Frustrating stupid stupid weight loss.

PHr34k0wt

So In March of 2011 I joined MFP weighing in at 185lbs.
I logged constantly, walked daily and paid attention to everything I ate
I feel like I was loosing weight almost instantly... but I'm not sure thats the truth.
In November I weighed 160lbs and took off for China and India for 4 months.
When I returned home in March 2012, I weighed 145lbs.
Just over 25 days ago, I weighed myself again, saw I was up to 155lbs and decided to start the second half of my journey to get down to 125-130lbs.
I had deleted my account before going to India and had to start a new one, so I can't look back over my past progress to see what I had been doing... for the passed 25 days I've been watching what I've been eating and working hard at eating the right things.
Over the past week and a half I've been trying to run every night, but have been running probably every 2nd or 3rd night.
My weights been going up and down a lb or so every day, but mostly will not budge from 155lbs. Driving me mad. It's been almost a month!
Tips anybody?

Height: 5'6"
weight: 155lbs
Lowest: 123lbs
Highest: 185lbs
Age: 22

I don't own a digital scale, so I don't know EXACTS.
Thanks!

AimersBee

This is me the last 6 months, so I know how you feel... yo-yo'ing quite frequently...

May 5th - 162.4 lbs
May 12th - 159.0 lbs
May 19th - 156.4
May 26th - 156.4
Jun 2nd - 157.4
Jun 9th - 157.3
Jun 16th - 157.4
Jun 23rd - 157.2
Jun 30th - 157.2
Jul 7th - 157.4
Jul 14th - 155.4
Jul 21st - 158.3
Jul 28th - 156.8
Aug 4th - 156.8
Aug 11th - 154.7
Aug 18th - 156.7
Aug 25th - 157.4
Sep 1st - 157.4
Sep 8th - 155.6
Sep 15th - 154.8
Sep 22nd - 153.8
Sep 29th - 153.4
Oct 6th - 152.8
Oct 13th - 154.2
Oct 20th - 152.4


As per what you need to do, I would just say to keep at it, don't go over your calorie goal and keep exercising when you can, it'll eventually work out...

Height: 5'4
Weight: 152 lbs
Lowest: 135 lbs
Highest: 175 lbs
Age: 27

PHr34k0wt

Great steady weight loss though! That's awesome!! I guess i should get an electronic scale so I can see more than 1lb at a time...

JennetteMac

With you on this one. I'm 5'6" and have been up and down the same 4 or 5lb since the summer.
My diary is open and I'm quite good at sticking to my 1200, and I don't execrcise nearly enough, but I do try.
Friend me if you like, we'll keep plugging away together?:flowerforyou:

onyxgirl17

Odd how our bodies all work differently. I'm on 1300 calories, 5' 6" and have dropped 25 pounds since May...

PHr34k0wt

Jennette, I am down! It's nice to work towards people with similar goals!
onyxgirl, How much did you lose in the first month?

scorpiotwinkles

Stop weighing every day.

sam308lbs

Namastey! Kaise hain aap ? lol

OK on a serious note have you figured out your TDEE and BMR? mostly in these kind of situations..the person is not eating enough..try taking in 200-300 calories extra calories for a week and you might see the difference.

Use this to find out your BMR And TDEE and how much you should be eating if you havent already

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

LeggyAmericanGirl

Whats wrong with weighing every day . I do it so what is working for me. I recently had a plateau and I went back to look at calories and exercise and figured out the problem. Better decisions are made with more data.

Weighing everyday isnt a bad thing if you know it will go up and down.

AimersBee

Odd how our bodies all work differently. I'm on 1300 calories, 5' 6" and have dropped 25 pounds since May...

True enough, everyones body is very different..

I'm not sure what your routine is, but for mine I don't really exercise too often (been slacking really), and I have a sitdown office job which I sit for 10 hrs then 2 hrs bussing in the day as well. Working 50+ hrs a week. If I worked out, I'd probably be down at least another 10 lbs I'd say.

PHr34k0wt

Namaste Sam! haha
No, I haven't I'll look into it right now... But I don't know my fat %
and yeah, I should reallllly stop weighing daily. It's not doing good for me.

Mpascarella90

I took just a quick glance at your diary, try eating cleaner. Lean meats and veggies, stay low in carbs and stay away from beer if you can! I know when I cut beer out of my diet completely there were huge changes and I was only having a 2-3 a week. Also instead of running try an interval workout either sprints or even with weights. Interval workouts blast through fat and calories. It will give your body a change and a jump-start. Just curious when you were in China what was the difference in your eating pattern that you dropped weight? Maybe foods that were leaner or less in chemicals? Try not eating out of a package as hard as that is now a days. Here is an article on HIIT training it works! Good luck!

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/ultimate-8-week-hiit-for-fat-burning-program.html

onyxgirl17

Jennette, I am down! It's nice to work towards people with similar goals!
onyxgirl, How much did you lose in the first month?

2 pounds only... I attributed it to water retention from exercising... right now I'm losing steadily 3-4 pounds a month.

collingmommy

A freind of mine is a personal trainer, and my Dr, is will, a Dr.. Hers what they told me to do, its called, shock your system.. I tried it 2 times and it worked . I was told to dedicate one day to "garbage" hork down foods you don't usually easy and don't exercise that night, i did it, i went to a buffet and piggied out! Didn't weigh that night, didn't exercise, the next day, went back to eating "healthy" and exercised like normal, within 5 days i dropped past that number i couldn't get past for 3 months!

