My weight won't drop any lower??

x_cheekypanda9
x_cheekypanda9 Posts: 8 Member
edited February 27 in Health and Weight Loss
My weight is always in the same range. It goes from 185, to 179. It hasn't gone any lower and I don't know why. It always goes up and then back down then up and back down. Please help me. I'm getting very discouraged and just want to give up.

Maybe I'm just not trying hard enough, I honestly don't know

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  • Supertact
    Supertact Posts: 466 Member
    Simple. You eat too much.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Would you be comfortable opening your diary?

    Are you logging everything you eat? Including things like veggies, condiments, cooking oils, cheat days, etc?

    Are you using a food scale, measuring cups, or eyeballing your portion sizes?

    Are you eating back any of your earned exercise calories? If so, what method are you using to estimate your burn (HRM, MFP estimates, gym machine readouts, etc)?

    How long has it been since you last saw a drop on the scale?
  • robertf57
    robertf57 Posts: 560 Member
    Simple. You eat too much.

    ^ This! It isn't rocket science. You won't lose weight unless you are eating less calories than you are burning for energy. PERIOD! No magic or secrets about it. I would give you these tips:
    1) Measure everything (get a food scale)
    2) MEASURE everything
    3) NO, really, MEASURE EVERYTHING!
    4) Don't believe the calorie burns reported here on MFP. Get a good heart rate monitor as a tool and eat back only 1/2 those calories (if at all) until you have a handle on whether the estimate is reasonable.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Would you be comfortable opening your diary?

    Are you logging everything you eat? Including things like veggies, condiments, cooking oils, cheat days, etc?

    Are you using a food scale, measuring cups, or eyeballing your portion sizes?

    Are you eating back any of your earned exercise calories? If so, what method are you using to estimate your burn (HRM, MFP estimates, gym machine readouts, etc)?

    How long has it been since you last saw a drop on the scale?

    All of this.
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