What am I doing wrong?

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huneycutt13
huneycutt13 Posts: 22 Member
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So I started working out and eating better the second week in January. I started doing C25k and Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred along with doing WW. About a month in I decided that WW wasn't for me so I've been using my fit bit force, which I got Feb 1st, to track my calories and activities.

I am doing C25k with a friend to keep me accountable and doing that 3 days a week. The other 3 days I've been doing 30 Day Shred with Sunday as a rest day. My friend and I weigh on Sundays and talk about our week, our goals, etc. I also am eating at a -750 calorie deficit based on the calories that I burn for that day. Which, depending on the day, can range from 1500-1900 calories. Unless I have a cheat meal (on Saturday night) but I try to plan for it and my day can be up to 2200 with one.

I've lost approx 10 lbs since January 7th. I was 195lb at the doctor's office and have been weighing around 188-185.5lbs every Sunday for about a month now. I feel like I'm already starting to plateau and not loosing any weight. I took pictures on Jan 23rd and again on Feb 23rd and I could absolutely not see a difference. The only difference I know about is that now I can jog with the c25k program (on week 7 after I repeated some weeks). My pants aren't feeling any looser and I'm getting really frustrated with my weight. I do have a sedentary job but I'm doing over 10k steps on my c25k days and around 7k-8k on the 30DS days.

Why haven't I been able to get past 185lbs? I used to weigh 150 before I started this job which is more sedentary than teaching (what I used to do). And I would love to get back down to my old weight so that I can 1) feel better/be healthy 2) fit back into my clothes again.

Am I doing anything wrong? What should I change? Am I just going to have to wait some more and just keep doing what I'm doing? I'm so frustrated but don't want to give up!

ETA: I log everything on my fit bit dashboard: https://www.fitbit.com/user/2CSG2K and today looks so bad. I admit it, I ate 3 donuts. No self control!
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  • jac_84
    jac_84 Posts: 128 Member
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    I didnt see an open diary
    whats your food intake like?
    I wondering if the problem is what you eat.
    Everything else seems to be good to me!
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
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    Open your diary so we can see what you are doing.
  • catfive1
    catfive1 Posts: 529 Member
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    Are you saying that your fitbit says that you burn between 1500-1700 calories a day? And you eat 750 calories below that?
  • huneycutt13
    huneycutt13 Posts: 22 Member
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    It really depends, I log my food on fit bit. I do have some cheat items occassionally at work. A piece of chocolate, a donut or cupcake for someone's birthday. Would that really hurt me in the long run?

    My fit bit profile: https://www.fitbit.com/user/2CSG2K
  • huneycutt13
    huneycutt13 Posts: 22 Member
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    No I burn around 2400 calories a day and eat -750 of that number so around 1650 intake.
  • TArnold2012
    TArnold2012 Posts: 929 Member
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    Diary?
  • Lauracharder
    Lauracharder Posts: 141 Member
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    >>>>>>>
    "English Muffin, 100% Whole Wheat (Thomas') 1 muffin 120 1 3 23 220 6
    Egg Alternative, Egg Whites (Egg Beaters) 3 tbsp 25 0 0 1 75 5
    Light & Fit, Greek Yogurt, Vanilla (Dannon) 1 container 80 0 0 9 50 12
    Donut, Maple Frosted (Dunkin' Donuts) 1 doughnut 210 9 1 30 260 3
    Donut, Blueberry Cake (Dunkin' Donuts) 1 doughnut 290 16 1 35 400 3
    725 26 5 98 1005 29
    Spinach, Raw 7 leaves 16 0.3 1.5 2.5 55.3 2
    Carrot, Sliced (Del Monte) 1/2 cup 35 0 3 8 300 0
    Hummus, Spinach and Artichoke (Sabra) 1 tbsp 35 2.5 1 2 65 1
    Bread, 100% Whole Wheat (Nature's Own) 2 slices 100 2 4 20 230 8
    Turkey Breast, Honey Smoked Thin Sliced (Oscar Mayer) 2 oz 60 1 0 2 610 10
    Simply Naked Pita Chips (Stacy's) 1 serving 130 5 1 19 270 3
    376 10.8 10.5 53.5 1530.3 24
    Cinnamon Cake Donut (Dunkin Donuts) 1 donut 260 16 1 27 270 3
    260 16 1 27 270 3
    Quinoa Chicken Meal (Home Made) 1 serving 366 0 0 0 0 0
    Cut Green Beans (Bush's) 1/2 cup 20 0 2 5 400 1
    Banana Bread Mix (Concord Foods) 1 serving 130 1.5 0 26 130 2
    516 1.5 2 31 530 3 "

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    I'm not going to take the time to do the calculations but definitely looks like WAY too many carbs, not enough protein.
  • huneycutt13
    huneycutt13 Posts: 22 Member
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    Diary?

    I log on fitbit.com but its still viewable: https://www.fitbit.com/user/2CSG2K

    Today looks so bad bc I had 3 donuts. Such a bad choice.
  • catfive1
    catfive1 Posts: 529 Member
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    It really depends, I log my food on fit bit. I do have some cheat items occassionally at work. A piece of chocolate, a donut or cupcake for someone's birthday. Would that really hurt me in the long run?

