Why am I not losing weight consistently ?

Akibo23
Akibo23 Posts: 88 Member
edited November 20 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello,

My diary is now visible and it would really help me at this point to know what I am doing wrong to not lose weight consistently.

I lost 2 kgs where i hoped to have lost 4 !

Did I miss the memo ?!

Cheers
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  • FatMoojor
    FatMoojor Posts: 483 Member
    Weight loss isn't linear. Therefore sometimes you will lose, sometimes it will show a gain, sometimes it won't move at all.
    Keep on tracking your food and moving more and the overall trend will be weight loss.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
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  • glenelliott5872
    glenelliott5872 Posts: 150 Member
    2 is still great. Estimating your bodies energy usage is dodgy and it changes. If you are losing weight then you are eating at a deficit. If you diary is v accurate then maybe the estimate of what your body needs is lower than mfp estimates
  • Akibo23
    Akibo23 Posts: 88 Member
    @Orphia The chart !! Thanks :) Looked it up. Doc confirms everything is on track maybe I just keep at it and see what comes out in another month or so...
  • Akibo23
    Akibo23 Posts: 88 Member
    @FatMoojor indeed. But in 5 weeks i should have more than 2 kgs loss I feel :S :sweat:
  • Akibo23
    Akibo23 Posts: 88 Member
    @glenelliott5872 there is no way i will be able to go below 1200 a day :sweat:
  • tiptoethruthetulips
    tiptoethruthetulips Posts: 3,371 Member
    You don't have a lot of weight to lose and if you are already in your healthy weight range, losses will be slower and lower. Don't let impatience be your undoing.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Akibo23 wrote: »
    Hello,

    My diary is now visible and it would really help me at this point to know what I am doing wrong to not lose weight consistently.

    I lost 2 kgs where i hoped to have lost 4 !

    Did I miss the memo ?!

    Cheers

    Because you're a human being?
  • FatMoojor
    FatMoojor Posts: 483 Member
    Akibo23 wrote: »
    @FatMoojor indeed. But in 5 weeks i should have more than 2 kgs loss I feel :S :sweat:

    2kgs, is 4.4lbs, so not far off of a 1lb a week loss. That is very good. :)
  • glenelliott5872
    glenelliott5872 Posts: 150 Member
    Don't go below 1200. Just take things slower. As you lose weight you metabolism drops. Large people need more calories per day than thin people.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    You know weight fluctuates even when doing everything right...don't you?

    Because water weight fluctuates based on sodium intake, glycogen stores, change-up in exercise, time of day, time of month

    Look this is me, at maintenance, over the last 3 months...I know how to do this, I've been at it over a year, I know my logging is accurate and my understanding of my body and calorie burns is good because I have months of accurate data that I have used (and a couple of fitness toys)

    This is how it works ...black dots actual weigh ins...going up, going down ...but it's the trend over time that matters ...we don't have a scale weight ...we have a scale weight range

    7xquyn5sx97f.jpg
  • peterjens
    peterjens Posts: 235 Member
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear/p1
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    glenelliott5872 wrote: »
    Don't go below 1200. Just take things slower. As you lose weight you metabolism drops. Large people need more calories per day than thin people.

    Not enough to make that much of a difference ...she's talking about 4.4lbs weight loss
  • FatMoojor
    FatMoojor Posts: 483 Member
    Rabbit, where are you getting that sort of tracking info from? (sorry for the derail)
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Trendweight.com....it links to a fitbit or withings scale, I don't think you can free enter...I log my weight on MFP which synchs to my fitbit which synchs to trendweight

    There are also apps ...like Libra or Happy Scale you can download for free

    *datageek*
  • amdsf
    amdsf Posts: 24 Member
    @orphia, dang, that chart!! How great is that chart! They should put that on the front page of MFP. So much good information.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    amdsf wrote: »
    @orphia, dang, that chart!! How great is that chart! They should put that on the front page of MFP. So much good information.

    Credit goes to @lemonlionheart who made it. I agree, it's brilliant, and I post it often. Cheers!
  • Akibo23
    Akibo23 Posts: 88 Member
    FatMoojor wrote: »
    Akibo23 wrote: »
    @FatMoojor indeed. But in 5 weeks i should have more than 2 kgs loss I feel :S :sweat:

    2kgs, is 4.4lbs, so not far off of a 1lb a week loss. That is very good. :)

    I am happy with it but just being more greedy and wanting to see more numbers on the scales ! :)
  • FatMoojor
    FatMoojor Posts: 483 Member
    @rabbitjb My mission is to now recreate a graph like that in excel as I don't have a fitbit.
  • Akibo23
    Akibo23 Posts: 88 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    You know weight fluctuates even when doing everything right...don't you?

