WHY CANT I LOSE ANYMORE...???? >:(

lwestmill

@lwestmill... I drink water with lemon all day minus drinking one vitamin water in the am to start my day... I tend to not like water first thing in the am... the salt may be it but regardless of bloating I think that you would still lose SOME weight even if it was slow... this is like up or just staying the same NOT EVEN a POUND down ):most of the time minus a few days every few weeks I eat clean... Although i do add himalayan salt into my food... i should try to stop but its so hard lol

I went 28 days with out loosing a pound bec of salt. When i cut it down, it dropped after 5 days. You might want to try it before you spend a lot of money on doctor's tests. Those can be expensive. Just saying. Also, I had the same conversation with my my best friend, she was NOT too happy with me either but she noticed a significant loss after cleaning up her salt intake. Come on, you know that pepperoni, olives have salt.

What's funny, is people will put salt on their food before they even taste it. LOL
It always puzzles me that they know what its going to taste like before they douse it up with salt. My dad says he HAS to have it. I try to tell him all the time,to at least taste the food before he puts salt on it. But when you are 80 years old, its hard to change habits. He has got the big old dad hard belly too. But ya gotta love him!!! : )

Its not always about the calories that you eat. Its the whole package. And you do have what it takes to get healthy.
Let me know how it goes.

forkofpower

Maybe you're overestimating the number of calories burned during exercise. MFP's values are usually too high, in my experience. Even more accurate devices, like HRMs, aren't perfectly accurate. Maybe try not eating back exercise calories for a while, or only eating back half, and see if you start losing. If you do, then you're probably overestimating calories burned.

ksmits

I can almost guarantee you don't have a thyroid or any other issues. The reason for no weight loss is you are not in a calorie deficit. Your weight loss slows down as you progress. You just have to get more aggressive with your efforts now. You don't burn as many calories as you did when you first started, so up the intensity and the amount of exercise, and reduce the amount of your food you are consuming.

LKC1882

Research "Flexible dieting" and "If it fits your macros". I suggest doing less cardio and eating more calories of protein. I know everybody is different but I eat between 2200 and 2400 calories a day and weight train 5 days a week, do 1 hour of yoga and bike ride occasionally. I am still waiting for my body to stabilize. I am 5'7" and weigh 121 pounds right now. When I started MFP I only wanted to make sure I ate enough protein because I was really tired and I stay at home with three children.(I weighed 130) I started feeling great when I started eating more meat, eggs, and a protein shake at breakfast. Then I started weight training so I could better lift my kids into the car etc. I started losing weight, because I was only eating 1800 calories. I have been upping my calories about 200 or so every other week so I can stabilize and so far I haven't. In May I weighed 122 and I lost a pound over last month, so I am going to add more until I stop losing.

When you burn fat cells the body sends out hunger signals. This affects insulin levels, and tells your body to store energy instead of metabolizing it. Cardio-based activities at too much of a deficit will also teach your body to store energy. See what happens if you up calories, but make sure you are eating more protein and healthy fats, not processed sugars. When your body knows it will be fed, it metabolizes energy. If you are hungry, follow your body's signals.

1princesswarrior

I have not read the other replies, so here's my feedback:

You're allowing MFP to estimate your calorie adjustments through some app of theirs, and MFP is notorious for overestimating calories burned. Also ,in addition to this MFP app adjustment, you are entering your exercise calories, which look overestimated as well. I think when you allow calorie adjustments you don't include your own exercise calories.

I get the impression that you don't weigh your food because you use words like slice and cup. Believe me,weighting your food is a good idea because the volume usually i not the same as the weight. Not all medium bananas, or apples, or a cup of anything are created equal. I learned through trial and error that weighing food is about as accurate as it gets.

The bottom line is that through these errors you are eating more than you think you are.

This and join the group Eat Train Progress and ask them for help. Also what ksmits said,

You're right that you cannot gain muscle in a deficit. Also as you lose weight you have to be much more accurate in weighing your food and estimating your calorie burn, it makes a huge difference.

As far as wearing a HRM for 24 hours, I did an experiment where I wore mine for two weeks, except when taking a shower and sleeping. My experiment showed that my HRM was within 10 calories of online calculators and the results I got from a bodpod test for my TDEE on normal days and rest days. But those are just my results and I will not guarantee the accuracy of those results. I just did it for fun.

eatonize

I can almost guarantee you don't have a thyroid or any other issues. The reason for no weight loss is you are not in a calorie deficit. Your weight loss slows down as you progress. You just have to get more aggressive with your efforts now. You don't burn as many calories as you did when you first started, so up the intensity and the amount of exercise, and reduce the amount of your food you are consuming.

Agreed!

As your weight comes down it becomes more of a fight.

