Cant Lose WEIGHT!!! GRRRRRRRRR

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  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    might be in your diet. Sometimes it doesnt matter that ur under the 1200 calories, it matters WHAT kind of calories they are (I'm slowly learning this as i go thru the posts today :smile: )

    Maybe if you open up your diary, there might be something there that ur not seeing and someone else is.

    Good luck on your journey!

    Actually, in regards to weight loss, this is false. Calories are calories are calories.

    Well, i don't know about that, i mean, 500 calories in hoho's or dingdongs don't have the same equal nutrition level as 500 calories of fruits and veggies (ie. fat/carb/sugar content all differs)

    Edit: I'm not saying I'm an expert, I'm just starting to slowly learn that there is a pattern on here from "advisors" and it does make sense.

    Look up back at my post and read the part I bolded. In regards to weight loss, not general health/nutrition. Just weight loss.

    I eat "healthy" the majority of the time and I fit treats into my day when I can or I exercise to work them in. I eat a serving ice cream almost daily.
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,328 Member
    Looked at your diary.

    One day you ate 1000 calories and burned off 1097. That gave your body nothing to go on. You cant DO that. Makes your body want to hold onto what you already have. Eat more when you exercise and don't eat less if you don't. Just my opinion, FWIW. :)
  • cherryd69
    cherryd69 Posts: 340
    y would I not log truthfully? that makes no sense. and eat more? I get pretty close to my total every day...

    sawyer-1.jpg~original

    Just using this day on your diary for an example, you arnt eating close to your targets.

    An not logging truthfully, i did that to start off with.. then i got myself together an log truthfully now..

    Heres mine from today.

    mine.jpg~original
  • cuttingshadow
    cuttingshadow Posts: 36 Member
    Let's stay positive and think ...you seem to have done almost everything ....but might be tracking your weight the wrong way or at the wrong time..

    1. Your initial weight measurement could be inaccurate (you might have rounded off, below the actual value). Remember even 0.5 Lbs counts.

    2. You might be using an inaccurate scale. Are you using mechanical or digital scale? Better to use Digital which shows precision like (200.5 lbs) etc.

    3. You might be taking weight measure at wrong time - Best time to take measurement is on the same day each week, morning before eating or drinking anything.

    4. What you wear while taking weight measurements. Either use the same clothes each and every time you go for the measurements or do without.

    You could have lost 0.8 pounds (which is still a substantial amount of weight) but may not have known because of any of these factors.

    -CS
  • Jaulen
    Jaulen Posts: 468 Member
    1) Starting an exercise program, especially if after being a couch potato, you will see water retention before you'll see weight loss.

    2) Looking at your diary, are you logging what you are actually eating? Not very nutritionally dense over the past couple of days. And very high in sodium....too much sodium = water retention.
  • lawpsided
    lawpsided Posts: 4
    Try maintaining your current daily calorie goal, but implementing intermittent fasting (IF). There are a number of ways to add IF to your schedule:

    1) The 16/8 "Leangains" approach: consume your daily calorie goal within an 8-hour window. For the other 16-hours, you fast, consuming only water, green tea, BCAA... anything with 0 calories.

    2) The "Eat Stop Eat" method: don't count your calories, but simply eat within reason every day. Fast for 24-35 hours once or twice a week.

    3) Combo: This is what I do... both!

    I consume 1,750 calories a day, within my 8-hour eating window. I fast the other 16 hours of the day, and once a week, I fast for 35 hours. After the first week or two, your body adjusts and you begin to recognize what real physiological hunger feels like, and what fake psychological hunger feels like... most Americans have never felt physiological hunger.

    Check out this short article on IF:

    http://www.precisionnutrition.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Intermittent-Fasting_Precision-Nutrition-2.pdf

    I'd also recommend picking up Brad Pilon's book, "Eat Stop Eat" from his website.
  • NadineSabbagh
    NadineSabbagh Posts: 142 Member
    You are probably building muscle which weighs more than fat :)
    No it doesn't

    Yes, It really does.... a chunk of fat the size of my palm would weigh significantly less than a chunk of muscle of the same size.

    That being said, I dont think that matters with the OP's problem, currently...


    Nope a pound of muscle and a pound of fat weigh the same love. The muscle takes up less room

    A pound of feathers weighs the same as a pound of bricks. Of course a pound of something weighs the same as a pound of something else. But no one would claim a bag filled with feathers weighs the same as a bag full of bricks.

    The feathers are fat, the bricks are muscle. It would take a larger volume of feathers to equal the same weight as the bricks. Therefore muscle weighs more than fat, but takes up less space.
  • cuttingshadow
    cuttingshadow Posts: 36 Member
    1) Starting an exercise program, especially if after being a couch potato, you will see water retention before you'll see weight loss.

