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Havent lost any weight since starting MFP!!

Kbriner0223

I am about to make my diary public and try out some opinions but basically i started mfp about a month ago. I had lost about 45lbs give or take and ever since i started MFP i have maintained my current weight and i am about to go crazy! Before, i was not counting calories, just eating healthier and exercising moderatly. i have now upped my exercise and counted calories on MFP and nothing is taking the weight off. I have even done measurements and they have not budged(hopefully i am measuring right!). I just started TRYING to up my calories this week to see if this helps but i feel fatter than i did before i started this. I did lose about 5 pounds and gained it all back within about 3-4 days...how? i have no idea, i didnt change one thing. I want help and advice. Please no rude comments or snide remarks, i just want advice and a few similar stories that started out like me and had good results. Oh and my body fat was around 29% last wednesday, checked it today and it is back up to 32% but down 1 pound!!! How the hell does that happen??!!?? I am on my cycle this month so if your opinion thinks that is whats caused the fluctuation please let me know.

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starryk

I see that you are big on fruits and veggies - i did notice another post similar to mine; but I cannot eat too many fruits and /or veggies because I gain. I spent about 4 months with weight watchers following their plan to the letter - eat as many vegies, etc... yep I couldn't lose; I gained.

When I spoke to the doctor she told me that we are all made different. So no more ww for me. I try to stay higher protein. When I pay attention it works.

Good luck to you!!

kaylaknight4247

Make sure you're minimizing your deficit now that you have less weight to lose. So, if you were losing 1.5lbs per week, go to 1lb or .5lbs per week, a 500 or 250 deficit. You could try calorie cycling as well. Also, doing more strength training works wonders, as well as eat more exercise more, where you up your calories, but create your deficit (or more of it) from exercise instead of just calorie counting. The weight will have to come off slower as you get closer to your goal, but it's better than it not coming off at all!

I was in the same boat, eating super healthy, exercising, but it turned out I just need to eat more, even though I was already eating really healthy foods. I upped my calories so that I only had about a 250 calorie deficit from my TDEE, and before that I ate quite a bit for a few days to 're-rev' my metabolism. Worked like a charm in breaking my plateau! I'm losing steadily again now, even if at a slower pace.

ktenenbaum226

Thx so much for posting this...

kaylaknight4247

A couple of things - my opinion only.

If you are truly consuming 800 calories a day, you are losing weight, unless you are VERY tiny to begin with. I don't care how much your metabolism slows down, you can not stay the same weight eating less than your BMR. If your stated BF measurements are anywhere near correct, you aren't. Try a PSMF for a month. It sucks. Just knuckle down and do it.

Secondly, for the average woman, 17% body fat is pretty low. I'm not discouraging you from trying to get there, but you might check and see if you can find some pictures of women in that range who have been accurately measured (DEXA or submersion). You might find that 20% is very acceptable to you.

You got a lot of great advice from previous posters. One other thing I would suggest is not to worry about 5#, especially with changes in your cycle. I know I am make and don't have any experience in that realm, but I can put on or lose 5# in a day depending on food and water intake.

I normally consume about 1200 a day, a few days i do consume around 800 unintentionally. What is a PSMF? No i am not by any means tiny lol, i never have been, even at my lowest weight of 130. I am okay with just 20% body fat, whatever looks best on me is okay.

Ooooh yeah, I read this right after I made my other post on this thread. That is EXACTLY the problem. Up your calories more, it worked for me. Youre body's holding on to fat because your'e trying to lose weight too fast, since you're already within a healthier frame and size. I was also netting about 900-1000 calories for about a month unintentionally, then upped to 1200, and now I'm up to 1500. Read my other post on this thread for more details!

Kbriner0223

Okay i just changed my settings to losing 1lb a week and put down 'active'-when you put active should i just eat the calories it gives me? Should i actually put sedentary and then as i add my workouts base my caloric intake from what is added when i add the workouts?? <--does that make sense?? lol

SupernovaLeon

Interesting points!