10 days in and no weight loss at all
godisgood1167
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Hello. First let me say that I love this website. My niece introduced me to it when I told her I had joined the Biggest Loser contest at work. I looked over the site and I am still trying to familiarize myself with the whole calorie count, deficit, exercise and all of that. I have the logging of the foods and exercise down pretty good. What I am not understanding is why I have not even lost a pound in 10 days. I admit, I just started exercising, but I have been eating healthy (I think lol). I have cut out fried foods, pop (soda), a lot of sweets (and anybody who knows me, knows I love my sweets). I started drinking a lot of water, which is something that I did not like in the past but I know I needed it if I am going to win this contest. Can you all look at my food diary and let me know where I am going wrong or what I should or should not be doing. I know I need to cut out the brandy and cranberry juice, but after a long day at work, that is my unwind drink. I appreciate/welcome all suggestions, good and bad. Thanks :-)
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well first things first with new exercise you will retain water and glycogen in the muscles which appears to be no weight loss or even gain....
That being said I checked your diary and you don't weigh your food...you could be over esitmating intake for example your grilled cheese said 170 calories...
my wonder bread 2 slices whole wheat is 180 calories never mind the cheese slice....usually 50 calories...and that's fat free.
When entering your intake try not to use the entries that start with "Homemade" or "Generic"...enter in individual items such as bread 2 slices and check the package against your entry....
As well if you can buy a food scale and only measure liquids with the cup/tsp/tbsp measurment.
Another thing with the exercise it can overestimate the burns so only eat back a portion of them...50-75% is what most recommend.0 -
Sometimes youlll feel it in your clothes0
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Thank you and I see what you mean. I did go look at my bread package and 1 slice is 70 calories and 1 slice of Kraft American cheese is 60 calories, so that would be 200 calories. The thing is, if I eat something out of the cafeteria at work, I cannot get the nutritional value nor can I weigh the food. I also forgot to mention that I have Graves DIsease. I was hyper for 2 years and just recently became hypo, which means that weight will be easier to gain and harder to lose,0
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Yes I notice that my pants fit a little loose where I have to wear a belt, but I know that was from when I was hyper thyroid. I lost 30 pounds in 1 month.......I want to see it on the scale, in numbers lol. Maybe I should just weigh myself once a month and not once a week.0
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I feel your pain. I eat well and exercise extremely well (which is not new). I turned 40 in June and it was like a line was drawn in the sand and my body decided that no weight may be lost : (
If I ate/exercised this way in my 20s, I'd be thin as a rail.
This morning I decided to cut out my drink at night. I hear ya on the brandy thing. I have two toddlers and really look forward to my glass of wine at night. I doubt it's what is holding me back, but I'm officially off of wine for the week, to see if that's what's sabotaging me.
Good luck to you. Hang in there. Even if the pounds don't pour off, you're keeping yourself around longer! I'm trying to keep that in focus.0 -
My advice is bring your lunch to work-so you know exactly what is in it. I just made a post about an almost 1000 cal sandwich from Applebees-it's hard to estimate cafeteria food-and you are probably under estimating. Also you have something like "scrambled eggs" for 365 cals and other "homemade" meals-I wonder how accurate these are. Instead log each food (how many eggs, if you put cheese measure it and log it). For the brandy/cranberry juice. Are you measuring that? Two oz of cranberry juice is nothing. You could easily be doing 2 oz of brandy and 4 oz of juice which would double that calorie count. Try to eat at home as much as possible-it's the only way (IMO) to eat within a normal calorie allowance. Eating out should be a treat-not an everyday thing. I know people will slam me for that, but for anyone overweight I truly believe it is the only way. There are naturally thin people (my kids are two) who could eat out everyday and never gain, but most of us are not like that. Most will eat out and it's hard to do for less than 1200+ and then eat 2 more meals plus maybe some snacks.0
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Thank you and I see what you mean. I did go look at my bread package and 1 slice is 70 calories and 1 slice of Kraft American cheese is 60 calories, so that would be 200 calories. The thing is, if I eat something out of the cafeteria at work, I cannot get the nutritional value nor can I weigh the food. I also forgot to mention that I have Graves DIsease. I was hyper for 2 years and just recently became hypo, which means that weight will be easier to gain and harder to lose,
Yes medical issues can cause issues but being in a deficet is all you need...it might be slower but it will come off...
You just have to be "extra" careful..
As for the cafeteria ask the nice people that work there to help you out...I am sure they would...fast food resturants help me all the time...like Pita Pit...I asked how many oz of meat goes into a regular pita they were happy to answer.
