I wanna cry, I been going 2 weeks and nothing!!!

I been going 2 weeks and I haven't lost any weight!!!!! I ate pretty much how I wanted and didn't gain weight and now I'm restricting and working out and nothing! I linger at 132 and I'm sick of it I want to be 125 and toned. I'm considered not fat but I'm flabby And have a fat pouch on my stomach!! It's always nice to tone! Help I usually ate 1200 a day normally before I started this thing, so should I go to 1000???

I'm 5 10 132 pounds according to charts I'm thin but my muffin hangs over my pants and my pouch on my stomach is like 2 inches out. Help I'm so frustrated and hungry! It's like healthy food does not fill u up!!!
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  • mrsmarit
    mrsmarit Posts: 229 Member
    I been going 2 weeks and I haven't lost any weight!!!!! I ate pretty much how I wanted and didn't gain weight and now I'm restricting and working out and nothing! I linger at 132 and I'm sick of it I want to be 125 and toned. I'm considered not fat but I'm flabby And have a fat pouch on my stomach!! It's always nice to tone! Help I usually ate 1200 a day normally before I started this thing, so should I go to 1000???

    I'm 5 10 132 pounds according to charts I'm thin but my muffin hangs over my pants and my pouch on my stomach is like 2 inches out. Help I'm so frustrated and hungry! It's like healthy food does not fill u up!!!

    If you want to tone eat more and lift weights... cutting calories will not make you leaner
  • navyrigger46
    navyrigger46 Posts: 1,301 Member
    I been going 2 weeks and I haven't lost any weight!!!!! I ate pretty much how I wanted and didn't gain weight and now I'm restricting and working out and nothing! I linger at 132 and I'm sick of it I want to be 125 and toned. I'm considered not fat but I'm flabby And have a fat pouch on my stomach!! It's always nice to tone! Help I usually ate 1200 a day normally before I started this thing, so should I go to 1000???

    I'm 5 10 132 pounds according to charts I'm thin but my muffin hangs over my pants and my pouch on my stomach is like 2 inches out. Help I'm so frustrated and hungry! It's like healthy food does not fill u up!!!

    If you want to tone eat more and lift weights... cutting calories will not make you leaner

    Yup, this, get on a heavy compound lifting program like 5X5 or Starting Strength and up your calories.

    Rigger
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    1. don't trust the initial setup that MFP provides. If you put in the wrong/inaccurate information, it'll tell you to eat an amount that may not be applicable.
    2. Make sure you eat enough.
    3. Figure out what works for you and is sustainable/healthy/long term.
    4. avoid fads. don't buy in to any "Hey, try the twinkie and vodka diet"
    5. Don't cut out anything now that you don't plan on literally giving up forever.
    6. GET A FOOD SCALE. Weigh everything. No, seriously.
    7. Get an HRM with a chest strap. You'll at least have a better idea of what you're burning. It'll be more accurate than the generic info in the exercise database.. and even more than the cardio machines. This is great for steady state cardio (run/walk/etc)
    8. Don't go balls out. You'll burn out. I see 300 lb people show up here, instantly start working out and cutting their intake SEVERELY... trying to cut out all of their carbs at once.. whatever. Take it slow. Figure out how much you need to eat FIRST in order to lose.. then incorporate exercise.
    9. Don't cardio yourself to death.
    10. Take the information on the forums with a grain of salt. A lot of people that have been here for a while.. and have been successful, may seem jaded. They give out GREAT advice day after day, only to be met with people that refuse to listen.
    11. Eat real food. Not diet food. Not "low fat, sugar free, now without X." It's easier to get/find/count.
    12. don't set time restrictions.
    13. measure yourself weekly. Don't just weigh. Measure and take pictures.
    14 BE PATIENT.
    15. Avoid forum topics that have "1200" in the title. It's just full of butthurt. Lots of it.
    16. If you ask a question on the forum, give as much information as you can ("yes, I have a food scale and weigh my food" is worlds better than "I eat a palm full of miscellaneous boiled chicken parts..sometimes.")
    17. Be honest with yourself and honest with us.
    18. This isn't a game, it's about changing your lifestyle. Do that.

    pretty much that.

