Repost: (posted on a different area) Not losing weight?

davert123

starvation mode is a bit of a myth. Our bodies seem to reduce consumption but its not causing this effect.

lizarddev

It is now open!
I started my diet with actually having 1 fit & active yogurt (90 calories) per meal (270 calories per day?)

I get more tired in the afternoon...so I take a nap.

What you are doing to your body is very dangerous. It can lead to extreme stress on your heart and result in permanent damage or even cardiac arrest. It will also slow your metabolism, which can hamper future weight loss attempts.

Why do you want to do this to your body?

Someone actually messaged me about tips on how to change it.
Have come up with trying to do 6 meals a day and slowly increase it to 1200 calories a day and probably change my exercise habits to see what better fits me

Well they are right on track of eating proportioned meals 6 times a day to keep the metabolism going in your body. This will require some work to get it all lined out for you..
I eat 6 to 8 times a day and I work out 4 to 5 days a week. I have between 1300 to 1600 a day and eat every two hours I will be increasing this to help start a slower loss to reach my goals and maintain. People are not really mad at you but they are upset that considering the weight loss with a diet like 500 or even below 1000 a day is helping you. It doesn't help you in your goal to health and fitness. It takes a combination of a lot and finding that combination above 1200 a day is a lifestyle and not a diet. Look at weight loss as a daily activity. What will you do to achieve this safely. Will you completed your day by running in traffic or will you look both ways before walking into traffic. The same applies here by what you eat. Look at what you are consuming and health behind it. Will it help or will it hurt. Also if you make a change it takes some a day or a week or even a month to catch up and start the loss. The all depends on the makeup of your body and how you feed it. Eat to lose and that is a very valid statement that works. Use a measuring device for portions, hand sizes or fist sizes. Its all science and making it work for you is determined by your composition. Ask a doctor and get guidance first before going to any extreme or following any fad someone wants to tell you. It is a support site and we are all here to help in our own way. Some more harsher than others but the ultimate goal is health.

MsWisconsinite

So far I guess you have lost 4-5 lb of glycogen/water, 3-4 lb of stuff going though your gut, 4 lb of muscle and a few lb of fat. I know you are desperate to loose weight and my hat goes off to you for the grit you have put into this but you are really going about it all wrong. You don't have to listen to me and you can assume you know more but there is no way what you are doing is sustainable and every day you sustain it you are damaging yourself. As I said you are so determined to do this but
1) set a realistic calorie deficit - 1000 per day max - mfp will do this for you
2) eat up to your target calorie intake
3) exercise regularly and eat back most of of your exercise calories too.
4) try and hit your macros - get near all of them but significantly overdo the protein for a few weeks so your body can mend the damage it has undergone

Listen to this - if nothing else. You have backed yourself into a cul-de-sac. you are most probably going to see the scales increase as you back out no matter what you do. Don't worry about this, just do what I've suggested (which is what most people would suggest) and you will be ok. Don't listen to the bashers. You are trying your hardest so respect to you for this,. if you want support please send me a friend request :- )

Good luck

Thank you for this!
I think that the reason that I started this weight loss aggressively was because I have tried losing weight before and it didn't seem to have helped me any.I would end up giving up because I had almost zero support from my family (because they didn't have as big of a problem with their weight as I do). I would go on a diet, but everyone else is eating the delicious foods that would be bad for me to eat, but it would always be available.

Now that I have seen some result, I am more open to having more calories into my diet (eating is definitely not a problem, I just had to keep telling myself no).

myrtille87

Firstly, the people telling you to eat more are right. You shouldn't be eating that little, it won't do you any good in the long run.

Do you really not like food? I can't imagine eating that little. My calories are set to 1550 per day which is enough to not be hungry and to have some small treats but well below what I used to eat.

I'm 5'6" and my starting weight (nearly 4 weeks ago) was 165lbs. I started off eating 1,350 calories (or rather, eating lots more than that but doing lots of exercise to bring my net calories down to 1350). I lost 4lbs in the first week, 3 lbs the second week, 2 lbs the 3rd week and 1lb in the last few days.

As far as I know, it's normal to lose quickly at first because you lose water weight. After that, it's not realistic to continue losing weight so fast. To lose 1lb of fat, you have to eat at a deficit of 3,500 calories. That's doable in a week (eat 500 calories less than your body burns per day) or you could maybe even go a little bit lower (I started out aiming to lose 1.5lb per week but have now changed it to 1lb because I'm a teacher and now school has started back I can't fit in as much exercise).

