Why am i not losing?

I don't see any water on your diary or any vegetables - you need to hydrate your body and flush out toxins. And if you make healthy choices and up your veggies you will have more energy, more food, less hunger & better results! Just my humble opinion, don't give up & keep trying/changing things up until you find what works for you :flowerforyou:

Did you drink any alcohol? I find that if I even have one drink - weight loss for the week is almost impossible!

I thought it was just me ... even if I fit it in my macros alcohol throws me off :drinker:

First things first. Eat!! But eat the right food. NO Fast food what so ever! No Suger unless its from fruit. (Not in a can)!! It's all or nothing. How bad do you want to lose weight? Bump up your food intake to 2000 and double up on your cardio! You'll have people tell you different. Here is my opinion. Sweat loss is weight loss. If your not sweating your not consuming enough water and or working out hard enough! Try this. Try to cut out all soda. Eat your calories, Don't drink them. Last but not least. Set a reason to lose weight. Stick with that reason and work your butt off!

Eating too little calories will put your body in starvation mode and you won't lose. In the begining you need to do alot of twerking your diet. Make sure you are eating those 5-6 small meals try every three hrs. And of course drinking water only. Just keep pushing it will happen.

Nope, nope and nope. You're not in starvation mode eating 1300 calories. You don't have to eat 5-6 meals a day, you can eat 1 meal a day if it fits within your calorie goal. And you can drink things other than water, again just make sure you stay within your calorie range. After 1 week don't expect much - this is a lifestyle change, so no need to rush things. Just keep doing what you're doing and it will eventually happen.

And also, the phrase is "tweaking" your diet, not "twerking." Two completely different things. :smokin:

OMG...just noticed that.

Well, twerking would burn some calories


OP, I agree that the biggest thing is patience. A huge variety of things can affect your weight on the scales. If you're starting new exercise, even if you're going from none to light, it could lead to some water retention for a few weeks, which may be masking any loss. It's okay, it'll come off after a bit. Also, make sure that you are weighing in at the same time of day in the same clothes (Many people prefer first thing in the morning, after bathroom, undressed). Your weight can vary 5 lbs over the course of just a day. So there could be other things than that you're not losing fat.

It is important to make sure you're logging accurately, but if you're using a scale I'm less suspicious of inaccuracies (assuming it's right and you're not making any mistakes ) I would honestly suggest eating more, you could eat 1500 an lose weight, possibly even 1800 calories. That will help you stick with it and be less likely to cave to temptations or give up.

First things first. Eat!! But eat the right food. NO Fast food what so ever! No Suger unless its from fruit. (Not in a can)!! It's all or nothing. How bad do you want to lose weight? Bump up your food intake to 2000 and double up on your cardio! You'll have people tell you different. Here is my opinion. Sweat loss is weight loss. If your not sweating your not consuming enough water and or working out hard enough! Try this. Try to cut out all soda. Eat your calories, Don't drink them. Last but not least. Set a reason to lose weight. Stick with that reason and work your butt off!

Oh gees. I get really tired of advice like this. I agree that you can probably bump up your calorie intake but I disagree with most everything else this poster said.

You always give good advice in a constructive way. I can appreciate that!!

Another thing I found helpful was to be sure to eat within an hour of getting up. I used to eat breakfast when I got to work but when I started eating before I left, it helped a lot.

So I took a look at your diary, and I didn't look at everyday, so just bare in mind I'm going off only a few days.
I know some people tend to think that just a caloric deficit will help you lose weight, which in essence is true. But I honestly feel like you need to be eating foods that will do stuff for you to both stay full, feel good, look good and lose weight consistently.
Onion ring crisps, white rolls, cereal bars (let's be honest, they're packed with crap!), mac & cheese, pork gravy and some other stuff that I will assume (as I am not familiar with some of the brands) are packaged and processed foods. I didn't get the impression from your diary that whole foods were being eaten. A couple of the days I noticed, you barely had 3 servings of vegetables.

Now, in saying that, it's also been a week. Not a huge load of difference can happen. Especially if your body is experience a change from say, eating 2500+ calories per day, sometimes it can take a while to change. You may find this interesting if you're just starting a weight loss journey.
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/metabolism-massacre-7-ways-to-avoid-undermining-fat-loss.html

So I guess, advice wise, mine would be to be more patient, drink lots of water, try to add more whole foods and weed out the processed stuff, it's just not good for you.

after looking at the OPs diary, i'dwager a guess that she's eating way more than she thinks she is. a lot of the food measurements are vague at best :
for instance

- 3 slices of ham are 69 calories? it doesnt even give a weighted measurement so how can you know for sure your slice sizes are the same?

- large white bread : there's no definition on what large is. a large can mean anything from a demibaguette to a full baguette
- are you certain that the portion size for the hairy dieter's soup you are using is the same for what's been entered into the database?

and you seem to be relying on a lot of what others have put in there. for instance, did you enter the homemade pork gravy ? if not then how can you be sure your gravy is exactly the same as what you are choosing? and even then, i'd heavily side eye 64 calorie pork gravy

Totally agree....add more water, veggies, and more calories. Also be sure to add some strength training to your routine. Buy some weights at walmart and/or do pushups etc.

Well I read the article, and it would seem I am eating too many calories :ohwell:

Nonono, you are NOT eating too many calories. You are almost certainly eating too little.

Using this calculator, I estimate your TDEE at around 2379 calories. That's with "light exercise."
http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html

This means that your body is burning close to 2400 calories a day. You want to subtract somewhere around 500 from that to lose about a pound a week, or a little more. So, you could easily eat, say, 1800 a day and lose weight. I would strongly suggest you do this, especially since your tag line on here says you are "looking to get strong, not skinny." Eating enough will help you lose fat AND retain muscle, so you'll end up with the lean body you want!

I'm the same height as you and weigh less, and I eat 1800 a day to lose weight. Since you weigh more, you can definitely eat that much or more and still lose. Definitely increase your intake!

Ok, this is just MY advice, but get a zumba dvd/app/ xbox 1/360 thing to start doing at home. Get a HRM. And start recording your cals. Work up to 1 hour in the am and 1 hour in the pm and you will see results. Look at my food diary.

On your profile it says you're trying to get healthier, which you are. By incorporating exercise and a healthy diet, YOU ARE achieving what you want out of this. It just takes time for the weight to fall and once it does you'll be on a roll. If you're looking to maintain motivation just remember that you are a more healthier you, than when you started and the only way is up! Good Luck!

I don't know this Hairy Dieters book but you mentioned it is focused on low-fat. If you want to stay healthy after losing your weight, it is really important to educate yourself about foods and why they are demonized. Fat does not make you fat, calorie surplus does. Try out 10% fat greek yogurt- it has much more proteins and alot less sugar than the 0% fat ones. See what actually leaves you with energy. I can eat the same amount of calories of a 0% and a 10% far yogurt and the former will leave me hungry, the latter will not. You will find your own foods and preferences after a while, which is also dependent on the workout that you are doing. Try not to exclude whole food groups because this is what you think makes you lose weight- educate yourself, and try.

A WHOLE WEEK?!! Clearly things are massively wrong in the world if you haven't lost all your weight in one week. Maybe you should weight more than I week before hitting the panic button. Patience is your friend.

Clearly she isn't wondering why she hasn't lost ALL of her weight in one week. Geesh, rude much?

Right??!

Not massively rude. There's a million recurring posts on here from impatient people asking the same thing. What do they honestly expect after 7 days?

At this point I would be ready to throw in the towel. If it still doesn't show any changes after a week it's clearly not going to work. You are different from everybody else.

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