Exersicing & eating healthy but

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  • supplemama
    supplemama Posts: 1,956 Member
    It sounds to me like your calorie counting might be off. Are you weighing everything? Trusting calorie counts from restaurant portions? Logging every single bite that crosses your lips? Including hidden calories from food preparation? If you don't have one, I would recommend getting a digital scale and going back-to-basics on logging. Include everything for 2 weeks minimum- even weigh all your fruit and vegetable portions. If you eat peanut butter, tare the spoon and weigh it. If you drink coffee, tare the scale with the full cup and weigh the creamer in fluid ounces that you add. Seemingly minor eyeball measurements can really add up.

    This right here.

    You are most likely eating more than you think. Log everything! Even just a 'taste' of this or that. I log everything, including gum. I weigh/measure my food. If I'm still unsure about something, I go with the higher calorie count as opposed to the lower. You cannot continually gain on a calorie deficit unless there is something medically wrong with you.
  • supplemama
    supplemama Posts: 1,956 Member
    Also I agree with the heavy lifting! There is a regular poster on MFP, I can't recall her user name right now but she looks amazing from lifting! And is actually about 10 pounds more than when she started, but looks significantly smaller than she did at the lower weight. Her body is tight!
  • tomdeb87
    tomdeb87 Posts: 1
    You might want to get your thyroid checked. I gained 20 pounds in 6 months. I finally went to the doctor and my blood work indicated my thyroid was not working properly. I am now on medication and struggling to get this weight off.
  • johloz
    johloz Posts: 176 Member
    A healthy weight range for you is between 47-59 kg. You currently weight 50 kg, so you are at the low end of the spectrum. If you are trying to weight 40 kg, you, as your user name implies, are striving for being underweight. The reason why you are not losing weight is that your body has no extra weight to lose. Please consider the possibility that you may have an eating disorder, and seek help as appropriate.

    I would also suggest, as someone else already has, starting weight training. You may not see the ridiculously low number you are looking for on the scale, but it will help you create a more "toned" physique, which you can hopefully find a way to be happy with.
  • cravingskinnybody
    cravingskinnybody Posts: 109 Member
    A healthy weight range for you is between 47-59 kg. You currently weight 50 kg, so you are at the low end of the spectrum. If you are trying to weight 40 kg, you, as your user name implies, are striving for being underweight. The reason why you are not losing weight is that your body has no extra weight to lose. Please consider the possibility that you may have an eating disorder, and seek help as appropriate.

    I would also suggest, as someone else already has, starting weight training. You may not see the ridiculously low number you are looking for on the scale, but it will help you create a more "toned" physique, which you can hopefully find a way to be happy with.
    set down! I don't have ED! I eat 1500 calories and never starve my self. and Fit is the new skinny. and I said I don't care for the number of scales I want to lose inches and decrease my body fat. please think before you speak. Okay? cool.
  • cravingskinnybody
    cravingskinnybody Posts: 109 Member
    A healthy weight range for you is between 47-59 kg. You currently weight 50 kg, so you are at the low end of the spectrum. If you are trying to weight 40 kg, you, as your user name implies, are striving for being underweight. The reason why you are not losing weight is that your body has no extra weight to lose. Please consider the possibility that you may have an eating disorder, and seek help as appropriate.

    I would also suggest, as someone else already has, starting weight training. You may not see the ridiculously low number you are looking for on the scale, but it will help you create a more "toned" physique, which you can hopefully find a way to be happy with.
    and yeah by the way I didn't say that my UGW is 40 Kg. I said at 40"s" which is if you don't know is between 49 to 40.
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    OP, you actually can maintain your scale weight while losing body fat and gaining muscle. Check it out:

    http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/
  • cravingskinnybody
    cravingskinnybody Posts: 109 Member
    Bumb!
  • shari67
    shari67 Posts: 9 Member
    Go to the dr. and have them check your blood sugar levels. Same thing happened to me last fall, found out my blood sugar levels were incredibly low...I was exercising, watching my food intake and working with a personal trainer. Even my trainer was like there's something wrong, no way I could be gaining weight and inches. Turns out, while I was eating the right amount of calories, I wasn't eating balanced, and my body was counter-acting all the hard work I was trying to accomplish. Once I started to eat a heavier breakfast and less at dinner it made a difference. Now I"m seeing loss, but it's not overnight like I had hoped. I'm working hard for it! Good luck, hope you figure it out.
  • HMVOL7409
    HMVOL7409 Posts: 1,588 Member
    A healthy weight range for you is between 47-59 kg. You currently weight 50 kg, so you are at the low end of the spectrum. If you are trying to weight 40 kg, you, as your user name implies, are striving for being underweight. The reason why you are not losing weight is that your body has no extra weight to lose. Please consider the possibility that you may have an eating disorder, and seek help as appropriate.

