Eating 1200 Calories but not loosing weight

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  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
    Relaxed Fit Pants. Defintiely fit looser in the waist and thighs. Wait...wut?
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    You may be gaining lean muscle mass (a good thing)! Forget about the scale, and pull out a measuring tape to see if you are dropping inches.

    On less than 1200 calories ..... no way! :noway:
  • CristinaL1983
    CristinaL1983 Posts: 1,119 Member
    I would suggest that you're probably overestimating your calorie intake...i.e. you're not logging everything or you're not weighing and/or otherwise measuring your ingredients and portions. You have no idea how many people I come across on this site who do things like log a serving of chicken breast (4oz) but really, they ate about double that since the average, actual chicken breast is closer to 8 oz and often more.

    Log, and log accurately.

    This.

    Ditto...
  • jgcurry3
    jgcurry3 Posts: 172 Member
    Reduce the loss goal to 1/2 or 1 pound per week, add weight/cardio training. Your calorie goal will be no where near 1200 and you will not only see weight loss but lean muscle mass growth. Thin is not sexy fit is.
  • chatogal
    chatogal Posts: 436 Member
    I am one of those oddballs that loses less or even gains weight if I eat more. Shocking, isn't it? :bigsmile:

    Anyway, I have to agree with the earlier poster about portions or missed items. If the math is right the scale will move.

    oh me too!!!....bugger, isnt it....I sooooo long to be "eat more to weigh less"...some people have all the ruddy luck!!
  • chatogal
    chatogal Posts: 436 Member
    I agree with previous poster. You may not be eating enough. Our bodies have built in mechanisms to guard against starvation. If you are not feeding it enough, it will hold onto everything you give it thinking that there is a food shortage. Try eating your excercise calories for a week and eating every 2-3 hours and see if you see a difference. If you do that and you don't see a difference, I agree about getting some bloodwork done. There might be some underlying problem messing with your metabolism ( i.e.- thyroid issues) that is keeping you from losing the weight.

    I womder if anorexics have this problem....or for that matter....the starving in the Biafra region of Nigeria??
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,431 MFP Moderator
    I'm going to read some of the eat more to weigh less articles and hopefully that will help me as well

    Do research on tdee and bmr. If your calories dont exceed tdee, then you cant gain new fat. I have a desk job and workout for an hour a day. I eat 2500 calories a day lose 1 lb per week. This means my tdee is 3000 calories. So while I can gain weight at less than 3000 calories due to water fluctuations I can not gain new muscle or fat until I exceed 3000 calories.
  • caviggia
    caviggia Posts: 63 Member
    I'm just scared that if I increase my calories, I'll gain a much weight!! Arghh this is so frustrating :(

    I think we all want fast weight loss, I use to too when I was younger, but I found it harder to keep off back then and now I get why. Here is some info that might help your situation.

    Here is a guy that knows about nutrition and that talks about why eating such low net calories can be damaging. My friend showed me and it's an eye opener when he explains your metabolism.

    He even suggests a slow way to start to bring your metabolism back up but its a slow weekly process, especially if its been low net calories for a while. It's free to watch and short/informative.

    heres the link: http://www.biolayne.com/nutrition/biolayne-video-log-15-metabolic-damage-v2-0-metabolic-capacity/


    Good luck on your journey
  • katiebenson12
    katiebenson12 Posts: 80 Member
    My doctor suggested eating 5-6 small meals a day. My meals consist of a protein, carb and a fruit or vegetable with 2-3 of these meals a day. For example, I might have a yogurt, 1/2 bagel with nutella. The benefits of eating 5/6 small meals a day? My blood sugar stays consistent and I have found that I actually eat less calories and stay satisfied. I also make sure to take a meal off once a week so I don't feel deprived.

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