HELP! Need advice--exercising and logging but no weight loss

nsikeda
nsikeda Posts: 5
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all! I've been on MFP on and off and have consistently been logging and exercising for the last month. I haven't seen any weight loss and I'm getting frustrated. I'm 180lbs and 4'11 however I do not LOOK that weight. My measurements are 36" 31" 40" hourglass figure. I love my figure but I can't seem to slim it down or tone it up. Take a look at my diary--I recently switched to 1200 calories per day and have been pretty good 3-4 days a week with a cheat day or two. However, I burn more calories than what is required to lose 2lbs/week.

I'm getting a little frustrated and want advice as far as how to see more results. I know I could up the ante working out and maybe that's what I need to do. I also know I need to eat more veggies and cut down on the fruits. But besides that I'm losing hope.

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  • jfsears
    jfsears Posts: 47 Member
    There seems to be a lot of sweets in what I read in your diary, and not very many fruits and veg. Also, 1200 cal could possibly not be enough cal especially if you are exercising...personally I would try and avoid sugary treats- and up my fruit and veg intake as well as calories in general.
  • PaleoChocolateBear
    PaleoChocolateBear Posts: 2,844 Member
    Yeah, I'm seeing what it seems like is a lot of processed food and sweets, try eating some leaner meats cooked at home with veggies and just curious what kind of workout are you doing?
  • iwillwearshorts
    iwillwearshorts Posts: 12 Member
    I am reading the book by Dr. Mosley called, The FastDiet. It is a 5:2 plan, and it seems to work for everyone. 2 days/week you eat 500 calories and 5 days/week you are free to eat what you want.

    I am just starting out, but so far, I love it. The book is hugely popular in Britain and has recently come to the U.S. You can read the reviews on Amazon. It might rekindle your hope and jump start your success.
  • Railr0aderTony
    Railr0aderTony Posts: 6,803 Member
    a calorie is a calorie and 1200 is not enough, Knowledge is power Please read this and you will understand why you are not losing weight and how you can set up to lose weight.
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/912920-in-place-of-a-road-map-3-2013
  • Railr0aderTony
    Railr0aderTony Posts: 6,803 Member
    I am reading the book by Dr. Mosley called, The FastDiet. It is a 5:2 plan, and it seems to work for everyone. 2 days/week you eat 500 calories and 5 days/week you are free to eat what you want.

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    This is not safe at all, please do not even consider it.
  • ldbuster0
    ldbuster0 Posts: 207
    I am reading the book by Dr. Mosley called, The FastDiet. It is a 5:2 plan, and it seems to work for everyone. 2 days/week you eat 500 calories and 5 days/week you are free to eat what you want.

    tumblr_mbt7oerWxu1rxaypuo1_400.gif

    This is not safe at all, please do not even consider it.

    What's the proof that it isn't safe? I'm doing this so I want to read up on it. Thanks
  • Railr0aderTony
    Railr0aderTony Posts: 6,803 Member
    I am reading the book by Dr. Mosley called, The FastDiet. It is a 5:2 plan, and it seems to work for everyone. 2 days/week you eat 500 calories and 5 days/week you are free to eat what you want.

    tumblr_mbt7oerWxu1rxaypuo1_400.gif

    This is not safe at all, please do not even consider it.

    What's the proof that it isn't safe? I'm doing this so I want to read up on it. Thanks

    The average persons BMR(calories it takes to sustain life if you were in a coma) is between 1200-1500 calories per day, eatting below that and you are depriving your organs of nutrients. Please read the link i posted earlier and you will understand.
  • nsikeda
    nsikeda Posts: 5
    I'm usually either on the elliptical with a high resistance (our machines have 1-20 and I'm usually on 11-14 depending on if I'm doing intervals)

    FOR SURE the sweets are a problem. I am challenging myself next week to try and stay away from anything processed besides cereal :)
  • nsikeda
    nsikeda Posts: 5
    Thanks so much for this :)
  • chatogal
    chatogal Posts: 436 Member
    I am reading the book by Dr. Mosley called, The FastDiet. It is a 5:2 plan, and it seems to work for everyone. 2 days/week you eat 500 calories and 5 days/week you are free to eat what you want.

    tumblr_mbt7oerWxu1rxaypuo1_400.gif

    This is not safe at all, please do not even consider it.

