help help, not loosing

dianefisher47

I have not lost in a very very long time... am 5'1'' weigh 180 and I am 65, I do about 30 minutes exercise per day and sometimes more, I am now eating 1300 calories as per MFP.....,I lose 1 or 2 pounds and then go back up 1 or 2...it seems I am maintaining,,,thats not my goal..I would love to lose 1 pound or more per week. Can someone help me, should I eat more or less:blushing:

tipadoo

Your diary is locked, so nobody can really tell you how to adjust without seeing what you are doing. I've gotten stuck from time to time and had to re-evaluate how much credit I was giving myself for exercise...if you eat your exercise calories back maybe that could be your problem too? I also bought a kitchen scale instead of guessing at the amount of grams in each item. Not sure what, if any of this applies to you, I think you've just got to play around with things until it starts to work for you.

dianefisher47

I will check my diary has always been open but I will check thanks

Akimajuktuq

I'll give you my opinion and I'm hoping to help but if you disagree, just ignore it.

I don't lose weight and am not healthy when I eat lots of processed foods and high simple carbohydrates (I won't touch artificial sweeteners either). For me, it isn't just calories in and calories out, but many others will tell you that. You aren't tracking your fat and judging by the foods listed you could benefit by adding much more healthy fat (free range/wild animal fat, coconut oil, olive oil, avocado, butter etc) and lowering your carbohydrates. There are a lot of processed foods in your diary that are low calorie and low fat. Those kinds of foods are NOT healthy imo, and in my experience, they don't help at all with weight loss since once struggles more with hunger and fatigue. Whole, natural foods with adequate healthy sources of fat and protein will likely help you. I get almost all of my carbohydrates from vegetables.

Also, don't expect to lose a pound per week. After dropping below 200, a healthy weight loss will usually be less than that.

dianefisher47

thanks for you input:flowerforyou:

buckleten

I have had the same problem for the past couple of months.. I have found that eating less carbs for my evening meal has helped a lot, and tried (not v successfully!) to lower my sugar intake! Just don't give up, you will find that you will get through this plateau soon!

psuLemon

I would agree reducing carbs can help especially when you add more lean meat (high in fat low in saturated fats) as its much better for weight loss. Less carbs mean you will store less water. Also, i would suggest upping your calories to 1500-1600 for a month or two. As you approach a normal weight your body needs more calories for fuel. Also if you can start some weight training, its better for fat loss. And lift heavy... it will improve strength.

dena789

I'm sorry you are having trouble Diane. I would suggest that you need to check to be sure you are actually measuring everything properly - use actual measuring spoons for tablespoons and teaspoons of things, measuring cups for things by the cup or portions of a cup, and a kitchen scale for meats and whole fruits etc. My kitchen scale is digital and will switch between metric and imperial measurements which is handy as some foods are in the database as grams and some as ounces. Also, make sure you aren't forgetting little things like oil used for frying and margarine added to vegetables, calories in chewing gum, cream added to coffee or tea and the calories IN coffees (some more than others). Sometimes it can just be all the little things that throw everything out of whack. I read somewhere (wish I could remember where) that people often underestimate the calories they consume by up to 47%.