Frustrated doesn't even cover this.
ghostsigns
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Back in high school I didn't play sports, but could eat 2300 calories a day and lose ten pounds in a month. For the passed three weeks I've been eating no more than 1250 calories and running and weight lifting for two hours nearly every day. I eat high protein, not much more than 100 carbs a day, and relatively low fat. And guess what? I've lost only half a pound. Yeah. Any advice??
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Eat more.0
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ghostsigns wrote: »Back in high school I didn't play sports, but could eat 2300 calories a day and lose ten pounds in a month. For the passed three weeks I've been eating no more than 1250 calories and running and weight lifting for two hours nearly every day. I eat high protein, not much more than 100 carbs a day, and relatively low fat. And guess what? I've lost only half a pound. Yeah. Any advice??
What is your current age/height/weight? How much are you trying to lose? How are you measuring your food? Do you have a food scale?0 -
Water weight from new workout routine? Not accurately logging calories (are you weighing foods on a scale)?0
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Are you weighing your food and logging it accurately? Are you esting 1250 or netting 1250? Did you actually weigh your food and log it when you ate 2300 per day and list 10 pounds in a month? If so, why did you decide to eat 1250 instead of 2300 when doing more physical activity? Or were you exaggerating for effect?0
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Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »ghostsigns wrote: »Back in high school I didn't play sports, but could eat 2300 calories a day and lose ten pounds in a month. For the passed three weeks I've been eating no more than 1250 calories and running and weight lifting for two hours nearly every day. I eat high protein, not much more than 100 carbs a day, and relatively low fat. And guess what? I've lost only half a pound. Yeah. Any advice??
What is your current age/height/weight? How much are you trying to lose? How are you measuring your food? Do you have a food scale?
All of this is needed if you want some real feedback0 -
Patience. Three weeks is nothing.
Also, that's way too much exercise to be doing on 1250 calories. Be careful not to burn yourself out.
ETA: remember that you're not fighting against your body. You're on the same team.0 -
I only saw a few days of logging in your diary? How do you know you've been eating that amount of calories?
Also, if I was only eating1250 and working out for 2 hours a day, I would die... or eat my arm....0 -
How long have you been out of high school? A year maybe.... And you could really lose 10 pounds in a month..
Are you using a food scale? If you do not, then you may very well be eating more than 1250 calories...
Can you elaborate more on your situation.. I am grasping for straws...
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A few things:
- Your numbers don’t add up. To lose 2.5lbs/week, you’d need a daily deficit of 1,250 calories, which means your TDEE was 3550. That’s highly unlikely.
- If you were losing all that weight, why is your weight loss goal 74lbs? High school couldn’t have been that long ago, you’re 19.
- You’re probably eating more than you think, as it doesn’t look like you’re using a food scale to weigh your food
- You’re probably not burning as many calories as you think, so you should only eat back about half
- High protein is more than 50g: eat more protein.
- You probably retained water because of your exercise routine0 -
ghostsigns wrote: »Back in high school I didn't play sports, but could eat 2300 calories a day and lose ten pounds in a month. For the passed three weeks I've been eating no more than 1250 calories and running and weight lifting for two hours nearly every day. I eat high protein, not much more than 100 carbs a day, and relatively low fat. And guess what? I've lost only half a pound. Yeah. Any advice??
Weight loss education.0 -
I did. I didn't always eat 2300, some days I'd go over a couple hundred or under a couple hundred. I was about 160 and was told to eat that much by a dietician, and ended up at 140 in two months. I did work a part time job where I walked a little bit, but not a whole lot more than I do now. I have been religiously weighing, measuring, and logging this time around. I weigh a lot more now than I did then so I decided to go with the calories MFP assigned me.0
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And yes, I have a food scale. I'm nearly 20, 5'5 and 203 pounds.0
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So if you are going with what mfp tells you does that mean you are logging exercise calories and eating them? How many calories are you logging for exercise?0
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Try simplifying your workouts to something less extreme. Anything too strenuous may cause your body to hold onto fats in foods to ensure your body can keep functioning. I walk for 30 minutes every morning before breakfast, and cycle for 1-2 hours at a slow pace. I don't push myself to do anything too arduous or else I find myself not seeing many results. Keep up the great work, though
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I've had hypothyroidism since I was a kid, but that never really put a damper on my weight loss. I was 206 in seventh grade and managed to get down to 160 in sixth months, but I wasn't eating all that much and I was working out A LOT. I ended up seeing a dietician because my fitness habits were more on the eating disorder side of things and my parents were getting concerned. My dose of my medication went up this year as my thyroid functions have been slowly diminishing, but I don't think it would have this dramatic of an effect on me.0
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And I was using a different app previously. I had used this one in the past and decided to go back to it. Thanks to the people who are actually giving me advice and not being rude ._.0
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I graduated at 17 ya'll. and I'll be 20 in a month. My high school weight loss period was between seventh and month grade, so I suppose 'middle school' would be more appropriate.0
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Again, are you eating 1250 or netting 1250.
