weight not coming off
teamster83
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i am 5-10 and weigh around 357 did weigh 364 i been eating around 2200 calories a day and walk for an hour usually burning around 500 calories. The weight is no longer coming off could i please ask for some advice/
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Open your diary - bottom left at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings - or at least tell us what you're eating.
I doubt you burn 500 calories walking an hour to be honest, but given where you're at I would suggest eating more like 1600 calories a day (regardless of exercise) and 25% or more of those should be protein ie 100 grams a day of protein from meat, fish, cheese, eggs etc.0 -
Open your diary - bottom left at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings - or at least tell us what you're eating.
I doubt you burn 500 calories walking an hour to be honest, but given where you're at I would suggest eating more like 1600 calories a day (regardless of exercise) and 25% or more of those should be protein ie 100 grams a day of protein from meat, fish, cheese, eggs etc.
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Think you should look at both reducing your calorie intake and increasing your exercise. 500 calories an hour is do-able, depends on your speed (and inclination). 2200 to 1600 is a very drastic change though, try reducing intake slowly.
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Open your diary. Also, are you using a food scale?0
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I am going off what the labels say. I don't have a food scale. The app I was using says I am burning 500 to 511 with a average speed of 2.8mph. My other question was the my fitness app has me set at 2554 calories us that right or is it way to high0
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What time frame are we talking about? How long has the weight loss been stalled?
The advice is going to be different if it's 3 months or 3 days.0 -
I found a food scale on Amazon for about $15. It made a *tremendous* difference.
One of the best health related investments I've made (besides my running shoes)
If you were right on track without a food scale, I'd say "keep at it" But since you are not making the progress you'd like to see, then consider investing on a food scale. Then measure and log what you eat.
I think with that alone, you will be pleasantly surprised.
Another thing to consider down the road, is to invest on a HRM. I think MFP greatly overestimates exercise calories. And since it always allows you to eat those extra calories, an overestimate allowance can be deal breaking.0 -
I started March 12th and I walk sn hour 7 days a week. I started at 364.7 however I did take a road trip to louis and might of went over the calorie counts for Monday - Wednesday of this week the weight has been stalled for almost a week or so0
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Well I started on March 12th
What's a hr vs mfpbeachhouse758 wrote: »I found a food scale on Amazon for about $15. It made a *tremendous* difference.
One of the best health related investments I've made (besides my running shoes)
If you were right on track without a food scale, I'd say "keep at it" But since you are not making the progress you'd like to see, then consider investing on a food scale. Then measure and log what you eat.
I think with that alone, you will be pleasantly surprised.
Another thing to consider down the road, is to invest on a HRM. I think MFP greatly overestimates exercise calories. And since it always allows you to eat those extra calories, an overestimate allowance can be deal breaking.
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teamster83 wrote: »I started March 12th and I walk sn hour 7 days a week. I started at 364.7 however I did take a road trip to louis and might of went over the calorie counts for Monday - Wednesday of this week the weight has been stalled for almost a week or so
Ok, so half of this week, you didn't follow the plan, and you didn't lose weight. That's normal. Even if you did follow the plan perfectly, there's going to be weeks where you don't lose. There might be some weeks where the scale shows a gain. And sometimes large drops in weight and sometimes tiny drops in weight. It's just how it happens. For everyone. Even on shows like the Biggest Loser, where it's their full-time job to lose weight, sometimes they don't lose.0 -
Ok also I know I got a lot to lose but I also wanted to ask when you have lije, a roast and potatoes how do you measure it out and figure the calorie count since it's not portioned. And no label to go off0
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Make SURE you have the right tools for your kitchen...which means having measuring spoons, measuring cups, AND a food scale. Eyeballing it just doesn't cut it at the start of the loss journey. Drink your 64oz plus of fluid per day (not counting diet soda) and don't eat any calories added by exercise. Stay away from drive thru for a week. (Sodium) This should kick start you.0
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Ya I gave up fast food completly0
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Make SURE you have the right tools for your kitchen...which means having measuring spoons, measuring cups, AND a food scale. Eyeballing it just doesn't cut it at the start of the loss journey. Drink your 64oz plus of fluid per day (not counting diet soda) and don't eat any calories added by exercise. Stay away from drive thru for a week. (Sodium) This should kick start you.[/quote
Thanx gbo0 -
teamster83 wrote: »Well I started on March 12thbeachhouse758 wrote: »What's a hr vs mfp
I'm sorry for the abbreviations. HRM stands for Heart Rate Monitor. The ones with a watch and a chest strap are generally more accurate than something like My Fitness Pal (MFP) and other online data bases, which calculate your caloric burn based on your weight and type of exercise alone -- without taking into consideration your heart rate.0 -
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beachhouse758 wrote: »teamster83 wrote: »Well I started on March 12thbeachhouse758 wrote: »What's a hr vs mfp
I'm sorry for the abbreviations. HRM stands for Heart Rate Monitor. The ones with a watch and a chest strap are generally more accurate than something like My Fitness Pal (MFP) and other online data bases, which calculate your caloric burn based on your weight and type of exercise alone -- without taking into consideration your heart rate.
