HELP!! Can't lose a pound. what i'm doing wrong?
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I am 42 years old, 5'3 and weigh 185lbs. I've been doing 90 minutes of cardio on my treadmill the last 4 weeks and I eat about 1000 calories a day (I'm not hungry). I haven't lose a pound. I have gained 2lbs. HELP!WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?
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Same here. I'm 42 years old and weigh 76 kg. I've been doing 5 to 8 km of very brisk pace walking almost every day the last few weeks and I too eat about 1000 calories a day. In the beginning I lost weight, but over the last 10 days I've gained 1 kg :-(
I too would like to know what I'm doing wrong?0 -
just a couple of things.
1000 calories is wayy to low, Try getting 1300 - 1600 every day.
What foods are involved in your Cal intake? Bads foods make it redundant.
Eating that less of cals and training means your body isnt getting what it needs so it will hold onto the fat.
Where you very active before the work outs? 90 minutes on treadmill is alot - especially if you have gone from 0 - 90/ If you wernt very active then your muslces are building (to an extent) and muscle weighs 3 times the amount of Fat (i think) so this could be possible reasons for not seeing any movement.
Weighing yourself in the same spot?
Drinking lots of water??0 -
You say 'about' 1000 calories which makes me think your not actually weighing it. I reality for health reasons you should eat a little more than 1000. Weigh all your food and count everything to make sure it's accurate that includes drinks. I doubt your running at the deficit you think you are0
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I also can`t lose. I haven`t lost a lb since starting 5 weeks ago. I need to lose only 20 lbs. I eat about 1600 per day at 175 cm. First 3 weeks I ate 1200 as recommended by MFP. I lost nothing. I upped it for two weeks now. I lost nothing but gained nothing either. Try upping the calories, why suffer if it isn`t going to work anyway.
My fit bit says I burn about 2800~3000 cal per day. I am considering upping it more.0 -
You aren't eating enough at all. You shouldnt be lower than 1200, and thats before you've been on the treadmill.
Eat more, drink more water & it will start falling off.0 -
As said above:
1. weigh everything.
2. Log everything.
3. Log exercise and eat back calories - some say MFP estimates are too generous, but I haven't found that. I think the porblem comes when poeple over-estimate their activity level - like putting "vigorous" instead of "moderate".
I started out about your weight in January (I'm 48 and 5' 5) and now am almost at my goal weight.
Logging and patience!0 -
Are you absolutely sure that you only eat 1000 calories, do you count and measure everything? I know some people will say you are overdoing it and not eating enough but I beg to differ. So many people say the same thing but when they actually log everything they eat more than they think, and that is the reason they are not losing weight.0
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You eat a little. I couldn't lose weight at 1200 calories but I am losing fine at 1500-1800 cals. Don't be afraid of calories,you can eat at a deficit without cutting 1000 calories.0
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Honestly I know it sounds mad, but I was eating 1600 cals and not losing....I upped it to 2000 and hey presto, am losing. I would eat my own arm if I only had 1000 cals (not sure how many cals an arm has!?!?!) Every one is different so finding the right amount of calories is the tricky part. I also notice that although some people say a calorie is a calorie but when I eat healthy natural stuff I lose weight easier than if I have the same amount of calories of junk food. Hope you find the balance you need :flowerforyou:0
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nope your not. you are not eating 1000 calories and doing 90 minutes cardio for 4 weeks and not loosing weight. this is physically an impossibility your body has had to consume energy from somewhere.
so you are either:
not measuring calories right
not weighting yourself accurately and at the same times of the day
not keeping your water weight stable (making yourself dehydrated or eating very salty foods)
lying/exagerating about your results to find a magic answer for your frustration (just saying)0 -
This again? Try eating. I'm not trying to be mean here. Do some research of eating properly. You are not eating enough.0
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I am exactly the same age and height as you (well 5' 2 1/2"). I eat 1500 and do moderate exercise (walking) most days and I am losing weight. I would say, don't starve yourself (you will never last and you will be miserable). Be patient and the weight will come off.
