Cannot lose weight
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If you can - follow up with the endocrinologist, in a year of watching your diet - you should not have gained. Also, while working out will help you maintain a higher muscle to fat ratio - I don't think it does much for your weight in the long run. I once worked out with a personal trainer for about 4 months, sticking to a fairly low carb diet and did not lose any weight. However, I felt like I made progress on gaining muscle and losing fat. IMO People who try to balance diet with cardio may lose at first (especially if they are 20 years old) but as the years go by they end up gaining.
You can of obviously try to tighten up on your diet as suggested by others. However, sometimes it doesn't work for women around 40 and the reasons can be varied.
Some people have found that adding hard workouts to a stressful life messes up your hormones - if this is the case then increasing sleep and cutting way back on cardio may help.
Others have blood sugar that is high but not yet pre-diabetic. This may cause you to get excessively hungry an hour or two after meals. Obviously, even if you are trying to control your eating - hunger will get you over time.
Some women have other hormonal difficulties such as PCOS - which they say should respond to the lower carb diet you mention.
Paleo proponents point to dairy or wheat sensitivity as causing a host of difficulties including weight gain.
I am reading a book that seems like it might be helpful, it is called, Diet 101: The Truth about Low Carb diets. I also read the ME diet book - which talks some about hormonal issues with women losing weight.
Finally, a real answer. Thank you. For a minute there, I thought it was because I was a unicorn as someone else suggested.
Actually, everyone who told you to EAT AT A CALORIE DEFICIT were giving you real answers too. It just wasn't the answer you wanted to hear. There's no trick to weight loss. It's 80% what you eat (ie. eating at a friggin calorie deficit). And it's hard. Suck it up.0 -
My daughter had this problem and her Dr. did a complete thyroid panel which showed her thyroid function was low even though the TSH test most Dr;'s do was with in normal range--they put her on synthroid and metformin as she is also insulin resistant and she lost about 20 lbs in a few weeks. It does take about a year to get the thyroid medicine regulated to the precise amt needed for your body but something to consider--good luck0
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I totally get what you are saying. People, don't be so hard on him ! I takes some to time to read through all this, learn the measuring, understanding what TDEE and so on is. I still don't get it and still trying to understand. What the whole deficit thing ?
Its gets overwhelming sometimes.
Don't rule out that there might be a medical reason behind it, never hurts to check with your doctor!
I wish you good luck and feel your frustration!0 -
I generally eat around 1700 cal/day. Somedays, depending on the intensity of my workout, I will eat up to 1900 cal. I do not weigh my food or measure, but I do watch what I eat very closely.
I am about 5"5", 175lbs, 38 years old. And I'm sorry, I don't know what TDEE is.
the bolded part is a contradiction. If you do not weigh or measure your food, you are not "watching it very closely", sorry.
Start weighing and measuring.0 -
There is no such thing as can't! If you want it badly enough, you can do it! Don't give up! I have always had a weight issue and found out about a year ago that I have hypothyroidism. I actually gained weight on my medication. Like 60 lbs worth.I STOPPED TAKING THE MEDS! I thought i was eating healthy but i was eating too much still.
I buckled down just this past 5 weeks. I started out counting calories on my own which helped me lose two pounds in my first 2 weeks. Just did joanna soh you tube workouts for the first two weeks with weights to get in the habit of daily routine. Then I started on fitness pal and a gym membership. I log everything even if i dont want to. DONT GIVE UP EVERYTHING YOU LOVE. YOU WILL FAIL. Just eat in moderation and work out harder if you know you want a candy bar or taco.lol.
I do an hour and half to 2 hours of cardio in the mornings plus 30 minutes of weight lifting. I also do zumba once a week! It's so much fun. Over the last 3 weeks, I have lost 8 more pounds. But my energy levels have been way up, and since limiting my sugars and sodium on most days. IT'S A SLOW PROCESS! But rewards are totally worth it. Just by joining this site, you will see the difference it makes in your dieting and food choices! Good luck! friend me if you like!0 -
I totally get what you are saying. People, don't be so hard on him ! I takes some to time to read through all this, learn the measuring, understanding what TDEE and so on is.
We're not being hard on him for being new, we're being hard on him for continuing to argue with people about his intake when he's clearly COMPLETELY WRONG.
It's very simple: Eat less than you burn, and you WILL lose weight. Some people lose faster than others. But its not more complicated than that.
The simple fact of the matter is when you dont track what and how much you eat, you almost certainly will overeat and not know it.
