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One week in with no pounds lost...Please help!
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If you are doing cardio / Jillian micheals daily, and eating less than 1200 calories a day you will lose weight but you will also do it slower and harder than it needs to be, and with out long term success or the nutrition your body needs.
If you want to gain health and lose weight consistantly then set your daily calorie DEFICIT at no more than a 1000 calories (less is better) and that works better if half of it is earned by exercise and the other by your calorie limit.
Then set the nutrition goals to calcium, iron, vitamon C, and work at making your calories count. Being vegetarian you probably are a step ahead in this already. (maybe try watching carbs/salt instead)
Set your mind to achieve your goals slowly and mindfully and at the end you will have a healthy body and a greater understanding about what it needs.
Wishing you the best of health.0 -
. . . right. Best of luck in week 2. :grumble:
*hug*
I wish I had had your tough love years ago..lol0 -
. . . right. Best of luck in week 2. :grumble:
*hug*
I wish I had had your tough love years ago..lol
Hahah, thanks. It's hard to know that good advice will be ignored, and that comment up there about "set your daily calorie deficit at no more than a 1000 calories (less is better)" is going to get misinterpreted by OP as setting her caloric intake target to 1,000 or less. Within four weeks of two-a-days and malnourishment, after several uncontrollable binging episodes, she'll decide that diet and exercise are way, way too hard, that she can't do it, and quit. As has been seen here again and again and again by people who think it needs to be difficult in order to work.0 -
. . . right. Best of luck in week 2. :grumble:
*hug*
I wish I had had your tough love years ago..lol
Hahah, thanks. It's hard to know that good advice will be ignored, and that comment up there about "set your daily calorie deficit at no more than a 1000 calories (less is better)" is going to get misinterpreted by OP as setting her caloric intake target to 1,000 or less. Within four weeks of two-a-days and malnourishment, after several uncontrollable binging episodes, she'll decide that diet and exercise are way, way too hard, that she can't do it, and quit. As has been seen here again and again and again by people who think it needs to be difficult in order to work.
And following on what Emanyalpsid is going on...I would suggest looking at this link to see what your TDEE is set at. To be honest, I tried 1200 because I thought that was what I was supposed to do. ....1200 and less. I did that and could barely get through a 30 min workout. Getting my TDEE set correctly not only allowed me to have energy because, well, FOOD = ENERGY....But now I can easily do 600+ calorie burns...I've even hit 1600! I could not have done that on a 1200 cal diet..lol.
Not only did I gain more energy but I realized what I had been doing was dangerous. When I was doing 1200 and less, I ended up depriving myself of protein even more than I was before I started tracking my calories and am now very protein deficient...and I'm not saying that just due to the macro #s..but because I am experiencing the side effects of lack of proper nutrition - especially with protein due to me trying to deprive myself because I didn't educate myself on fitness/health.
If you want, check out this link by MFPer Heliotsdan - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
It'll give you a detailed walkthrough (with pictures even) on finding your TDEE and calculating what you should be eating.
Also, if you are worried about the calorie intake, I also suggest you read this thread that has numerous people who met their goals and are maintaining. Some for years and they also provide their calorie intake and how often they work out.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/816542-let-s-hear-it-for-maintainenance
For more information about fitness and nutrition, I highly suggest checking out and joining this group:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/10118-eat-train-progress
Read all the stickies. It's great information to know.0 -
Eat enough. Less than 1200 net is not enough for anyone. Eating less won't speed the process.
It took me over two weeks of busting it and eating very clean to see even half a pound of movement. Don't give up. You'll get there. Slow is good.0 -
They could be swollen with water easily, yes0
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Bodies are weird that way. Keep working at it.
I know how disappointing it is to see the scales moving in the wrong direction. I was up 3 pounds this morning, and I have no idea why. One thing I know for sure, I haven't been overeating.0 -
What have you been eating/drinking ?
Some people on here will tell you not to pay attention to the scale, but in your first week I'd believe you would notice a decent weight loss on the scale.... unless you're not eating/drinking right.0 -
FUH SERIOUS??0
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I agree with jacksonpt. Body changes are gradual, nowhere near as black and white as a number on scale. Also, if you're training with enough intensity and eating clean, there's no reason for multiple workouts in a day.0
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I GAINED 6 pounds my first week. I had really gotten serious about working out so I was quite startled with the gain. A lot of reading showed me that your muscles start hanging onto the water to protect themselves when you first start out. Drink lots to alleviate this..0
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Sorry but you need to give it time and see it as a lifestyle change and not judge your success strictly off the scale. During my weight lose adventures (still losing and struggling), I can tell you I have had many stalls. One week is nothing in the spectrum of it all, keep doing what you are doing! Eventually, you will see changes on the scale or in how your clothing fit you.
I wish you much success!The first thing this morning I weighed myself on this end to my first week of ‘training’ only to realize that I have not lost a pound. I don’t understand...I have done two workouts a day with Jillian Michaels and or other cardio (Elliptical). Sooo...feeling a bit out of sorts with my same weight staring me in the face as when I started last week I went to the Support & Motivation section of MFP. Before I could post anything I read about this lady who’s husband said some nasty things to her. It immediately turned my focus off of me and on to her. I posted my message to her and in doing so all of a sudden didn’t need to post anything for my personal dilemma. I pulled myself up just by extending my hand to someone else.