    ...and don't fall into the "1200 calorie" vertigo of suck because of:

    the typical MFP users does this:
    1. I wanna lose weight, let's try MFP.
    2. OH! Wow, it tells me I can lose 2 lbs a WEEK? AWESOME!
    3. I just sit at a desk when I'm not working out, I guess I'm sedentary.
    4. MFP tells them 1200 calories, and they don't even eat that.. then they work out on top of it.. creating an even bigger deficit.
    5. Lose a lot, fast, brag about 1200 calorie success.
    6. Come back in a few months trying to figure out why they're dizzy, tired, not losing weight.
    7. Get on the forums, ask why they aren't losing.
    8. Get two responses (I eat 1200 and lose) (I eat 2200 and lose)
    9. Argument ensues about who is right.

    Now. That being said. These threads happen hundreds of times per day. Most times, and I mean really.. seriously.. 95% of the time.. people get the 1200 number because they don't put the right information in when they set up the account. There are a great number of people that are trying to help. I'm one of 'em.

    I'm a hardcore advocate of actually finding out what works for the individual.. by means of other calculators, averages, time, practice, and patience.

    Blanket prescriptions of 1200 calories "because it worked for me" is more harmful to the generic new user than the "figure out what you need to eat." Unfortunately, one is a LOT easier to type.

    Find out what you need: http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/

    and make sure to read: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

    If you "fell off of the wagon" it was because you made it a change that you couldn't keep up with. Make little changes. Make the wagon easier to stay on.


    ...and specifically, make a point to outright ignore any/all of those damned sales reps like our buddy up there that's trying to help you lose weight in your wallet. Scum of the damned forums

    DO. NOT. LOWER. YOUR. CALORIES.
  • tadpoletucker
    tadpoletucker Posts: 3 Member
    I lost 50% of my belly fat by doing pilates 3 X per week. I have been following the 1200 calorie per day diet, and have lost some weight, but I am way, way more toned even with the remaining weight I have to lose.
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    You are already at the low end of a healthy BMI. Your goal is underweight. Weight loss is not your friend.

    Find a strength exercise you enjoy doing - even yoga and pilates will build some muscle. It takes impressive strength to go from child's pose to cobra without resting at the bottom!
  • cpusmc
    cpusmc Posts: 122
    1. don't trust the initial setup that MFP provides. If you put in the wrong/inaccurate information, it'll tell you to eat an amount that may not be applicable.
    2. Make sure you eat enough.
    3. Figure out what works for you and is sustainable/healthy/long term.
    4. avoid fads. don't buy in to any "Hey, try the twinkie and vodka diet"
    5. Don't cut out anything now that you don't plan on literally giving up forever.
    6. GET A FOOD SCALE. Weigh everything. No, seriously.
    7. Get an HRM with a chest strap. You'll at least have a better idea of what you're burning. It'll be more accurate than the generic info in the exercise database.. and even more than the cardio machines. This is great for steady state cardio (run/walk/etc)
    8. Don't go balls out. You'll burn out. I see 300 lb people show up here, instantly start working out and cutting their intake SEVERELY... trying to cut out all of their carbs at once.. whatever. Take it slow. Figure out how much you need to eat FIRST in order to lose.. then incorporate exercise.
    9. Don't cardio yourself to death.
    10. Take the information on the forums with a grain of salt. A lot of people that have been here for a while.. and have been successful, may seem jaded. They give out GREAT advice day after day, only to be met with people that refuse to listen.
    11. Eat real food. Not diet food. Not "low fat, sugar free, now without X." It's easier to get/find/count.
    12. don't set time restrictions.
    13. measure yourself weekly. Don't just weigh. Measure and take pictures.
    14 BE PATIENT.
    15. Avoid forum topics that have "1200" in the title. It's just full of butthurt. Lots of it.
    16. If you ask a question on the forum, give as much information as you can ("yes, I have a food scale and weigh my food" is worlds better than "I eat a palm full of miscellaneous boiled chicken parts..sometimes.")
    17. Be honest with yourself and honest with us.
    18. This isn't a game, it's about changing your lifestyle. Do that.

    pretty much that.

