Don't understand why I'm not losing weight

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  • MissNations
    MissNations Posts: 513 Member
    I have no advice to add, just want to wish the OP good luck in finding the solution that works for her. You can do it!
  • wilson1024
    wilson1024 Posts: 126 Member
    Your eating WAY TOO MANY CARBS!!! You got the cals right but you need to keep to 20 - 25 carbs DAILY!!! in order to drop that weight off. My friend has gotten me on this cycle and so far in about 5 weeks I've dropped 14 lbs. She dropped 20 lbs. Lots and lots of receipes on "Linda's Low Carb Receipes" website, delicious meals!!!! But thats my advice to you :) Good Luck!
  • davidfrombc
    davidfrombc Posts: 2
    I personally have lost 145lbs through diet and exercise. Trying to help my wife now and I found her carbs were very high. She was close to 200lbs and is 5'5, and was only eating 1500 calories a day but a good 1100-1200 (275-300 g of carbs)of that was pop and carbs.(1 carb equals about 4 caories)
    She is now eating a few more calories(1800ish) but is now having protein shakes and up to about 150g of protein(600 calories) and is losing weight for the 1st time in her life. Is basically around 35%protein, 20% fat and 45% carbs as a breakdown.
    You have to find what works for you because some people are much more carb sensitive than others, but as a general rule a very large percentage of people eat far to many carbs and not near enough protein.


    her diet now consists of about 600 calories or 150 grams of protein(1 gram protein is about 4 calories)
    about 360 calories from fat or 40 grams(1 gram of fat is about 9 calories)
    about 800 calories of carbs or 200 grams of carbs(1 gram of carbs is about 4 calories)
  • jjsswweerrvvee00771122
    jjsswweerrvvee00771122 Posts: 5
    I'm glad someone posted on this. I've been doing it for 3 weeks and I've only lost 1.7lb. I lost two my first week, gained 0.5lb. my second week and lost 0.2 my third week. I walk using a pedometer, and I average about 3 miles per day, but after reading the posts I see where my problem lies...I'm not getting in cardio that increases my heartrate and I'm using my calories that I'm earning from walking. I'm going to start tomorrow with trying to not use my calories. I also need to get my thyroid checked because I think that this could be my problem as well. I was diagnosed about 10 years ago with hyperthyroidism but they never put me on meds. They said that monitoring it would be fine because the numbers weren't high. I wonder if it's turned into hypothyroidism.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Your eating WAY TOO MANY CARBS!!! You got the cals right but you need to keep to 20 - 25 carbs DAILY!!! in order to drop that weight off. My friend has gotten me on this cycle and so far in about 5 weeks I've dropped 14 lbs. She dropped 20 lbs. Lots and lots of receipes on "Linda's Low Carb Receipes" website, delicious meals!!!! But thats my advice to you :) Good Luck!

    There is absoluely no reason that you need to be that low on carbs to lose weight.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    I'm glad someone posted on this. I've been doing it for 3 weeks and I've only lost 1.7lb. I lost two my first week, gained 0.5lb. my second week and lost 0.2 my third week. I walk using a pedometer, and I average about 3 miles per day, but after reading the posts I see where my problem lies...I'm not getting in cardio that increases my heartrate and I'm using my calories that I'm earning from walking. I'm going to start tomorrow with trying to not use my calories. I also need to get my thyroid checked because I think that this could be my problem as well. I was diagnosed about 10 years ago with hyperthyroidism but they never put me on meds. They said that monitoring it would be fine because the numbers weren't high. I wonder if it's turned into hypothyroidism.

    If you are at a deficit you will lose weight. You do not need to get your heartrate up (higher intensity will burn more calories, yes, but it is not necessary). Also, 1.7lb is still a loss, and water weight variances can significantly impact weight weigh-in to weigh-in. Keep it up for a couple of weeks. If you are not losing weight, then you cannot be at a deficit - butyou need to give it more than a couple of weeks.

    Not a bad idea to check your thyroid however if you hav had issues.
  • wackyfunster
    wackyfunster Posts: 944 Member
    Low intensity cardio is the best way to lose fat. High intensity creates a bigger caloric deficit, but burns less fat. Since caloric deficit can be done through diet... No point in high intensity cardio for weight loss. If you do go that route, HIIT is superior to all other forms of moderate to high intensity cardio.

    Edit: resistance training is better than cardio for fat loss as well. "the best way" was referring to within the world of cardio
  • bethfartman
    bethfartman Posts: 363 Member
    I didn't read all the responses, but it does sound like you may have a blood sugar problem. I was not loosing weight on a low calorie diet and excersicing 30-45 minutes 5+ days a week. My doctor told me I had to be working out at least an hour to be burning the excess glucose in my system and to stay away from sugar and carbs. She also put me on some medicine, metformin, to help my body to process the sugar better. Since I've cut out most of the refined sugar in my diet and upped my exercise to at least an hour 5 days a week, I've lost alot of weight in a very short time. I still eat alot of fruit, but I think that's good for me and it seems to be working for now. Good luck!

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