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dovesgate

I know you are eating plenty of calories but gosh - aren't you hungry?! Don't get me wrong - I love Skinny Cow chocolates and coffee too. But only as a snack or something small to satisfy my sweet tooth...

I never, ever critique someone's eating habits because I too believe it comes down to calories in vs out (not to mention I am a firm believer in eating what you want in moderation) but honestly, I think you need to change things up. By all means go slowly. High sodium aside, maybe you could throw a Lean Cuisine or Weight Watcher meal in so you get more veggies. I also think that if you could get in 3 actual meals with a couple snacks you could probably cut down on the sweets; 3 candies+ per day = enough calories for a good size meal with more nutrition than empty calories. More protein will help fill you up too. Also remember to drink lots and lots of water to help flush out the excess sodium you are consuming.

I totally recommend getting a HRM. MFP's burns are so incredibly high that it is hard to get an accurate count if you only use MFP for calorie burn calculations. Between MFP's miscalculations and your eating habits, that is probably why you aren't losing.

sunflowerhcb

Since weight loss comes down to calories in vs. calories out...

I have to respectfully disagree with that first statement, and I strongly caution anyone else struggling with plateaus and the feeling of "but I'm doing everything 'right'" not to indulge in that, what I consider to be, mind boggling philosophy. Weight loss comes down to QUALITY calories in vs. low-quality calories out. As you can see, the original poster to this thread (as well as my former self) is struggling most likely due to her diet that consists mainly of highly processed foods, even though she is usually under her recommended caloric limit and exercising regularly. You can calculate and deprive yourself of all the calories in the world and still not lose very much weight, and the weight you do lose will come back very easily, if you're not considering quality of foods you eat. It's what you're putting IN your body that matters--what you're NOT eating has very little to do with weight loss.

To the original poster: you get it by now, as most people have informed you, your diet has too many highly processed foods. Humans weren't meant to live their lives on "diet" foods. IGNORE labels on the front of foods! Things that say "low calorie" or "reduced fat" only say that IN ORDER TO GET YOU TO BUY THEM. Look at the INGREDIENTS first. Then the nutrition facts, and completely ignore what it says on the front. Don't feel any shame in making the mistake of falling for those false claims, as I'm sure most of us have (myself included), but it wasn't until I learned about Eating Clean that I understood how to really get healthy (and in turn, lose excess weight practically without trying).

It's simple! Just eat things with ingredients that you can identify. If there are ingredients that start with mono-, poly-, di-, or end with -ine, ide, etc etc--DON'T EAT IT. Even "treating" yourself to those foods could end up sabotaging your diet because those foods produce cravings. No more artificial sweetener. If you crave something sweet, treat yourself to something sweetened with honey or agave. Take it from a former Diet Pepsi junky. Once you stop eating those foods--you won't even miss them! In fact, I'm kind of repulsed by them now.

Fruit, veggies, whole grains, lentils, legumes etc will fill your stomach unlike any of those processed laboratory concoctions. It only took me a few weeks to rid myself of that junk and I saw results like I'd never imagine. Not only did the weight just start falling off (with the help of rigorous exercise), but I FEEL AMAZING! I mean I have energy and positivity just oozing from my pores--and speaking of pores, my skin looks fantastic! I can't impress upon you enough how important it is to just take all the processed junk in your house and get rid of it. While your at it, seriously limit (or completely cut out) white flour and sugar. Drink water all day long (never be without a bottle of water). And get 7-8 hours of sleep every night, generally around the same times. Keep your food intake predictable and your exercises unpredictable (research High Intensity Interval Training and Muscle Confusion Strength Training).

I'm only saying this from my own personal experience and because you expressed the desire to change something up--this is what did it for me and I so hope you'll give it a shot! If you'd like to know more tips, please send me a message and I'll tell you more about how I completely transformed my body (and in turn, my life).

You rock!!!!!! Thank you for commenting!!! You are have wonderful advice. Thank you. I have enjoyed reading this thread,

sunflowerhcb

thank you so much for everyone that commented on my thread. I have learned a lot tonight and hope it changes things for me for the better! I appreciate all the feedback and the honesty. thank you all!!!

ahinski

High sodium aside, maybe you could throw a Lean Cuisine or Weight Watcher meal in so you get more veggies.

Again... I have to respectfully disagree with this advice, only because those meals did not work for me. I used to live on those frozen meals and had the same problems you are having--little to no weight loss. The high sodium should not be understated! That much sodium is bad for so many reasons--more than just counterproductive to weight loss, it's simply not healthy. If you want to add vegetables into your diet, just buy FRESH ones!! They taste better and will have all the vitamins and nutrients that are missing in frozen, packaged meals with NONE of the sodium, sugar, and chemicals that often sabotage weight loss and are detrimental to a person's overall health.

