Am I being impatient?

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  • Niekard
    Niekard Posts: 9
    louisvillejg
    Drinking more water sounds like a plan! I'll do that.

    RachRice29
    Yesss, it really sounds like a good idea, I'll try boosting my intake by 100-200 calories. :)

    QuietRain
    I think I'll measure myself today, I've been meaning to, thank you!

    denezy
    Haha, my only concern is that I haven't been losing at the same rate as usual, that is all. I am calm. :)

    Mads1997
    Heheh! Don't be fooled, I calculate the calories very specifically, and because I'm mostly eating fruit and vegetables, I excuse the other nutritional measurements.

    crazybookworm
    I actually love strength training! I really should get into it more, thank you for posting. :)
  • beachlover317
    beachlover317 Posts: 2,848 Member
    Incase you didn't see my edit. You need to log your calories properly. A page full of quick adds tells you nothing when you have the next OMG I'm not losing weight freakout. Be honest log everything that goes in your mouth, good and bad.

    Exactly this. Whatever advice you get today is useless until you start logging everything you eat and drink, logging your exercise, and following the MFP plan ( which means you eat back exercise cals). Eat more? - what I think doesn't matter. Do less cardio and more heavy lifting? - what I think doesn't matter. Be successful? - check tickers for what has worked for people before you tell them not to advise you. Good luck!!
  • sandradev1
    sandradev1 Posts: 786 Member
    I also started on 1200 cals, lost for a while then stopped for weeks. Thankfully I found the following website, upped my calories and started losing weight again:

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

    There is definitely an easy way and a hard way to do this. I choose the easy way when it comes to eating.

    At least read through, do the calculations and see what it says before making any decisions on the advice that people are giving.

    Most importantly, this all takes time and is a big learning curve, Its not a race, its a lifestyle.
  • pspetralia
    pspetralia Posts: 963 Member
    Yes you are being impatient!! Give it a month at least.

    Edited to add: holy crap I just looked at your diary. How the heck can you honestly keep track of your calories with a whole diary full of Quick adds.

    Be honest and take the time to log your food correctly, otherwise this will not work for you.

    ^^^THIS!!!!
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    no one should ever be at 1200 calories.

    http://theskinnyequation.blogspot.com/p/weight-loss-calculators.html

    use this to figure out your BMR and TDEE.

    your BMR is the bare minimum that you should be eating for your age, height, and weight. it is your basal metabolic rate, which is the bare minimum of calories you need if you were just laying in bed.

    Your TDEE is your total daily energy expenditure. it is what you burn on a daily bases based on your activity.

    i like to take my TDEE that is at lightly active and subtract 20-10% for weight loss. i don't add exercise calories, but i don't worry too much about going a few hundred calories over my daily goal, because it all balances out.

    your body works on a weekly basis, rather then a day-to-day basis. this means that if you go over your calories by 500 on monday, and then on tuesday and wednesday you are under by 250 each day, it all balances out.
  • ashleydmassey
    ashleydmassey Posts: 106 Member
    I am six to seven months in and I still maintain around the 1200 calories (and sometimes less) in my diet and I still lose weight, and I don't feel like I'm starving. There are times my weight really dips and other times it stalls. It has been the norm for me once I lost the initial 15 pounds. I was stuck on one weight for about three weeks, then I dropped five pretty quickly. In the end, it all tends to balance out. Patience is key for sure. I know it can be frustrating, but if you stick with what has worked for you, it will continue to work for you. I have recently increased my exercise to working out most days of the week. (no less than five but up to six) I was only doing three days a week before. Even if you aren't losing weight per se, you still might be losing inches. That was the case for me when I stalled last. Give it time. Live the lifestyle and you will be rewarded.
  • StacyCond
    StacyCond Posts: 13 Member
    My best advise: incorporate a "cheat day".

    I lost 63lbs eating between 1,200 - 1,800 calories/day (I eat more when I'm biking in the summer). My best advise is to incorporate a "cheat day." The next day, you will weigh more (of course) but with my personal experience -- I'm NOT an expert -- I would start losing weight again after that.
  • bearwith
    bearwith Posts: 525 Member
    Exercise a bit more. You need to drink lots. Do not kid yourself that it is okay to eat less - your brain does not feel good without the right amount of blood sugar. If you feel low, you eat more.
  • Crankstr
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
    no one should ever be at 1200 calories.

    http://theskinnyequation.blogspot.com/p/weight-loss-calculators.html

    use this to figure out your BMR and TDEE.

    your BMR is the bare minimum that you should be eating for your age, height, and weight. it is your basal metabolic rate, which is the bare minimum of calories you need if you were just laying in bed.

