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Just Confused

treesaaaaap
treesaaaaap Posts: 32 Member
edited February 20 in Health and Weight Loss
So I've lost a bit of weight over the last year. I realized I really wanted to crack down to finish off these last lbs.

I've been logging into MFP, measuring and logging everything I consume down to the crumb. I've also been tracking and logging my exercise as accurately as possible for a 16 day streak. 99% of these past days I ended up a couple hundred under my total calories, even on days I didn't exercise. The problem is that I haven't lost a single lb.

I work a lot on my feet, manual labor all day, then I walk for 5-10 miles. I consume 2400-2700 calories only (at 6'4) and I haven't lost anything. I sit at 272. Does this happen to anyone else? What's going on?

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  • Chezzie84
    Chezzie84 Posts: 873 Member
    If you have not lost anything then you are not eating at deficit.
    I used http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html to work out my maintance calories.
    Then take 250 calories per .5lb you want to lose a week.
  • Egon9123
    Egon9123 Posts: 44 Member
    I'm having the same issue. I am hoping that it is all muscle weight! :P
  • Will_Thrust_For_Candy
    Will_Thrust_For_Candy Posts: 6,109 Member
    Sorry to say, but if you're not losing you are not in a deficit.

    You may need to re-evaluate how you are measuring (scale vs cups), if you are making the right food choice from the database, etc.

    Homemade meals are often tough and if you aren't using the recipe builder and using a selection that is in the database, you could be way off.

    Eating out is also a challenging one as serving sizes may not be accurate.

    I'm sure it's not something that you are doing intentionally, rather an oversight.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    As others have said you just aren't in a deficet.

    That is usually due to under estimating intake and/or over estimating burns

    Do you use a food scale? if not that is probably half the equation along with over estimating burns...

    And to the poster hoping it's muscle...sorry but no it's not.
  • _HeartsOnFire_
    _HeartsOnFire_ Posts: 5,304 Member
    As others have said you just aren't in a deficet.

    That is usually due to under estimating intake and/or over estimating burns

    Do you use a food scale? if not that is probably half the equation along with over estimating burns...

    And to the poster hoping it's muscle...sorry but no it's not.

    QFT
  • gypsy_spirit
    gypsy_spirit Posts: 2,107 Member
    As others have said you just aren't in a deficet.

    That is usually due to under estimating intake and/or over estimating burns

    Do you use a food scale? if not that is probably half the equation along with over estimating burns...

    And to the poster hoping it's muscle...sorry but no it's not.

    QFT

    And again for emphasis.
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