Can not loose weight!
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There is no way you can be overweight if you eat 1200 calories. I was emaciated with an eating disorder eating 1600 a day. You have to be eating more than you think.
Im curious to see if you start religiously weighing and logging every single thing you put into your mouth if you see you are actually eating a lot more. I know it is a pain but try to do it religiously for a few weeks and see what happens. I would be interested in seeing your results.0 -
Hi everyone... before I first started MFP I also wasn't eating enough calories that I should be doing. I never ate breakfast, didn't always have lunch and most days only had an evening dinner... Since I started MFP I MAKE SURE I eat 3 meals a day... and make sure I eat 1200 calories a day.. I am now on 143 days and I have lost 24lbs... I know that might not sound a lot of weight to most of you but its coming of slowly and I'm delighted with the loss... so what I'm saying is.. if your daily calorie intake is 1250 then MAKE SURE you have 1250... good luck xx0
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Therealobi1 wrote: »adriandeno29 wrote: »adriandeno29 wrote: »smotheredincheese wrote: »It just doesn't add up for you to never eat over 1200 calories a day yet still be 100 pounds overweight. Somewhere, at some point, you must be consuming extra calories. You say you had a glass of tea, is that sweetened tea? How much sugar is in it? Do you typically drink several of those in a day?
No just one 8oz glass and unsweetened tea
My doc is going to order several tests because something isn't right
Hiyah i think the tests are a good idea, but in the mean time weigh and log everything you eat for at least a month and see how you go. i know its a pain especially being busy but logging is a real eye opener. good luck
This is a good idea.
Basically, it's one of two things. Either you have a medical problem or you are eating more than you think. It could be you are eating more of some high calorie things (like ranch dressing or people often underestimate meat servings, among other things) than you realize or you are forgetting to log certain days/meals/snacks or binging on occasion after undereating a lot. I know it may be frustrating, but the latter is MUCH more common than the former. In fact, studies show that even dietitians who should be experienced will underlog significantly. So doctors frequently assume that people are eating much more than they think, especially if they haven't been logging.
More information will be important for your doctor, so even if you think you couldn't possibly be eating too much, you should keep a detailed log. And of course more and more accurate information is important, so you should include everything (people are sometimes worried about being judged, so they do not).
If it is a medical issue, we can't help you -- you will need treatment of some sort or should work with a dietitian (prescribed/referred by your doctor) on a special diet.0 -
I tried the Fast Metabolism Diet and it worked for me so far. I have lost 16 lbs in the last 2 months. Give it a try. Look up Hayley Pomroy on the web; she is the author of the book.0
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Eat your 1200 cals a day. Split into 4-6 meals a day. Drink lots of water 8-10 glasses per day. Exercise as much as possible. Weigh out everything. Take a vitamin supplement if you can, make sure you're getting the nutes you MUST have. Good luck.0
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you don't gain 100 lbs, even with pregnancy, because you're not a big eater. you'll take diet pills but can't find the time to log accurately over the weekend because you were busy with your two older kids? i think you need to set some time aside for yourself to accurately track and keep record of what you're eating, when you're eating it, and how much you're eating. i feel as though you must be eating more than what you think you are. i don't mean to be so skeptical, but after you start losing weight, you'll understand that pretty much almost everything you've been saying just does not make sense. and not because you're a medical miracle, but because you're misinformed about the calorie content of what you're putting into your body.
but hey, if your doctor says there is something else going on here, i'll eat my words.0 -
Eat your 1200 cals a day. Split into 4-6 meals a day. Drink lots of water 8-10 glasses per day. Exercise as much as possible. Weigh out everything. Take a vitamin supplement if you can, make sure you're getting the nutes you MUST have. Good luck.
Other than weighing food and hitting her goal, none of this is necessary.
OP, twelve days isn't enough time to say this isn't working. My first two weeks I gained two pounds. Be patient and make sure you are logging everything with as close to 100% accuracy as possible.0 -
adriandeno29 wrote: »No i don't diet I eat pretty healthy. Don't eat junk. I only can Handel one small piece of chocolate when it's that time of the month. I don't drink anything . I'm never thirsty and when I try to force anything I feel nauseous but never ever get sick.
