Why am I not losing weight?

I'm not going to sugar coat this. You are taking in more calories than you are burning.

It all comes down to calories in, calories out.

This chart was made by @lemonlionheart for threads like this.:

Mr_Knight wrote: »

What is "6 glass" of gin & tonic?

One crazy night and a heck of a hangover the next day.

your entries seem to be very generic and vague. I strongly suggest weighing everything you eat. I'm not sure if you eat out much, but it's much easier if you prepare your own meals in advance. That way you can weigh and measure everything that you're putting into your body, and it's much more accurate. for example, one of the entries on your diary is for a "basic salad". if that is something you just searched for in the database then it is likely way off.

The OP starts out being pretty vague. Has she been tracking for two weeks or three weeks? I can still tell you the very day that I started this three years ago.

There are also a few days that went over by 1,000 or more calories. That kind of day wipes out several calorie deficit days.

hmparkin23 wrote: »

Yes, I weighed them! It was 'one pot' and 'one pack' because I was travelling and bought off-the-shelf salads for lunch! What's wrong with that?
I know I posted asking asking for advice, and I've certainly received it, but I'm rather saddened by the amount of judgement/negativity. A little encouragement would really have been appreciated.

Why are you being so angry?
Did you see the post that mentioned you were over 1000 on days? That can wipe out a deficit.

What you're doing isn't working. You have been given many suggestions, we can't fix it for you.

I am a 57 year old male, and used to weigh 225 pounds. I want to get down to about 170 pounds.

Here is what I did, aand you would not believe how easy it is...

I got an activity tracker that tracks calories in and calories out.
I set it to lose 1 pound a week.
It automatically deducts from my daily calories enough calories to lose 1 pound a week.
It automatically adds to my calories when I do activities (walking, biking, etc...).
I enter my food when I eat.
It does all the math for me and keeps a running total of how many calories I have left to eat.
If I want to eat more, I do more activities.

I have been following this for over 20 weeks now and have lost over 25 pounds so far. It is so easy to lose a pound a week, it's literally pathetic how easy it is. I weigh myself every day and log my weight. It varies +/- a pound or two daily, but over the weeks has gone down a pound a week just like it says.

It has also made me become more active. I get at least 10,000 steps in a day, and went out and bought a bicycle and ride as much as I can (in addition to the steps). I turned my desk at work into a standing desk too.

This morning I did a 7.8 mile bike ride and a 3 mile walk at a 4 mph pace. I burned my breakfast and lunch calories off before I even ate them...:).

I can guarantee this will work for anyone who wants to lose weight, and is why I say it's all about calories in, calories out.

You can follow all the flow charts you want and monitor your muscular fluid, and make it all complicated. But if you simply burn more calories than you eat, you WILL lose weight.

Just simple math.

Hi, ive just looked at your diary and found alot of generic entries - is the crayfish definately 60g etc? as you might be inaccurate that way,

hmparkin23 wrote: »

I've been tracking for two-three weeks, and have starting exercising again in the past week. I've not been perfect, but have been in calorie deficit overall... And yet I weight 1.5lbs more now than I did two weeks ago. Can anyone help explain/advise what I can do? I think my food diary is public, so please do take a look and let me know what you think!

+/- 2 lbs means you're staying the same weight, which seems odd. How tall are you ?

TimothyFish wrote: »

HerkMeOff2 wrote: »

hmparkin23 wrote: »

Yes, I weighed them! It was 'one pot' and 'one pack' because I was travelling and bought off-the-shelf salads for lunch! What's wrong with that?
I know I posted asking asking for advice, and I've certainly received it, but I'm rather saddened by the amount of judgement/negativity. A little encouragement would really have been appreciated.

Why are you being so angry?
Did you see the post that mentioned you were over 1000 on days? That can wipe out a deficit.

What you're doing isn't working. You have been given many suggestions, we can't fix it for you.

Personally, I don't think this anger is misplaced. The previous post comes off as quite condescending. I don't know if it was intended that way or not, but it comes across as telling the OP that she's doing stuff wrong by logging calories by the pack and not weighing her food.

As was previously stated, the likely cause of not losing weight is not a problem with how the food is being logged or weighed, but due to water retention resulting from a change in exercise. The effect is likely to last a couple of weeks, at most.

It came off as quite condescending because that's on you not the poster ...same with the OP...the anger is misplaced...it was a simple question...I saw no condescending font...

I would have asked the same quesiton...and the response was Yes I weighed them!...

OP: yes, using the nutrition information on the label of a purchased item is just fine, but you need to create the item in the database if it isn't already there by brand or store so you can get accurate information. I agree, it is best to avoid someone else's "homemade" entry because you have no idea what is actually included in the recipe.

It sounds like it may be a combination of water retention (6 G & T's? that would swell me up like a balloon for at least 3 days) and loosey-goosey logging. Try to tighten up your logging and otherwise be patient, making sure you are drinking enough water. Drinking water is one of the best ways to prevent water retention (yes, I know it is counter-intuitive).