    Your TDEE is your total daily energy expenditure. it is what you burn on a daily bases based on your activity.

    i like to take my TDEE that is at lightly active and subtract 20-10% for weight loss. i don't add exercise calories, but i don't worry too much about going a few hundred calories over my daily goal, because it all balances out.

    your body works on a weekly basis, rather then a day-to-day basis. this means that if you go over your calories by 500 on monday, and then on tuesday and wednesday you are under by 250 each day, it all balances out.

    ^this

    and SQUAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    *among other things
  • gillianjoon
    gillianjoon Posts: 96 Member
    From the few entries you entered into your diary you are certainly not eating 1200 cals a day the 2 or 3 days that were complete you were 300 cals under, yes you will lose weight quickly at first but then your body doesnt know what you are doing to it so its gone into stravation mode so up your calories and you will soon start losing again I know you dont want to hear that but its the truth.
  • nguk123
    nguk123 Posts: 223
    no one should ever be at 1200 calories.

    Pop quiz:
    What should a 100lb, 5ft , 65year old sedantary female eat at to maintain ?
  • beachlover317
    beachlover317 Posts: 2,848 Member
    no one should ever be at 1200 calories.

    http://theskinnyequation.blogspot.com/p/weight-loss-calculators.html

    use this to figure out your BMR and TDEE.

    your BMR is the bare minimum that you should be eating for your age, height, and weight. it is your basal metabolic rate, which is the bare minimum of calories you need if you were just laying in bed.

    Your TDEE is your total daily energy expenditure. it is what you burn on a daily bases based on your activity.

    i like to take my TDEE that is at lightly active and subtract 20-10% for weight loss. i don't add exercise calories, but i don't worry too much about going a few hundred calories over my daily goal, because it all balances out.

    your body works on a weekly basis, rather then a day-to-day basis. this means that if you go over your calories by 500 on monday, and then on tuesday and wednesday you are under by 250 each day, it all balances out.

    ^this

    and SQUAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    *among other things

    Just saw the word squat. I love squats! Best advice of the day!
  • Hazel2005
    Hazel2005 Posts: 175 Member
    yes.
  • Hazel2005
    Hazel2005 Posts: 175 Member
    no one should ever be at 1200 calories.

    Pop quiz:
    What should a 100lb, 5ft , 65year old sedantary female eat at to maintain ?

    The last thing I plan on worrying about when I'm 65 is how many calories I should be eating!!!!
  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
    No response needed and please feel free to ignore this.
    You aren't impatient, you just aren't eating enough.
  • PaulaPalooza
    PaulaPalooza Posts: 137 Member
    no one should ever be at 1200 calories.

    Pop quiz:
    What should a 100lb, 5ft , 65year old sedantary female eat at to maintain ?

    The last thing I plan on worrying about when I'm 65 is how many calories I should be eating!!!!

    Lololololol. And I'm going to hope I'm not sedentary. Cause if I am, I've got bigger problems than consuming 1200 calories.
  • Niekard
    Niekard Posts: 9
    ashleydmassey

    You are so great, that's exactly how I feel! I've eaten 1000 calories so far today in an effort to up my intake and I am so full and sick feeling. :( I will maintain my 1200 for the month (thanks Pu!) and if that doesn't help I will up it to 1400. I think everybody's body is different, and I just can't push that many calories into myself without feeling uncomfortable atm. I don't feel lethargic, I'm thinking okay, and I exercise without hassle.

    (In regards to my quick adds.) I am always 100% truthful with my diary, I use quick adds because it saves me time as I have no trouble calculating the calories for myself. If you could see my reports for the past 90 days, you'd see a day quite a while back when I ate about 3500 calories in one day! >__< It's a bloody bother to add: 1/4th a capsicum, 1/4th a red onion, 1/4th a block of reduced fat feta cheese etc. etc. every day, haha.

    Also, a lot of you seem to think that I can't stand hearing that I should eat more calories, believe me that's not the case. I just don't need the over-dramatic "OH MY GLOB, YOU'RE SO ANOREXIC, SEE A PSYCH." deal. I can deal with facts, I'm all about facts! ;D

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