First weigh in

emmamcbreen
emmamcbreen Posts: 3
edited September 23 in Health and Weight Loss
Well I had my first weigh in and to be very honest, I am disappointed, I'm still the same weight as last week :(

I think what happened was, I was eating to my calorie goal then would go for a walk and burn say 300 cals then would eat that again to make up the 1200 again?

Has anyone found this too?

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  • AllDayMzAmberJ
    AllDayMzAmberJ Posts: 46 Member
    That is exactly what you are suppopsed to do. MFP already factors in your goal of losing 1lb/week - so you are supposed to eat your exercise calories back. Just be patient, I'm sure your body will realize what you are trying to do and next week will be great!
  • ScubyUK
    ScubyUK Posts: 271 Member
    Hello,

    Don't get disheartened, sometimes it can take the body a week or two to realise what's going on.

    Some tips.

    Drink plenty of water, 8 Glasses a day at least, it helps to keep the system flushed through.
    Watch your salt\sodium intake. Too much can lead to fluid retention.
    Find out what your BMR is, and then either reduce your calorie intake to BMR - 1100 + number of calories burned during exercise.
    To achieve a healthy weight loss of around 2lbs\1kg per week, you need to consume 1100 calories per day less than you use.

    Good luck!!
  • funkyspunky871
    funkyspunky871 Posts: 1,675 Member
    You might be an unlucky one (like me) who just can't get away with eating back your exercise calories. I don't lose any weight if I eat them either. Maybe you should try not eating them back this week?
  • menchi
    menchi Posts: 297 Member
    That's what you should be doing because that will still leave you with a deficit of a few hundred calories. MFP's plan sets my goal net cal at 1200 and tells me that my normal activity cal each day is about 1900. When I eat my exercise cals also, I would be effectively be getting ride of 700 cal each day. I imagine your plan is similar. From reading other posts and researching the internet (remember it's not always reliable!), I get the sense that 700 cal is a large deficit and I intend to go smaller as I get closer to my goal weight. It will slow down the progress but will also help me adjust to eating to maintain my weight. Just remember it's a slow and steady fight, and it matters more that you feel good than what the scale (In my household, we call it the "infernal machine" :devil:) says.

    To get to the issue you are probably more interested in, the weight loss is gradual and sometimes it just gets stuck for a while before your body transitions to "yes I'm serious, burn those cals NOW!" It happens to me even after some weight loss. I've shed 10 lbs over about 40 days and I just weighed in today. I'm the same weight as the last time :grumble: (about 5 days ago), but my measurements are a little less (waist, hip and thigh for me) so it's still a small win. I set my diet goals to lose 20 lbs or become size 8, whichever comes first (kind of like car maintenance! :laugh: ). Another useful habit is to do the weigh ins first thing in the morning in your undies so that each measurement is consistent and actually can be compared.
  • emmamcbreen
    emmamcbreen Posts: 3
    Thank you everyone for words of encouragement advice and your experiences :)

    Im going to start taking measurements and Hopefully next Tuesday I'll have better news !!
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