    What's the proof that it isn't safe? I'm doing this so I want to read up on it. Thanks

    The average persons BMR(calories it takes to sustain life if you were in a coma) is between 1200-1500 calories per day, eatting below that and you are depriving your organs of nutrients. Please read the link i posted earlier and you will understand.

    but what is your evidence that it is not safe?? The "in place of road map" as far as I am aware has no basis in sceince...please let me know all the research references if I am wrong. The 5:2 fadting diet only advocates eating such low calories for 2 days a week, hardly starving yourself....if this were so you would find that most of the people brought up during the war in the UK would havebold died whereas in reality we have a very large population of fighting fit octogenarians, including my parents. The reason it is becoming so popular over here is as a result of a sceintific programme called Horizon that experimented and found health benefits such as lowered bad cholesterol, lowered type 2 diabetes, lowered breast cancer...the weight loss was a welcome side affect. Anyway, always interesting having different perspectives :-)
  • Mezzie1024
    Mezzie1024 Posts: 380 Member
    It looks like some of the prepared meals you've logged might be generic amounts of calories vs. actual amounts. Take pad see ew, for instance: when I make it at home, I know exactly how much oil I've used both in making the noodles from scratch and in how much oil I put in the wok. If I get it from a restaurant, though, it's likely they've used much more oil (sometimes it's extra greasy, even); at 100 calories a tablespoon, oil can make a *huge* difference.

    I'm kind of jumping to conclusions here that you eat out a lot and/or take a MFP calorie amount for something you've made that might not be the same recipe as what's in the MFP database, so forgive me if I'm off, but my guess is that despite your best efforts you've been undercounting your calories.

    Why not try only homemade foods for a week or two, entering in your own recipes as needed -- something you can really track -- and see if that helps?
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    It looks like some of the prepared meals you've logged might be generic amounts of calories vs. actual amounts. Take pad see ew, for instance: when I make it at home, I know exactly how much oil I've used both in making the noodles from scratch and in how much oil I put in the wok. If I get it from a restaurant, though, it's likely they've used much more oil (sometimes it's extra greasy, even); at 100 calories a tablespoon, oil can make a *huge* difference.

    I'm kind of jumping to conclusions here that you eat out a lot and/or take a MFP calorie amount for something you've made that might not be the same recipe as what's in the MFP database, so forgive me if I'm off, but my guess is that despite your best efforts you've been undercounting your calories.

    Why not try only homemade foods for a week or two, entering in your own recipes as needed -- something you can really track -- and see if that helps?

    This is what I was going to say as well. I really avoid eating out because it's almost impossible to know what you're eating, even when it's pre-made at Au Bon Pain, because there will be variability in the prep. Even a couple hundred calories off per day will quickly add up at the end of the week.

    The other things I'm noticing are high-sodium foods which can induce water weight gain and lots of sugary sweets. I'm not anti-sugar, but if you're keeping insulin levels high all the time and 1/3 of your (few) calories are coming from cookies, you're turning 'off' the mechanisms of fat-burning even though you are in a caloric deficit at the end of the day.
  • nsikeda
    nsikeda Posts: 5
    I do eat out a lot! It's terrible. It's usually just lunch when I eat out though since I work such long shifts and rarely have time to make the food. I've been getting in the habit of preparing meals ahead of time and freezing any leftovers of anything I make for dinner. I've always wondered if I was undercounting my calories and it sounds as though I have!
  • ShallaLovee1
    ShallaLovee1 Posts: 356 Member
    I am reading the book by Dr. Mosley called, The FastDiet. It is a 5:2 plan, and it seems to work for everyone. 2 days/week you eat 500 calories and 5 days/week you are free to eat what you want.

    tumblr_mbt7oerWxu1rxaypuo1_400.gif

    This is not safe at all, please do not even consider it.

    I second that motion. Your body needs the energy that you receive from your food. Please don't starve yourself to lose weight. Sometimes when the scale doesn't move it means you need to change some things up, your building muscle or losing inches.I know you've heard the saying eat more to weigh less? If your burning off a lot of calories during exercise then 1200 is simply not enough. Don't give up. Keep pushing.

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