about 1829 calories, which is an insane jump from where I was. So I adjusted and started eating more, and I actually dropped half a pound. Not much so far, but slow weight loss is permanent weightloss so I don't wanna rush. Plus, I'm actually not starving all the time lol.

    Good luck!
  • littleburgy
    littleburgy Posts: 570 Member
    I've noticed some gaps on the last couple of weekends where nothing is logged in. What's going on those days? It's always easy to eat more than you think when it isn't logged.

    Good luck!
  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
    I would guess there is something wrong with your calculation. At 180 your BMR is going to be about 1500 by itself unless you have an underlying medical issue. Then moving around will add another few hundred and then your exercises more on top of that. This is the one side of the calculation you can calculate and if you are not losing you are eating as much as your TDEE (there is no other way you can keep the same weight for a few weeks unless you are). That means that you are under estimating your calories somehow - you have to be unless you have a medical condition that you are unaware of - could be worth going to the docs and getting checked out for thyroid function etc as well but I would recommend you get some kitchen scales

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