I dont understand why I am not losing...help!

Kittyvicious1
Kittyvicious1 Posts: 190 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Can someone look at my diet and exercise and tell me what I am doing wrong. I have only lost four pounds and losing motivation.

Please help, all suggestions welcomed

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  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    Your diary isn't public.
  • ladynocturne
    ladynocturne Posts: 865 Member
    Hi there!

    Please tell us your current height and weight. How many calories you are consuming and how many calories you typically burn during exercise.

    A lot of people are going to ask you to make your food diary public, it is currently not public.
  • lin7604
    lin7604 Posts: 2,951 Member
    how long have you been at it?
  • Kittyvicious1
    Kittyvicious1 Posts: 190 Member
    I opened my diary, I am 5'3 currently weigh 186 aiming lose a total of 50 lbs. Been at it for two months, I just thought I would of lost more lbs by now. I try to eat 1200+ calories. I am still confused whether I am suppose to eat calories burned

    I rotate cardio and strength training. I run, walk, and bike. I wkout six days a week.

    Any suggestions
  • musicalboats
    musicalboats Posts: 31
    Just out of curiosity, have you not been eating as much this last week (give or take some) or just not been able to write it all down? I had to go back a ways to find your "1200+" days.
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    You're supposed to be eating to the number under "Your Daily Goal" or close to it. It looks like this week you've been undereating.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    I looked at your diary. I suspect that accurate logging is a problem. I saw "apple with peanut butter, 1 small apple" for 150 calories. 1 serving of peanut butter, which is a pitiful amount, is 190 calories. I also saw a lot of days where you either underate by a lot or didn't log everything.

    Log everything, even condiments, sauces, etc.

    Use a food scale to weigh foods in grams and measuring cups/spoons for free-pouring liquids.

    Use the database entries without asterisks because they've been checked against the USDA database. The user entered entries are less likely to be accurate.

    Enter your own recipes. Do not use other people's recipes from the database. For example, rather than logging "generic cheese omelet", you'd log "150 grams whole raw eggs, 75 grams shredded cheddar cheese, 2 tbsp whole milk, 50 grams raw portabella mushrooms" etc.

    Log meat by raw weight. Search for "raw boneless skinless chicken breast" instead of using "baked chicken breast." Unless you're using something pre-cooked, then you log whatever the package says.
  • Kittyvicious1
    Kittyvicious1 Posts: 190 Member
    I log everything I eat daily so what you see is what I eat. My baked chicken was whole raw chicken I baked here at home
    . I need to invest in a measuring scale.
  • grimendale
    grimendale Posts: 2,153 Member
    I looked at your diary. I suspect that accurate logging is a problem. I saw "apple with peanut butter, 1 small apple" for 150 calories. 1 serving of peanut butter, which is a pitiful amount, is 190 calories. I also saw a lot of days where you either underate by a lot or didn't log everything.

    Log everything, even condiments, sauces, etc.

    Use a food scale to weigh foods in grams and measuring cups/spoons for free-pouring liquids.

    Use the database entries without asterisks because they've been checked against the USDA database. The user entered entries are less likely to be accurate.

    Enter your own recipes. Do not use other people's recipes from the database. For example, rather than logging "generic cheese omelet", you'd log "150 grams whole raw eggs, 75 grams shredded cheddar cheese, 2 tbsp whole milk, 50 grams raw portabella mushrooms" etc.

    Log meat by raw weight. Search for "raw boneless skinless chicken breast" instead of using "baked chicken breast." Unless you're using something pre-cooked, then you log whatever the package says.

    All good advice. It is very easy to eat more than you think you are. People are very bad at estimating portions (even when they think they aren't). A food scale is a good investment.
  • Kittyvicious1
    Kittyvicious1 Posts: 190 Member
    Thanks for the suggestions.

    All suggestions welcomed
  • SanteMulberry
    SanteMulberry Posts: 3,202 Member
    You aren't eating enough vegetables. And it looks like you aren't eating enough total calories. Try cutting out sugar and grain for a week and see if you start losing. If not, a visit to your doc and an endocrinologist is probably in order. You should be netting 1,200 calories a day in order to avoid damaging your metabolism.

    ETA: I agree with the next poster who says that you need to eat more protein. You also need to make sure that you get at least 35 grams of fat per day to preserve your health.
  • sav3175
    sav3175 Posts: 47
    you're not eating enough you need more lean protein i only looked at the most recent but for example if you substituted lean ground beef for ground chicken or turkey it would help the more lean protein you have the better for example if you had egg whites for breakfast maybe a chicken salad and another lean meat maybe fish for dinner would be great and throw in two healthy snacks the toast and oatmeal for breakfast is alot of carb. How much water are you getting? I know it sounds weird to eat more to lose but by eating lean meats more veggies which are dense but low in cal helps u feel full you speed up your metabolism. i hope this helped and if you would like to add me please do :)
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    Definitely get your hands on a digital kitchen scale. In the US and Canada you can find them for as low as $10-20. I love mine.
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,711 Member
    Your food intake is all over the map. There are days when you overeat ( nothing wrong with that on occasion ) and days when you barely eat 400 calories, if your logging is correct. I went back a ways and could not find any veggies, no fruit, lots of skipped meals, not enough liquid intake ( unless you only log some of it ). Also you eat a lot of refines carbs and really don't hit your macros.
    Maybe you need to organize yourself a bit and get a routine going. I am not saying that that is the only way to lose, but it helps in the beginning to get going.
    I eat 1200 calories ( because I am older and 5 feet tall) and if you check my diary you will find that I don't skip meals and eat a LOT of food.....and am not starving.....and losing consistently.
  • lin7604
    lin7604 Posts: 2,951 Member
    do you have thyroid issues? i think you need to eat more as well. My weight loss was very slow, 20 lbs took a year! i never lost more then 1.5 lbs a month!
  • Railr0aderTony
    Railr0aderTony Posts: 6,803 Member
    Knowledge is power, read this and understand some basics.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/975025-in-place-of-a-road-map-short-n-sweet

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