These are the two glaring problems I see. Eating healthy also means eating enough to fuel your body. 400 calories a day doesn't do that. Sometimes 1200 a day doesn't do that either, depending on how active you are. And drinking is essential. You know the ol' facts they teach us in grade school about X% of our body is water.0 -
The Ranch dressing alone is probably 300 calories people don't know how much their eating because they don't want to know the truth.. Do you drink alcohol? The average brain burn 250 calories a day just keeping us breathing and alive so yes.. Moving 250lbs around burns massive amounts of calories 1200 calories for you is unhealthy bump up to 1700 calories and LOG EVERYTHING get a food scale and WEIGH everything..0
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you didn't get to 250lbs by struggling to hit 1200 calories.
Either you have a very serious medical condition or you are eating waaaay more than you think.
I'm 150lbs and am losing eating 1650 calories a day0 -
MommyL2015 wrote: »One of the lies I used to tell myself all the time, and I truly believed it, was that there's no way I could be eating that much. I absolutely knew my weight was not caused by the food I was eating, therefore something had to be wrong. After all, most days all I ate was a bowl of cereal. I went to the doctor, completely convinced there was something wrong but nope, nothing was wrong with me. All tests came back normal.
Then I got a food scale, slapped myself in the face and really took stock of what I was actually eating. Sure, those days where I only ate a bowl of cereal, those bowls were sometimes 75 percent of the total calories I should have had all day. Even if I ate nothing else but that, and even if I did that 3-4 days a week, there were days where I ate a lot more and not only wiped out whatever deficit I may have had, but added a surplus for the week.
Get a food scale. Get completely 100% honest with everything that goes in your mouth from the time you open your eyes until you go to bed, including condiments, oils, "bites" of this and that, and do it every, single day.
This. I took myself off to the doctor too, absolutely convinced that it couldn't be my behaviour that was the problem. I ate pretty healthily. I exercised a bit in my busy schedule. My tests came back with perfect results. My doctor called me "fat-skinny" - his term for the opposite of what is a bigger problem for him with his patients - the people that are "skinny-fat" - they ones that look healthy on the outside but drop dead from heart attacks because they are fat on the inside.
Weigh and measure every single thing that you consume. Give yourself the truth. How are you expecting to lose weight by "eating at a deficit" when you don't know what the starting point is?0 -
even eating healthy foods you can eat more than you think and gain weight. I didnt weigh my food and even when I thought I was eating proper portions I was gaining weight,no matter how much I worked out. I had no idea the difference a food scale made. now,I see that what I was really eating was sometimes 2-3 times the portion size which can result in more calories taken in. so yes,I was eating more than I thought too. you dont become overweight just from being pregnant(the baby didnt weight 100 lbs,so at least 85 of that was from over eating- not counting baby,placenta,etc). eating only 400 calories is not good either. you should still be losing weight(you will be losing muscle mass too though),but your body wont have to work as hard to burn those calories you have taken in so your metabolism will slow down. if you cannot eat more than 400 calories some days you need to see a Dr. that is not healthy and your body will start breaking down muscle which includes your heart.weight loss for most is a slow journey as there are no fast fixes.Diet pills are not the answer either. like everyone says weigh everything and log properly and go from there. it takes time but please at least 1200 calories.otherwise you are walking down a very dangerous path that may cost you your life if it persists.0
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adriandeno29 wrote: »adriandeno29 wrote: »smotheredincheese wrote: »It just doesn't add up for you to never eat over 1200 calories a day yet still be 100 pounds overweight. Somewhere, at some point, you must be consuming extra calories. You say you had a glass of tea, is that sweetened tea? How much sugar is in it? Do you typically drink several of those in a day?
No just one 8oz glass and unsweetened tea
My doc is going to order several tests because something isn't right
guessing doc is going to do a thyroid test?? if not, you should really have him/her do so.
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Metabolism things are very rare. And I doubt you could have babies eating like that. This just doesn't compute.0
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I call BS0
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+1MommyL2015 wrote: »One of the lies I used to tell myself all the time, and I truly believed it, was that there's no way I could be eating that much. I absolutely knew my weight was not caused by the food I was eating, therefore something had to be wrong. After all, most days all I ate was a bowl of cereal. I went to the doctor, completely convinced there was something wrong but nope, nothing was wrong with me. All tests came back normal.
Then I got a food scale, slapped myself in the face and really took stock of what I was actually eating. Sure, those days where I only ate a bowl of cereal, those bowls were sometimes 75 percent of the total calories I should have had all day. Even if I ate nothing else but that, and even if I did that 3-4 days a week, there were days where I ate a lot more and not only wiped out whatever deficit I may have had, but added a surplus for the week.
