When will I see results?

Make sure you're set to lose one pound a week. You don't have enough to lose to aim for 1.5 or 2 pounds a week. Aim to surpass your protein goal, reach your fat goal, and stay under your carb goal, if you're using MFP's default settings. Eat most of your exercise calories, if you're confident that they're fairly accurate (which may take some trial and error). Make sure you include some form of strength training. Track your progress through measurements, how clothes fit, and progress photos, not just the scale.

I eat pasta, bread, pizza, rice and potatoes regularly and it never hurt my progress.

Jules,

The problem you're having is all the pasta you're eating. When you take in high glycemic index (GI) foods, this causes and insulin spike in your body that tells your body to stop burning fat and muscle and start burning the ready-to-burn energy (pasta's carbs) for energy instead. You'll have to give that up if you want to see results.

I don't recommend going below 1200 calories per day. To see results, you'll need to make sure you're getting the majority of your carbs from vegetables, not breads, rice, or grains. I know the USDA has the food pyramid that says you need a metric ton of breads, rices, and grains, but when has the USDA been right about anything?

I encourage you to look into the glycemic index, insulin response, and intermittent fasting for further research.

Cheers,

Jeff

NO

Carbs dont stop you from losing weight. Excess calories do.

More details are needed.

Weight , height, goal, body fat if known,

Thanks

Make sure you're set to lose one pound a week. You don't have enough to lose to aim for 1.5 or 2 pounds a week. Aim to surpass your protein goal, reach your fat goal, and stay under your carb goal, if you're using MFP's default settings. Eat most of your exercise calories, if you're confident that they're fairly accurate (which may take some trial and error). Make sure you include some form of strength training. Track your progress through measurements, how clothes fit, and progress photos, not just the scale.

I eat pasta, bread, pizza, rice and potatoes regularly and it never hurt my progress.

All of this.

Also use a food scale for logging to ensure accuracy. And be patient.

It absolutely does matter if you eat all that starch. Just because MY Fit Pal recommends it doesnt mean it is right for your specific metabolism. We need to stop treating the body like a simple math equation (calories in, calories out) and start realizing the complex biochemistry that is the metabolism. Clearly what you are doing is not working,

Unless she has a medical condition it doesn't matter. She is governed by the same laws of thermodynamics as everyone else. She does not have to give up pasta to lose weight. She's been at this for TWO WEEKS and you're suggesting she give up food she loves. That's sounds healthy and sustainable :noway:

Oh and ditch the fat free food, fat=\=body fat. You need good fats for healthy skin and hair etc

Hi op

Your stats are very much like mine :flowerforyou:

I 'think' from your post that your are not eating enough, you need to NET 1200 minimum a day. MPF already has a deficit built in so you need to eat back your exercise calories. I may have miss read on that though.

You also need to give your body time to adapt to a new routine.

Personally I would eat 1500cals NET a day for a month then see how you are doing, take measurements and photos as well. The scale can be a big fat liar. After at leat 4 weeks see how you are doing and looking and re assess. You should be aiming for 1lb a week loss with only 30lbs to lose.


And while carbs and pasta aren't the devil the MPF suggestions on protein can be quite low, I'd up your protein to 25% fat to 30% and carbs to 45%.

You also might want to add some strength training in to help preserve your lbm so when you hit your goal you've maintained your muscle mass helping to avoid the dreaded skinny fat :laugh: this can be through lifting weights or even body weight exercises.

I hope this helps and makes sense :drinker:

This. All of this.

After one week, you have not put on muscle. No more than a couple of grams. And eating that few Calories? No - you're likely to lose muscle. As mentioned, unless you have a specific medical condition, you don't have to give up pasta or any other carb. The only thing with carbs is that they, in addition to giving you energy, help keep water weight. And, after one week of exercising, you probably have additional water weight, as your muscles look to hold onto the water to repair themselves.

Jules,

The problem you're having is all the pasta you're eating. When you take in high glycemic index (GI) foods, this causes and insulin spike in your body that tells your body to stop burning fat and muscle and start burning the ready-to-burn energy (pasta's carbs) for energy instead. You'll have to give that up if you want to see results.

I don't recommend going below 1200 calories per day. To see results, you'll need to make sure you're getting the majority of your carbs from vegetables, not breads, rice, or grains. I know the USDA has the food pyramid that says you need a metric ton of breads, rices, and grains, but when has the USDA been right about anything?

I encourage you to look into the glycemic index, insulin response, and intermittent fasting for further research.

Cheers,

Jeff

NO

Carbs dont stop you from losing weight. Excess calories do.

More details are needed.

Weight , height, goal, body fat if known,

Thanks

Not necessarily true. If you are insulin resistant then carbs (Pasta, bread) can cause you to NOT lose weight.

If we knew your age, that would help. I'm in my 40s and when I tell you I cannot lose weight for anything, I'm not lying. I eat between 1,500 and 1,600 calories a day on a regular basis (If I eat less I will not be able to function) and burn between 2,500 - 3,500 calories in a day, depending on my workout. The weight doesn't drop like it did when I was in my 20s or 30s.

