Beyond frustrated! Why am I not losing??

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  • jfatheree78
    jfatheree78 Posts: 78 Member
    There could be a medical/hormonal issue. Despite what these others proclaim you don't have to eat at a deficit to lose otherwise Adkins and Paleo wouldn't work for people. I think what you eat does matter as much if not more than how much you eat. A friend of mine, also 50 had the same problem as you. She cut out processed sugar and the weight melted off. I have another friend who went strictly Paleo, ate lots, didn't track calories and lots over 100 lbs. It may be worth talking to a nutritionist.
  • rglovorn
    rglovorn Posts: 12 Member
    edited July 2015
    5' 3" sw:170 cw: 150 gw: 128. I concur with whmscll...I have lost 20 pounds eating around 1200 a day and am extremely sedentary (desk job and bonified couch potato). If I go 2 weeks of hovering around a number on the scale, I relook at my measuring, tighten up a bit and start dropping again. It has been slow, but 'slow and steady wins the race'! There is a great video I saw yesterday that shows 2 days of meals that look virtually identical, but one is around 1000 cals more than the other. Maybe someone will post it here because it really demonstrates the importance of accurate measuring :)
  • rglovorn
    rglovorn Posts: 12 Member
    edited July 2015
    Found it...hope I link it correctly :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjKPIcI51lU&list=FLxRg_80KHM-BdcHvV7nkgfg&index=1

  • jessspurr
    jessspurr Posts: 258 Member
    jfatheree78 wrote: »
    There could be a medical/hormonal issue. Despite what these others proclaim you don't have to eat at a deficit to lose otherwise Adkins and Paleo wouldn't work for people. I think what you eat does matter as much if not more than how much you eat. A friend of mine, also 50 had the same problem as you. She cut out processed sugar and the weight melted off. I have another friend who went strictly Paleo, ate lots, didn't track calories and lots over 100 lbs. It may be worth talking to a nutritionist.

    Atkins and Paleo cut out some really high calorie food groups (like...bread, for example). If all a person did was cut out bread and continued eating ALL of the other foods they ate before...they would have reduced calories by the how much was in the bread they used to eat. That is the ONLY reason diets like those work. They are designed to cut calories. If a person on Atkins cut out bread but replaced those calories with cheese? They would not lose weight. Because science.
  • jessspurr
    jessspurr Posts: 258 Member
    You CAN eat a lot on a low carb diet because low carb things (like, veggies) have fewer calories. It can FEEL like you are eating more calories because you are eating a larger volume of food, but it's still fewer calories.
  • jessspurr
    jessspurr Posts: 258 Member
    rglovorn wrote: »
    Found it...hope I link it correctly :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjKPIcI51lU&list=FLxRg_80KHM-BdcHvV7nkgfg&index=1

    Awesome video. Thank you. It's so easy to think you know how big of a portion something is but unless you weigh it, you don't know for sure!
  • carlypi314
    carlypi314 Posts: 40 Member
    So, yes, 1200 calories is 1200 calories no matter what. With that being said you will not see the same kind of results from a so called "empty calorie" (i.e. processed foods high in fats and sugars) as you will from eating foods that are more nutritious.

    As for the Beachbody being a scam I'm not sure what this refers to. I've purchased workout programs from them and used said workouts and have seen results.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    edited July 2015
    carlypie84 wrote: »
    So, yes, 1200 calories is 1200 calories no matter what. With that being said you will not see the same kind of results from a so called "empty calorie" (i.e. processed foods high in fats and sugars) as you will from eating foods that are more nutritious.

    As for the Beachbody being a scam I'm not sure what this refers to. I've purchased workout programs from them and used said workouts and have seen results.

    Hmmm so person A eats 1200 calories of processed food and is in a 500calorie deficit; person B eats 1200 calories of clean foods and is in a 500 calorie deficit; both have the same macro distribution. Who loses more weight person A, person B, or C) both lose about the same...

  • skinnyinnotime
    skinnyinnotime Posts: 4,078 Member
    carlypie84 wrote: »
    What kind of calories are you taking in? Cutting back on calories makes a huge difference but also making sure you're eating a full array of healthy calories of all your food groups can make a huge difference as well. When do you do your workouts? In the morning before you eat is a great time for cardio.

    The 21 day fix from Beachbody has a really great and easy to follow workout/diet plan that has helped me more than anything else I've tried.

    This is rubbish advice. Not everyone can workout fasted, I for one end up feeling sick, weak and dizzy.

    Yes it's great to eat a wide range of food, but in reality if she's eating in a deficit she should be losing weight regardless of food choices.

    Beach body = money grabber

  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    carlypie84 wrote: »
    So, yes, 1200 calories is 1200 calories no matter what. With that being said you will not see the same kind of results from a so called "empty calorie" (i.e. processed foods high in fats and sugars) as you will from eating foods that are more nutritious.

    As for the Beachbody being a scam I'm not sure what this refers to. I've purchased workout programs from them and used said workouts and have seen results.


    Google the Twinkies Diet....

    BeachBody is not well regarded here due, mostly, the the behaviour of their "coaches" , it's a MLM scheme that tries to suck people into selling their products. As to the quality of their products I can't say as I've never used them.



  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    jfatheree78 wrote: »
    There could be a medical/hormonal issue. Despite what these others proclaim you don't have to eat at a deficit to lose otherwise Adkins and Paleo wouldn't work for people. I think what you eat does matter as much if not more than how much you eat. A friend of mine, also 50 had the same problem as you. She cut out processed sugar and the weight melted off. I have another friend who went strictly Paleo, ate lots, didn't track calories and lots over 100 lbs. It may be worth talking to a nutritionist.

    You don't have to track calories to be at a deficit. People who lose weight on Atkins, Paleo, or cutting "processed" sugar lose weight because cutting out those particular foods helps them to eat less calories. It is actually a scientific reality that you need to eat less calories than you burn in order to lose weight.

    Regardless, there may in fact be a medical/hormonal issue that is affecting her Calories Out part of the equation, that's true. Since it seems like she isn't going to open her diary, hopefully she will have taken some of this advice to heart, and if logging isn't the issue, made an appointment with her doctor.
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