Weight won't budge

Time to get into the gym. If you are eating 160 calories less than you are burning, your results are going to be minimal over such a short time period

160 calorie deficit /day
x 7 days a week
x 3 weeks

=3360 calories.

3500 calories = 1 pound. Your weight will fluctuate all day long, more on some days than others (especially for women)

You will not be able to measure your results.

Are you exercising?

Do you use a food scale to weigh your food and measuring cups to measure all free-pouring liquids?

Yes I measure my portions with Weight Watcher scale and my liquids. My diary should be open if anyone should want to view. I don't eat fast food, eat plenty of salad and veggies and I exercise 2 - 3 days a week about 1/2 to 45 minutes at each session.

Yes I measure my portions with Weight Watcher scale and my liquids. My diary should be open if anyone should want to view. I don't eat fast food, eat plenty of salad and veggies and I exercise 2 - 3 days a week about 1/2 to 45 minutes at each session.

You need to eat more, like I said above. You ate 741 calories yesterday. That's not enough for anyone. Do you know your BMR?

I don't know my BMR or how to calculate that. Can you point me in the right direction as to how to do that?

I don't know my BMR or how to calculate that. Can you point me in the right direction as to how to do that?

http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/


Also, it's good forum etiquette to start your own thread instead of adding your question to someone else's. You can do that by going back out into the main forum and clicking the green button that says "New Topic." I can guarantee you that everyone will tell you to eat more, because you're deep into eating disorder territory right now.

I have weighed myself once a week for the past 3 weeks, eating on average 1200 cals per day, week 1: 141.7 pounds, week 2 down a pound to 140.6 and now today on week 3 I am back up to 141.9. So, I have gained 1.3 pounds since last week on 1200ish cals per day. I am 5 foot 5 and I have had my bmr and rmr tested in a lab a while back, when I was still the same weight and lying in bed all day expending no energy, my body uses 1360 cals a day. So it doesn't make sense to me. I haven't eaten too much salt so not retaining water and its not that time of the month or even near it either. Any ideas?!

HI Op

You are not eating enough - if you BRM is 1360 you should always eat above that unless you are actually in a coma.I'm guessing you are not lying in bed all day doing nothing - so your body burns off a lot more calories than that a day. You are not giving your body enough food to survive if you did nothing all day. You need to your out your TDEE and take 20% off that.

Please read this for a full explanation

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/912920-in-place-of-a-road-map-3-2013

BUT basically eat more - I'd say 1500/1600

EDIT - just seen you have less that 20lbs to lose - so 0.5 - 1 lbs a week is the loss you should be aiming for.

My problem is eating 1200 calories per day. I can't even reach the 1000 per day. I'm just not a big eater.

Then why are you even here? You must have eaten more than 1000 cals a day otherwise why do you need to lose weight? Unless you have an ED and then you need help, not a weight loss site.

how much water are you drinking and what kind of food are you eating? I personally do not believe that all calories are created equal. If you are eating fresh vegetables and a lot of fiber things go differently losing weight than if you are eating a lot of fat ( nuts) and fruit that makes your blood sugar spike up all over the place. I also think it is important to stop eating 3-4 hours before bedtime to give your body time to do it's healing cycle at night. Stress and quality of sleep also come into play. being healthy is about much more than just calories in and calories used. I'm also at 142 as I get closer and closer to my goal of 120 the pounds come off slower and slower but they are still coming off. My exercise is mostly aerobic. I walk 2 times a day and ride a stationary bike in the evenings if my blood sugars are still higher than I like around 7:00 pm. I am diabetic on insulin.

Time to get into the gym. If you are eating 160 calories less than you are burning, your results are going to be minimal over such a short time period

160 calorie deficit /day
x 7 days a week
x 3 weeks

=3360 calories.

3500 calories = 1 pound. Your weight will fluctuate all day long, more on some days than others (especially for women)

You will not be able to measure your results.

NO. That is 160 under her BMR not her TDEE.

DO NOT DO THIS

Then you would be netting a very unhealthy amount. I suggest you read in place of a road map as well before giving out such bad advice. Plus if she doesn't have much to lose, less than a pound a week would actually be spot on for her weight loss.

Very well put. Eating low calories and then further hammering your body by burning off extra calories through exercise is not the way to go.

My problem is eating 1200 calories per day. I can't even reach the 1000 per day. I'm just not a big eater.

From your profile you have nearly 60lbs to lose so I honestly think you're kidding yourself when you say that you can't reach 1,000 calories a day because if that was truly the case you wouldn't be nearly 60lbs overweight in the first place. It sounds more like you've got yourself into the mind frame that the fewer calories you eat the better....and that's not really the case.

bump

Did you log when you were on 1300-1600 cals a day as there is nothing before 24th March at 1200 cals a day.

I suggest working out your TDEE - see previous links, eating TDEE - 20% for FOUR weeks and then reassessing. Log everything everyday and hit your macros and cal targets.

Then reassess and see how you feel.

Nope the last time I logged was last year before the past few weeks. TDEE is confusing! i thought bmr and rmr were hard enough! A few years ago i dieted quite hectically and went down to 112 but gained it mostly all back as soon as i started eating normally again. But that was back in 2010 so my body should be working normally again now but it is just not!

You really, really need to log and be as accurate as possible. Weigh your food. I know it can be tedious, but it really helps identify any tweaks you need to make.

Pick a reasonable target, eat to that number, log accurately, in 4 weeks assess results and tweak accordingly.