    2) Looking at your diary, are you logging what you are actually eating? Not very nutritionally dense over the past couple of days. And very high in sodium....too much sodium = water retention.

    True, could be water weight.. I have seen my weight vary 2-3 pounds (which I believe was water weight) retained because of high sodium intake over the previous 24 hours.

    -CS
  • llpaq
    llpaq Posts: 263 Member
    So I dont really know how to use this other than logging my excercise and my foods. I think it would be amazing to talk with others to help with motivation. I currently am feeling down bc I started going to the gym 5 nights a week the beginning of June and have dedicated an hour sometimes 2 a night AND i have been very careful with what I eat and yet I have not lost one single pound!!!! :*( Anybody else have the same experience and when will I start to lose?? Am I doing something wrong??? It keeps saying if yu keep up this rate you will be this weight in 5 weeks yet I dont see how since its been 2 and ive lost nothing!

    I swear you could go through my old posts and I have said the same thing- maybe a couple times! You will lose, I would say give it 3 months and be sure to take picture- my profile pic was about 4 months in when I didn't think I had made any results at all. It will come off, stay consistant and never give up. One of mypals told me "the process starts on the inside and works its way out". I had to say that over and over. I would say after my 4th month it just started coming off and I even seen muscles :bigsmile: You will get there- just DON'T GIVE UP :flowerforyou:
  • cherryd69
    cherryd69 Posts: 340
    Let's stay positive and think ...you seem to have done almost everything ....but might be tracking your weight the wrong way or at the wrong time..


    2. You might be using an inaccurate scale. Are you using mechanical or digital scale? Better to use Digital which shows precision like (200.5 lbs) etc.



    You could have lost 0.8 pounds (which is still a substantial amount of weight) but may not have not known because of any of these factors.

    -CS

    This, i got an electric scale now and its so much better, i can track each little bit of loss *obsessive compulsive*


    Im gettin new kitchen scales next week, as i still think my food scale is off.... which makes me tend to under weigh (if it says 50g for example, ill take it down to 40g to compensate for dodgy scales)
  • Jaulen
    Jaulen Posts: 468 Member
    You are probably building muscle which weighs more than fat :)
    No it doesn't

    Yes, It really does.... a chunk of fat the size of my palm would weigh significantly less than a chunk of muscle of the same size.

    That being said, I dont think that matters with the OP's problem, currently...


    Nope a pound of muscle and a pound of fat weigh the same love. The muscle takes up less room

    A pound of feathers weighs the same as a pound of bricks. Of course a pound of something weighs the same as a pound of something else. But no one would claim a bag filled with feathers weighs the same as a bag full of bricks.

    The feathers are fat, the bricks are muscle. It would take a larger volume of feathers to equal the same weight as the bricks. Therefore muscle weighs more than fat, but takes up less space.

    "Therefore a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat."

    There. I fixed it for you.....'cause a pound is a pound is a pound.....but the volume that pound takes up is not the same.
  • pcastagner
    pcastagner Posts: 1,606 Member
    You are probably building muscle which weighs more than fat :)
    No it doesn't

    Yes, It really does.... a chunk of fat the size of my palm would weigh significantly less than a chunk of muscle of the same size.

    That being said, I dont think that matters with the OP's problem, currently...


    Nope a pound of muscle and a pound of fat weigh the same love. The muscle takes up less room

    A pound of feathers weighs the same as a pound of bricks. Of course a pound of something weighs the same as a pound of something else. But no one would claim a bag filled with feathers weighs the same as a bag full of bricks.

    The feathers are fat, the bricks are muscle. It would take a larger volume of feathers to equal the same weight as the bricks. Therefore muscle weighs more than fat, but takes up less space.

    "Therefore a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat."

    There. I fixed it for you.....'cause a pound is a pound is a pound.....but the volume that pound takes up is not the same.

    In modern colloquial English, when we say one substance weighs more than the other, that's equivalent to describing one substance as more dense than the other.

    Speaking of dense... Being all pedantic when you aren't right is silly.

    Further, weight is not even the right term to use, because a given quantity of feathers that weighs is pound at sea level, taken to 10,000 feet, weighs less than it did at sea level. You wanted the word "mass" and the adjective "massive".
  • ChristinaSabbagh1
    ChristinaSabbagh1 Posts: 28 Member
    That's exactly what she said :)

    Muscle weighs more than fat. The same weight of muscle takes up less area than that of fat. A pound of something weighs the same as a pound of something else... because they are both a pound.
  • jadeyq1
    jadeyq1 Posts: 178 Member
    Speaking of dense... Being all pedantic when you aren't right is silly.