    My fit bit profile: https://www.fitbit.com/user/2CSG2K

    You really need to be accurate with your intake. Weigh and measure everything. Take a look at this video for reference.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY
  • gabrielsnapcity
    gabrielsnapcity Posts: 8
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    Me personally, I try to eat 1200 calories a day at most. Although I feel like you should be losing more weight. Are you doing physical activity of any kind?
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
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    I've lost approx 10 lbs since January 7th. I was 195lb at the doctor's office and have been weighing around 188-185.5lbs every Sunday for about a month now.
    A healthy weight loss is .5–2 lb. per week. And weight loss is not linear.

    But you're probably underestimating your food &/or overestimating your burns. Log everything you eat & drink accurately & honestly. Weigh all of your food.

    Since you're not logging in MFP, we can't see your diary & offer feedback. Since logging in Fitbit isn't working for you, I'd suggest logging in MFP instead. If you connect your accounts at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/apps/show/30 MFP will send your water intake and aggregate meal data to Fitbit.

    Do not log step based activity. Log non-step workouts either in MFP or in Fitbit. I find Fitbit's burns to be more accurate than MFP's one-size-fits-all guesstimates.

    Read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

    Edited to add that MFP has a Fitbit Users group: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/1307-fitbit-users
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
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    It really depends, I log my food on fit bit. I do have some cheat items occassionally at work. A piece of chocolate, a donut or cupcake for someone's birthday. Would that really hurt me in the long run?

    My fit bit profile: https://www.fitbit.com/user/2CSG2K

    Cheat items won't hurt. Incomplete logging will. Log everything - even on the weekends.

    I'm not familiar with fit bit. Is their database pretty accurate? Weigh and measure your foods for accuracy as well.
  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
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    You do need to weigh and measure everything. It makes a huge difference. You also need to LOG everything - mayonaise, mustard, the spoonful of cookie you ate while baking . . . It adds up to a few hundred calories a day for me.

    If you've been overweight you are probably at least a little insulin resistant. Especially if anyone in your family has diabetes. You've been overweight enough that you probably are. I cannot lose weight no matter how few calories I eat without keeping carbs under 50%. 35% is better. That's not low carb at all. It's more protein and fewer empty calories. For me, it meant dropping a lot of bread and reducing a lot of things with a lot of calories that I didn't care about too much. One donut yum. 3, no added benefit.

    The fitbit is meant for you to log on MFP and for MFP to take the info from fitbit and add it to your daily alottment. Just saying - that's how both sites say to use them. Personally, I love fitbit for exercise, but MFP is more accurate on calories.

    FINALLY . . . you've lost weight. You need to tell MFP that so it reduces your calorie alotmment. Every time I stalled it was because I had lost weight and so was now overeating.
  • huneycutt13
    huneycutt13 Posts: 22 Member
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    It really depends, I log my food on fit bit. I do have some cheat items occassionally at work. A piece of chocolate, a donut or cupcake for someone's birthday. Would that really hurt me in the long run?

    My fit bit profile: https://www.fitbit.com/user/2CSG2K

    You really need to be accurate with your intake. Weigh and measure everything. Take a look at this video for reference.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY

    I definitely do log these items. I watched the video and now I'm paranoid that I'm logging everything wrong. I definitely measure my food but I don't think I'm filling it up like the show in the video but I guess its definitely possible.
  • Natmarie73
    Natmarie73 Posts: 287 Member
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    >>>>>>>
    "English Muffin, 100% Whole Wheat (Thomas') 1 muffin 120 1 3 23 220 6
    Egg Alternative, Egg Whites (Egg Beaters) 3 tbsp 25 0 0 1 75 5
    Light & Fit, Greek Yogurt, Vanilla (Dannon) 1 container 80 0 0 9 50 12
    Donut, Maple Frosted (Dunkin' Donuts) 1 doughnut 210 9 1 30 260 3
    Donut, Blueberry Cake (Dunkin' Donuts) 1 doughnut 290 16 1 35 400 3
    725 26 5 98 1005 29
    Spinach, Raw 7 leaves 16 0.3 1.5 2.5 55.3 2
    Carrot, Sliced (Del Monte) 1/2 cup 35 0 3 8 300 0
    Hummus, Spinach and Artichoke (Sabra) 1 tbsp 35 2.5 1 2 65 1
    Bread, 100% Whole Wheat (Nature's Own) 2 slices 100 2 4 20 230 8
    Turkey Breast, Honey Smoked Thin Sliced (Oscar Mayer) 2 oz 60 1 0 2 610 10
    Simply Naked Pita Chips (Stacy's) 1 serving 130 5 1 19 270 3
    376 10.8 10.5 53.5 1530.3 24
    Cinnamon Cake Donut (Dunkin Donuts) 1 donut 260 16 1 27 270 3
    260 16 1 27 270 3
    Quinoa Chicken Meal (Home Made) 1 serving 366 0 0 0 0 0
    Cut Green Beans (Bush's) 1/2 cup 20 0 2 5 400 1
    Banana Bread Mix (Concord Foods) 1 serving 130 1.5 0 26 130 2
    516 1.5 2 31 530 3 "

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    I'm not going to take the time to do the calculations but definitely looks like WAY too many carbs, not enough protein.

