Need help with my diet

hi guys!

Two years ago I lost 44kgs on a shake diet, I then stopped losing weight and ended up taking a break for a year and maintained the weight. I did tried to lose weight again with no change, I tried a few months of lite and easy, then 5 months of exercising 3-5 times a week and calorie counting to 1200 as well as following a low gi diet given to me by a dietician. I'm currently 89kgs and I don't know why but I can't lose weight anymore. I get confused when everyone on here says people should be eating more to lose weight etc. I'm quiet short 153cms. Could losing so much weight in little time (44kgs in 7 months) affect what I can lose today? Does anyone have any ideas for me what I can follow? Would a detox help? Feeling kinda fed up. Thank you

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  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    People who say to eat more to lose weight don't what they are talking about. If you aren't losing weight, then you aren't eating less than you are burning.
  • prattiger65
    prattiger65 Posts: 1,657 Member
    edited February 2015
    Detox'so are a way to separate you from your money, they do no good for your health. Log everything you eat and drink as accurately as possible. All that is required to lose weight is a calorie deficit. My advice is to eat the foods you love in smaller portions with an eye towards balance. Usually when I see " I'm eating 1200 and can't lose" those people are really eating much more and their logging is inaccurate. I am sure there will be people coming along soon to tell you to cut something out of your diet, they will be wrong. You just needa little less of what you eat now. Good luck

    ETA, read this! http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants#latest
  • When i introduced this app to my colleagues that wanted to lose some weight, I could see that when they used it, they entered their food all wrong. To make matters worse, some foods are just plain wrong calories or missing nutritional information in the MFP database.
    Also, they eat more than their allotted calories for the day because the they used the MFP exercise calculator which is simply inaccurate and telling them they can eat more. So, i think a user could be mislead to think they can eat more due to some level of exercise.

    Perhaps get a friend to review a few of your diary entries or open it up to the MFP community?

    So when i log my exercise calories, I log use a Heart Rate monitor (HRM) to ensure it is at least reasonably accurate. Secondly, it is not well known that even if you use a HRM to calculate calories, it is a GROSS calories burned and not NET calories.

    In short if you do a workout, you need to take a further 10-30% off the total calories recorded by the exercise machine at the gym or whatever, because you have a Rest Metabolic Rate (RMR) which needs to be subtracted from the calories you burned during exercise. (roughly 10% if its a very intensive workout [i.e. punching a boxing bag like mad until sweat drops off your face] and 20-30% off if you do in a prolong , moderate workout. (e.g. bushwalking uphill over 2 hours)

    I still treat exercise as bonus calories , because even with all this knowledge, I dont know how accurate the calories burnt is.... just do exercise for the sake of exercise.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    A detox is unnecessary

    How do you determine your portion sizes? If you aren't losing, you're more than likely eating more than you think.
  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member
    edited February 2015
    shantt91 wrote: »
    hi guys!

    Two years ago I lost 44kgs on a shake diet, I then stopped losing weight and ended up taking a break for a year and maintained the weight. I did tried to lose weight again with no change, I tried a few months of lite and easy, then 5 months of exercising 3-5 times a week and calorie counting to 1200 as well as following a low gi diet given to me by a dietician. I'm currently 89kgs and I don't know why but I can't lose weight anymore. I get confused when everyone on here says people should be eating more to lose weight etc. I'm quiet short 153cms. Could losing so much weight in little time (44kgs in 7 months) affect what I can lose today? Does anyone have any ideas for me what I can follow? Would a detox help? Feeling kinda fed up. Thank you

    Don't listen to that tripe.

    There are many reasons to eat more: nutrition, preserve lean muscle mass, hunger/starvation, sustainability, motivation, fueling workouts ... but not a one of them is to lose weight. Not. A. One.

    If one is not losing weight on a given calorie quota, eating a higher quota - more calories can not, in any way, help to lose.
  • Hello & Welcome to MFP!

    I did not see any mention of exercise.

    If you are eating properly (within allotted calories. eating complex carbs, lean protein, veggies & fruits) and you are still not seeing any results, you may need to incorporate some exercise into your routine to bust through the plateau.

    At some point, I find with us 'fun size' folks (I'm 4' 10") we just need that extra umph that cardio gives over diet alone. Reducing the duration of my cardio but upping the intensity was the only thing that broke through my plateau when I was loosing.

    Short duration of intense cardio is your friend. If you can hold a conversation throughout your cardio exercise or leisurely read a book then the intensity is just not enough to give your body a boost it needs.

    Good luck!

  • runnerchick69
    runnerchick69 Posts: 317 Member
    I was right where you are and then I increased my calories. People think this doesn't work but I'm proof positive that it does :D I hit a point where I'd just stopped losing weight and for a time I was ok with that but eventually I wanted to get the rest of the weight off. I increased my calories and just like that, the weight started to fall. Not something I would have thought because it just didn't make sense but sometimes what doesn't make sense works! I was a guest on a weight loss/fitness podcast twice last year and we talked about how eating more really messed with my head and everything I thought I knew. This isn't about eating more of anything bad but it is about increasing your calorie intake, getting your vegetables and fruits, but most of all finding a good balance that works. Try increasing your calories slightly and continue to exercise. What I was told by a dietician is increasing my calories gave my body the shake up it needed. It is certainly worth a try :)