30 days and NO results ..feeling frustrated

snicklet57

I started my fitness plan 30 days ago.....I'm borderline Type 2 Diabetic so my doc advised me to watch my carbs. I started out just watching what I eat keeping my daily carb intake to 15 carbs (225g) when I tried this last year I dropped weight like crazy, I lost 37 lbs in 4 mo. So this time I thought YAY!!! this will be simple. Thing is zero weight loss grrrrrr. So I decided to add some exercise, I bought a Gazelle and I work out on it 3 times a day, burning 200 calories per workout. I'm 57 and I have heart disease so I'm not going to go too fast on this machine, plus I have a bad hip sue to an infection in 2010 left me with limited motion. My current calorie intake is 1356. I'm CONFUSED on the burn /eat back thing. HELP!!!! I currently weigh 237 and I want to get down to 175 by October, BUT I want to get some flab off so I can build stamina for exercise once the weather breaks (if it ever does lol) I'm 5'6"

imjolly

It takes about 6 weeks to see results so don't give up.

rileysowner

How carefully are you measuring your food? If you are estimating it can lead to eating far more than you think.

Second, for some people it takes a lot of time to get going. Keep at it.

Third, open your food diary so people can see. It is very difficult to make suggestions otherwise.

_EndGame_

Take measurements.

Exercise causes muscles to hold onto water, ergo, you could have water retention.

Chances are, you're losing weight, if you take measurements, these will usually reflect your progress, whereas LOTS of different reasons stand behind the number on the scales not going in the direction you want.

Mydailytrack

Oh no, you don't want to give up now. Great to hear that you kept it up for 30 days. It takes a few more weeks to begin seeing some results. Sometimes we wrongly assume that we are consuming less or burning more. Track closely to make sure you are on calorie deficit (that's the key).

snicklet57

this is where I'm confused pardon my ignorance, but could you explain deficit to me? Do I need to burn more than I take in? I'm not watching the calorie thing as much as I am the carb thing. When I lost weight before I logged my carb intake daily and the weight just fell off, I dropped from a size 22 to a 14 like it was nothing. This time I'm measuring everything and keeping at 1356 I feel like I'm starving. Ugh this is so confusing

snicklet57

measurements have been pretty much the same, clothes are fitting pretty much the same, I just am not seeing any progress except feeling tired and hungry all the time

kmglennie

this is where I'm confused pardon my ignorance, but could you explain deficit to me? Do I need to burn more than I take in? I'm not watching the calorie thing as much as I am the carb thing. When I lost weight before I logged my carb intake daily and the weight just fell off, I dropped from a size 22 to a 14 like it was nothing. This time I'm measuring everything and keeping at 1356 I feel like I'm starving. Ugh this is so confusing

I'm a bit confused because you say you're not watching your calorie count, but then that you are measuring things and staying at 1356 calories? It sounds like you need to watch your calories more closely, and yes, to lose weight you need to create a calorie deficit. To lower your carbs, try increasing how many of your calories come from protein and vegetables rather than breads/grains.

shelbykthomas

Don't see how you are not losing weight at that low of caloric intake, unless your metabolism is severely slow. Try tracking things a little better. Good luck.

Speakaboo

I am in the same boat. Changed my diet completely back in early January, and have been exercising for admittedly only 2 weeks. but I have lost absolutely ZERO weight, and ZERO inches. The food changes alone should have been enough to cause some progress? But nothing. My pants actually feel TIGHTER. It's infuriating, isn't it?

diannethegeek

this is where I'm confused pardon my ignorance, but could you explain deficit to me? Do I need to burn more than I take in? I'm not watching the calorie thing as much as I am the carb thing. When I lost weight before I logged my carb intake daily and the weight just fell off, I dropped from a size 22 to a 14 like it was nothing. This time I'm measuring everything and keeping at 1356 I feel like I'm starving. Ugh this is so confusing

When people talk about burning more than you eat or creating a calorie deficit, they mean that you need to eat less than your TDEE. This is your Total Daily Energy Expenditure, the number of calories your body burns in a day including everything from your workouts and work schedule to the calories used just keeping your heart pumping and your spleen alive. It's also the number of calories you'd need to eat to maintain your current weight.

There are a lot of calculators online to get an estimate of yours. I like Scooby because it does the math for you once you plug the numbers in: http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

DanerTee

after 30 days you really should be seeing some change. Not a ton, but some. Get yourself a food scale to ensure you are tracking accurately and if you are watching your grams of carbs, be sure when you are searching foods that you are using entries where the person who entered it includes ALL nutritionals and not just the calories. Best of luck, sometimes it is just a lot of trial and error.

Mydailytrack

Don't give up even if it means that you will see the results slowly. If you haven't lost weight yet, then it simply means that your net calories consumed is at maintenance-level & not at the weight-loss-level.

So yes, keep going. Eventually you will realize where you may be going wrong. Sometimes it takes a while to wake up or speed up the metabolism.. but with right & constant effort you will begin to see the results.