Good luck :flowerforyou:0 -
1. You need to wear a heart rate monitor with a chest to get an accurate number of calories burned.
2. Weigh and measure your food.
3. Eat the number of calories that MFP has allotted to you plus eat back almost all of your exercise calories. Eating less than that could cause your metabolism to slow down.
4. Cut back on all that cardio. Lift weights!
5. Weigh yourself at the same time every morning.0 -
Open your diary so that your MFP resources can help you with your question!
And, ask yourself if you can eat 1000 calories a day forever. If the changes and decisions you're making aren't sustainable, this will be a short term endeavor instead of a lifestyle change...0 -
You are eating too few calories. Get your macros in line (carbs, protein, fat). Get your TDEE http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html.
Ignore the goal MFP sets for you. It's probably too low. I was doing the same thing early on, and I also gained weight. Cardio is good, but you need a more strenuous workout (look up circuit training, bodyweight workouts). However, 90% of losing weight has to do with calories. I know it sounds wrong to say you are eating too few calories, but if you were eating 3,000 or more calories a day, for example, and then you suddenly drop down to fewer than 1,000, your body is going to be all confused and you will mess up your metabolism (especially if you, like me, have done this crash diet kind of thing before).0 -
It's been said before and it's worth saying again. Calculate your BMR and TDEE, and aim to eat at least your BMR. If you are not giving your body enough fuel to function, it will start to hoard just about every calorie you eat. The two of you are both very active, so I'd say your bodies need more than 1,000 kcals...and that's NET. If you are eating 1,000 and the exercising away 400 every day, you're only giving your body 600 to do its job. Nowhere near enough.
THIS^^^0 -
are you eating 3 meals a day or are you eating more? If you eat 6 times a day and cut the portions down that might help reboot your metabolism. Also it matters what you eat. If it is all crabs than that is an issue. I make a frozen fruit and protein smoothie for breakfast, a salad for lunch and a small sensible dinner. But I also snack on fresh fruit or dried fruit and nuts during the day. Oh and lots of water. The calculation for water is divide your weight in half and exchange the pounds for ounces. so if you are 150 lb divided by 2 is 75 lb so that is 75 oz of water you need to drink in a day to help loose. The water helps to flush out your system. I'm 105 lbs down over the past 2 years and I have 90 lb to go for my goal and I have hit a Plato. So I feel your pain!0
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Other than eating right amount of calories, you need to pay attention to your carb, protien and fat proportions. I had to increase protein in my diet to start losing.
I am also stuck on my last ten pounds.0 -
You have to eat to lose. I know....crazy! But the trick is in chosing HEALTHY foods. I know for me if I eat too many carbs (mainly bread, pasta, rice, potatoes........not the natural carbs such as fruits) I don't lose. So look closely at WHAT you are eating also!0
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I am 42 years old, 5'3 and weigh 185lbs. I've been doing 90 minutes of cardio on my treadmill the last 4 weeks and I eat about 1000 calories a day (I'm not hungry). I haven't lose a pound. I have gained 2lbs. HELP!WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?0
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"you have to eat to loose" errrm this is a dumb point.. thats like saying you have to cry to be sad..0
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Watch that fitbit, too. It awarded me 1.5 miles for riding my motorcycle. I'm pretty sure I didn't earn that in calories! Oops - sorry - I thought you wrote that you were using a fitbit. My mistake.0
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what escloflowne said in a nut shell.
I think a lot of people with 20lbs or less to lose just set up mfp to lose 2 lbs per week. This is pretty much impossible if your so close to goal weight. Also BMR TDEE and take 20%, if your that close might try 10%.
You guys are also starting up huge cardio burns, you need to fuel these too.