If they don't you can always use the portion sizes such as 4oz = deck of cards for meat etc.0 -
Welcome.
Ten days is not that long, so you body could be adjusting to your new diet and exercise program.
I looked at your diary, and I suspect your are not logging in everything you eat because you are usually 1,200 or below. If you were truly eating such few calories you would have lost weight in the first week.
Are you weighing your food? Solids need to be weighed and liquids measured. No eyeballing allowed because our eyeballs are usually smaller than the actual portions.
ETA: I also see in a latter post that you have hypothyroid? I suggest you speak with your doctor about your weight loss goals too.0 -
Also double check the packages with the nutritional info on here. It can change over time and it can also be entered in accurately in the past.
Look at the individual items and see if the are truly worth the calories / sugar as opposed to looking for a healthy alternative. Beverages can be especially deceiving.
Enter your own recipes if you ate truly eating some you made "home made."
The convenience of picking items from the database isn't a substitute for double checking the info with the package in your hand.0 -
I would also suggest measuring your self. weighing yourself at the same time every week.... naked in the morning... after you use the bathroom.... but before you eat or even drink anything!
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Hello. First let me say that I love this website. My niece introduced me to it when I told her I had joined the Biggest Loser contest at work. I looked over the site and I am still trying to familiarize myself with the whole calorie count, deficit, exercise and all of that. I have the logging of the foods and exercise down pretty good. What I am not understanding is why I have not even lost a pound in 10 days. I admit, I just started exercising, but I have been eating healthy (I think lol). I have cut out fried foods, pop (soda), a lot of sweets (and anybody who knows me, knows I love my sweets). I started drinking a lot of water, which is something that I did not like in the past but I know I needed it if I am going to win this contest. Can you all look at my food diary and let me know where I am going wrong or what I should or should not be doing. I know I need to cut out the brandy and cranberry juice, but after a long day at work, that is my unwind drink. I appreciate/welcome all suggestions, good and bad. Thanks :-)
I also would make sure you are eating at least 3 meals a day and 2 snacks!!!
Breakfast is a huge meal of your day... make sure you eat within an hour of waking up, because it helps to jump start your metablism!
if you can i would suggest meal planning and prepping too! thats how i get though my week! 0 -
It took me quite some time to get the ball really rolling in my own weight loss. I had to give it 5-6 weeks before I started seeing real results on the scale and that included daily exercise, dedicated and truthful daily logging on both food and exercise, and controlled once a week scale logging. It took me time to figure out how to log correctly (which included weighing my food so I knew exactly how much I was eating, making sure I was entering the exact brand and type of food because they vary so much, and remembering to log everything I ate all the time). I also had to learn how to correctly enter exercise calories as I found I often would enter too many or too little. The MFP exercise calculator is useful in it's way but it can be pretty inaccurate. The easiest way to calculate a more accurate calorie burn is using a decent heart rate monitor. It is true that after exercise your body retains extra water to help in healing. It takes time to flush that out. I gave it five to six weeks of adjustment and then the weight started finally dropping off and just keeps on going!0
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I also would make sure you are eating at least 3 meals a day and 2 snacks!!!
Breakfast is a huge meal of your day... make sure you eat within an hour of waking up, because it helps to jump start your metablism!
^^False and mythical information
You can eat when and how you want to, as long as you have a calorie deficit
if you can i would suggest meal planning and prepping too! thats how i get though my week!
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The above are common misconceptions. It might work for some people to eat 5 to six meals a day, or to eat breakfast an hour after waking up, but it has nothing to do with metabolism or weight loss.I also would make sure you are eating at least 3 meals a day and 2 snacks!!!
Breakfast is a huge meal of your day... make sure you eat within an hour of waking up, because it helps to jump start your metablism!0 -
If you're not losing, you're not eating at a deficit. You're underestimating your food &/or overestimating your burn. Log everything you eat accurately & honestly. Find reliable database entries. (There's a lot of incorrect data in there.) Weigh your food. Log your exercise, and eat back your exercise calories. If you're still not losing, eat back half your exercise calories.
Read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-Sexypants0 -
Thank you all for the comments. I log everything I eat, right down to the Cheerios I snack on......but from reading all comments, am I supposed to be in the red at the end of the day? Is that where I am going wrong?0
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I feel your pain. I eat well and exercise extremely well (which is not new). I turned 40 in June and it was like a line was drawn in the sand and my body decided that no weight may be lost : (
If I ate/exercised this way in my 20s, I'd be thin as a rail.
