Don't get this!

knielsen85

Keep at it ! Your doing great ! Remember muscle weighs more than fat! And it's the way you feel and your clothes look, not what the scale says.. And some times th best thing to do is increase your calories a couple of day ( not with junk food). To reboot your metabolism !!

knielsen85

Keep at it ! Your doing great ! Remember muscle weighs more than fat! And it's the way you feel and your clothes look, not what the scale says.. And some times th best thing to do is increase your calories a couple of day ( not with junk food). To reboot your metabolism !!

Ahluvly

I'm in the same boat... My calorie goal is 1200 per day and often I dont quite reach that (before exercise). AND I dont eat back my exercise calories.... I'm also feeling very frustrated. After 23 days I font feel like I am going anywhere. I did loose some weight in my first week (water weight) but now NOTHING! So frustrated!!!

Hi there, you must eat back your exercise calories if you're daily calories are already set to include a deficit!!!

BPayton27

It is so hard to not get discourage by the damn scale. I am on a 2 week long plateau and if I don't start picking up on the losing soon I may have a mini melt down. It is very discouraging to be working your butt off every day, eating responsibly, and drinking like you should to see no loss (or, worse yet, a gain). I don't really have advice for you other than to say I understand your frustration and to hang in there. It will happen in due time. I've started measuring myself.

I have 23 lbs to go until my 1st goal and I am not moving. O.o

Ahluvly

TWO WEEKS! JUST Under my calorie target every day or a few times BARELY over--Drinking tons of water---Exercising every day---Burning calories to lower my calorie intake even more, not fun----NO WEIGHT LOSS. In fact, I've GAINED a little--almost 2 POUNDS! What a JOKE!!! I'd do just as well if not bettter if I did nothing. I don't mind WORKING for something, but working with worse results is stupid. How long will this "plateau" last!!!!!!!!!!! I don't want to hear about plateaus anymore---something isn't working. I even bought a new scale---that wasn't it.Embarrassing! Hint- very frustrated.

If my exercise drops my calorie intake under my daily target (1400 cal) am I going into starvation mode? OR is this a period when fat is being slowly replaced by heavier muscle? I wonder how long this will take before I actually lose weight again.

Hi there, my advice to you is to take a step back and take a deep breath, Right, you need to be netting 1400 cals regardless of whether you do exercise or not. The type of foods you eat, and the type of exercise you do will affect your body - so say you've been eating a lot of simple carbs, junk food........it's going to affect you. The same applies to if you're doing weight training - your body will retain water to repair your muscles, as it holds it for a day or two.

Go back to basics and look at your diet and ask yourself whether you really could improve there. Make sure you're getting in at least 8 glasses of water, an addition one per 15mins of exercise to help keep you hydrated and...........eat back those exercise cals!

I hope that helps!

BPayton27

I'm in the same boat... My calorie goal is 1200 per day and often I dont quite reach that (before exercise). AND I dont eat back my exercise calories.... I'm also feeling very frustrated. After 23 days I font feel like I am going anywhere. I did loose some weight in my first week (water weight) but now NOTHING! So frustrated!!!

Please excuse my ignorance, and I do apologize for hijacking this thread. I am confused on this theory and need some clarification.

Say my cal limit is 1200. I net 1100 before exercise. I exercise for 90 minutes and burn 900 calories, thus lowering my net to 200 cals. I need to eat my NET back, correct, thus actually eating around 2k cals for the day....? Am I following? I am also stuck and sick of it. When I started weight melted off and it was so much easier. Nothing worth doing is ever easy for long, though.

spiralated

I'm in the same boat... My calorie goal is 1200 per day and often I dont quite reach that (before exercise). AND I dont eat back my exercise calories.... I'm also feeling very frustrated. After 23 days I font feel like I am going anywhere. I did loose some weight in my first week (water weight) but now NOTHING! So frustrated!!!

Then try following MFP's guideline and eat all of your calories. If you have trouble eating that much here are a few tips:
Eat nuts, seeds and dehydrated fruit as snacks
Avoid diet and lite foods and eat the full fat, sugar (if not diabetic), calorie version
add olive oil to soups, sauces, and salads
Add avocado to sandwiches and salads
eat higher % Milk fat products, drink 2% milk instead of skim, and eat full fat cheeses & yogurts
pair fruit with cheese or nut butters
etc.

These are awesome tips. When I'm falling a little under I add a dash of cheese or avocado and it super tasty !

mrshoffy1

I don't know if this will help anyone but....I have found that I make a goal out of exercise and eating all my calories. Again like said before it took along time to gain it, we can't expect to lose it overnight. Just got to pick your battles so to speak.

ironanimal

I'm in the same boat... My calorie goal is 1200 per day and often I dont quite reach that (before exercise). AND I dont eat back my exercise calories.... I'm also feeling very frustrated. After 23 days I font feel like I am going anywhere. I did loose some weight in my first week (water weight) but now NOTHING! So frustrated!!!

You are not eating enought!!!!!

One day, people will listen.

ironanimal

I'm in the same boat... My calorie goal is 1200 per day and often I dont quite reach that (before exercise). AND I dont eat back my exercise calories.... I'm also feeling very frustrated. After 23 days I font feel like I am going anywhere. I did loose some weight in my first week (water weight) but now NOTHING! So frustrated!!!

Please excuse my ignorance, and I do apologize for hijacking this thread. I am confused on this theory and need some clarification.

Say my cal limit is 1200. I net 1100 before exercise. I exercise for 90 minutes and burn 900 calories, thus lowering my net to 200 cals. I need to eat my NET back, correct, thus actually eating around 2k cals for the day....? Am I following? I am also stuck and sick of it. When I started weight melted off and it was so much easier. Nothing worth doing is ever easy for long, though.

Yup, you need to keep your Net intake up AFTER exercise as well. 200 left over in a day isn't enough for your body to actually metabolise the fat and water you want rid of.

veniceit

Hahah Donna, I hear that, but I did show hubby how my bum has lifted and firmed up, he agreed (shock shock) and said 'it's just like the commercials' ahahaha. YAY! That's all he noticed though, after I pointed it out.

I figure he'll notice when I spend money buying all new clothes hahahah

Ven