1000 calorie deficit & no weight lose

If you're not losing, you're not at a deficit. Period, full stop.

If you're actually gaining weight, you're over-eating. Period, full stop.

If you've only just started, it can take 1-3 weeks for things to kick in.

Are you overestimating your calories burned for workouts? Do you eat all your exercise calories back? Do you weight (not measure with cups, but weigh with a food scale) everything? How long have you been doing all of this?

My thought it that it's hard to imagine a scenario that involves both a gain of eight pounds and a 1000 calorie a day deficit but doesn't involved an alien baby or something like that.

Most (not all) people overestimate their exercise calories burned and or calories eaten. If your tests come back normal have your doctor run blood work for Thyroid disease. If all that comes back normal you are probably eating too much or overestimating your calorie burn. I would also suggest you find out what your Basal Metabolic Rate is, you should be eating at least that number of calories.

irishbsun wrote: »

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DeguelloTex wrote: »

My thought it that it's hard to imagine a scenario that involves both a gain of eight pounds and a 1000 calorie a day deficit but doesn't involved an alien baby or something like that.

Looking for suggestions and help, not smart *kitten* remarks. But thanks

The help is you're eating too much. Both the gain and the deficit can't be true over time, absent a serious medical condition.

irishbsun wrote: »

Mr_Knight wrote: »

If you're not losing, you're not at a deficit. Period, full stop.

If you're actually gaining weight, you're over-eating. Period, full stop.

If you've only just started, it can take 1-3 weeks for things to kick in.

I began eating 1200 calorie min about 3/4 weeks ago. So I have been hoping it was my body adjusting, thinking it was not in starvation mode anymore. This is never an issue I've had in the past only after havin children.

"Starvation mode" won't make you gain weight. At most, you'd lose a little more slowly.

♥xenawarriorprincess♥ wrote: »

If you find you are hypo-thyroid..you will need to take medication to get your body back to it's normal working self..Also it is hard to know how to help you without knowing your dieting habits. For example, are you someone who has starved herself for so long that you cannot eat a normal amount of calories without gaining weight because your body is literally taking every calorie you put in as fat to make up for the prolonged starvation period you have put yourself through. Or maybe you have been on a fad diet like HCG and your body is really messed up due to ingesting HCG and eating only 500 calories a day. I say this because I have done both in the past and it took a good year to get my body back to a normal metabolism. No judgement here I promise. More information would be helpful.

Also, this simply doesn't happen.

There are only two possibilities: 1) you are not healthy; something is out of whack. The hormone check should answer this possibility. 2) You are eating more calories than you think. You can get fat on chicken and fish. Start measuring your food and logging it into your food diary. Be completely honest with yourself and your measurements, and you will likely find out where the weight gain comes from. A lot of people stress that you MUST HAVE a food scale, but I don't have one and can't get one. I just make sure that what I call, for example, 1 cup is level with the top of the measuring cup, not heaping.

It seems too much like a chore for me to balance exercise and calories, so I filled out my goals for losing 1 pound per week and lightly active. I strive to stay under my calorie goal. I don't log exercise. I figure that fits under lightly active. I'm not training for a marathon or anything like that, so lightly should cover it (walking, wall pushups, squats, lunges, house cleaning).

I've lost 15 pounds in 6 weeks this way. I must confess, however, that this started out with 2-4 days of anorexia. I flew from Washington state to Ohio to visit my father and found him in his favorite chair barely conscious. Turns out he had a brain tumor and died from it in 2-3 weeks. This is one of the worst things that has ever happened to me. I started back with MFP to log my food and make sure I was getting adequate nutrition because I was having such a difficult time forcing myself to eat. I was unsuccessful with weight loss for years and had all kinds of special snowflake excuses for it, but now I realize that I wasn't being honest about everything I was eating.

irishbsun wrote: »

♥xenawarriorprincess♥ wrote: »

Most (not all) people overestimate their exercise calories burned and or calories eaten. If your tests come back normal have your doctor run blood work for Thyroid disease. If all that comes back normal you are probably eating too much or overestimating your calorie burn. I would also suggest you find out what your Basal Metabolic Rate is, you should be eating at least that number of calories.

I am being tested for hypothyroidism based upon my symptoms. I've never had an issue in my past losing weight only after children.

