What am I doing wrong?
sjb5577
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Very frustrated! Started working out/tracking calories April 6. Not only have I not lost any weight, I've gained 2lbs 
Workout consists of 60 min Spin Class M W F with 30 min brisk walk on treadmill after class. 60 min Body Pump T TH. Rest on Sat Sun. Sticking to my MFP 1200. Drinking lots of water. Eating lots of protein. My diary is open. I'm 5'2 160lbs 52yo Female.
What am I doing wrong??? So discouraged at this point.
Any ideas suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Workout consists of 60 min Spin Class M W F with 30 min brisk walk on treadmill after class. 60 min Body Pump T TH. Rest on Sat Sun. Sticking to my MFP 1200. Drinking lots of water. Eating lots of protein. My diary is open. I'm 5'2 160lbs 52yo Female.What am I doing wrong??? So discouraged at this point.
Any ideas suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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You are not using MFP as it is meant to be used. It is meant for measuring yoru food, all your food, using a scale, and then logging. Most of the days you have nothing logged, the other days you are logging partially. So, the scale is telling you you are not eating 1200 calories, you are eating at whatever your maintenance is then some more on top of it. Based on a draft tdee estimation (http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/), this means you are underestimating your calories a lot and are probably eating something in the range of 2000 calories instead of 1200.0
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Thank you. I do weigh, measure my food. Often times I don't have time to log in or am too exhausted at the end of the day to log on to MFP. Meals are basically the same everyday. However I do get that I should be better at actually logging in EVERYTHING EVERYDAY.0
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Couldnt see your diary but are you eating back exercise calories? My scale didn't move for 3 weeks until I cut that out. Now I view those calories as a safety net to only use in an emergency. First week in doing this..2.5 lbs gone0
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Looks like your sugar intake is high...0
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@aggelikik I've just put my details in the tdee link. When it says -344 calories is that telling me to eat that many less calories to lose?
I'm 34 5ft 3 and weigh 156.6 lbs0 -
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What you are doing wrong ? Let's not call it wrong, let's call it incorrect.
Here is a quick reference guide to the 11 most common reasons you are not losing weight.
http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/why-am-i-not-losing-weight/
That will address the vast majority of issues. I'd guess 99% of them0 -
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The answer is, and always will be: Eating Too Much.
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@aggelikik I've just put my details in the tdee link. When it says -344 calories is that telling me to eat that many less calories to lose?
I'm 34 5ft 3 and weigh 156.6 lbs
Huh? It does not work this way, so are you sure you did not put something wrong? It will tell you how much you need to maintain, so no negative numbers. Then you subtract a percentage, based on how fast and how much you need to lose, and eat that number.0 -
Very frustrated! Started working out/tracking calories April 6. Not only have I not lost any weight, I've gained 2lbs Workout consists of 60 min Spin Class M W F with 30 min brisk walk on treadmill after class. 60 min Body Pump T TH. Rest on Sat Sun. Sticking to my MFP 1200. Drinking lots of water. Eating lots of protein. My diary is open. I'm 5'2 160lbs 52yo Female.
What am I doing wrong??? So discouraged at this point.
Any ideas suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
When I first started watching my calorie intake, AND exercising, it was nearly SIX WEEKS before I lost a single pound! But then they started falling off quickly, and now are pretty regularly an average of .5 - 1.0 pound a week. Don't give up; it will happen as long as you consume less calories than your body burns.0 -
I have to disagree with the posters tha say that sugar intake has nothing to do with weight loss. Natural sugars, such as those consmed via fresh fruits and vegetables are necessary and helpful. Added sugars, such as those found in almost ALL processed foods - are turned immediatly into fat by your liver. I advise cutting back drastically on all processed foods (or quitting them altogether) and eat primarily fresh fruits and vegetables. This, combined with your added physical activity should show you more drastic results
Good luck and keep trying!! 0 -
krkent1975 wrote: »I have to disagree with the posters tha say that sugar intake has nothing to do with weight loss. Natural sugars, such as those consmed via fresh fruits and vegetables are necessary and helpful. Added sugars, such as those found in almost ALL processed foods - are turned immediatly into fat by your liver. I advise cutting back drastically on all processed foods (or quitting them altogether) and eat primarily fresh fruits and vegetables. This, combined with your added physical activity should show you more drastic results Good luck and keep trying!!
