I'm so sick of no results.

EvgeniZyntx

calorie counting explained...increase intensity or duration of exercise or decrease calories swallowed... its just that simple


Cant argue with results...44lbs in 48 days...im not wrong about this...44 lbs in 48 days

Oh, look, my first ignore!

grrrlface

If you're eating under 1500 you definitely need to eat more, I'm just under a foot shorter than you and I eat more on most days.

Eat plenty of protein.

Lift heavy.

If you haven't got much to lose it will take longer with possible gains. I was stuck with the same 5lbs going backwards and forwards until I ate more and started lifting.

Try to eat as clean as possible.

Capt_Apollo

there is some good advice, some bad advice, and plenty of snarkiness in this thread. in other words, it is a very normal MFP thread.

you are 23 years old, active, and 6' 1". you should be eating at least about 2,000 calories a day. i'm two inches taller then you, and was eating at least 2,200 when i started doing this. that would be my minimum on days i didn't exercise. on days that i did, i would eat my exercise calories with a post work out protein shake.

if you are working out and need to add some more calories, have a protein shake.

if you are gaining a pound or two here and there, it is most likely water retention while your body tries to repair muscles.

if i could go back to when i started trying to get fit, the advice i'd give myself on top of eating right and doing cardio, is to start strength training immediately. simple body weight routines is what you should be doing for about 6-8 weeks before you start hitting the weights.

good luck, and feel free to send a FR.

I disagree. Body weight exercises can be used in conjunction with the weights. There is no reason not to begin lifting weights has soon as possible.

i only say it to build some strength and concentrate on proper form on certain things, such as squats and lunges, before adding weight.

Sarauk2sf

I understand that I've lost a good amount the past 2 months. But again, just like the weight gain could be from water weight, the majority of my weight LOSS in the past two months was FROM the water weight.

You are probably correct in that much of the initial weight loss is probably water weight - people often lose a lot in the first week or two and then get disappointed when that slows down.

You have a lot of good advice here mixed in with some bad with some insulting posts thrown in for good measure.

Basically, set your activity level on MFP appropriately (it really underestimates activity - for example sedentary is really if you sit on the couch all day. Evens desk job usually ends up to be lightly active), set you goal at 1lb a week and eat back about 50 - 75% of those exercise calories (I say only to eat some back to factor in any overestimating and not to double count your BMR).

You should aim to eat at least 0.65g of protein a day and about 0.35g of fat per lb of body weight. The rest can come from wherever.

Strength train 3x a week doing a total body workout and do cardio 2 - 3 x a week if you want trying to mix up the intensity but make sure you give yourself at least one full rest day.

If you do not have access to free weights you can try something like:

- push ups
- seated cable row
- pull ups
- leg press
- overhead tricep extension
I am missing shoulders a bit here but I am not a fan of doing them on a machine.

kimmrdodge

Its not the excersize or lack of it ect. I lost my first 30 lbs without doing any. Of course that isn't the case now but you can. My husband lost 120 lbs and has never excersized a day in his life. So for people to be focusing on this as the problem s pointless. I now workout 5 days a week and have for some ime but my goals now have changed somewhat. I just wanted to make the point the excersize well awesome for changing the composition of your body doesn't have to be key in weightloss.

I would rank importance in this order for just dropping pounds.

1. Caloric intake EDIT: I almost forgot about the salt. If you want to lose weight you have to watch your salt intake keep it under 2500 under 2000 is better. This is why you need so much water. It causes you to retain water. My next point. (I noticed that you eat canned foods and a lot of things that are high in salt and sugar. Maybe swap these for fresh vegetables and stay away from the canned goods as much as possible. This may seem hard at first but you will get used to it.)
2. A very close second, water intake. I drink a Gallon on non workout days and a half. Gallon more on workout days. It takes about 3 days for your body to be sufficiently hydrated to the point it's working well. Of you fall behind you start retaining water and your body can't flush out all the **** it's trying to get rid of. So stay extrememly consistent with this if your calories are right I promise you will start seeing it. If you are new to weightlifting it may take a few weeks to see it as your muscles will hold a lot of water for repair, don't be fooled though change is happening if your lifting right.
3. Excersize
4. Food quality and macros

I cannot tell u to focus on the water enough, it is very important. How much water are you drinking? The more excersize you do the better.

I know it's hard to be patient when you first start but just remember your trying to change your lifestyle sure you could quit because it seems pointless to you but then what ? You will be right back where you started. I guess if you just want to get to your goal and then go backwards you can keep thinking this way but unless you permanently change what your doing you will just end up right back where you started. Stuck or not you don't want to go backwards therefore the only answer to prevent that is to keep moving forward.

For the past 6 weeks I have gained and lost the same 2 lbs. Did I quit, nope. I just waited revisited what I was doing and not doing, the is always something somewhere when you hit a platue that you can adjust to keep things moving you just have to figure out what that is for your body. This week, I lost 4.4 lbs. do I think that was all from this week? Nope, but I was behind on water for weeks so it wasn't showing is my guess. Up until February of this year I was stuck for 10 months, yup you heard that right 10 full months of gaining and losing the same 5 lbs. The only reason I didn't full out gain was that I kept trying even when I would mess up one day I'd then go for a week of full on giving it all I had. I think that plataue helped me a lot it taught me patience, it taught me how to maintain and most of all it showed me I do have the perseverance to complete this journey and go on to live a healthy lifestyle even after I'm at goal. I think if I had not had that long *kitten* plataue I would not be as focused as I am today.

Since breaking that plataue at the end of feb, 2012 I have lost another 40 lbs. persistence.......

So yup you can complain about the numbers or you can live a healthly lifestyle and relax a little and see where it takes you. Cuz really if you embrace the journey the result will be far more rewarding than getting there and saying, now what? Make fitness goals, small ones and as you achieve those make new ones it will take the focus off the numbers a bit and you can learn to enjoy new things and be proud of new accomplishments that don't revolve around a number on a scale. The number can and will be a bonus don't get me wrong but you need more than that to be successful.