For what it's worth, I was tested for hypothyroidism and a few other things after "not being able to lose any weight." My results were clean. I started losing weight when I finally got honest with myself about my diet. I bought a food scale and stopped "sneaking" treats. Worked for me. Good luck.

Abby2205 wrote: »

1. How long have you been doing this? If it's 3 weeks or less, be patient.
2. How do you sustain a 1000 calorie deficit every day? That suggests a minimum of 2200 calories burned every day. That is a lot for a 5'1" woman. Weight lifting and yoga aren't major calorie burners and the kickboxing is only twice a week. Do you have a very active lifestyle aside from the exercise?

It's not that hard...eating at a deficit of 500 cal daily, and doing 500 cal worth of exercise gets it done. Or burning more through exercise, and eating a lower deficit. I'm 5'3", 155, wear a HR Monitor, and go on a 75 min hike and burn 900 calories. Maybe my heart sucks and hers doesn't...but point is, a 1000 cal deficit is not that hard to achieve.

irishbsun wrote: »

I am frustrated. Really really frustrated. Began tracking calories and realized I was not eating a min of 1200 a day so I upped my in take. I workout with weights 2/3 x a week, kickboxing 2x and yoga at home on other days.

In order to lose weight I need a 1k deficiency, which I have been doing daily. I've lost nothing. I have actually GAINED 8lbs and no I don't believe it's muscle my clothes are getting snug. I don't eat crap. I use both this app and FitBit so I can see where I am with calories. I am really frustrated. I have 60lbs to lose and nothing is budging. I recently had my blood drawn for a hormone check & awaiting results. After my second child 3 yes ago I have not been able to lose weight. It's driving me crazy! I've never been this heavy and it literally physically hurts. I'm only 5'1 and this weight is literally weighing me down.

Any thoughts or advise? I'm about to eat a box of kitkats out of frustration.

I have this issue but then again, I'm in an extremely hypothyroid state due to a thyroidectomy. Maybe it's cancer? It's good you're getting yourself checked out by a doctor if this is legitimately happening to you. But if there's even a chance you're underestimating your intake or overestimating your output, you might want to investigate those possibilities as well. A scale and not eating back all of your exercise calories is a great place to start. The odds are, it's the latter. And I hope for your sake that it is the latter. Sure, the former is a great excuse but it's way less fun than being honest with yourself about your intake and output.

Hypothyroidism may cause an initial increase in weight due to increased cellular uptake, but this is about 10 lbs and rapid gain over a small amount of time. The rest of the gain is Calorie In/Calorie Out.

Very simple - you are underestimating calories in or overestimating calories out.

Internet diagnosis are worthless - if concerned request a hormone panel, specifically TSH, Total T4, Free T4, Total T3, Free T3, and RT3. If this comes back in range you've eliminated this possibility. Review what you have control over first and get a digital food scale.

CSARdiver wrote: »

Hypothyroidism may cause an initial increase in weight due to increased cellular uptake, but this is about 10 lbs and rapid gain over a small amount of time. The rest of the gain is Calorie In/Calorie Out.

Very simple - you are underestimating calories in or overestimating calories out.

Internet diagnosis are worthless - if concerned request a hormone panel, specifically TSH, Total T4, Free T4, Total T3, Free T3, and RT3. If this comes back in range you've eliminated this possibility. Review what you have control over first and get a digital food scale.

Unregulated hypothyroidism can slow down the metabolism. The CI/CO equation can be affected by it. It's not just short term water weight gain.

"Thyroid hormone regulates metabolism—the way the body uses energy—and affects nearly every organ in the body. Without enough thyroid hormone, many of the body’s functions slow down. About 4.6 percent of the U.S. population age 12 and older has hypothyroidism."

http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/endocrine/hypothyroidism/Pages/fact-sheet.aspx

It's unlikely to be OPs issue but giving out false info doesn't help anyone.

Abby2205 wrote: »

So you have an active lifestyle, plus exercise, eating 1200 calories a day, but have gained 8 pounds in 4 weeks. Water retention maybe? Which wouldn't be good either. Yep, see a doctor.

It's not water retention, and being active and exercise can't fix overeating. OP isn't eating 1200 calories a day. OP has admitted not using a food scale to weigh all solid foods, so has no way of knowing how many calories she is actually eating.