That being said, to address my issue I’m going to adjust what type of calories I am putting into my body, less/no bad carbs & sugar. I have been having just one small bite of something sweet each day...no more, that’s finished. I did have a little salty stuff a couple of times last week, but I’ve been drinking lots of water to flush that out, as well as, sweating profusely during my workouts. I am retaining quite a bit of water weight this week, 46.5% according to my weight scale. I’m not really sure how accurate that number is, but it is an ‘upscale’ scale. lol I’m almost completely a vegetarian. Once in a while I will have a little fish. If anyone has anything constructive to contribute that would help me reach my goal I would appreciate it.0 -
. . . right. Best of luck in week 2. :grumble:
*hug*
I wish I had had your tough love years ago..lol
Hahah, thanks. It's hard to know that good advice will be ignored, and that comment up there about "set your daily calorie deficit at no more than a 1000 calories (less is better)" is going to get misinterpreted by OP as setting her caloric intake target to 1,000 or less. Within four weeks of two-a-days and malnourishment, after several uncontrollable binging episodes, she'll decide that diet and exercise are way, way too hard, that she can't do it, and quit. As has been seen here again and again and again by people who think it needs to be difficult in order to work.
There are so many constructive and informative responses to my posts. Yours is not one of them. I have no idea to whom you are referring. You’re psychic reading does not resemble me in the least. I hope you didn’t hurt yourself jumping to conclusions. You shouldn’t pretend to know me especially when... You have no idea who I am, what I think, my level of intelligence or how diligent I am in accomplishing my goals. Clearly YOU are the one who MISINTERPRETED my request for constructive contributions that would help me reach my goal. Quite frankly, you haven’t given any good advice yet. You are the one blathering on about me GIVING UP! I certainly hope you are not in the business of talking people down off the ledge... I feel sorry for you that you have so much hostility inside and choose to take it out on others. Good Luck with that...
Again, I would like to thank all the friendly, knowledgable contributors to this post. I WILL take their helpful advice and put it to good use.
By the way, it WAS water weight...I dropped my pound over night. Woo Hoo!!!0 -
. . . right. Best of luck in week 2. :grumble:
*hug*
I wish I had had your tough love years ago..lol
Hahah, thanks. It's hard to know that good advice will be ignored, and that comment up there about "set your daily calorie deficit at no more than a 1000 calories (less is better)" is going to get misinterpreted by OP as setting her caloric intake target to 1,000 or less. Within four weeks of two-a-days and malnourishment, after several uncontrollable binging episodes, she'll decide that diet and exercise are way, way too hard, that she can't do it, and quit. As has been seen here again and again and again by people who think it needs to be difficult in order to work.
There are so many constructive and informative responses to my posts. Yours is not one of them. I have no idea to whom you are referring. You’re psychic reading does not resemble me in the least. I hope you didn’t hurt yourself jumping to conclusions. You shouldn’t pretend to know me especially when... You have no idea who I am, what I think, my level of intelligence or how diligent I am in accomplishing my goals. Clearly YOU are the one who MISINTERPRETED my request for constructive contributions that would help me reach my goal. Quite frankly, you haven’t given any good advice yet. You are the one blathering on about me GIVING UP! I certainly hope you are not in the business of talking people down off the ledge... I feel sorry for you that you have so much hostility inside and choose to take it out on others. Good Luck with that...
Again, I would like to thank all the friendly, knowledgable contributors to this post. I WILL take their helpful advice and put it to good use.
By the way, it WAS water weight...I dropped my pound over night. Woo Hoo!!!
did you poop?0 -
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Not yet, but when I do I'll let you know how much more weight I dropped...if you're really into that.0 -
assuming your counting macros i would adjust the daily caloric deficit by 200 additional cals and wait one more week to see if the trend continues. It's quite possible your body is recompositioning itself in terms of muscle gain. Keep up the hard work and always remain optimistic in your goals!!0
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I have been doing MFP now for a little over a year and one thing I have learned is that if I do not exercise Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, I will have a big loss on Monday and get really excited. I go back to class or running or lifting on Monday and then Tuesday morning I am back up 2-3 pounds. It is all about water weight and I have to remember that. I had not lost a pound in months but by continuing to follow my calorie goal (1200 and I do not eat my exercise calories back), I managed to change clothing sizes again.
If you continue to do what you are doing and ignore the numbers on the scale, they will eventually catch up with you and if they don't and you are seeing changes by measuring and clothing, then who cares what the scales say anyway - leave them behind and get a tape measure. I know that is hard to say - I was a slave to the scale once too. Now, I still weigh often but it is out of habit and the number has no effect on me.
Great luck to you and congratulations on that 1-pound loss!0 -
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If you continue to do what you are doing and ignore the numbers on the scale, they will eventually catch up with you and if they don't and you are seeing changes by measuring and clothing, then who cares what the scales say anyway - leave them behind and get a tape measure. I know that is hard to say - I was a slave to the scale once too. Now, I still weigh often but it is out of habit and the number has no effect on me.
Thank you and congratulations on your journey. It sounds like you are doing really well. As far as the scale goes, I was just curious. I'm not a serial weigher. Since I'm new I didn't weigh myself until I completed my first week. My clothes were EXTRA tight and I'd have to be VERY optimistic to think a tape measure would show anything in a positive direction my first week in. Thank you for your advice. I will log my measurements today since I am not quite so bloated as yesterday.
Thank you again.
Have a fabulous day! :flowerforyou:0
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