Eating 1500 calories a day, exercising and still not losing

Hi There: I read your post and may I point out that you are eating alot of carbs.
Each meal should consist of a protein and a carb.
And if you eat a fast carb and a slow carb with your protein you regulate the amount of sugar in your bloodstream.
Sugar in your bloodstream comes from carbohydrates.
Every carb you eat gets converted into Glucose ( a form of sugar) in your body which can trigger the release of Insulin-the body's primary fat storing hormone.
Learn about Glycemic Profile and you'll be losing weight!
Good Luck!

are you still losing? hate to ask you but do you have an ed?? love to chat with ya!!

I agree with other commenters that stated that you need to consume more calories, but even more I believe that you really need to change what you are eating. If you are eating the same thing everyday your body is just used to it, nothing is going to change if you are not willing to change your meals. For a while I wasn't losing any weight, I was consuming a lower amount of calories and exercising, but I was not losing anything. It wasn't until I started changing what I was eating that I finally saw results. It really isn't just about how many calories you consume, but it is about what kinds of food you are consuming aswell. I hope you find good advice here to help with your journey.

I'm not a vegan, but:

Some good ways for a vegan to get some protein seem beans,lentils,peas (legumes basically), and nuts. Perhaps you can also go the protein-powder smoothie route with some hemp - powder or pea-powder.

Some good ways to get healthy fats: avocado, nuts (nut butters).

If you don't weigh your food with a scale, get one and start doing it. You may be eating more than you think. You should be losing on 1500 since that's not nearly enough for a man of your size. I'm a 5'6" woman and at 112lbs I lost eating 1500 calories.

ETA: you don't sound overweight to me btw. I would suggest building up some muscle because that will change your body more visibly and most likely give you the results you are hoping to see :flowerforyou:

^This. Do you use a food scale?

You say your diet is necessarily restricted because you're a vegan but it seems overly so to me. I didn't go back to the start of your diary but I have to ask whether or not you've ever tracked your diet for micros as well as macros. Just eyeballing your food makes me a little concerned that you're going to end up deficient in nutrients. You're eating a lot of the same thing over and over again. Your protein is low. Your fats aren't varied. You don't eat a lot of vegetables and really not that much fruit. These things won't necessarily contribute to weight gain, though. They're just a few observations from someone who has been vegan for nearly 15 years. As per weight gain, I only recently got a food scale. I've used measuring cups for years. I always erred on the side of caution when measuring things. I never packed food in. I was shocked by how far off some calculations were, especially on carb-y things like rice, oats, cereals, etc.

As far as protein goes it is super easy as a vegan. I don't think I could ever pack away 200+ grams of protein like some people manage unless I started eating tofu blocks like I was practicing for a competitive eating competition. However, I regularly eat 100 grams without much effort or planning at this point. I can get to 125 grams with some help from protein powders -- loads of decent vegan ones on the market at a variety of price points, organic and not, isolates or raw. I've been attempting to get into the 160s, which I'll admit is a bit more challenging for me since it's a new way of approaching my intake. But legumes, tofu, tempeh, seitan, nutritional yeast, nuts, seeds and nut/seed butters are all tasty places to turn to bump up your protein. So are things like soy milks and some non dairy yogurts. And then, of course, you get all of your auxiliary protein from your carbohydrates and certain vegetables.

Have you checked out the Happy Herbivores group on here? It's not as fast-moving as the main pages but I believe a number of people over there have open food diaries and it might give you ideas to see the kind of things others are eating to get your protein intake up a bit.

I have been eating less than 1500 calories a day and exercising but I still dont appear to be losing.

Feel free to check my diary. I pretty much eat oatmeal and fruit maybe some toast with it for breakfast and then in the late afternoon or evening eat a cooked meal usually consisting of rice, vegetables and pulse.

I usually do 10 to 20 minutes of intensive interval type training in the park or go for 3 mile walk at a good pace. I do daily press ups too.

I started to lose in the first week but now after 3 weeks I seem to have gone up in weight by 5 pounds.

I tried tracking carbs by grams by find that hard to do and so now I track total calories.

Surely I should be losing eating less than 1500 calories as a man and I am just over 6 foot tall.

What am I doing wrong? Why am I gaining weight?

Out of interest, why are you eating exactly the same thing, day in, day out?