What is wrong with my BODY?????
mandymd83
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Here is my routine 7 days a week. 2.5 miles of walking highest5mph. 1400 calories a day or less. I eat Egg whites (3 tbs) 1 pc of whole wheat grain bread and natural cheese every morning. I eat turkey or chicken with a veggie for lunch. snack is banana or hummus dinner I eat only chicken or fish and salad. I drink 6 bottles of water a day. I cant lose weight. Im 5'10" 176 sometimes it will go to 174 if Im lucky....Please help Im at a loss
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Are you weighing everything you are eating and logging correctly? Also it would be helpful to people trying to give advice if your diary was open.0
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Here's a question that you need to answer.
How do you feel?
Trust me, it's important.0 -
Eat more. Seriously. If you're consuming 1400 calories or fewer and working out, you're not eating enough. And for heaven's sake, eat the whole egg! The yoke has way more nutrients than the whites.0
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Open your diary.
At your weight, your 2.5 mile walk burn about 130 calories - are you eating that (or more) back?0 -
I've been using Shealth for the last 4 weeks to work with my samsung gear fit so it wont reflect what i have really been doing. I started again today logging myfitness pal. Shadowan do you mean physically or mentally?
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If you aren't losing weight, you aren't eating less calories than your body is burning. It is almost always as simple as that. I can't see your diary so I'll ask: are you weighing your food portions? Using measuring cups and eyeballing portions can be inaccurate and the closer you get to your goal weight the more precise you need to be.
Since you're down to your last 20 pounds or so have you considered body recomposition rather than weight loss? At 5'10" and 176 pounds you're actually in the normal range for your height and weight. Start strength training while eating at a slight calorie deficit. You'll lose more fat, retain (and even build a little) muscle and look better overall.0 -
I definitely agree with the yolk comment.
The panic over cholesterol in eggs is unfounded and has been disproved many times over.
The reason I'm asking how you feel is if you feel rubbish? Chances are you're not eating right.
A lot of people ignore their own body signals and suffer, then eventually quit.
That's not to say weight loss is easy - but you should feel better, not massively worse and if you feel terrible? You're trying too hard 9 times out of 10.0 -
Wow this is all so helpful. I dont eat my calories back. I do drink wine 1 glass a night or every other night. Could that be ruining everything I'm doing?
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Nah, that won't be killing much off as long as you can honestly say you're only having one glass sparingly.0
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Buy a food scale. Use it. Determine how much you are really eating. Make adjustments from there.0
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Actually Shadowan I have felt better these last 4 weeks then i have in a long time!! I just got on the scale today and saw a 2lbs rise and almost just wanted to crawl back in the bed with some chocolate and a pizza. The scale is what depresses me. Maybe after hearing all your awesome comments I should toss the scale add weight training and eat more healthy food
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AdrienneKaren wrote: »Eat more. Seriously. If you're consuming 1400 calories or fewer and working out, you're not eating enough. And for heaven's sake, eat the whole egg! The yoke has way more nutrients than the whites.
Upon further investigation I have to agree with this. The below are the caloric intakes suggested for a perdon of your height and weight that "moderately exercises" and if you are really working out 7 days a week moderate is an underestimate.
You need 2,470 Calories/day to maintain your weight.
You need 1,970Calories/day to lose 1 lb per week.
You need 1,470 Calories/day to lose 2 lb per week.
If you are eating less than 1400 calories each day you are eating much too little. My suggestion is to establish a healthy relationship with food.
Edited because the previous #'s were for a male. Whoops, sorry! Still even with the updated #'s you are eating too little. 2 lb loss per week is really aggressive especially with someone 20 lbs from their goal weight.0 -
Food scale sounds important I don't use one. I might have 2 glasses of wine but always add them to my count and never go over 2 unless im out on date with the hubs (which is rare)0
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branflakes1980 wrote: »AdrienneKaren wrote: »Eat more. Seriously. If you're consuming 1400 calories or fewer and working out, you're not eating enough. And for heaven's sake, eat the whole egg! The yoke has way more nutrients than the whites.
Upon further investigation I have to agree with this. The below are the caloric intakes suggested for your height and weight that "moderately exercises" and if you are really working out 7 days a week moderate is an underestimate.
You need 2,727 Calories/day to maintain your weight.
You need 2,227 Calories/day to lose 1 lb per week.
You need 1,727 Calories/day to lose 2 lb per week.
If you are eating less than 1400 calories each day you are eating much too little. My suggestion is to establish a healthy relationship with food.
Im scared to eat that many calories. Oh WOW0 -
branflakes1980 wrote: »AdrienneKaren wrote: »Eat more. Seriously. If you're consuming 1400 calories or fewer and working out, you're not eating enough. And for heaven's sake, eat the whole egg! The yoke has way more nutrients than the whites.
