I am going SO SLOWWWWW!!!!

slbobe

I have lost 4.2 in 23 days although I have been eating my calories and sometimes a bit less. I exercise 4 times a weeks (Tae Bo 45 min) and I do not eat after 7pm. Still...I don't know what I am doing wrong, I am currently at 1200 calories because I am sitting most of my day, yet when I exercise typically it's too late to eat anything...don't know if that is harming my progress...any suggestions??

concordancia

There isn't anything wrong with 4 pounds in three weeks! Progress is progress!

If you are working out regularly, there is no reason to wait until after your workout to eat the extra calories: you can eat them earlier in the day.

Also, the only reason to stop eating at 7pm is if you go to bed early and the food is giving you stomach issues when you lay down. That rule only helps people stop from binging at night, it doesn't have any magical weight loss effect.

If you are truly unhappy with the results and need a new focus, consider taking up a new fitness routine that will give you goals to work towards. For example, I want to be able to do pushups, so I do a bodyweight routine 2-3 times a week. When the scale gets stuck, I am still working to lots of other goals, so I don't get so caught up in those numbers

lina1131

You think that's slow. I have lost like 1.2 pounds in the last 6 weeks. :laugh: I feel better and i'm lifting weights, so I know that messes with the scale.

You are on the right track!

4legsRbetterthan2

thats actually really great progress and maintainable, how much are you trying to lose, and how fast?

ladycadaverous

You may not be doing anything wrong. A loss of 1 to 2 lbs a week is good and even healthy If your in it for the lond haul:)

dshalbert

That's not slow. That is a normal and healthy rate.

cebreisch

0-2 pounds a week is a healthy average rate of loss. Unfortunately, it takes longer to shed pounds than to gain them (at least for me anyway).

Kris1279

I feel the same way, but my hubby always reminds me that we gain muscle too and loose inches and the scale doesn't tell us that progress. Don't look at the numbers on the scale so much, it's all about how you feel and how your clothes are fitting too. I'm down 8 pounds in 45 days. I workout 6 days a week and follow my daily calories too. It takes time, I'm so impatient and want better results, but they say 1 pound a week is healthy. So be proud! Keep up the good work and like others said, switch it up more if you don't start seeing results you want. Everyones body and weight loss is so different. Don't give up!

slbobe

I know...I keep reminding myself it's supper healthy, but I am super overweight and have to loose about 80 pounds, hopefully by next February. Anyways, I don't eat y calories when I eat them because although I LOVE Tae Bo, I don't do it everyday and I don't always know which day I will do it because of my schedule, plus MFP says I burn around 700 calories in my workout....what the hell am I gonna eat at that time so late at night (around 10 pm)? I really got serious at this whole weight loss around last October, I was weighting 245 (5 6') I am now 230...don't know if that is good or not honestly. We wash our brains with the easy fixes,pills and diets that make you loose in 90 days crap and it's the first time I do it this way...so, so hard!

MKEgal

I'm frustrated too.
Only 1.6 lb in 4 weeks! :grumble:
But I have 1.5" off my waist & 2" off my hips. (My neck went up 1/4". )
So I'm doing something right, maybe just not enough of it.
I spend about an hour a day between cardio & weights, and am paying attention to calories. My actual intake is usually right around the 1700 my doctor recommended, and my net calories are way below that.

slbobe

What does that mean?? Am I supposed to eat them at whatever time before bed???

Nessiechickie

I have not lost any weight in 28days
but I know I have lost inches which I'm more happy with

maybe you should do measurements.....

loulamb7

As a few have already said 1-2 lbs per week is not bad. However 1200 calories sounds a little low. How did you arrive at this number? What's your BMR? I suspect it's higher then 1200.

Regarding time you eat, I think it's irrelevant, as long as it doesn't effect your sleep.

MKEgal

plus MFP says I burn around 700 calories in my workout....what the hell am I gonna eat at that time so late at night (around 10 pm)?

Suggestions: yogurt, cottage cheese with fruit, a handful of nuts, a hard boiled egg, a bowl of cereal, a piece of cheese with crackers, peanut butter on crackers, veggies with hummus, a granola bar & glass of milk, a sandwich (turkey, cheese, lettuce, tomato, maybe relish, mustard, and a little mayo), salad (which could also have hard boiled egg, veggies, beans or chickpeas, shredded cheese, fat-free croutons), fruit (maybe a smoothie with fruit & yogurt)...
And you don't have to eat all 700 calories. Even just a couple hundred calories would keep you from being as hungry when you wake up.

I was weighing 245 (5' 6") I am now 230... don't know if that is good or not honestly

Here's where you can calculate your BMI, and it tells you the normal / overweight / obese ranges.
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/BMI/bmicalc.htm
At 230 you're at 37.1 BMI, which is in the obese category. [I'm currently at 38.4. :frown: ]
At 185 you'll be at the top end of the overweight category.
At 154 and below you'll be in the normal weight range. [For me, 173 is the top.]
My doctor said that even losing 10% of your starting weight has large health benefits, so that would be 220.5.

As for "is that too rapid?", I'd say not. It's 15 pounds in more than 15 weeks, so it's relatively gradual.

