2 months progress and no weight loss?

deadbambi

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I expect it to continue after this edit as well.

ladynocturne

I think the main problem is that you are absolutely not burning 700-1000 calories a day in exercise.

Invest in a chest strap HRM <

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300-500 tops. And that is if you're spending 2-3hours a day working out.

Anyway, that is why you're maintaining your weight.

deadbambi

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beachlover317

Well, since you shot down the first person - what do YOU think the problem is?

ladynocturne

@ladynocturne
uhhhh I do on average in a workout:
1 Zumba Class (this burns averagely 500-600 calories in one hour. I have a HRM. )
30 min of Strength Training (Which averages out to about 300+ calories per sesh)
and 45 minutes of Yoga or Pilates, which is usually between 100-150 cals.

This equals to about a 1000+ calorie burn workout.
I don't ALWAYS go so hard, but like i said, I burn about 700-1000 cals when I workout.

I'm not sure why you think you can make such a statement and be so sure to use words like "absolutely not" when you aren't there doing my workouts with me lol.

Your HRM is wrong, is it one of those wrist ones?

You're also not suppose to wear one while lifting weights or during yoga or pilates, 300 calories for lifting weights is really inaccurate in of itself and that is enough for you to maintain your weight, especially combined with any other exercise inaccuracies or logging mistakes.

It's the truth, sorry you didn't like it.

Duck_Puddle

Regardless of how many specific calories you're burning in your workouts, if you are not losing weight (and not gaining), you're eating at maintenance. If you want to lose, you'll need to eat fewer calories (or burn even more and not eat more).

deadbambi

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beachlover317

I didn't shoot anyone down-- they decided to disregard what I said in my original message and tell me that I only burn 300-400 calories. It was disrespectful and I simply explained what my routine is like and how they shouldn't come to conclusions like that.
I have no idea what the issue is, that's why I was hoping that someone would help me figure out why. Perhaps this isn't the community for that.

Of course it's the community for that. Well, here are my suggestions. If I am not losing, it's because I am eating more than I think. So, having said that, do you weigh your food? Do you log everything? If not, then that's your problem.


ETA: Using the process of elimination is one of the ways people can help you.

ladynocturne

@lady
Lifting weights burns more calories than cardio, you know that right?

lol, okay hun.

beachlover317

@lady
Lifting weights burns more calories than cardio, you know that right?

Um, no.

Mr_Knight

@lady
Lifting weights burns more calories than cardio, you know that right?

No, it doesn't.

deadbambi

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diannethegeek

You are overestimating the number of calories you burn or underestimating the number of calories you eat. Likely both.

LBeth1015

Try not eating back your exercise calories. I was having the same issue and stopped eating back my exercise calories and the scale really started moving!

farfromthetree

Just my opinon, that is a lot of calories to eat back. On the days you burn 1000 calories, you are consuming almost 2500 calories? Maybe try eating back a small portion...good luck!

karmasays

Took a quick look at your diary, you may be over eating and not realizing. I suggest buying a scale and WEIGHING everything that isn't a liquid that way you will be extremely accurate. Digital food scales are pretty cheap.

How aggressive is your weightloss goal? If you only have a few lbs to lose, I suggest setting MFP to have you lose .5lbs a week. 2lbs a week is more realisitc for ppl with 60+lbs to lose.

Just my two cents :-) don't give up tho!

piejin

Nobody was being disrespectful in their responses to you, and if anything, your replies strike me as being overly aggressive and dismissive! I think you should take a second to calm down and really think about what people are telling you without having a kneejerk reaction.

I agree with what everyone else has told you so far, and I'd definitely take an assumption of something like 300 calories burned for 30 minutes of strength training as seriously implausible.

husseycd

Are you netting 1575? Meaning you eat closer to 2275-2575 calories?

If so, just bump it down a few hundred calories per day and see where that gets you. Don't worry so much about what the heart rate monitor tells you. Like everything else, it's an estimate.

bizco

Are you consistently logging everything that goes into your mouth including all beverages, reward meals, and things used to cook with (butter, oil, marinade, etc.)?

Are you using a digital food scale to accurately weigh everything in grams? Most people drastically underestimate the amount of food they're consuming and measuring cups are deceitful.

When logging your exercise, compare what your HRM shows (for cardio workouts) to MFP's database and use the lower number. Try eating back only 50-60% of your extra earned calories for a month and see if the weight starts to drop. I know my HRM with chest strap overestimates my calorie burn BIG time.