    I would also suggest, as someone else already has, starting weight training. You may not see the ridiculously low number you are looking for on the scale, but it will help you create a more "toned" physique, which you can hopefully find a way to be happy with.
    set down! I don't have ED! I eat 1500 calories and never starve my self. and Fit is the new skinny. and I said I don't care for the number of scales I want to lose inches and decrease my body fat. please think before you speak. Okay? cool.

    Hmm then why does your profile say "If you support ED or don't eat enough, don't add me. IT TRIGGERS ME." Sounds like you've had some issues in the past.
  • cravingskinnybody
    cravingskinnybody Posts: 109 Member
    No I don't. I just hate to see girls know they're doing all the harm to their bodies and want to continue just to achieve someone else's body.
  • cravingskinnybody
    cravingskinnybody Posts: 109 Member
    Go to the dr. and have them check your blood sugar levels. Same thing happened to me last fall, found out my blood sugar levels were incredibly low...I was exercising, watching my food intake and working with a personal trainer. Even my trainer was like there's something wrong, no way I could be gaining weight and inches. Turns out, while I was eating the right amount of calories, I wasn't eating balanced, and my body was counter-acting all the hard work I was trying to accomplish. Once I started to eat a heavier breakfast and less at dinner it made a difference. Now I"m seeing loss, but it's not overnight like I had hoped. I'm working hard for it! Good luck, hope you figure it out.
    "my blood sugar levels were incredibly low" does that mean you had alot of sugar grams or too low?
  • jlohcook
    jlohcook Posts: 228 Member
    When you exercise, wo you use HRM. If not, you might be grossly underestimating.

    And besides, you may not have a lot to lose, like me, im 53kg going 50, at 5ft 3. and I am much older than you, metabolism will be only half of yours probably. Trying to lose these last 3 kgs, and it's been stuck for like ages, already dropped 2 kg from 55. and now, it's finally coming off, ever so slowly, like 0.2-0.3 kg per week. I did a few changes.

    1. Keep a deficit of 250 or so almost everyday. There will be a day or 2 when I'm hungry, I will go over a little but not to go over too much. Exercise 6-7 days a week
    2, did nike training club doing mainly toning and increase strength circuits 30-45 mins
    3, after NTC, cardio for 30 mins
    4, alternate days, elliptical with resistance followed by abs and core exercises from nike training club, and add some skipping.
    5. Heart rate - try to heat 80% for 30 s to 1 min every other 10 mins or so. For NTC circuits, you will get that throughout the circuit.
    6, eat 20-25% protein, try to go lean, eat more fish, avoid white carbs (white rice, bread) at night.
    7. Add yoga 15-45 mins, whenever I can. Walk whenever I can after lunch.
    8. Once a week, run at least 5km targeting 10 km.

    Without seeing your diary, and not knowing the intensity of your exercises, kinda difficult to comment what right or wrong.
  • spamantha57
    spamantha57 Posts: 674 Member
    In regards to the low BMI you're trying to achieve...

    The only time I've had the type of body you are trying to achieve (in a healthy manner) is when I was dancing 20 hours a week (I trained & taught dance) & under the age of 22.

    So unless you're young & training hardcore, you might want to look at a more healthy realistic body image.
  • cravingskinnybody
    cravingskinnybody Posts: 109 Member
    bumb!
  • missjones93
    missjones93 Posts: 74 Member
    On the water weight issue - if you eat a lot of sodium, you have to drink enough water to get it out. Drink a lot of water then workout (or take a hot bath). Should sweat some of the sodium and toxins out. That causes a lot of what we call "water weight" because sodium and caffeine retain water.
  • cravingskinnybody
    cravingskinnybody Posts: 109 Member
    any other feedback?

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