How does eating 100 calories of natural sugar cause more weight loss than 100 calories of processed sugar?0 -
Sugar is sugar. Your body can't tell if that sugar was added or is a natural part of the food.krkent1975 wrote: »I have to disagree with the posters tha say that sugar intake has nothing to do with weight loss. Natural sugars, such as those consmed via fresh fruits and vegetables are necessary and helpful. Added sugars, such as those found in almost ALL processed foods - are turned immediatly into fat by your liver. I advise cutting back drastically on all processed foods (or quitting them altogether) and eat primarily fresh fruits and vegetables. This, combined with your added physical activity should show you more drastic results Good luck and keep trying!!
Added sugar isn't immediately turned to fat in your liver.
Eating "clean" is not a requirement for weight loss. Calories in < calories out is all that's required. Try to eat 80% healthy and, as long as you stay within your calorie goal, you can have whatever you wish for that other 20%.
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krkent1975 wrote: »I have to disagree with the posters tha say that sugar intake has nothing to do with weight loss. Natural sugars, such as those consmed via fresh fruits and vegetables are necessary and helpful. Added sugars, such as those found in almost ALL processed foods - are turned immediatly into fat by your liver. I advise cutting back drastically on all processed foods (or quitting them altogether) and eat primarily fresh fruits and vegetables. This, combined with your added physical activity should show you more drastic results Good luck and keep trying!!
No. Losing weight is hard enough. Why make it harder than it needs to be?
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krkent1975 wrote: »I have to disagree with the posters tha say that sugar intake has nothing to do with weight loss. Natural sugars, such as those consmed via fresh fruits and vegetables are necessary and helpful. Added sugars, such as those found in almost ALL processed foods - are turned immediatly into fat by your liver. I advise cutting back drastically on all processed foods (or quitting them altogether) and eat primarily fresh fruits and vegetables. This, combined with your added physical activity should show you more drastic results Good luck and keep trying!!
Plentty of good reasons to cut back on processed foods but your idea that added sugars get turned immediately into fat is a gross misunderstanding of how it works. Sugar is sugar, for weight loss it doesn't matter if they come from vegetables or the most processed engineered factory food available. Sugars are sugar and your body turns it into glycogen to be stored and then ATP to be used.
Eating more sugar then you store or burn will like all calories get stored as fat.0 -
krkent1975 wrote: »I have to disagree with the posters tha say that sugar intake has nothing to do with weight loss. Natural sugars, such as those consmed via fresh fruits and vegetables are necessary and helpful. Added sugars, such as those found in almost ALL processed foods - are turned immediatly into fat by your liver. I advise cutting back drastically on all processed foods (or quitting them altogether) and eat primarily fresh fruits and vegetables. This, combined with your added physical activity should show you more drastic results Good luck and keep trying!!
Fructose is Fructose.
There isn't a cell in your body that can tell the difference between Fructose made in a Strawberry by Mother Nature, extracted from Biologicals in a Processing Plant, or synthesized in the Lab from raw Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen. They are the same.
Sucrose is Sucrose. Same-same as Fructose.
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krkent1975 wrote: »I have to disagree with the posters tha say that sugar intake has nothing to do with weight loss. Natural sugars, such as those consmed via fresh fruits and vegetables are necessary and helpful. Added sugars, such as those found in almost ALL processed foods - are turned immediatly into fat by your liver. I advise cutting back drastically on all processed foods (or quitting them altogether) and eat primarily fresh fruits and vegetables. This, combined with your added physical activity should show you more drastic results Good luck and keep trying!!
You don't have to be wrong ... that is a choice.0 -
Diary is open to public. I feel like I'm exercising enough. Should I be cutting out more sugars/carbs as suggested?
