Losing inches but scale is stuck on 211.

mantes514
mantes514 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I seem to be doing something wrong. Weight would fall off when I was younger, now I seem to be stuck in a rut. Not sure what I am doing wrong and a little confused about how many calories are allowed in course of the day. Been dieting and excercising over a month. Please someone help me figure this all out.

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
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    And before anyone else says otherwise...it most likely is not because you're gaining muscle
  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
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    And before anyone else says otherwise...it most likely is not because you're gaining muscle

    +1
  • hncary
    hncary Posts: 176 Member
    As far as how many calories you should be eating- you can use MFP with all your info plugged in and it will tell you how many to eat. You are also able to eat back exercise calories with this method, but try only eating 1/2 of them back due to MFP overestimating most calorie burns. OR another method is to use this TDEE calculator: http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/ and find out a general idea of how many calories your body is burning in a day (that is your TDEE) then eat at around a 20% deficit of that number. If you choose this method then you don't want to eat back exercise calories because they are already included.
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    Don't overcomplicate things. MFP will figure out how many calories you would need to eat to maintain your current weight if you plug in your personal information. You'll then choose a weight loss per week goal and MFP will subtract the amount of calories to affect that loss from your daily calorie goal. Don't be too aggressive, though. How much you need to lose will determine how much you should be trying to lose each week:

    Pound per week goals
    75+ lbs set to lose 2 lb range (-1000 calories per day)
    Between 40 - 75 lbs set to lose 1.5 lb range (-750 calories per day)
    Between 25-40 lbs set to lose 1 lb range (-750 calories per day)
    Between 15-25 lbs set to lose 1 -.50 lb range (-500 to -250 calories per day)
    Less than 15 lbs set to lose 0.5 lbs range (-250 calories per day)

    By the way, inches are better than pounds for judging your progress. No one but you and your doctor see the number on the scale, everyone else sees what you look like on the outside. In addition, muscle is more dense than fat so if you decide to lift weights, that would skew the scale (I'm not saying that's what is happening now because it takes a determined effort to add muscle). In addition to "Before" pictures, measure your chest, waist, hips, thighs and any other body part you want to track and start recording them in MFP now.
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