I can't lose any weight need advice!
donnellharmon
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I am a very avid exerciser I am 6'0 250lbs body fat is 22% ; on a daily basis I run 3 miles , 30 minutes on the elliptical, 15 minutes on the stationary bike ,and do about 10 strength training exercises and I am consuming approx 1,500 calories a day but I just can't seem to lose any weight why?
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If all those numbers are correct, you should probably talk to a doctor about it.0
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How are you measuring your calories? Likely you are eating more than you think.0
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Can you open your diary? How long have you been trying to lose weight for?0
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It's hard to answer these kinds of posts without more details. How long has it been since you last saw a drop on the scale? If it's only been a few weeks, then it's possible that it's just a natural stall and will go away on its own.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear
Other than that, the most common problems we see come from underestimating calories eaten and overestimating calories burned.
Opening your diary might help to get you more specific advice if you're comfortable doing so.
You're logging everything you eat? Including condiments, cooking oils, veggies, cheat days, etc? Are you using a food scale, measuring cups, or eyeballing your portion sizes? Most people can be off in their estimates by several hundred calories when they eyeball portions. Measuring cups are better, but a food scale is going to be the most accurate.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1296011/calorie-counting-101
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1234699-logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1290491-how-and-why-to-use-a-digital-food-scale
And make sure that you've calculated your calorie goals appropriately. Remember that these are just estimates. You may need to play around a little to find what works best for you.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets
If you're exercising and eating back your earned exercise calories, be sure that you're using accurate estimates of your burn. MFP and gym machines have a tendency to overestimate certain activities, which can cause you to eat back more calories than you need to. Even a heart rate monitor isn't 100% accurate. If you're eating those extra earned calories it might be a good idea to eat only 50-75% of those.
And there's something to be said for the fact that some people just burn fewer calories than the generic equations predict. If that's the case for you, you may need to adjust your calories a little lower until you start losing again.
tl;dr version:
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Well I measure my calories through fitness pal but all I consume is Fish , salad , chicken , eggs , water , almonds and all my food is grilled0
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DeguelloTex wrote: »If all those numbers are correct, you should probably talk to a doctor about it.
What makes you say that0 -
Are you measuring your food on a food scale? If not, you may be eating more than you think.0
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There's no way on God's green earth that a healthy man of your size with your exercise wouldn't lose weight on 1500 calories a day.donnellharmon wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »If all those numbers are correct, you should probably talk to a doctor about it.
What makes you say that
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But are you weighing ALL your solid food on a food scale? So not using cups and spoons or serving sizes?0
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DeguelloTex wrote: »
There's no way on God's green earth that a healthy man of your size with your exercise wouldn't lose weight on 1500 calories a day.donnellharmon wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »If all those numbers are correct, you should probably talk to a doctor about it.
What makes you say that
+1 OP. Time to go see a doctor.
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donnellharmon wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »If all those numbers are correct, you should probably talk to a doctor about it.
What makes you say that
because if you truely are consuming 1500 calories a day you should be losing weight otherwise you have a medical condition which i suspect you dont and you are eating more calories than you think? Are you weighting all your food to know the exact calories for everything you eat? How do you know your are eating 1500 calories?0 -
donnellharmon wrote: »Well I measure my calories through fitness pal
Meaning you work out your calories by weighing your food, checking the calories per 100g on the packet and adding that number to your diary by finding the correct entry in the MFP database, or you eat a piece of fish, search the database for 'fish' then add the first result?
Opening your diary would answer most of our questions.0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »
There's no way on God's green earth that a healthy man of your size with your exercise wouldn't lose weight on 1500 calories a day.donnellharmon wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »If all those numbers are correct, you should probably talk to a doctor about it.
What makes you say that
IF he is eating 1500 calories..you dont know he didn't tell you how he calculate his calories.
He can maybe eyeball it/guesstimate...whatever.
If he really is eating 1500, than yes i agree. But we dont know.
A lot of people come in her and open a post with i eat less or only 1000 calories and i cant lose weight.
