NO WEIGHT LOSS AFTER SWIMMING EVERYDAY

I can understand why you feel discouraged - that sounds like a lot of work to not see results yet. But please don't lose your determination. I would suggest mixing up your exercise a bit. I understand that swimming is a great exercise, but because of the cold water your body may be trying to hold onto the excess fat, at least for a bit. Try mixing in brisk walking/jogging, elliptical machines, or some other sort of cardio exercise on some days.

I feel your pain. I have been stuck for over 3 weeks now. I do an hour of aerobics and stretching 6 days a week. I swim and do aqua aerobics for an hour each day. I am staying at 1200 calories also. I am getting discouraged also!

You will be burning a good number of calories during your swims and you need to fuel your body..have a read of the road map info on these forums to get a better idea of your calorie goals. You don't need to undereat to do this.

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Increase your calories. A car doesn't go anywhere without gas, and neither will your body. Eat your exercise calories back. Don't NET below 1200 (or try not to).

She may not be eating enough in the long run but a week at 1200 hasn't done any harm so there's something else at play here. Are you logging all of your food, every bite, weighed and measured? Are you eating back those exercise calories and if so, how are you measuring the burn?

You can't count on exercise for weight loss. Your food intake plays at least 80% of the role in any diet and being truly vigilant with your food choices and intake is the key to weight loss. Open your diary if you want more advice on food.

How long have you been eating below 1200 calories? That's a very low amount for someone who's active. I know it sounds counter-intuitive, but a lot of us have found that we can't drop the weight if we cut our calories too low. MFP gives you those earned exercise calories for a reason. You might want to start eating some of them.

I just looked at your food diary quickly. 1st thing I'll say is that you are eating WAY too many carbs especially if you are only getting 1200 calories a day. My nutritionist told me that the number should be around 35 grams per meal. You go over on every meal (even lunch, because you don't have the carbs down for the Subway sandwich which is loaded with carbs). I'm not a carbaphobe, but I think between the combo of too few calories and really high carbs, you are stuck.

Tweak both of these and I think you'll have better luck.

having a look at your diary you are netting 1000 for the yesterday, I didnt go further back but I bet its similar. You are not eating enough to fuel your body, your body needs more than that to survive search bmr calculator, you should be looking at eating above that minimum.

One week.

You have lost some weight due to your Caloric restriction.

You have gained some water weight due to the fact that you are doing a new(?) exercise every day. This will almost definitely pass.

In short, I can't (or won't) judge how many Calories you should be eating. But one week is simply not enough time to make any real determination.

I have no explanation because one week at 1200 should have dropped at least a couple of pounds off someone of your size without any exercise. The only explanation I can think of is muscles retaining water if you are exercising some you haven't used before. Do you have a lot of muscle soreness?

I also question the calorie burn you're getting from the swimming. Are you actually swimming full out laps for 90 minutes straight without breaks? Not many people can maintain that type of steady swim time. It doesn't do you any justice to show overinflated exercise burns even if you aren't eating them back. At some point you probably will need/want to eat some of those calories so logging them accurately is important.