Scale is not showing any changes
drhelibhatt
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Hello everyone,
I am 28 years old and weight about 160 lbs..
I have been using My fitness pal and fitbit regularly for more than 50 days now and consistently maintaining my calorie goal. Still my weight has not decreased at all... If at all, it maybe goes up a few pounds and then back down again but no change from the baseline...
Help.. any suggestions?
I am 28 years old and weight about 160 lbs..
I have been using My fitness pal and fitbit regularly for more than 50 days now and consistently maintaining my calorie goal. Still my weight has not decreased at all... If at all, it maybe goes up a few pounds and then back down again but no change from the baseline...
Help.. any suggestions?
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You are not actually maintaining your calorie goal or your goal is wrong because you are not burning as many calories as you think you are.
You need to make sure you are actually tracking your calories accurately. I don't see your diary so you need to make sure you weigh and measure your food. If you aren't doing that then you can't say you are maintaining your goal.
If you are VERY confident you are tracking calories properly then you need to reduce them because you aren't burning as many as you think. However the problem usually lies in the tracking part of the equation.0 -
Here's how to use Fitbit + MFP: Connect your accounts at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/fitbit
Set your goal to .5 lb. for every 25 lbs. you're overweight: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided
Enable negative calorie adjustments: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings
In the MFP app, go to More > Steps and choose Fitbit.
Ignore your Fitbit calorie goal and follow MFP's, eating back your adjustments. No need to log any step-based activity—your Fitbit is tracking it for you. Log non-step exercise (like swimming or biking) either in Fitbit or in MFP—never both. Exercise logged in MFP overwrites your Fitbit burn during that time.
You can learn more in the Fitbit Users group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users0 -
Do you weigh everything you eat? Do you eat back your exercise calories? Can you open your diary?0
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drhelibhatt wrote: »I have been using My fitness pal and fitbit regularly for more than 50 days now and consistently maintaining my calorie goal. Still my weight has not decreased at all... If at all, it maybe goes up a few pounds and then back down again but no change from the baseline.
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This is the story of my life right now, so I feel your pain. Except I have much more to lose. I'm staying within 3-4 lbs of 184, sometimes lower then it goes back up. I'm only 5'2, so my net is recommended to be 1200, which is what I shoot for daily. I started with exercise first, going from completely sedentary to doing the 30 Day Shred, which is like a beginners strength training program using mostly body weight. I actually started gaining so then I joined MFP and have been logging for about 3 weeks now. Scales not budging, but I have lost inches all over and went down a size. So I know I'm losing fat, but the scale is driving me freaking crazy.
I'm not sure what your weigh loss background is, but I think I royally screwed up my metabolism by crash dieting for about 10 years, and never working out.
The way I look at it, is that if I keep working out, building my strength and staying at or under goal, eventually my stubborn body has got to give in. The weight eventually has to come off, it's science.
My only suggestion is keep at it. Focus on making sure your tracking is on point and the rest has to follow eventually. Even if it's not as fast as we hope!
Good luck to you!0 -
Eat less. Either your goal is wrong, or you are underestimating what you ate. In any case, eating less will fix the problem. So, either blindly cut calories and keep counting as you do currently, or, start logging more accurately.0
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This is the story of my life right now, so I feel your pain. Except I have much more to lose. I'm staying within 3-4 lbs of 184, sometimes lower then it goes back up. I'm only 5'2, so my net is recommended to be 1200, which is what I shoot for daily. I started with exercise first, going from completely sedentary to doing the 30 Day Shred, which is like a beginners strength training program using mostly body weight. I actually started gaining so then I joined MFP and have been logging for about 3 weeks now. Scales not budging, but I have lost inches all over and went down a size. So I know I'm losing fat, but the scale is driving me freaking crazy.
I'm not sure what your weigh loss background is, but I think I royally screwed up my metabolism by crash dieting for about 10 years, and never working out.
The way I look at it, is that if I keep working out, building my strength and staying at or under goal, eventually my stubborn body has got to give in. The weight eventually has to come off, it's science.
My only suggestion is keep at it. Focus on making sure your tracking is on point and the rest has to follow eventually. Even if it's not as fast as we hope!
Good luck to you!
No. If it was one week or two, sure. After 50 days, she can safely say whatever she is eating, it is her maintenance. Usually this means very inaccurate logging or a very wrong impression of what she is actually burning.
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This is the story of my life right now, so I feel your pain. Except I have much more to lose. I'm staying within 3-4 lbs of 184, sometimes lower then it goes back up. I'm only 5'2, so my net is recommended to be 1200, which is what I shoot for daily. I started with exercise first, going from completely sedentary to doing the 30 Day Shred, which is like a beginners strength training program using mostly body weight. I actually started gaining so then I joined MFP and have been logging for about 3 weeks now. Scales not budging, but I have lost inches all over and went down a size. So I know I'm losing fat, but the scale is driving me freaking crazy.
I'm not sure what your weigh loss background is, but I think I royally screwed up my metabolism by crash dieting for about 10 years, and never working out.
The way I look at it, is that if I keep working out, building my strength and staying at or under goal, eventually my stubborn body has got to give in. The weight eventually has to come off, it's science.
My only suggestion is keep at it. Focus on making sure your tracking is on point and the rest has to follow eventually. Even if it's not as fast as we hope!
Good luck to you!
No. If it was one week or two, sure. After 50 days, she can safely say whatever she is eating, it is her maintenance. Usually this means very inaccurate logging or a very wrong impression of what she is actually burning.
