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JennyJ2015

How many calories are you eating a day? What are your Macros? Do you track EVERYTHING you eat?

i have to push myself to get 1200 but that's without measuring the majority of my food i feel like i should start carrying my food scale and measuring cups everywhere lol and my macros are 50% carbs which i hate the idea of because i'm also diabetic so i cant tolerate that much with out my blood sugar going crazy 30% protein and 20% fat

parkscs

How many calories are you eating a day? What are your Macros? Do you track EVERYTHING you eat?

i have to push myself to get 1200 but that's without measuring the majority of my food i feel like i should start carrying my food scale and measuring cups everywhere lol and my macros are 50% carbs which i hate the idea of because i'm also diabetic so i cant tolerate that much with out my blood sugar going crazy 30% protein and 20% fat

Why set your carb macro to a high percentage if that messes with your blood sugar ... ?

No_Finish_Line

i'm going to go ahead and say that if the your having trouble losing weight, what work out your doing is NEVER really the issue.

You're always going to have to eat less then you burn. What you put in your mouth will always be the limiting reagent

No_Finish_Line

How many calories are you eating a day? What are your Macros? Do you track EVERYTHING you eat?

i have to push myself to get 1200 but that's without measuring the majority of my food i feel like i should start carrying my food scale and measuring cups everywhere lol and my macros are 50% carbs which i hate the idea of because i'm also diabetic so i cant tolerate that much with out my blood sugar going crazy 30% protein and 20% fat

highly recommend going hardcore with the scale and spoons.

my mother is a diabetic, and her doctor tells her not to exceed X grams of carbs per meal. maybe if you did more frequent, smaller meals and still be ok from a blood sugar perspective.

JennyJ2015

How many calories are you eating a day? What are your Macros? Do you track EVERYTHING you eat?

The best thing to do is anwser the above questions. I was in the same position as you; I was working my *kitten* off and not losing a pound so I know the frustration! I worked with a trainer who came up with a meal plan for me. We siginificantly dropped my calories, adjusted my Macros and sure enough, I lost 7.5lbs in 4 weeks and Im still losing weekly. What works for others does not work for everyone. The "eat more to weigh less" concept was not working for me.....whole grains do not like me. Try to change things around see what works for you.

Edited to add that you should NOT give up lifting. I didn't change my workout routine at all. I lift 5 days a week with minimal cardio (20 minutes 3x a week). Good luck :flowerforyou:

i go to the gym 4-5 days a week and do at least a hr of cardio and lift 3 times a week

The point of the post, if I'm not mistaken, is to try to alter your diet. You need to track, weigh, and measure appropriately to really know exactly how much you are eating. I go to the gym 6 days a week. I run 6 days a week and lift three of those days. The days where I do both I split it up so I have time for 45-60 minute lifting and then 3.5-5 mile run at lunch. But, I can eat all those calories back if I'm not careful and I'm not a pettite girl - I'm 180 and 5'10". You can not exercise a bad diet or too many calories.

Keep going, you will lose weight, but weigh/measure your food and watch your macros. My protein was (and sometimes still is) WAY too low for my activity level and goals. It's really hard for me to lose weight when my protein isn't where it should be!!

that's the weight i would like to be i'm 5' 11

skyeny

"Aunt Jemima - Buttermilk Complete Pancake Mix, 1/3 cup - three 4" pancakes = 150 cal"

"pita pit - turkey pita /no pita spinach black beans pickles tomatoes onions romaine jalepeno ranch on the side, 3 cups = 250 cal"

Maybe I'm wrong, but some of the food is a little underestimated, and it adds up... Also, you measure some food in cups...
Weight lifting didn't stop weight loss for me, maybe only the first week, when I was holding water.

