Not sure what I am doing wrong :(
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Eat more. And eat real food..not low Cal this or low fat that. You are undernourishing your body and need to treat it better..its the only one you get.0
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Up your calories.0
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Eat more. I'm 5'10" and 233lbs (down from 260) and I eat about 1500 cals a day. I try to eat good, clean food as much as I can and stay away from processed foods.0
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Here's a great link to figure how much you should be eating. Your body may think it's starving because you are eating so little,
http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/0 -
I totally agree! When I kept reading about upping your calories, I thought, WTF AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO CUT CALORIES? But, I figured hey, I LOVE FOOD, so I should at least try it. Needless to say, the weight does come off much easier when you up your calories. I'm not even trying that hard and I'm losing.I agree. Eat more, it sounds counterintuitive but when I upped my calories the weight came off so much easier.0
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I'd say eat more.0
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Please don't starve yourself slowly modify your calorie intake so the body can adapt, too much of a change will make it hold on to all the bodyfat it can, because it'll think you're starving.0
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I agree with others you are not taking in enough calories. I am a 6'2" woman and I suppose to eat 1900 calories a day in order to lose weight. I run and do a lot of weight lifting. Obviously make those good calories not just junk but I think I will help your body use that fuel instead of storing it.0
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not eating enough and your body is hanging onto fat. You're a tall girl so need to eat more0
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Based on your stats, 2000 calories total a day would be much better. Also, you need to get your calories from somewhere so it's pretty impossible to go both low fat and low carb. Also, fat is very healthy for you, with the exception of transfats, so dont be afraid of it. I would suggest, high protein, moderate carb and fat. I tend to like macro's around 35% carbs, 40% protein and 25% fats.
FYI, here is a list of myths in this thread
1. Eating 4-6 meals a day is better for you (meal timing and frequency do not effect weight loss).
2. Drinking more water will make you lose weight
3. You need to watch sugar (no specific micro or macro nutrient alone will prevent weight loss).0 -
if you have cut your calories and are exercising you should see some kind of difference. all that stuff about not eating enough comes into play after you have been at it for a while.
My advice for you would be to go see your doc and get a complete physical with blood work and go from there.0 -
That's a lot of exercise. Have you been taking measurements as well as weighing yourself? Muscle is denser than fat, so you could be losing inches, but not pounds.
I don't really believe in the starvation mode thing. I haven't seen any controlled research studies on it, and I've looked. I do believe in human-kind's great capacity for deceiving ourselves when it comes to food. "Oh that can't be more than half a cup of pasta," etc. If you are really sure that you are weighing and measuring everything, and your calorie count is correct, then I agree with those who suggest consulting with a professional.0 -
Hi, well I read every post and listened to what everybody was saying. So I upped my calorie intake by 250-300..and I am not going crazy over it. I also gave myself 2 days of rest instead of just 1. Guess what happened...I dropped 4 lbs. ) Very happy. Just wanted to say thanks!!!0
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^ Happy to hear it!0
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That happen to me before. You are eating to few calories. If you look at the calorie intake it will show that you need between 1200-1500 calories. If you are excercising that decreasing calories. I bet you if you eat the correct amont of calories and excercise you will see a weight change. Continue to push that water in everyday. Hope this helps0
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Hi, well I read every post and listened to what everybody was saying. So I upped my calorie intake by 250-300..and I am not going crazy over it. I also gave myself 2 days of rest instead of just 1. Guess what happened...I dropped 4 lbs. ) Very happy. Just wanted to say thanks!!!
You dropped 4 pounds in 3 days?
edited to add: That's great, but I would think a loss of 4 pounds at this point would be at least partially attributed to whatever you have already been doing, not only to the changes you made in the last couple of days.0 -
Muscle is not being built at that kind of deficit. Stop it please. These people on VLCD's, doing cardio and a touch of lifting with machines are not putting on muscle that is masking their weight loss. Especially being female, she would be lucky, with a good lifting programme, and a calorie surplus and adequate protein to be putting on 0.5 lb of muscle a month. Muscle gain is not the answer. It pains me every time I see yet another poster telling a struggling person they are gaining muscle.0
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You shouldn't be eating any less than 1200 cals.0
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