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I'm falling short.....please help

SamKrstic
SamKrstic Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Motivation and Support
Thank you for taking time out of your day and ready this. So I've been doing MFP for about 2 months now and I'm falling short. I've lost about 2lbs and gained and ughhhh. Really need some support...Thank you and goodbye

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  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    How are you "falling short"? What is your plan for weight loss? What are your trouble spots?

    Unless you identify the problems, we can't help you find the solutions.
  • ruralife
    ruralife Posts: 28 Member
    Are you exercising? That would mean building muscle, and it weighs more than fat. How does your body feel, your clothes fit? I gain weight yet lose inches when I exercise and watch my food.
  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    edited January 2016
    ruralife wrote: »
    Are you exercising? That would mean building muscle, and it weighs more than fat. How does your body feel, your clothes fit? I gain weight yet lose inches when I exercise and watch my food.
    Muscle does not weigh more than fat. Muscle takes up less room than fat because muscle is more dense.
  • fiddletime
    fiddletime Posts: 1,868 Member
    SamKrstic wrote: »
    Thank you for taking time out of your day and ready this. So I've been doing MFP for about 2 months now and I'm falling short. I've lost about 2lbs and gained and ughhhh. Really need some support...Thank you and goodbye
    I'd guess from this that in two months you've gone up and down but no overall weight loss? You need to eat fewer calories than you burn. Log everything you eat and stay under your calories, don't overestimate your exercise burn, and you really will lose weight. Now that the holidays are over and the parties, junk food, and alcohol, is less available, start again.
  • SamKrstic
    SamKrstic Posts: 3 Member
    fiddletime wrote: »
    SamKrstic wrote: »
    Thank you for taking time out of your day and ready this. So I've been doing MFP for about 2 months now and I'm falling short. I've lost about 2lbs and gained and ughhhh. Really need some support...Thank you and goodbye
    I'd guess from this that in two months you've gone up and down but no overall weight loss? You need to eat fewer calories than you burn. Log everything you eat and stay under your calories, don't overestimate your exercise burn, and you really will lose weight. Now that the holidays are over and the parties, junk food, and alcohol, is less available, start again.

    Yeah thanks. The last month has been really tough but hey, its a new year
  • cafeaulait7
    cafeaulait7 Posts: 2,459 Member
    It's so much easier without parties and holiday food around! Just measure and log consistently and it should be easier to figure out from here on out :) I still have unexplained weight from the holidays, but it's now my ToM, so maybe that's what's up. The thing is that I know I logged well, so I'm confident it's probably nothing (I've been doing this a while). It was hard logging foods others made (or even some I made the way I cook, lol), so that's a pitfall of the season. But it sure was yummy!
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