Need advice, please.

jbeverly21176
jbeverly21176 Posts: 53
in Health and Weight Loss
I've went 2 weeks without weighing in. I lowered my calories then(because I thought my activity level needed it) I was losing at least 2lbs a week and now I went 2 weeks and didn't even lose a lb. Do you think I should change my calories back to before? I am at sedentary 1300 a day, was at lightly active. I had changed it because I got a pedometer and it was counting less than 5000 a day. I have been doing 30DS for the last month about 4 days a week. I am 5'10" and weigh 218 as of today. I'm a SAHM, so most of my day is sitting around but up when taking care of the kids. Please help with Advice, Thank you.

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  • kiangel
    kiangel Posts: 246 Member
    Hi , Maybe you need to up calories ? Random I know but sometimes it could be you are not eating enough . When I have stuck in the past it has worked for me , Do you eat your exercise calories back when you do exercise ?

    It has taken years to understand my own body :) but getting there lol
  • ronaldmcyd
    ronaldmcyd Posts: 54 Member
    I think you should trust in the process and be patient, most people have a harder time losing weight when they get closer to their goal.
  • mulderpf
    mulderpf Posts: 209 Member
    It's very hard to give any advice without too much info (if you have 200 lbs to lose, then you are losing too slowly, if you have 10 lbs to lose, then you are losing too fast).

    That said, if you didn't weigh in for two weeks and the two were the same, it doesn't necessarily mean that you didn't lose anything. Weight-loss isn't linear (become such a famous saying on here!!). I have maintained my average weight loss for months now, but if I go from week to week, it becomes a little bit all over the place. (Between two weeks ago and last week, there was absolutely NO change on the number on the scale, but I stuck it out and this week, the loss was double what I should have lost).

    Scenarios that could mean you lost, but it's not on the scale: on your second last weigh in day you were dehydrated, so your weight was 2 lbs lower than it would have been on a normal day. If you then lost four pounds and with your last weigh-in you had some water retention, it would mean that the numbers of the scale remained the same.

    Another scenario may be that your scale isn't completely accurate or if you weigh in with clothes on that you had different clothes on or it could just be that you are not actually losing anything.

    If monitor my weight DAILY using the principles here: (http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/e4/signalnoise.html) - I have an app that calculates that for me and I check every day if my trend weight is going down.

    Your weight not changing in two weeks may just be the numbers on the scale not reflecting what's happening in your body. There's too many variables for it to be evident in just two weeks - you need to give it more time...
  • Dauntlessness
    Dauntlessness Posts: 1,489 Member
    You need to work out. Simple. Add more calories when you do. Personally I think most women should have at least 1400 calories a day. This is about learning how to eat right for the rest of your life and I cant even imagine only eating less then that.

    Also, find out what your tdee is then go from there. There are many calculators online-just google it. Mine is 1718 so that's what I put as my daily goal. Then I can see what my deficit is and how much I should be losing. Its just wayyy easier to look at the end of the week and see how much in the green you are.
    A calorie is not just a calorie but the basic rule is that you need to burn or have a deficit of 3500 calories to lose a pound of fat. That means 500 HRM (and this is important because mfp calculators and machines are often wrong)calories burned a day to lose 1lb a week.

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