Can't seem to lose any weight

jmerseal1
jmerseal1 Posts: 8
in Health and Weight Loss
I have been working out 3 days a week, doing both cardio and strength training (mostly cardio) and have been eating 1,600 calories a day (or less) and I am not losing any weight. I have been doing this for 6-7 weeks now and feel like I should be seeing results, but I am not. Any suggestions?

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  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    If you aren't losing weight, you aren't in a calorie deficit. I just looked at your diary, and honestly? Your logging is a mess. You need to account accurately for what you've eaten. One day I see Arby's fries with Chik-fil-a chicken strips. Did you get food from each of those places that night for dinner, or did you have chicken strips and fries and pick something from the database that you felt best matched what you ate? There are meals missing, and what looks like a lot of estimating. If you want to log calories and do it correctly, you need to get a food scale and weigh and measure your foods.
  • DrJenO
    DrJenO Posts: 404 Member
    Above poster beat me to it. The only thing that has ever consistently worked for me it to be totally accurate and brutally honest about everything I eat. I know it's hard, but it WILL work.
  • jmerseal1
    jmerseal1 Posts: 8
    Yea the chicken strips and fries day was a mess. I do log what is closest to what I have eaten. For example, I haven't had dominos pizza, it's been homemade pizza, but I don't know the exact calorie, fat, etc so I just went with what is closest to what I had eaten
  • AliceDark
    AliceDark Posts: 3,886 Member
    Have you used the Recipe Builder tool yet? It's really helpful for homemade food. You enter all the ingredients and tell it how many portions the recipe makes, so you can be accurate even with your own homemade recipes.
  • peleroja
    peleroja Posts: 3,979 Member
    What the other posters said. If you don't accurately log, there is no way you're estimating correctly and it's not hard to turn a deficit into maintenance or a surplus. Use measuring cups/spoons for liquids and a food scale for solids and accurately measure everything including cooking oil and beverages. Use the recipe builder tool. If you do that and log absolutely everything, you'll be much closer.

    If you're using calorie burns from MFP from your workouts, they are notorious for overestimating, so you might be burning less than you think as well. Also, what is your activity level set at? If it's more than lightly active, you're probably double counting your exercise too.
  • norcalskater
    norcalskater Posts: 194 Member
    One day I see 2000 calories the next is 1600 then you have days were you only logged two meals. Being consistent and accurate the entire time is the only way.

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