help i seem to be stuck

fairysue63
fairysue63 Posts: 9 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I'm stuck on a certain weight I can only do so may exersices as I have osteoporosis in my bones ad
And bad knees but I'm swimming cycling and walking but now hardly loosing any weight. Anyone have any ideas on how to loose a bit more thanks

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  • kathrynjean_
    kathrynjean_ Posts: 428 Member
    Weight loss comes from a calorie deficit, and while exercise is one way to achieve that gap, diet really trumps all here. Are you logging accurately and weighing all of your food on a food scale?
  • fairysue63
    fairysue63 Posts: 9 Member
    Yeah I am weighing it all I only get 1,230 a day and still don't seem to be loosing I don't hardly eat into my exersice deficit
  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    fairysue63 wrote: »
    Yeah I am weighing it all I only get 1,230 a day and still don't seem to be loosing I don't hardly eat into my exersice deficit

    Open your diary so we can see your logging.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Your ticker indicates that you only have about 4 pounds to lose. If you're already in a healthy weight range, the weight loss can be really slow.

    Opening your diary might help us to spot something that you haven't thought of yet.

    Otherwise:

    1. If it's been less than 3 weeks or so, don't sweat it! Normal fluctuations happen and unfortunately sometimes we stall for a week or two even when we're doing everything right. Give your body some time to catch up with the changes you're making.

    2. If you aren't already, be sure that you're logging everything. Sometimes people forget about things like veggies, drinks, cooking oils, and condiments. For some people these can add up to enough to halt your weight loss progress.

    3. Consider buying a food scale if you don't already have one. They're about $10-$20 dollars in the US and easily found at places like Amazon, Target, and Walmart. Measuring cups and spoons are great, but they do come with some degree of inaccuracy. A food scale will be more accurate, and for some people it makes a big difference.

    4. Logging accurately also means choosing accurate entries in the database. There are a lot of user-entered entries that are off. Double-check that you're using good entries and/or using the recipe builder instead of someone else's homemade entries.

    5. Recalculate your goals if you haven't lately. As you lose weight your body requires fewer calories to run. Be sure you update your goals every ten pounds or so.

    6. If you're taking any cheat days that go over your calorie limits, it might be best to cut them out for a few weeks and see what happens. Some people go way over their calorie needs without realizing it when they don't track.

    7. If you weigh yourself frequently, consider using a program like trendweight to even out the fluctuations. You could be losing weight but just don't see it because of the daily ups and downs.
  • fairysue63
    fairysue63 Posts: 9 Member
    Thanks for all your help only three pounds then hit my weight goal but will still keep going soi don't put it on again x
  • Michael190lbs
    Michael190lbs Posts: 1,510 Member
    Maintenance is so much harder get prepared by dialing in your memory to what you can consume
  • fairysue63
    fairysue63 Posts: 9 Member
    Hit my goal weight now so really chuffed but have now decided two more pounds will bev better off than on . I'm also enjoying reading peoples posts on here to just need to loosethose two pounds then learn to maintain it .couldn't have done it without the support of my partner whom has also lost a stone or more xx
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    fairysue63 wrote: »
    Hit my goal weight now so really chuffed but have now decided two more pounds will bev better off than on . I'm also enjoying reading peoples posts on here to just need to loosethose two pounds then learn to maintain it .couldn't have done it without the support of my partner whom has also lost a stone or more xx

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10260524/most-helpful-posts-goal-maintaining-weight-must-reads#latest

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