Big effort , No loss

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djs2303

ive just looked at your diary, its very 'carby' lots of bread, also, past week, every morning its bread, fried egg, bacon.....every day? again no expert but I don't think that's a great 'balanced' diet. Try cereal, try cutting bread down to two slices a day, have more baked beans (try scrambled egg and baked beans on toast for breakfast)

Also, another one is battered fish, have you tried breaded? Going back a couple weeks, one of your salad's are 245 cals....that's a ridiculous amount of calories for a salad. is that from the data base or from your own recipe?

I eat 2 whole eggs, 4 egg whites, 2 slices of bacon and a bagel with cream cheese everyday basically. What's wrong with that?

Are your goals and calorific needs the same as hers?

@ Emberlain....Any need? This lady is asking opinions, I've gave mine. I am indeed talking about a balanced diet, having fried bacon and eggs isn't balanced. She is asking for help, opinions, and advice.

@MrM27...sounds great, really nice breakfast wish I could eat something like that daily

eldamiano

ive just looked at your diary, its very 'carby' lots of bread, also, past week, every morning its bread, fried egg, bacon.....every day? again no expert but I don't think that's a great 'balanced' diet. Try cereal, try cutting bread down to two slices a day, have more baked beans (try scrambled egg and baked beans on toast for breakfast)

Also, another one is battered fish, have you tried breaded? Going back a couple weeks, one of your salad's are 245 cals....that's a ridiculous amount of calories for a salad. is that from the data base or from your own recipe?

I eat 2 whole eggs, 4 egg whites, 2 slices of bacon and a bagel with cream cheese everyday basically. What's wrong with that?

Are your goals and calorific needs the same as hers?

@ Emberlain....Any need? This lady is asking opinions, I've gave mine. I am indeed talking about a balanced diet, having fried bacon and eggs isn't balanced. She is asking for help, opinions, and advice.

@MrM27...sounds great, really nice breakfast wish I could eat something like that daily

Bacon and eggs isnt balanced? What is this supposed to mean?

November_Fire

@djs.
I was agreeing with you. Balanced is good. The person I disagreed with was the one able, due to a totally different lifestyle, eat in a different way - lucky him, but I'm not sure disagreed that recommending high quantities of eggs, bagels and cream cheese to someone with a loss issue was really the best advice.

Vicxie86

(Dear posters commenting about a fried egg: a large egg is 70 calories, she's entered 92, to account for oil)

That aside, OP, you do need to weigh and measure everything. Also, when it comes to exercise, MFP is not always accurate.

You should consider finding your TDEE, at a website like Scooby's Workshop or IIFYM. Eat at TDEE-20%.

Lastly, if you are doing everything right, give it time. The body often retains water at the beginning of a new exercise program.

I'm willing to bet that your problem is a combination of all of these elements.

Wishing you luck.

Sorry but an average typical large egg weighing 50g is 78kcal and if your egg weighs more than that (just weighed mine at 63kg which results in 98kcal), you could very well be overeating slowly without realising it. Sure 20kcal won't kill you or stall progress by a lot but if you're like me and eat 3-4 eggs a day, that is 60-80kcal per day and 420-560 kcal over the weekly allowance. In the long run, it all adds up.

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Aaron_K123

Even if you were losing fat at exactly the pace you were expecting your weight loss can be masked by random fluctuations in water retention that happen. You aren't going to be able to see clear differences in your scale weight until at least 6 weeks out. Your weight will go down, it will go up and it will fluctuate randomly 6 pounds in either direction just because of water retention. Increased sodium or increased exercise both cause your body to retain water.

Long story short you aren't going to know if you are actually losing fat by measuring yourself on a scale until a couple months have past. A tape measurer around your belly might be a better indicator.

floresjessica

Also, remember that weight is only one indication of your success. I was feeling really discouraged this week, and then I started trying on clothes that used to be too small for me, and they fit perfectly!!! So even if the scale isn't showing it, you might be making good progress. Don't give up. Keep pushing.

Aaron_K123

It is a mistake to consider changes in your scale weight to be meaningful over time periods measured in days or weeks. You can log that often if you want but understand you won't see any clear trends until you have logged for at least 2 months.