PLEASE explain what is wrong with me

I would definitely see a doctor and get some expert advice. I would also double check your burn calculations and the other thing I would take into account is you jumped into a pretty challenging workout routine right away and as you shocked your system you may be experiencing inflammation (water retention mostly) which happens initially when building muscle and working out at first. Stick with it and you might see your body acclimate and then dump a large amount really fast. There are going to be ups and downs and sometijes it just your body re-balancing itself. take care and keep it up you'll get there.

I have a similar problem. Eat 1350 cals per day, exercise daily and measure everything as well as monitoring salt, sugar, carb, protein sat fat etc and the weight should be falling off, but it;'s not. I'm going to go and get my Thyroid checked and for PCOS. There has to be an explanation.

I've been having similar issues.

I spent a lot of time yesterday googling "why can't I lose weight on 1200 calories per day?" and it seems to boil down to this - it's only the very rare petunia that won't lose weight on 1200 calories per day. They've taken patients who complained of this and put them into a controlled environment so that the calories consumed could be strictly monitored and SURPRISE - all patients lost weight on 1200 calories per day.

People are often far off their estimates of calories consumed. For example, most of us will "taste" something and not include it in the food log. (How the heck am I going to log one small bite of macaroni and cheese anyway?) I feel that I don't do this very often, but it happens, and I could be wrong in my estimation of how often it happens and what the impact of that is on my calorie count. That might be why I'm not losing weight.

Anyway, the answer is keep working with it, and don't be afraid to make a few changes. Perhaps I'll be more satisfied if I give myself a more generous calorie allowance, for example, and won't feel the need for little bites, licks, and tastes. Who knows? One thing I do know, giving up is not an option, and there is NOTHING wrong with us.

I am having the same problem, initially lost 3lbs in 4 weeks and now after 6 weeks on MFP I am almost at the weight I started on despite going from 2-3 cardio workouts per week to now doing 6 days per week with 4 weight training days plus extra cardio on those days too and 2 days of only cardio.

Plus I'm now logging everything I eat and am being very very careful to meet my macros and goals and have had calories set to 1400-1500 per day plus exercise calories. I also have around 30lbs to lose.

It's so frustrating and makes no sense at all yet if i eat 1000 calories or less like I have done before the weight comes off really easily.

You might have your thyroid checked- that helped me with this same problem. turned out I needed medication for a short time.

This ^^ If your measurements are accurate you should be losing weight. I'd see a doctor to determine if there is a medical reason you are not.

Lots of people will have lots of opinions about this, and frankly it's something that may require trial and error for you. There are many who will say that you're eating too much, and just as many who'll say you're not eating enough. It could be the types of foods you're eating, when you're eating, how often you're eating, etc.

I can sympathize with you, certainly. I went through a three month plateau when I started and am currently in a four month plateau. It sucks, to say the least. I eat what I should, work out very hard every day and nothing happens. I don't have any health issues, but the weight refuses to budge. I keep myself motivated by telling myself that I am doing this to be healthy, not to lose weight...that is just a by-product.

My best thoughts or advice are to try different things, but give each experiment a couple of weeks to see if it's working. All the best to you on your journey. :0)

I know it is frustrating to see this, but keep in mind that when you start a workout/cardio/weight lifting routine sometimes the scale can go up. The reason is because as you build muscle you may show an increase in weight, but may lose inches overall. A few years ago, I joined a circuit training center and the first month I lost 12 inches from my body, but my scale shows that I gained 5 lbs! I was so disappointed until the instructor explained it to me.

I just restarted a work out/diet program and it is frustrating again, because I feel like I am killing myself with these workouts, but I showed a 2 lb gain since last week. So I understand exactly were you are coming from. Just hang in there, and re-evaluate what you are eating. I know some of my problem is that I love carb heavy foods! So I need to rethink that. Also, you may be eating too few calories. I know that sounds crazy also, but suddenly dropping from a high calorie diet to a low calorie diet freaks your body out and makes it think you are starving.

I know this is lengthy, so really I just want to encourage you and let you know that you are doing a great job, and you will see results. And really it takes a while to gain this weight, so we should expect that it will take a while to see progress on loosing it also.

Something sounds wrong. With everything you are saying, you should be losing. If you just started out, even if you are eating too few calories right now, you should still be losing. I would go see a doctor and make sure something else isn't wrong. You should have lost something by now. I'm sorry this has been so difficult for you. Hopefully your doctor can help you out. Sorry I cannot be more help. It sounds like you are doing everythig right. Weight training and cardio together is a great thing, don't stop that. Good luck with everything.

I think your estimate of cals burned is off.

Without knowing your height and age I have to take an educated guess at your BMR, is probably about 1,670. An estimate of burning 2,850 cals daily equates to a Harris Benedict factor of 1.6 which is fairly active. I'd be more conservative on the estimate of cals burned and recalculate food intake.

I'm 36 years old and 5'-10", large framed woman. (german). According to the HB factor I have a BMR of 1815. I will even go with lightly active(I am exercising)... that would get me to 2496 per day. Even at sedentary its 2178...so I'm still at least 500 below.

Do you know your body fat %? If not, I recommend trying to get an estimate of that and use the Katch Mcardle formula. You may find that your BMR and in turn TDEE/calorie expenditure is off. Also, if you are using a lightly or moderately active activity factor because you are working out, then you wouldn't want to ADD your exercise calories on top of your TDEE for your calculated burn. I know you have the BMF, but even that bases your BMR /average burns on statistics for the "average" person and has a margin for error. It all really comes down to getting an accurate base to go off of.

You also could very well be retaining water due to TOM or hormones and/or your new exercise regimine. I weigh daily so I can see my weight fluctuations more regularly than just weighing weekly. Last month, if I went by my week to week weight, then from one Friday to the next, I would have shown a .8 lb gain and then the next Friday I would have shown a net .8 lb loss. Monday to Monday of those same weeks I would have seen a 3.4 lb GAIN the first week and a NET 2.6 lb loss overall. Most all of that is because of TOM and also water retention after weight training days. I really stepped up my exercise last month and I really didn't see many big drops in weight until the last week of the month, but the scale and body fat %s are trending down and that's all that matters.

I say keep doing what you are doing, don't change anything and give it at least a month. I'm betting that you will be down at least something over the course of the whole month. I also recommend that you weigh everything you are eating to keep your diary as accurate as possible. If, after a month or more of logging every single food eaten as accurately as possible and tracking your activity you still aren't losing, then I definitely recommend seeing a doctor.

Try not eating back exercise calories for 1 week

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