    ...and don't fall into the "1200 calorie" vertigo of suck because of:

    the typical MFP users does this:
    1. I wanna lose weight, let's try MFP.
    2. OH! Wow, it tells me I can lose 2 lbs a WEEK? AWESOME!
    3. I just sit at a desk when I'm not working out, I guess I'm sedentary.
    4. MFP tells them 1200 calories, and they don't even eat that.. then they work out on top of it.. creating an even bigger deficit.
    5. Lose a lot, fast, brag about 1200 calorie success.
    6. Come back in a few months trying to figure out why they're dizzy, tired, not losing weight.
    7. Get on the forums, ask why they aren't losing.
    8. Get two responses (I eat 1200 and lose) (I eat 2200 and lose)
    9. Argument ensues about who is right.

    Now. That being said. These threads happen hundreds of times per day. Most times, and I mean really.. seriously.. 95% of the time.. people get the 1200 number because they don't put the right information in when they set up the account. There are a great number of people that are trying to help. I'm one of 'em.

    I'm a hardcore advocate of actually finding out what works for the individual.. by means of other calculators, averages, time, practice, and patience.

    Blanket prescriptions of 1200 calories "because it worked for me" is more harmful to the generic new user than the "figure out what you need to eat." Unfortunately, one is a LOT easier to type.

    Find out what you need: http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/

    and make sure to read: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

    If you "fell off of the wagon" it was because you made it a change that you couldn't keep up with. Make little changes. Make the wagon easier to stay on.


    ...and specifically, make a point to outright ignore any/all of those damned sales reps like our buddy up there that's trying to help you lose weight in your wallet. Scum of the damned forums

    DO. NOT. LOWER. YOUR. CALORIES.

    This is coming from a man who has lost 153lbs. It cannot be said any better....
  • LoosingMyLast15
    LoosingMyLast15 Posts: 1,457 Member
    1. don't trust the initial setup that MFP provides. If you put in the wrong/inaccurate information, it'll tell you to eat an amount that may not be applicable.
    2. Make sure you eat enough.
    3. Figure out what works for you and is sustainable/healthy/long term.
    4. avoid fads. don't buy in to any "Hey, try the twinkie and vodka diet"
    5. Don't cut out anything now that you don't plan on literally giving up forever.
    6. GET A FOOD SCALE. Weigh everything. No, seriously.
    7. Get an HRM with a chest strap. You'll at least have a better idea of what you're burning. It'll be more accurate than the generic info in the exercise database.. and even more than the cardio machines. This is great for steady state cardio (run/walk/etc)
    8. Don't go balls out. You'll burn out. I see 300 lb people show up here, instantly start working out and cutting their intake SEVERELY... trying to cut out all of their carbs at once.. whatever. Take it slow. Figure out how much you need to eat FIRST in order to lose.. then incorporate exercise.
    9. Don't cardio yourself to death.
    10. Take the information on the forums with a grain of salt. A lot of people that have been here for a while.. and have been successful, may seem jaded. They give out GREAT advice day after day, only to be met with people that refuse to listen.
    11. Eat real food. Not diet food. Not "low fat, sugar free, now without X." It's easier to get/find/count.
    12. don't set time restrictions.
    13. measure yourself weekly. Don't just weigh. Measure and take pictures.
    14 BE PATIENT.
    15. Avoid forum topics that have "1200" in the title. It's just full of butthurt. Lots of it.
    16. If you ask a question on the forum, give as much information as you can ("yes, I have a food scale and weigh my food" is worlds better than "I eat a palm full of miscellaneous boiled chicken parts..sometimes.")
    17. Be honest with yourself and honest with us.
    18. This isn't a game, it's about changing your lifestyle. Do that.

    pretty much that.

    ...and don't fall into the "1200 calorie" vertigo of suck because of:

    the typical MFP users does this:
    1. I wanna lose weight, let's try MFP.
    2. OH! Wow, it tells me I can lose 2 lbs a WEEK? AWESOME!
    3. I just sit at a desk when I'm not working out, I guess I'm sedentary.
    4. MFP tells them 1200 calories, and they don't even eat that.. then they work out on top of it.. creating an even bigger deficit.
    5. Lose a lot, fast, brag about 1200 calorie success.
    6. Come back in a few months trying to figure out why they're dizzy, tired, not losing weight.
    7. Get on the forums, ask why they aren't losing.
    8. Get two responses (I eat 1200 and lose) (I eat 2200 and lose)
    9. Argument ensues about who is right.

