not losing any weight. . ideas please

This is my incredibly generic advice when someone isn't losing. If you want more specific ideas, it might help to set your diary to public or share some more details about your diet.

1. If it's been less than 3 weeks or so since you last saw a drop on the scale, 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 eating back your exercise calories and you're relying on gym machine readouts or MFP's estimates, it might be best to eat back just 50-75% of those. Certain activities tend to be overestimated. If you're using an HRM or activity tracker, it might be a good idea to look into their accuracy and be sure that yours is calibrated properly.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Some people just burn fewer calories than the calculators predict. If you continue to have problems after 4-6 weeks, then it might be worth a trip to the doctor or a registered dietitian who can give you more specific advice.

Are you weighing most/all of your food with a food scale and choosing accurate MFP entries? It's very easy to wipe out a calorie deficit by eyeballing or using measuring cups (regardless of if the food is healthy).

If your clothes fit better and measurements are better, then it's working. Give it more time to see the scale weight catch up with your progress. Scales measure much more than just fat, so as early on as you are, it's probably still the water from exercise or something masking your progress

gabybvmfp wrote: »

Ok.. I've been working really hard at gym for almost a month. Taking care of what I eat. My friends tell me I look like I lost a lot of weight but the scale is not moving. Also the clothes fits much better . I'm not obsessed with scale cause that's not my goal. . But I would like to hear opinions about it. Thanks!

Can you tell me what you are doing at the gym?

Cardio?
muscular?
how long are your sessions?

My cardiologist said any exercise but power walking. OP tape over scale. Doing well.

kshama2001 wrote: »

This !

bcalvanese wrote: »

gabybvmfp wrote: »

Ok.. I've been working really hard at gym for almost a month. Taking care of what I eat. My friends tell me I look like I lost a lot of weight but the scale is not moving. Also the clothes fits much better . I'm not obsessed with scale cause that's not my goal. . But I would like to hear opinions about it. Thanks!

Can you tell me what you are doing at the gym?

Cardio?
muscular?
how long are your sessions?

Absolutely doesn't matter what a person does at the gym. Weight loss is accomplished by eating at a deficit, whether one is exercising or not.

Sometimes these threads are helpful to others besides the original poster.
For example, when I first joined I was too afraid to post. So I lurked and lurked these forums. I was looking for answers to my questions , but was too shy to speak up.
I would've definitely read a thread like this to try to figure out what was going on. But I wouldn't have posted anything .
sometimes its just not all about the original poster. Facts have to be posted , even if the original poster is already aware of them. And nonfactual stuff must be pointed out, to prevent a newcomer or lurker from reading it and believing it.
When I first joined, I read that carbs will make people gain weight and that people shouldn't eat them. Luckily , many posters chimed in and mentioned that low carb was not necessary unless the person had a medical condition and that a calorie deficit was all that was needed for weight loss .
If those members didn't speak up And call out the nonsense then I would've definitely believed it. I didn't know any better. Many people start out not knowing anything and just like to lurk these threads to learn.