Not losing weight

lsand
lsand Posts: 78 Member
edited November 24 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm 5'4, 51 years old and not losing weight on 1200-1500 calories. Supposedly I burn 1600 calories just by being. What should I do?

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  • 3bambi3
    3bambi3 Posts: 1,650 Member
    Are you weighing all of your food? Also, I noticed in your diary that you use generic entries from the database. There's no way to know if these are accurate. If you are making recipes yourself, you can enter them in the recipe builder to get more accurate numbers. These things, combined with the fact that you seem to be averaging 1400 calories a day probably means that you're eating at maintenance. Tighten up your logging.

    And why is your calorie goal set to 600?
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  • kristen6350
    kristen6350 Posts: 1,094 Member
    Your calories seem to be all over the place - lots of generic food enteries.

    How long have you been logging? Do you weigh all your food? And why is your goal set to 600? I'd set your goal to 1lb week or .5lbs a week, sedentary setting (unless you have a very active job) and eat that...every day. not 1,000 one day and 1,600 the next. This may take time - weight loss isn't linear.
  • dhimaan
    dhimaan Posts: 774 Member
    Why is your daily goal 900 calories? Anyways all foods have to be weighed and logged. Stick to the number MFP gave you and you will lose.
  • oh_happy_day
    oh_happy_day Posts: 1,137 Member
    I just had a look at your diary. It looks like your logging could use some tightening up. Do you weigh your food? I'm seeing lots of cup measurements. Also, why is your calorie goal set to 600? It was a bit confusing to read.

    How long have you not lost for? I would suggest really tightening up your logging for a few weeks and see what happens.
  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    Gotta eat less.
  • booksandchocolate12
    booksandchocolate12 Posts: 1,741 Member
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  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Tighten your logging. You have nothing on Saturday. Did you not eat that day? You have things like cups or 1 whole...etc. Unfortunately, if you're not losing, you're not in a deficit.
  • MarcyKirkton
    MarcyKirkton Posts: 507 Member
    I had to play around with actual amount I could eat to find what worked. At 1200 I didn't lose either.'
  • lsand
    lsand Posts: 78 Member
    Thanks for the good advice everybody. I scan barcodes when I can, and measure, but I will also get a scale. And the reason I had calories set so low was because it syncs with my fitbit and if it said I had more calories to eat then I'd eat them. I'll try and not use those. I need to work on willpower and self control. And add some strength training to increase my metabolism.
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