    Now. That being said. These threads happen hundreds of times per day. Most times, and I mean really.. seriously.. 95% of the time.. people get the 1200 number because they don't put the right information in when they set up the account. There are a great number of people that are trying to help. I'm one of 'em.

    I'm a hardcore advocate of actually finding out what works for the individual.. by means of other calculators, averages, time, practice, and patience.

    Blanket prescriptions of 1200 calories "because it worked for me" is more harmful to the generic new user than the "figure out what you need to eat." Unfortunately, one is a LOT easier to type.

    Find out what you need: http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/

    and make sure to read: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

    If you "fell off of the wagon" it was because you made it a change that you couldn't keep up with. Make little changes. Make the wagon easier to stay on.


    ...and specifically, make a point to outright ignore any/all of those damned sales reps like our buddy up there that's trying to help you lose weight in your wallet. Scum of the damned forums

    DO. NOT. LOWER. YOUR. CALORIES.

    love this and the fact that you are copy/pasting it on all these stupid posts.
  • LoosingMyLast15
    LoosingMyLast15 Posts: 1,457 Member
    I been going 2 weeks and I haven't lost any weight!!!!! I ate pretty much how I wanted and didn't gain weight and now I'm restricting and working out and nothing! I linger at 132 and I'm sick of it I want to be 125 and toned. I'm considered not fat but I'm flabby And have a fat pouch on my stomach!! It's always nice to tone! Help I usually ate 1200 a day normally before I started this thing, so should I go to 1000???

    I'm 5 10 132 pounds according to charts I'm thin but my muffin hangs over my pants and my pouch on my stomach is like 2 inches out. Help I'm so frustrated and hungry! It's like healthy food does not fill u up!!!

    lift and if you're hungry eat something
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    love this and the fact that you are copy/pasting it on all these stupid posts.

    spreading the love however/whenever necessary.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    1. don't trust the initial setup that MFP provides. If you put in the wrong/inaccurate information, it'll tell you to eat an amount that may not be applicable.
    2. Make sure you eat enough.
    3. Figure out what works for you and is sustainable/healthy/long term.
    4. avoid fads. don't buy in to any "Hey, try the twinkie and vodka diet"
    5. Don't cut out anything now that you don't plan on literally giving up forever.
    6. GET A FOOD SCALE. Weigh everything. No, seriously.
    7. Get an HRM with a chest strap. You'll at least have a better idea of what you're burning. It'll be more accurate than the generic info in the exercise database.. and even more than the cardio machines. This is great for steady state cardio (run/walk/etc)
    8. Don't go balls out. You'll burn out. I see 300 lb people show up here, instantly start working out and cutting their intake SEVERELY... trying to cut out all of their carbs at once.. whatever. Take it slow. Figure out how much you need to eat FIRST in order to lose.. then incorporate exercise.
    9. Don't cardio yourself to death.
    10. Take the information on the forums with a grain of salt. A lot of people that have been here for a while.. and have been successful, may seem jaded. They give out GREAT advice day after day, only to be met with people that refuse to listen.
    11. Eat real food. Not diet food. Not "low fat, sugar free, now without X." It's easier to get/find/count.
    12. don't set time restrictions.
    13. measure yourself weekly. Don't just weigh. Measure and take pictures.
    14 BE PATIENT.
    15. Avoid forum topics that have "1200" in the title. It's just full of butthurt. Lots of it.
    16. If you ask a question on the forum, give as much information as you can ("yes, I have a food scale and weigh my food" is worlds better than "I eat a palm full of miscellaneous boiled chicken parts..sometimes.")
    17. Be honest with yourself and honest with us.
    18. This isn't a game, it's about changing your lifestyle. Do that.

    pretty much that.

