Weight Loss Help

rvdozier1987
rvdozier1987 Posts: 7
edited November 16 in Health and Weight Loss
Help!!!! I'm stuck!!! I do a minimum of 10 miles a day (collectively) drink almost 2 liters of water, take in between 1800-2000 calories and I can't lose weight to save my life! The scale will not move! I'm 144lbs I just want to see 135!

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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    And how are you logging your food and exercise?
  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    How long have you been doing this for?
  • rvdozier1987
    rvdozier1987 Posts: 7
    Rabbitjb I have been logging my food yes. I'm also using FitBit to track my distance daily.

    999tigger I have been doing this routine for about a month now but I took my mileage up about two weeks ago
  • rvdozier1987
    rvdozier1987 Posts: 7
    I also recently took up my water intake due to the weather
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    rvdozier1987 wrote: »
    Help!!!! I'm stuck!!! I do a minimum of 10 miles a day (collectively) drink almost 2 liters of water, take in between 1800-2000 calories and I can't lose weight to save my life! The scale will not move! I'm 144lbs I just want to see 135!

    Do you weigh your food?
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,984 Member
    How old and tall are you? 1800-2000kcal sounds rather high for a diet, especially as you're not so heavy to start with.
  • rvdozier1987
    rvdozier1987 Posts: 7
    TavistockToad no I haven't tried weighing my food, though I do usually measure the cups

    Yirara I am 27 years old and I am 5'2". My caloric intake used to be lower but with my physical activity I had to increase it. My body actually kicked into starvation mode and I started gaining weight rather than losing
  • rvdozier1987
    rvdozier1987 Posts: 7
    Once I started increasing my calories I saw a steady change in the number. Now I've taken my mileage up even more, but I'm kind of afraid to take the calorie count back down. I'm here for tips though so I'm willing to try anything that won't cause me injury or harm.
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    Weigh your food. Seriously, if you're not losing weight that is most likely the answer. If after a couple of weeks of weighing and logging religiously you're still not seeing any progress, drop you daily cal intake by 100.
  • rvdozier1987
    rvdozier1987 Posts: 7
    I'm going to start looking into food weighing now. Where's a good place to start? With meats?
  • DemoraFairy
    DemoraFairy Posts: 1,806 Member
    edited April 2015
    Weigh everything you can. This includes vegetables, sauces, lettuce, everything. The only thing you don't need to weigh is water.

    Also, in reply to your comment about going into starvation mode, you may find this interesting: http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/starvation-mode/
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    DemoraFairy wrote: »
    Weigh everything you can. This includes vegetables, sauces, lettuce, everything. The only thing you don't need to weigh is water.

    Also, in reply to your comment about going into starvation mode, you may find this interesting: http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/starvation-mode/

    ^^All of this. And preferably using digital scales, in grams.
  • cbhubbybubble
    cbhubbybubble Posts: 465 Member
    I'm 5'3" and close to your weight. My maintenance with lifting, yoga, and a lot of daily steps is less than you are eating to try to lose. You have age on your side that I do not, but even still I'd say 1800-2000 is quite possibly maintenance for you, not weight loss range unless you are doing some other activity to burn larger calorie amounts that I haven't seen you mention
  • hhnkhl
    hhnkhl Posts: 231 Member
    Yeah...if you aren't losing weight or gaining...it means you aren't logging correctly...use a digital food scale.
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