Burning calories and still not losing weight

@sherrimiller12 I do sweat a lot on the treadmill sometimes its hard to keep up with 4.0 and my incline is always at 2. I havent measured my waist and other things and I am 5'7 and if I am building muscle when will I actually start to lose the weight or at least see that im losing on a scale?

You aren't building muscle that quickly. If you eat back the exercise calories from the machine on top of the calories already allotted and you aren't actually measuring your calorie intake then you have your answer. You may be eating better food but you're still eating too much.

I got 1687 by the formula used in the biggest loser food journal. And I try to eat 1687 and burn 500 a day. Should I just go off of MFP calories per day for myself? And I set my treadmill on interval training every time I get on it. Two days out of the week I do jillian micheals 30 day shred

Try a couple different multipliers..... MFP will give you numbers based upon the number of pounds you want to lose ..... this maybe too low because many people want to lose weight fast .... too fast.

Healthy weight loss will have you losing mostly fat .... too fast weight loss will have you losing muscle (which is hard to replace).

BMR - basal metabolic rate ..... calories needed if you were in a coma .... so you would eat these calories PLUS exercise calories
http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/bmr-calculator.html
http://www.fitwatch.com/qkcalc/bmr.html ......

Be conservative on your exercise calories.... say use 70% of the given number. Then adjust the % used for exercise up or down ... depending upon how your weight loss goes and how you feel.

You said you haven't lost anything in two weeks, but your ticker says you lost 8 pounds. Did you lose that prior to the two weeks and are at a stall or do you not consider that a weight loss because your boyfriend lost 11 pounds during that time. Men will lose faster than women because of their muscle mass. If you lost prior to the past two weeks are you doing things any differently? Even on the Biggest Loser you will see that week two or three tend to be a little bit of a stall because your body is trying to get used to things. I think your daily calories are probably fine from what I can figure without knowing your height. Give it another couple of weeks, if you still don't see any loss, you may want to get checked out by a doctor to make sure there is nothing medically preventing you from losing. Feel free to friend me if you would like.

I would head over to scoobysworkshop.com and try that calorie calculator. Lots of people have great results using it if you use accurate info.

Thanks for that info. Looks like a great site.

@sherrimiller12 I do sweat a lot on the treadmill sometimes its hard to keep up with 4.0 and my incline is always at 2. I havent measured my waist and other things and I am 5'7 and if I am building muscle when will I actually start to lose the weight or at least see that im losing on a scale?

Indeed, you are burning decent amount per hr, about 573 NET. MFP or HRM or treadmill would be reporting GROSS.

So that would be your eat-back.

http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/WalkRunMETs.html

And that is highly accurate, more than people think, better than HRM actually when walking that speed.

And it is a decent workout for you now with a lot to lose, it won't be way down the road.

So you are also on your feet all day long.

So if walking is still a struggle for you, that is making body improvements, which will not be weight loss, but gain.

So measurements very necessary at the start here as you make increases in stored glucose and water, greater blood volume with water, ect, and fat inches drop.

When your body is done making those improvements needed that your exercise is asking for, then weight can drop.

Did that calorie goal include only exercise, or fact you are on your feet all day?

And indeed weigh food for couple weeks, just to see how close you really were. Though it sure would be hard to make up a big deficit like that merely through slightly mismeasurements, unless you are forgetting whole meals.

Well prior to now I wasnt working out sadly. I would just do like household things wash etc. I wanted to change now because I felt I needed.to include exercise in my everyday life. And now idk whats going on. So I just recalculated MFP and it said since im active I should consume 1740 cal a day....so if thats true then should I eat 1740 and workout or just eat 1740 minus the 500 cal workout? And does anyone know if bodymedia works or should I invest in purchasing one?

MFP gives you a deficit BEFORE exercise so yes, you eat exercise calories back ..... BUT be careful here.

Activity level - you were given extra calories for that. If you are "acutally" moderately active (or anything less than active) .... then the bump in calories was too much.

If your calorie burn as stated is too high ..... then eating back a percentage is wise. Pick a percentage & see how it goes.