I'm also allergic to gluten, so I do not eat a lot of carbs...AND...I'm insulin resistant. And I have the hormone thing to deal with.

But be patient, the weight will eventually come off. You may need to tweak your diet or workouts.

Hi op

Your stats are very much like mine :flowerforyou:

I 'think' from your post that your are not eating enough, you need to NET 1200 minimum a day. MPF already has a deficit built in so you need to eat back your exercise calories. I may have miss read on that though.

You also need to give your body time to adapt to a new routine.

Personally I would eat 1500cals NET a day for a month then see how you are doing, take measurements and photos as well. The scale can be a big fat liar. After at leat 4 weeks see how you are doing and looking and re assess. You should be aiming for 1lb a week loss with only 30lbs to lose.


And while carbs and pasta aren't the devil the MPF suggestions on protein can be quite low, I'd up your protein to 25% fat to 30% and carbs to 45%.

You also might want to add some strength training in to help preserve your lbm so when you hit your goal you've maintained your muscle mass helping to avoid the dreaded skinny fat :laugh: this can be through lifting weights or even body weight exercises.

I hope this helps and makes sense :drinker:

This person is awesome, listen to them!

Jules,

The problem you're having is all the pasta you're eating. When you take in high glycemic index (GI) foods, this causes and insulin spike in your body that tells your body to stop burning fat and muscle and start burning the ready-to-burn energy (pasta's carbs) for energy instead. You'll have to give that up if you want to see results.

I don't recommend going below 1200 calories per day. To see results, you'll need to make sure you're getting the majority of your carbs from vegetables, not breads, rice, or grains. I know the USDA has the food pyramid that says you need a metric ton of breads, rices, and grains, but when has the USDA been right about anything?

I encourage you to look into the glycemic index, insulin response, and intermittent fasting for further research.

Cheers,

Jeff

NO

Carbs dont stop you from losing weight. Excess calories do.

More details are needed.

Weight , height, goal, body fat if known,

Thanks

Not necessarily true. If you are insulin resistant then carbs (Pasta, bread) can cause you to NOT lose weight.

If we knew your age, that would help. I'm in my 40s and when I tell you I cannot lose weight for anything, I'm not lying. I eat between 1,500 and 1,600 calories a day on a regular basis (If I eat less I will not be able to function) and burn between 2,500 - 3,500 calories in a day, depending on my workout. The weight doesn't drop like it did when I was in my 20s or 30s.

I'm also allergic to gluten, so I do not eat a lot of carbs...AND...I'm insulin resistant. And I have the hormone thing to deal with.

But be patient, the weight will eventually come off. You may need to tweak your diet or workouts.

There's an understood "barring medical conditions" caveat to that, although medical conditions don't exclude one from calories in/calories out they just change the calories out side of the equation.

But assuming the OP is healthy (and she needs to give it more than 2 weeks before she decides there's something wrong) there's no reason for her to give up pasta.

Just no.

By reducing calories too much, you will actually burn away muscle and then you will still not be happy with how you look when you reach your goal weight because you will still have a high body fat %.

Your age doesn't have that much to do with it. I am 50 and I'm successfully losing weight on much more calories than that.

It absolutely does matter if you eat all that starch. Just because MY Fit Pal recommends it doesnt mean it is right for your specific metabolism. We need to stop treating the body like a simple math equation (calories in, calories out) and start realizing the complex biochemistry that is the metabolism. Clearly what you are doing is not working,

Unless she has a medical condition it doesn't matter. She is governed by the same laws of thermodynamics as everyone else. She does not have to give up pasta to lose weight. She's been at this for TWO WEEKS and you're suggesting she give up food she loves. That's sounds healthy and sustainable :noway:

Funny I actually didn't suggest her to give up anything. I just stated if she is not seeing results, then something is not working for her and maybe she should play around with her macro nutrients a little . And if you actually believe the laws of thermodynamics are all that dictate metabolism and body fat then you know nothing about hormones. Maybe you should take biochemistry.

Oddly, I find the inches come off before the weight and you haven't been at this long, so keep going and I'm sure you will see results

As for the ton of advice about 'right' foods and 'wrong' foods- I find it far too time consuming and annoying to keep track of it all- I just try to stick under my calories goal and get a good workout between 4-6 times a week and it seems to be working for me

Hey, I previously tried Atkins diet (High protein, low carb) had great results but felt ill, so switched to low calorie (1000-1200) and had no weight loss.

When you eat that little you are loosing muscle not building it, and your metabolism slows right down to compensate for eating so little. Eventually to carry on loosing weight you have to keep lowering your calories which is unsustainable unless your happy to starve your whole life.

Why not read up on weight training and building some muscle as oppose to loosing scale weight? A 140lb woman for example can be a size 8 or a size 14 dependant upon their body fat percentage. It is much better to have more muscle as you can also eat more.

I would recommend reading the book called New Rules of Lifting for Women. It has great advice about exercise and nutrition. I've been doing it for 5 weeks now and saw results within 3 weeks - smaller measurements everywhere and i've been eating more than I ever have before. You would never get results that fast with cardio and low cal diet - trust me ive tried!

http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/

read this for inspiration - weight lifting is life changing. I will never diet on low cal ever again!