I just want a success story already :(
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You don't know if you were eating 1680 calories because you don't weigh and measure your food. Don't change your target, measure to see what you're *actually* consuming, and after 4 weeks the scale hasn't budged, then lower your target.
This...also taking measurements was a real eye opener for me0 -
You don't know if you were eating 1680 calories because you don't weigh and measure your food. Don't change your target, measure to see what you're *actually* consuming, and after 4 weeks the scale hasn't budged, then lower your target.0
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Sadly I love my food as well but thats why I make on healthy meal and drink protein shakes with fat free milk instead. they are so thick and nasty you wont want to eat.
good luck!
in for thick and nasty.0 -
I do believe that you have your plan figured out by now. I just wanted to pop in and give a virtual hug for the job situation. How unbelievably stressful that must be. :flowerforyou:
Hopefully you get swooped up by someone bigger and better, offering better pay.0 -
You don't know if you were eating 1680 calories because you don't weigh and measure your food. Don't change your target, measure to see what you're *actually* consuming, and after 4 weeks the scale hasn't budged, then lower your target.
No offense intended, but that doesn't mean you're good at estimating. I'm terrible at estimating and I've been logging with a food scale for 7 months.
This study actually shows that even dieticians underestimate their calories, and non-dieticians underestimate by 400 calories per day.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/123961600 -
I do believe that you have your plan figured out by now. I just wanted to pop in and give a virtual hug for the job situation. How unbelievably stressful that must be. :flowerforyou:
Hopefully you get swooped up by someone bigger and better, offering better pay.0 -
You don't know if you were eating 1680 calories because you don't weigh and measure your food. Don't change your target, measure to see what you're *actually* consuming, and after 4 weeks the scale hasn't budged, then lower your target.
Well I think if you'd been measuring for 230 days then you might have a good idea of weights lol. But, like for potatoes, if I log a medium baked potato vs actually weighing the potato, it's a big difference. What I consider to be a medium baked potato is actually more like an extra large baked potato -so way more calories. And before I started weighing my peanut butter, I was using way more than I thought and for high cal things like that, it adds up fast. Now that I've been weighing for a long time, I think I'm good at guessing but I definitely couldn't have guessed that my potato was actually 300 g not 150 g before I started measuring...Oh, another good example is bananas. I used to always just log medium bananas. Turns out almost every banana I eat is a large or extra large banana.0 -
You don't know if you were eating 1680 calories because you don't weigh and measure your food. Don't change your target, measure to see what you're *actually* consuming, and after 4 weeks the scale hasn't budged, then lower your target.
No offense intended, but that doesn't mean you're good at estimating. I'm terrible at estimating and I've been logging with a food scale for 7 months.
This study actually shows that even dieticians underestimate their calories, and non-dieticians underestimate by 400 calories per day.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12396160
Yeah, get that food scale. It may be THE answer for you. Good luck :flowerforyou:0 -
You don't know if you were eating 1680 calories because you don't weigh and measure your food. Don't change your target, measure to see what you're *actually* consuming, and after 4 weeks the scale hasn't budged, then lower your target.
No offense intended, but that doesn't mean you're good at estimating. I'm terrible at estimating and I've been logging with a food scale for 7 months.
This study actually shows that even dieticians underestimate their calories, and non-dieticians underestimate by 400 calories per day.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12396160
I have to agree.
The fact that you're overweight is probably a pretty good indication that you're not good at estimating. I can easily convince myself that 150 grams of ice cream is only 75 grams.
Invest in a food scale.0 -
Are you sure you're logging accurately? Get a food scale to ensure accuracy.0
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Calorie counting is so frustrating when people are pulling you in all different directions...Never eat less than 1200, never eat less than 1600, never eat more than 2000 calories a day....gggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
It does not have to be that complicated. Weigh your food - eat to the 1,680 you have set yourself (seems a reasonable target). Give it a few weeks and tweak accordingly. You will probably find you have been eating more than you think from not weighing and measuring.
This! If you aren't measuring then you really have no idea if the numbers you are working with are correct.0 -
First of all - I am not a newbie. I have logged over 230 days on MyFitnessPal, consecutively and honestly.
Second of all - I eat food. My goal is 1680 per day, NOT 1200.
And lastly - I exercise frequently, both cardio (running or bike riding) and strength training.
I'm 5'4 and started at 158, I am now around 152.
SO...why have I only lost 6lbs? I'm getting really discouraged. I need some MFP advice right now, and maybe some lovin.
Please...be gentle.
Thanks in advance... :smooched:
I really want to reply to you because I was in the same situation, for the most part. I lost a ton of weight over a period of about two years, and then it just stopped. I was working out hard, I was eating right, and I was still gaining and losing the same 4 pounds over and over again.
One of my problems, I knew, was that I hated my training program. I despised going home and training every day, so I started there. In December of last year, I rented a garage space and moved all the strength training equipment I had in there, put down some foam flooring, put up a white board to plan my training program, and I got to work. I also bought more strength training equipment because I came to realize that heavy lifting was my thing. I also increased my calories and started intermittent fasting. It's been about six weeks on my current program, and I have lost 5 lbs, which is a lot for me because I am close to goal. And more importantly, I LOVE training now. Having my own space where I can go whenever I want, put in my earphones, and just smash weights has made all the difference for me.
I might also suggest that you are not eating enough. I eat more than you (roughly 1800 calories per day), and I'm smaller than you. You probably also work out more than I do, as I only spend about 3.5 hour per week training. Something else I have been doing lately, though it wasn't planned, is increasing my fat macro %, and that really sped up the weight loss for me (a little more so than I want, to be honest ... trying really hard not to lose muscle).