That snack sized candy bar? That cup of juice? That handful of Cheezits? They add up, and FAST. Especially as a smaller man, these things make a huge huge difference.
Listen to the advice of the experienced members on here that have made all those mistakes already. Track your damn food, or don't get upset when people have no patience for you.0 -
calories more important than working out...............and if you don't want to measure your foods and keep track of calories.............fast a couple days a week0
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Fruits, vegetables, nuts, meats and seafood are all relatively healthy wouldn't you agree? they would aide in weightless yes?How is it propaganda?
It's a healthy way to lose weight and works? I can personally vouch for it lol...
Because it's a restrictive diet based on absolutely zero scientific evidence and you just tried to say that the carbs that are excluded from the paleo diet are "bad things". Please explain and I'd love if you'd cite some sources. Also, you losing weight on the diet does not make it superior or necessarily a "healthy way" to lose weight. All it takes to lose weight is a calorie deficit. By definition you can lose weight eating nothing but Oreos, but that's not healthy. Restrictive diets lead to binges almost every time sooner or later, and that is far from healthy.
There are NO foods that are ALWAYS healthy in every context and every dosage. There are very very very few foods that are ALWAYS unhealthy in every context and every dosage. A food's healthiness is determined within the context of your daily food intake and depends on the dosage your are consuming. For example, if your calorie goal is 2000 calories, and you have already eaten 2000 calories in a given day and hit all your macronutrient, micronutrient, and fiber goals for the day, eating an apple on top of that would be unhealthy in that context, thus an apple is not ALWAYS healthy.Eliminating foods such as rice, pasta, dairy, vegetable oil, etc. can aide your body in cleaning itself out and "resetting" itself.
Please explain this and supply even one link or citation as evidence for why this is true, because this is completely ridiculous...Food serves as fuel for our bodies so it's either more healthy for you or less healthy for you.
I already explained why this is not the case. Individual food items are never concretely healthy or unhealthy, without bringing context and dosage into the equation...Sincerely,
a nutrition major
This actually hurts your case. If you feel the need to mention that you're a nutrition major as if that immediately makes you more knowledgeable about me when it comes to proper nutrition, instead of just arguing your case and providing evidence to back yourself up, then you need to rethink you're strategy...0 -
So the 1200 that MFP is giving me, that is already all calculated in there?
Call me stupid, but I just dont get it!
If I have to burn more than I ate per day, which would be 1200?
Sorry for hijacking your thread, but I guess we are trying to understand the same thing.0 -
So the 1200 that MFP is giving me, that is already all calculated in there?
Call me stupid, but I just dont get it!
If I have to burn more than I ate per day, which would be 1200?
Sorry for hijacking your thread, but I guess we are trying to understand the same thing.
MFP automatically calculates your deficit. That's why you get more calories to consume when you log your exercise. So for example, if you're eating 1200 calories per day and you burn an additional 500 calories, you would eat 1700 calories. Make sense?0 -
So the 1200 that MFP is giving me, that is already all calculated in there?
Call me stupid, but I just dont get it!
If I have to burn more than I ate per day, which would be 1200?
Sorry for hijacking your thread, but I guess we are trying to understand the same thing.
No, you need to eat 1200 per day. Your deficit is already accounted for, so if you exercise you should eat at least some of those calories burned back so that your deficit is not too large.0 -
On another note, if you've been working out since August and your body "looks the same" as it did before you started working out, there's something seriously lacking/wrong with your workout program. Even if you hadn't lost a single pound, working out for eight months should have resulted in SOME change.0
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I don't get why people end up getting hostile on these forums, it's because it's anonymous people don't have to be held accountable for being jerks. Anyway, I've heard good things about paleo too, I tried it and hated it because I had to care so much about everything that went into my body, but it works for lots of people.
I would just like to say, nice work for staying motivated this long! Many many people would have given up a long time ago. I just started trying to lose some weight so I don't have any advise really, but just remember that weight loss is not the only benefit that comes from regular exercise:
http://youtu.be/aUaInS6HIGo
Good luck and keep at it!0 -
OP. If you're not losing weight, you're not at a caloric deficit.
If you aren't weighing absolutely everything that you consume, and logging it accurately.. then you don't know exactly how much you're eating.
If you do this, religiously.. make it your existence for 6 weeks. At least. Weigh yourself at the beginning of the six weeks, count EVERYTHING you eat for 6 weeks. Weigh yourself at the end.
If you haven't lost weight, you're not at a deficit. If you didn't gain, then you're likely at maintenance and can simply cut the amount of what you eat in order to lose. If you DID gain, well, you're likely eating at a surplus.