JennyJ2015

How many calories are you eating a day? What are your Macros? Do you track EVERYTHING you eat?

i have to push myself to get 1200 but that's without measuring the majority of my food i feel like i should start carrying my food scale and measuring cups everywhere lol and my macros are 50% carbs which i hate the idea of because i'm also diabetic so i cant tolerate that much with out my blood sugar going crazy 30% protein and 20% fat

Why set your carb macro to a high percentage if that messes with your blood sugar ... ?

idk thats just the way mfp set it up idk how to change it

JennyJ2015

"Aunt Jemima - Buttermilk Complete Pancake Mix, 1/3 cup - three 4" pancakes = 150 cal"

"pita pit - turkey pita /no pita spinach black beans pickles tomatoes onions romaine jalepeno ranch on the side, 3 cups = 250 cal"

Maybe I'm wrong, but some of the food is a little underestimated, and it adds up... Also, you measure some food in cups...
Weight lifting didn't stop weight loss for me, maybe only the first week, when I was holding water.

i didnt eat the pita tho and i was on the website for the pita pit when i calculated it and i scanned the barcode for the pancakes

JennyJ2015

How many calories are you eating a day? What are your Macros? Do you track EVERYTHING you eat?

i have to push myself to get 1200 but that's without measuring the majority of my food i feel like i should start carrying my food scale and measuring cups everywhere lol and my macros are 50% carbs which i hate the idea of because i'm also diabetic so i cant tolerate that much with out my blood sugar going crazy 30% protein and 20% fat

Why set your carb macro to a high percentage if that messes with your blood sugar ... ?

do you know how to change it i would like for my protein to be the highest one

branflakes1980

DO NOT go by what the scale says. Also DO NOT EVER stop lifting, in fact lift more!! You said you noticed a difference when you put the 2 pictures next to eachother, that should be proof enough that what you are doing is working. If you need to track something track your measurements. I was never very overweight, maybe 15-20 lbs to lose. I was scale obsessed, and then I started tracking my measurements. I started lifting and have been for approximately 9 months now and I am down 2 pant sizes, approximately 15 inches combined, but the scale is up 5 lbs. My advice is throw the scale away! :flowerforyou:

JoRocka

To go Goals

Change Goals

Change your settings.

JennyJ2015

If you believe you should have lost up to 20 lbs. and you haven't then that has more to do with your diet.... Are you weighing and measuring your food?, What is your caloric intake set at? What are your measurements... How much weight have you gained?? These are all questions that need answered first to determine why your not losing....

i have a food scale at home but im working or not home most of the time

hmmm I work and manage to use my scale for every meal...either prepacked lunch or lunch at home, same thing with lunch.

in 9 weeks yes you should have lost some weight. New exercise only has the water retention effect for about 4-6 weeks. Mind you with weight lifting I find I need at least 2 full rest days before I can weigh myself and get an accurate read on the scale.

But that being said...if you haven't lost you are eating more than you think. I see days that look partial to me...and some of your entries are just so wrong...you need to be careful with those...

5 chicken wings do not have 53 grams of protien...I friggen wish...and to top it off it's log as homemade...did you make them? was it a full wing? partial ie drumette? each portion of a wing typically has 100 calories and about 6 grams of protien.

So if they were full wings...it would have been 1000 calories...and maybe then 50grams of protien...but if they were partial wings 500 calories and 25 grams of protien...give or take.

like the full wings that are connected i count those as 2 wings i would like to enter my own measurements but i like all the micros correct like the sodium and things to be correct that why i use the ones that are already in there

JennyJ2015

DO NOT go by what the scale says. Also DO NOT EVER stop lifting, in fact lift more!! You said you noticed a difference when you put the 2 pictures next to eachother, that should be proof enough that what you are doing is working. If you need to track something track your measurements. I was never very overweight, maybe 15-20 lbs to lose. I was scale obsessed, and then I started tracking my measurements. I started lifting and have been for approximately 9 months now and I am down 2 pant sizes, approximately 15 inches combined, but the scale is up 5 lbs. My advice is throw the scale away! :flowerforyou:

i dont have a scale at home but i think that it might be broken idk and i havent measured in a while im going to do that tonight i wish i could throw it away lol

skyeny

"Aunt Jemima - Buttermilk Complete Pancake Mix, 1/3 cup - three 4" pancakes = 150 cal"