Also, feeling extremely exhausted, fatigued thru-out the day/evening.0 -
You’re not using a food scale to measure your food intake. Cutting sugar and carbs has nothing to do with weight loss - it is in no way necessary. All you need to do to lose weight is maintain a caloric deficit. Your food tracking looks inconsistent and I see a lot of things measured in cups. I thus expect you’re probably just eating more than you think, so you aren’t maintaining the deficit you need to lose the weight.
I would also suggest you only eat back about half of your exercise calories, because the burns are usually overestimated.
I also see you’re on 1,200 calories a day. You have less than 30 lbs to lose, so maybe consider a less aggressive goal, so that it’s more sustainable, easier to do, and a lot more fun.
I can’t speak to your being fatigued… has this only started happening since you’ve been tracking your calories? Don’t be discouraged, you will get there, you just need to improve the accuracy of your logging.
Edit: You’ve only been doing this since April 6? Gosh, it’s early days! I gained weight for about a month and a half, due to water retention because of exercising, and then eventually it started consistently coming off. Patience is key! 0 -
Thank you everyone!0
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you are not weighing your food consistently or accurately. you're eating more than you think you are.
sugar and carbs do not make a difference. how many calories you put in your body does.
you lose weight in the kitchen, not in the gym.0 -
But you can burn the calories you eat in the kitchen in the gym. Why doesn't anyone get this?0
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atypicalsmith wrote: »But you can burn the calories you eat in the kitchen in the gym. Why doesn't anyone get this?
You can never out-exercise a bad diet.
Calorie deficit for weight loss.
Strength training to maintain muscle mass while you lose.
Cardio for fitness, and to have a bit more calories to eat.0 -
blankiefinder wrote: »atypicalsmith wrote: »But you can burn the calories you eat in the kitchen in the gym. Why doesn't anyone get this?
You can never out-exercise a bad diet.
Calorie deficit for weight loss.
Strength training to maintain muscle mass while you lose.
Cardio for fitness, and to have a bit more calories to eat.
Who said you had to have a bad diet? If you have a great diet eating all the right foods and don't exercise, you might maintain your weight. If you cut those calories by say, 20%, then you will lose weight. But if you continue the great diet eating all the right foods and exercise 20% of those calories, you will lose weight. I would rather continue eating the great diet and exercise 20% of the calories than cut back 20% of the calories and not exercise.0 -
Most people were eating in a surplus before deciding to diet, or they wouldn't need to diet. Most people are calculating their calorie deficit from their maintenance calories, but it is a much larger drop from what they had been eating previously.
Scrolling back, I can't find anything specific your comment "But you can burn the calories you eat in the kitchen in the gym. Why doesn't anyone get this?" was in reference to for any other context than face value.0 -
atypicalsmith wrote: »But you can burn the calories you eat in the kitchen in the gym. Why doesn't anyone get this?blankiefinder wrote: »atypicalsmith wrote: »But you can burn the calories you eat in the kitchen in the gym. Why doesn't anyone get this?
You can never out-exercise a bad diet.
Calorie deficit for weight loss.
Strength training to maintain muscle mass while you lose.
Cardio for fitness, and to have a bit more calories to eat.
Ok say i logged my calories for the day into my diary this morning. After doing this it puts me 500 calories over my budget. Cant i then just go out and burn 500-600 calories today to put me back down into a deficit?
Is this classed as out-exercising a bad diet?
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I don't even get where the phrase "You can never out-exercise a bad diet" came from. It doesn't make any sense at all. I've heard it more than once, not just from this poster, and never does it make sense.0
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christinev297 wrote: »atypicalsmith wrote: »But you can burn the calories you eat in the kitchen in the gym. Why doesn't anyone get this?blankiefinder wrote: »atypicalsmith wrote: »But you can burn the calories you eat in the kitchen in the gym. Why doesn't anyone get this?
You can never out-exercise a bad diet.
Calorie deficit for weight loss.
Strength training to maintain muscle mass while you lose.
Cardio for fitness, and to have a bit more calories to eat.
Ok say i logged my calories for the day into my diary this morning. After doing this it puts me 500 calories over my budget. Cant i then just go out and burn 500-600 calories today to put me back down into a deficit?
Is this classed as out-exercising a bad diet?
Considering that your "budget" already includes a deficit ... I'd say no.
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