Not losing...don't understand why
mdoyle28
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I purchased a fitbit one a few months ago and haven't lost a lb since.....I have an average burn of 2900-3000 and average intake of 1700-1800 calories. This is based on past 30 days although those numbers have been the same since a got the fitbit a few months ago.
I do 1 hr of exercise a day 5-6 days a week. 30 mins of Jillians 30ds and 30-45 minutes of running as well as a couple mile walk at night with my dog. I currently float between 153-156, I am 33 and 5'8.... which is not unhealthy but don't understand why I can not lose and get to my goal of 145. I started at a weight of 187 and dropped to where I am now over about 5 months. Have been at a stand still since beginning of June and I have bumped my calories around and changed up exercise, used to be gym and walking and changed to 30ds and running past 6-7 weeks...however still no loss and no inches lost either. Very frustrating and not because I am unhappy at current weight but because I don't understand why I cant lose the last 8-10 lbs. Any input or similar situations that figured this out would be great:)
I do 1 hr of exercise a day 5-6 days a week. 30 mins of Jillians 30ds and 30-45 minutes of running as well as a couple mile walk at night with my dog. I currently float between 153-156, I am 33 and 5'8.... which is not unhealthy but don't understand why I can not lose and get to my goal of 145. I started at a weight of 187 and dropped to where I am now over about 5 months. Have been at a stand still since beginning of June and I have bumped my calories around and changed up exercise, used to be gym and walking and changed to 30ds and running past 6-7 weeks...however still no loss and no inches lost either. Very frustrating and not because I am unhappy at current weight but because I don't understand why I cant lose the last 8-10 lbs. Any input or similar situations that figured this out would be great:)
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Hi there. Our numbers are about the same. My daily burn is about 2800-3000 with 10-15000 steps per day. I was eating about 1700 calories daily and lost about 40 pounds that way. Now, I am 13 pounds from goal weight and had stalled out for a couple weeks. I upped my calories to 2000 daily and the scale is going down again. Could it be your not eating enough for your activity level?0
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What were you doing to lose weight that changed when you got the Fitbit? You were losing before Fitbit, right?
I know you said you changed up exercise but have you considered changing to something that uses different muscles from your walking/running muscles? Cycling, perhaps?0 -
If your ticker is correct, you only have about 7 pounds left to lose. Unfortunately, those are the slowest pounds to come off. Be patient and keep eating at a healthy deficit. You'll get there.0
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I am having the same issue, keep at it my friends don't fall of the wagon like I did. WIth patience comes good things x0
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I purchased a fitbit one a few months ago and haven't lost a lb since.....I have an average burn of 2900-3000 and average intake of 1700-1800 calories. This is based on past 30 days although those numbers have been the same since a got the fitbit a few months ago.
I do 1 hr of exercise a day 5-6 days a week. 30 mins of Jillians 30ds and 30-45 minutes of running as well as a couple mile walk at night with my dog. I currently float between 153-156, I am 33 and 5'8.... which is not unhealthy but don't understand why I can not lose and get to my goal of 145. I started at a weight of 187 and dropped to where I am now over about 5 months. Have been at a stand still since beginning of June and I have bumped my calories around and changed up exercise, used to be gym and walking and changed to 30ds and running past 6-7 weeks...however still no loss and no inches lost either. Very frustrating and not because I am unhappy at current weight but because I don't understand why I cant lose the last 8-10 lbs. Any input or similar situations that figured this out would be great:)
if you are accurate with all your figures, then you have a daily deficit of around 1200 cals per day...
you want to lose another 10lb or less, so you should have a deficit of between 200-500 cals at the most.0 -
Leptin levels and adaptation(something nobody ever looks at) plays a huge part in all this mdoyle. You can read up more on that if you want and everybody is different. Long story short, you may want to increase your cals for a week again before you continue your diet, and you might want to change your exercises around.0
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This...If your ticker is correct, you only have about 7 pounds left to lose. Unfortunately, those are the slowest pounds to come off. Be patient and keep eating at a healthy deficit. You'll get there.
And this...if you are accurate with all your figures, then you have a daily deficit of around 1200 cals per day...
you want to lose another 10lb or less, so you should have a deficit of between 200-500 cals at the most.0 -
Just quoting for emphasis.This...If your ticker is correct, you only have about 7 pounds left to lose. Unfortunately, those are the slowest pounds to come off. Be patient and keep eating at a healthy deficit. You'll get there.
