What am I doing so wrong??? Advice needed pleeeease

Jen800

Hello,

You could be eating WAY too low. Try upping your calories. You can search for the post on it here :

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

But basically if you are eating 1200 calories then you are probably eating too little. Read the post in its entirety and try it out but give it time. And don't forget - some times you are losing inches which are WAY better to lose. I have a cousin who weighs 130 pounds but doesn't look like she weighs much more than 110. And its because of muscle (but she doesn't look super muscular - she is curvy but lean, if that makes sense)

Beautifully put, I second her comments!!

I agree with this, check out that thread. Also, why are you not counting vegetable calories? Everything has calories, even vegetables, and they add up fast if you don't count them. If you're not eating enough of them to add up to anything, then you need to eat more of them! Good luck and I hope you break your plateau soon

cmeiron

Thanks to everyone for their comments, I have read the road map and calculated my stats as below

Body Fat 24.5%
BMR 1293
TDEE 1856 at lightly active for 1-3 workouts per week
So I will try to do TDEE less 20% which gives 1484 calls per day

Does this sound about right? Hope I have followed it correctly

Sounds more reasonable to me. Although, it looks like you only have about 15 lbs to lose? You might consider doing -15% for now and increase as you get closer to your goal. Do be sure to count everything and weigh your portions, to make sure you're hitting your targets. After a while you'll get a sense if it's a better match for you (you may need to adjust up or down). Good luck!!!

smickey827

Hey. I agree, you need to make sure you are eating enough calories for your weight.

SRH7

Thanks to everyone for their comments, I have read the road map and calculated my stats as below

Body Fat 24.5%
BMR 1293
TDEE 1856 at lightly active for 1-3 workouts per week
So I will try to do TDEE less 20% which gives 1484 calls per day

Does this sound about right? Hope I have followed it correctly uk,.

Give it a go for a couple of weeks and see how you get on. As others have said, you need to log everything, right down to your vegetables and drinks.

If you have any queries about the Roadmap the groups on MFP is really helpful. You can join here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/8017-in-place-of-a-road-map