Having a hard time dropping weight.

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  • mrskhill
    mrskhill Posts: 11
    I am working out every morning for 25 minutes. I am in my fourth week of T25. The workouts are cardio based with strength moves. There are no breaks and it is intense. There are six workouts. On Friday the workout is 50 minutes as you double up. No weights yet. In the six week I believe I will add a resistance band.
  • mrskhill
    mrskhill Posts: 11
    Wow, I find this comment very discouraging. If I needed to lose weight for health reasons versus being fit and wanting to fit into my more fitted clothes I might feel the need to weigh food. I don't want to be tied to breaking out a scale to eat. I feel like portion control can monitored by sight and though understanding and education. I guess your right. I am not as hard core serious about dropping weight.
  • mrskhill
    mrskhill Posts: 11
    I have been working out every morning for 25 minutes. I am using T25 five days a week. On the weekend I am active but I do not exersice. I have cut out sweets, bread, pasta and really all bread types of carbs (crackers, chips etc.) I am watching calories and keeping them to 1000-1100 a day. Currently I weigh 140. When I started T25 two and 1/2 weeks ago I weighed 139. My goal weight in a perfect world would be 128. I just dont seem to be losing weight. Am I rushing things? Will the weight eventially come off? I am getting a little discouraged. I feel better but I was really hoping to have seen more than a 1 pound weight loss after 2.5 weeks of eating very healthy and exersicing. Your thoughts? Could use some encouragement here. Thank you!:smile:

    No adult human being should be eating under 1,200 first of all.

    Do you mind sharing your age and height? I want to check your BMR.
  • miqisha
    miqisha Posts: 1,534 Member
    It is possible you are not eating enough. Give it a couple more weeks and still no loss, then you may want to try increasing your calories. Also, ensure you are drinking enough water.

    Good luck :)
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
    Eat more. Find your TDEE, and eat 20% less than that.
  • jess_steich7
    jess_steich7 Posts: 58
    Give it some more time and stick with it. It took me two months to lose eight pounds and 2.5 weeks is not a very long time. DO NOT rely on the scale. It is truly the devil. Take progress pictures often and measure yourself. I agree with other people that you may need to up your calories a bit especially since you are exercising.
  • mrskhill
    mrskhill Posts: 11
    I am 5'4 and 44 years old. I am recording everything I eat here on myfitnesspal. I should state that while I record everything I am choosing food items from the database and the nutritional value could be off and not exact. So before any more judgment comes my way, my exact calorie count may indeed be off. I am however making a conscience effort to monitor my food and choose very healthy choices. I hardly eat processed, I have cut out snack types food. I love vegetables and have loaded them into my diet and I am eating eggs, Chicken, fish and some beef. I pay attention to dressings, cheese, and hidden sugar as I know that these could wreck a days work of careful eating. I am trying to stay as close as I can to 1100 calories a day but don't feel terribly guilty if I go over. I have no reason to lie to myself or anyone on a message board. I just needed some encouragement. I have committed to working out 25 minutes a day and to change my eating habits. It has not been an easy decision as I am tempted constantly. Tempted to stay in bed and not work out. Tempted to eat all kinds of junk my coworkers try to share at work and tempted by the diets of my teenagers. I had just hoped to see weight loss more quickly and certainly by the third week of my T25 program. Since I am not experiencing that, I hoped that posting here would help me. I don't want to weigh my food but I am open to ideas. I am like many people. I work full time and am raising two teenagers. Like many people I don't have a lot of extra time. I wonder if maybe I should add a couple of workouts in the evening? I probably know what I need to do. I just wanted to know it was making a difference. AND no, I have not measured inches yet. Maybe that is just what I need to do.
  • mrskhill
    mrskhill Posts: 11
    Definitely use a tape measure. You'll be pleasantly surprised, I bet :)

    Thank you, This is definitely something I will do. I appreciate your suggestion.
  • mrskhill
    mrskhill Posts: 11
    I have about the same weight loss goals as you. I started at 139.5 and have gone down as low as 135.5 back in mid-Sept. I'm back up to 138.5. I did get sick and quit exercising for a week and have not been able to get that low again. I've been fluctuating between 137 and 138.5. The one thing that was different when I was losing weight is I was allowing myself 1,300 calories per day. A couple weeks ago I switched my calorie intake to 1,100 per day and quit logging fruits and vegetables. I made the change to model the calculations on Weight Watchers. My husband is following that program with great success.

