Eating good but Gaining weight?!?!?!
jessiemjporter
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So... i dont eat perfectly, i dont believe in not completely cutting out foods i like and love, HOWEVER i have been eating around my guided calories in order to lose 1lb a week. my fats stay low and sugars, sodium does go over sometimes and i go to the gym 4 times a week now but for some reason im not losing anything in fact probably gained a lb or 2??? 
can anyone suggest why this is happening? or what i can do to boost my weight loss?
Thank you
can anyone suggest why this is happening? or what i can do to boost my weight loss?
Thank you
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"can anyone suggest why this is happening?"
You are eating too much.
"what i can do to boost my weight loss?
Eat less.-1 -
decrease sugar content, try to keep it under 50g. Maybe try to add some healthy fats instead of keeping them low?0
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Open your diary and then we can see where you are... Stats would be good too! Basically though you should be as accurate as you can with your logging and weigh your food. Eat back about half your exercise calories and stick to MFP guidelines. If after a month of doing all that ACCURATELY you don't lose a few lbs then I would talk to your doctor and rule out any medical explanation.0
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jessiemjporter wrote: »
I think they did, what you are probably missing is your measurement errors. To be sure you are eating what you think you are you must weigh solid foods and measure liquids and use the correct diary entry. another possibility is that you are burning less cals than you think you are, or you are retaining water for a number of reasons, and that is masking any fat loss you may have had.0 -
jessiemjporter wrote: »
No I did, honest. I read everything. You dont just dont like my answer, which is true in fact.0 -
jessiemjporter wrote: »
Ignore that advise, unless you are diabetic sugar is just a carb and you track those, healthy fats are essentially non-trans fats, saturated fats have been given a bad rep, but may not be entirely true.0 -
jessiemjporter wrote: »
No I did, honest. I read everything. You dont just dont like my answer, which is true in fact.
but the point it i eat about 1300 calories a day (average even without loggin on MFP.. i log elsewhere too... and decreasing it would do more harm than good.0 -
jessiemjporter wrote: »jessiemjporter wrote: »
No I did, honest. I read everything. You dont just dont like my answer, which is true in fact.
but the point it i eat about 1300 calories a day (average even without loggin on MFP.. i log elsewhere too... and decreasing it would do more harm than good.
That is precisely the point. You are clearly eating too much contrary to your beliefs. You can eat all the sugar you like as long as you stay under the calorie allowance and you will lose weight, so sugar isnt a justification.0 -
ha...!!! ok i understand where i went wrong
Sorry guys and girls!!
CW: 178lb
GW: 130lb
Height is 166cm and im 21 however my dress size is 12(UK) so 8(US) and even that doesn't make sense to me how i can be that size
it tells me to eat 1450 calories a day, i go to the gym 4 times a week for about 1 hour. but im not building muscle in any way its more steady exercise?0 -
jessiemjporter wrote: »jessiemjporter wrote: »
No I did, honest. I read everything. You dont just dont like my answer, which is true in fact.
but the point it i eat about 1300 calories a day (average even without loggin on MFP.. i log elsewhere too... and decreasing it would do more harm than good.
You are most likely eating more than you think. Are you weighing your portions? Since you aren't consistent with your logging sometimes here sometimes some other site.. you don't know what you are eating.
Be consistent, pick a site to log your food on, weigh your portions, be as accurate and honest as possible. You don't need to cut sugar, or whatever else0 -
i try and cut my Carb intake, i only eat chicken too.
i donly drink water and coffee (with 1 sugar) and i rarely eat sweets maybe the odd bit of 80% Dark chocolate..0 -
jessiemjporter wrote: »ha...!!! ok i understand where i went wrong
Sorry guys and girls!!
CW: 178lb
GW: 130lb
Height is 166cm and im 21 however my dress size is 12(UK) so 8(US) and even that doesn't make sense to me how i can be that size
it tells me to eat 1450 calories a day, i go to the gym 4 times a week for about 1 hour. but im not building muscle in any way its more steady exercise?
Calorie deficit = weight loss. Going to the gym 4 times a week will aid that but nothing more.0 -
jessiemjporter wrote: »i try and cut my Carb intake, i only eat chicken too.
i donly drink water and coffee (with 1 sugar) and i rarely eat sweets maybe the odd bit of 80% Dark chocolate..
It's not what you are eating that's the problem it's how much and inconsistent logging.
I have lost 116 lbs, I eat lots of carbs, I eat ice cream, baked goods, and lots more than just chicken. But I weigh my portions, I log accurately so I know if I am actually in a calorie deficit.
