All Veggies, No carbs, Still No Weight Loss...?

Meat or no meat, you need to say above 1200 calories or your body will not let you lose weight.
Starvation mode.
there are many threads on here if you do a search on the topic.
I would make some suggestions but your food journal is private so I can't see what you're eating.
Steph

Hmm I am not an expert but maybe you have cut too much out of yr diet? And falling that low under at least the minimum of 1200 cals your body is fighting back.

Could u add some low fat or fat free Yogurts, or other foods that may give u the calories with low carbs/low fat?

Why don't you eat carbs??!! Whole grains are good for you and if you chose the right kinds, they have fiber, which fulls you up!! Are you gluten? If so, just get special types of breads and pasta, etc. Don't try to eliminate any food groups- starvation mode will kick in, which causes your metabolism to slow down!

I agree with the others, you are not eating enough! You body will start storing fats, and shut down, therefore your body weight will not change. Try increasing the calories a bit to see if that will help.

How long has it been? Your body may need to adjust to the new eating style. Plus, if those foods were causing migraines, I would suggest some allergy testing. If you have a gluten intollerance or wheat allergy your body may be recovering since you cut those things out. You may no lose right away. Plus, why do you have 800 cal left over? Thats where you should start. Eat all your calories and balance them out.

For the record, your title states "No Carbs". This is going to fuel a ton of carbs are good for you schpeels. You are not actually no carb if you are still eating fruit. So realx everybody.

Also, cutting out grains does not cause starvation mode- to whoever said that.

I eat carbs in moderation. I am pre-diabetic so me and carbs don't get along. I have to have equal protein or fiber with each serving. ALL my carbs are multi-grain.

I will make my food diary public if you want to check it out and let me know what you think.

I hear you all loud and clear on the starvation mode. I am not hungry, but I agree, I am not getting enough food.

OK. I looked at a couple days of your food diary. You are not no carb by any sense of the word.

So a couple suggestions: (FYI, I'm gluten free vegan and low carb)

Eating whole grain bread, brown rice- better than cereal bars.

Where are the veggies? You said all veggies, no carbs- but your diary says the opposite.

Try adding more FRESH veggies, less "bars", and eat all of your calories. You will probably notice a difference quickly.

Remember eating too little (not enough calories) will put your body on starvation mode and your body will begin slow the rate of losing, also a little fat in your diet (healthy fat) is good. How about protein? Protein is also great for weight loss. And no it doesn't have to be Meat. I suggest, beans, tofu - my dietitian suggested I have 1250 cals a day and 60g protein a day! And 2 servings fruit.
Visit: www.mypyramid.gov/ for more balanced meals.

Good luck.

Also, I noticed that quite a few of your calorie totals didn't match the macro nutrients listed. For example:

Fiber One- Honey Nut Clusters Cereal (1 Cup)- 160 calories, 42 grams carbs, 2 grams fat, 5 grams protein. Carbs and protein are counted as 4 cals per gram, fat as 9 cals per gram. That would mean this serving is either 206 calories (168 from carbs, 18 from fat, 20 from protein) or the carb/fat/protein numbers are off.

Homemade- Vegetable Stir-Fry (2.5 cups)- 425 calories, 27 carbs, 9 fat, 7 protein. That comes to a total of 217 calories...half of the amount you have listed for this dish.

Baked Salmon Fillet (4 oz)- 233 calories, 0 carbs, 3 fat, 20 protein. That comes to a total of 107 calories...less than half of what you have listed.

You are saying no carbs and all veggies but the diary tells a different story. In fact about 55% of your calories are coming from carbs.

I see that you shop a lot at Trader Joe's...I recommend stocking up on the inexpensive frozen seafood they have and scatter that throughout your diet. Trader Joe's also offers a high fiber/high protein bread that has 14 carbs (8 of it fiber) and 10 grams of protein per two slices. Mix some tuna with some low-fat mayo and you could double your average protein and fiber intake for the day.

Just remember, don't get overwhelmed, all of us are on a journey and each day even the most experienced learn new things they can do to make themselves healthier. Take it all in and keep an open mind and you'll figure it out.

yes add milk, add sunflower seeds, add every little thing because you would be suprised how many calories something has and you might just end up hitting your daily cals. I agree with people above that have posted eating avacados....or peanut butter. Carbs from peanut butter will be MUCH wiser than carbs from kettle chips. I took a peak at your food diary for today and noticed you really don't eat a lot of food. I don't know what times you eat your food, but it seems extremely minimal. Try incooperating one more meal in the day abou tthe size of the other ones you eat and you should be good. Hope this helps:)

It seems that people are confused here. Veggies are carbs, so are fruits. Just because she cut out grains (which I haven't eaten in over a year) doesn't mean she won't eat carbs. Also, starvation mode will not kick in if you cut out any group. The human body has zero need for carbs. We have a daily minimum for protein and fat, but not carbs.

Why not go on a high protein, high fat diet, with low carbs (which still low - meaning eat tons and tons of fruits and veggies and it's still lower than most people who eat grains).

That being said, if you're measuring your food right, and are seriously eating only 700 calories a day or less, your body will devour it's own muscle for energy, which is bad for the two reasons of a) muscle is good and makes you strong and toned, and b) muscle just by existing takes fuel to survive which will burn fat.

Lower fat diets work, but so do high fat diets. Explore something like the Primal/Paleo diets but without meat if that is your desire.

Also, for those cooking with Olive Oil - make sure it's not high heat please. There are plenty of healthy high heat oils out there that work far better than olive oil. email me if you'd like.

Steve
knightfit.com

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I'm having a hard time with the food entry. My "Homemade Vegetable Stir Fry" has no noodles. We use bean sprouts instead.

With my cereal, should I enter the milk separately?

What about when I add sunflower seeds to my veggies?

I seriously just cut up veggies, steam them and that is what I eat, but I have no idea of how to enter that. I don't eat potatoes, cauliflower or the other generic veggies they put in 'mixed vegetables'.

I have been eating the Kettle chips because I just plain have the munchies and seem to have the calories to spare.

Eating in moderation has always been a problem for me. I seem to hit the same roadblocks every time.

Thanks for the feedback folks.

For your cereal, I would enter the milk separately based on the info on the side of the milk container. I ALWAYS check the information on MFP against labels and trusted internet sources. Even "label foods" are often mis-labeled here.

For your stir-fry, weigh ever veggie group ie: carrots 3 oz, beans 2 oz...what ever. Enter each separately. This only needs to be done once, because you can save it as a meal or as a recipe. You won't always have to measure when you make the same thing, you'll be able to eye ball it after a while. You might find you are surprised with how MANY veggies you can eat that really doesn't add up to much in calories.

I'm sure its been mentioned a bunch, but nuts are yummy, if you have munchies and need calories 1/4 cup of cashews is roughly 160 calories. I enjoy sugar free pudding, low fat cottage cheese, greek yogurt and 100 cal bags of kettle corn when I need to eat something with some calories. :-)