Not understanding why i'm not losing weight.

I've wondered if that was the problem.. I just find it hard to eat that many calories daily..

LOTS OF HIGH CALORIE GOOD FOODS! NUTS, CHEESE, PEANUT BUTTER

ITA.

If any of the Lean Cuisines feature fake cheese, for example, I'd replace that with something that uses real, healthy fat. Avocado, olive oil dressings, etc. Nuts and seeds. Oily fish like salmon or sardines. Toss veggies with slivered almonds. Make grains into pilafs with olive oil, spices, and slivered almonds or toasted pecans....

Noo !! All wrong. You can lose weight easily your just eating the wrong calories !! Lasagna and pastas aren't going to help

Types of food you should be putting in your diet
- chicken
-tuna
-vegetables !!
-fruit
- plain yoghurt and maybe a bit of milk
-oats for the morning !!

Stuff like that. Everything like ham and bacon are not good foods to put in a diet and u will be putting on weight rather than losing

Wrong.

200 cals of bacon, ham,eggs, ice cream, pop tarts are still 200 calories to the body.

Here is some research for you, so I'm not just a rude *kitten* correcting people on the internet with anecdotal evidence:

1) " ‘All calories are not created equal’ according to new research that suggests certain diets help to burn more energy than others."
http://www.foodnavigator.com/Science-Nutrition/Are-all-calories-equal-for-weight-loss-Not-so-say-researchers

2) "Let's take a pure food example," says Anne-Marie Nocton, MS, MPH, RD. 'If someone were to eat all of her daily caloric requirement as fried onion rings, would the body respond the same way as if all of the calories came from raw spinach? No, because caloric absorption is affected by the composition of the food itself and by the amount of energy it takes the body to process that food. In this example, the body doesn't need to expend many calories to digest and store fat (in the onion rings) because the digestion and storage process isn't very complex. But the spinach contains fiber, and the structure of a fibrous food means that some of the calories will be 'lost' because the body cannot break it all down.' "
http://www.naturalchampion.net/articles/article/2410291/51175.htm

3) " 'It's not that calories don't matter, but the quality of the calories going in can affect the number of calories going out,' said study author Dr. David Ludwig, at Boston Children's Hospital."
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/calorie-calorie-harvard-study-compares-popular-weight-loss/story?id=16654506#.UUxb4hk2LDM

4) This article makes 5 points: The energy cost to metabolize fat, carbs and protein is different, Calorie restriction slows metabolism, Protein reduces appetite, Fiber reduces calorie absorption, and Timing of eating affects calorie processing.
http://home.trainingpeaks.com/articles/nutrition/a-calorie-is-not-a-calorie.aspx

5) Another study (Pomana College): "Ingestion of the particular PF [processed foods] meal tested in this study decreases postprandial energy expenditure by nearly 50% compared with the isoenergetic WF [whole-food] meal. This reduction in daily energy expenditure has potential implications for diets comprised heavily of PFs and their associations with obesity.... more extensively processed foods have a greater thermodynamic efficiency (and thus a greater metabolic disadvantage) than less processed or whole foods. The present study tests this by comparing the DIT responses of two isoenergetic meals."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2897733/

6) If you eat all your calories in high-cal junk food, you won't be able to eat throughout the day when your body needs energy, causing problems with blood sugar, producing more body fat and using lean muscle for energy:
"http://www.fitwatch.com/weight-loss/can-i-eat-all-my-calories-for-the-day-in-one-meal-and-still-lose-weight-649.html"



(Also, I get that it's easy to make fun of or dismiss someone eating like an anorexic, but you don't have to be so condescending and rude, especially when you may be the one who's "Wrong.")

Noo !! All wrong. You can lose weight easily your just eating the wrong calories !! Lasagna and pastas aren't going to help

Types of food you should be putting in your diet
- chicken
-tuna
-vegetables !!
-fruit
- plain yoghurt and maybe a bit of milk
-oats for the morning !!