    :laugh:

    HERE HERE! :tongue:
  • cherryd69
    cherryd69 Posts: 340
    Although i see where your all coming from... i think this has taken it off the op's question a little...
  • ChristinaSabbagh1
    ChristinaSabbagh1 Posts: 28 Member
    Talking about being pedantic...

    Don't you just love hypocrites? :)
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    y would I not log truthfully? that makes no sense. and eat more? I get pretty close to my total every day...

    sawyer-1.jpg~original

    Just using this day on your diary for an example, you arnt eating close to your targets.

    An not logging truthfully, i did that to start off with.. then i got myself together an log truthfully now..

    Heres mine from today.

    mine.jpg~original

    Interesting. So her 324 off from her goal of 2127 (15.2%) isn't close to her targets, but your 197 off from 1441 (13.7%) presumably is.

    Is the threshold for "not close" 14%?
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    In...

    ...because the OP doesn't give a rats tail if a pound weighs a pound under water, in an airplane, on a train or in a bus.

    OP,

    Eat food. Log said food. Be honest and track everything when starting out so that you can see exactly what you're doing. Exercise, but you don't have to kill yourself. If you exercise a lot make sure you eat enough to stay fueled. Either put in the correct information into MFP and follow the program how it's designed, by NETTING your goal calories, which means to eat back your exercise calories burned, or at least a good portion of them, try to hit your other macros primarily Protein, Fats, Carbs.

    If you want to use another method, use something like TDEE -20% (you can research this if you're interested)

    No matter which method you use, give everything at least 1 month for a change before moving on to something else. Be consistent, be patient, and don't make this some evil deed that must be done...have fun with it as much as possible. Do fun activities, find and eat food you like, whatever you need to make this something worth doing and something you want to do, not something you feel forced to do for whatever reason.

    My $.02 anyway.
  • cherryd69
    cherryd69 Posts: 340
    y would I not log truthfully? that makes no sense. and eat more? I get pretty close to my total every day...

    sawyer-1.jpg~original

    Just using this day on your diary for an example, you arnt eating close to your targets.

    An not logging truthfully, i did that to start off with.. then i got myself together an log truthfully now..

    Heres mine from today.

    mine.jpg~original

    Interesting. So her 324 off from her goal of 2127 (15.2%) isn't close to her targets, but your 197 off from 1441 (13.7%) presumably is.

    Is the threshold for "not close" 14%?


    I just dont know what to do with the last 197, and im full lol


    Need to minus 40 from that as iv just had an options hot chocolate... dont worry, im all over the updating :tongue:
  • NadineSabbagh
    NadineSabbagh Posts: 142 Member
    Talking about being pedantic...

    Don't you just love hypocrites? :)

    Can't get enough of them! Anyway, we digress... To the OP - sorry I can't be of much help to you, I hope you manage to figure out what the issue is! There is a lot of good advice on these forums, try checking out other threads where people have a similar problem, you might find some answers there. Good luck :)
  • savithny
    savithny Posts: 1,200 Member
    Two weeks isn't enough time to determine if its working or not, really. Especially since many women find that weight loss comes in spurts that align with their monthly cycle.

    OP, what is your goal? 1 pound a week? At two weeks out, you're well in the zone where hormonal changes, water retention, slight scale inaccuracies, etc can all make it look like nothing is happening.

    You didn't gain it all in a few weeks, you're not going to take it off in just a few days.
  • sexymuffintop
    sexymuffintop Posts: 636
    Oh god really, does yet another thread have to turn into a muscle weighs more than fat thread? Is that really what we need? OP, whatever is going on, you won't be gaining muscle unless you are actively trying to, e.g weight training, high protein diet, calorie surplus so ignore the daft 'you're gaining muscle posts'. In all likelihood you aren't eating enough and you're body is hanging onto every bit of food it gets to keep itself going, let alone think about losing fat.
  • Pinkybarbell
    Pinkybarbell Posts: 11
    I looked at your diary and it looks to me like you are not logging your food every day. It seems like whole meals are missing and one day only about five hundred calories were logged. If my assumption is correct, then I would say that accurately logging every day would be the best place to start.
  • sexymuffintop
    sexymuffintop Posts: 636
    y would I not log truthfully? that makes no sense. and eat more? I get pretty close to my total every day...

    sawyer-1.jpg~original

    Just using this day on your diary for an example, you arnt eating close to your targets.

    An not logging truthfully, i did that to start off with.. then i got myself together an log truthfully now..

    Heres mine from today.

    mine.jpg~original

    Interesting. So her 324 off from her goal of 2127 (15.2%) isn't close to her targets, but your 197 off from 1441 (13.7%) presumably is.

