Doing it right but not getting results

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  • jeffpettis
    jeffpettis Posts: 865 Member
    If you are gaining weight you are eating in a surplus. Period. Back when you were losing weight you were eating at a deficit. It's simple math. Either you are eating more than you think or burning less than you think or a combination of the two. Either way, the only thing absolutely required for fat loss to occur is a calorie deficit.

    If you are not losing then, I'm sorry, but you are not "doing everything right."
  • Psychgrrl
    Psychgrrl Posts: 3,177 Member
    It sounds like you've made a really good start and that you just need to tweak a few things. OK, to try and sum up the feedback so far ...
    • You need to be at a calorie deficit to lose weight. If you're not losing weight, you're eating more calories than your body needs. Doesn't matter if it's healthy food or not. Calories from healthy food are not magic, still the same as junk food, calorie for calorie.
    • MFP and cardio machine burns are notoriously high/inaccurate.
    • Try inputting your numbers in Scooby. http://scoobysworkshop.com/calories-burned/ Scooby can help you determine calorie needs and goals and you can manually set them in MFP.
    • Weigh your solid food and measure your liquids for an accurate count of calories. Relaying on packaging and standard servings will likely have you consuming more calories than you need. For example: one Trader Joe's Jumbo Egg is 60 calories. However, when I weigh them, I've never had them come in at less than 75 calories. That's a 25% gain. Those little things add up over time. Bread, same thing. One slice is often 1.15 servings. And so on.
    • Consider getting a fitness tracker to help you. I wear one daily (Garmin, many people like FitBit) that syncs with MFP and measures burn based on my stats. I also wear a chest strap during exercise.
  • RicSur
    RicSur Posts: 44 Member
    Well I'm on day 3, of 2000 plus a quarter of my burn, today I've only had 1500 calories in all.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    RicSur wrote: »
    Well I'm on day 3, of 2000 plus a quarter of my burn, today I've only had 1500 calories in all.

    I'm sad for you.
  • clockworksailing
    clockworksailing Posts: 15 Member
    edited November 2015
    Experiment with your calorie intake and your own results. I can't speak for anyone else- but for me; if I ate the calories the app suggested and overestimated my workouts like it does sometimes, I'd never lose anything.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    synacious wrote: »
    Another vote for eating too much. Besides, yoga and pilates do not burn many calories at all so your burns are possibly over-inflated.

    While it's true that Gentle and Restorative types of yoga do not burn many calories, flow styles like Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Power, etc, sure do.

    But the general advice to not eat back all of your exercise calories from any activity is sound.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Eating right, does not mean eating in a deficit. A deficit is required to lose.
  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
    Read this:

    http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/why-am-i-not-losing-weight/

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