    Because water weight fluctuates based on sodium intake, glycogen stores, change-up in exercise, time of day, time of month

    Look this is me, at maintenance, over the last 3 months...I know how to do this, I've been at it over a year, I know my logging is accurate and my understanding of my body and calorie burns is good because I have months of accurate data that I have used (and a couple of fitness toys)

    This is how it works ...black dots actual weigh ins...going up, going down ...but it's the trend over time that matters ...we don't have a scale weight ...we have a scale weight range

    7xquyn5sx97f.jpg

    I am planning on getting this out of my fitbit too ! Hopefully that can motivate me to stay on track and not fall off the good habits due to numbers not being what i would like them to be :sweat: Just impatience !
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    FatMoojor wrote: »
    @rabbitjb My mission is to now recreate a graph like that in excel as I don't have a fitbit.

    Have you got a phone .. download one of the apps .. they're pretty similar I think

    But I'm pretty sure an insert line chart would solve it .. Line chart *loves me some excel*
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Akibo23 wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    You know weight fluctuates even when doing everything right...don't you?

    Because water weight fluctuates based on sodium intake, glycogen stores, change-up in exercise, time of day, time of month

    Look this is me, at maintenance, over the last 3 months...I know how to do this, I've been at it over a year, I know my logging is accurate and my understanding of my body and calorie burns is good because I have months of accurate data that I have used (and a couple of fitness toys)

    This is how it works ...black dots actual weigh ins...going up, going down ...but it's the trend over time that matters ...we don't have a scale weight ...we have a scale weight range

    7xquyn5sx97f.jpg

    I am planning on getting this out of my fitbit too ! Hopefully that can motivate me to stay on track and not fall off the good habits due to numbers not being what i would like them to be :sweat: Just impatience !

    @Akibo23 .. just sign up to Trendweight and link it and all your data will flow across (assuming your fitbit is linked to MFP you can just enter weights in MFP

    easy
  • Akibo23
    Akibo23 Posts: 88 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    @Akibo23 .. just sign up to Trendweight and link it and all your data will flow across (assuming your fitbit is linked to MFP you can just enter weights in MFP

    easy

    Will check this out soon ! Just got mine a few days ago. :)
  • peterjens
    peterjens Posts: 235 Member
    FatMoojor wrote: »
    @rabbitjb My mission is to now recreate a graph like that in excel as I don't have a fitbit.

    You don't need a Fitbit. You just need to have a Fitbit account. Once you have an account you click on Log > Weight > scroll down to the bottom of the page and enter your weight. Then you create an account on Trendweight.com. Then Trendweight will synch with your Fitbit account.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    peterjens wrote: »
    FatMoojor wrote: »
    @rabbitjb My mission is to now recreate a graph like that in excel as I don't have a fitbit.

    You don't need a Fitbit. You just need to have a Fitbit account. Once you have an account you click on Log > Weight > scroll down to the bottom of the page and enter your weight. Then you create an account on Trendweight.com. Then Trendweight will synch with your Fitbit account.

    that's clever
  • JMC3Terp
    JMC3Terp Posts: 2,803 Member
    edited June 2015
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    Like everyone said. It's not linear. I saw the fitbit post of the person maintaining. I thought I would show you mine as well since I am trying to lose. As you can see, I am regularly going down. But I occasionally go up and sometimes will go a week without the scale changing then lose like 5 lbs the next. And I eat well and work hard at losing. Just be patient and keep at it.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    OP - do you use a food scale? Do you eat back 100% of exercise calories? Finally, weight loss is not linear….
  • Akibo23
    Akibo23 Posts: 88 Member
    JMC3Terp wrote: »
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    Like everyone said. It's not linear. I saw the fitbit post of the person maintaining. I thought I would show you mine as well since I am trying to lose. As you can see, I am regularly going down. But I occasionally go up and sometimes will go a week without the scale changing then lose like 5 lbs the next. Just be patient and keep at it.

    Thank you for the graphical post :) It is motivating. I am hoping to maintain my exercise regimen and diet! Fingers crossed I will succeed ..
  • JMC3Terp
    JMC3Terp Posts: 2,803 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Do you eat back 100% of exercise calories?

    I ask out of curiosity. Are you suggesting that a problem could be that she doesn't eat back all of her exercise calories?
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    peterjens wrote: »
    [You don't need a Fitbit. You just need to have a Fitbit account. Once you have an account you click on Log > Weight > scroll down to the bottom of the page and enter your weight. Then you create an account on Trendweight.com. Then Trendweight will synch with your Fitbit account.

    You don't even have to log your weight. Create a Fitbit account, and connect it to MFP at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/fitbit (MFP will send your weight automatically to Fitbit.) Then go to http://trendweight.com (it's free), and connect your Fitbit account.

    I love Trendweight! Unlike MFP's "in five weeks" nonsense, it's been 100% accurate for me. It plots a moving average of your weight without the "noise" from water weight. I lost the weight & have successfully maintained for a year thanks to MFP, Fitbit + TW.
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