I don't see any rudeness.0 -
ghostsigns wrote: »And I was using a different app previously. I had used this one in the past and decided to go back to it. Thanks to the people who are actually giving me advice and not being rude ._.
Who is being rude?So if you are going with what mfp tells you does that mean you are logging exercise calories and eating them? How many calories are you logging for exercise?
This. If you are only eating 1250 calories and working out 2 hours a day, you need to eat at a more sustainable deficit. Eat 50-75% of your exercise calories back.
If you're accurately weighing logging everything, and you just started this strenuous 2-hour per day running/lifting program 3 weeks ago, you are likely experiencing water retention. Be patient and give it some time.
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ghostsigns wrote: »And I was using a different app previously. I had used this one in the past and decided to go back to it. Thanks to the people who are actually giving me advice and not being rude ._.
No one is being rude.
I believe having thyroid problems does make this a tad trickier but once the proper medication balance has been fpufofound, it should be a lot easier.
Also running and lifting every day for hours isn't good, especially if you have a history of overdoing it. You aren't giving your body time to recover and recovery is necessary for progress. Lighten up on the exercise and get your meds fixed. And give it time0 -
So you got to 160 while working out a lot and then quit exercising and ate 2300 calories and lost another 20 pounds in two months?0
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Eating 1250, sorry, hard to keep up with the replies. The food scale I have is pretty old and cheap, so that could be an issue. I've always been told not to eat back my calories, so I guess I've never considered it. I'm young, and my 'weight loss education' hasn't always been the best. I basically go with what I'm told, lol.0
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ghostsigns wrote: »Back in high school I didn't play sports, but could eat 2300 calories a day and lose ten pounds in a month. For the passed three weeks I've been eating no more than 1250 calories and running and weight lifting for two hours nearly every day. I eat high protein, not much more than 100 carbs a day, and relatively low fat. And guess what? I've lost only half a pound. Yeah. Any advice??
And you know this ... because ... "back in high school" you weighed, measured, counted and logged everything, right?
HINT: You have no idea how many calories you were eating then (and very likely nor do you now.)
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ghostsigns wrote: »Eating 1250, sorry, hard to keep up with the replies. The food scale I have is pretty old and cheap, so that could be an issue. I've always been told not to eat back my calories, so I guess I've never considered it. I'm young, and my 'weight loss education' hasn't always been the best. I basically go with what I'm told, lol.
This site is designed to eat back your exercise calories. If you eat more, you'll likely be able to stick to your plan much longer and have plenty of room for treats. There is absolutely no reason to torture yourself.
You can update your scale to a digital one for about $10-15. Weigh in grams, as it will be the most accurate measurement.
It is not necessary to work out for 2 hours every day to lose weight, and it can be damaging on your body long term unless you're a professional athlete and know what you're doing and fueling your body properly. Plus, it can be hard to maintain such a rigorous schedule. Try alternating your running/lifting days so you'll have more time for fun stuff.0 -
Yes, in the beginning of seventh grade I was 205 pounds. My parents put me on a weight loss program (no idea how many calories I was consuming, all I remember was working out a lot.) I was down to 160 and stayed around there till ninth grade, (I fluctuated between 170-150) but at the beginning of ninth grade me and my parents went to a dietician who told me I should be walking an hour a day with a consumption of 2300 calories a day. And as I said, I didn't consistently eat 2300 calories, some days I would eat like 1800 and some days I would go up to 2500. I didn't work out a whole lot cause I walked at my job. But I wasn't eating like, a whole lot of junk food. I ate a ton of veggies and fruits since I had gone vegetarian, and counted every single calorie, may have over counted, may have under counted. I wasn't as detailed as I am now. Sorry I didn't explain this more in the first place, I just weighed myself and wrote this in a rage.0
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OP, you will see results if you stick with it and are consistent. The advice to weigh your food is huge, and I don’t think working out quite that much is really necessary. I’d take it easier if I were you. Maybe add in some weight lifting too, to maintain your muscle mass while you’re losing.
Hang in there, and good luck!0 -
Definitely eat more. Your body acts as it is starving when you do all that on a low cal diet.0
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ghostsigns wrote: »Eating 1250, sorry, hard to keep up with the replies. The food scale I have is pretty old and cheap, so that could be an issue. I've always been told not to eat back my calories, so I guess I've never considered it. I'm young, and my 'weight loss education' hasn't always been the best. I basically go with what I'm told, lol.
Get a digital scale. Weigh everything you can. Use measuring cups/spoons if you can weigh but don't cram stuff into them. Log using verified entries in the mfp database or the nutrition info from food packaging. Log and eat at your exercise calories. I'd suggest eating at least 50% of them for 4 weeks and then evaluating whether that's enough or too many.0 -
You can't compare weight loss from when you were 12 years old (7th grade) and when you are 20.
Don't look at the past. Evaluate what's happening NOW. When you use gps in the car, the GPS only wants to know where are you right now and where do you want to be. It never asks where were you yesterday or 8 years ago.0
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