I've tried it all, but I cannot lose any weight!
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Making excuses = failure.
EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
If you TRULY want to change, you'll quit making excuses and do something. There are plenty of people here that have offered their advice, many of which clearly know what they are talking about. (Ex: "Mr 6 pack" as you call him). Everybody that has ever lost weight has went through difficult times, hit plateaus, etc. but instead of making excuse after excuse, they kept on going. Not trying to be mean, I'm just a blunt person who believes in tough love and not making excuses.
If you've HONESTLY given everything others have mentioned a try (and by try I mean longer then a week or two), go see your doctor and get some tests ran.
Last thing, if you came here asking for advice and have made an excuse for why you can't do anything that anyone has mentioned thus far, what was the purpose of asking in the first place? You're either trolling, looking for attention, or you don't realize how ridiculous you sound. None of which are going to get you very far on these boards.0 -
If you post here seeking advice, people - random people who have lost weight by different means, but usually counting calorie intake and exercise output because that is what MyFitnessPal does - will respond to try and help you.
1. I see you joined MFP in September 2011 - so I went and looked at your diary. I see that at that time you were logging, mostly "Quick Add Calories" which is probably not a great help as it is not specific.
2. You are a university student, young, able to do a good lot of exercise.
3. Many studies (and no I don't have the references but as a University student yourself I am sure you are smart enough to go and find some) show that keeping a diary of your food intake is one of the biggest contributors to weight loss.
4. Your one photograph shows a perfectly normal woman, not fat/overweight. Your stats sound like you are in normal limits.
5. Go and look at the success stories, see what people have done and lost lots of weight and become healthier. And they count calories in and calories out.
6. Learn what it is you are eating and burning.
7. Stop being petulant and stamping your foot.
8. Change your attitude.
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I don't usually log here. And I've tried counting calories in the past. Its ridiculous, tedious, unrealistic and didn't work anyway.
Hmmmmmmmmm.........wrongo
It does work. I've lost 50lbs calorie counting soo....it could be a medical condition, go have a checkup with your doctor. If your being honest with your eating and there are NO changes I would be concerned.0 -
You could always try raspberry ketones.. Or green coffee beans. You know, if you're into the miracle fix, no real work required, snake oil sort of thing.
Or how about a cleansing?0 -
You don't have to post here if you don't like the topic. All I'm getting is "You have to count every calorie" I've done that it DOESN"T WORK.None of this is helping guys.....
It just doesn't seem fair. I have an active lifestyle even aside from exercise. Bot my jobs consist of me walking and standing constantly. I've done the calorie count thing too and it didn't work.
Here you go
You've had great advice - take it and stop complaining.
If you have counted calories and it does not work you are either on a high calorie intake for you weight or you are not counting everything you eat.
This is a calorie counting site and if you are not getting what you need here which you do not seem to want to count calories then you need to find a more suitable program that suits you.0 -
I don't know what your frame size is, but if you are large framed you are at the high end of the recommended weight for your height. So, if you are large framed you may be at the right weight already. If you are small framed then you only have 15 lbs to go before you hit the top of the recommended weight for your height and frame.
So, depending on your frame you may already be at a healthy weight. If you still want to lose weight to look shredded or whatever, then it's going to be pretty hard to do without knowing precisely how many calories are going in and how many are going out. So, you will have to log your calories. The way I "counted" my calories from October until signing up here was knowing how many calories fit in my bowl. So if it was 2 1/2 cups of food it was about 600 calories. That count could have been way off though and I knew that. But, I did lose some weight, don't know how much but I did go down a pant size from October to December. I think another half size from December to when I signed up so that method obviously stopped working. Now I am actually counting and logging my food and I got a scale, things are moving again now.0 -
I didn't read all the posts but I expect if you log your food and exercise for a couple of weeks and then again ask why you aren't losing someone might pick up on something in your diary that is halting your weight loss.
I didn't think that I needed to calorie count and I thought my diet consisted of mainly healthy foods but once I started logging I realized that I was wrong and my daily intake wasn't at all balanced
Maybe you're really eating too many calories or too little even. Maybe you're taking in too many carbs or sodium?