This morning I decided to cut out my drink at night. I hear ya on the brandy thing. I have two toddlers and really look forward to my glass of wine at night. I doubt it's what is holding me back, but I'm officially off of wine for the week, to see if that's what's sabotaging me.
Good luck to you. Hang in there. Even if the pounds don't pour off, you're keeping yourself around longer! I'm trying to keep that in focus.0 -
I havent lost much either and I think It had a lot to do with my Nightly wine, I finnally counted my calories for drinking and I was drinking 500 cal a night plus my food...... no wonder I was way over my1200.0
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Great tips!!!:happy:0
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am I supposed to be in the red at the end of the day? Is that where I am going wrong?
Your calorie goal should be just that, a goal. It's not good to be 800 calories under your goal on a daily basis.0 -
Weigh all food, log all liquids ingested after measuring, and measure your brandy. Weight food to the gram if you can, including the oil that you cook your scrambled eggs in. Fats especially can add lots of calories.
Limit processed foods and foods eaten out. Too hard to figure out how many calories they really are (packaging only has to be accurate to a %, and it could be off enough to end your calorie deficit if you eat enough).
Exercise, but we really don't know how much you are burning unless you get a heart rate monitor, and even then it is guestimating.
Take photos and measurements when you start. Eventually you are going to stall out and as you know now, it is frustrating. If you compare photos when you stall to when you start, and you see losses of inches but not pounds, you know you are headed in the right direction.
Follow up with your doc for your thyroid.
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Yes I notice that my pants fit a little loose where I have to wear a belt, but I know that was from when I was hyper thyroid. I lost 30 pounds in 1 month.......I want to see it on the scale, in numbers lol. Maybe I should just weigh myself once a month and not once a week.
If you need to see numbers, consider measuring yourself. The tape measure might be a better gauge!0 -
Either you're not eating enough, or you're not logging everything you eat accurately & honestly. Eating too little is just as bad as eating too much. You lose weight by eating at a reasonable deficit.I have the logging of the foods and exercise down pretty good. What I am not understanding is why I have not even lost a pound in 10 days. Can you all look at my food diary and let me know where I am going wrong
Log everything you eat accurately & honestly. Find reliable database entries. (There's a lot of incorrect data in there.) Weigh your food.
Read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants0 -
I had a big problem at first with underestimating my calories. If you can be very strict with weighing and counting everything you eat, I bet you will get better results. You are right, it is impossible to accurately count cafeteria food. When I started logging I totally gave up the cafeteria at work. Now, I weigh and measure everything the night before and bring my breakfast and lunch with me. I don't even go into the cafeteria anymore! It takes some adjustment but I'm getting used to it. Now, I don't even take a bite of anything that I can't count. It's just not worth it. My goal is too important! Good luck 0
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Hi everybody and thank you all so much for the suggestions. I sat back a few days and waited until I heard from my doctor about my thyroid. I still ate healthy and exercised. I finally heard from him and he states that my thyroid levels are way better than they have been in the past. He wants me to stay on my meds and I have permission to continue to eat healthy and exercise. So I am back and ready to do this. Contest ends May 1st.....I will use all suggestions and tips, and even after the contest ends at work, I will continue on. Thank you all again and wish me luck :-)0
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It is way easier to log every item individually especially if there is a bar code, scan it and MFP most likely will have it. I always try and over estimate if I'm not sure.0
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Hello. First let me say that I love this website. My niece introduced me to it when I told her I had joined the Biggest Loser contest at work. I looked over the site and I am still trying to familiarize myself with the whole calorie count, deficit, exercise and all of that. I have the logging of the foods and exercise down pretty good. What I am not understanding is why I have not even lost a pound in 10 days. I admit, I just started exercising, but I have been eating healthy (I think lol). I have cut out fried foods, pop (soda), a lot of sweets (and anybody who knows me, knows I love my sweets). I started drinking a lot of water, which is something that I did not like in the past but I know I needed it if I am going to win this contest. Can you all look at my food diary and let me know where I am going wrong or what I should or should not be doing. I know I need to cut out the brandy and cranberry juice, but after a long day at work, that is my unwind drink. I appreciate/welcome all suggestions, good and bad. Thanks :-)
I also would make sure you are eating at least 3 meals a day and 2 snacks!!!
Breakfast is a huge meal of your day... make sure you eat within an hour of waking up, because it helps to jump start your metablism!
if you can i would suggest meal planning and prepping too! thats how i get though my week!
No, breakfast/eating earlier in the day does not do anything magical for your metabolism. That's been debunked (do a search here on the forums if you want to read up on it). Meal timing/frequency has nothing to do with weight loss-it's about calorie intake/deficit.0
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