    Is the threshold for "not close" 14%?


    I just dont know what to do with the last 197, and im full lol


    Need to minus 40 from that as iv just had an options hot chocolate... dont worry, im all over the updating :tongue:

    :noway: :grumble:
  • cherryd69
    cherryd69 Posts: 340
    y would I not log truthfully? that makes no sense. and eat more? I get pretty close to my total every day...

    sawyer-1.jpg~original

    Just using this day on your diary for an example, you arnt eating close to your targets.

    An not logging truthfully, i did that to start off with.. then i got myself together an log truthfully now..

    Heres mine from today.

    mine.jpg~original

    Interesting. So her 324 off from her goal of 2127 (15.2%) isn't close to her targets, but your 197 off from 1441 (13.7%) presumably is.

    Is the threshold for "not close" 14%?


    I just dont know what to do with the last 197, and im full lol


    Need to minus 40 from that as iv just had an options hot chocolate... dont worry, im all over the updating :tongue:

    :noway: :grumble:

    Nope, really dont know what to do with the 157 thats left. Im not even a little bit hungry (which im gonna say is a good thing)
  • mamaskit
    mamaskit Posts: 1
    I love carbs, love bread, love white potatoes......but I discovered that I crave them, like crack! There are good carbs and not so good ones. Bread, not so good. Processed foods with lots of wheat and sodium, not so good. Once I significantly limited breads I started losing and stopped craving. Carbs metabolize to sugar. Load up on fresh vegetables. Eat lean meat like chicken and tuna and turkey. It took me 3 weeks before I finally started losing. Just stick with it.
  • Sublimely_Self_Righteous
    Sublimely_Self_Righteous Posts: 429
    GGRRRRRRRRR RAWWWWR GRRRRR!!! Yeah! ATTACK THAT WEIGHT WITH ANGER GIRL! WELCOME TO MFP!
  • bio01979
    bio01979 Posts: 313
    Oh god really, does yet another thread have to turn into a muscle weighs more than fat thread? Is that really what we need? OP, whatever is going on, you won't be gaining muscle unless you are actively trying to, e.g weight training, high protein diet, calorie surplus so ignore the daft 'you're gaining muscle posts'. In all likelihood you aren't eating enough and you're body is hanging onto every bit of food it gets to keep itself going, let alone think about losing fat.

    lol agreed, I truly don't understand the need to jump all over correcting someone for wording it wrong, we all know what they meant :)
    I looked at your diary and it looks to me like you are not logging your food every day. It seems like whole meals are missing and one day only about five hundred calories were logged. If my assumption is correct, then I would say that accurately logging every day would be the best place to start.

    it is possible she is skipping meals. I did that a lot - I wouldn't recomend it though. But she may be logging truthfully but skipping meals
  • bio01979
    bio01979 Posts: 313
    Oh god really, does yet another thread have to turn into a muscle weighs more than fat thread? Is that really what we need? OP, whatever is going on, you won't be gaining muscle unless you are actively trying to, e.g weight training, high protein diet, calorie surplus so ignore the daft 'you're gaining muscle posts'. In all likelihood you aren't eating enough and you're body is hanging onto every bit of food it gets to keep itself going, let alone think about losing fat.

    lol agreed, I truly don't understand the need to jump all over correcting someone for wording it wrong, we all know what they meant :)
    I looked at your diary and it looks to me like you are not logging your food every day. It seems like whole meals are missing and one day only about five hundred calories were logged. If my assumption is correct, then I would say that accurately logging every day would be the best place to start.

    it is possible she is skipping meals. I did that a lot - I wouldn't recomend it though. But she may be logging truthfully but skipping meals

    I should clarify, I did that a lot when I was gaining all this damn weight. And it generally isn't a great plan I don't think :)
  • Iron_Lotus
    Iron_Lotus Posts: 2,295 Member
    You are probably building muscle which weighs more than fat :)
    No it doesn't

    Yes, It really does.... a chunk of fat the size of my palm would weigh significantly less than a chunk of muscle of the same size.

    That being said, I dont think that matters with the OP's problem, currently...


    Nope a pound of muscle and a pound of fat weigh the same love. The muscle takes up less room

    A pound of feathers weighs the same as a pound of bricks. Of course a pound of something weighs the same as a pound of something else. But no one would claim a bag filled with feathers weighs the same as a bag full of bricks.

    The feathers are fat, the bricks are muscle. It would take a larger volume of feathers to equal the same weight as the bricks. Therefore muscle weighs more than fat, but takes up less space.


    I believe that is exactly what I said without all the other nonsense you added :)

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