Not losing at 1200 calories per day

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  • daniellealys
    daniellealys Posts: 301 Member
    you eat wayyy too many processed foods. carbs, sodium, carbs! switch out the processed foods for whole foods.
    instead of eating an english muffin....eat some strawberries and nuts
    dont eat anything from a package and the weight will fall off!
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    You are not eating healthy.. and my guess is you are eating more then you think you are..

    Rethink your food choices. You eat a lot of sodium and quite a bit of candy.. that is going to help you retain weight and retain water, not lose it. You eat a lot of premade prepackaged foods, they are generally high is sodium and fat.

    I still think you are eating more then you think you are.

    1/3 or 1/2 a tbsp of peanutbutter?? That's probalby less then you are actually eating. 55 goldfish? Did you count or just go with a serving size? Was that cake actually cut into 12 pieces?? (not picking on you, just pointing stuff out. I did the same thing in the beginning too)

    Also you need more protein.
  • jakesfitness
    jakesfitness Posts: 123 Member
    I see a few things:

    1) A lot of processed foods that are high in sodium. Try eating REAL food.
    2) A lot of sugar - even processed sugar. You do realize that even diet soda can make you fat, right?
    3) Not a whole not of vegetables.
    4) Carbs are way to high with too little protein.

    You're needing those 5 hour energy because you're not FEEDING your body what it needs. Cut out processed foods and eat whole REAL chicken, fish, meat, fruits, veggies, nuts and you'll be amazing at how much food you can eat and not need all of those drinks.

    OMG this ^^

    you are eating candy bars, cokes, lemon truffles, and fast food... just because your within your calories doesnt mean you are going to loose weight. YOur not supplying your body with nutrients, you are starving your body of nutrients. cut back on the sugar, eat less processed food, cut out your cokes, or limit to 1 a week at least to start. and get some protein!
  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
    *listens intently while munching hot wings and drinking pepsi*


    OR. You could just give it longer than a week. Sometimes I don't lose weight for 2-3 weeks and then drop a few pounds all once. Averages out to about a pound a week.
  • kimosabe1
    kimosabe1 Posts: 2,467 Member
    sodium is my problem so just make sure to increase water by a lot on days with sodium over 1000mg.....
  • Sactown900
    Sactown900 Posts: 162 Member
    I jump-started my "leveling off" at -25 lbs with going more Paleo and less fruits(carbs). I started loosing again.
  • Babygi6003
    Babygi6003 Posts: 356 Member
    I eat 1 tsp of peanut butter on my toast, and I do count out everything that I eat that is in a portioned amount so I know those are accurate
  • BrieLP
    BrieLP Posts: 300 Member
    Everyone has given very good advice. My one tip please, please, please stop the 5 hr energy drinks. They cause seizures. I know because I had a seizure on them (nothing in my day to day routine changed besides drinking 1 5 hr energy drink every morning for 2 weeks straight) Now I am forever on anti-seizure medication because my neurologist couldn't find anything wrong with me and doesn't believe it has anything to do with the 5hr energy drinks.


    I drink the ultra zero monster drinks now 1 every morning and thats it. (i don't drink coffee)
  • Babygi6003
    Babygi6003 Posts: 356 Member
    Thanks everyone for the advice. I will start cutting out so much of the processed junk and try to find time to cook more actual meals and eat more fruit & veggies.
  • Babygi6003
    Babygi6003 Posts: 356 Member
    People will probably tell you to eat more. Figure out your TDEE and BMR and find a number that works better for you is what they'll probably say.

    This - eat at a 15% deficit - with only 27 pounds to lose you should be aiming for .5 pound loss a week, instead of 1 or 2 pounds. You should be eating more than 1200 calories.

    I just switched my MFP goals to lose 1 lb a week and it upped my calories to 1480per day...I am going to do that instead of 1200 but try and eat more real foods instead of processed junk

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