Not losing any weight!

nereyda950
nereyda950 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 18 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm going on to my 4th week of running 6-8 miles a week and not too much dieting but staying between 1200-1300 calories a day but not seeing much change! Help!!!

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  • myheartsabattleground
    myheartsabattleground Posts: 2,040 Member
    edited May 2015
    eat more.
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    If you aren't losing weight then you aren't eating at a calorie deficit. It is almost always as simple as that.

    How are you validating your calorie intakes and running calories? Are you weighing your food as much as possible?
  • AlciaMode
    AlciaMode Posts: 421 Member
    Funny. First person says eat more second says eat less.
  • disasterman
    disasterman Posts: 746 Member
    edited May 2015
    I took a quick peek at your food log and noticed that on many days you were under by a number that was less than but very close to the calories you earned from exercise. If, for example, you were under by 136 and earned 219 from exercise that day the trouble is there's very little margin for error there. MFP frequently overestimates the calorie burn on exercise (in my case I estimate my actual calories burned are half of what MFP says). That, combined with maybe forgetting to log something or guessing wrong on a serving size and you're either at maintenance or over. So the first thing you'll need to do is get those numbers squared away and as precise as you can.

    You might also consider eating a little more protein and fewer carbs. Among other things, doing so could help you feel fuller longer.
  • tylerxedge
    tylerxedge Posts: 16 Member
    nereyda950 wrote: »
    I'm going on to my 4th week of running 6-8 miles a week and not too much dieting but staying between 1200-1300 calories a day but not seeing much change! Help!!!

    My fiance was going through the same thing. Try cutting carbs down drastically in your diet. I'm talking like 60 carbs a day MAX.

    It worked for her, maybe it will for you too.

    Good luck.

  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Work on your logging. You're likely eating too much. Use a food scale for all solids, measuring cups for all liquids, log everything that goes in your mouth, use the recipe builder for things you make yourself, make sure your exercise calories are accurate if you eat them back....
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    AlciaMode wrote: »
    Funny. First person says eat more second says eat less.

    The whole "eat more to lose" thing. I'm not a believer.

    OP, keep in mind that you're going to burn maybe 100 calories per mile running (less if you're small) so you're getting an extra 500-700 calories from the weekly running you're doing. That's not very much. It's certainly not as much as it feels like it should be! :smile: If you deficit is small and you aren't being accurate with your calorie counting you could easily be undoing the running calories by eating just 100 extra calories each day. That's a banana you didn't log.

    I'm looking at your diary (not judging, just the facts!) and I'm having a hard time believing it's entirely accurate. On Sunday you 4 food items all day. I see a donut for breakfast, 6 ounces of refried beans for lunch, .33 pounds of shredded steak for dinner and a cupcake for a nighttime snack. Do you really eat just one thing as meal like that (again, not judging!) or did you miss logging some things? How did you validate the amount of refried beans, for example? Just some things to consider. That left you with about 200 extra calories for the day but if you actually missed logging things you could easily be over by that much.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    AlciaMode wrote: »
    Funny. First person says eat more second says eat less.

    The first person is kidding.
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    you eat more calories than you think
    brush up your logging by weighing ALL your solid food and not going my serving sizes or cups and spoons

    Like 1 banana ???? how heavy was it
    Your log a lot of generic entrees

    Look at this short video what difference there can be between weighing or measuring food
    Buy a food scale and start weighing and logging accurate

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY
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