Just my thoughts.
It should also be noted that I weigh and measure everything religiously, so I have no doubt about my intake.0 -
First of all - I am not a newbie. I have logged over 230 days on MyFitnessPal, consecutively and honestly.
Second of all - I eat food. My goal is 1680 per day, NOT 1200.
And lastly - I exercise frequently, both cardio (running or bike riding) and strength training.
I'm 5'4 and started at 158, I am now around 152.
SO...why have I only lost 6lbs? I'm getting really discouraged. I need some MFP advice right now, and maybe some lovin.
Please...be gentle.
Thanks in advance... :smooched:0 -
You don't know if you were eating 1680 calories because you don't weigh and measure your food. Don't change your target, measure to see what you're *actually* consuming, and after 4 weeks the scale hasn't budged, then lower your target.
No offense intended, but that doesn't mean you're good at estimating. I'm terrible at estimating and I've been logging with a food scale for 7 months.
This study actually shows that even dieticians underestimate their calories, and non-dieticians underestimate by 400 calories per day.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12396160
I have to agree.
The fact that you're overweight is probably a pretty good indication that you're not good at estimating. I can easily convince myself that 150 grams of ice cream is only 75 grams.
Invest in a food scale.
^ This. Frankly, I've been doing this a while and I still find that standard servings of certain foods are disappointingly small. Weigh a serving of cereal or ice cream (not measuring by cups) and you'll see what I mean.0 -
Maybe it is time to stop focusing on the scale for awhile. You're "only" 10 lbs overweight for your height which means that it can be tougher to lose. Your original post says that you want a success story. Success doesn't only come in the the form of movement on the scale. Could you work on changing your body composition instead? Try to do something more fitness-y? Let the weight take care of itself?0
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Eat healthy, log accurately. As a side note, not losing weight as a sedentary 5'4, 158 with 1700 cals seems about right.
She isn't sedentary, according to her initial post.0 -
You don't know if you were eating 1680 calories because you don't weigh and measure your food. Don't change your target, measure to see what you're *actually* consuming, and after 4 weeks the scale hasn't budged, then lower your target.
This! Measuring should be the first thing you change! I doubt that 1680 is maintenance if you are active.0 -
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Eat healthy, log accurately. As a side note, not losing weight as a sedentary 5'4, 158 with 1700 cals seems about right.
She isn't sedentary, according to her initial post.
Depends how you look at it. For some people, working up a light sweat a few times a week, while sitting for 12 hours/day, is frequent exercise. If she's been severely miscalculating food intake, maybe that's the issue. Maybe she's actually eating her maintenance at 1680. That's a decent chunk of food for a non-muscular 5'4 lady.0 -
I'm a 5'0 lady and lose weight eating more than 1900 calories a day. I sit on my *kitten* 10 hours a day but exercise after work. Maintenance for a 21 year old 5'4 totally sedentary female would be much closer to 1800, not 1680. And she's not sedentary. Until she starts measuring her food, don't keep trying to convince her 1680 is maintenance.Eat healthy, log accurately. As a side note, not losing weight as a sedentary 5'4, 158 with 1700 cals seems about right.
She isn't sedentary, according to her initial post.
Depends how you look at it. For some people, working up a light sweat a few times a week, while sitting for 12 hours/day, is frequent exercise. If she's been severely miscalculating food intake, maybe that's the issue. Maybe she's actually eating her maintenance at 1680. That's a decent chunk of food for a non-muscular 5'4 lady.0 -
I'm a 5'0 lady and lose weight eating more than 1900 calories a day. I sit on my *kitten* 10 hours a day but exercise after work. Maintenance for a 21 year old 5'4 totally sedentary female would be much closer to 1800, not 1680. And she's not sedentary. Until she starts measuring her food, don't keep trying to convince her 1680 is maintenance.
Well, as a 5'0 woman eating 1900 calories per day and losing weight, I'm sure you have a lot in common with this young lady. Or maybe not much. She needs to track her intake accurately. But it's quite possible she doesn't burn with the heat of 1000 suns.0 -
Really appreciate all the feedback people. Really!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks xoxoxo0
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As others have said - start weighing your food.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/872212-you-re-probably-eating-more-than-you-think
Then assess after a few weeks and tweak your calories up or down as appropriate.
^this
You are either eating more than you think, or moving less than you think. Get the variables under control before you start thinking something isn't working.0 -
You don't know if you were eating 1680 calories because you don't weigh and measure your food. Don't change your target, measure to see what you're *actually* consuming, and after 4 weeks the scale hasn't budged, then lower your target.
Exactly. Use 1680 as your target but weigh and measure your food accurately...you may be surprised at the results. I know that personally when I don't weigh and measure, I maintain or gain. When I am diligent about tracking every calorie, I lose easily.0 -
Ignoring the food side of the equation... take advantage of being out of work to really focus on your fitness. Walk/run/cycle faster, up more hills, carrying weights etc. Lift bigger weights! Try new routines! Try completely new sorts of exercise - dance, yoga, pilates, rock climbing, hula hooping, whatever. Set frequent goals and smash them.
It's easy for bodies to get accustomed to your regular exercise routine, so keep it guessing, keep pushing it, and focus on your improvements there for a while. Don't look at the scale for a month. Enjoy your body. Even if you don't lose any weight, I bet you'll feel better about life anyway0 -
Follow MFP exactly as it is designed for your calorie questions. Set your goal at 1 lb a week. Eat back your exercise calories, just be careful of being overly generous with them. If you do this while measuring and/or weighing your portions, with no medical problems, you should lose the weight. Good luck!0
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