cant seem to lose the weight!!!

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  • angelawinston1
    angelawinston1 Posts: 6 Member
    Thanks for your help. ..I have started doing a fitness regime of waking for 90 seconds and jogging for 60... for a 30 min period. .I don't log veg as I thought they were calorie free. .I am 5ft 1in and with 147 lbs...I have given up smoking last year and the weight just crept up on me. .I was always around the 9st ... Oh and iam 51...a young 51...lol.....thanks again for your support. ..means a lot..xxx angela
  • FrankieTrailBlazer
    FrankieTrailBlazer Posts: 124 Member
    lol... its early days... ounces dont matter anyway !!.... focus on the big picture and maintain your discipline and the pounds will shed automatically... you may benefit from improving your general understanding of nutrition though, which you are more than capable of... weight loss is 80% diet and 20% exercise. "you cant outrun your fork"
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    You need to eat more!!! Figure out your TDEE and BMR, http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
  • aszwarc
    aszwarc Posts: 200 Member
    I don't log veg as I thought they were calorie free.
    That's a common misconception, but untrue. Some vegetables are actually fairly high in calories due to natural sugars and fiber. Log your veg, stick to your calorie limit - including eating your exercise calories - and give it a little time.

    4 pounds is a great start!
  • Alta2000
    Alta2000 Posts: 655 Member
    There is nothing calories free. Depending on the vegetables it can add up quickly. Do not eat low fat mayo, etc, but get the regular stuff but eat smaller quantities. because of your age stay on the lower side of how many calories you should be eating. Do not count cooking and cleaning as exercise. If you use scoobie's calculator, I would guess you are sedentary and exercise a total of 1-3 hours exercise per week. Set it to lose 15% and then go back at mfp at my home/goals/custom and then set the daily calories manually to the number you will get from scoobie. That would be 1500 calories daily. Try to stay at 1450-1500, but above 1350. Do not eat back your exercise calories if you do that. Log the daily exercise in the exercise diary but change the calories to 1 each time so the macronutrients do not change on your food diary. Looking at your profile photo, you need more to tone your body, than simply losing weight. I would guess you need to lose about 16 kg and tone. That's why you should look into pilates/yoga/and sasnone walking. If you go at the befit channel on youtube you will find many videos.
  • Alonzo_Harris
    Alonzo_Harris Posts: 12
    From the sound of it, I see nothing unusual about your progress. 4 lbs is good progress for 3 weeks. Keep in mind that in the beginning weight loss should be smooth, it's suppose to get a bit tougher as you progress. If you hit a plateau (no weight loss for 3 wks or so) that will mean you need to shake up your routine a bit, but don't worry about it until you encounter one.
  • FitCoachShawn
    FitCoachShawn Posts: 230 Member
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  • Alta2000
    Alta2000 Posts: 655 Member
    Welcome to myfitnesspal! Here are a couple links to our support groups and motivational pages! Hope you enjoy!
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