SLLRunner

I can almost guarantee you don't have a thyroid or any other issues.

No offense intended, but just how can you "almost" guarantee this? You don't know this person.

Whether or not she has thyroid issues, she's still not eating at a calorie deficit. Thyroid issues usually means it's harder finding the correct number to lose weight, as the calorie limit is lower.

SLLRunner

I can almost guarantee you don't have a thyroid or any other issues. The reason for no weight loss is you are not in a calorie deficit. Your weight loss slows down as you progress. You just have to get more aggressive with your efforts now. You don't burn as many calories as you did when you first started, so up the intensity and the amount of exercise, and reduce the amount of your food you are consuming.

Agreed!

As your weight comes down it becomes more of a fight.

Not necessarily. It was never a fight for me to lose the last pounds.

Tanya949

Heavy lifting burns a lot of calories, and you are NETTING 1200-1400 calories a day? Your calories are too low IMO. Fuel your body and you fuel your metabolism. Increase your calories and I think you will see the scale move.

Allup2Me78

When you all say eat between your BMR and TDEE..Do you mean between your BMR and your TDEE-20% because your TDEE is what you eat at to maintain your weght...Correct?

Since you're now closer to your goal, I would redo your goal to lose .5lbs to 1lbs a week.

Figure out your BMR and your TDEE and try eating between your BMR and your TDEE for a few weeks and see what happens.

1200 calories is pretty low, so don't be surprised if you do gain a little weight when upping your calories...it happens, but your body will readjust and should drop the lbs.

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MelodyandBarbells

Agree with SLL. I'm not sure I understand the MFP iOS adjustment stuff in your diary. I'd just keep it simple and not even reference that at all. I weigh approximately the same and honestly I've had my goal set to .5 lb a week for the last 15 lbs or so. My activity is set to sedentary than I log exercise. If we do a ton of walking all day I just chalk it up to a bonus and allow it to compensate for days of inaccurate logging (no matter my best intentions) or the days my buns are firmly planted to the couch all day

Same with strength training as well. Those burns can be hard to estimate even with a HRM. And especially when you only do it for a few minutes, personally I'd wonder why even bother logging the cals. I also think the difference between gross and net calories burned starts to matter a bit more as you weigh less. You list spin for example as moderate or easy effort but burn 592 calories an hour. I gotta tell you to do that I'm fighting and gasping for my life and working way harder than the instructor probably! A more typical burn for me is low to mid 400's. If you log the full amount please know you probably can't eat all those calories back, some try for 50-75%. If all of this sounds irritating, you may wish to consider a TDEE approach. Use one of the calculators , pick a number to eat everyday, don't eat back exercise calories. Do for a few weeks, if you are still not losing, reduce by 100 calories per day, repeat

I was confused whether you were weighing and calculating your chicken raw or cooked? Isn't it tedious to cut the chicken to size each time? Lol. I usually prefer to just weigh the chicken, do some math and log it, but you may find that to be what's tedious

Agree about weighing the fruit. Bananas, oh bananas. I was told they were 70 calories apiece but the fat *kitten* bananas I've eaten all come in around 105. Peanuts, peanut butter. Pretty calorie dense you should weigh it too. At least make sure you weigh your ten or sixteen pieces from time to time to make sure you're accurate. Or weigh and portion them into little baggies ahead of time if you prefer

The hoagie seems a bit suspect but you have the label I guess. I assumed an 8" hoagie would be more than 170 calories personally, but I don't eat these much

haildodger

Okay, if your past week is any indication, you are going over your calories by 300 for the week. If you are set to lose at a pound a week, that is over half your deficit. You aren't hitting 1200-1400 calories if you are having one or two seriously over days like you did the last week. You are netting way more than you think. If you aren't using an HRM to get a more accurate sense of your calorie burn than what MFP gives, that could account for wiping out the rest of your deficit.

Use an HRM, eat back fewer of your exercise calories, and rein in the eating on the days when you eat over your limit.

@agrafina - that actually was what i was thinking... But mostly when I log Im not ever calculating in my exercises mostly because i Think myfitnesspal is a bit too generous with the measurements and even if I was eating low cal most days 1200 cal then i went over a few days it should be like eating maintenance and i would still be at a deficit right?

I tend to agree with agrafina. If you review the back to May 1st your caloric intake isn't in a significant deficit; you're running a surplus on average for your daily goal. Exercise could compensate for that if everything is in fact measured accurately. Just reviewing what's recorded in your diary though, I wouldn't expect a significant loss. (Just my 2 cents.)

I hope you figure it all out.

MelodyandBarbells

Okay, if your past week is any indication, you are going over your calories by 300 for the week. If you are set to lose at a pound a week, that is over half your deficit. You aren't hitting 1200-1400 calories if you are having one or two seriously over days like you did the last week. You are netting way more than you think. If you aren't using an HRM to get a more accurate sense of your calorie burn than what MFP gives, that could account for wiping out the rest of your deficit.

