How much are you eating?
heidistubbs
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Really freaking out because I am eating within my diet, very healthy and still exercising. I feel like I'm eating too much! I eat 6 times a day and never go hungry... it's crazy. The pounds have a gone up on the scales a bit but I've just started and I keep a log of morning and night. So I know how my weight can fluctuate. However I really feel like there i no way I'm eatig the right amount of food to lose weight. I dont want to wake in 3 weeks and realise I'm back where I started....... Anyone else had this problem?
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How long have you been dieting, and how did you work out your diet in the first place?
There are things that can affect your weight in the short term like menstruation, hydration, full or empty stomach and bowels etc that can make it look like you've gained weight, but in the longer term its just a blip and the trend line over time is actually in the right direction. Make sure you weigh yourself under the same conditions every time, my advice is first thing in the morning, naked, empty stomach, after going to the toilet - that should cut out a lot of the potential variations.
Or you could be following a bad diet. Years ago I tried Weightwatchers, and because I was breast feeding they gave me heaps of extra points, way more than felt right to eat, and rather than losing weight I began putting it on.0 -
Hi heidi, can you give us a run down of your stats and a general idea of what you are eating and what exercise you are doing?0
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Well I am breastfeeding a toddler so I put myself at very active. I walk/run for an hour most days. Been a little bit slack on the exercise because I've been organising my daughter's schooling but most weeks I'll do 2 combat classes, one Fatburner and an RPM or Bodypump. I also do pushups, core training, pilates and yoga at home, though that tends to be 10-15 min blocks through the day and not everyday.
I've been eating a breakfast of eggs baked beans on light rye, swiss muesli with whole milk, some wholewheat banana or apple pancakes with low fat frozen yoghurt.
Morning tea Coffee, maybe a low fat home made muffin or greek yoghurt.
Lunch Minestrone based vegetable risotto (wholegrain), with avocado, baby spinach leaves, tomato and maybe a small amount of cheese. Maybe a wrap with spinach fetta, roast pumpkin, eggplant and zucchini. Maybe a veggie stirfry.
Afternoon something small low cal hummus and avocado with tomato and baby spinach leaves ona peice of light rye.
Dinner meat and three veg kinda meals.
Maybe some yoghurt or fruit
Oh I also have only been dieting for 2 weeks so Im just working out my meals. Im going to try some zoodles soon0 -
Hey Heidi, your excercise is great, so I'm guessing it is what you're eating that is the problem.
How many cals are you eating? What is your height, weight, goal cals?
Track every thing you're eating and see where you're going overboard - when I had a toddler I fell into the bad habit of often finishing off their meals and snacks rather than throw it out, and that's extra cals you often forget to count.
Also make sure you measure "serves" correctly, because things like rice can be deceptive if you're measuring by eye rather than precisely - you can easily eat 2-3 serves by accident.
Everyone's going to have different advice about exactly what diet principals to follow, but at a glance my advice would be to eat fewer carbs and eat more protein. If you're not hungry at all then maybe its simply a matter of eating less?0 -
I've done mostly all of the things you've suggested. I just get worried that if I eat too little that my body will go into starvation mode and slow my metabolism down. Some days I'm not even hungry enough to eat more than 1400 cals other days I would comfortably eat 2200 fortunately with exercise this app tells me I can? I am very new to this though my weight has gone down and up.
On this app I started at 150 lb, I'm 5' 9" 28 years old and my goal is to be 137 lb's which is 6 lb's heavier than what my weight used to sit at. I'm not overweight now and if I tone up and get to where I want before the weight then I wont keep trying to lose just maintain. I love to exercise and want to keep setting goals. Over the last 2 weeks I've let the exercise go a bit so I'll be getting back on track now. Thanks for the comments everyone :-) It's nice to have some feedback0 -
Im always under 800cal a day and i take no notice of the so called earned calories from exercise. Find your personal calorie need by upping and downing each week until you find the calorie amount that gives you 300-500g loss a week.0
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I agree with gypsylosefat that you need to pay attention first and foremost to your own body, play around with the calories till you get the magic spot where you're losing weight rather than gaining.
Different people have different philosophies, so I'm not going to tell anyone to convert to my way of doing things - completely up to you. I don't follow myfitnesspal's algorithm because it contradicts what I've found works for my body. I suspect that 2200 calories is too much to eat if you're trying to lose weight - and that you're gaining weight is an indicator that it may be too much for you.
I'm on 1200 cals per day, based on having previously done Michelle Bridges body transformation where she puts all women on a flat 1200 cals and men on 1800 cals, and she doesn't eat back exercise calories (& she gets people working out 6 days a week) - and that worked for me. As long as you eat balanced, clean, no junk, and have fat stores to draw down on this works. I'm 168.5 cms and 65.5 kgs, looking to drop to 58kgs, so you're a bit taller than me and I'm guessing leaner, so maybe eat at 1400-1800 when trying to lose weight and bump it up to maintain?
An alternative to tracking your weight would be to take body measurements of bicep, chest, hips, waist, thighs - these might reveal that you are losing fat without losing weight. Muscle weighs more than fat and if you're exercising a lot it's possible that you are losing fat and toning up - changes that might not be clear on the scales but are evident in your body shape.0
