Help Please - Not losing weight

lynnecrawford
lynnecrawford Posts: 3 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I am stuck in a rut, I am not losing weight, please can someone have a look at my food diary and exercise regime. code is 1234

I origionally thought I was doing to much exerxise and not eating enough so I have increased my calorie intake.

I am getting stronger as I have been able to increase my weights in my body pump classes however no weight or inches are being lost.

My friends tell me to stop exercising so much and just watch what I eat but I love going to the gym and not one to sit in front on the tv. I weigh all of my food and drink plenty of water.

I used to be 11st 6 and put on a stone and more while I was recovering from a dislocated hip now I just cant get the weight shifted.

I used to run and I am thinking that may be where I am going wrong as most of my exercise is now in les mills classes or spin.

Any advice would be great.

Thanks
Lynne

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  • navyrigger46
    navyrigger46 Posts: 1,301 Member
    I went back about a week, you didn't hit your calorie goal a single day, let alone eat back any exercise calories, several days you net under 1K and a couple you gross under 1K. If that log is accurate, there's your problem. If it's not accurate, there's your problem.

    Rigger
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    I went back about a week, you didn't hit your calorie goal a single day, let alone eat back any exercise calories, several days you net under 1K and a couple you gross under 1K. If that log is accurate, there's your problem. If it's not accurate, there's your problem.

    Rigger

    ^This. You mention that you've increased your calorie goal but your log is showing the opposite. In the past month the number of calories you've logged daily is dropping.

    1200 calories is considered to be the minimum safe level for most sedentary women. You aren't sedentary. You should be eating more.

    It also looks like you may not be using a food scale and some of your entries look generic. It's possible you're eating more calories than you're logging, which throws off any advice we'd give you if we're not working from accurate numbers. It's not a bad idea to get really specific with your logging for a week just to double-check that your numbers are right.
  • bryannakay
    bryannakay Posts: 198 Member
    There are a couple things that I noticed!...

    1. You are eating way too many carbs versus protein in your diet. There was a day in there where you had 188 grams of carbs and only 40 or so of protein. You need to get more protein into your diet. I met with a personal trainer and she said that the majority of your carbs should be during the day and not eaten at night. At night, when you are sleeping, you body will hold onto those carbs. Where if you have some meat and a veggie for supper, it will be working your metabolism instead of slowing it down. So, I would manually change your MFP goals for nutrition to 40% protein, 30% fat, and 30% carbs. Really watch those numbers and try to stay under them. It's not always about calorie counting. Especially when you are in a rut.

    2. There were some days on here where you didn't log anything. I'm not saying that you have to log every single thing except that you are in a rut and need to get out. By not logging in every day and SEEING what you are eating, you could be adding on 1,000/2,000 extra calories without even knowing it because you "didn't think you ate that much" on those days.

    3. The other ladies are right, you have some days where you worked out and burned 900+ calories and only at 1200...that is a net of 300 calories. Your body gets super angry about that and hold onto those carbs that you eat hoping they can survive.

    4. GET A FOOD SCALE. Go to walmart and get a cheap one. You don't need to spend a lot. You will realize that some things that are 3 oz really won't give you much to eat.

    5. Stay away from the weight watchers meals and things like that. The sodium in those things are RIDICULOUS!!! They will hold onto water weight.

    6. Speaking of water..I don't remember how much water you logged but, trying drinking your body weight in ounces for a week....you may pee like a crazy lady but, trust me. It will help to get things flowing!!

    GOOD LUCK! Hope this helps :)
  • bryannakay
    bryannakay Posts: 198 Member
    Oops....sorry, I didn't see that you weigh your food and get plenty of water....I must have skimmed that part. But, I do have something to add...tell your friends that want you to quit working out that they don't give good advice at all....to be honest, that is a TERRIBLE thing to tell you. Keep working out and get your food in order and things WILL happen for you!!!!

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