eating on 4500 cals a day, why am I not gaining weight?

Jessistrying
Jessistrying Posts: 9
in Health and Weight Loss
I am trying to loose weight and as you can see from my food diary I am a compulsive over eater, however since I started logging my food , I should have gained somewhere in the region of 4kgs in a month due to the amount I eat. Instead I have maintained my weight, I am not complaining but why is this? Any tips to eat less would be greatly appreciated.

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  • beachlover317
    beachlover317 Posts: 2,848 Member
    I am trying to loose weight and as you can see from my food diary I am a compulsive over eater, however since I started logging my food , I should have gained somewhere in the region of 4kgs in a month due to the amount I eat. Instead I have maintained my weight, I am not complaining but why is this? Any tips to eat less would be greatly appreciated.


    Why do you want to eat less? You're losing now. The only explanation I have is that perhaps you are overestimating your food when it is take out? Some days you log around 1800 - 2200, some days as much as 8000. That's a lot of food. However, since you still have some weight to lose, I'm not sure what the problem is.
  • martyqueen52
    martyqueen52 Posts: 1,120 Member
    You're obviously burning more than you take in for the week. What do you do to burn so much? When I power-lifted I was on 4-5k.... and your on 8?

    Seriously... WTF do you do?
  • Jessistrying
    Jessistrying Posts: 9
    I am an ex national swimmer so used to eat 8000 religiously everyday (Michael Phelps style hah) I do a small amount of running now but not much, I have days where I slip back into the old routine of food whoring everything I set my eyes on

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