Eating clean, daily exercise, not losing. help?

wkwebby wrote: »

haircuttergirl wrote: »

SLLRunner wrote: »

Find out what your calorie goal for your TDEE is and take about 5 percent of that off to lose .5 pounds a week. It's the last five pounds so it'll come off slowly.

Weigh your solid food and measure liquids and record everything that goes into your mouth. With the TDEE method, you do not eat your calories back because it's figured into your activity level.

If you were truly eating 1,000-2,000 calories a day you would lose weight, so it stands to reason you are probably eating more than you think. Otherwise, you have a medical issue that needs attention.

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I do have PCOS, and have been told it is why I struggle so much with weight loss. Basically, the doctors said if I could lose weight, it would help with the pcos but the pcos is what is preventing me from losing. I did some research and discovered a low-glycemic diet method is the best bet for my problem, so that's how I lost the first bit of weight. However, I was completely inactive back then. Now I am extremely active so I need the extra carbs and such. I have problems with my blood sugar and kept passing out when I tried to go back to low-glycemic ways with my higher activity level.
But now I don't seem to be losing well. Pretty sure most people would have weight melting off of them if they ate and exercised like I am.

Can you do a modified low glycemic diet? Such as just mixing your macros to about 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 calories from carbs, fats, and protein. I have pre-diabetes and it has helped push the scale down. 1200 calories is the minimum that MFP will allow your caloric count to be, so you definitely should eat at least this much. Since you are so active, there is no reason for you to be going under your BMR. BTW, has your BMR been calculated?

Kudos to you about not following the BMI chart. I'm in the same boat. The chart just doesn't work for medium to large framed people or muscular people.

Agreed about the bmi. And I actually just had to google bmr to know what that is. Haha
I just calculated that and did the Harris Benedict equation to see what it said, for the heck of it. According to that I should be eating 2,300 cals a day?! I must have done something wrong. That's so many calories!

A_Dabauer wrote: »

vismal wrote: »

The glycemic index is really a very misleading thing. It measures how quickly a certain carb source is absorbed by the body IF, and this is a huge if, the food is eaten alone! The GI of foods can change dramatically if you consume them in the context of a mixed meal (along with protein and fat sources), as most of us do. It's not something really even worth paying attention to unless you never mix your foods.

GI is a great tool for PCOS sufferers to have an idea how fast sugar metabolizes in their system. Sure we may not always eat every food alone but, how about watermelon for example? Very high GI, often thought a healthy snack, but can totally derail weight loss. Sure things aren't as cut and dried as a GI table might make them seem but information is power! And when your body instantly stalls all weight loss because you had something that spiked your blood sugar and subsequently your insulin levels, it's very important to know that information. I practice food combining with low GI, as well as a moderate "total" carbs and I find it very successful for me. But I don't think GI as a tool should be discounted.

My knowledge of the technical aspect isn't very great, but what you are saying sounds like what I have been doing.
I've done well with pretty much eliminating bread and pasta (and other high starches) from my diet in the past, but I am struggling now that I am very active and need some carbs.

A_Dabauer wrote: »

My knowledge of the technical aspect isn't very great, but what you are saying sounds like what I have been doing.
I've done well with pretty much eliminating bread and pasta (and other high starches) from my diet in the past, but I am struggling now that I am very active and need some carbs.[/quote]

I just looked through your food diary, I think what you need is more protein. I get the fear of eating too much food, I'm like that too. But if you try to eat some protein at every meal (even snacks, can be a piece of cheese or handful of nuts) you'll up your calories a bit (some days they are crazy low) and you'll won't spike your blood sugars when you're eating your carbs. Other than that I'd stick with it you'll get there!

My diary is open so take a peak if you want or PM me if you need a few more pointers on food combining while keeping your carbs moderate.

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Thanks! This is encouraging.
I usually would do a protein shake and piece of fruit in the morning and a protein bar somewhere during the day between meals. It's in these last couple weeks I have slacked on those, trying to eliminate the extra calories. Shame on me. Haha