Scale won't move...

bsnewbigging
bsnewbigging Posts: 10 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I dropped to 112 after 2 kids...counting calories , working out and also cheating pretty hard on sundays. After my 3rd "body killing" baby came I have been doing the same with hiit workouts and the scale won't budge under 120...I have gotten there before so I'm super frustrated with my lack of loss after months of focus and self discipline. Kind Suggestions ?

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  • Hollywood_Porky
    Hollywood_Porky Posts: 491 Member
    Are you logging your food - can you open up the diary so we can see what's up - are you weighing your food - portioning out and logging completely - you could be at the beginning of it - one thing of note - you are already 120#, are you shorter because that's actually a great weight.
  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member
    Eat less.

  • bsnewbigging
    bsnewbigging Posts: 10 Member
    Less than 1200?
  • californiagirl2012
    californiagirl2012 Posts: 2,625 Member
    If you weigh 120 pounds right now you are at the point where the body weight scale is useless. The liver alone will fluctuate up to 3 pounds all by itself in one day just doing it's thing.

    You need to decide what your specific goal is that has nothing to do with the body weight scale now. The scale is only good for big fat loss over time, a trend tool for when there is a lot of fat to lose.
  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member
    bsnewbigging wrote: »
    Less than 1200?

    I guarantee you - you are eating more than 1200 or we wouldn't be having this discussion, right?
  • bsnewbigging
    bsnewbigging Posts: 10 Member
    I do track everything sausage. But this discussion can be over. Thanks for your input.
  • kendallan
    kendallan Posts: 79 Member
    Are you drinking enough water. Aim for a gallon a day .
  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member
    bsnewbigging wrote: »
    I do track everything sausage. But this discussion can be over. Thanks for your input.

    You're right - it can be ... but denial doesn't help, right?
  • bsnewbigging
    bsnewbigging Posts: 10 Member
    You got me. Xoxo
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    Height? At 120 lbs, your BMR will be quite low.
  • bsnewbigging
    bsnewbigging Posts: 10 Member
    blankiefinder wrote: »
    Height? At 120 lbs, your BMR will be quite low.

    I'm only 5"3"
  • fifimcd
    fifimcd Posts: 10 Member
    bsnewbigging wrote: »
    I do track everything sausage. But this discussion can be over. Thanks for your input.

  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    Do you really weigh ALL your solid food on a food scale?
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    According to maintenance calorie calculators, you should definitely be losing at 1200. Are you logging any cheat meals?

    You mention that you track everything, but are you using a food scale?
  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    Try eating more protein or bumping up calories for the workouts you do to 100 or 200 more. A friend of mine did this and she started losing like crazy. She ate a 1200 too.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    OP you need to open your diary, and answer the questions of are you using a food scale to weigh your food??
    If not, you could easily be eating more than 1200 calories.
  • bsnewbigging
    bsnewbigging Posts: 10 Member
    edited May 2015
    TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »
    Do you really weigh ALL your solid food on a food scale?

    Only meats. Pre measure everything else. Only drink water with lemon. 3 egg white bfast. Salad no dressing with 4 oz chicken is lunch. 2 cups split pea soup, only peas and water. Weighed meat and 2 veg for dinner. 2 rice cakes or 140 Cal snack or sweet potatoe fries at night. Everyday is same:) I substitute brown rice and tuna for lunch on saturdays and allow tbsp of creamer in coffee.
  • bsnewbigging
    bsnewbigging Posts: 10 Member
    angelexperiment wrote: »
    Try eating more protein or bumping up calories for the workouts you do to 100 or 200 more. A friend of mine did this and she started losing like crazy. She ate a 1200 too.

    Thank you!
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    angelexperiment wrote: »
    Try eating more protein or bumping up calories for the workouts you do to 100 or 200 more. A friend of mine did this and she started losing like crazy. She ate a 1200 too.

    I disagree with bumping your calories. Try weighing all your food for two weeks and see if you start to lose weight.

    You really need to weigh everything, not just meats. Especially items like cereal, breads, rice, pasta, peanut butter, etc. If it includes grams in the calorie serving size as an option, use your scale!
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    edited May 2015
    bsnewbigging wrote: »
    TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »
    Do you really weigh ALL your solid food on a food scale?

    Only meats. Pre measure everything else. Only drink water with lemon. 3 egg white bfast. Salad no dressing with 4 oz chicken is lunch. 2 cups split pea soup, only peas and water. Weighed meat and 2 veg for dinner. 2 rice cakes or 140 Cal snack or sweet potatoe fries at night. Everyday is same:) I substitute brown rice and tuna for lunch on saturdays and allow tbsp of creamer in coffee.

    Sorry to say so but i think you have no idea how much that is in calories
    Weigh ALL your solid food you will be surprised. Rice is a lot of calories for example. Very important to weigh

    Here is an eye opener for you Watch this short video that shows you how much difference weighing or measuring can make. And oly for two kinds of food. Hundreds of calories!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    bsnewbigging wrote: »
    TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »
    Do you really weigh ALL your solid food on a food scale?

    Only meats. Pre measure everything else. Only drink water with lemon. 3 egg white bfast. Salad no dressing with 4 oz chicken is lunch. 2 cups split pea soup, only peas and water. Weighed meat and 2 veg for dinner. 2 rice cakes or 140 Cal snack or sweet potatoe fries at night. Everyday is same:) I substitute brown rice and tuna for lunch on saturdays and allow tbsp of creamer in coffee.

    I just saw that you edited your post. As I mentioned above, and as the video posted above illustrates, you really need to weigh your foods. But if you are truly eating 1200 or under and not losing, you should visit your dr and get your thyroid levels checked.
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    edited May 2015
    And btw whatever or however you do it. What ever your stats are. It is for all of us the same.

    *You lose weight when you eat less calories than you burn (deficit)

    *Maintain your weight when you eat the same calories as you burn ( here are the people who plateau or stall or choose to be because they are happy with their weight)

    *And gain weight when you eat more calories than you burn (surplus)

    No exceptions
    Only for everybody the situation or speed can vary.
  • bsnewbigging
    bsnewbigging Posts: 10 Member
    Thank you guys for the advice. I'm just frustrated cause this worked so well before...honestly eating exactly what I'm eating now. :( good luck to you.
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    thats right
    But when you lose weight your deficit is getting smaller
    You are maybe landed at the point that you eat at a deficit.

    For all you know you can eat around 1600 instead of 1200. You dont know when you dont weigh your food

    All you know is that you eat too much calories because you dont lose weight. So you eat at maintenance level.

    Just try it out take what you eat now and start weighing and logging it.... :) you have nothing to lose by doing that.
    make sure how many calories you really eat
    When you do make your deficit bigger. And you will lose weight

    how fast and how much? Who knows that is for everybody different.
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    Don't forget that you just had a baby, your hormones might still be out of whack. Hang in there, and if you know you're tracking accurately, go see your Dr.
  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member
    Reason Number 6

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