Any idea how much one costs. I am out of work right now trying to burn some weight for the next one0 -
I have a question-I assume you measure your proteins, for example chicken. Do you measure it before or after cooking it?0
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This here is a great article
http://www.rd.com/health/diet-weight-loss/how-to-lose-weight/
thank you for this info!! I printed it out0 -
This here is a great article
http://www.rd.com/health/diet-weight-loss/how-to-lose-weight/
What is a "fat releaser"? The article says honey has 64 calories of" fat releaser" per tablespoon. That just sounds made up.
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teamster83 wrote: »
You don't measure your chicken at all? How are you determining how much you are eating?
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My advise?
Weigh your food.
Only take 1/2 of the calories MPF wants to give you for calorie burns (or use a heart rate monitor).
Expect that if you go over your calories for 2-3 days, you wouldn't see the loss you expect (or any depending on how much you went over).
10 days is really not long enough to determine weight "isn't coming off"0 -
Nearly every response in here has stressed me out. The OP absolutely does not need to lower to 1600 calories. What kind of arbitrary crap is that? The OP said MFP gives them 2500+ to lose. Based on their current weight 2200 is possibly even too low with approximately 500 burned calories putting them at a net of 1700. Think and get more details before you irresponsibly tell people to starve themselves...especially after this is clearly not even a stall in weight loss.0
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What doitsfuntobenormal wrote: »My advise?
Weigh your food.
Only take 1/2 of the calories MPF wants to give you for calorie burns (or use a heart rate monitor).
Expect that if you go over your calories for 2-3 days, you wouldn't see the loss you expect (or any depending on how much you went over).
10 days is really not long enough to determine weight "isn't coming off"
What do you mean use 1\2 calories mf wants to give for calorie burns right now it says 2253 calories allowed all day0 -
teamster83 wrote: »I started March 12th and I walk sn hour 7 days a week. I started at 364.7 however I did take a road trip to louis and might of went over the calorie counts for Monday - Wednesday of this week the weight has been stalled for almost a week or so
Even if you did everything perfectly during your road trip, vacations tend to cause some water weight retention in many people, which can mask the fat loss that's still happening. You're getting good advice about tracking your food more accurately, but remember that the weight just won't come off at the same pace every single week.
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You started 10 days ago and you have lost 7 lbs.? You are not stalled. Weight loss does not occur daily or in a linear fashion. Keep doing what you are doing and the weight will take care of itself.0
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My advice to you is to keep moving, first of all. As you increase your fitness, you can increase your walking - and no need to do it all at once. Then, because you are a big person, your calorie goal doesn't need to be reduced in my opinion, anyway, but it will be very helpful for you to find a way to weigh and measure food so that you stay within your plan. Third, when you do stray from your eating plan (whatever it is) as when you were in St. Louis, and eating out a lot, just the sodium content of your food will cause water weight. Think of this as a life journey and not a sprint, and make some smaller, sustainable changes along the way.
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I want to thank you all I went and got a scale and weighed a bake Potato and the bag said 100 calories for one potatoe and then after I weighed it out and did the conversion ot was actually 161 calories so I figure if it was that bad for a bake potatoe god only knows about anything else will start weighing out food ty much0
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teamster83 wrote: »I want to thank you all I went and got a scale and weighed a bake Potato and the bag said 100 calories for one potatoe and then after I weighed it out and did the conversion ot was actually 161 calories so I figure if it was that bad for a bake potatoe god only knows about anything else will start weighing out food ty much
Once I started weighing things, I was amazed at how much more I had been eating. It made a big difference for me. Good luck!
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My other question is that would change carb proteins etc correctjanejellyroll wrote: »teamster83 wrote: »I want to thank you all I went and got a scale and weighed a bake Potato and the bag said 100 calories for one potatoe and then after I weighed it out and did the conversion ot was actually 161 calories so I figure if it was that bad for a bake potatoe god only knows about anything else will start weighing out food ty much
Once I started weighing things, I was amazed at how much more I had been eating. It made a big difference for me. Good luck!
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