    Is this from the OP's food diary???

    Woah - way too much junk food for someone trying to lose weight. Have a treat occasionally but only a small one and only if it's deserved ie you've burnt a tonne of calories excersising or something. Both donuts and banana bread is very high in carbs and fat.

    My first thought is to eliminate the processed stuff and incorporate more fresh and whole foods and see if that helps.
  • catfive1
    catfive1 Posts: 529 Member
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    It really depends, I log my food on fit bit. I do have some cheat items occassionally at work. A piece of chocolate, a donut or cupcake for someone's birthday. Would that really hurt me in the long run?

    My fit bit profile: https://www.fitbit.com/user/2CSG2K

    You really need to be accurate with your intake. Weigh and measure everything. Take a look at this video for reference.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY

    I definitely do log these items. I watched the video and now I'm paranoid that I'm logging everything wrong. I definitely measure my food but I don't think I'm filling it up like the show in the video but I guess its definitely possible.

    Once I started using a digital scale the weight started to come off.
  • huneycutt13
    huneycutt13 Posts: 22 Member
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    I've lost approx 10 lbs since January 7th. I was 195lb at the doctor's office and have been weighing around 188-185.5lbs every Sunday for about a month now.
    A healthy weight loss is .5–2 lb. per week. And weight loss is not linear.

    But you're probably underestimating your food &/or overestimating your burns. Log everything you eat & drink accurately & honestly. Weigh all of your food.

    Since you're not logging in MFP, we can't see your diary & offer feedback. Since logging in Fitbit isn't working for you, I'd suggest logging in MFP instead. If you connect your accounts at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/apps/show/30 MFP will send your water intake and aggregate meal data to Fitbit.

    Do not log step based activity. Log non-step workouts either in MFP or in Fitbit. I find Fitbit's burns to be more accurate than MFP's one-size-fits-all guesstimates.

    Read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

    I'm such a dork, I didn't even know they connected! I'm going to set up everything so that they are connected and hopefully that will give me a better and more accurate picture.

    Question, do you mean that I should log my c25k activities as well? I log my 30 day shred already on those days since fitbit is not accurate on that.
  • lindsey1979
    lindsey1979 Posts: 2,395 Member
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    It really depends, I log my food on fit bit. I do have some cheat items occassionally at work. A piece of chocolate, a donut or cupcake for someone's birthday. Would that really hurt me in the long run?

    My fit bit profile: https://www.fitbit.com/user/2CSG2K

    You really need to be accurate with your intake. Weigh and measure everything. Take a look at this video for reference.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY

    I definitely do log these items. I watched the video and now I'm paranoid that I'm logging everything wrong. I definitely measure my food but I don't think I'm filling it up like the show in the video but I guess its definitely possible.

    Somethings you may want to consider:

    (1) I totally agree on measuring/logging food. Many people are often really surprised about how often they're off once they start using a kitchen scale. It's really quite easy to overestimate what you're eating, especially if any number of them are from processed foods and refined grains -- they add up so, so quickly.

    (2) May want to consider implementing heavy lifting and sprint workouts into your regime or substituting them. Heaving lifting (3x5, stronglifts, etc.) has been shown to minimize muscle loss in a caloric deficit. Spring workouts or other HIIT can really boost fat loss.

    (3) Sufficient protein intake.. This has also been shown to reduce lean body mass loss in a caloric deficit. What the best amount is up for debate, but I personally use 0.7 g protein per lb bodyweight.
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
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    Do you mean that I should log my c25k activities as well? I log my 30 day shred already on those days since fitbit is not accurate on that.
    It will take trial & error to find what works for you.

    Your Fitbit burn is your TDEE. When you connect your accounts, MFP uses your Fitbit burn instead of your activity level to calculate your calorie goal and adjusts your calories accordingly.
  • huneycutt13
    huneycutt13 Posts: 22 Member
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    Is this from the OP's food diary???

    Woah - way too much junk food for someone trying to lose weight. Have a treat occasionally but only a small one and only if it's deserved ie you've burnt a tonne of calories excersising or something. Both donuts and banana bread is very high in carbs and fat.

    My first thought is to eliminate the processed stuff and incorporate more fresh and whole foods and see if that helps.

    I agree with you, today was terrible. I am an emotional eater, I know this, admit it, and I'm working on it. I was super stressed today at work, which isn't an excuse, but it is what it is. I thought about eating the banana bread and logged it but decided to wait 30 mins and now I'm full. I think I just need to cut out treats for awhile and maybe introduce them in moderation after awhile. I'm trying my best to cut out processed foods and eat fresh items. Working on it, not yet perfected it.

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