PHr34k0wt

Alcohol is my arch nemisis right now. I know that a majority of weight gain since I've been home has been from beer!
In china and India I didn't eat a whole lot. Everything in India is very salty and fried, so I spent the 4 months almost living completely off of digestive cookies and street foods. I think the weight loss there was based completely from the amount of walking I did. I was backpacking and walked a good 9 hours a day. The only time I wasnt walking was when i was sleeping or eating :P

PHr34k0wt

Shocking your system kind of sounds like the start of the cave man diet! Makes your body crave only good things... I'm going to research that.

jzammetti

I calculated your TDEE based on the info you provided at fat2fitradio.com. This is what I got:

Entered information: 22 year old female, 66 inches tall, weighing 155 pounds.

From the information that you entered, you'd like to weigh 125 lbs.


Harris-Benedict Formula


There are a few different methods to calculating yourbasal metabolic rate (BMR). One of the most popular, developed in the early 1900's is called the Harris-Benedict formula. Based on this formula, your current BMR is 1536 calories.


How Many Calories Should I Eat?


Based on your goal weight, the following chart was generated. The chart shows the number of calories that you should eat on a daily basis to reach your goal weight. At Fat 2 Fit Radio we advocate eating like the thin, healthy person that you want to become. The calorie levels you see in the chart are not extreme, but they do create that all important caloric deficit that is required to get you to your goal weight in a safe manner. Once you reach your goal weight, you will continue eating the same number of calories for the rest of your life to maintain that weight. You'll never be on a diet again.

Based on how much activity you do on an average day, the calories in the right column will be the number of calories that you will be able to eat at your goal weight. If you start eating those calories right now (eating like the thinner you), you will eventually become that thinner person. As you get closer to your goal weight, your weight loss will start to slow down. It is OK to eat a few hundred calories less per day (200-300) to speed up your weight loss at this point.



Activity Level

Daily Calories



Sedentary (little or no exercise, desk job)

1687



Lightly Active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk)

1933



Moderately Active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk)

2179



Very Active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk)

2425



Extremely Active (hard daily exercise/sports & physical job or 2X day training, i.e marathon, contest etc.)

2671

If you calculate your body fat percentage that can be recalculated for a better estimate. Remember, this is an estimate, as everyone is different. If you use this method, do not eat back your exercise calories. I use this method and lose about 2 pounds per month (I am very close to my goal).

Best of luck to you!

PHr34k0wt

I calculated your TDEE based on the info you provided at fat2fitradio.com. This is what I got:

Entered information: 22 year old female, 66 inches tall, weighing 155 pounds.

From the information that you entered, you'd like to weigh 125 lbs.


Harris-Benedict Formula


There are a few different methods to calculating yourbasal metabolic rate (BMR). One of the most popular, developed in the early 1900's is called the Harris-Benedict formula. Based on this formula, your current BMR is 1536 calories.


How Many Calories Should I Eat?


Based on your goal weight, the following chart was generated. The chart shows the number of calories that you should eat on a daily basis to reach your goal weight. At Fat 2 Fit Radio we advocate eating like the thin, healthy person that you want to become. The calorie levels you see in the chart are not extreme, but they do create that all important caloric deficit that is required to get you to your goal weight in a safe manner. Once you reach your goal weight, you will continue eating the same number of calories for the rest of your life to maintain that weight. You'll never be on a diet again.

Based on how much activity you do on an average day, the calories in the right column will be the number of calories that you will be able to eat at your goal weight. If you start eating those calories right now (eating like the thinner you), you will eventually become that thinner person. As you get closer to your goal weight, your weight loss will start to slow down. It is OK to eat a few hundred calories less per day (200-300) to speed up your weight loss at this point.



Activity Level

Daily Calories



Sedentary (little or no exercise, desk job)

1687



Lightly Active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk)

1933



Moderately Active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk)

2179



Very Active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk)

2425



Extremely Active (hard daily exercise/sports & physical job or 2X day training, i.e marathon, contest etc.)

2671

If you calculate your body fat percentage that can be recalculated for a better estimate. Remember, this is an estimate, as everyone is different. If you use this method, do not eat back your exercise calories. I use this method and lose about 2 pounds per month (I am very close to my goal).

Best of luck to you!

thank you so much! I'm going to try this.

jzammetti

I just started this method a couple of months ago after over a year of 1200 - 1400 calories a day. I had been on a plateau for nearly 4 months so I took someone's advice from MFP and tried TDEE.

Well, I'll be damned - it worked. Right off the plateau and losing steadily now (only 8 more to go!!)

The important thing to know is that the TDEE calculator is an estimate. If you go to that website I noted and use the Military Body Fat calculator first, then the BMR calculator (the one I did for you), you will get a more accurate estimate.

Another important two things: do not eat back your exericse calories if you use this method because they are already factored in. Also, your BMR is the MINIMUM number of calories you should eat in a day (the number in the fist paragraph). This is the number of calories your body needs to maintain proper organ function if you were in a coma in the hospital, and if you eat less for a prolonged period of time, you can mess up your body in many bad ways.