"pita pit - turkey pita /no pita spinach black beans pickles tomatoes onions romaine jalepeno ranch on the side, 3 cups = 250 cal"

Maybe I'm wrong, but some of the food is a little underestimated, and it adds up... Also, you measure some food in cups...
Weight lifting didn't stop weight loss for me, maybe only the first week, when I was holding water.

i didnt eat the pita tho and i was on the website for the pita pit when i calculated it and i scanned the barcode for the pancakes

Sounds good) I need to check the store for those pancakes ) are you measuring yourself in inches or just lb?

jenilla1

Do you weigh your food? Your food diary has a lot of generic entries, and a lot of "1 cup, 1 serving, 1 patty", etc. If you're not weighing your food, then you are eating more than you think you are eating. This is a very common problem, and often the cause of a seeming "plateau".

yes!:drinker:

ruffnstuff

Whoa - from reading all the posts I have gathered that you are 5'11", 27 yo, have about 100 lbs to lose, and think you're barely eating 1200 cals/day. No, no, no....something is for sure off. I suspect, as many others have mentioned, that your calorie intake is probably way more than you think. With those stats and supposedly eating so little (seriously, 1200 cals es no bueno for you. Probably better at around 1800, but ACCURATE!), you should have dropped a lot of weight by now. Set yourself a reasonable, sustainable goal and weigh everything you can except liquids. Liquids are what should go in the measuring cup (and that is all).

Good luck!

jenilla1

"Aunt Jemima - Buttermilk Complete Pancake Mix, 1/3 cup - three 4" pancakes = 150 cal"

"pita pit - turkey pita /no pita spinach black beans pickles tomatoes onions romaine jalepeno ranch on the side, 3 cups = 250 cal"

Maybe I'm wrong, but some of the food is a little underestimated, and it adds up... Also, you measure some food in cups...
Weight lifting didn't stop weight loss for me, maybe only the first week, when I was holding water.

i didnt eat the pita tho and i was on the website for the pita pit when i calculated it and i scanned the barcode for the pancakes

When you scanned the code for the pancakes, they probably only gave you the calories for the 1/3 cup of mix alone. You have to add in the calories for any oil, eggs, milk etc. that you used to make the pancakes, too. :flowerforyou:

dixiewhiskey

Keep lifting.. it took three months before I lost lbs. Was stuck at 180 for months, now I've lost 12 "scale" lbs. The inches fell off the entire time though. I don't measure my food with a scale - personal preference. If you really are only eating 1200 a day or even 1500 - up your cals. I eat 2200 a day and I'm 5'6" 172lbs - at 5' 11" you should be definitely eating around 1800 at minimum

JennyJ2015

"Aunt Jemima - Buttermilk Complete Pancake Mix, 1/3 cup - three 4" pancakes = 150 cal"

"pita pit - turkey pita /no pita spinach black beans pickles tomatoes onions romaine jalepeno ranch on the side, 3 cups = 250 cal"

Maybe I'm wrong, but some of the food is a little underestimated, and it adds up... Also, you measure some food in cups...
Weight lifting didn't stop weight loss for me, maybe only the first week, when I was holding water.

i didnt eat the pita tho and i was on the website for the pita pit when i calculated it and i scanned the barcode for the pancakes

Sounds good) I need to check the store for those pancakes ) are you measuring yourself in inches or just lb?

mainly pounds ive lost 3.5 inches

JennyJ2015

Whoa - from reading all the posts I have gathered that you are 5'11", 27 yo, have about 100 lbs to lose, and think you're barely eating 1200 cals/day. No, no, no....something is for sure off. I suspect, as many others have mentioned, that your calorie intake is probably way more than you think. With those stats and supposedly eating so little (seriously, 1200 cals es no bueno for you. Probably better at around 1800, but ACCURATE!), you should have dropped a lot of weight by now. Set yourself a reasonable, sustainable goal and weigh everything you can except liquids. Liquids are what should go in the measuring cup (and that is all).