In the end, your body is trying to hole onto whatever it can. Its burning fat and muscle and anything else it can to try to keep up and try to adjust to the new situation. (some people would call this starvation mode). You need to feed yourself enough protein, fat and carbs.0 -
Your eating too little so your body is holding on to your fat stores so that it doesnt starve. Up your calories, give your body at least 2 weeks to adjust then you should start to see a gradual weight loss.
Im speaking from personal experience: i was eating 1100 and ended up gaining a pound or two in the first month. I upped to just over 1500 and have lost over 35lbs so far!
Best of luck.0 -
I kind of think it is unlikely that you are *really* eating only 1000 calories a day. Healthy or not, most people would lose on that unless they were bedridden. Your diary isn't open. Are you logging everything? Weighing and measuring? Most people tend to underestimate the number of calories they are eating, and overestimate the number of calories they burn exercising.
1000 calories is probably too low, but increasing them won't help if you aren't calculating them correctly. In that case it would just make the problem worse.
If you are weighing and measuring everything, and are not over on calories, and it's been at least a month, I would suggest checking with your doctor to make sure you don't have a thyroid problem or something.0 -
1. You're not ingesting enough nutrients, not talking about calories. There are good calories and bad.
2. You need to check more than just lbs. FAT is like a marshmellow, muscle is like steak.. as you build lean muscle, and tone up your body the marshmellow which weighs nothing but takes up a lot of space melts off, the lean muscle doesnt take up much space but weighs a lot!... so you could be losing inches and body fat (marshmellow) and getting more tone (steak), that could also account for your 2lbs gain. How do your clothes fit? feel? looser?
3. If you're on the treadmill, I assume it's one that will put you in your target fat burning zone, make sure you're in that.
Share your diet if you would like some insight and more help
- DrK,
- HoustonMedicalWellnessClinic.com0 -
A very common issue around here. Only 1000 cals a day?? Not enough fuel.
If you've set up MFP and entered all your info accurately and realistically (meaning that your goal is NOT to lose 2lbs a week if you've got less than 100 to lose), then you enter all your food and all your exercise and aim for that daily goal. And goal means GOAL - something you strive for, not to come in way off the mark, as in several hundred calories under. That also means you eat back exercise cals bringing your daily NET calories as close to goal as possible.
MFP gives you a daily amount to eat, and that already has a deficit built in - meaning eat TO GOAL every day, do zero exercise, and you'll lose weight. When you do exercise, the calories are added back in to avoid a HUGE deficit, which is no good. Eat too little for too long and you're giving your body a reason to store fat, not burn it - not to mention the damage you can do to your metabolism, jack with your hormones, etc, etc. Food is fuel.
Eat your calories, exercise, drink water, get good rest, have patience. It works.0 -
A rule I follow is overestimate calories consumed,
underestimate calories burned.
If I measure something out & it comes to be say 176 calories, I log it as 200 calories. Most people say to log everything 100% accurately to a T, but I've had much success with this system.
As for calories burned, I see what MFP claims & also one or two other sources (for I do not yet have a monitor), average out those numbers, & round down.
I agree that you're probably not eating enough. At least not enough beneficial foods.
How do you normally get those 1,000 calories? Hot dogs, pizza, fast food, white pasta & rice, loads of condiments?
Or are you eating kale, spinach, fish, broccoli, quinoa, fruits, whole & multi grain, slow carbs?
Of course the calories are of utmost importance, but you have to make certain that those very few calories are very beneficial. Make all 1,000 count.
I do recommend you eat at least 200-300 more.
I was having trouble losing, & once I tripled my protein intake & cut my carbohydrate intake in half, the weight began sliding off much easier.
Good luck!
I hope you figure out what's preventing you from reaching your goal.
Chanel0 -
Deff eat more0
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In the long run 1,000 calories isn't enough but that's a long term problem and wouldn't cause you not to lose weight in the beginning. You're either eating more than that or have a serious medical issue.
Opening your diary is a good place to start if you want help.0
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