When you ask further, most of the time we find the issue ( which isn't medical at all). So lets see what OP really eats and than give advice.
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"If" was the very first word in my very first response. There was a reason for that.TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »
There's no way on God's green earth that a healthy man of your size with your exercise wouldn't lose weight on 1500 calories a day.donnellharmon wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »If all those numbers are correct, you should probably talk to a doctor about it.
What makes you say that
IF he is eating 1500 calories..you dont know he didn't tell you how he calculate his calories.
He can maybe eyeball it/guesstimate...whatever.
If he really is eating 1500, than yes i agree. But we dont know.
A lot of people come in her and open a post with i eat less or only 1000 calories and i cant lose weight.
When you ask further, most of the time we find the issue ( which isn't medical at all). So lets see what OP really eats and than give advice.
And let's keep "our" advice on how to respond to "ourselves."
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DeguelloTex wrote: »
"If" was the very first word in my very first response. There was a reason for that.TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »
There's no way on God's green earth that a healthy man of your size with your exercise wouldn't lose weight on 1500 calories a day.donnellharmon wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »If all those numbers are correct, you should probably talk to a doctor about it.
What makes you say that
IF he is eating 1500 calories..you dont know he didn't tell you how he calculate his calories.
He can maybe eyeball it/guesstimate...whatever.
If he really is eating 1500, than yes i agree. But we dont know.
A lot of people come in her and open a post with i eat less or only 1000 calories and i cant lose weight.
When you ask further, most of the time we find the issue ( which isn't medical at all). So lets see what OP really eats and than give advice.
And let's keep "our" advice on how to respond to "ourselves."
I know but what i mean is ask further. The only thing he read now is the go to the doctor part lol
So OP open your diary would help.
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It seems to have gotten his attention, right?TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »
"If" was the very first word in my very first response. There was a reason for that.TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »
There's no way on God's green earth that a healthy man of your size with your exercise wouldn't lose weight on 1500 calories a day.donnellharmon wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »If all those numbers are correct, you should probably talk to a doctor about it.
What makes you say that
IF he is eating 1500 calories..you dont know he didn't tell you how he calculate his calories.
He can maybe eyeball it/guesstimate...whatever.
If he really is eating 1500, than yes i agree. But we dont know.
A lot of people come in her and open a post with i eat less or only 1000 calories and i cant lose weight.
When you ask further, most of the time we find the issue ( which isn't medical at all). So lets see what OP really eats and than give advice.
And let's keep "our" advice on how to respond to "ourselves."
I know but what i mean is ask further. The only thing he read now is the go to the doctor part lol
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Check this out. Not mine, but helpful.
http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/why-am-i-not-losing-weight/0 -
You don't look bad and if you are at 22% body fat then you would have 195lbs of lean weight on you. You might be drinking your calories, which is easy to do. Cut out all but water for a week and see what happens.0
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OP
do you use a food scale?
do you eat back 100% of calories burned?0 -
donnellharmon wrote: »I am a very avid exerciser I am 6'0 250lbs body fat is 22% ; on a daily basis I run 3 miles , 30 minutes on the elliptical, 15 minutes on the stationary bike ,and do about 10 strength training exercises and I am consuming approx 1,500 calories a day but I just can't seem to lose any weight why?
Don't see a doctor just yet.
exercise more.. instead of 3mile run, do a 4 mile run.
Instead of eating 1500 calories, eat 1700 calories
Instead of eating a lot of carbs, try no carbs or as little as possible.
change things up a bit for a week or two and see what happens.0 -
Commander_Keen wrote: »donnellharmon wrote: »I am a very avid exerciser I am 6'0 250lbs body fat is 22% ; on a daily basis I run 3 miles , 30 minutes on the elliptical, 15 minutes on the stationary bike ,and do about 10 strength training exercises and I am consuming approx 1,500 calories a day but I just can't seem to lose any weight why?
Don't see a doctor just yet.
exercise more.. instead of 3mile run, do a 4 mile run.
