help!!!!

vickiebeese
vickiebeese Posts: 24 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi ladies need some help please, brought fitbit 6 weeks ago and not losing weight at all! Feel like giving up on fitbit :( im 5ft 7 and weigh 10.8 and trying to get to 10 stone! Have tried going from 1200 calories to 1800 calories, i walk 10 miles per day and just started doing interval training! What am i doing wrong? Im always between 800-1000 calorie deficit every day! I lost 7 stone without exercise easily :) thanku all
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  • xsmilexforxmex
    xsmilexforxmex Posts: 1,216 Member
    You've upped your calories significantly, are you gaining? And are you certain you're logging correctly? If you are at that significant of a deficit there's no reason (that I see with the info provided) why you shouldn't be losing so... maybe you're losing inches not muscle right now?
  • vickiebeese
    vickiebeese Posts: 24 Member
    Hi thanku for replying to me, i log everythin i eat! I have only had 2 days at the increased calories as i was told im under eating, i was literally exercising myself into exhaustion! If i dont achieve 10 miles per day i feel lazy :( im also using lesley sansone walking dvd! Im not losing cms neither! So frustrating, i worked out on a bmi calculator i need 1430 calories a day as basic, i burn 3000-3500 every day
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    Are you weighing ALL your food on a food scale?
  • vickiebeese
    vickiebeese Posts: 24 Member
    Im also gaining either 1/2 lb or staying the same, i did hit target of 10.6 about 6 weeks ago then brought fitbit and thats when my problems started :(
  • vickiebeese
    vickiebeese Posts: 24 Member
    Absolutly, i weigh sauces! Never go over on sugar or fat, i have a high protein diet and low carbs also
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    can you open your diary?
  • vickiebeese
    vickiebeese Posts: 24 Member
    I think its on open, im new to mfp but i shall have a look now, thanku
  • vickiebeese
    vickiebeese Posts: 24 Member
    I have set it to public
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    edited June 2015
    i see some serving sizes entrees and cups etc
    And entrees like 1 medium apple etc

    It makes a difference when you do that.

    you have to weigh EVERYTHING to know how much calories you really eat
  • vickiebeese
    vickiebeese Posts: 24 Member
    Thats mainly veg and fruit, so should i stick to weighing them also?
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    Everything!
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    Sounds a little like your chopping and changing what your doing too often. Not giving it time.

    Your talking about doing higher calories for two days? What made you change? 2 days isn't enough time to see results.

    Also how did a fit bit cause you issues? What changed in your eating and exercise from pre to post Fitbit.

    Maybe I missed it but it sounds like you were losing, bought a fit bit and stopped losing. Did you start exercising more. Eating more? Eating exercise calories back?
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    yes everything :)
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    edited June 2015
    besides that and you dont have much to lose so it will go slow :)
    so give it time also

    But yes weigh everything. You will be surprised about how wrong a serving sizes can be.
    I had cheesecake some time ago.
    210 calories said the label 46 gram
    I weigh the piece and it was much more ( 253 calories!)

    So yes weigh all your food
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    vickiebeese wrote: »
    Thats mainly veg and fruit, so should i stick to weighing them also?

    Some fruit and veg are high in calories. It a adds up,

    And your medium Apple may be much different than my medium Apple.
  • vickiebeese
    vickiebeese Posts: 24 Member
    Before fitbit i was very inactive as i was recovering from a hysterectomy :( soon as i got fitbit i went straight to 10000 steps and have increased to 30- 40000 every day, thats including 5k lesley sansone dvd, started 30 day shred tuesday but very sore so will only be doing that 2x a week!
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    vickiebeese wrote: »
    Before fitbit i was very inactive as i was recovering from a hysterectomy :( soon as i got fitbit i went straight to 10000 steps and have increased to 30- 40000 every day, thats including 5k lesley sansone dvd, started 30 day shred tuesday but very sore so will only be doing that 2x a week!
    I hear increase exercise can cause your body to retain water when you start. Give it time. Watch your sodium etc
  • lemonlionheart
    lemonlionheart Posts: 580 Member
    Do you wear your fitbit all day, or just during steady-state cardio? You have like 1400 - 1800 exercise calories logged on some days, I'd have to do intense cardio for 3 or 4 hours to burn that many calories. What exercises are you actually doing, and for how long are you doing them?
  • vickiebeese
    vickiebeese Posts: 24 Member
    I did do slimmimg world untill 6 weeks ago as i couldnt eat as much fruit n veg as was required, i only eat berries and apples for fruit and thats mainly breakfast and morning snack for apple! Thanku all for ur help :)
  • vickiebeese
    vickiebeese Posts: 24 Member
    My fitbit is on all day, i walk to town and back daily and thats 2 miles, i do the 5k lesley sansone or biggest loser for an hour, the rest is walking and jogging on the spot, i get 3 hours active mins a day
  • vickiebeese
    vickiebeese Posts: 24 Member
    Im basically walking from when i get up at 6 untill about 7pm, my fitbit is on my ankle also
  • vickiebeese
    vickiebeese Posts: 24 Member
    I also have my fitbit synced with mfp
  • NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner
    NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner Posts: 1,018 Member
    Sounds like you have over inflated calorie burns. I have a Fitbit and lose weight so you can't blame the Fitbit. At 10.6 I'd assume you are not too far from goal so aim for 0.5lb a week loss. Input your details into MFP. Set yourself as lightly active not sedentary and only eat back half of the Fitbit burns.

    Weigh everything you eat. Everything. And give it time, swapping and changing isn't going to give you consistent results. You also have to account for water retention if you are exercising so much.
  • vickiebeese
    vickiebeese Posts: 24 Member
    Im not blaming fitbit, just not sure if im over eating or under eating as im now more active than ever :)
  • lemonlionheart
    lemonlionheart Posts: 580 Member
    What do you have set as your activity level on MFP?
  • vickiebeese
    vickiebeese Posts: 24 Member
    I have it on lightly active, just reset it to 0.5lb a week and its given me 1600 calories a day
  • vickiebeese
    vickiebeese Posts: 24 Member
    I find it odd that i was losing weight before fitbit and then i become more active and either gain 1/2lb or maintain :(
  • vickiebeese
    vickiebeese Posts: 24 Member
    I find it odd that i was losing weight before fitbit and then i become more active and either gain 1/2lb or maintain :( thanku for help
  • m4n1x
    m4n1x Posts: 65 Member
    vickiebeese wrote: »
    I have it on lightly active, just reset it to 0.5lb a week and its given me 1600 calories a day

    From that, I would only eat up to the 1600 calories (weighing every last thing) and ignore burned cals entirely for a week or two. Although not sustainable it should have a profound effect. Then you just have to take it slow and burn the final lbs in weeks/months.
  • vickiebeese
    vickiebeese Posts: 24 Member
    Thanku very much, i wouldnt need to cut exercise then?

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