Daily 600 net calories, no weight lost. What's wrong?

CrazyTrackLady

Hello, I am 5'4" and 145lbs. I am eating in average between 1000-1200 calories/day with 25% fat, 30% protein and 45% carbs of healthy organic food and exercise daily to spend 500-700 calories. My weekly average is 600 net calories per day. My metabolism burns 1600 calories per day. Based on those numbers, I should lose 2lbs per week. (1000 calories x 7 /3500 = 2lbs)
What I am doing wrong? My only result so far is 1" lost on my waist. My goal is to BOTH lose fat and lose weight.
I would appreciate your help!
Thanks

1.You're not eating enough 2. Losing an inch off your waist is an accomplishment you shouldn't ignore, and 3) re-read #1.

CrazyTrackLady

I am interested to hear more from people that are now in their healthy weight zone, but wants to lose an other 10-15lbs.

Thanks again!

I am in a healthy weight zone for my age and height. I started at 182 and am now at 165. I would like to get down to 155, but I am approaching it slowly and steadily. If I get there by June, great. If not, oh well. I'm at 1460 net cals per day, and I exercise 4 times a week. My exercise is like this: 2 1-hour Zumba classes per week and 2 recumbent bike exercises. I try to get in 45 minutes on the bike, but I've been known to do an hour at least once a week.

I started at a size 14, but am now down to size 10.

I try to NET at least 1200 cals every day, and that includes eating back the exercise calories. I do NOT let my NET go below 1200, so if I see the net is about or lower than 1200, I eat peanut butter or have one more high cal food to raise it up.

I am not starving myself, nor over exercising. I recently broke through my plateau, which lasted about a month, and I was okay with that.

I worry less about the number on the scale and more about how my body feels and the size of clothes I'm wearing.

Yeller_Sensation

Wow. Only a net of 600 calories? Hell, the half a can of Sriracha peas I just snacked on probably contained just as many calories.

And despite NOT pursuing weight loss in the last six months, the scale this morning told me I'd lost two lbs in a week. I'm 5'2", 43 years old and eat at least 1800 calories every day.

On Sundays anything goes because I want to, and I ate 1300 calories at breakfast three hours ago. I'm about to inhale another 1300 calories for lunch.

OP, please eat. And eat WELL. You need to take proper care of yourself.

akaMrsmojo

You havent lost any weight because you burned off fat and gained muscle in its place thats why you lost an inch in your waist because muscle takes up less room then fat. Also there is nothing wrong with having 600 NET calories because its the calorie total AFTER exercise was incorporated... Your not in starvation mode your not sensative to carbohydrates your doing everything right.. Focus on fat loss which is what makes us fat in the first place and not the scale.. The scale is the worst way to measure weightloss because it doesnt take in to account any muscle that you gain which pretty much led you to make this post. Your welcome.

You CANNOT gain muscle in a deficit. You can certainly lose it.

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

I sense the OP wouldn't raise her caloric intake if God Himself told her to. The weight issue runs deeper than a few calories.

So true. But if we told her to reduce to 300-400 she'd do it in a heartbeat.

Actually this is an old post and this OP has increased her calories and found her sweet spot since then.

kathymhardy

Well she never came back, so guessing she didn't like good advice?

CallMeCupcakeDammit

Well she never came back, so guessing she didn't like good advice?

See the post above yours.

Amynjoe4

I am having the exact same problem. Iv been eating 1200 calories a day and no lbs since I started 2 months ago. I did measure myself today and only lost the 1" in the waste just like you. Every other measurement was the same. Per what everyone is telling you, I am now going to start eating a few more calories a day. I think I have been starving my body and its been storing the fat because I have not been feeding it enough. I am in the same boat you are in. Good luck.

Justkeepswimmin

Listen to these people.


except the one about the carbs

LMAO yeah not that crazy carb person. Macros are important but there's a bigger issue here

MelsAuntie

You are starving. Your body is holding onto every calorie it can, for survival. I am losing weight steadily, at 1700 cals per day.

iwillbetinytea

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/3047-700-calories-a-day-and-not-losing

I just read this, and to me it sounded like the night time binges were causing her to put on weight, not the low calorie - she clearly wsn't being truthful about what she was putting in her body!

Roll_Tide_Meg

You're not eating enough and your body is angry about it.

Get rady or the mass of responses that all same the same thing.