I completely agree. That's why my next sentence was "focus on making sure your tracking is on point". To me that is a better starting point than blindly cutting calories or eating less. I'm not sure what her current intake is, and cutting calories could put her at an unhealthy target. JMO0 -
This is the story of my life right now, so I feel your pain. Except I have much more to lose. I'm staying within 3-4 lbs of 184, sometimes lower then it goes back up. I'm only 5'2, so my net is recommended to be 1200, which is what I shoot for daily. I started with exercise first, going from completely sedentary to doing the 30 Day Shred, which is like a beginners strength training program using mostly body weight. I actually started gaining so then I joined MFP and have been logging for about 3 weeks now. Scales not budging, but I have lost inches all over and went down a size. So I know I'm losing fat, but the scale is driving me freaking crazy.
I'm not sure what your weigh loss background is, but I think I royally screwed up my metabolism by crash dieting for about 10 years, and never working out.
The way I look at it, is that if I keep working out, building my strength and staying at or under goal, eventually my stubborn body has got to give in. The weight eventually has to come off, it's science.
My only suggestion is keep at it. Focus on making sure your tracking is on point and the rest has to follow eventually. Even if it's not as fast as we hope!
Good luck to you!
No. If it was one week or two, sure. After 50 days, she can safely say whatever she is eating, it is her maintenance. Usually this means very inaccurate logging or a very wrong impression of what she is actually burning.
I have been measuring everything I eat: I use Barcode scanning for any packaged food, use measuring spoons and cup for all my foods.. the only inaccurate measurement might be restaurant food but that is not often... I have entered my activity level as lowest (sedentary) and then use fitbit for measuring steps.. my net Cal goal is also 1200... i am not sure what else can i do... I would open my diary but I don't know how to?? Any help??0 -
Measuring spoons and cups aren't as good or accurate as weighing all the solid food that you're eating (fine for liquids though). I'd be trying that for starters.0
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Measuring cups and spoons should only be used for liquids. Weigh all of your solid food with a food scale and it will be much more accurate.drhelibhatt wrote: »This is the story of my life right now, so I feel your pain. Except I have much more to lose. I'm staying within 3-4 lbs of 184, sometimes lower then it goes back up. I'm only 5'2, so my net is recommended to be 1200, which is what I shoot for daily. I started with exercise first, going from completely sedentary to doing the 30 Day Shred, which is like a beginners strength training program using mostly body weight. I actually started gaining so then I joined MFP and have been logging for about 3 weeks now. Scales not budging, but I have lost inches all over and went down a size. So I know I'm losing fat, but the scale is driving me freaking crazy.
I'm not sure what your weigh loss background is, but I think I royally screwed up my metabolism by crash dieting for about 10 years, and never working out.
The way I look at it, is that if I keep working out, building my strength and staying at or under goal, eventually my stubborn body has got to give in. The weight eventually has to come off, it's science.
My only suggestion is keep at it. Focus on making sure your tracking is on point and the rest has to follow eventually. Even if it's not as fast as we hope!
Good luck to you!
No. If it was one week or two, sure. After 50 days, she can safely say whatever she is eating, it is her maintenance. Usually this means very inaccurate logging or a very wrong impression of what she is actually burning.
I have been measuring everything I eat: I use Barcode scanning for any packaged food, use measuring spoons and cup for all my foods.. the only inaccurate measurement might be restaurant food but that is not often... I have entered my activity level as lowest (sedentary) and then use fitbit for measuring steps.. my net Cal goal is also 1200... i am not sure what else can i do... I would open my diary but I don't know how to?? Any help??
It's also a good idea to double-check the nutritional info on the box with what you get when you scan it. The database entries in MFP aren't always complete or accurate.0 -
drhelibhatt wrote: »This is the story of my life right now, so I feel your pain. Except I have much more to lose. I'm staying within 3-4 lbs of 184, sometimes lower then it goes back up. I'm only 5'2, so my net is recommended to be 1200, which is what I shoot for daily. I started with exercise first, going from completely sedentary to doing the 30 Day Shred, which is like a beginners strength training program using mostly body weight. I actually started gaining so then I joined MFP and have been logging for about 3 weeks now. Scales not budging, but I have lost inches all over and went down a size. So I know I'm losing fat, but the scale is driving me freaking crazy.
I'm not sure what your weigh loss background is, but I think I royally screwed up my metabolism by crash dieting for about 10 years, and never working out.
The way I look at it, is that if I keep working out, building my strength and staying at or under goal, eventually my stubborn body has got to give in. The weight eventually has to come off, it's science.
My only suggestion is keep at it. Focus on making sure your tracking is on point and the rest has to follow eventually. Even if it's not as fast as we hope!
Good luck to you!
No. If it was one week or two, sure. After 50 days, she can safely say whatever she is eating, it is her maintenance. Usually this means very inaccurate logging or a very wrong impression of what she is actually burning.
I have been measuring everything I eat: I use Barcode scanning for any packaged food, use measuring spoons and cup for all my foods.. the only inaccurate measurement might be restaurant food but that is not often... I have entered my activity level as lowest (sedentary) and then use fitbit for measuring steps.. my net Cal goal is also 1200... i am not sure what else can i do... I would open my diary but I don't know how to?? Any help??
Go here http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings and change Diary Sharing to Public.
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It is easiest to use a moving average tool to know what your real deficit is. Try trendweight.com and get all your weight data in. It'll tell you what your deficit is and how much to cut to fix it ... Cut that much out and you are golden.
It's also safe and informative to weigh daily if you only look at the trend line and whether your data points are above or below.
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I opened my diary to everyone.. have a look!.. Also, l will buy a weighing scale.. any suggestions which ones are good/convenient?0
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drhelibhatt wrote: »I opened my diary to everyone.. have a look!.. Also, l will buy a weighing scale.. any suggestions which ones are good/convenient?
I have this one and it's been working great. Small enough to travel with or to tuck away in a kitchen cabinet. (Although I do keep mine out on the counter all the time.
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