Without knowing more about your diet its hard to know how to help.
This is my new plan for when I get rid of the sickness bug:
Eat enough good food to fuel my body and eat back some exercise calories as I think usually I net too little to build any muscle.
Try to increase my protein intake to repair and build muscles too as I'm veggie and this is a difficult one for me.
Eat good fats and wholewheat foods (but not too many carbs) to enhance metabolic function and try to eat less 'bad' fats/carbs/junk.
Drink lots of water as I hardly drink any so that my liver can concentrate on processing fats instead of supporting my dehydrated kidneys (gosh that sounds gross).
Get back to doing 30DS as that's probably the closest I'm going to get to HIIT which is mean't to be good for lowering my high body fat %
Continue with the light lifting I started to build and strengthen muscles to keep my metabolism working 24/7 and tone and shape me.
Lastly don't overdo it and crash.
I only came to formulate this plan by evaluating my diet, lifestyle and mental attitude. Hope its of some help.
(If anyone has any comments on my plan I'd gladly read them too
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OMG, it's not fair! I've tried everything except what this site is meant to do, but I come on this site and complain about it anyways!
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i smell an attention *kitten*.
I think she needs attention in logging her food and giving it an honest effort for at least 2 weeks and then see what happens. If your body type needs 1500 calories per day. Count count count0 -
If you post here seeking advice, people - random people who have lost weight by different means, but usually counting calorie intake and exercise output because that is what MyFitnessPal does - will respond to try and help you.
1. I see you joined MFP in September 2011 - so I went and looked at your diary. I see that at that time you were logging, mostly "Quick Add Calories" which is probably not a great help as it is not specific.
2. You are a university student, young, able to do a good lot of exercise.
3. Many studies (and no I don't have the references but as a University student yourself I am sure you are smart enough to go and find some) show that keeping a diary of your food intake is one of the biggest contributors to weight loss.
4. Your one photograph shows a perfectly normal woman, not fat/overweight. Your stats sound like you are in normal limits.
5. Go and look at the success stories, see what people have done and lost lots of weight and become healthier. And they count calories in and calories out.
6. Learn what it is you are eating and burning.
7. Stop being petulant and stamping your foot.
8. Change your attitude.
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Very well spoken. Amen0 -
I don't usually log here. And I've tried counting calories in the past. Its ridiculous, tedious, unrealistic and didn't work anyway.
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If you hate logging, try 5:2 style Intermittent Fasting. Two non consecutive days at 500 calories (so you will need to log two days a week). Maintenance, which you already do, for the other days. That will give you your weekly deficit.
Try this. Plus eat lentil soup for one week for 2 meals a day. The more you eat the better. Be ready to go to the bathroom a lot. I lost about 2 to 3 pounds that week. I am about to do it again and see if it will work again. I still log my food though and I exercise. Right now I am doing 30 day shred. Best wishes. I hope everything works out for you.0 -
OMG, it's not fair! I've tried everything except what this site is meant to do, but I come on this site and complain about it anyways!
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i smell an attention *kitten*.
It's not nice to call people bad names. It always comes back to haunt you. That's being so rude.0 -
I wish this stuff worked for me. Right now I've been the same weight for about 3 weeks now 134-135 IF I were to eat the calories they recommend based off the TDEE or BMR or whatever weird science calculations and based off my maintenance, I would gain weight. I'm 5'2" my goal is to get down to 120 maybe 125 depending on how I feel I look. I eat between 700-1500 a day depending on exercise. I put myself as lightly active because I go to the gym 5x a week for about 60 minutes which includes high incline treadmill and weights. If I was to eat 1,600 calories or even more like they suggest at a whopping 2,xxx I would not be losing any weight. I can't explain why I'm not losing any weight. I'm not gaining, I haven't checked my measurements since march 18th. In theory I should be down to at least 130 now but I'm not. I find it hard to believe that If I consumed waaaaay more than I normally do the weight will just fall off. Considering calories in/calories out and a pound being 3,500. So maybe you can give me some insight on how many actual calories I have to eat to lose weight at a more steady pace 1-2lb a week the right way.0 -
Fuzzymop, I'm a similar height to you, although I'm heavier. I use the link you give, and the thing is, if you're on the short side (and older, in my case), you end up with quite a small deficit. It's a percentage drop, rather than a fixed number of calories, and the smaller (and less active) you are, the smaller that drop is going to be. So you're not going to get a 2lb a week loss. I know that the people who are eating 2000 plus calories and losing are probably taller, younger, more active and/or more male than me.