And this...if you are accurate with all your figures, then you have a daily deficit of around 1200 cals per day...
you want to lose another 10lb or less, so you should have a deficit of between 200-500 cals at the most.0 -
Should've taken your calories down not up a don't know why you thought more would help.
Drop cals down and then go over them occasionally, not bump them up full time.0 -
Should've taken your calories down not up a don't know why you thought more would help.
Drop cals down and then go over them occasionally, not bump them up full time.
No. Just no.
If you work out as much as you are, then you do need to eat more. Seriously.0 -
Should've taken your calories down not up a don't know why you thought more would help.
Drop cals down and then go over them occasionally, not bump them up full time.
Probably though more would help because all people scream on here is "eat more eat more eat more." It's the default advice. Oh yeah, and lift heavy.0 -
Should've taken your calories down not up a don't know why you thought more would help.
Drop cals down and then go over them occasionally, not bump them up full time.
Probably though more would help because all people scream on here is "eat more eat more eat more." It's the default advice. Oh yeah, and lift heavy.
No again...People say eat more when you work out more because your body needs fuel. It's not hard, it's not rocket science. It's simple math.0 -
Should've taken your calories down not up a don't know why you thought more would help.
Drop cals down and then go over them occasionally, not bump them up full time.
Probably though more would help because all people scream on here is "eat more eat more eat more." It's the default advice. Oh yeah, and lift heavy.
It isn't just "eat more!" in general. Typically, when the advice is given, it's paired with plenty of other information in relation to the advice.
Oh, and it's advice that's given because it works.0 -
Should've taken your calories down not up a don't know why you thought more would help.
Drop cals down and then go over them occasionally, not bump them up full time.
Probably though more would help because all people scream on here is "eat more eat more eat more." It's the default advice. Oh yeah, and lift heavy.
No again...People say eat more when you work out more because your body needs fuel. It's not hard, it's not rocket science. It's simple math.
get out of here with your common sense and being healthy... its not wanted in this thread....0 -
The usual suspects...
1) your estimates could be off - daily calorie need, calorie intake, calorie burns. Is your estimated BMR/TDEE correct? Are you weighting/measuring your food. Are you logging EVERYTHING you eat? How are you estimating your calorie burns?
2) are your workouts still challenging like they were when you started? Over time, your body gets more efficient at zumba, the elliptical, insanity, whatever it is that you're doing. You need to either change up your workouts or be very cognizant of how hard you are pushing yourself.
3) are you expecting too much too fast? Patience is often the hardest part for people.0 -
Mwah ha ha, i love him!!!0 -
Should've taken your calories down not up a don't know why you thought more would help.
Drop cals down and then go over them occasionally, not bump them up full time.
Probably though more would help because all people scream on here is "eat more eat more eat more." It's the default advice. Oh yeah, and lift heavy.
It isn't just "eat more!" in general. Typically, when the advice is given, it's paired with plenty of other information in relation to the advice.
Oh, and it's advice that's given because it works.
Not in my experience... advice is rarely given with any context or supporting information.0 -
What is your intake for fluids? Pure water? Or sodas/juices/etc.0
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Your body has adapted very well!
The closer you are to goal (10 pounds or less) the closer to maintenance you have to eat. Try upping your calories by 50-100 per day each week until your eating at your TDEE -10% (TDEE is 2900-3000 cals according to your fitbit, so you want to work up to 2600-2700 per day). You want to be close to maintenance when you reach your goal anyway, to avoid the big rebound, right? (In a deficit you deplete your glycogen stores constantly, and when you start eating regularly again, you gain 3-5 pounds - that's the normal level of glycogen and the water it gets stored in.) It will take a little longer but it will break your plateau and then come off steadily. (And remember that you MAY gain a few pounds of glycogen and water at first - it will go away!) And you'll want to go maybe three to five pounds lighter than your goal, but then you won't have the frustrating yo-yo thing happen when your levels stabalize.
Best of luck!0 -
if you are accurate with all your figures, then you have a daily deficit of around 1200 cals per day...
you want to lose another 10lb or less, so you should have a deficit of between 200-500 cals at the most.