Re: BodyMedia/BodyBug whatever .... those are not really very good for calculating cardio workouts .... that's a HRM (heart rate monitor).

The 500 calorie came specifically from treadmill

Machines over state calories too .....

Calorie burn is dependent upon many factors: height, weight, age, gender .....EXERTION level ..... as well as others.

What a HRM "attempts" to do ...... it knows your resting heart rate and compares that with your heart rate during the workout. The more often your heart rate is measured .... the more accurate it will be. This is why a HRM with a chest strap is most likely a more accurate figure than wrist only models.

A certain MPH or incline may be hard for you (sweat is not a factor) ..... that very same workout may be easy for the next person.

Machines that don't have you input various factors use DEFAULTS. Men burn more calories than women .... they are larger, they have more muscle mass.

@sherrimiller12 I do sweat a lot on the treadmill sometimes its hard to keep up with 4.0 and my incline is always at 2. I havent measured my waist and other things and I am 5'7 and if I am building muscle when will I actually start to lose the weight or at least see that im losing on a scale?

Indeed, you are burning decent amount per hr, about 573 NET. MFP or HRM or treadmill would be reporting GROSS.

So that would be your eat-back.

http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/WalkRunMETs.html

And that is highly accurate, more than people think, better than HRM actually when walking that speed.

And it is a decent workout for you now with a lot to lose, it won't be way down the road.

So you are also on your feet all day long.

So if walking is still a struggle for you, that is making body improvements, which will not be weight loss, but gain.

So measurements very necessary at the start here as you make increases in stored glucose and water, greater blood volume with water, ect, and fat inches drop.

When your body is done making those improvements needed that your exercise is asking for, then weight can drop.

Did that calorie goal include only exercise, or fact you are on your feet all day?

And indeed weigh food for couple weeks, just to see how close you really were. Though it sure would be hard to make up a big deficit like that merely through slightly mismeasurements, unless you are forgetting whole meals.

The 500 calorie came specifically from treadmill

Then it was close, but it should have reported even more.

I am 23 years old and weigh 241lbs. I have been trying to lose weight for the past 2 weeks now but nothing is coming off? I dont understand what I am doing wrong- I eat or try to eat 1687 calories a day and so far I have been burning between 500-700 cal on the treadmill walking on average 3.5 or 4.0 at 45-60min a day in the morning before I even eat. I would like to get down to 220 in the next 5vwks. Can someone please explain to me what I am doing wrong? My boyfriend has been working out with me and he has already lost 11 pounds! Please reply with seriousness. Thanks

That's a lot of calories to be eating!!! Average is 1,200

So I just recalculated MFP and it said since im active I should consume 1740 cal a day.

Why would you choose active? You can't choose active based on an hour of walking and then also eat that back.

The activity setting is for your job or usual daily activity. You add your exercise separately. Choosing active and then eating your exercise as well is double dipping on calories.

Also perceived exertion based on not being very fit doesn't bump up your activity level. Sweat, being tired and sore muscles shows a poor level of fitness, not that you are working harder than anyone else.

Are you drinking enough water. Make sure you stay hydrated.

I started exercising more intensively just over a month and a half ago. The first month, only about 1lb came off despite quite low nets and always being under my calorie goal (1300). I've lost about six lbs since though! Most of that has started dropping off the last couple of weeks. Whenever I've tried to lose weight, it's been like ths. The first month or so, nada, and it can be a bit disheartening. I think my body just needs time to adjust though. That's why it's so important to keep going and not think you are biologically programmed to not lose weight or something. Good luck, well done and don't give up Give it time.

The activity setting is for your job or usual daily activity. You add your exercise separately. Choosing active and then eating your exercise as well is double dipping on calories.

There's nothing wrong with doing it this way (provided she doesn't eat back exercise cals). Most people don't use MFP this way, but it should work just fine. She's basically using it to calculate TDEE rather than NEAT.

Also perceived exertion based on not being very fit doesn't bump up your activity level. Sweat, being tired and sore muscles shows a poor level of fitness, not that you are working harder than anyone else.

Agreed.

Perceived exertion simply indicates how hard you are pushing yourself compared to your own current level of fitness. It's not necessarily an indicator of cals burned.