You can lose weight, you just have to make the conscious decision to listen to the answers you've been given when you ask questions.
That girl that lost 15 lbs on paleo? That's awesome! I lost 10 times that amount eating whatever I want to.
Long story short, it doesn't matter. You don't HAVE to cut anything out. If you aren't losing, focus on the AMOUNT that you're eating. Look at the calories. Adjust accordingly.
I told you in the other thread to change it.So the 1200 that MFP is giving me, that is already all calculated in there?
Call me stupid, but I just dont get it!
If I have to burn more than I ate per day, which would be 1200?
Sorry for hijacking your thread, but I guess we are trying to understand the same thing.
I gave you a direct link on HOW to change it.0 -
FYI OP deactivated0
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it's probably better that way.FYI OP deactivated0 -
If you can - follow up with the endocrinologist, in a year of watching your diet - you should not have gained. Also, while working out will help you maintain a higher muscle to fat ratio - I don't think it does much for your weight in the long run. I once worked out with a personal trainer for about 4 months, sticking to a fairly low carb diet and did not lose any weight. However, I felt like I made progress on gaining muscle and losing fat. IMO People who try to balance diet with cardio may lose at first (especially if they are 20 years old) but as the years go by they end up gaining.
You can of obviously try to tighten up on your diet as suggested by others. However, sometimes it doesn't work for women around 40 and the reasons can be varied.
Some people have found that adding hard workouts to a stressful life messes up your hormones - if this is the case then increasing sleep and cutting way back on cardio may help.
Others have blood sugar that is high but not yet pre-diabetic. This may cause you to get excessively hungry an hour or two after meals. Obviously, even if you are trying to control your eating - hunger will get you over time.
Some women have other hormonal difficulties such as PCOS - which they say should respond to the lower carb diet you mention.
Paleo proponents point to dairy or wheat sensitivity as causing a host of difficulties including weight gain.
I am reading a book that seems like it might be helpful, it is called, Diet 101: The Truth about Low Carb diets. I also read the ME diet book - which talks some about hormonal issues with women losing weight.
I'm a unicorn too and a big fan of the ME book. I had to dial down stress not calories.0 -
I am not quite sure if it is allowed, but I recommend it anyway.
I just finished reading a book called: The Diet Fix by Yoni Freedhoff, MD.
Quote: To Lose on Pound a week through exercise would require most people to endure seven hours of weekly brow bursting exercise etc.......Have you ever eaten anything "because you exercised"..... it is far easier to lose weight in your kitchen than to it is to lose weight in your gym.....
So measure your food, use a journal keep in eye on the Calorie-intake....0 -
the "YOU MUST DO PALEO" girl deactivated too. Maybe they ran off together for hijinks!FYI OP deactivated0 -
It is really important to understand your TDEE - Total Daily Energy Expenditure. Even if you work out really hard at the gym and burn 500 calories, if you have a sedentary job and don't move around much the other 23 hours a day, even a very hard workout will not "earn" you much in the way of overall calorie deficit.
Go play with this fun little tool: http://www.health-calc.com/diet/energy-expenditure-advanced
Turn the dials for your weight, height, and gender. Don't overestimate your activity.. even what feels like a really vigorous workout on the elliptical is only "moderate exercise" and don't include your warm-up/cool-down minutes. You probably sit more then you think you do (most of us do.. really, try standing for an hour! You'll be surprised that it's not "natural").