This. I eat 1800-1900 calories M-Th (don't count on weekends), I don't exercise quite as much, though mine is 95% strength training, and I weigh 126 lbs (I'm 5'5"). Eat more, or at the very least, eat more for a week or so then cut back down.0 -
Mwah ha ha, i love him!!!
Me too!!! Grumpy and Maru are 2 of the most awesome cats ever...
Sorry OP not trying to derail your thread with cat gifs...0 -
Should've taken your calories down not up a don't know why you thought more would help.
Drop cals down and then go over them occasionally, not bump them up full time.
Probably though more would help because all people scream on here is "eat more eat more eat more." It's the default advice. Oh yeah, and lift heavy.
It isn't just "eat more!" in general. Typically, when the advice is given, it's paired with plenty of other information in relation to the advice.
Oh, and it's advice that's given because it works.
Not in my experience... advice is rarely given with any context or supporting information.
When I, and most other folks that I see, give the advice, typically we at LEAST link out to IIFYM groups/scoobys calculator/IPOARM/Eat Train Progress groups. Otherwise, what's the point? There are some folks that throw that out and have no idea why... but I've not come across any folks that just drop into a thread... cry out "EAT MORE!".. drop the mic and then leave the thread completely.
ETA: And more often than not, I see the advice given to folks that show up.. eating 900 calories and wondering why nothing is working. Or folks that are eating 1500 calories, but doing 4 hours of cardio per day... so on, so forth. Creating too large of a deficit.0 -
Your body has adapted very well!
The closer you are to goal (10 pounds or less) the closer to maintenance you have to eat. Try upping your calories by 50-100 per day each week until your eating at your TDEE -10% (TDEE is 2900-3000 cals according to your fitbit, so you want to work up to 2600-2700 per day). You want to be close to maintenance when you reach your goal anyway, to avoid the big rebound, right? (In a deficit you deplete your glycogen stores constantly, and when you start eating regularly again, you gain 3-5 pounds - that's the normal level of glycogen and the water it gets stored in.) It will take a little longer but it will break your plateau and then come off steadily. (And remember that you MAY gain a few pounds of glycogen and water at first - it will go away!) And you'll want to go maybe three to five pounds lighter than your goal, but then you won't have the frustrating yo-yo thing happen when your levels stabalize.
Best of luck!
Look...another vote for eating more.0 -
Should've taken your calories down not up a don't know why you thought more would help.
Drop cals down and then go over them occasionally, not bump them up full time.
Probably though more would help because all people scream on here is "eat more eat more eat more." It's the default advice. Oh yeah, and lift heavy.
Probably because it works.
Assuming certain criteria are met: accurately counting calories and not overestimating burns. When a person is a healthy weight and just wants to lose a few vanity pounds, a huge deficit isn't the way to go.0 -
Should've taken your calories down not up a don't know why you thought more would help.
Drop cals down and then go over them occasionally, not bump them up full time.
Probably though more would help because all people scream on here is "eat more eat more eat more." It's the default advice. Oh yeah, and lift heavy.
No again...People say eat more when you work out more because your body needs fuel. It's not hard, it's not rocket science. It's simple math.
No, if it were simple there'd be a meter on us that told us exactly how many calories we needed. That would then make the math simple. But that's not there. It's all just a guesstimate based off some calculator isn't it? One tells you to eat this, another that. Just look at the exercise levels on them. 1-3 hours, 3-5 hours. Some list in days rather than hours. The literal descriptions are my favorite. Sedentary is pretty easy to narrow down but how do I know if I cross over from moderate to heavy exercise? Or is my moderate someone elses light? So it's basically trial and error over a period of weeks, maybe months, depending on where you're at.0 -
Should've taken your calories down not up a don't know why you thought more would help.
Drop cals down and then go over them occasionally, not bump them up full time.
Probably though more would help because all people scream on here is "eat more eat more eat more." It's the default advice. Oh yeah, and lift heavy.
No again...People say eat more when you work out more because your body needs fuel. It's not hard, it's not rocket science. It's simple math.
No, if it were simple there'd be a meter on us that told us exactly how many calories we needed. That would then make the math simple. But that's not there. It's all just a guesstimate based off some calculator isn't it? One tells you to eat this, another that. Just look at the exercise levels on them. 1-3 hours, 3-5 hours. Some list in days rather than hours. The literal descriptions are my favorite. Sedentary is pretty easy to narrow down but how do I know if I cross over from moderate to heavy exercise? Or is my moderate someone elses light? So it's basically trial and error over a period of weeks, maybe months, depending on where you're at.
