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  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Alexandra wrote: »
    Hey girl, good job on exercise and seeking accountability, you go girl. I personally see too much processed food. The cereal, the flat breads...Have you read Wheat Belly? I am seeing a nutritionist and she had me cut out dairy and gluten...including wheat. Try consulting with a nutritionist. But calories aren't everything, quality of food is!

    just ignore this please…

    food type has nothing to do with weight loss
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    StaceyJ2008 wrote: »
    According to her diary she ate under 1000 calories today. I don't know if that is the norm or not because I didn't look. Your metabolism and your body's ability to burn fat decreases when you aren't eating enough to sustain it. She needs to increase her protein period. Google it if you want to, ask a trainer if you want to. However, I could be wrong. Just do what feels right to you. I don't know why she isn't losing any inches. That is something she should check out with a trainer or doctor.


    long term adaptive thermogenesis, yes…

    one day underrating ruining metabolism…no…

  • Wiseandcurious
    Wiseandcurious Posts: 730 Member
    My oh my, this thread is a storm...

    OP, there are a lot of opinions and varying advice in this thread but I think they all have one thing in common: guestimation... Because without a food scale (not cups, a scale) and very conscientious logging for at least a few weeks nobody really knows what you're eating, including yourself.

    Take a deep breath, it will all get better!

    Get a $10 food scale. I promise the first few days you use it to weigh everything will be a revelation. Use correct entries from the database, double check with the usda website if necessary. There is no such thing as a small pear, a medium apple, a full-proof barcode scan. Today I used the barcode scanner on a can of fruit for a recipe. Some poor bugger had entered in the database the 1 portion cals (drained) as the full can, not drained. More than double calories in reality than in the database entry. Double check everything, it will only be a hassle the first few days, then foods start repeating.

    After a few days of measuring you will already have a few clearer options for the future. Calories more than you previously thought? Adjust intake. Calories pretty much what yout thought? Adjust activity, or how you track calories out, etc...

    Point being, it begins and ends with conscientious logging and a scale. Everything else, even if the logic is sound, is based on a questionable premise - guestimation of your intake.

    Good luck! It will get easier.
  • stumblinthrulife
    stumblinthrulife Posts: 2,558 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    dixoncrew wrote: »
    You are not eating enough. If I were as active as you I'd be eating 1800-2000 calories a day which would still put you at a deficit. 1300 calories isn't even enough for someone who doesn't even workout. You need to fuel your body properly. Check out the Eat, Train, Progress group, they have tons of great info.

    so she is not losing because she is eating TOO little…really???

    Yup, that's why all those POWs in WWII came back obese. Oh wait...
  • wladysiak
    wladysiak Posts: 11 Member
    Wiseandcurious wrote: »
    My oh my, this thread is a storm...

    OP, there are a lot of opinions and varying advice in this thread but I think they all have one thing in common: guestimation... Because without a food scale (not cups, a scale) and very conscientious logging for at least a few weeks nobody really knows what you're eating, including yourself.

    Take a deep breath, it will all get better!

    Get a $10 food scale. I promise the first few days you use it to weigh everything will be a revelation. Use correct entries from the database, double check with the usda website if necessary. There is no such thing as a small pear, a medium apple, a full-proof barcode scan. Today I used the barcode scanner on a can of fruit for a recipe. Some poor bugger had entered in the database the 1 portion cals (drained) as the full can, not drained. More than double calories in reality than in the database entry. Double check everything, it will only be a hassle the first few days, then foods start repeating.

    After a few days of measuring you will already have a few clearer options for the future. Calories more than you previously thought? Adjust intake. Calories pretty much what yout thought? Adjust activity, or how you track calories out, etc...

    Point being, it begins and ends with conscientious logging and a scale. Everything else, even if the logic is sound, is based on a questionable premise - guestimation of your intake.

    Good luck! It will get easier.

  • missomgitsica
    missomgitsica Posts: 496 Member
    Maybe you're overestimating calorie burn . . . aren't heart rate monitors meant to be worn only when you work out? I wore mine for a full day once when I first got it, and it said I burned over 3000 calories just while I was at work . . . if I was burning that much, I wouldn't be over weight! I don't know, that's the only thing I can think to suggest.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Alexandra wrote: »
    Hey girl, good job on exercise and seeking accountability, you go girl. I personally see too much processed food. The cereal, the flat breads...Have you read Wheat Belly? I am seeing a nutritionist and she had me cut out dairy and gluten...including wheat. Try consulting with a nutritionist. But calories aren't everything, quality of food is!

    Wheat Belly is fiction. Just saying.

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