Stuff like that. Everything like ham and bacon are not good foods to put in a diet and u will be putting on weight rather than losing

Huh? Ham and bacon are my snack foods, high protein, low carb foods.

Nutrition in my opinion is the most important thing for getting into shape, and living a healthy lifestyle. Think of it like the foundation of a building/house, and everything gets built on top of it. A big reason why diets do not work in the long run is they are just short term fads, life style changes must be made. People ask me at work when I'm eating if I'm on a diet, and I just politely let them know that it's just my daily meal plan (I just hate the word diet).

Here's something you can try:

Eat 6 times a day, forget the whole 3 square meal thing cause it's flawed and outdated. Focus on getting 6 smaller meals every 2-3 hours. Breakfast IS the most important meal since you're breaking fasting that you did during the night. If you like wheat, best time to eat it is for breakfast and at max lunch time. I try not to eat any wheat carbs after 3pm, instead choosing to get carbs from vegetables and the odd potato. Last meal should be 2 or so hours before bed UNLESS it's just protein. I'll drink Casein Protein about 30 mins before I go to sleep. It's slower digesting, so it helps keep my body fueled a bit while I sleep.

Cardio: If you really want to see more rapid weight loss do cardio first thing in the morning. If you can't do it on an empty stomach, I would suggest a scoop of protein to give your body a little bit of a boost. You'll target the fat cells a lot better on an empty stomach since you don't have to work off excess calories you've eaten if it was later on in the day.

Weight / Resistance Training: Ultimately you'll want to do some type of weight training to maximize results. Think of this equation: More Muscle = Less Fat. Muscle requires a lot more energy to maintain then fat does. The resistance training will help sculpt your body as you slim down. This is why you need to eat more calories and forgot the whole less is more type of mentality. If you don't eat enough, you're body will need to get energy from somewhere so it'll usually start to break down muscle tissue to get it. Not only that, you're metabolic rate actually slows down too so you'll be less effective at burning fat, and more likely to store it. This is because our bodies are still used to thousands of years ago when our ancestors would have to go days without finding food.

I hope you find some of this information useful and good luck on your weight loss.

You should try to eat breakfast more consistently ... Should help quite a bit.

oy vey...there is so much bad advice in this thread.

Do what Sara said

/thread

This. Plus, if that dude puts his shirt back on - I'm rage-quitting for sure.

Well i'm 5'5 204 lbs. i'm not sure what my BF% is my scale says it but it's in my roommates bathroom and my activity level before exercise is light

How much do you work out and how active are you in your daily life? (e.g. desk job, kids. etc)

I usually work out for an hour doing zumba or elliptical sometimes walks.. but i don't work I nanny for a 2 year old and clean house everyday

NOT light.

She's logging her exercise separately so she shouldn't count it when she sets her activity level.

200 cals of bacon, ham,eggs, ice cream, pop tarts are still 200 calories to the body.


I've been doing that exact routine like she did and I didn't lose anything. As soon as I got to eating good foods. I've nearly lost 5 kilos in a month. Explain that to me !!!

because she isn't eating enough. It has nothing to do with what you eat. Calories are calories.

… Everything like ham and bacon are not good foods to put in a diet and u will be putting on weight rather than losing

The problem with Pro Anorectic Commenters (PACmen, but more often PACwomen) is that they want to lose half their weight in one day and give devastating advice. Going on a starvation diet never works. When you eat less, your metabolism slows down. When you exercise less, your metabolism slows down. Hence, if you want to lose weight, exercise and make up for all the calories you put in. Find out HOW MUCH you should eat (your so-called TDEE - not to be confused with your so-called BMR!!! and if you don't know what they are search for it), not WHAT you should eat. Then, subtract 10% or so and (slow but steady) weight loss is guaranteed, providing you log everything and are honest about what you burn with your exercise and don't give up after two weeks.

Now, time for my eggs and bacon and ham.