    Anyways, I'm back to 1,300 calories. As others have stated, and I agree from experience, you may need to up your calorie intake. I was happy to see a couple people with the same weight loss goals as mine. I wish you the best of luck!
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
    Oh, and I'm going to second that you need to be weighing your food. You would be shocked --SHOCKED at how inaccurately you can judge a portion of food. I've been weighing my food for two years, and even now I still can be off by 50% 80% on a serving size of cheese or chips if I just eyeball it. Over time, that will really add up, and can bring weight loss to a screeching halt.

    I'm confused why you are so adamantly against this. You say you don't want the commitment--how is it any more of a commitment than making the decision to lose weight and be healthier? It takes seriously all of three seconds to do. My scale cost $5. It's not hard, it's not a "burden". It needs to be done, so I do it.
  • mrskhill
    mrskhill Posts: 11
    I have about the same weight loss goals as you. I started at 139.5 and have gone down as low as 135.5 back in mid-Sept. I'm back up to 138.5. I did get sick and quit exercising for a week and have not been able to get that low again. I've been fluctuating between 137 and 138.5. The one thing that was different when I was losing weight is I was allowing myself 1,300 calories per day. A couple weeks ago I switched my calorie intake to 1,100 per day and quit logging fruits and vegetables. I made the change to model the calculations on Weight Watchers. My husband is following that program with great success.

    Anyways, I'm back to 1,300 calories. As others have stated, and I agree from experience, you may need to up your calorie intake. I was happy to see a couple people with the same weight loss goals as mine. I wish you the best of luck!

    Thank you. Logging everything but fruits and vegetables. Interesting thought.
  • TigerBite
    TigerBite Posts: 611 Member
    Wow, I find this comment very discouraging. If I needed to lose weight for health reasons versus being fit and wanting to fit into my more fitted clothes I might feel the need to weigh food. I don't want to be tied to breaking out a scale to eat. I feel like portion control can monitored by sight and though understanding and education. I guess your right. I am not as hard core serious about dropping weight.

    You don't have to bust out the scale or measuring cups EVERY TIME you eat, but it would be helpful at first, you know, to actually see what 1 cup or 3 oz., etc. looks like, that wayyou know you are eyeballing things correctly ...
  • TigerBite
    TigerBite Posts: 611 Member
    I have about the same weight loss goals as you. I started at 139.5 and have gone down as low as 135.5 back in mid-Sept. I'm back up to 138.5. I did get sick and quit exercising for a week and have not been able to get that low again. I've been fluctuating between 137 and 138.5. The one thing that was different when I was losing weight is I was allowing myself 1,300 calories per day. A couple weeks ago I switched my calorie intake to 1,100 per day and quit logging fruits and vegetables. I made the change to model the calculations on Weight Watchers. My husband is following that program with great success.

    Anyways, I'm back to 1,300 calories. As others have stated, and I agree from experience, you may need to up your calorie intake. I was happy to see a couple people with the same weight loss goals as mine. I wish you the best of luck!

    Thank you. Logging everything but fruits and vegetables. Interesting thought.


    I don't recommend doing that ... I've had two clients (I'm a Personal Trainer) and know a few other people (non-clients), who've attempted WW, and they mistakenly think because a food is labeled as "free" or "0 points", that they can eat it all they want, to their hearts content ... This didn't work out very well for them ... It's worked for others I've know, but it's very easy to trick yourself into over eating with the whole "0 points" thing ...


    ETA: I'm talking about the new WW system, I do like how it's different in that it has exercise calories, and flex points, but the "free" fruits and veggies, well, that's a bit much ... Though, it does encourage more fresh fruit and vegetable consumption, so I guess it's good in that respect ...
  • aleggett321
    aleggett321 Posts: 186 Member
    I agree with previous posts that you actually may not be eating enough, if indeed you are counting calories accurately. I started MFP with a target intake of 1200 and wasn't eating my exercise calories back. Some days my net intake was only around 900 calories. I actually gained weight. I upped my target to 1400 and try to eat my exercise calories back consistently. I started losing soon after that and have lost 25 lb.

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