Same ole stall post

Jodsmission
Jodsmission Posts: 130 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I am not very good at posting topics but over the last two weeks nee month I have had a serious stall in my weight loss. Now I have opened my diary. I have tried eating more because that is what everyone and everything said to do. I gained a pound and a half! I tried looking at my sodium. I have tried increasing my carbs. I have worked out less and more. I did have a allergic reaction to a weight belt which left me with a rash in the shape of a weight belt around my stomach but I have declined to take the dreaded prednisone they tried to give me for the allergic reaction I had to my weight belt and treated it all naturally so I wouldn't gain weight. I have been on vacation this week so I have been at theme parks which is a lot of walking so I have been swimming less but I went yesterday and tread for 45 minutes just to loosen up my stiff muscles. It not my TOM because I had a Depo shot in March and haven't gotten them back yet . That's everything. I do have corn and gluten allergies so I live on fruits ,veg and proteins as you will see in my diary. Please give thoughtful suggestions as how I can start the cycle of losing again.

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  • Jodsmission
    Jodsmission Posts: 130 Member
    Bumping because of the spammers
  • OllyJ_79
    OllyJ_79 Posts: 126 Member
    My observation would be you are using cups to measure items. To be accurate you need to weight items on a digital scale, and a few grams here and there difference can lead to you having no deficit.

    Also work out your TDEE based on your activity levels and see if you are eating the correct amount:

    http://calorieline.com/tools/tdee
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    if yuor diary is correct for the last couple of days - eating 900 cals and burning 700 - you would be losing weight...
  • Jodsmission
    Jodsmission Posts: 130 Member
    I know!!!! :grumble: My diary is correct and Go back and look at the last two eeks . It reads like this every day! I work out I eat in deficit. I have lost nothing and gain 1.5 when I increased carbs to try and break the cycle.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    I know!!!! :grumble: My diary is correct and Go back and look at the last two eeks . It reads like this every day! I work out I eat in deficit. I have lost nothing and gain 1.5 when I increased carbs to try and break the cycle.

    :noway:
  • OllyJ_79
    OllyJ_79 Posts: 126 Member
    The simple fact is you are eating\drinking more calories than you think. Weight gain, other than water weight from starting heavy exercise, is a result of a calorie surplus.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    you're not logging properly... 1/8 of a cup of crabsticks? one 'serving' of pulled pork?

    you're eating more than you think. and the weight gain when you eat more carbs is glycogen,
  • Jodsmission
    Jodsmission Posts: 130 Member
    That was theme park food as I mentioned I am on vacation. And 1/8 of a crab stick is the portion in one sushi piece. MY hand to Heaven I am not consuming more than this !I ususally over estimate if in doubt so I don't log incorrectly.
  • OllyJ_79
    OllyJ_79 Posts: 126 Member
    Ok so what is your theory as to why you are gaining weight?
  • Jodsmission
    Jodsmission Posts: 130 Member
    My theories---
    My workouts record higher caloric burns then I actually get
    The Depo still hasn't fully left my system so my hormones are out of wack
    I am retaining water from walking around a theme park for two days
    My cortizol levels are too high from flipping out over the weight
    Weight loss is not linear and it will come back in a flush (my favorite)
    I have lost what I can lose and my body s quitting by stalling(my least favorite)
  • em435
    em435 Posts: 210 Member
    What do you consider eating more? And how long did you try it for?
    As far as I can tell there's hardly a single day in the past 2 months when you eat over 1000calories.. (not to mention a good week or two in June when you didn't log at all.)
    Have you calculated your TDEE?

    My advice:
    - Work out the correct amount of calories you should be eating for sensible weightloss (0.5lb-1lb per week)
    (I like this website: http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/),
    - Try it for at least 6 weeks regardless of whether you gain or not and then come back to us.

    Chances are you'll see your weight go up initially and come right back down as your body adjusts.
  • Lourdesong
    Lourdesong Posts: 1,492 Member
    Most of the entries in your diary for the past week look like guesses. Not much precision going on.
  • OllyJ_79
    OllyJ_79 Posts: 126 Member
    The first point is almost certainly true. Exercise machines always give you a higher number than you have actually burnt from the exercise, as they include the calories you would have burnt, sitting around doing zero. You should have a read of the Net vs Gross link:

    http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/articles/net-versus-gross-calorie-burn.aspx

    http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/calculators/net-versus-gross-calorie-burn-conversion-calculator.aspx

    Also the walking calories you are logging are slightly high.

    Net cals walking can be found by the formula:
    0.3 x Weight in lb's x distance in miles

    http://www.runnersworld.com/weight-loss/how-many-calories-are-you-really-burning?page=single

    The last point is almost certain not to be true, as your body does not have a stall mode. Starvation mode is a myth unless you have been actually starving for 100 days or so:

    "In the longer term, however, the main mechanism by which energy expenditure is minimised is by the progressive loss of metabolically active tissue. Thus, for example, in the Minnesota experiment4 after 168 days of 'semistarvation' metabolic rate had decreased by 37% when expressed as kcal/day but by only 15% when expressed as kcal/day per unit active tissue mass."
  • CMarieVirginia
    CMarieVirginia Posts: 16
    I believe you. Of course I believe you. I am on a plateau myself. From day one I had been losing nearly 2 pounds a week--woohoo! I was thrilled. Then I hit 10 pounds lost and things slowed down to more like 1 - 1 1/4 pounds per week--still acceptable, but no changes to food or exercise--if anything I was exercising a little more. After I lost 10 pounds MFP dropped my DAILY GOAL CALORIES from 1400 to 1380--that's a change I guess, but I'm not doing anything different and NOW, no loss for 8 days. I have a lot of weight to lose--it's not like I'm near my ideal weight. I guess I'm due for a big drop--any day now. My point is HANG IN THERE! Most of us are experiencing these depressing stalls in our progress. Just believe that it works. Measure and weigh everything, annoying I know, but follow the MFP program which also means not shorting yourself in calories (or you won't lose). Drink ALL you water (or you won't lose). More and more work toward healthy food choices. You might go back and check the accuracy of you profile--i.e. the more you exercise, the more calories you are allowed. Just don't stop. You can do this!
  • Jodsmission
    Jodsmission Posts: 130 Member
    So my take away is weigh my food more accurately and record my exercise more accurately. Thanks everyone.I appreciate the comments.
  • Booda101
    Booda101 Posts: 161 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1234699-logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide?hl=step+by+step+guide

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