    ...and don't fall into the "1200 calorie" vertigo of suck because of:

    the typical MFP users does this:
    1. I wanna lose weight, let's try MFP.
    2. OH! Wow, it tells me I can lose 2 lbs a WEEK? AWESOME!
    3. I just sit at a desk when I'm not working out, I guess I'm sedentary.
    4. MFP tells them 1200 calories, and they don't even eat that.. then they work out on top of it.. creating an even bigger deficit.
    5. Lose a lot, fast, brag about 1200 calorie success.
    6. Come back in a few months trying to figure out why they're dizzy, tired, not losing weight.
    7. Get on the forums, ask why they aren't losing.
    8. Get two responses (I eat 1200 and lose) (I eat 2200 and lose)
    9. Argument ensues about who is right.

    Now. That being said. These threads happen hundreds of times per day. Most times, and I mean really.. seriously.. 95% of the time.. people get the 1200 number because they don't put the right information in when they set up the account. There are a great number of people that are trying to help. I'm one of 'em.

    I'm a hardcore advocate of actually finding out what works for the individual.. by means of other calculators, averages, time, practice, and patience.

    Blanket prescriptions of 1200 calories "because it worked for me" is more harmful to the generic new user than the "figure out what you need to eat." Unfortunately, one is a LOT easier to type.

    Find out what you need: http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/

    and make sure to read: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

    If you "fell off of the wagon" it was because you made it a change that you couldn't keep up with. Make little changes. Make the wagon easier to stay on.


    ...and specifically, make a point to outright ignore any/all of those damned sales reps like our buddy up there that's trying to help you lose weight in your wallet. Scum of the damned forums

    DO. NOT. LOWER. YOUR. CALORIES.
    All of this.
    And especially this:
    DO. NOT. LOWER. YOUR. CALORIES.
  • "I'm 5 10 132 pounds according to charts I'm thin but my muffin hangs over my pants and my pouch on my stomach is like 2 inches out."


    I think you just need bigger pants.
  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    1. don't trust the initial setup that MFP provides. If you put in the wrong/inaccurate information, it'll tell you to eat an amount that may not be applicable.
    2. Make sure you eat enough.
    3. Figure out what works for you and is sustainable/healthy/long term.
    4. avoid fads. don't buy in to any "Hey, try the twinkie and vodka diet"
    5. Don't cut out anything now that you don't plan on literally giving up forever.
    6. GET A FOOD SCALE. Weigh everything. No, seriously.
    7. Get an HRM with a chest strap. You'll at least have a better idea of what you're burning. It'll be more accurate than the generic info in the exercise database.. and even more than the cardio machines. This is great for steady state cardio (run/walk/etc)
    8. Don't go balls out. You'll burn out. I see 300 lb people show up here, instantly start working out and cutting their intake SEVERELY... trying to cut out all of their carbs at once.. whatever. Take it slow. Figure out how much you need to eat FIRST in order to lose.. then incorporate exercise.
    9. Don't cardio yourself to death.
    10. Take the information on the forums with a grain of salt. A lot of people that have been here for a while.. and have been successful, may seem jaded. They give out GREAT advice day after day, only to be met with people that refuse to listen.
    11. Eat real food. Not diet food. Not "low fat, sugar free, now without X." It's easier to get/find/count.
    12. don't set time restrictions.
    13. measure yourself weekly. Don't just weigh. Measure and take pictures.
    14 BE PATIENT.
    15. Avoid forum topics that have "1200" in the title. It's just full of butthurt. Lots of it.
    16. If you ask a question on the forum, give as much information as you can ("yes, I have a food scale and weigh my food" is worlds better than "I eat a palm full of miscellaneous boiled chicken parts..sometimes.")
    17. Be honest with yourself and honest with us.
    18. This isn't a game, it's about changing your lifestyle. Do that.

    pretty much that.

