In need of help, my scale isn't moving
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sissy60504
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I am new to tracking consistently, and have done so for the past month. I have decreased my caloric intake, and upped my activity. However, my scale keeps fluctuating between the same 2-3 pounds. What am I doing wrong?
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I wish I could tell you , Im having the same problem. I cant seem to stay on 199 and it keeps going up to 200-203.I heard if you dont eat enough you could gain, so Im eating my 1200calories and better.0
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Are you weighing your food, or measuring? There can be a great deal of difference. Are you eating the calories that have been calculated for you, or did you put in a # that you thought was right?0
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I am measuring my food. I originally was using their numbers which was 1200 per day but found that a bit too extreme for me so I reduced my goal and it changed my calories so now it's at 1450.0
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Can you open your diary? If you do exercise, do you eat back your exercise calories?0
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it is a myth that if u don't eat enough u gain. it is in no way true. if u believe u are accurately measuring then opening your diary is the best way to see what is happening0
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Food weighing/measuring could help you. Also you should look into body measuring instead of soley relying on the scale.0
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I don't know how to open my diary. I thought it was open0
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its under settings on your own page0
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Thanks. I found it.0
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If you have not already, go the the "Getting Started" section of the message boards and read the topics posted at the top of the page.0
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so what i am noticing is alot of generalized recipes. probably not your own spaghetti and meat sauce. nothing is weighed. for dinner portions are u just eyeballing? for snacks are u actually accurately portioning them out? a half a cup of popcorn is like 15 kernels0
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also i will take this morning as an example. cosco bacon 3 slices for 135 cals? did u get that off the package? seems low my bacon is 120 cals a single slice. biscuit for 90........ is that accurate?0
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jenncornelsen wrote: »so what i am noticing is alot of generalized recipes. probably not your own spaghetti and meat sauce. nothing is weighed. for dinner portions are u just eyeballing? for snacks are u actually accurately portioning them out? a half a cup of popcorn is like 15 kernels
All of this. Most of your entries seem to be logged in cups. When people asked if you're weighing your food, they meant weighing. With a food scale. If you're not weighing stuff already start doing so, but for a few days measure out what you would have eaten first then weigh it to see if it actually was the portion you thought it was. You may be surprised.0 -
I do not weigh. I simply measure with measuring cups. Also I do use a lot of the generalized items. For example this morning I snagged a biscuit with 3 half strips bacon from cafeteria so I don't have packaged values in those.0
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sissy60504 wrote: »I do not weigh. I simply measure with measuring cups. Also I do use a lot of the generalized items. For example this morning I snagged a biscuit with 3 half strips bacon from cafeteria so I don't have packaged values in those.
For things that you can't know for sure (like from a cafeteria) then fair enough, but for everything you can definitely weigh it.0 -
I'd definitely start weighing, it can be a pain to get into the habit of, but it's an eye opener. You can't always weigh, but when you can, do. Even that fiber one bar that swears it's a certain size...might not be.0
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sissy60504 wrote: »I do not weigh. I simply measure with measuring cups. Also I do use a lot of the generalized items. For example this morning I snagged a biscuit with 3 half strips bacon from cafeteria so I don't have packaged values in those.
i will just give a quick example of what your breakfast might have been if u knew what u were eating- 3 strips of bacon from my package is 360 cals. 1 biscuit is 200. was there butter on that biscuit? add another 100. plus the coke for 160 is a total of 820 cals. u have it logged as i think 460. thats a huge difference for just one meal. if u are going to guess, because sometimes u have to, pick the higher calorie enteries. its more likely to be accurate0 -
I never got all the food-scale hype until I saw it explained.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY0 -
You're not weighing your food accurately.
thats the problem.0 -
I dont weigh my food, I have lost 112 pounds....ijs. I did in the beginning to be in "compliance" but found it was time consuming and annoying. Im not saying to not measure, I just don't.0
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