I know I keep posting thins but...

What is with this weight naked? Last I knew I aint walking around naked so why care what you weigh naked? I'll never get this.

Because most people have some outfits that weigh more than others. If I'm wearing light shorts and a light tee, my clothes may only weigh 1 lb, but if I'm wearing jeans and a sweater, it's more like 4 lbs. The difference in clothes could hide a drop or make it appear that I'm losing when I'm not.

No reason to do it though if you don't want to. It'll average out over time.

What is with this weight naked? Last I knew I aint walking around naked so why care what you weigh naked? I'll never get this.

Because different clothing can make your weight different. If I put on a pair of sweat pants, t-shirt and no shoes, I am about 1.5lbs heavier. If I put on jeans, t-shirt, and shoes, I can be up to 4lbs heavier than my naked weight.

Naked weight is good for tracking purposes, since clothing has variable weights. To be as accurate as possible in terms of tracking, you want things to be a close to the same as possible every time. I don't know about you, but I sure don't wear the same exact clothing everyday.

Personally, I want to know what I weigh. Not what I weigh + the weight of my clothes. But that's just my preference.

I just don't get it! I have been eating healthy and exercising and I keep gaining! I'm certainly not losing! Not really losing inches either. I don't have a HRM, but I do have an app on my phone where I can put my weight in and pick the workouts I do and get my calories burned. I am 5'11. 166 lbs. I did cheat today and had a sub and chips. . But I am still under my calories. And my weight when I got home was 170! This is the way it's been for a. While now. My TDEE - 20% is 1886. My activity level on MFP is lightly active, but i do workout 4 times a week and burn 400-500 calories each time. I am at a loss here!! I mean, so I can't even have a cheat day cause ill gain weight?!! Please help me!

Looked at your diary and personally, I would reduce my sodium to 1500 especially around the TOM. A lot of your food is high in sodium. I was stuck at 13 pounds for the longest (and I do eat clean), the scale would not move, getting very stressed over it, which probably did not helped. Once I reduce my sodium to 1500 and really look at what I was eating, the scale started to move - I have now hit 21 pounds, hoping to reach 30 by August/September. My diary is open is for viewing.

First, Breathe. I'm 5'11 too. It took me 2 full years to get 47 pounds off. I started at 190 and just started eating less and moving more. I got down to 165 and knew I needed more help so I started logging on MFP. You know what worked the most for me? Being consistant every day with my calories. If I was aiming for 1550, I ate 1500-1550 EVERY DAY. I planned my day ahead so that I could do this. If I worked out, I ate at least 1/2 of those burned calories back. Your profile isn't filled out, but your ticker says you want to lose 5lbs. Those last 5 took forever but I stuck with it, worked on fitness, paid less attention to the scale. I'm 34 and I was able to get down to 143. In one year I've gained 10 of those back (Winter laziness, not watching as closely, went back to my old ways...). So, I'm right where you are now, those last freakin' 5 pounds. In all this experience, I found that 150 is my happy weight. It's just trying to figure out how to maintain that and not land back in the "almost 200's" again...I'll let you know if I ever figure that out

You can't get frusterated because stress will build up and you won't lose a thing. Also, no more weighing at night. If you HAVE to weigh everyday, only way in the morning without clothes. Never weigh within 4-5 days of your TOM. You are pretty much right smack dab in the "healthy weight" range for 5'11, these pounds you are trying to lose are vanity pounds, they take forever to come off. Be patient, be consistant, and know the better you eat the better chance you have to lose those pounds. Work outs help, but losing weight is 80% diet. Try cleaning your diet up a bit. Replacing something processed with something natural. Not eating out as much. Making your own food more. Little changes make a huge difference.

And know this, maintaining that 'perfect' weight, not easy. Everyone thinks that when the weight comes off, it says off, like magic. Also, everyone thinks that things will be so much better when they aren't losing any more... 5-10 pounds come back easier than you will ever know. If you don't develop and stick to new, healthier habits, you'll find those pounds you lost really quickly!

Well when you work out you will gain muscle, and you work out alot so thats probably why, try working out every other day and weigh yourself in the morning before you eat. I was working out everyday once and my weight was at a stand still. And Ive heard other women tell me they lost weight by not working out to much.

See a nutritionist, they will speak to you about what you are doing currently with both your active lifestyle and eating habits. I had the same issue a few months ago and was so frustrated I finally spoke to one and have been seeing and feeling results ever since.

I had the same experience, although I would recommend a dietician, not a nutritionist. In general, I found that I didn't know how to eat as well as I thought I did (for instance, I considered corn and baked potatoes as vegetables, but they are more realistically starches). Dieticians are licensed and regulated while nutritionists are not. Some are very good, and some have no idea what they're doing. Working one-on-one with a dietician will get you back on track, if you are well and truly stuck.