I like http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/ . If you try putting your stats in there, you might be surprised (I find that the default Mifflin BMR calculator it uses makes me come out lower than usual, and I'm lower on Katch too, due to high body fat). If I put in your height and weight and my age, it tells me to eat 1315 calories a day if lightly active, with a 20% deficit. You say you're lightly active, but you might be moderately active with 5 hours of gym a week, which would give you more calories, you're probably younger than me AND you probably only need a 10% deficit. But I'm just pointing out that the system doesn't require you to eat 2000 calories or anywhere near - it adjusts to your BMR (which tends to be lower for us shorties). The calorie goal can be surprisingly low.
With this system, I only have a deficit of around 300 calories, which means a weight loss of just over 1/2 lb a week. What I find is that with a small deficit like that, it's useless trying to track weight loss from week to week, because I can gain or lose a couple of pounds in a day. What I do is weigh every day, but only track my weight from month to month. I should see an average loss of at least 2lb every month and I do. Your three weeks of not losing wouldn't worry me. You're so close to goal too, that it's bound to be slow.
I find it easier following IPOARM, and it might be worth you giving it a go if only so you don't feel you have to have those 700 calorie days!0 -
I wish this stuff worked for me. Right now I've been the same weight for about 3 weeks now 134-135 IF I were to eat the calories they recommend based off the TDEE or BMR or whatever weird science calculations and based off my maintenance, I would gain weight. I'm 5'2" my goal is to get down to 120 maybe 125 depending on how I feel I look. I eat between 700-1500 a day depending on exercise. I put myself as lightly active because I go to the gym 5x a week for about 60 minutes which includes high incline treadmill and weights. If I was to eat 1,600 calories or even more like they suggest at a whopping 2,xxx I would not be losing any weight. I can't explain why I'm not losing any weight. I'm not gaining, I haven't checked my measurements since march 18th. In theory I should be down to at least 130 now but I'm not. I find it hard to believe that If I consumed waaaaay more than I normally do the weight will just fall off. Considering calories in/calories out and a pound being 3,500. So maybe you can give me some insight on how many actual calories I have to eat to lose weight at a more steady pace 1-2lb a week the right way.
Do you enjoy eating that low??? Oh my, make this a lifestyle change! When you properly fuel the body it will burn the fat efficiently. 700 calories, pfffft I could eat that at one meal. My diary is open. I eat far more than you do. And I look and feel great.0 -
Are you eating starfches? bread, rice, pasta, potatoes, oatmeal?
I do, why?
Me too. I have oatmeal almost daily and pasta almost daily as well.0 -
I wish this stuff worked for me. Right now I've been the same weight for about 3 weeks now 134-135 IF I were to eat the calories they recommend based off the TDEE or BMR or whatever weird science calculations and based off my maintenance, I would gain weight. I'm 5'2" my goal is to get down to 120 maybe 125 depending on how I feel I look. I eat between 700-1500 a day depending on exercise. I put myself as lightly active because I go to the gym 5x a week for about 60 minutes which includes high incline treadmill and weights. If I was to eat 1,600 calories or even more like they suggest at a whopping 2,xxx I would not be losing any weight. I can't explain why I'm not losing any weight. I'm not gaining, I haven't checked my measurements since march 18th. In theory I should be down to at least 130 now but I'm not. I find it hard to believe that If I consumed waaaaay more than I normally do the weight will just fall off. Considering calories in/calories out and a pound being 3,500. So maybe you can give me some insight on how many actual calories I have to eat to lose weight at a more steady pace 1-2lb a week the right way.
