4 weeks using MFP and FitBit, no weight lost

I personally found that I can't eat back all of the calories MFP thinks I burned. I eat about 50% of them back.

I am worried about the amount of produce and fiber you are eating. It doesn't look like much. You should eat more veggies, for health reasons. You could triple the amount.

It seems like you're genuinely putting effort into your dietary choices, but you might not understand what foods you need to increase for insulin resistance. Try to eat less sugars, but more fiber and complex carbohydrates. Under carbohydrates on the nutritional facts, you'll see the sugars and dietary fiber listed. You could also use the glycemic index values, but that might take more effort.

You can also use the Internet to find foods that increase insulin sensitivity (cinnamon is a nice example), since those are very good for someone with insulin resistance. And since I can't tell from MFP how often you eat, keep in mind you should eat something every 4 hours or so to help keep your insulin levels more stable. And try not to eat sugary snacks alone, even if it means adding a handful of nuts or a couple slices of deli meat to the snack.

You can try jadedone's advice about eating half your exercise calories back, but just make sure you're not getting hungry from eating too few calories. You can also eat less fat to help ensure you're burning existing fat. Switching your existing simple carbohydrates to complex carbohydrates should also provide you with more stamina, so you may also find the energy to increase the length of your workouts.

Not being insulin resistant, I hesitate to give any dietary advice. I will say that I was working the calorie/excerise logging thing for WELL over a month before the scale started to play nice! Hang in there!!

I agree with others who have already posted regarding adding additional fiber rich fruits and vegetables in your diet. Your diet is consistently high in fat -- you are eating very good fats but the proportions in your diet seem a little high. I found this link to low glycemic index foods that might be helpful in adding more variety to your diet.

http://childrenshospital.org/clinicalservices/Site3080/Documents/LowGlycemicShoppingList.pdf

I personally found that I can't eat back all of the calories MFP thinks I burned. I eat about 50% of them back.

I am worried about the amount of produce and fiber you are eating. It doesn't look like much. You should eat more veggies, for health reasons. You could triple the amount.

I think this depends on whether or not you manually enter them from the database and whether or not you just let the fibit sync. If you are letting the fitbit sync, I would shoot for closer to 80%.

As a lot of people said, MFP's calculations for exercise calories burned aren't 100% accurate. My first recommendation would be to only eat back about half the calories it says you've burned.

Also, how active are you on a daily basis? I exercise 6 days a week, but other than that I don't get a lot of movement in. I went 2 weeks of watching how I ate VERY closely and didn't lose anything, so I started playing with the amount of calories I ate until I found what worked, and I was eating too many calories since I'm not on my feet a lot on a daily basis. I lost 3 lbs in 3 days after I cut back.

I suggest you play with the amount of calories you're eating and see what works best for you.

I'm also insulin resistant, so make sure you're eating whole grain pasta and bread and cut back as much as you can on it (It's much easier said than done, I know!) Try to get most of your carbs from veggies.

Good luck !

I use my fitbit daily and my main form of exercise is walking/hiking. I also have PCOS with insulin resistance. I find that to lose any weight, I cannot eat all of the extra fitbit calories back. Whether that is because of the insulin resistance or from an overcalculation of fitbit calories burned, I do not know.

My calorie goal is 1450/day. I will eat a maximum of 50% of my fitbit activity calories back. If I don't feel exceptionally hungry, I will eat closer to 20-25% of my fitibit calories back.

it takes longer than just a few weeks. This is a lifestyle change

One day it says you burned over 2000 calories. What exercises are you doing?

Typically I walk about 2.5 miles a day, and on the weekend I go for longer walks and a 1.5 mile run.

I am not seeing the numbers for exercise calories burned other than cumulative totals but they seem really high to me. To give context, if I run 5k I burn 300-400 calories. If I run 5 miles thats 700-800 calories. If I run 10 miles that is 1400-1500 calories. And that is running with a HRM. Now don't expect those numbers to translate 1 to 1 for you, but you can see that 800-900 calories burned from a few miles walking and a 1.5 mile run is unrealistic. Of course you do not say what your longer walks are, but unless they are in the 4 mile range or so I think Fitbit is overestimating your calorie burn. I would look into the settings for your Fitbit, maybe adjust your stride length and review your personal settings.

Sometimes I do 13 miles on the weekends, according to Fitbit.

Yeah, I figured. I do the same with mine (I have a Flex). I was looking at your weekdays although maybe I didn't go back far enough. They still seem high to me though.

To be brutally honest, I rarely count the calorie burn from Fitbit and if I do I take it with a big grain of salt (meaning I count about half). I have compared numbers with what my HRM says and Fitbit is usually off by a significant factor. I really just use it to see how many steps I have in a day and determine if I want to go for a walk or something to get some extra exercise in.

I was working hard, following my calories, logging everything and didn't lose for 5 weeks straight. Now my body is used to the routines and the weight is coming off. Don't give up. Sometimes it just takes a little time for things to happen.