What happened?!?

Tandksmommy11

I'm getting incredibly irritated that I am only losing .4 and .2lbs a week. I shouldn't have hit a plateau yet.

I've stayed away from everything fried, not over-eating, staying within my calorie range, and I'm STILL not losing!

Is it possible MFP is allowing me to many calories? Maybe I need to eat less then what it's advising?

My clothes still fit the same way, so I can't even say I'm shedding inches.

Signed,
Incredibly aggravated Amy

CalorieNinja

What is your calorie goal at now? are you eating way under calories? are you exercising?

acknan

Give it time. It will happen. Quitting will just guarantee no success! Good luck and keep at it! Double check your diary and see if there are any things that you can fix...

shellywelly123

Maybe check how much sugar and sodium you are having as this can also slow things down

carollane

Don't give up!! How much are you exercising? Are you drinking plenty of H2O? Are you watching your sodium level in your food? These are the things you need to ask yourself and look at your food and exercise diary. As long as you are loosing that is a plus! you may be not eating enough if you are exercising a good amount. Slow and Steady will allow you to keep the weight off my friend. We all like to see big numbers but it just is not realistic. :flowerforyou:

acknan

I just looked at your diary. You need more whole grains, veggies, etc. You are eating lots of processed food, white flour, etc.

try oatmeal for breakfast- maple and brown sugar is my fav and will take care of the sweetness you get from doughnuts. or egg whites with a bit of cheese

Lunch do a salad with some beans- garbonzo, kidney, whatever, and loads of fresh veggies.

Dinner try some boneless, skinless chicken breast and loads of veggies like broccoli

Avoid boxes!!! Go fresh! Best of luck!!!!

susanswan

Along with all of the good advice above don't forget that your body doesn't want you to lose weight! It is very comfortable where it is right now. It will play games with you and make you want to quit your diet but hang tough and you can get through the rough spots. My body plays games with me too, when I know I am doing everything right! I peeked at your calories and I'd say to try to make sure you get as close to your base as possible. Mine is 1200 and depending on how much I exercise sometimes I have difficulty getting them all in, so I decided to start eating more in the morning when I am hungriest. Watch your salt and sugar intake, drink your water, and keep up the good work. It is frustrating sometimes, but do not give in! You'll win, just be patient! Best of luck to you!

Tandksmommy11

My calorie goal is at 1580, I think, somewhere around there.

Sodium may be the culprit when I'm in a pinch and need to grab something "processed" instead of something I make at home. But I don't think I've ever had this hard of a time losing! I lost about 20 pounds once before, but this time- it's just not coming off and I'm the same weight I was before when I started.

I'm not exercising much at all right now, because I just don't have the time. Between school work (which I should be doing now), my kids, housework and my husband being gone from 8am to 12am every day- I can't find the time. When it gets warmer, it will be much easier I think.

millerll

Honestly, the donuts, bagels, french fries, Special K bars, Arbys and all that has to go. The Quick Add calories feature is handy, but doesn't show you how you're doing on other nutrients. Log everything. Add sodium to your diary and you'll see the effect a lot of processed food is having on your diet. More fresh fruits and veggies will help a lot. You also under eat a lot. Try to make your calorie goal, or be close.

I think if you clean up your diet, you'll see the scale move. Good luck!

Tandksmommy11

Honestly, the donuts, bagels, french fries, Special K bars, Arbys and all that has to go. The Quick Add calories feature is handy, but doesn't show you how you're doing on other nutrients. Log everything. Add sodium to your diary and you'll see the effect a lot of processed food is having on your diet. More fresh fruits and veggies will help a lot. You also under eat a lot. Try to make your calorie goal, or be close.

I think if you clean up your diet, you'll see the scale move. Good luck!

If you had looked at the rest of my diary, you would see that yesterday was the first day I had a donut since last year and the same goes for the bagel. It was 10pm by the time I got around to eating, and the only thing open was Dunkin Donuts on the day that I had the bagel.

This week I was traveling every day, so that's not a real accurate picture of what I usually eat. And as for the quick adds, I don't use MFP unless I am not at home and logging my calories. If I am at home, I log on another site and then just quick add my calories over here so I can keep it accurate if I leave and need to count calories later in the day. I don't like MFP's style of entering foods.

Tandksmommy11

I just looked at your diary. You need more whole grains, veggies, etc. You are eating lots of processed food, white flour, etc.

try oatmeal for breakfast- maple and brown sugar is my fav and will take care of the sweetness you get from doughnuts. or egg whites with a bit of cheese

Lunch do a salad with some beans- garbonzo, kidney, whatever, and loads of fresh veggies.

Dinner try some boneless, skinless chicken breast and loads of veggies like broccoli

Avoid boxes!!! Go fresh! Best of luck!!!!

I have to laugh because the only thing that people are pointing out is the darn donut. I think I've had 1 donut TOTAL in the past 1.5 months. On 2 separate occasions I had a half of a donut.

If I eat breakfast, I almost always eat oatmeal with brown sugar, cinnamon and raisins. I don't eat the pre-packaged stuff either, it's from 'scratch'.

As I said in my previous reply, I wasn't at home this week so my choices were pretty limited. I guess you would have to have seen my 'real' log on the site I actually log all food/nutrients on to get an accurate picture. My bad.

Tandksmommy11

In order to eat up to the amount of calories per day I need, I end up forcing myself to eat things just to get rid of the calories. I've got more then 400 left for today, and I'm not hungry. I just don't want to eat.

I was so much happier fat.

millerll

If I hit a nreve with the diary, sorry, but I try to give a quick look at a few days and look for trends. I really don't have the time or the inclination to look at several months' worth of entries. It would have helped if you'd explained that in your post.

But to the point, clearly what you're doing isn't working for you. "Just one" here and there does add up. Sometimes you have to bite the bullet and just eat very clean for a while to get results. I know that's not what you want to hear, but there it is.

And if you're truly happier fat, then why are you here asking for help?

ajbeans

Have you recalculated your calories recently? I think the recommendation is to set a new daily goal for every 10 lbs. you lose. Maybe try to recalculate with your current weight and see what happens?

Tandksmommy11

If I hit a nreve with the diary, sorry, but I try to give a quick look at a few days and look for trends. I really don't have the time or the inclination to look at several months' worth of entries. It would have helped if you'd explained that in your post.

But to the point, clearly what you're doing isn't working for you. "Just one" here and there does add up. Sometimes you have to bite the bullet and just eat very clean for a while to get results. I know that's not what you want to hear, but there it is.

And if you're truly happier fat, then why are you here asking for help?

No, not a nerve, but to get an accurate picture- it would probably be better to look at the beginning for a day or 2, then the middle and end. I certainly wouldn't expect anyone to look at months worth of food entries.

Being happy fat, doesn't necessarily mean I can continue to be fat for health or other reasons.

Many days it comes down to the choice between eating something like a Special K bar, or not eating at all. I guess I'm screwed either way unless I can make sure I have a healthy breakfast every single day.