Can't lose my first pound.
mtnbiking27
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Please help, I have been in my calorie intake goal, exercising and averaging over 10,000 steps a day. I haven't lost a pound, but I did gain weight, 2 lbs.
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How long have you been trying to lose your first pound?0
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Give it time.0
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What's your calorie intake goal?0
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I find it best if yu don't eat after 6 because by 6 your sitting and not really doing much
hope I helped a little 0 -
barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »I find it best if yu don't eat after 6 because by 6 your sitting and not really doing much hope I helped a little
Meal timing is totally irrelevant to weight loss.0 -
Hi
How long have you been limiting your calories for and to how many?
What weight and height are you?
How active are you in daily life, exercise excluded?
I see your female, is it near totm?
Are you eating back exercise calories?
Are you weighing your food?
How are you choosing the entries in the database?
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The secret to mfp
1. Set activity to sedentary and log exercise or set correct activity and ignore exercise.... Don't set a high activity level and log exercise
2. Exercise calories tend to be overly optimistic... If your weight doesn't budge for a long time.... Reduce the estimates
3. A food scale. Most people have no idea what a proper serving is. Grab your cereal... Pour yourself what you think is two servings. Next... Grab a food scale and measure it (usually 28g to the serving). That will give you an idea how far off you are. My guess is you'll pour 3 maybe 4 instead.0 -
barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »I find it best if yu don't eat after 6 because by 6 your sitting and not really doing much hope I helped a little
How do you know if someone is just sitting after 6? What if she's a nuclear engineer?0 -
jennifer_417 wrote: »barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »I find it best if yu don't eat after 6 because by 6 your sitting and not really doing much hope I helped a little
Meal timing is totally irrelevant to weight loss.
That's your opinion but I don't think so !0 -
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barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »jennifer_417 wrote: »barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »I find it best if yu don't eat after 6 because by 6 your sitting and not really doing much hope I helped a little
Meal timing is totally irrelevant to weight loss.
That's your opinion but I don't think so !
Just because you don't "think" so, science trumps all.0 -
I eat at night, after 6 pm, well after 6 pm and I have lost over 60 lbs. Are you weighing all your food and liquids? Best of luck to you.0
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ValerieMartini2Olives wrote: »barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »jennifer_417 wrote: »barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »I find it best if yu don't eat after 6 because by 6 your sitting and not really doing much hope I helped a little
Meal timing is totally irrelevant to weight loss.
That's your opinion but I don't think so !
Just because you don't "think" so, science trumps all.
Well I have lost over 2 stone so it Works for me !0 -
I eat the majority of my calories after 6 pm AND I'm lazy at night. Still lost 35 pounds.0
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barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »ValerieMartini2Olives wrote: »barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »jennifer_417 wrote: »barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »I find it best if yu don't eat after 6 because by 6 your sitting and not really doing much hope I helped a little
Meal timing is totally irrelevant to weight loss.
That's your opinion but I don't think so !
Just because you don't "think" so, science trumps all.
Well I have lost over 2 stone so it Works for me !
No, a calorie deficit is what works. It has nothing to do with time you eat.0 -
barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »I find it best if yu don't eat after 6 because by 6 your sitting and not really doing much hope I helped a little
that make no difference.
OP, how long have you been trying? you are most likely eating more than you think you are0 -
barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »ValerieMartini2Olives wrote: »barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »jennifer_417 wrote: »barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »I find it best if yu don't eat after 6 because by 6 your sitting and not really doing much hope I helped a little
Meal timing is totally irrelevant to weight loss.
That's your opinion but I don't think so !
Just because you don't "think" so, science trumps all.
Well I have lost over 2 stone so it Works for me !
Science Barbie... Just because it works doesn't mean the alternative wouldn't work! You just haven't tested it even on yourself
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barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »jennifer_417 wrote: »barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »I find it best if yu don't eat after 6 because by 6 your sitting and not really doing much hope I helped a little
Meal timing is totally irrelevant to weight loss.
That's your opinion but I don't think so !