I guess frozen, processed veggies are better than nothing, but those meals aren't cheap, and I just think it would be simpler and healthier if you went right ahead and made the leap into fresh, whole foods. I'm not someone who does things "gradually" though... You have to decide what you want out of your diet, health, and every day life. I'm someone that usually wants results ASAP and for me, if I had tried to gradually remove processed foods from my diet, who knows how long it would have taken (or if I ever would have gotten there). You know yourself, you decide. Best of luck!!

Feel free to check out my food diary to see how I achieved results better than I ever imagined. I don't always enter foods into the log, but I think i"ve been doing it the past few days...

jellycat

you can do this ! so much room for manoeuvre - everything you put in your mouth which is processed like meal replacement bars or high GI foods increases your insulin levels which lays down fat instantly ...... they do work on very low cal diets but not so effective when eating higher now of calls ......if you swap your processed food for lean protein and all white for wholegrain ( pasta / rice and bread ) you will see big changes on the scale .

think its difficult moving away from the meal replacement idea sometimes but it doesn't appear to be working anymore for you so might be an idea to try out something different....

porridge made with water , blueberries, lean bacon, egg whites , veggies, tuna, chicken breasts grilled and brown rice and sweet potaoes seem to work for me ( so far )

keep going x

jellycat

Feel free to check out my food diary to see how I achieved results better than I ever imagined. I don't always enter foods into the log, but I think i"ve been doing it the past few days...
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Hi I've just had a peek at your diary and its quite a lot like what I'm eating - I notice in the morning you have egg whites and blueberries - is this part of a homemade shake ? if so How do you make it it sounds like a great way to inc protein intake and stay full.

hope you don't mind that I had a peek .

ejohndrow

looking at your past two days everything there is extremely processed, no fresh veggies, fruits or non processed meats
(i saw cheese cake in there somewhere too....yum!)

eat real food, rather than meal replacement stuff, fills you up, and its more satisfying.
just my 2 cents

Just about to say this. Real foods, more fruits and vegetables, less sodium when possible, lean protein as well. What are you doing for exercise? Are you really burning over 1000 cals in one session? Personally I put into my exercise log on here what I did for cardio that the machines count, then when it shows up on my news feed I put what I did for strength training for all to see-but those calories aren't added as my weekly amount burned. So, yeah, I don't mark down every little calorie burned, but I lose 1-2 lbs a week that way too.

porcelain_doll

Since weight loss comes down to calories in vs. calories out...

I have to respectfully disagree with that first statement, and I strongly caution anyone else struggling with plateaus and the feeling of "but I'm doing everything 'right'" not to indulge in that, what I consider to be, mind boggling philosophy. Weight loss comes down to QUALITY calories in vs. low-quality calories out. As you can see, the original poster to this thread (as well as my former self) is struggling most likely due to her diet that consists mainly of highly processed foods, even though she is usually under her recommended caloric limit and exercising regularly. You can calculate and deprive yourself of all the calories in the world and still not lose very much weight, and the weight you do lose will come back very easily, if you're not considering quality of foods you eat. It's what you're putting IN your body that matters--what you're NOT eating has very little to do with weight loss.

To the original poster: you get it by now, as most people have informed you, your diet has too many highly processed foods. Humans weren't meant to live their lives on "diet" foods. IGNORE labels on the front of foods! Things that say "low calorie" or "reduced fat" only say that IN ORDER TO GET YOU TO BUY THEM. Look at the INGREDIENTS first. Then the nutrition facts, and completely ignore what it says on the front. Don't feel any shame in making the mistake of falling for those false claims, as I'm sure most of us have (myself included), but it wasn't until I learned about Eating Clean that I understood how to really get healthy (and in turn, lose excess weight practically without trying).

It's simple! Just eat things with ingredients that you can identify. If there are ingredients that start with mono-, poly-, di-, or end with -ine, ide, etc etc--DON'T EAT IT. Even "treating" yourself to those foods could end up sabotaging your diet because those foods produce cravings. No more artificial sweetener. If you crave something sweet, treat yourself to something sweetened with honey or agave. Take it from a former Diet Pepsi junky. Once you stop eating those foods--you won't even miss them! In fact, I'm kind of repulsed by them now.