Get a food scale. Get completely 100% honest with everything that goes in your mouth from the time you open your eyes until you go to bed, including condiments, oils, "bites" of this and that, and do it every, single day.
There is absolutely only ONE reason why you cannot lose weight, and that is because you are eating more calories than your body is using. Medical issues can cause a slower metabolism, so its a good idea to get some tests done, but even with medical issues, calories rule all.
I started at 170 pounds, 44 years old and 5'1" tall, and I could eat 1400+ calories a day and still lose.
Second bit of advice, give it time. Once you start truly logging accurately, weighing and tracking everything you eat, be patient. Start with a reasonable loss rate so that you can eat more during the day and not deprive yourself or feel hungry all day.
Oh, and your body doesn't store fat if it thinks you're not getting enough calories, so please ignore that advice. It's bunk.0 -
Agreed.natboosh69 wrote: »If you're 250lbs then you must eat more than you think, overeating makes you gain weight and nothing else. Enter your stats on here for 1-1.5lb loss a week, buy a food scale, weigh and log everything. Try this for 3-4 weeks and see if you lose then
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leahbowman wrote: »eating less than 1200 calories a day is where you are going wrong, you need to eat this amount of calories otherwise you are practically starving yourself and by doing that your body will store your fat.
Please don't ever say that again. That's not how starvation mode works. First off, you have to eat a lot less than your bmr to enter starvation mode, 1200-1000kcal for most men and 1000-800kcal for most women. And this has to go on continuously for an extended period of time, such as weeks, not days. If you do that, then your body will first reduce the bmr to try and conserve what energy it has left, then it will start to eat away at the body's muscle to get the energy it needs. This is when people that are starving will die assuming dehydration doesn't get them first because it takes away all muscles, including vital organs such as the heart.
Your body will not store energy as fat because if you are truly sarving then you need that energy right then and there just to survive.0 -
Lots of great advice here, but I fear it'll all be for naught until the OP can admit that she may be eating more than she thinks, gets herself a food scale and starts logging honestly.
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Troll, much? If not, seek mental therapy.
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Some of these words sound harsh BUT yet....I can't argue with what is being stated. Is it even possible for someone to gain weight on 1200 cals a day? Is it possible to be that sedentary that one burns less than 1000 cals a day?
How messed up can a metabolism be?
Any doctors out there?0 -
1) If your doctor has not screened you for medical reasons for the weight, then go find a new doctor. And I am not talking about doctor feel-good with diet pills; I'm talking about one that will test to make sure you do not have an underlying metabolic issue going on. If you have already had these tests with your current physician, then take your diet log and ask for a referral to a nutritionist if there is no underlying cause.
2) Stop starving yourself. You have GOT to eat at least 1200 calories a day at your current weight or your body will conserve and you will not lose. You are shooting yourself in the foot with the crazy calorie reductions.
3) Drink water. You do not have to drink it all at once. Sip throughout the day. You need at least 8 glasses of 8 oz. each.
4) How much time are you spending on exercise? Are you exercising? "Busy" does not = "Active". Get out and walk for 30 minutes a morning or evening. That is just a start. Then you need to build on that as you get stronger.
5) Weigh naked in the morning before you eat and after you pee. Every Day. Without fail. and LOG IT. No cheating. Total honesty with yourself.
6) Do these steps every day for two weeks and see where you are. I will bet you will be lighter, feel better, and be excited about the possibilities.
I was 216 in April of 2015 and could not muster the energy to do anything. I followed the steps above. I read, I learned. I am now 162 with good muscle tone. I run. I could barely walk and now I run with a group, I ride my bike, I work out. I'm in a size 12 and still shrinking. You can do this... 6 months are going to pass one way or another. Are you going to be heavier at the end? The same? Or are you going to take charge and determine your own life? I vote take charge.0 -
Eating the way you do has essentially shut down your body's metabolic furnace! It thinks it is starving and therefore won't let go of any weight. You're killing yourself by eating so little AND you HAVE to drink liquids! I started at 256# in June. I'm 61 years old. I have an underactive thyroid and am on medication for it. I had tried all kinds of eating plans to lose weight. Then I was diagnosed diabetic, so I started the diabetic eating plan. I eat between 1200 and 1600 calories a day, with a total of 160 grams of carbs. I've lost 40# so far and am no longer diabetic! The weight is coming off at about 2# per week -- a healthy rate. PLEASE! You HAVE to eat more calories to get your metabolism charged up again!0
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Eating the way you do has essentially shut down your body's metabolic furnace! It thinks it is starving and therefore won't let go of any weight. You're killing yourself by eating so little AND you HAVE to drink liquids! I started at 256# in June. I'm 61 years old. I have an underactive thyroid and am on medication for it. I had tried all kinds of eating plans to lose weight. Then I was diagnosed diabetic, so I started the diabetic eating plan. I eat between 1200 and 1600 calories a day, with a total of 160 grams of carbs. I've lost 40# so far and am no longer diabetic! The weight is coming off at about 2# per week -- a healthy rate. PLEASE! You HAVE to eat more calories to get your metabolism charged up again!
