Need some suggestions

krazybeautiful12
krazybeautiful12 Posts: 3
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello,
I need some suggestion or advice. I am currently doing p90x3 and since then I have only lost 2inches overall, my weight either goes up in 1 to 2 lbs then I return back to my start weight. I have been doing this since Dec of last year and I am getting frustrated I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I am eating between 1400 to 1700 calories a day depending on how active I am throughout the day but for the most part I am sitting at a desk all day. I do about 30 to 45 min of activity with the program. I have cut out alot of sugars and fast food I dont follow a specific meal plan but I do stay away from the junk I am trying to lose about 45lbs currently weighing in at 185 I am 5'3. Any suggestions.

thank you.

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  • karmasays
    karmasays Posts: 82 Member
    Are you tracking what you eat and weighing everything on a food scale?
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    Opening your food diary would be great.
  • krazybeautiful12
    krazybeautiful12 Posts: 3
    I track all my food but I don't weigh my food. I try to make sure I have about 5 to 6 meals a day.
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    I am eating between 1400 to 1700 calories a day
    I track all my food but I don't weigh my food.

    Start weighing your food. You don't know how many calories you're really eating, if you aren't weighing it in grams on a digital scale.
  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    This is right... If you are not weighing then your portions are likely bigger than what you're tracking. It adds up. What you think is a medium banana could be 'large'. What you assume is 4 ounces of chicken is 6-8. You may log a serving of salad dressing but its really 2.

    If you're not losing, but also not gaining, then the deficit you're expecting is not there.

    Food scales are not expensive. I work an office job - I often use the postage scale. :)
    I am eating between 1400 to 1700 calories a day
    I track all my food but I don't weigh my food.

    Start weighing your food. You don't know how many calories you're really eating, if you aren't weighing it in grams on a digital scale.
  • karmasays
    karmasays Posts: 82 Member
    I track all my food but I don't weigh my food. I try to make sure I have about 5 to 6 meals a day.

    Start weighing solid foods in grams or ounes on a digital food scale. If you're not losing, odds are you're eating more than you think.
  • krazybeautiful12
    krazybeautiful12 Posts: 3
    thank you I will try doing that and hope to see some results :)
  • fredman2
    fredman2 Posts: 57
    It is also WHEN you eat.

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