If you don't want to spend time doing all the BMR/TDEE calculations that some people recommend, just put your data into your MFP account, tell it you want to lose 1lb per week and see what it says. It will never recommend that you eat less than 1,200 calories per day and will probably tell you more (if I was sedentary it tells me 1,350 but because I'm lightly active it's 1,550).

Aim to eat proper meals every day, not just yoghurt. You seem like you like routine and don't mind eating the same thing several days in a row, so maybe plan something for lunch and dinner and stick to it every day. But not just a yoghurt!

For breakfast, I have 20g oats + 100g low fat Greek yoghurt + 80g blueberries + 80g strawberries. It's reasonably filling (the berries have a lot of volume and it takes me a while to eat) and just over 200 calories. For lunch this week I've been having a tortilla wrap filled with chicken breast and salad/leftover roast vegetables with pesto. Dinners are a normal meal (usually 450-650 calories), just with portion control, particularly in terms of measuring high calorie items like oil, cheese or pasta.

MsWisconsinite

Firstly, the people telling you to eat more are right. You shouldn't be eating that little, it won't do you any good in the long run.

Do you really not like food? I can't imagine eating that little. My calories are set to 1550 per day which is enough to not be hungry and to have some small treats but well below what I used to eat.

I'm 5'6" and my starting weight (nearly 4 weeks ago) was 165lbs. I started off eating 1,350 calories (or rather, eating lots more than that but doing lots of exercise to bring my net calories down to 1350). I lost 4lbs in the first week, 3 lbs the second week, 2 lbs the 3rd week and 1lb in the last few days.

As far as I know, it's normal to lose quickly at first because you lose water weight. After that, it's not realistic to continue losing weight so fast. To lose 1lb of fat, you have to eat at a deficit of 3,500 calories. That's doable in a week (eat 500 calories less than your body burns per day) or you could maybe even go a little bit lower (I started out aiming to lose 1.5lb per week but have now changed it to 1lb because I'm a teacher and now school has started back I can't fit in as much exercise).

If you don't want to spend time doing all the BMR/TDEE calculations that some people recommend, just put your data into your MFP account, tell it you want to lose 1lb per week and see what it says. It will never recommend that you eat less than 1,200 calories per day and will probably tell you more (if I was sedentary it tells me 1,350 but because I'm lightly active it's 1,550).

Aim to eat proper meals every day, not just yoghurt. You seem like you like routine and don't mind eating the same thing several days in a row, so maybe plan something for lunch and dinner and stick to it every day. But not just a yoghurt!

For breakfast, I have 20g oats + 100g low fat Greek yoghurt + 80g blueberries + 80g strawberries. It's reasonably filling (the berries have a lot of volume and it takes me a while to eat) and just over 200 calories. For lunch this week I've been having a tortilla wrap filled with chicken breast and salad/leftover roast vegetables with pesto. Dinners are a normal meal (usually 450-650 calories), just with portion control, particularly in terms of measuring high calorie items like oil, cheese or pasta.

I think the problem was not that i don't love food, it's that I love food too much - that's why I gained probably 90 lbs. in maybe 9 years? And I've pretty much stayed around 185 lbs. for the next 3 years...As I said in other posts on this thread, I did it aggressively because I wanted to lose weight so badly and I wanted to see result. I think that I was more frustrated that my sister (who was a year and 3 months younger than I am) can eat whatever she wants and stay at her 110-120 lbs weight. The drive to lose weight was very strong.

I know that losing weight will not happen automatically, and that it will take time and patience ~ I haven't done this weight loss journey for a long time and I just have to keep reminding myself that it does take time

As for the recommendations from the people on this site: I'm going to start increasing to maybe 1000+ calories per day (I've already eaten a snack worth 220 calories just after reading what people had to say in this thread) - and I calculated the BMR myself after many people recommended it; it was 1500+

pplastics

As for the recommendations from the people on this site: I'm going to start increasing to maybe 1000+ calories per day (I've already eaten a snack worth 220 calories just after reading what people had to say in this thread) - and I calculated the BMR myself after many people recommended it; it was 1500+

I am very glad to hear that. You are doing yourself a great service.

Do some research on the internet on what a healthy eating plan looks like. Avoid sites that promise rapid weight loss and stick to healthy well rounded meals and snacks. Food is meant to be enjoyed, and it is very important that you develop a healthy relationship with it.

Don't be surprised if your weight loss stalls for a little while....it happens to everybody, and since you have been depriving your body of the nutrition it needs, it is going to slow down. Just remember, the weight loss will continue if you follow the correct calorie targets. Don't be tempted to continue on with an extreme calorie restriction because the scale stalls. Doing so only serves to hurt you.