Good luck!

is that net or before exercisng ?? i was thinking it was net if its not then i'm eating way over what i thought i was

JennyJ2015

"Aunt Jemima - Buttermilk Complete Pancake Mix, 1/3 cup - three 4" pancakes = 150 cal"

"pita pit - turkey pita /no pita spinach black beans pickles tomatoes onions romaine jalepeno ranch on the side, 3 cups = 250 cal"

Maybe I'm wrong, but some of the food is a little underestimated, and it adds up... Also, you measure some food in cups...
Weight lifting didn't stop weight loss for me, maybe only the first week, when I was holding water.

i didnt eat the pita tho and i was on the website for the pita pit when i calculated it and i scanned the barcode for the pancakes

When you scanned the code for the pancakes, they probably only gave you the calories for the 1/3 cup of mix alone. You have to add in the calories for any oil, eggs, milk etc. that you used to make the pancakes, too. :flowerforyou:

i do use milk for my pancakes not water

JennyJ2015

Keep lifting.. it took three months before I lost lbs. Was stuck at 180 for months, now I've lost 12 "scale" lbs. The inches fell off the entire time though. I don't measure my food with a scale - personal preference. If you really are only eating 1200 a day or even 1500 - up your cals. I eat 2200 a day and I'm 5'6" 172lbs - at 5' 11" you should be definitely eating around 1800 at minimum

i keep being told that but im scared to eat more and still not lose i thought the less you eat the more you lose

greenmonstergirl

i have a little bit of change my profile pic the one in the grey was last week the one n the black shirt was me when i started i didn't see a difference till i put the pic next to each other i have people all the time telling me i look like i've lost weight and id rather look better

THIS!!! I started lifting, weigh the same and lost 4 sizes. Kick the scale, I'd rather look better than worry about numbers.

Zelinna

Keep lifting.. it took three months before I lost lbs. Was stuck at 180 for months, now I've lost 12 "scale" lbs. The inches fell off the entire time though. I don't measure my food with a scale - personal preference. If you really are only eating 1200 a day or even 1500 - up your cals. I eat 2200 a day and I'm 5'6" 172lbs - at 5' 11" you should be definitely eating around 1800 at minimum

i keep being told that but im scared to eat more and still not lose i thought the less you eat the more you lose

Like everyone else has said, you need to make sure your diary is accurate... and keep lifting!

If you are in fact only eating 1200 calories a day, you should increase your intake. Like the quoted person I am 5'7 and eat between 2000 and 2500 a day @ 146 lbs and did so the entire time I lost weight.

You need to eat enough to fuel your body. Just like a car you can't run on empty.

dixiewhiskey

Keep lifting.. it took three months before I lost lbs. Was stuck at 180 for months, now I've lost 12 "scale" lbs. The inches fell off the entire time though. I don't measure my food with a scale - personal preference. If you really are only eating 1200 a day or even 1500 - up your cals. I eat 2200 a day and I'm 5'6" 172lbs - at 5' 11" you should be definitely eating around 1800 at minimum

i keep being told that but im scared to eat more and still not lose i thought the less you eat the more you lose

That is unfortunately the way most people think they should do when trying to lose weight. Most people don't really want to lose weight but look better with clothes on and off. Like the person above mentioned, your body is like a car and it needs fuel to keep going. Yes - in a sense you should make better food choices including quality and quantity. At the same time though when you lift weights and become more active, your metabolism becomes higher and your body needs more fuel to do its best.

At my stats, I couldn't even less than 1400 without pigging out or being grouchy. When I ate that low and worked out, my body was giving me signs that it wants more quality food. For a couple of months, I was losing at 1672 then I plateaued for two months. I ate more (1800+) range and the scale and inches began to decrease. You could continue to eat so little but eventually you'll f up your metabolism and quite possibly to the point of no return. Check out Scooby's calculator for a rough guide of what you should eat per day with your stats. Try it for a month - I bet the scale will move again.