Tdee is very inaccurate but a good starting point. My tdee suggests that I eat 3300-3000 calories just to maintain my weight. When through trial and error and weighing myself weekly my true maintenance is around 2500. How long have you been in a deficit because varying between 1500 - 700 cals is most likely the problem. That's a big gap. How long have you been in a deficit? Eating at maintenance for a while could help you blast through a plateau. You'll burn out eventually. Listen to your body.0 -
I wish this stuff worked for me. Right now I've been the same weight for about 3 weeks now 134-135 IF I were to eat the calories they recommend based off the TDEE or BMR or whatever weird science calculations and based off my maintenance, I would gain weight. I'm 5'2" my goal is to get down to 120 maybe 125 depending on how I feel I look. I eat between 700-1500 a day depending on exercise. I put myself as lightly active because I go to the gym 5x a week for about 60 minutes which includes high incline treadmill and weights. If I was to eat 1,600 calories or even more like they suggest at a whopping 2,xxx I would not be losing any weight. I can't explain why I'm not losing any weight. I'm not gaining, I haven't checked my measurements since march 18th. In theory I should be down to at least 130 now but I'm not. I find it hard to believe that If I consumed waaaaay more than I normally do the weight will just fall off. Considering calories in/calories out and a pound being 3,500. So maybe you can give me some insight on how many actual calories I have to eat to lose weight at a more steady pace 1-2lb a week the right way.
You're starving your body only eating 700 cals on some days, no wonder it doesn't want to let go of any fat.
You've been given the amount - your way is not working so why not give it a try? Give it six weeks at 1600 cals and see how you feel.
BTW I'm 5'2 eating 1600-1800 a day and losing. And I do less exercise than you do. You are not lightly active.0 -
Sounds like you're struggling with the scale. I feel for you. If you're positive you are doing everything right, then perhaps try looking at water retention as being a possible cause for weight fluctuations or no reductions after exercise. Take a good look at your salt intake or any meds u take which may have water retention as a side effect. In the end, u could have your thyroid checked if all else keeps failing. DB0
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I feel your anguish. I am - or was - having the same problem. I worked out every day - THOUGHT I was watching my calories but not actually logging them. Although my pants fit a little different and my workouts got a little easier - I gained 3 pounds.
I decided to log my food intake. I'm still not finding out just how much I need to maintain, I did log food and keep my calories at 1200 or under. It is amazing how fast they add up.
I put cream (1/2 and 1/2) in my coffee all the time but decided to measure out 1 day's worth and use only that. If I used it all it would be almost 400 calories! That is 1/3 of my 1200. Add a banana and that's another 100! I never drink sodas or things of that nature - thank heavens! those things are terrible.
Since I"ve been tracking - I seem to have come down a couple of pounds in the last 2 weeks from where I started.
It is really hard to track every bite you ingest - but until you have the book of calories memorized and can keep a mental tally - I think you should try it. I make just about everything from scratch because I don't like processed food, but that is VERY hard to keep track of.
I don't follow recipes - I just 'eyeball' stuff. I've had to measure stuff while I'm making it now - so that I can get an accurate count of calories. Even that isn't perfect. I would have to weigh the whole thing - minus the container - divide the weight by what I consumed - etc. you get the picture...................................
I had a 4oz piece of chicken the other day, but had it with some of my homemade honey mustard mayo. I had to measure the stuff that went in to the mayo, ( I've always made my own mayo) then measure how much agave I used (I use that in place of honey) then the mustard I add - then figure out how much I made as a batch, then figure out how many calories were in the 2T I had with my chicken. Took me longer to figure out the calories than it did to cook the chicken and make the sauce.....:-)0 -
I don't usually log here. And I've tried counting calories in the past. Its ridiculous, tedious, unrealistic and didn't work anyway.
Well it's not working your way either. :huh:
Seriously LMAO0
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