Not losing weight! Please help!

dmcb24

Hi, so i have been working out consistently for the last 3 months, and the last month I have been using bodymedia fit. I am averaging a deficit of 500-750 cals a day, and I am not losing. I just dont understand it. I am 5'1 and weigh 126 lbs. I have been trying to eat 1400-1500 cals. Do you think I should lower it even more? I thought with the deficit i've been having I would be losing for sure.

Please help, any advise is greatly apprecieated.

Naomi_84

How much more are you trying to lose? I am 5ft 1" and my goal is the weight you're at now, you are at a good weight for your height and shouldn't have much more to lose so weight loss will be slow for you anyway but I would maybe try decreasing your calorie deficit, eat a little more closer to maintenance calories, drink plenty of water and up your fruit and veg intake.

Good luck

DixiedoesMFP

I would actually increase it, not decrease it. You have very little to lose anyway, so that's going to make it tougher to have drastic weight loss. If you are eating 1400 and burning 600, you are only netting 800 calories and that simply is not enough to live in. At least not if you want to keep your hair .

hbrittingham

Are you saying you are netting between 750 and 1000 calories a day? If so, that's likely why you aren't losing. If you eat too few calories, your body will try to hold onto whatever it can.

mathen2

I am 5'2" and I put my profile as lightly active. According to MFP, I was supposed to average about 1200 calories without exercise. Since I eat about an average of 1500 calories per day, it pushes me to work out for at least 30 mins to get the extra calories I need to make up for the overage. If you haven't been loosing weight for the last 3 months, I would suggest lowering your calorie intake and closely inspect your diet. If you are eating lots of carbs, you are definitely not going to see the change. Also, if you are doing strength training, you might be building muscle too ( although you would see some change in the last 3 months).

gp79

Over the past 3 months, how often and at what intensity are your workouts?

kmbrooks15

It's very likely you are already at an ideal weight for your body. I can't imagine you have much left to lose. Maybe you should focus on maintenance for awhile and see how it goes (maintenance is going to be tough enough during the Christmas season). Your BMI is 23.8, which is definitely in the normal range.

Are you doing any strength training (lifting weights)? If not, start--that will help you to firm up any flabby places left. You might want to read "New Rules of Lifting for Women". I'm reading it now and plan to start as soon as I'm healed up from gallbladder surgery (about 3 1/2 weeks to go!).

MSH63

You need to eat more calories and "shock " your system. This will activate your metabolism again and you will begin burning more fat and weight with daily exercise. Right now you are forcing your body to hold onto your fat as a reserve to feed your body for nutrients it needs. Do this for a week or two with daily exercise and slowly more weight will begin to drop. More calories are needed!!

dmcb24

Let me give some more info. I have been eating around 1500 cals a day. My workouts were running 5 days a week about 3-4 miles a day. For the past 2 weeks I have stopped running (because it was boring me) and have started to do Jillian Michaels dvds. I do a different jillian dvd 5 days a week now (30 ds, ripped in 30, 6 week 6 pack). I definitely feel like I am leaning out, getting more narrrow but the scale just wont budge. I would like to try to get down to 115 lbs.

JeSuisPrest

Your food diary looks pretty good, however 8 tbsps of half & half? Maybe you can substitue that for something else. I've recently switched to almond milk.

MSH63

From your statement of running so much you may need to cut back this type of exercise because you may be adding muscle which is heavier than fat and make yousee less weight loss. Also think about eating a diet with fewer carbs but also keep the calorie intake up and dont go any lower.....you need the calories to burn the fat and not let your body hold onto this faat reserves in your body.

Kim55555

Sometimes the scale takes a while to catch up. Sounds like your on the right track if you feel your leaning out in your clothes. I'd recommend increasing your calories as well another 1 or 200 & see how things go. Keep up the good work!!

gp79

Even at 1500 calories you're roughly at a 25% deficit assuming a moderate level of activity (3-5 days of exercise per week). Are you logging absolutely everything passing between your lips? As I look back through your diary, you are logging most days but definitely not all days.

Running is not going to add muscle, especially when eating in a calorie deficit.

dmcb24

I have recently switched to low carb, so I really love my half and half. Should I watch the fat content a bit more in my diet too? Like lower the fat some?

Diggy2011

What worked for me I know I'm not as skinny as you but firstly work out your BMR then what ever you do you must eat this number and add your exercise cals up and leave yourself with a 500 deficit a day for a pound a week if your burning 700 a day eat 200 more and leave 500 for your defecit but you have to sit down work out the maths and experiment as we are all different good luck xx

fionarama

for one thing your weight is pretty good. I wouldn't worry about it, throw out the scales just go by your body fat and how you can feel results, which you will be with the DVD's.
I looked at your diary. You could eat a lot cleaner. More wholegrains, more vegs, less MCd's, cheese etc
There are loads of days you haven't logged, so get into the habit of logging EVERYTHING EVERY DAY.
I kind of think if you want to lose weight at 5'1" you probably need to go for 1200 calories net a day, as 1500 calories is more a maintenance type goal (I'm 5'4" and my maintenance is 1600, I am set to 1200 to lose weight)
I think Jillian's DVD's are programmes, you should stick to one DVD at a time rather than mixing them up to get the best results. So do 30 days of 30DS, then 6Weeks of 6wk6Pk etc.
I think changing your exercise was definitely a good idea as your body was probably getting pretty bored with the same thing and not responding as much.
Personally I'm going to do Jame EAson Live Fit, if you don't know about that look it up on www.bodybuilding.com I'm sure thats a good way to beat those last few pounds.

Kim55555

From your statement of running so much you may need to cut back this type of exercise because you may be adding muscle which is heavier than fat and make yousee less weight loss

Keep up the running!!! & every so often try new activities to shock your body to burn more calories!

Sprinting has worked wonders for me. I was stuck in a 2 month plateau & at my reappraisal today I lost 2.2 kg & 3 cm off my waist. It does amazing things for the body wow! I couldn't believe my success

gp79

I have recently switched to low carb, so I really love my half and half. Should I watch the fat content a bit more in my diet too? Like lower the fat some?

Dietary fat is not a bad thing. A good fat goal is going to be .3 to .45g per lb of body weight. For you that's a minimum of 44g and a maximum of 57g per day.. As I look through your diary you are double that on some days. As far as weight loss is concerned, a calorie is a calorie, so it doesn't matter where they come from if weight loss is all you're concerned with.

dmcb24

Ok, thanks. I do like eating low carb, but I will lower my dietary fat to your recommendation. Thanks everyone!!

vonnywaft

Just to take issue with gp79 for a moment, for some of us a calorie is not a calorie wherever it comes from. Some people are highly sensitive to carbs and need to reduce carbs first and foremost to see any weight loss. I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, and for me carbs are the work of the devil, I can gain weight just looking at a potato, but could eat double its cals in protein and fat and lose weight. As someone said earlier on this thread, we're all different.

fionarama

you don't need to go low carb. Try boiling up a pot of brown rice and keep it in the fridge in a container, have 1 cup a day either all in one go or 1/2 at lunch and 1/2 at dinner, with some veges and lean meat. And have 1 tablespoon of flax seed oil (its delicious mixed with the rice) as that helps lose weight.