    ...and don't fall into the "1200 calorie" vertigo of suck because of:

    the typical MFP users does this:
    1. I wanna lose weight, let's try MFP.
    2. OH! Wow, it tells me I can lose 2 lbs a WEEK? AWESOME!
    3. I just sit at a desk when I'm not working out, I guess I'm sedentary.
    4. MFP tells them 1200 calories, and they don't even eat that.. then they work out on top of it.. creating an even bigger deficit.
    5. Lose a lot, fast, brag about 1200 calorie success.
    6. Come back in a few months trying to figure out why they're dizzy, tired, not losing weight.
    7. Get on the forums, ask why they aren't losing.
    8. Get two responses (I eat 1200 and lose) (I eat 2200 and lose)
    9. Argument ensues about who is right.

    Now. That being said. These threads happen hundreds of times per day. Most times, and I mean really.. seriously.. 95% of the time.. people get the 1200 number because they don't put the right information in when they set up the account. There are a great number of people that are trying to help. I'm one of 'em.

    I'm a hardcore advocate of actually finding out what works for the individual.. by means of other calculators, averages, time, practice, and patience.

    Blanket prescriptions of 1200 calories "because it worked for me" is more harmful to the generic new user than the "figure out what you need to eat." Unfortunately, one is a LOT easier to type.

    Find out what you need: http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/

    and make sure to read: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

    If you "fell off of the wagon" it was because you made it a change that you couldn't keep up with. Make little changes. Make the wagon easier to stay on.


    ...and specifically, make a point to outright ignore any/all of those damned sales reps like our buddy up there that's trying to help you lose weight in your wallet. Scum of the damned forums

    DO. NOT. LOWER. YOUR. CALORIES.

    ^ Listen to the man with the epic beard. He's right.
  • wilsoje74
    wilsoje74 Posts: 1,720 Member
    Sorry you won't get too much sympathy when you are underweight posting on a board where most of the people actually do need to lose weight. Try some strength training and buy some bigger pants.
  • Rockstar_JILL
    Rockstar_JILL Posts: 514 Member
    If only I could look like you!! This is not a place where you will get sympathy.........
  • ebayaddict0127
    ebayaddict0127 Posts: 523 Member
    Really? 5'10" and 132 pounds and you want to lose weight?
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    Really? 5'10" and 132 pounds and you want to lose weight?

    This!

    Start strength training, eat well, and let go of that crazy goal weight!

    I am 6'1" and 165 pounds. Weight is a-ok when you are strong!
  • qb63
    qb63 Posts: 88 Member
    Trog, are you SURE there's no Twinkie and vodka diet? :sad: but seriously, I agree with the others, do some toning and/or buy bigger pants!
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    heavy lifting program of compound movements and stop restricting foods…

    You really do not look like you need to lose any weight, this is based on the assumption that your profile picture is real...
  • ljoycew
    ljoycew Posts: 22 Member
    The bearded guy is totally right. Excellent work, bearded guy.

    Don't listen to the "I have no sympathy for you, you're already thin" haters. Your body, your choice. You know when you're toned and when you're not. Those people suck. Yes, I'm talking to you, haters. This girl is here asking for support and all you do is give her worthless venting? Puh-leese. Bitter much?

    Main thing I have to add, which you probably won't like, but here goes: "two weeks and nothing"? More like: two weeks IS nothing.

    Long haul. Stay the course. Eyes on the prize. I've been here two years and I still have things to learn. Stick with it, and above all, maximize accuracy and honesty in your calorie tracking in every way possible. When in doubt, the answer to the question "this doesn't count, does it?" is "yes it does."

    It's not a quick fix. It's an in-depth learning process. You didn't finish college in two weeks, did you?
  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    Down with the H8ers! Boo! Hissssss!
  • ljoycew
    ljoycew Posts: 22 Member
    Andrea3030's profile picture reveals her to be an infant, and the weight loss advice of infants is notoriously unscientific.
  • MaryJane_8810002
    MaryJane_8810002 Posts: 2,082 Member
    You probably have not lost any weight since you are already at weight. If anything you are technically underweight.
  • PaytraB
    PaytraB Posts: 2,360 Member
    If you want to tone eat more and lift weights... cutting calories will not make you leaner