Upon further investigation I have to agree with this.
That's 19 kinds of wrong. It's not possible for someone OPs size to have a long term plateau on 1400 calories.
If OP is plateauing, then OP's logging is broken.
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As you don't log consistently how do you know how much you're eating?0
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branflakes1980 wrote: »AdrienneKaren wrote: »Eat more. Seriously. If you're consuming 1400 calories or fewer and working out, you're not eating enough. And for heaven's sake, eat the whole egg! The yoke has way more nutrients than the whites.
Upon further investigation I have to agree with this.
That's 19 kinds of wrong. It's not possible for someone OPs size to have a long term plateau on 1400 calories.
If OP is plateauing, then OP's logging is broken.
So you're saying 1400 is fine but I need to be more careful on my logging?0 -
wine affects me unfortunately, even when included in my calorie count. For that reason I am mainly sticking to not drinking during the week and saving the wine for the weekend when I am naturally more active due to not being in work as well as time for longer workouts etc..0
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isulo_kura wrote: »As you don't log consistently how do you know how much you're eating?
I have been using a different program to go with my samsung gearfit. Im not back to myfitness pal. Sorry it doesnt reflect well enough
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branflakes1980 wrote: »AdrienneKaren wrote: »Eat more. Seriously. If you're consuming 1400 calories or fewer and working out, you're not eating enough. And for heaven's sake, eat the whole egg! The yoke has way more nutrients than the whites.
Upon further investigation I have to agree with this. The below are the caloric intakes suggested for your height and weight that "moderately exercises" and if you are really working out 7 days a week moderate is an underestimate.
You need 2,727 Calories/day to maintain your weight.
You need 2,227 Calories/day to lose 1 lb per week.
You need 1,727 Calories/day to lose 2 lb per week.
If you are eating less than 1400 calories each day you are eating much too little. My suggestion is to establish a healthy relationship with food.
Im scared to eat that many calories. Oh WOW
I'd love to eat that!
I'm 248, work out 3x a week and have it set to 1.5 lb loss a week and I only get 1610! Girl, eat those calories. At least try it. Sometimes it benefits to switch it up!
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branflakes1980 wrote: »AdrienneKaren wrote: »Eat more. Seriously. If you're consuming 1400 calories or fewer and working out, you're not eating enough. And for heaven's sake, eat the whole egg! The yoke has way more nutrients than the whites.
Upon further investigation I have to agree with this.
That's 19 kinds of wrong. It's not possible for someone OPs size to have a long term plateau on 1400 calories.
If OP is plateauing, then OP's logging is broken.
So you're saying 1400 is fine but I need to be more careful on my logging?
It might be - might not be. Depends on fitness level, goals, personality, etc. Guaranteed you'll lose weight at that level, it's just a question of how healthily.
But yeah...strong likelihood that logging needs improving.0 -
branflakes1980 wrote: »AdrienneKaren wrote: »Eat more. Seriously. If you're consuming 1400 calories or fewer and working out, you're not eating enough. And for heaven's sake, eat the whole egg! The yoke has way more nutrients than the whites.
Upon further investigation I have to agree with this. The below are the caloric intakes suggested for your height and weight that "moderately exercises" and if you are really working out 7 days a week moderate is an underestimate.
You need 2,727 Calories/day to maintain your weight.
You need 2,227 Calories/day to lose 1 lb per week.
You need 1,727 Calories/day to lose 2 lb per week.
If you are eating less than 1400 calories each day you are eating much too little. My suggestion is to establish a healthy relationship with food.
Im scared to eat that many calories. Oh WOW
I was off on the #'s so I fixed them. But your goal of 1400 calories a day is much to small.
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Food scale sounds important I don't use one. I might have 2 glasses of wine but always add them to my count and never go over 2 unless im out on date with the hubs (which is rare)
that is your problem right there..
if you are not using a food scale you are probably underestimating calories by 25 to 50% ...so in your example of eating 1400 if you are 25% off then you could be over consuming by anywhere from 200 to 300 calories a day at a 25% error rate...
get a food scale and weigh/log/measure everything for three to four weeks and see how it goes..
I think you will be surprised as to how much you are actually consuming..
Do you eat back 100% of exercise calories? If yes, you should only be eating back half.0 -
branflakes1980 wrote: »AdrienneKaren wrote: »Eat more. Seriously. If you're consuming 1400 calories or fewer and working out, you're not eating enough. And for heaven's sake, eat the whole egg! The yoke has way more nutrients than the whites.