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GiveMeCoffee wrote: »jessiemjporter wrote: »i try and cut my Carb intake, i only eat chicken too.
i donly drink water and coffee (with 1 sugar) and i rarely eat sweets maybe the odd bit of 80% Dark chocolate..
It's not what you are eating that's the problem it's how much and inconsistent logging.
I have lost 116 lbs, I eat lots of carbs, I eat ice cream, baked goods, and lots more than just chicken. But I weigh my portions, I log accurately so I know if I am actually in a calorie deficit.
i see what your saying
I always use the other site and 90% use this one too.. its not cutting them out, ive just gone off certain things, I.e i Pasta bake i weighed, im quite good at doing this, i calculated that to stay this weight is 1900 calories a day. but what i mean is since i lost 30lbs im stuck like this for 1 year. i changed things and added things, but nothing has worked, im just confused
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From all of your responses, you haven't made one thing clear, which everyone has mentioned. Do you log your food accurately? Logging accurately means the following:
- You own a digital scale, and you weigh EVERY SOLID item that enters your mouth. This includes fruits, veggies, cheese, you name it. This includes fatty spreads like mayo and peanut butter.
- You use measuring cups to measure caloric liquids in liquid ounces or in milliliters.
- You log every taste, lick, and bite of your food honestly, without forgetting or overlooking things that seem unimportant.
- You DO NOT use generic recipes or generic data from the food database. You make your own recipes using the recipe builder, and use the MFP "official" entries (not marked with an asterisk) for raw food items
Only if you are doing the above can you be sure that you're actually eating what you say you are.0 -
You can eliminate all the arbitrary foods/macronutrients you want, but at the end of the day, you're eating too much. It's all about calories in vs calories out.0
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"probably gained a lb or 2" .. so you don't know?
TOM coming? Have you pooped lately? Are your muscles sore? All of these things can mess with a scale reading.
I will echo what most are saying, weigh and measure everything, log accurately, and eat half of your exercise calories back (if you aren't wearing a HRM - MFP tends to inflate caloric burn)0 -
jessiemjporter wrote: »So... i dont eat perfectly, i dont believe in not completely cutting out foods i like and love, HOWEVER i have been eating around my guided calories in order to lose 1lb a week. my fats stay low and sugars, sodium does go over sometimes and i go to the gym 4 times a week now but for some reason im not losing anything in fact probably gained a lb or 2???
can anyone suggest why this is happening? or what i can do to boost my weight loss?
Thank you
The answer is not to eat less the answer may just be you need to eat the right amount and you may be actually may be eating to little. Yes a novel idea, and possibly true. I tried to go to your page to check out your diary but kept having an error. MFP as you said is a guide not the end all be all number.
It would be great to know about you. Age, current weight, height, activity level, what you do four days a week when you workout, do you eat your exercise calories back, some of them?
If you'd like to talk privately send me a message.
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From all of your responses, you haven't made one thing clear, which everyone has mentioned. Do you log your food accurately? Logging accurately means the following:
- You own a digital scale, and you weigh EVERY SOLID item that enters your mouth. This includes fruits, veggies, cheese, you name it. This includes fatty spreads like mayo and peanut butter.
- You use measuring cups to measure caloric liquids in liquid ounces or in milliliters.
- You log every taste, lick, and bite of your food honestly, without forgetting or overlooking things that seem unimportant.
- You DO NOT use generic recipes or generic data from the food database. You make your own recipes using the recipe builder, and use the MFP "official" entries (not marked with an asterisk) for raw food items
Only if you are doing the above can you be sure that you're actually eating what you say you are.
Right, this make sense, Yes to number i Log everything, i may forget 1 square of chocolate or a 1g of pasta, 1 ml of sauce (but is occasionally) i log my carrots, green beams, all the rest.
I know i shouldn't be confused but what im saying is, even with the odd thing i forget its not going to add up to 500 calories, 50g of sugars and 100g carbs.. i would be happy to lose even just 0.5lb if i knew it was changing but since June i have Gained half a stone.
But i will be honest... i check the nutrition from the generic food if it seems the same as the pack (per 100g) or what ever then i will use it, if not ill enter what i know from my foods,,, but i dont know a lot about your own recipe builder?
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jessiemjporter wrote: »From all of your responses, you haven't made one thing clear, which everyone has mentioned. Do you log your food accurately? Logging accurately means the following:
- You own a digital scale, and you weigh EVERY SOLID item that enters your mouth. This includes fruits, veggies, cheese, you name it. This includes fatty spreads like mayo and peanut butter.
- You use measuring cups to measure caloric liquids in liquid ounces or in milliliters.
- You log every taste, lick, and bite of your food honestly, without forgetting or overlooking things that seem unimportant.