I can't remember your height (if you posted it), but I put in 5' 5" along with female, 38, 178 lbs. I put in 20 mins of moderate exercise a day (remember, that's only the time your heart rate is really elevated and you're sweating buckets.. anything less has to go into the light exercise dial), 8 hours of sleep, and 40 mins of standing. That puts your TDEE at 2300 kcal a day. If you think you are eating about 1900, it would be SUPER easy to "miss" 400 cals a day on your tracker by not weighing/measuring, not counting licking the p-butter spoon, eating a cup and half of cereal instead of a cup, forgetting to enter the handful of jelly beans, etc. If all of the above is correct, you could easily workout 6 days a week for a year and maintain your weight or even gain a little. Unfortunately, if you are struggling to lose, it becomes all about precision, precision, precision (which is admittedly, kind of a pain in the butt.) Good luck!0 -
the "YOU MUST DO PALEO" girl deactivated too. Maybe they ran off together for hijinks!FYI OP deactivated
Bummer, I was just starting to have fun...0 -
I am diabetic with a hypo thyroid and I do very little exercise. I am losing an average of 2 lbs/week. I watch my calories (and of course my carbs). It can be done. My doctor has me measuring, weighing, eating 6 times a day and doing a little cardio 3 times a week. Three weeks - 10 lbs. It can be done but it ain't easy!! If A doesn't work - try B...0
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You may be insulin resistant and approaching menapause. Please have your doctor look at your fasting blood results. These factors make losing difficult when they are not corrected. That being said, measuring and weighing your food as well as accounting for everything that goes into your mouth is crucial. Also, although it seems like your working your butt off, you may be overestimating your burn. This is a response to OP, but also to myself since I've stalled in my journey. I've been a bit complacent and need to dig back in and get back to business.0
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Thank you all for the info so far. I think my biggest concern is that I work out, and not in a sloppy manner. I have a very strict workout plan designed by a trainer, leave the gym feeling fully worked out, sweaty and tired, so I know I got a good workout in, yet I still have the same body I had last August. What could I be missing. I eat only whole foods, little to no fruit, with the exception of berries here and there, so I'm not eating those hidden sugars, in fruits. Also, I hardly eat any carbs.
you cannot out work out/exercise a bad diet…if you were being trained by a world class body build but still ate at or over maintenance you would not lose a pound.
Get a food scale and weight/log/measure everything…
more than likely you are under estimating calories….and eating more than you think0 -
How is it propaganda?
It's a healthy way to lose weight and works? I can personally vouch for it lol...
it has nothing to do with weight loss..
you lost weight because you restricted certain food groups which lead to a calorie deficit, which lead to weight loss ...0 -
This is what we are doing: We never go over 500 calories for the entire day and only allow 20 or less fat calories, we walk...
I just..
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I can't understand why you think that this is going to be something that lasts? Why do you hate your bodies enough to jump into a ridiculously low calorie "diet" ? This is awful, positively horrible advice to give to ANYONE and you should really understand WHY that is before you keep giving that advice out.0 -
I would have to agree with the weigh lost with the deficit of calories. I have changed my lifestyle completely. For the past month I have not eaten anything except veggies and fruit (raspberries, blue berries and strawberries with spinach (smoothies) twice a day and I have lost over 20 pounds. And yes, I measure everything. I drink water just because. I have snacks and I work out on most days for 90 mins to include working and light weights. Not saying that this will work for everyone but for me eliminating all meat (except eggs) has been very beneficial.0
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SWEET!! You'll be dropping all that pesky muscle weight in NO time.I would have to agree with the weigh lost with the deficit of calories. I have changed my lifestyle completely. For the past month I have not eaten anything except veggies and fruit (raspberries, blue berries and strawberries with spinach (smoothies) twice a day and I have lost over 20 pounds. And yes, I measure everything. I drink water just because. I have snacks and I work out on most days for 90 mins to include working and light weights. Not saying that this will work for everyone but for me eliminating all meat (except eggs) has been very beneficial.0 -
Fruit and carbs are not bad for you. In fact fruit is amazing for you. I eat fruit a few times a day, and it does not trigger me to want to over indulge the way that processed sweet things do sometimes. If you're getting a good workout regularly, it would seem you would get some results. But you will never out train a bad diet. I'm not saying you have a bad diet. But if you think you're eating 1700-1900 calories a day but you're not weighing and measuring, I can pretty much guarantee you're eating way more calories than that. I'm 38, my calorie goal is 1400 and I eat back all my exercise calories and I've been losing around a pound per week. I also weigh and measure everything I possibly can. Diary is open.Thank you all for the info so far. I think my biggest concern is that I work out, and not in a sloppy manner. I have a very strict workout plan designed by a trainer, leave the gym feeling fully worked out, sweaty and tired, so I know I got a good workout in, yet I still have the same body I had last August. What could I be missing. I eat only whole foods, little to no fruit, with the exception of berries here and there, so I'm not eating those hidden sugars, in fruits. Also, I hardly eat any carbs.0 -
I would have to agree with the weigh lost with the deficit of calories. I have changed my lifestyle completely. For the past month I have not eaten anything except veggies and fruit (raspberries, blue berries and strawberries with spinach (smoothies) twice a day and I have lost over 20 pounds. And yes, I measure everything. I drink water just because. I have snacks and I work out on most days for 90 mins to include working and light weights. Not saying that this will work for everyone but for me eliminating all meat (except eggs) has been very beneficial.
Are you concerned at all about the health effects of cutting so much necessary fat and protein from your diet?0
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