You cannot live eating that little. Right now your organs are struggling to operate properly and any weight you lose is likely lean body mass. Eat more. Calculate your BMR and TDEE

THIS!

TxRottie81

thats a great read... ... really puts thngs intuo perspective. thanks for posting.

abrandon1968

What did you wind up doing?

Bearbrat

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CallMeCupcakeDammit

What did you wind up doing?

Actually this is an old post and this OP has increased her calories and found her sweet spot since then.

Timshel_

Did anyone suggest eating more yet?

treenuh_x

If you're only netting 600 calories a day, you're not eating NEARLY enough. Your body is freaking out because of it.

MelisMusing

EAT EAT EAT EAT. More. Please.

MelisMusing

Did anyone suggest eating more yet?

bwahahahaha

Lift_This_

You're not eating enough and your body is angry about it.

winner winner chicken dinner....and yes OP, you should eat the chicken dinner...lol

OMGeeeHorses

You're not eating enough and your body is angry about it.

^ this.

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

Eat.

^^ 100% second this

dayone987

If you read her profile now, it looks like she decided to follow most people's advice and has increased her calories.

persistantone

You know what is weird about these entries? About 12 years ago I was put on a 480-calorie diet by Weight Loss Clinics plus I was walking a lot and exercising at the gym about every other day. The weight peeled off me like nobody's business! It was astonishing.

Of course I gained the weight back within the year.

Still, if starvation mode is such a big fat hairy problem, then why in the world did I lose weight so fast on the WLC diet?

I'm probably paying for it now. Can the effects of messing with your metabolism like that last this long?

Yep. Starvation is never good. It's kind of the antithesis of survival, of life itself. You lost weight because you were starving. Your body needed food aka energy to make sure all of your organs could continue working. Since you didn't provide it with enough food aka energy, your body literally ate itself, which is why you lost weight.

I'm really sorry that you were put on such a diet. The thing with weight loss is whatever you do to lose the weight must be what you can do for the rest of your life to keep the weight off aka lifestyle change.

brittknight828

This may seem counter-intuitive, but try NOT exercising so much! Try Googling "exercise less to lose weight"...or any search phrase to that effect. You will find a number of recent studies indicating that burning calories through strenuous exercise to lose weight is counterproductive.

Depending on your metabolism and genetic make-up, rigorous exercise may be doing two things:

1. Increasing your hunger.
2. Decreasing your metabolism.

I had the same problem for quite some time; assiduously monitoring calories, and exercising religiously to burn calorie intake...and did not lose weight. I didn't start losing until I actually significantly scaled back my exercise regimen.

Good luck to you!

I never even considered this before! I just Googled what you suggested, and I'm intrigued. Maybe working out too much has been my problem with not losing much weight. In the past, I upped my calories (as practically everyone on this site suggests), and I gained weight. Very interesting stuff. I will look into it more. Thanks for providing NEW information!!

briannadunn

Hello, I am 5'4" and 145lbs. I am eating in average between 1000-1200 calories/day with 25% fat, 30% protein and 45% carbs of healthy organic food and exercise daily to spend 500-700 calories. My weekly average is 600 net calories per day. My metabolism burns 1600 calories per day. Based on those numbers, I should lose 2lbs per week. (1000 calories x 7 /3500 = 2lbs)
What I am doing wrong? My only result so far is 1" lost on my waist. My goal is to BOTH lose fat and lose weight.
I would appreciate your help!
Thanks

It depends on how much and what you are eating. Also give it time. If it has only been a week or month give it a full 60 days and then talk to your doctor and find out if there is any underlying medical issues.

keishamechele709

I totally agree with you!

Also - did you notice that his formula for weight loss was this:

"to see results that make sense and that one would expect of someone who is active (30-60 minutes five or more days per week) and consuming a caloric intake of 1300-1500 calories per day."

That's pretty much contradictory to most of the advice given the OP - which is eat, eat, eat.

BryKate

I'm confused. I read that your net should be as close to 0 as possible without it going into minus numbers?

Ready2Rock206

I'm confused. I read that your net should be as close to 0 as possible without it going into minus numbers?

Totally wrong. Your net should be equal to your goal - something over 1200 -definitely not zero! How's your body supposed to function on zero calories?!

Sarauk2sf

I'm confused. I read that your net should be as close to 0 as possible without it going into minus numbers?

The number at the bottom of your diary should be as close to zero as possible - as in you are eating what you 'should' be eating.