Fruit, veggies, whole grains, lentils, legumes etc will fill your stomach unlike any of those processed laboratory concoctions. It only took me a few weeks to rid myself of that junk and I saw results like I'd never imagine. Not only did the weight just start falling off (with the help of rigorous exercise), but I FEEL AMAZING! I mean I have energy and positivity just oozing from my pores--and speaking of pores, my skin looks fantastic! I can't impress upon you enough how important it is to just take all the processed junk in your house and get rid of it. While your at it, seriously limit (or completely cut out) white flour and sugar. Drink water all day long (never be without a bottle of water). And get 7-8 hours of sleep every night, generally around the same times. Keep your food intake predictable and your exercises unpredictable (research High Intensity Interval Training and Muscle Confusion Strength Training).

I'm only saying this from my own personal experience and because you expressed the desire to change something up--this is what did it for me and I so hope you'll give it a shot! If you'd like to know more tips, please send me a message and I'll tell you more about how I completely transformed my body (and in turn, my life).

You might find this study interesting:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/29/us-calories-idUSTRE80S0PF20120129

For optimal health, of course higher-quality calories and certain food groups over others are best. But one could lose weight on a cheetos and water diet if they wished. They would look and feel like crap, but they would lose weight.

pucenavel

As many others have said, you need to visit that section of the grocery store off to the side that has all the multi-colored foods.

This is a kind of weird but simple way to think about mixing in produce: Eat at least one serving of each color every day if you can...

Green - Spinach, Arugula, Lettuce, Avocado, Zucchini
Orange - Oranges (naturally), orange bell pepper, habaneros, carrots
Blue/Purple - Blueberries, Eggplant, blue potatoes, kale
Red - Red Bell peppers, red onion, apples, pomegranate, radishes
White - onions, turnips, Bok Choy (some green there too), Daikon, potato
Tan/Light Brown - Spaghetti Squash, Pineapple,
Yellow - squash, lemons

It also makes shopping kind of fun spending time picking out and trying new "colors".

MrsLVF

HELP
:sad: I am feeling a bit low. I have been eating right, excersising like wonder woman 5 times a week for an hour, drinking lots of water. logging all my food and eating some of my leftover calories after excersising and still only 2 pounds lost in months.

I dont get what I am doing wrong? I have had my thyroid checked. It is fine. I dont get why Im not losing weight!? Anyone else in the same boat? Have any good suggestions? Thanks

Have you tried not eating your earned exercise calories?

karinaes

HELP
:sad: I am feeling a bit low. I have been eating right, excersising like wonder woman 5 times a week for an hour, drinking lots of water. logging all my food and eating some of my leftover calories after excersising and still only 2 pounds lost in months.

I dont get what I am doing wrong? I have had my thyroid checked. It is fine. I dont get why Im not losing weight!? Anyone else in the same boat? Have any good suggestions? Thanks

Have you tried not eating your earned exercise calories?

i'm sorry, but that's awful advice, in my opinion! MFP already creates a deficit, so consistently being under your goal by a a couple hundred puts us in a HUGE (unhealthy) deficit

sunflowerhcb

HELP
:sad: I am feeling a bit low. I have been eating right, excersising like wonder woman 5 times a week for an hour, drinking lots of water. logging all my food and eating some of my leftover calories after excersising and still only 2 pounds lost in months.

I dont get what I am doing wrong? I have had my thyroid checked. It is fine. I dont get why Im not losing weight!? Anyone else in the same boat? Have any good suggestions? Thanks

Have you tried not eating your earned exercise calories?

i'm sorry, but that's awful advice, in my opinion! MFP already creates a deficit, so consistently being under your goal by a a couple hundred puts us in a HUGE (unhealthy) deficit

I agree. I dont want to be unhealthy. I would for sure have problems then. lol

sunflowerhcb

As many others have said, you need to visit that section of the grocery store off to the side that has all the multi-colored foods.

This is a kind of weird but simple way to think about mixing in produce: Eat at least one serving of each color every day if you can...

Green - Spinach, Arugula, Lettuce, Avocado, Zucchini
Orange - Oranges (naturally), orange bell pepper, habaneros, carrots
Blue/Purple - Blueberries, Eggplant, blue potatoes, kale
Red - Red Bell peppers, red onion, apples, pomegranate, radishes
White - onions, turnips, Bok Choy (some green there too), Daikon, potato
Tan/Light Brown - Spaghetti Squash, Pineapple,
Yellow - squash, lemons

It also makes shopping kind of fun spending time picking out and trying new "colors".

I printed out the "color" choices you gave. I am taking it with me next time I grocery shop! Very helpful info. Thank you!