Please tell me what I am doing wrong??

Helloitsdan

My 90 year old grandmother is lightly active because she bowls 2x a week.
You arent sedentary.

ExplorinLauren

I would say watch your sodium, and try calorie cycling. I only went back 4-5 days... but I noticed you hover between 1400-1700 a day. Try 900 one day, 1200 the next, 1400 the next, 1000 the next... and so on ... but keep your WEEKLY calorie goals the same. Make sure your activity level is set at the right level... Drink more water, exercise a little harder, and/or change up what exercises you are doing.
That's just my opinion .. I could be totally wrong lol But its worked for some of my friends.... Good luck!
If you are interested in a calorie cycling calculator here you go, just hit zig-zag when you are done:
http://www.shapefit.com/calorie-intake-calculator.html#

freckledrats

Sodium is definitely a fat loss masker, and your thyroid problem probably isn't helping if your levels get out of whack.

I was going to say, netting 1500 calories is a slow loss in the first place, but most of the week you have a few extra available. So the problem isn't your net calories. (My original post was dumb and read your diary all wrong.)

Anyway, double check everything. Underestimating calorie intake and overestimating calorie burn are the most common and easy mistakes to make. MFP isn't always right. I've seen many bizarre entries on here.

onikonor

You are correct. I set my base goal at BMR of 1500 then eat back exercise. So on exercise days it works out close to 1800-1900 which is close to my sedentary TDEE. I do have a manual scale at home and a measuring cup. It's true, just a little bit can make a difference between 300 and 500 calorie meal!

Thanks for the tip on HRM logging.

Sedentary means "Sits around" "No physical movements"
You are hardly sedentary.

At least moderate if you work out 3-5x a week.
Light is 1-3x a week.

You wont lose if you dont eat correctly.

I'm still trying to cut my calories so I figured if I eat at Sedentary TDEE and should be eating Moderate (if I wanted to maintain), then I should see a slow loss.

I had my thyroid checked a month ago and was ok. Have another appointment in September.

emilypurplefrog

I would try what everyone has been suggesting, but if that doesn't seem to do it, it may just be a long plateau! I've heard of people having plateaus that last months on end! Good Luck!

onikonor

I would try what everyone has been suggesting, but if that doesn't seem to do it, it may just be a long plateau! I've heard of people having plateaus that last months on end! Good Luck!

I sure hope not! But yeah I will try to pack more homemade lunches and eat more veggies.

RuthieCass

1. Your protein looks okay to me. When you're eating at a deficit, it's good to eat 1-1.5 g of protein per pound of lean body mass (total weight minus pounds of fat).

2. Your goal looks like it's close to your TDEE? This means you have less room for error, so you should be more careful with your portions and logging. If you don't use one already, I'd suggest you start using a food scale and weigh everything you eat. Also, calorie counts for restaurants can be notoriously inaccurate.

3. If you're "eating back exercise calories" make sure your activity level is set to sedentary. Also, since the calories burned estimates are usually over-estimations, I'd suggest eating back no more than 3/4 of those calories.

4. Since your calories are likely close to your TDEE, your weight loss will be slower.

You are correct. I set my base goal at BMR of 1500 then eat back exercise. So on exercise days it works out close to 1800-1900 which is close to my sedentary TDEE. I do have a manual scale at home and a measuring cup. It's true, just a little bit can make a difference between 300 and 500 calorie meal!

Thanks for the tip on HRM logging.

Sedentary means "Sits around" "No physical movements"
You are hardly sedentary.

At least moderate if you work out 3-5x a week.
Light is 1-3x a week.

You wont lose if you dont eat correctly.

Wasn't trying to imply that she is sedentary. But if you set up a deficit by setting your activity level as moderately active then you should not "eat back" exercise calories since you're already accounting for your exercise burn in your activity level. Hopefully this makes sense.