SLLRunner

BMR: 1567.8.

I think that when I started, I read a lot about staying away from soooo many food and saturated fats, that it has become a routine for me to look at the nutrition facts and to just put down a lot of stuff that has a lot of what I've seen that is "negative" for the body.

Don't get me wrong the 300-500 calories was just a rough estimate, I allow myself to have a few more when my parents cook food that I can't simply say no to.

I think I get it. You think you must eat 1000 below your BMR to lose weight? If so, thst is incorrect. You must eat a certain amount below your TDEE to lose weight. My guess is you can safely eat 1500 plus a portion of your exercise calories to lose weight.

You MUST pull yourself out of this bad pattern by speaking to a professional.

By the way, I don't think you're a troll, but I do think you are on a destructive path.

SLLRunner

I did not read your whole post. WOW you are in starvation mode. Your body is not losing weight so it can keep you alive. You need some more food. Go get a pizza quick and add some parmesan cheese and while your at it order some wings. I am being serious. You need to eat

No, because she is at a normal weight. She would have to be emaciated to get there.

AliceDark

OP, if you're trying to lose a significant amount of weight, it's going to take a long time. Think months/years, not days/weeks. You're not going to make it on 500 calories a day. What tends to happen when you drastically cut calories is that it works in the very short term, you lose some weight, but eventually it triggers overeating.

When you crash diet, you lose fat, but you also lose lean body mass (LBM). That's muscle, bone, organ tissue, etc. But, when your body "fights back" and your crash diet triggers overeating, what you gain back is almost all fat. Lose fat + muscle, then gain back fat...you eventually end up with a higher percentage of body fat than you did before you crash dieted. That's not where you want to be a year from now.

MsWisconsinite

OP, if you're trying to lose a significant amount of weight, it's going to take a long time. Think months/years, not days/weeks. You're not going to make it on 500 calories a day. What tends to happen when you drastically cut calories is that it works in the very short term, you lose some weight, but eventually it triggers overeating.

When you crash diet, you lose fat, but you also lose lean body mass (LBM). That's muscle, bone, organ tissue, etc. But, when your body "fights back" and your crash diet triggers overeating, what you gain back is almost all fat. Lose fat + muscle, then gain back fat...you eventually end up with a higher percentage of body fat than you did before you crash dieted. That's not where you want to be a year from now.

The first 3 days in was when I started seeing results. I thought to myself maybe if I can keep doing this, I can lose what I needed in 2 months time and I can start eating "normally" again. I even said no to many fruits because it would add more calories (even knowing full well that fruits ARE good for me). I was a at a point where I wanted a "quick" fix and I realize now at this point that it is not possible so I am allowing myself to take in more calories now.

MsWisconsinite

BMR: 1567.8.

I think that when I started, I read a lot about staying away from soooo many food and saturated fats, that it has become a routine for me to look at the nutrition facts and to just put down a lot of stuff that has a lot of what I've seen that is "negative" for the body.

Don't get me wrong the 300-500 calories was just a rough estimate, I allow myself to have a few more when my parents cook food that I can't simply say no to.

I think I get it. You think you must eat 1000 below your BMR to lose weight? If so, thst is incorrect. You must eat a certain amount below your TDEE to lose weight. My guess is you can safely eat 1500 plus a portion of your exercise calories to lose weight.

You MUST pull yourself out of this bad pattern by speaking to a professional.

By the way, I don't think you're a troll, but I do think you are on a destructive path.

I didn't really think about how much less calories from my BMR I needed to take in, I just saw results with what I was doing, and I just wanted it to keep going.

MsWisconsinite

As for the recommendations from the people on this site: I'm going to start increasing to maybe 1000+ calories per day (I've already eaten a snack worth 220 calories just after reading what people had to say in this thread) - and I calculated the BMR myself after many people recommended it; it was 1500+

I am very glad to hear that. You are doing yourself a great service.

Do some research on the internet on what a healthy eating plan looks like. Avoid sites that promise rapid weight loss and stick to healthy well rounded meals and snacks. Food is meant to be enjoyed, and it is very important that you develop a healthy relationship with it.

Don't be surprised if your weight loss stalls for a little while....it happens to everybody, and since you have been depriving your body of the nutrition it needs, it is going to slow down. Just remember, the weight loss will continue if you follow the correct calorie targets. Don't be tempted to continue on with an extreme calorie restriction because the scale stalls. Doing so only serves to hurt you.

Yeah, that's a great idea. I think when I first started, the key words I would search on Google or Youtube would be " weight loss tips" "how to lose weight fast"