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Is having leftover calories bad??

TIWARS
TIWARS Posts: 8
edited September 2024 in Motivation and Support
Hi. I've been counting calories for about a week now. My daily allowance is 1200, however cos i also burn off about 500 each day at the gym this increases to 1700. Since starting this there has not been one day when i've consumed my total allowance, normally i have about 600 leftover each day. Just got on scales and i've not even lost a single pound. Struggling to understand why as traditionally i thought eating more healthy and working out was key to weight loss. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?

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  • TIWARS
    TIWARS Posts: 8
    Hi. I've been counting calories for about a week now. My daily allowance is 1200, however cos i also burn off about 500 each day at the gym this increases to 1700. Since starting this there has not been one day when i've consumed my total allowance, normally i have about 600 leftover each day. Just got on scales and i've not even lost a single pound. Struggling to understand why as traditionally i thought eating more healthy and working out was key to weight loss. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    you're starving yourself bigtime!

    please see this post. Please try to read all 4 posts in there, they are long, but they are VERY helpful to newcommers.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10665-newbies-please-read-me-2nd-edition
  • kerrilucko
    kerrilucko Posts: 3,852 Member
    Banks is most likely right! Up your calories, but do everything else the same, you should shed something soon. I lost nothing my first week too, but my second week I lost 3 (and I didn't make any changes) remember, slow and steady!
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