Not losing weight - need help and advice! Please

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  • Joanne_Moniz
    Joanne_Moniz Posts: 347 Member
    Just some background here, I have always been a dieter. I stated on January 2nd to the gym - running/walking intervals 5 days a week then walk/run interval 1 day on the weekend (2 miles and/or 30 minutes). Our family has switched to the Paleo diet (all healthy stuff). After 1 month, I had lost nothing in weight or inches. Last week I got a personal trainer, so I'm at 3 days a week with him and 2 days a week doing a treadmill/elliptical/bike routine (~45 minutes). I have now gained 2 lbs.
    That is 42 days of being in the gym and eating healthy and NO results. I have about 40lbs to lose and I'm at 1200 calories, logging everyday along with tracking on my Fitbit.
    I am EXTREMELY frustrated and I would like any suggestions and/or help. Thanks.

    I understand that you would be frustrated. Are you tracking your sugar? Do you have it set correctly? Are your macros set correctly?.... Many people on paleo eat protein bars and shakes that have ingredients they are not aware of that may jeopardize weight loss.

    Joanne Moniz
    The Skinny On Obesity Group
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    If she were losing then she could play around with adding back exercise in increments on her own. But why the heck would anyone advise someone to eat more if they are not losing in a deficit? The logic that some people have with this eating more kick is just plain bad. And it started right up with the first few posts. Shakes head. Get in a deficit, lose your weight, get the hell out of deficit, and then maintain with diet and exercise.

    There's quite a lot of it on here. This thread was a particularly bad example. That's why I kept editing my first post to state it more and more strongly.

    Eating too little will make you fat. That's why there are all those fat people in Ethiopia. But here in America where food is ample, everyone is thin.

    And it is why people of today can not fit into the seats at old baseball parks and football stadiums. Everyone is so much thinner now a days because of all the great eat more not less philosophy being presented.

    Eating too little will obviously not make you fat, but it can have negative reprecussions. It can affect hormone levels which can slow your progress. There are tons of people who have bumped up their calories and started dropping weight again after stalling. It can also make it much more difficult to maintain after you've reached goal. <---- is my number #1 concern.
    I do strongly believe in eating more to lose weight. That doesn't mean eat as much as you want or eat over maintainence. But the advice to "eat more" is pointless if we aren't starting with logging accurately.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    So if you're not losing weight by eating a small amount of calories, you should continue to just do what you're doing.

    No.
    Or, what? Eat LESS??

    You should go over your logging with a fine tooth comb to figure out where you're getting more calories than you thought you were.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    And to the person that said I was closer to 50% body fat, you are wrong. I'm closer to 40%.

    Hey, in the end, we all believe what we have to believe.

    Good luck!
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member


    Eating too little will obviously not make you fat, but it can have negative reprecussions. It can affect hormone levels which can slow your progress. There are tons of people who have bumped up their calories and started dropping weight again after stalling. It can also make it much more difficult to maintain after you've reached goal. <---- is my number #1 concern.
    I do strongly believe in eating more to lose weight. That doesn't mean eat as much as you want or eat over maintainence. But the advice to "eat more" is pointless if we aren't starting with logging accurately.

    Men think hormones don't apply to them.
  • fast_eddie_72
    fast_eddie_72 Posts: 719 Member
    I understand that you would be frustrated. Are you tracking your sugar?

    Sugar! I don't even know her!
  • haburgess
    haburgess Posts: 19
    Boy, that escalated quickly......
  • fast_eddie_72
    fast_eddie_72 Posts: 719 Member
    Boy, that escalated quickly......

    This is a reasonably polite one. Ask how much sugar you should eat if you want to see things get testy. lol

    But please note the remarkable convergence of opinion here of late regarding your original question.
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    Boy, that escalated quickly......

    This is a reasonably polite one. Ask how much sugar you should eat if you want to see things get testy. lol

    But please note the remarkable convergence of opinion here of late regarding your original question.

    Yes, indeed!

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