Upon further investigation I have to agree with this.
That's 19 kinds of wrong. It's not possible for someone OPs size to have a long term plateau on 1400 calories.
If OP is plateauing, then OP's logging is broken.
I wasn't agreeing with a plateau I was agreeing with the fact that OP needs to eat more.
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branflakes1980 wrote: »AdrienneKaren wrote: »Eat more. Seriously. If you're consuming 1400 calories or fewer and working out, you're not eating enough. And for heaven's sake, eat the whole egg! The yoke has way more nutrients than the whites.
Upon further investigation I have to agree with this. The below are the caloric intakes suggested for a perdon of your height and weight that "moderately exercises" and if you are really working out 7 days a week moderate is an underestimate.
You need 2,470 Calories/day to maintain your weight.
You need 1,970Calories/day to lose 1 lb per week.
You need 1,470 Calories/day to lose 2 lb per week.
If you are eating less than 1400 calories each day you are eating much too little. My suggestion is to establish a healthy relationship with food.
Edited because the previous #'s were for a male. Whoops, sorry! Still even with the updated #'s you are eating too little. 2 lb loss per week is really aggressive especially with someone 20 lbs from their goal weight.
No, OP needs to tighten up logging first through use of a food scale..
if she is not losing on an assumed intake of 1400 then how would increasing to 1970 help her lose weight?
if her logging is off and she bumps to 1970 then she will probably really be consuming 2300 ...0 -
Food scale sounds important I don't use one. I might have 2 glasses of wine but always add them to my count and never go over 2 unless im out on date with the hubs (which is rare)
It's sounding more and more like accuracy and consistency with your food logging might be the problem. I'm betting you're eating more calories than you think you are.
Definitely buy a kitchen scale and start using it. Faithfully log what you're eating and drinking, down to gum, vitamins and little things you might currently skip, and see how many calories you're actually consuming each day. Worry less about the scale, start measuring yourself and tracking it in MFP, and begin a strength training program. I did this a year ago and I'm 10 pounds heavier than my lightest weight but still wearing the same clothes. I'd rather have less jiggle than see a smaller number on the scale.0 -
You should definitely eat more and agreed on the egg yolks, eatem up, yum, yum! As far as gaining, if you are lifting you should expect to see a rise, if not you’re, not lifting correctly. Do you take measurements of key areas of your body? Waist, thighs, calves, biceps, etc…. This is more important than watching the scale.
Also, I suggest eating back a percentage of you W/O calories as your calorie burnt is a rough estimate. I aim for 60-70% usually.
Sorry for the cliff notes but I have to get back to work. I hope this helps a little.
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branflakes1980 wrote: »AdrienneKaren wrote: »Eat more. Seriously. If you're consuming 1400 calories or fewer and working out, you're not eating enough. And for heaven's sake, eat the whole egg! The yoke has way more nutrients than the whites.
Upon further investigation I have to agree with this. The below are the caloric intakes suggested for a perdon of your height and weight that "moderately exercises" and if you are really working out 7 days a week moderate is an underestimate.
You need 2,470 Calories/day to maintain your weight.
You need 1,970Calories/day to lose 1 lb per week.
You need 1,470 Calories/day to lose 2 lb per week.
If you are eating less than 1400 calories each day you are eating much too little. My suggestion is to establish a healthy relationship with food.
Edited because the previous #'s were for a male. Whoops, sorry! Still even with the updated #'s you are eating too little. 2 lb loss per week is really aggressive especially with someone 20 lbs from their goal weight.
No, OP needs to tighten up logging first through use of a food scale..
if she is not losing on an assumed intake of 1400 then how would increasing to 1970 help her lose weight?
if her logging is off and she bumps to 1970 then she will probably really be consuming 2300 ...
I agree totally, I deleted my first comment but it stated that she needed to open her diary, and I asked her if she was weighing everything she was consuming. She most definitely has to make sure she is logging and weighing everything correctly, but she also needs to know that 1400 calories is too low for a person her size and as active as she claims to be.
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branflakes1980 wrote: »branflakes1980 wrote: »AdrienneKaren wrote: »Eat more. Seriously. If you're consuming 1400 calories or fewer and working out, you're not eating enough. And for heaven's sake, eat the whole egg! The yoke has way more nutrients than the whites.
Upon further investigation I have to agree with this.
That's 19 kinds of wrong. It's not possible for someone OPs size to have a long term plateau on 1400 calories.
If OP is plateauing, then OP's logging is broken.
I wasn't agreeing with a plateau I was agreeing with the fact that OP needs to eat more.
That's exactly the part that's wrong. OP doesn't need to eat more - if OP needed to eat more, the weight would be melting off.
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