where am I going wrong?

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  • Lesa_Sass
    Lesa_Sass Posts: 2,213 Member
    dilts36 wrote: »
    100.5 Is great for your height and congrats on the 25lbs so far but i completely agree with most people here. Track your food, it gives you a really good understanding on what and how much you are eating. Also maybe throw in some nuts in the beginning of the day and never go to bed hungry!


    She is 100 KG not lbs. One KG is 2.2 pounds.

  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    canky77 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    canky77 wrote: »
    i'll go and have a look, i set most of it up 22 months ago, i need to update it all :) thank you
    x

    Yeah check it out again. Let us know what it says.

    now i've changed it, its told me i need to eat 1,200 calories a day :)

    Net Calories Consumed* / Day 1,200 Calories / Day
    Carbs / Day 150.0 g
    Fat / Day 40.0 g
    Protein / Day 60.0 g

    :)

    That is net 1200 so if you burn 600 you eat 1800 - 600 = 1200 net ..

    Do you have a food scale?
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    canky77 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    canky77 wrote: »
    i'll go and have a look, i set most of it up 22 months ago, i need to update it all :) thank you
    x

    Yeah check it out again. Let us know what it says.

    now i've changed it, its told me i need to eat 1,200 calories a day :)

    Net Calories Consumed* / Day 1,200 Calories / Day
    Carbs / Day 150.0 g
    Fat / Day 40.0 g
    Protein / Day 60.0 g

    :)

    That is for 2 lbs a week weight loss? And what activity level?
  • lcooper327
    lcooper327 Posts: 112 Member
    I'm assuming you set it to lose two pounds per week. I think you're already losing 1.5ish lbs per week which is quite good. I would start with measuring what you are already eating and decide from there because it is obviously a decent deficit as you have been successful so far. 1200 doesn't seem like enough for 5'8"
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    lcooper327 wrote: »
    I'm assuming you set it to lose two pounds per week. I think you're already losing 1.5ish lbs per week which is quite good. I would start with measuring what you are already eating and decide from there because it is obviously a decent deficit as you have been successful so far. 1200 doesn't seem like enough for 5'8"

    Right. If you've been losing about 1.5 lbs a week, which is great...really start tracking. You can eat more than 1200. You're eating more than that now and losing.
  • canky77
    canky77 Posts: 19
    thank you :) i shall do :)
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,222 Member
    No MFP said you should eat 1200 calories a day given that you said you're sedentary and that you should eat back your true net exercise calories.

    You are on a calorie counting web site. Must of us believe that the numbers of how much we take in and how much we expend actually matter! It lets us make decisions about eating more or less or fitting in treats.

    You may want to look up the sexypants posts in the getting started forum. And the how to record your food intake accurately posts....

    You may also want to use a calculator such as the if it fits your macros calculator to figure out what a realistic goal would be for you!
  • sjwoodgate
    sjwoodgate Posts: 12 Member
    I started last year at 257 (116.5kg) and now I'm just below you at 215lbs (97.5kg) and I am 21 and 5'2.5".You are working out alot so you need to remember muscle weighs almost twice as much more than fat, are you tracking your measurements too? I have lost 8 inches over all so far but only 3lbs. You are eating the right stuff (obviously) but like everyone says you have weigh and log everything to get the full impact of how many calories you are eating :smile: well done on your loss so far and good luck with the rest of the weight loss
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Does op use food scale?????
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Does op use food scale?????

    No. She hasn't really been tracking. She opened this up months ago and just reset her stats.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Does op use food scale?????

    No. She hasn't really been tracking. She opened this up months ago and just reset her stats.

    Oh ok ..

    Op

    Get a food scale and weigh all solids
    Log everything you eat into mfp

    Do this for four weeks and report back
  • canky77
    canky77 Posts: 19
    okay, i have some scales in the cupboard, i will start weighing everything and logging in :)
  • canky77
    canky77 Posts: 19
    canky77 wrote: »
    okay, i have some scales in the cupboard, i will start weighing everything and logging in :)
    i'm out for a meal tomorrow and will start fresh on monday :)
  • debbiedoll628
    debbiedoll628 Posts: 1 Member
    Are you getting enough sleep? Sleep, especially deep sleep plays a big role in repairing torn muscle fibers damaged during exercise, and lack of sleep can raise stress levels and stress related hormones. That can be a big factor as well.

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