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twostepsforward
twostepsforward Posts: 113 Member
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I have been keeping track of daily weigh ins on Hack Diet and comparing this with calories eaten etc since Jan 4 th. I have not lost a pound, On Jan 4th I was 175.8 and today I weighed in at 175.6.

Exercise has been intermittent but have been doing bodyweight (YAYOG) recently with a Leslie Sansone DVD once or twice a week for an hour. I got a fitbit a week ago so gathering the data from that to work out an accurate TDEE.

My average calorie intake over the last two months has been 1874.
I am somewhere between Sed/Lightly Active and my tdee is around 2050. This is from recent fitbit readings and working it out from the hack diet data.

So its not been a huge cut, roughly 10%, but wouldn't I expect to see some loss over the course of two months, not still floating at the same number on the scale?

Am having a bit of a wobble as I have a wedding to go to next month and keep thinking about crash diets...even against my better judgement!

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  • colleen3115
    colleen3115 Posts: 69 Member
    Have you taken measurements? You may be losing inches without the scale moving. Had you been eating very low calorie before increasing your calories? I'm sure others who have been here longer will have more to say, but if you had been doing very low calorie and did not do a reset (just went straight to cut) your metabolism may still be suppressed.
  • twostepsforward
    twostepsforward Posts: 113 Member
    Definitely hadnt been eating low calorie prior to this! So a reset wouldnt be a issue.
    I checked my measurements and it seems I have lost an inch off my hips and an inch off my thigh. I tend to find this a bit ropey though, I could just be measuring a slightly different spot. There must be a margin of error. Perhaps my jeans have the teensiest bit more room but again, its such a small difference it could all be psychological.
    When all the measurements were plugged into heybales sheet, it looks from the avg bodyfat measurements that I have lost around 1% bf. So maybe something is happening albeit very very very slowly.

    I have dropped my cals to 1500 this week so we will see what happens there. I struggle to stick to it at the weekend and that tends to bump my weekly total up. I need to find strategies to manage this without feeling too deprived and then subsequently ruining the whole thing by giving up entirely.
  • caligulala
    caligulala Posts: 44 Member
    I'm basically following the same plan, but probably with more walking. Took a couple weeks off in February and this week due to major snow/husband travelling, but probably average about 5 miles a day. I haven't lost a ton of weight, maybe 6-10 pounds, but definitely look way better. I actually just posted my progress pictures in the YAYOG group here:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/919081-10-week-progress-pictures

    Take your measurements and keep at it. This type of program might take a little longer, but is really sustainable.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    Definitely hadnt been eating low calorie prior to this! So a reset wouldnt be a issue.
    I checked my measurements and it seems I have lost an inch off my hips and an inch off my thigh. I tend to find this a bit ropey though, I could just be measuring a slightly different spot. There must be a margin of error. Perhaps my jeans have the teensiest bit more room but again, its such a small difference it could all be psychological.
    When all the measurements were plugged into heybales sheet, it looks from the avg bodyfat measurements that I have lost around 1% bf. So maybe something is happening albeit very very very slowly.

    I have dropped my cals to 1500 this week so we will see what happens there. I struggle to stick to it at the weekend and that tends to bump my weekly total up. I need to find strategies to manage this without feeling too deprived and then subsequently ruining the whole thing by giving up entirely.

    The less deficit you have, the more improvements exercise can make, and depending on how long you've been doing a routine, those improvements may be weight gain - even as fat is lost.

    Hence the need to have those measurements. Even those spreadsheet BF calcs may not be where you are losing the most inches. The reason why the Progress tab lets you enter 2 other measurements of your choosing.

    May also be the BF calc is getting more accurate as inches is lost. That may lower the TDEG if it appears you have more BF as accuracy improves.
  • twostepsforward
    twostepsforward Posts: 113 Member
    Thanks, I know its right to keep onwith this, its just a wobble. I need to keep measuring and really take some photos. O have thought about it, it's just not something I got round to.
    Thank you for linking those photos caligulala, the change is fantastic! did you really just follow yayog with walking? And at what cut? You can really see the difference. I should have clarified that I am using his body by you book which is lower progression s than the original yayog. I hope to graduate to yayog_- i have it at home ready and waiting! I also do the butt bible level 1 as a warm up. Ots only 15 mins and I love that I can feel it the day after!

    Maybe I should get down to it and take a bigger cut. The spreadsheet suggested something over 1400 which just feels a bit low to stick to for now. I was thinking of having 1500 whole I lose the first 10 lbs, 1600 for the next 10 etc until I am up around a small cut.
  • caligulala
    caligulala Posts: 44 Member
    Yes, just YAYOG, lots of walking (we don't have a car, so I average between 5-8 miles a day), and lots of stretching. Very minimal cut in calories. Four of the weeks I ate at TDEE because I was STARVING. The rest probably averaged at 15% cut, which is around 2100 for me (147, 5'4"). I just weighed myself this morning and I've lost only .8 pound since week 4. But you can certainly tell the difference in the pictures!

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