55romaine

I also burn a similar amount in 2-3 hours. I wear a chest strap with my hrs and only predominately do cardio. I think a point someone made on the forums about some of these calories coming from just maintaining normal body activitie(like breathing etc) is a valid one. He said he never eats all of his calories bac usually 20 percent less. Maybe this is one reason. Also muscle gain might up the your weight so it is balancing out.

TR0berts

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The amount of disrespect in very little time is amazing.
I expect it to continue after this edit as well.

The only disrespect in this thread came from you, OP. You were given good (actually, the correct) advice, and you (somehow) decided that you know more, even though what you're doing isn't working.

beachlover317

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The amount of disrespect in very little time is amazing.
I expect it to continue after this edit as well.

The only disrespect in this thread came from you, OP. You were given good (actually, the correct) advice, and you (somehow) decided that you know more, even though what you're doing isn't working.

Hence the reason she deleted all her comments. Good luck OP. :noway:

diannethegeek

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I expect it to continue after this edit as well.

Well, I hope you come back and tell us all what the correct answer was soon. I mean, if you're going to tell us all that we're wrong you could at least fill us in on what you wanted to hear.

Best of luck in your journey, anyway.

cheripugh1

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Well.... it looks like you are asking for help, yet you are not listening! You have some people who have lost a lot of weight on here trying to advise you. I highly suggest you have someone at your gym, as in a fitness trainer look at your HRM and see if it is correct.

If you aren't losing anything then something is not right, either you are consuming too many calories and/or you are counting too much burn. Try not counting or only counting 1/2 of burned calories (eating back). If that still does not work, then start reducing your calories by 200 and see if anything happens.

Keep in mind people are trying to help, obviously if what you are doing was working, which if all the numbers are correct it absolutely would be, then it might be time to listen to why it might not be.

deadbambi

I am not sure why I am the one considered disrespectful when all it was that I did was defend myself against someone that was falsely accusing me of not burning as much calories as I said I was. I do not question others on the amount they burn, I'm not sure why you feel the need to do the same for me. I know I am not wrong in the calorie burning, because in a circuit of weight training, you can most certainly burn 300+ calories in 30+ minutes. You don't know what my routine is, so it's not even plausible for you to argue against it.

Perhaps if it had been worded nicer instead of telling me that I was "absolutely not" burning that many calories, I too would have responded much more kindly.

The end of this story is that my calorie burn is not wrong-- because I stay at the gym for 2-3 hours and work very very hard to burn as many as I can. This would be like me telling someone there's no way they burn 1000 calories in one hour of Zumba (but, as everyone is different, this is very possible).

I never decided I "Knew more", I simply am standing by the statement and truth of what I personally do at the gym on the daily.

I've taken it into consideration to not eat back my calories, and have knocked an extra hundred off my total for the day.
Hopefully this works.

I feel this thread is no longer needed as it seems to have gone slightly awry.
Thank you for those that had advice to pitch,
and for the rest, it's too bad that me having to back up what I do while no one else is around is considered disrespectful-- though I suppose that is the risk you take posting in a public forum.

Won't be checking back here-- feel free to send me a private message if you have anything further you'd like to discuss.

nomeejerome

:huh:

blb85

I was looking through your diary, and I think the issues aren't in the exercise being counted differently... I believe nutrition is the thing you need to look at more closely. Now, I'm not going to sit here and say "don't eat mcdonald's. don't drink alcohol." because I would be a hypocrite! But I do think you need to look at these days more closely, eating/drinking more than 3,000 calories is TOO MUCH in one day! Even if you are working-out that day. Try to be more consciousness these days about what you are doing, get more clean/nutritious food to fill you up!

Then the day after the drinking and big calorie eats, make sure you are eating more veggies/fruits/water to detox your body! Stay away from the processed foods that are full of bad fats and salt! It's not always about how much you eat/drink, but how nutritious it is for you! You just need to be more realistic about what you are doing to your body (putting in it!) and your goals for your body.

TR0berts

I've taken it into consideration to not eat back my calories, and have knocked an extra hundred off my total for the day.
Hopefully this works.

Which would indicate that you believe that you are not, in fact, burning that many Calories. Like has been suggested. As such, you are admitting that you have no idea what you're doing and/or talking about.

Of course, you won't see this...

ladynocturne

You know, I was once 20 and I understand emotions. I'm a woman just like you. I apologize that my phrasing upset you, it was my intention to help, but now I just feel like a jerk. I was stating a fact, not "questioning" you or calling you a liar or saying you are stupid. Simply misinformed.

Sometimes I wonder why I bother. =\

_HeartsOnFire_

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The amount of disrespect in very little time is amazing.
I expect it to continue after this edit as well.

Yup, the only rude and disrespectful person on this thread was you.