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It's just not working
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did your weekend have booze? Pound the water & give it 5-7 days & u will go back-0
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Stress. Food. Water weight. Go a month- and if youve still gained. THEN id worry. This isn't a race though, and you will have to be patient.0
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Please don't give up. Right now is the most critical. Your body is becoming acclimated to a new way of LIFE. If you stop, your body will flux you'll be happier but for only a moment. You'll want to do this again, as so many have. Keep educating yourself and find what works for you. EveryBODY is different. You can do this!!! DON'T GIVE UP! Feel free to add me if you need encouragement.0
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If your ready to quit after a month.. its already over.
Great insightful post there guy.
1. Make sure you have your activity level, height, and current weight up to date in MFP.
2. Do not short sell yourself on calories. Pam, coffee creamer, condiments do have calories.
3. If you did the moronic approach of avoiding carbs for a long time, and started eating them again, glycogen will fill back up and cause temporarily weight gain. (it's ok, it's not fat)
4. Stop eating back exercise calories. If you want to lose 1lb a week. find your MAINTENANCE calories and subtract 500. If you would rather cut slowly take away about 200-300.
5. Sodium can, and WILL make you hold on to a lot of water weight. Don't go crazy avoiding it, but be mindful of it.
It's simple. As long as you DO NOT eat over the allotted calories you will lose weight. And do NOT weigh yourself daily. Weight changes daily from sodium, eating a lot at night, etc. I gain 10lbs. at night before I go to bed because I have my "Flex Bowl" with nothing but carbs and sweets. But in the AM I'm back to normal.
And remember, it's not a defined straight line science to building muscle/ losing weight. It takes time, and trial & error. Don't get frustrated and quit.
thanks!! this is super helpful0 -
Weighing and measuring everything is time consuming and I'm about to stop cause it's obviously not working.
Don't despair. You're doing fine. It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle you're after here. You want to teach yourself to eat healthy in a way you can stick with all your life.0 -
I wouldn't eat back so many calories (reduce it in half and see what happens). I am not eating back calories and I am losing. When I ate back calories, I didn't lose. Do what works for you. Eating back calories is NOT working......0
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Just one simple suggestion:
DO NOT EAT BACK YOUR EXERCISE CALORIES! Losing weight is all about maintaining a defecit. I believe 3,500 calories equals one pound so if you strive to have a deficit of your burned calories from your consumed calories it will work. I am currently losing about a pound a week and burn about 700 calories a day 5 days a week.
Try not eating your burned calories back, I know it will be hard at first but if you are hungery just up your cals to 1400 or 1500 just dont eat your exercise calories and it will work.0 -
If you're going to count calories, and most folks here unfortunately do, find out how many you "really" need. Go to fat2fit radio and use their calculator. Determine your caloric need and never eat your exercise calories back. For one thing, they're seldom accurate and with the number you'll get on that site, that's how many calories you should eat regardless of your activity.0
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Just one simple suggestion:
DO NOT EAT BACK YOUR EXERCISE CALORIES!
Umm, why?0 -
If you're going to count calories, and most folks here unfortunately do, find out how many you "really" need. Go to fat2fit radio and use their calculator. Determine your caloric need and never eat your exercise calories back. For one thing, they're seldom accurate and with the number you'll get on that site, that's how many calories you should eat regardless of your activity.
Sorry, but that makes absolutely no sense. There is no way for a single number to be "sufficient" regardless of your physical activity.0 -
How tall are you and how active are you are the first questions. 1300 calories is no where near enough for a active healthy female. You need to find out your BMR and your activity level. At 140 pounds if your anwhere over 5'4 you are in great shape. Before any fitness plan you need to take your measurments and not worry about weight. The measurment numbers are the true indicator. Example a 5'4 female that is around 140 pounds BMR is around 18-1900 cals per day to keep weight the same, subtract workouts and lifestyle you will have your net cals around 1500. You will shed fat and gain muscle mass, thats why the measurments are key. Don't micro manage your intake, eat good size portions of veg, fruit , and lean protine. One mid day snack one afternoon snack and keep moving . 140 is great only weigh yourself once per month and measure twice per month to track progress and keep your cals within 250-500 of goal. Its a long term health goal not a day by day numbers game.0
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I am doing insanity so last month it was eating back about 350 calories.... I wear a hrm with a strap that tells me how many calories I burn.
Cut that number in half, at least. HRMs don't measure calorie burns, they measure heart rate and then do fuzzy math on that number to guess at your burn. That fuzzy math does not give accurate results for interval-y type exercise like Insanity.0 -
Generally speaking, MyFitnessPal tends to greatly overestimate calories burned during exercise. So if you're eating back everything they tell you you've burned off, there's a good chance you're overeating there.
Have you taken your measurements? Sometimes your weight fluctuates even as you get smaller, so it's helpful to do that. Don't make the number on the scale the only way you track your progress.0 -
Have you considered it is the weight of the muscles you are building up from the exercise? Muscle weighs more than fat!0
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Something to consider. I did Insanity as well, I completed the entire program. I only lost 4 pounds on the scale. I did not take measurements but I did take before and after pics and it was a huge difference in appearance. Not losing on the scale is super frustrating, I know, but sometimes it helps to look at the bigger picture.0
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I have gained up to 8.6 lbs in a day from eating and water. So .. do I freak out ? Never .. cause I know that the vast majority of the time, I will lose most or all of that weight by the next morning. So .. fluctuations do happen and it is all about the trends .. and over time if you eat at a proper calorie deficit you will get there.
I have gone for up to 2 weeks and not lost any weight .. it is all about the patience and being consistent.0 -
Have you considered it is the weight of the muscles you are building up from the exercise? Muscle weighs more than fat!0
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Try not eating back your calories. There is not cookie cutter way that works for everyone. Find what works for you and stick to it. Anyone who tells you one thing will work for everyone should be punched in the throat. Do what the *kitten* you want to do! Try eating a little more and see what happens. You will have to experiment with your own body. Thing of yourself as a project. Give something a try for two to three weeks and see what happens.0
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Dr. Lindsey Duncan, owner, CEO and product formulator for Genesis Pure, is an award-winning naturopathic doctor who believes in using top nutrition and “Cleanse, Balance, Build” to create overall healing and wellness. His philosophy includes utilizing nutrition to create an alkaline body for optimum physical health. The supplements I use from this company promote total body health, which encourages your body to function like it should and heal itself. I have been using supplments and yo-yo dieting all of my adult life, and have never found any as good as these. www.genesispure.com/rapha
Don't post this stuff. It's just a stupid copy and paste advertising blurb.
there is no such thing as creating an alkaline body, and trying to do so is dangerous.0
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