Forgot to mention... one way to have a rough idea of how much you should be eating is to take your goal weight and multiply by 10. So if you aim for 1500 cal per day you will eventually end up at 150 lb, which is in the normal weight range. (This is what my doctor & nutritionist explained to me.)

slbobe

It's 1210 to be exact and that was what MFP calculated for me based on my daily movements (sedentary) and 4 days a weeks Tae Bo...

slbobe

plus MFP says I burn around 700 calories in my workout....what the hell am I gonna eat at that time so late at night (around 10 pm)?

Suggestions: yogurt, cottage cheese with fruit, a handful of nuts, a hard boiled egg, a bowl of cereal, a piece of cheese with crackers, peanut butter on crackers, veggies with hummus, a granola bar & glass of milk, a sandwich (turkey, cheese, lettuce, tomato, maybe relish, mustard, and a little mayo), salad (which could also have hard boiled egg, veggies, beans or chickpeas, shredded cheese, fat-free croutons), fruit (maybe a smoothie with fruit & yogurt)...
And you don't have to eat all 700 calories. Even just a couple hundred calories would keep you from being as hungry when you wake up.

I was weighing 245 (5' 6") I am now 230... don't know if that is good or not honestly

Here's where you can calculate your BMI, and it tells you the normal / overweight / obese ranges.
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/BMI/bmicalc.htm
At 230 you're at 37.1 BMI, which is in the obese category. [I'm currently at 38.4. :frown: ]
At 185 you'll be at the top end of the overweight category.
At 154 and below you'll be in the normal weight range.
My doctor said that even losing 10% of your starting weight has large health benefits, so that would be 220.5.

As for "is that too rapid?", I'd say not. It's 15 pounds in more than 15 weeks, so it's relatively gradual.

Forgot to mention... one way to have a rough idea of how much you should be eating is to take your goal weight and multiply by 10. So if you aim for 1500 cal per day you will eventually end up at 150 lb, which is in the normal weight range. (This is what my doctor & nutritionist explained to me.)

Wow thanks!!! That makes me feel much better...I really want to keep going, but I want it fast and it's not going to happen...-_-

mrsjones2point0

Forgot to mention... one way to have a rough idea of how much you should be eating is to take your goal weight and multiply by 10. So if you aim for 1500 cal per day you will eventually end up at 150 lb, which is in the normal weight range. (This is what my doctor & nutritionist explained to me.)

Wow, thanks for that, that really puts it in to perspective for me. MFP was telling me 1300 calories,and I KNOW that's way too low

ladytiburona

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Heliconia

Thanks for that as well MKEgal, that part about goal weight x 10. Very good information.

loulamb7

It's 1210 to be exact and that was what MFP calculated for me based on my daily movements (sedentary) and 4 days a weeks Tae Bo...

I still think 1210 is low. I would suggest using other calculators to at least validate what MFP is recommending. You can google scooby's calculator or iifym. I initially started at sedentary and 1850 calories. I kept adjusting my calories up and I'm at 2540 and still losing. Actually trying to transition in to maintenance. Good luck.

Rachelc1992

I lost 1lb in 2 months!! But I lost 4 inches from my waist! Take some measurements
And believe me I know your pain, I hate how slow it's going, I don't have long!!

slbobe

I have to do that!!! i have not measured myself, yet I can feel my pants getting loose around my gluts and thighs, so I must be doing something right. And as far as amounts on my daily go, I have increased it to 1300 not including the extra for exercise and I am feeling much better and amazingly so...I am eating so well that I don't crave candies as much!!!! Yay!!!!

katierrt

2 years & 4 mos its taken me to lose 49.8 lbs. That's slow!! but its staying off and that's really all that matters, stay focused and remember you're human! You will do this!!

SnazzIT

You seem to be doing all the right thing, I was on 1200 also and doing an hours cardio every day. It wasn't until two weeks that I saw the scale change...my wise friend told me to just keep at it because my body will change even though the scale won't.

All the best and keep it up, maybe you need to do more cardio, but I believe your body is converting fat into muscle which will be slow

MKEgal

Forgot to mention... one way to have a rough idea of how much you should be eating is to take your goal weight and multiply by 10. So if you aim for 1500 cal per day you will eventually end up at 150 lb, which is in the normal weight range. (This is what my doctor & nutritionist explained to me.)

Wow, thanks for that, that really puts it in to perspective for me. MFP was telling me 1300 calories,and I KNOW that's way too low

The other way to look at it is to figure out the calories you need to maintain your current weight (2300), and if you want to lose a pound a week subtract 500 from that (1800).
With a calorie shortage of 3500 per week (500 cal x 7 days), you should lose 1 lb per week.
This has the disadvantage of you having to readjust lower as you lose weight, but the advantage is that you're allowed to eat more while you're heavier.

Another thing - while exercise is important to build muscle (which burns about 3x the calories fat does just to exist) and maintain weight loss, controlling what you eat is the _most_ important.
It takes me 30 min on the elliptical to burn 400 calories, and it'd be VERY easy to eat more than that just by having a burger, let alone the fries. (And a small shake at Culver's is over 600 cal!)

So eat back maybe 1/3 to 1/2 of what MFP says you're burning in exercise. If you want to be at 1500 cal, and you exercise 700 cal that day, maybe have 1800 total. That's still a pretty respectable amount of food.