Instead of eating 1500 calories, eat 1700 calories
Instead of eating a lot of carbs, try no carbs or as little as possible.
change things up a bit for a week or two and see what happens.
Or instead of that, the OP can just open his diary. Typically the issue is logging consistency and logging accuracy.
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DeguelloTex wrote: »If all those numbers are correct, you should probably talk to a doctor about it.
Pretty much this, yeah.
Your stated BF % isn't particularly low. You're young, male, and allegedly exercise a lot. I say "allegedly" simply because I'm somewhat incredulous that you can't lose weight given your situation...outside of a medical condition, as has been suggested.
I'm not an actuary or anything, but I'd guess the more likely scenario is that some aspect of what you've described is inaccurate...and the most likely culprit (imo) for that is the amount of calories you're consuming. I'm not saying you're being dishonest or anything, but it can be quite difficult to track calories accurately, even for professional dietitians.
There are of course other avenues of discussion we could go through as others have said. Have you lost weight up until now...how consistent was that....how long is stall? But based purely on the intial info, my money is on inaccurate logging.
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OP has only 3 posts. His profile has the minimal information. My guess is that he's a newbie and doesn't have a food diary to open because he's not been logging.
But that's just my limited judgment.0 -
Commander_Keen wrote: »donnellharmon wrote: »I am a very avid exerciser I am 6'0 250lbs body fat is 22% ; on a daily basis I run 3 miles , 30 minutes on the elliptical, 15 minutes on the stationary bike ,and do about 10 strength training exercises and I am consuming approx 1,500 calories a day but I just can't seem to lose any weight why?
Don't see a doctor just yet.
exercise more.. instead of 3mile run, do a 4 mile run.
Instead of eating 1500 calories, eat 1700 calories
Instead of eating a lot of carbs, try no carbs or as little as possible.
change things up a bit for a week or two and see what happens.
if OP is not losing at 1500, why would he lost at 1700?
what does carbs have to do with any of this?0 -
....you're going to destroy you're body eating that little. You're way to big and exercise too much for 1500 calories. You should be in the 2000s, probably 2500ish. That being said you should be loosing a lot of weight at 1500..0
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As a relative noob here (79 days), I suggest getting a digital scale and weight everything you consume, look up and log everything you eat and drink and perhaps think about consulting a registered dietitian and your primary care doctor. There are medical conditions that make it harder to lose weight BUT if you know your at 22% body fat do you really need to lose weight?0
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....you're going to destroy you're body eating that little. You're way to big and exercise too much for 1500 calories. You should be in the 2000s, probably 2500ish. That being said you should be loosing a lot of weight at 1500..
without knowing what OP's true intake is, I don't see how you can state that he is "destroying his body". Also, if he is not losing at 1500 and inaccurately tracking, what do you think is going to happen when he east 2000 to 2500 ish and is not accurately tracking????0 -
....you're going to destroy you're body eating that little. You're way to big and exercise too much for 1500 calories. You should be in the 2000s, probably 2500ish. That being said you should be loosing a lot of weight at 1500..
without knowing what OP's true intake is, I don't see how you can state that he is "destroying his body". Also, if he is not losing at 1500 and inaccurately tracking, what do you think is going to happen when he east 2000 to 2500 ish and is not accurately tracking????
I don't think they were suggesting that he actually try to eat 2000-2500, just that it would be a more reasonable range for him given the available info. Hence the subsequent sentence. It's just another way of pointing out that something is off somewhere.
I think it'd be more accurate to say that he *would* be damaging his body eating that little for extended periods of time, but lack of weight loss means that conditional isn't being met.
I could be wrong, though.
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The point is...he is probably eating much more already ( he isn't losing weight so he must be eating already in maintenance)
So eating even more then he does now would be a bad idea.
Like i said before we have to wait what the OP says and if he opens his diary.0 -
donnellharmon wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »If all those numbers are correct, you should probably talk to a doctor about it.
What makes you say that
If all your numbers were right, you'd be in a 2600 calorie deficit per day, or TDEE -63%
Something in your logging is probably off.0
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