- You DO NOT use generic recipes or generic data from the food database. You make your own recipes using the recipe builder, and use the MFP "official" entries (not marked with an asterisk) for raw food items
Only if you are doing the above can you be sure that you're actually eating what you say you are.
Right, this make sense, Yes to number i Log everything, i may forget 1 square of chocolate or a 1g of pasta, 1 ml of sauce (but is occasionally) i log my carrots, green beams, all the rest.
I know i shouldn't be confused but what im saying is, even with the odd thing i forget its not going to add up to 500 calories, 50g of sugars and 100g carbs.. i would be happy to lose even just 0.5lb if i knew it was changing but since June i have Gained half a stone.
But i will be honest... i check the nutrition from the generic food if it seems the same as the pack (per 100g) or what ever then i will use it, if not ill enter what i know from my foods,,, but i dont know a lot about your own recipe builder?
The recipe builder can be found here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/recipe/calculator
You can use it to create your own recipes. For example, if you make your own spaghetti sauce, you wouldn't want to just go to the database and search "spaghetti sauce". You would want to weigh out your tomatoes, garlic, whatever, and add them all to the calculator and name the recipe "Spaghetti Sauce".0 -
I agree with this comment....Are you weighing your portions?
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jessiemjporter wrote: »From all of your responses, you haven't made one thing clear, which everyone has mentioned. Do you log your food accurately? Logging accurately means the following:
- You own a digital scale, and you weigh EVERY SOLID item that enters your mouth. This includes fruits, veggies, cheese, you name it. This includes fatty spreads like mayo and peanut butter.
- You use measuring cups to measure caloric liquids in liquid ounces or in milliliters.
- You log every taste, lick, and bite of your food honestly, without forgetting or overlooking things that seem unimportant.
- You DO NOT use generic recipes or generic data from the food database. You make your own recipes using the recipe builder, and use the MFP "official" entries (not marked with an asterisk) for raw food items
Only if you are doing the above can you be sure that you're actually eating what you say you are.
Right, this make sense, Yes to number i Log everything, i may forget 1 square of chocolate or a 1g of pasta, 1 ml of sauce (but is occasionally) i log my carrots, green beams, all the rest.
I know i shouldn't be confused but what im saying is, even with the odd thing i forget its not going to add up to 500 calories, 50g of sugars and 100g carbs.. i would be happy to lose even just 0.5lb if i knew it was changing but since June i have Gained half a stone.
But i will be honest... i check the nutrition from the generic food if it seems the same as the pack (per 100g) or what ever then i will use it, if not ill enter what i know from my foods,,, but i dont know a lot about your own recipe builder?
so do you own a food scale, yes or no????
how do you know you are off by 1 gram of pasta…how do you know it is not one ounce of pasta????0 -
Also, if you are logging completely accurately, eating at a deficit, and haven't lost weight in five months... Maybe it's time to see a doctor and check if there's anything wrong on the medical side of things. Otherwise, it could be water retention. Your body can retain water from any new form of exercise, a large amount of sodium, your time of the month, and other random fluctuations; but generally those don't continue for five months unless there's something wrong.0
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Eat less.0
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Thank you for the replies.. i understand im a bit dim on this.
But everyone is saying eating less... i am eating less.. im eating on average 500 calories less a day (and the sugar and carbs and stuff too) sometimes its only 250 calories less.. but either way its less all round. ill keep going but this is truly annoying.. when i didn't even try to lose weight i lost 29lbs, now i track it all i cant seems to budge anything!? 0 -
jessiemjporter wrote: »Thank you for the replies.. i understand im a bit dim on this.
But everyone is saying eating less... i am eating less.. im eating on average 500 calories less a day (and the sugar and carbs and stuff too) sometimes its only 250 calories less.. but either way its less all round. ill keep going but this is truly annoying.. when i didn't even try to lose weight i lost 29lbs, now i track it all i cant seems to budge anything!?
You still haven't answered this question:
Are you using a food scale to weigh your portions?
Without being as accurate as possible: missing the chocolate, unsure on portion of pasta those are very easy ways to take away a deficit that as you say may only sometimes be 250 calories.0 -
jessiemjporter wrote: »Thank you for the replies.. i understand im a bit dim on this.
But everyone is saying eating less... i am eating less.. im eating on average 500 calories less a day (and the sugar and carbs and stuff too) sometimes its only 250 calories less.. but either way its less all round. ill keep going but this is truly annoying.. when i didn't even try to lose weight i lost 29lbs, now i track it all i cant seems to budge anything!?
one more time …do you own a food scale and use it all the time…????
this question has been asked about ten times in this thread and you continue to ignore it…
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