    This.
    I'm 5 10 as well and would never think of going that underweight. Each body is different, of course, but that's very low weight for your height.
    You don't need to lose weight. Gain a few pounds and lift weights.
  • Perfect.
  • Mischievous_Rascal
    Mischievous_Rascal Posts: 1,791 Member
    1. don't trust the initial setup that MFP provides. If you put in the wrong/inaccurate information, it'll tell you to eat an amount that may not be applicable.
    2. Make sure you eat enough.
    3. Figure out what works for you and is sustainable/healthy/long term.
    4. avoid fads. don't buy in to any "Hey, try the twinkie and vodka diet"
    5. Don't cut out anything now that you don't plan on literally giving up forever.
    6. GET A FOOD SCALE. Weigh everything. No, seriously.
    7. Get an HRM with a chest strap. You'll at least have a better idea of what you're burning. It'll be more accurate than the generic info in the exercise database.. and even more than the cardio machines. This is great for steady state cardio (run/walk/etc)
    8. Don't go balls out. You'll burn out. I see 300 lb people show up here, instantly start working out and cutting their intake SEVERELY... trying to cut out all of their carbs at once.. whatever. Take it slow. Figure out how much you need to eat FIRST in order to lose.. then incorporate exercise.
    9. Don't cardio yourself to death.
    10. Take the information on the forums with a grain of salt. A lot of people that have been here for a while.. and have been successful, may seem jaded. They give out GREAT advice day after day, only to be met with people that refuse to listen.
    11. Eat real food. Not diet food. Not "low fat, sugar free, now without X." It's easier to get/find/count.
    12. don't set time restrictions.
    13. measure yourself weekly. Don't just weigh. Measure and take pictures.
    14 BE PATIENT.
    15. Avoid forum topics that have "1200" in the title. It's just full of butthurt. Lots of it.
    16. If you ask a question on the forum, give as much information as you can ("yes, I have a food scale and weigh my food" is worlds better than "I eat a palm full of miscellaneous boiled chicken parts..sometimes.")
    17. Be honest with yourself and honest with us.
    18. This isn't a game, it's about changing your lifestyle. Do that.

    pretty much that.

    ...and don't fall into the "1200 calorie" vertigo of suck because of:

    the typical MFP users does this:
    1. I wanna lose weight, let's try MFP.
    2. OH! Wow, it tells me I can lose 2 lbs a WEEK? AWESOME!
    3. I just sit at a desk when I'm not working out, I guess I'm sedentary.
    4. MFP tells them 1200 calories, and they don't even eat that.. then they work out on top of it.. creating an even bigger deficit.
    5. Lose a lot, fast, brag about 1200 calorie success.
    6. Come back in a few months trying to figure out why they're dizzy, tired, not losing weight.
    7. Get on the forums, ask why they aren't losing.
    8. Get two responses (I eat 1200 and lose) (I eat 2200 and lose)
    9. Argument ensues about who is right.

    Now. That being said. These threads happen hundreds of times per day. Most times, and I mean really.. seriously.. 95% of the time.. people get the 1200 number because they don't put the right information in when they set up the account. There are a great number of people that are trying to help. I'm one of 'em.

    I'm a hardcore advocate of actually finding out what works for the individual.. by means of other calculators, averages, time, practice, and patience.

    Blanket prescriptions of 1200 calories "because it worked for me" is more harmful to the generic new user than the "figure out what you need to eat." Unfortunately, one is a LOT easier to type.

    Find out what you need: http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/

    and make sure to read: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

    If you "fell off of the wagon" it was because you made it a change that you couldn't keep up with. Make little changes. Make the wagon easier to stay on.


    ...and specifically, make a point to outright ignore any/all of those damned sales reps like our buddy up there that's trying to help you lose weight in your wallet. Scum of the damned forums

    DO. NOT. LOWER. YOUR. CALORIES.

    love this and the fact that you are copy/pasting it on all these stupid posts.

    Makes me smile every time I see it show up. Saves me a ton o' typing. :D
  • allisonmrn
    allisonmrn Posts: 721 Member
    Its not about your weight. Its all about measurements and the way you feel about yourself. LIFT some weights. There are plenty of free programs out there. Do your own research . Be your own champion. Don't be painfully thin, be awesomely strong and tight
  • ChaseAlder
    ChaseAlder Posts: 804 Member
    1200.. you mean, like, for breakfast?
  • Breast milk is SO fattening:(