not enough calories hirting weight lose

acoppolo78
acoppolo78 Posts: 13 Member
edited November 17 in Health and Weight Loss
I have been using this app for 8 days now and i got to the gym 5 days a week i have my calories at 1430 for the day but i rarely get to that amount. Is it hurting my weight lose? I feel like im getting no where.

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  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    No, eating too little won't stall your weight loss. It can however set you up for malnutrition. Are you weighing and logging your foods accurately? You may be eating more than you think you are.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    If you open your diary, you may get more useful advice. Eight days is way too soon to say you are getting nowhere.

    Why are you rarely hitting your goal? It won't hurt your weight loss, but undereating could hurt YOU. It can impact your energy level, cause health complications (if done long-term), and generally makes life much less fun. It will also make any weight loss you see more likely to come from muscle than fat.
  • Lexicpt
    Lexicpt Posts: 209 Member
    Doesn't hurt your weight loss, but it will hurt your health.
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    acoppolo78 wrote: »
    I have been using this app for 8 days now and i got to the gym 5 days a week i have my calories at 1430 for the day but i rarely get to that amount. Is it hurting my weight lose? I feel like im getting no where.

    No.

    And eight days isn't a big enough sample size to tell you anything about your weight loss and how it is going.
  • acoppolo78
    acoppolo78 Posts: 13 Member
    Ive been going to the gym for 2 months now and lost around 5 pounds so far, maybe a little more. Ididnt weigh myself when i first started. I was taking CLA and protein shakes but i stopped cause of the calories, they were more than i was burning. I dont know if im on the right track or i should change what im doing.
  • maxit
    maxit Posts: 880 Member
    You might be retaining water through all the cardio and stress you are putting your body through that will mask fat loss for a while (and thus "hurt" scale weight).
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    acoppolo78 wrote: »
    Ive been going to the gym for 2 months now and lost around 5 pounds so far, maybe a little more. Ididnt weigh myself when i first started. I was taking CLA and protein shakes but i stopped cause of the calories, they were more than i was burning. I dont know if im on the right track or i should change what im doing.

    If you rarely hit your calorie goal, why are you cutting out foods due to their calories?

    You've lost five pounds in two months, which is pretty good. If you just started tracking your calories eight days ago, it's too soon to tell if you are on the right track or if you should change something.

  • acoppolo78
    acoppolo78 Posts: 13 Member
    How do you lose water weight?
  • acoppolo78
    acoppolo78 Posts: 13 Member
    I cut them cause i was going over my calories for the day and dint want to cut out food
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    acoppolo78 wrote: »
    I cut them cause i was going over my calories for the day and dint want to cut out food

    Cutting protein shakes instead of cutting food is fine, but I believe that your OP says that you are have not been meeting your calorie goal. Am I misreading?

    Or were you exceeding it before and you have been under the past eight days?
  • maxit
    maxit Posts: 880 Member
    acoppolo78 wrote: »
    How do you lose water weight?

    Drink plenty of water, don't go overboard on sodium, don't over-stress your body. Water weight isn't something to worry about - if you have started a new and vigorous exercise program, it's just a side effect.

  • acoppolo78
    acoppolo78 Posts: 13 Member
    Yes i was excedding it before so i stopped the shakes and CLA i didnt see it doing me anygood and dont know what it really is supposed to do. Maybe i am doing okay i just have doubts.
  • PostExamsHealthBinge
    PostExamsHealthBinge Posts: 26 Member
    If you eat under your calorie goal you will loose weight, I lost 2 stone in a matter of months (down to bmi 20.1) from eating under my calorie so it clearly doesn't hurt weight loss
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