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One kilo in three months means in all likelihood, you're underestimating how much you consume and/or overestimating how much you burn.

Stay committed to posting data but recheck all of it.

Hi, I am having some success after years of ups and downs and failure. Now, I don't eat flour or sugar. It's really simplified my food choices. Also, I will curb hunger between meals with a poach egg or two. It usually helps. Good luck.

zoonaferoza2015 wrote: »

Thank you everyone... Listening to you all I have gathered Some info on what I am doing wrong... I'm 5 ' 3 weighing 70 kgs.... According to MFP I should be eating1200 per day.. up until dinner time I track properly because it's mostly cereal and fruits and two cups of tea without sugar of semi skimmed milk so I know what I am having..... Then I go for a run.. Since I am Asian dinner consists of typical Asian dishes in oil with tortilla wrap sometimes even naan... Although I am almost always within my calorie limit unless once in a blue moon I decide to go over the limit but I am not weighing it.also when I track my occasional walks I don't halve the calories the counter says I have burnt.... I don't subtract the calories I burn via running .
What I have gathered is I don't weigh the home cooked food although I take small portions and trying to have only one tortilla wrap instead of one and a half... I use diet Pepsi to curb my hunger pangs... Could that be a problem

So then you haven't been logging religiously. It's not Diet Pepsi; you're eating too much.

I changed a lot of my diet to lose. I am petite,too, so the margin of error is tiny. What helps is to add vegetables to meals. Lots of them. More than you think. And I had to cut out most of what I consider pretty healthy meals and just eat very differently for now, anyway.

BUT....I set my goals, found the actual calorie amount that works to lose and my appetite has adjusted. Exercise really helped me meet my goals, and next week, I'm hoping to get back to that. Working too much this past month to work that in. I found it was really challenging to lose and NOT have that exercise worked in. I never eat back those calories.

I've had to cut out a lot of stuff I really like.......even non-fat lattes! 150 calories? No way I can burn that many calories on something that doesn't resemble real food. lol

Good thing I'm on an good losing plan, or I'd have given up. The slow, slow,slow loss wouldn't keep me motivated for long.

Just mess around with actual meals until you find what works.

My lunch replaces fresh vegetables with noodles or rice......maybe something that cuts out the oil and doesn't require bread?

zoonaferoza2015 wrote: »

Thank you everyone... Listening to you all I have gathered Some info on what I am doing wrong... I'm 5 ' 3 weighing 70 kgs.... According to MFP I should be eating1200 per day.. up until dinner time I track properly because it's mostly cereal and fruits and two cups of tea without sugar of semi skimmed milk so I know what I am having..... Then I go for a run.. Since I am Asian dinner consists of typical Asian dishes in oil with tortilla wrap sometimes even naan... Although I am almost always within my calorie limit unless once in a blue moon I decide to go over the limit but I am not weighing it.also when I track my occasional walks I don't halve the calories the counter says I have burnt.... I don't subtract the calories I burn via running .
What I have gathered is I don't weigh the home cooked food although I take small portions and trying to have only one tortilla wrap instead of one and a half... I use diet Pepsi to curb my hunger pangs... Could that be a problem

This is your problem.

zoonaferoza2015 wrote: »

Okay. Any suggestions for appropriate dinner

What you are eating can be appropriate as long as you calculate how many calories it contains.

For weight loss, it's not about what you eat but how many calories it contains.

Log everything.

Do you cook your own or does someone else do the cooking? If you do the cooking, weigh and measure everything that goes into the recipe that has calories (even the cooking oil) so that you have the calories for the entire recipe. You can then weight the whole recipe after it's cooked and weigh your portion so that you can calculate the calories for the fraction that you eat. If someone else cooks, see if you can help them once so that you can get a baseline for the recipe to at least give you a ballpark on calories.

Weigh everything you consume. It is honestly an eye opener.

I am not sure what Asian ethnicity you are but you might want to take a hard look at your ingredients. I am Korean so my food tends to be high in vegetables and fish. Most of my food is cooked as a stew or steamed, or very lightly stir fried in oil. I try to stay away from the dishes that are heavily fried in oil. Rice and noodles are main staple of Asian dishes. They are not bad, but for me carbs does not help shed the pounds. So for now I am avoiding rice and noodles, even the high fiber versions. So part of weight loss is understanding is how certain foods affect your weight loss. Some Asian food calls for ingredients like coconut milk, sugar, etc... These things will not help with weight loss. My mom makes kim chee without sugar. So I usually eat her version rather than store-bought ones, where I am not sure about the sugar content. Some of the thai dishes that I make that calls for coconut milk, I use the lite version, but I try not to eat too much of these types of dishes either. I agree with everyone else weigh your food. I what you think is a small potion may not be the appropriate amount you should be eating for a particular dish. Don't drink soda to curb your appetite. I love soda, but I drink it now more as treat rather than as part of my daily meal. Drink more water and replace snacks with something more healthy, nuts, fruit, veggies, etc... Just watch your portions and see how the food affects your weight.

zoonaferoza2015 wrote: »

I'm Pakistani...thank you for the awesome tips. Will keep in mind.. what's wrong with diet soda though ? 250 ml / day

There is nothing wrong with diet soda. I drank nothing but diet soda for 1.5 years and it didn't hinder my weight loss or hurt my health.