But if she's working out as much as she says she is, and only eating 1700-1800. only has 7 lbs left to lose...which are the hardest, and she's having huge deficits and hasn't lost any weight in months, then I'd say the OP should try something different, like fueling their body for the workouts they are doing.
It really is a pretty simple math equation to lose weight and the closer you get to goal, the closer you should be eating to maintenance. I'm not saying weight loss is easy, it has it's moments. But not giving your body what it needs and working out harder isn't really going to get many anywhere, especially if they are close to their goal. It'll work if you have a lot to lose, but the closer to goal, the lower the deficit.0 -
mmm just an observation... seems from reading on the forums people who workout like crazy don't lose. Alsmost like their bodies are getting fit and can't drop weight at the same time. I vote you back off the intensity of the exercise and make sure you're only eating at 500 calorie deficit. I bet you start losing again.
Whatever you choose to do... check back in and let us know what worked to get the scale moving.. I'd be interested.
Good luck.. I hope things turn for you.0 -
Should've taken your calories down not up a don't know why you thought more would help.
Drop cals down and then go over them occasionally, not bump them up full time.
Probably though more would help because all people scream on here is "eat more eat more eat more." It's the default advice. Oh yeah, and lift heavy.
No again...People say eat more when you work out more because your body needs fuel. It's not hard, it's not rocket science. It's simple math.
No, if it were simple there'd be a meter on us that told us exactly how many calories we needed. That would then make the math simple. But that's not there. It's all just a guesstimate based off some calculator isn't it? One tells you to eat this, another that. Just look at the exercise levels on them. 1-3 hours, 3-5 hours. Some list in days rather than hours. The literal descriptions are my favorite. Sedentary is pretty easy to narrow down but how do I know if I cross over from moderate to heavy exercise? Or is my moderate someone elses light? So it's basically trial and error over a period of weeks, maybe months, depending on where you're at.
it is estimates and we ARE just using calculators. The problem is that the calculator that MFP uses is flawed by design... as how it integrates into the program SIMPLY because it allows people to put in goals that are overly aggressive.
This is AGAIN just an estimate, but you get BETTER estimates using better tools.
Hacksaw VS Scalpel.0 -
Thanks to everyone for posting.....a couple answers to some things asked.....
1. I got the fitbit to track burn more accurately cuz at that time I had pretty much quit losing as well so thought it would help for accuracy.
2. I only drink water and coffee..2-3 cups of coffee and a lot of water..with every meal, snack and after exercise as well as a large glass when I wake up.
3. Increasing my calories so drastically seems crazy to me....but maybe doing 50-100 a day would help cuz it is slowly adding although I tried to do this but stopped at 2200 daily cuz it is just a lot of food basically.
4. I was doing more weight stuff prior but added in more cardio in hopes to loss some of the remaining weight to hit goal....didn't help.0 -
Should've taken your calories down not up a don't know why you thought more would help.
Drop cals down and then go over them occasionally, not bump them up full time.
Probably though more would help because all people scream on here is "eat more eat more eat more." It's the default advice. Oh yeah, and lift heavy.
No again...People say eat more when you work out more because your body needs fuel. It's not hard, it's not rocket science. It's simple math.
No, if it were simple there'd be a meter on us that told us exactly how many calories we needed. That would then make the math simple. But that's not there. It's all just a guesstimate based off some calculator isn't it? One tells you to eat this, another that. Just look at the exercise levels on them. 1-3 hours, 3-5 hours. Some list in days rather than hours. The literal descriptions are my favorite. Sedentary is pretty easy to narrow down but how do I know if I cross over from moderate to heavy exercise? Or is my moderate someone elses light? So it's basically trial and error over a period of weeks, maybe months, depending on where you're at.
it is estimates and we ARE just using calculators. The problem is that the calculator that MFP uses is flawed by design... as how it integrates into the program SIMPLY because it allows people to put in goals that are overly aggressive.
This is AGAIN just an estimate, but you get BETTER estimates using better tools.
Hacksaw VS Scalpel.
I can agree with that but I resent anyone saying it's easy or simple math. That is misrepresenting the entire process. It's a simple equation with some big variables depending on the individual. Getting those variables right isn't always "easy."0
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