Help!

kippty
kippty Posts: 11 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi, I was doing great, from Jan-Apr I lost 25lbs, since then nothing. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong. I was so excited to see the changes but the last 6 weeks have been very disappointing.

Thank you in advance.

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  • twinketta
    twinketta Posts: 2,130 Member
    It really is very difficult to tell you what you are doing wrong, if anything, without knowing the amount of cals you are eating or exercise you are doing.

    Current weight/height

    Have you changed what you have been doing in the last 6 weeks?

    Have you become complacent with your eating and or exercise?
  • TammyW18
    TammyW18 Posts: 244 Member
    Make ur good diary public so we can see what ur eating or not eating...
  • kippty
    kippty Posts: 11 Member
    Ok, I think I made my diary available, let me know if it isn't.

    I work in an office so I set my activity level at sedentary and I was eating 1650 calories per day. I've also been consistently exercising, 16 miles a week running burning 5000+ calories per week.

    Thank you for taking the time to respond to my post.
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    Your diary is still locked
  • kippty
    kippty Posts: 11 Member
    Ok, I think it should be unlocked, I changed the profile privacy not realizing there is a seperate Diary setting.

    Great dog!
  • Kushy8
    Kushy8 Posts: 103 Member
    I'm no expert, but I have been researching weight loss a lot lately. What I keep finding over and over is that people reach plateaus, both with food and exercise, and stop seeing results. What is recommended is varying your food choices and varying what exercises you do. This stops your body from getting "used to" the food and exercise, and promotes continued weight loss.
    Hope this helps!
  • kippty
    kippty Posts: 11 Member
    Thanks Kushy, I'll give your suggestions a try, I'm going to dust off the old bike. I did expect to plateau but 6 weeks seems long. I wondered if I was eating to few calories given my increase in exercise. I read an article in a running mag that estimated my carb req as 330 g per day. That's alot higher then mfp suggests.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Ok, I think I made my diary available, let me know if it isn't.

    I work in an office so I set my activity level at sedentary and I was eating 1650 calories per day. I've also been consistently exercising, 16 miles a week running burning 5000+ calories per week.

    Thank you for taking the time to respond to my post.

    Ok - eating 1650 x 7 = 11,550 calories per week. LESS exercise 11,550 - 5000 = 6,550

    6,550 / 7 = 935 calories per day! Yikes ....very low calorie diets are subject to plateaus (and lots of muscle loss).

    Look up your BMR - basal metabolic rate ..... calories needed if you were in a coma ..... don't net below this number.

    http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/bmr-calculator.html
  • kippty
    kippty Posts: 11 Member
    Thanks TeaBea, you're right! I went through that and came up with a TDEE of 3197, that created alot of confusion for me. When I go thru the mfp set up I ended up with 1650 (which I understand is a % of my TDEE) but my understanding is that it should be around 70% not 50%. It seems everything I look at contradict each other.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Thanks TeaBea, you're right! I went through that and came up with a TDEE of 3197, that created alot of confusion for me. When I go thru the mfp set up I ended up with 1650 (which I understand is a % of my TDEE) but my understanding is that it should be around 70% not 50%. It seems everything I look at contradict each other.

    With MFP .... the user puts their weekly weight loss goal and then MFP simply does the math.

    MFP will not "judge" whether a weight loss goal is just right, or too agressive, or whatever ... sometimes people end up with a (too) low number on MFP.

    TDEE ..... "less 20%" for higher weekly weight loss ..... and down to the "less 10%" range when you are closer to goal. TDEE does not expect you to eat calories back because the exercise is built in up front. MFP calculates with zero exercise .... so you add those calories back ....2 different methods ..... you pick what fits.

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