Congrats on the weight loss, and the hard work.
I do not think a metabolism shuts down that way. Long term eating at a severe caloric deficit will result in all kinds of health issues BUT weighing 250 lbs isn't the result of eating 800 cals a day because someone has a ruined metabolism. Decades have passed since that lie was spread throughout the fitness industry. It is not true.
Thousands of MFP users will admit they thought their metabolisms were the problem, until they actually counted their calories accurately and realized that wasn't the problem. I would be one of them.0 -
It's not "starvation mode". The answer to the problem of "I'm not losing weight" is never "you need to eat more".
The OP is eating more than she thinks. She won't open her diary so we can't see how she's logging or if she's even logging at all. She gives no indication in her posts that she's using a food scale.
She's clinging to the fact that there's something special/different/wrong with her because she's "doing everything right" and still not losing. Been there, done that.
OP, I hope you get the reality check you need and take a good hard look at exactly how much you're eating. Weigh and log everything. I guarantee it'll be an eye opener.0 -
I haven't read the entire thread so forgive me if this has already been asked, but if you aren't losing then you may likely be eating more then you think. Weight loss comes down to cico . so are you using a food scale to weigh everything and are you logging accurate? Open up your diary so we can help pinpoint the possible issue0
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DelusionalDieters wrote: »adriandeno29 wrote: »I'm 33 weight 250 pounds. I eat under 1200 calories a day just simply because I'm not a big eater and never have been. I have done everything including diet pills. My doc don't believe me so he said log what you eat and don't go over 1200 calories. I just laughed and said no problem for me. He just looked ate like I was lie in or some kind of closest eater. I have struggled with this since I had my first child in which I gained 100 pound. So I was 17 with a newborn and 100 heavier. Nothing and I mean nothing has helped me... can anyone explain this to me???
I'm sorry but you got 250 so you got can eat more than 1200.adriandeno29 wrote: »No i don't diet I eat pretty healthy. Don't eat junk. I only can Handel one small piece of chocolate when it's that time of the month. I don't drink anything . I'm never thirsty and when I try to force anything I feel nauseous but never ever get sick.
There is no way you can say you eat 400 calories and eat healthy. That right there is an oxymoron.Thisnameischosen wrote: »Eat more
That's exactly...........the opposite of what she should be doing.leahbowman wrote: »eating less than 1200 calories a day is where you are going wrong, you need to eat this amount of calories otherwise you are practically starving yourself and by doing that your body will store your fat.
Sorry that's not the way things work.Pollywog_la wrote: »adriandeno29 wrote: »Trust me I don't eat much .. i have been logging my food on here for 10 days and it won't give me a change because I'm not hitting the goal of 1250 calories . Some days I'm only at 400...
I believe you when you say how much you eat. CICO (Calories in calories out) is not helpful in several ways. You have reduced your calorie intake (Which seems really low. I am a similar weight and eat around 1900 cal a day) and your body may be thinking it has to hold on to what it has, so it may be compensating by reducing energy expenditures.
In theory, you should be losing weight, but it may take time. But if you maintain this low calorie level, you will more than likely lose muscle mass and lose energy before weight disappears.
Do you know your macros? (carbs, fat, protein).
I personally am carb sensitive and cannot lose weight with higher than 50g carbs a day, and I usually eat less than that because it raises my blood glucose, which raises insulin levels, and insulin is THE main hormone for storing fat. And it increases hunger.
MFP can tell you what your calorie intake should be based on sex, height and weight and how much you want to lose per week. I would stay closer to that. Your current level is BELOW starvation levels and would make it hard for you to get enough energy and nutrients.
Nope. Another false post. CICO is helpful because it's not a way of eating, it's the way things are. If you think CICO doesn't apply to you then you're a modern miracle.
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