Use an HRM, eat back fewer of your exercise calories, and rein in the eating on the days when you eat over your limit.

I may be misunderstanding your statement but a pound a week is more like a 3500 calorie deficit, half a pound would be half that. There's a bit more leeway than 300 calories . The puzzle continues because OP target should probably be more in the...

Hmm, I'm actually coming up with 1450 calories to lose .5 lbs a week when I plug in the op's numbers. This means being accurate with food and exercise logging is even more important! Other than the one or two suspect food entries which may be alright after all, I hate that my true suggestion is to exercise more / increase activity :ohwell:

Keviny1958

I have had the same problems since I started usually when my weight is getting to the next stone down, persevere and it will go down eventually. Just remember whatever you lose is a loss and a benefit to yourself all-round. I still weigh all my food but have vastly reduced milk intake I now use Almond flavoured drink, changed my bread reduced potatoes etc etc. I still have my bad days but I do not regret it, just do an extra bit of exercise. i know my weight loss is slowing but I feel so much better.
Just keep going, I have never bought any health drinks or protein shakes etc just eat the same food but at a reduced ra

eslcity

Have you thought about going on a little vacation from your diet and stop worrying about it... just eat healthy and exercise.. and in a week or two... hit it hard... a few red days are not going to kill you....

Sometimes we think or try too hard...

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agrafina

Okay, if your past week is any indication, you are going over your calories by 300 for the week. If you are set to lose at a pound a week, that is over half your deficit. You aren't hitting 1200-1400 calories if you are having one or two seriously over days like you did the last week. You are netting way more than you think. If you aren't using an HRM to get a more accurate sense of your calorie burn than what MFP gives, that could account for wiping out the rest of your deficit.

Use an HRM, eat back fewer of your exercise calories, and rein in the eating on the days when you eat over your limit.

I may be misunderstanding your statement but a pound a week is more like a 3500 calorie deficit, half a pound would be half that. There's a bit more leeway than 300 calories . The puzzle continues because OP target should probably be more in the...

Hmm, I'm actually coming up with 1450 calories to lose .5 lbs a week when I plug in the op's numbers. This means being accurate with food and exercise logging is even more important! Other than the one or two suspect food entries which may be alright after all, I hate that my true suggestion is to exercise more / increase activity :ohwell:

Deep. Cause math is hard. You're right. I was getting daily and weekly totals all confused.

lwestmill

Just for kicks, I went through 3 weeks of your diary. I have a question:

How exactly does someone got about eating
.86 of a bagel
.13 of an Applebee's Moose shooter. Two days.
.38 of an onion ring
.38 of an Applebee's spicy nacho platter. And that was a day you logged 2,897 calories
.01875 of a Walmart - Cookie Cake
.38 of an Applebee's cowboy burger
.15 of an Applebee's queso dip platter
1.33 hot dogs
.13 of an Applebee's queso dip platter
.15 of an Applebee's spicy Chilli cheese nachos

Cashew, 5 g 17 pieces Kirkland. For 29 calories
Kroger - Graham Cracker Crumbs, 5.75 grams 1/4 cup for 25 calories
.38 Moes - Chips and Salsa, cup salsa
.33 bowl Moes - Burrito Bowl Steak Light Rice
.5 Moes - Side of Queso
Bolded all on 1 day.

.33 of a large movie theater popcorn
2 inches of a Wawa sandwich
1 1/2 Applebee's mozzarella sticks
.38 cup of chicken chow mein
.25 cup General Tso chicken
1/4 cup of apples

I'm not sure what your definition of clean is but I don't think it means the same thing other people mean. Also, I'm assuming you eat at Applebee's because you eat there a lot.

So for anyone not understanding how someone can over eat without thinking they are. This thread is a good example.

""I'm not sure what your definition of clean is but I don't think it means the same thing other people mean. """



After yesterday's meal of :

Red Robbin - Whiskey River Bbq Burger, 1 burger

1,408 Calories,
1,717 Salt

Red Robin - Onion Rings Side, 106 g
428 Calories
881 Salt

It would take me a week to rid of all the salt in this meal. When you cheat, you still have to be somewhat aware that the next day, you will not loose weight for a long while. Set it in your mind for next week to research eating clean and prepare your meals ahead of time. It seems like you have an active life and busy being social. Which is GREAT! Half of us wish we had time and friends to go out with. But hun, you need to fight the temptations when going out to eat. Go for the salads instead! There are many wonderful salads that you can eat with grilled chicken. Just watch the dressings.


Great job logging, because logging keeps you aware.
Good luck.