Maybe you're weighing yourself too much. This is probably TMI, but only weigh myself naked, on an empty stomach, in the morning, after a good poop. About once every two weeks the stars align and I am able to weigh myself. I definitely wouldn't weigh myself immediately after eating something. Your sub and beverage likely weighed 3 pounds.

I do this as well. Clothing and food is heavier than you think.

So is water. I know so many people who weigh themselves right after they get out of the shower...with their hair wet and with a wet towel wrapped around their waist. Duhhhhh!!!!!

Okay, so I went through your diet for a couple weeks, and calorie-wise, it is pretty good and you are consuming what I would think it the right amount of food for a 1 - 1.5 pound a week loss. Your calories are fine.

1) Are you weighing and measuring absolutely everything you eat? You really have to do this to be accurate. For example, tonight I went to eat some spinach and looked at the bag. I estimated it was 4 cups or 85 grams, but when I weighed it, it was 8 cups and 170 grams. I was surprised. Obviously that was spinach, but when I went to weigh the chicken it was a full 100 grams heavier than I thought. I would have consumed a couple hundred more calories than planned if I just eyeballed it tonight.

2) How long have you been at this? Some people don't lose anything in the first month even if doing everything right.

3) Consider upping protein and lowering carbs. Some days you're great at over 100 grams, somedays not so great with sub-70 grams. Hold on to the lean mass as best as you can.

4) I would estimate 350 calories for every hour of vigorous exercise, 300 for moderate, and 250 for something like walking. But if you're eating based on TDEE, you're not eating them back anyway.

5) You don't have much weight to lose at all. The closer you are to goal, the harder it is to shed.

If after 2 months you're still not losing, maybe check with your doctor.

350 for an hour of vigorous exercise? Are you kidding? I am 138Ibs and burn 580-670 for an hour of vigorous exercise, using a Polar HRM. And most I see on my list are also burning in excess of 500 calories an hour for vigorous, depending on weight.

For losing body fat (which may be more what you need to do than actual weight by other's comments), try the MUFA diet, and some Interval Training instead of all Jillian. She definitely using interval training, but I feel like if I do her same workouts 4-5 days a week, I was getting bored, and my body was getting used to it. Try switching up what you do.

MUFA diet means that you eat a healthy fat at every meal and avoid saturated fats. (Avocado, olive oil, dark chocolate, nuts, legumes). I think these helped me make the most progress in body shape, inches, and body fat. But, I lasted only a month the first time. I had to take a break and will try to take it up again when I'm not craving salt from being out in the heat so much (more Gatorade? LOL)

Good luck!

I only weigh myself daily. New recommendations are for increasing the number of activity sessions even if you need to cut the time per session. For instance, three ten minute sessions are more effective at burning calories than one thirty minute session. You might see if this works for you. :flowerforyou:

How much are you looking to lose? You're in the normal range according to a bmi calculator....

166 Lbs,,, sounds to me you need to gain wieght. Wieghing your self does nothing, time could be better spent doing sit ups.

My TDEE - 20% is 1886.

I see in your diary that your daily goal is 1810, and since you're doing TDEE method you don't eat back exercise cals, but aim for goal each day, correct? But you're NOT reaching goal - yesterday you hit 1585, the day before 1417, 1701 (better!), 1465, etc. There are a lot of 1400-1500 or so calorie days in there, and if you're burning 400-500 cals in your workouts, your netting pretty low.

Curious what your BMR is - I also do the TDEE method, and do my best to land around my goal, either over or under, doesn't matter, just close. But I also make sure that I'm at least netting above my BMR. Most days it's not a problem, but if I have an unusually high burn, I double check and make sure I'm hitting the right numbers. I don't log my exercise burn (I'm one of those who logs it as 1 cal) because I don't want my daily macros to change, but I still make a note of the actual calories burned to make sure I'm staying on track with the right amount of calories, and by this method I have had my best success with fat loss over the past year+.

BMR is 1527. How will I ever reach my 1886 goal when I workout and burn Cals? That's what u don't understand. Even if I only logged my burned Cals as 1 calorie I still burn 400-500. If I eat 1886 then burn 400 I'm at 1486. And with TDEE you don't eat exercise Cals back so not sure what to do. Do I eat above 1886 so that when I workout I net closer to the 1800 number? Last summer I weighed 158-160. Running was my main form of exercise or elliptical. Then I got plantar fasciitis and couldn't run anymore....I also have a bone spur that keeps the plantar fascia inflamed. I probably will have to get that removed at the very least. Anyway, I have only been doing Julian a couple months. Before that it was my recumbent bike and lifting.

No, you should not net 1800. What I think this poster meant was that you aren't eating 1800, even without exercise. You don't eat your exercise calories with the TDEE method. If you are worried that you seem to be consistently below BMR, may you need to re-think the activity level you used to determine TDEE.