Not losing! Help!!!!

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  • bluebird321
    bluebird321 Posts: 733 Member
    Your diet seems heavy in processed foods. These can contain a lot of hidden sugar and sodium. I recommend you drop fiber and iron from your diary for a while and instead track sugar and sodium. Try adding more fresh fruits and vegetables to your diet. These are filling and contain good nutrition.

    Also, how are you determining your exercise calories? If you're using a heart rate monitor, those are pretty accurate. However, both the readouts on the cardio machines and the database here on this site are often too high for many people. This could be causing you to be burning less calories than you think you are, hence over-eating. Just a thought.

    Try cleaning up your diet a bit, keep up the water intake, and give it another 3 weeks at least. Good luck!

    This definitely and more protein, but only because it works for me (everyone is different).

    For exercise, I recommend daily walking of at least 20-30 minutes to go with your regular exercise routine . People underestimate what a decent fat burner walking is, and unlike an intense workout, it doesn't stress the body (releasing cortisol into the bloodstream) or make you hungry afterwards.
  • welloiledmachine
    welloiledmachine Posts: 1,147 Member
    Diet can really have a huge effect on your weight even if you are doing a lot of cardio or strength training. Sodium, alcohol, artificial sweeteners, etc can all be hindrances when trying to lose weight. Not everybody eats clean that loses weight, but not everybody is the same either. I know with alcohol it sabotaged my healthy eating and weight.
  • shiransom
    shiransom Posts: 83 Member
    I keep getting advice to up my protein. What percentage would y'all suggest?
  • welloiledmachine
    welloiledmachine Posts: 1,147 Member
    Because I lift weights, I try to get 1 gram per pound of body weight, but that might be too much for you. You might use the 40-30-30 which is a good range for carbs, protein and fat.
  • mfpchris
    mfpchris Posts: 279 Member
    In 25 days I lost 0.2 lbs. a bad plateau. Then in the last three weeks I've dropped 5.0 lbs. I've kept steady, it just sort of cycles. If you doing the dutiful just hold tight and be patient. Don't get discouraged.
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