It is a diet myth unfortunately. Think about it logically. Your body even if it was in a coma and not moving burns a lot of calories a day. That is why we need to tube or tpn feed people who are not mobile.
The OP even if she was sitting down 24/7 would still need a set amount of calories a day. Let's say 1400. So the OP eats those 1400 calories before 6PM and nothing afterwards. Great, she will stay the same weight.
Or she chooses to eat those 1400 calories in a few hours at night. Great, she will still stay the same weight.
Now say the OP eats only 1300 at any time she likes during the 24 hours. That means 100 calories worth will come from her bodies stored calories, ie fat. Over 35 days that would mean the OP would lose 1lb no matter what time of day she eats.
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barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »ValerieMartini2Olives wrote: »barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »jennifer_417 wrote: »barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »I find it best if yu don't eat after 6 because by 6 your sitting and not really doing much hope I helped a little
Meal timing is totally irrelevant to weight loss.
That's your opinion but I don't think so !
Just because you don't "think" so, science trumps all.
Well I have lost over 2 stone so it Works for me !
Science (research) has shown that meal timing itself has very little impact on weight loss. For some people, it helps create a calorie deficit, but it isn't necessary if calories are accounted for.
Glad it's working for you, keep on going with that! (no one said that you have to eat after 6). Just know that it isn't a magic bullet -- if you eat 500 calories more than you use but eat it all before 6 pm, you'll still be gaining weight.0 -
OP, we could use some more information: how long you've been doing this, height, weight, age, open your diary, etc. It may just be a case of needing to give it more time, or there may be something that could use some tweaking, but we can't tell yet.
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barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »ValerieMartini2Olives wrote: »barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »jennifer_417 wrote: »barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »I find it best if yu don't eat after 6 because by 6 your sitting and not really doing much hope I helped a little
Meal timing is totally irrelevant to weight loss.
That's your opinion but I don't think so !
Just because you don't "think" so, science trumps all.
Well I have lost over 2 stone so it Works for me !
It works because you've created a consistent calorie deficit, whether you meant to or not.0 -
queenliz99 wrote: »
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This chart is very helpful. I have been very diligent this week (my very first, I'm on day 7) and often eat just under the recommended calories, don't count exercise (only went to the gym once), I haven't been drinking the recommended water though. I've gained two pounds....I'll just keep at it and hopefully next week will start to lose some weight. Thanks for this chart though, it's encouraging.
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annebourne2 wrote: »This chart is very helpful. I have been very diligent this week (my very first, I'm on day 7) and often eat just under the recommended calories, don't count exercise (only went to the gym once), I haven't been drinking the recommended water though. I've gained two pounds....I'll just keep at it and hopefully next week will start to lose some weight. Thanks for this chart though, it's encouraging.
If you aren't drinking your water, check out your sodium intake for the week. That can definitely show scale increase just because of water retention.0 -
barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »jennifer_417 wrote: »barbiehanrahan8 wrote: »I find it best if yu don't eat after 6 because by 6 your sitting and not really doing much hope I helped a little
Meal timing is totally irrelevant to weight loss.
That's your opinion but I don't think so !
Now we have two opinions. Flash quiz. If one wants to know the truth of the situation without resorting to opinions, where would one look?0 -
annebourne2 wrote: »This chart is very helpful. I have been very diligent this week (my very first, I'm on day 7) and often eat just under the recommended calories, don't count exercise (only went to the gym once), I haven't been drinking the recommended water though. I've gained two pounds....I'll just keep at it and hopefully next week will start to lose some weight. Thanks for this chart though, it's encouraging.
When you start to work out the muscles can get sore due to not being used to it. Water rushes to the site to help them repair. This water adds weight for a few days until the muscle has healed and releases it so to speak.
This happens every time I change work outs or have a really tough work out.
It will start to come off don't worry 0 -
annebourne2 wrote: »This chart is very helpful. I have been very diligent this week (my very first, I'm on day 7) and often eat just under the recommended calories, don't count exercise (only went to the gym once), I haven't been drinking the recommended water though. I've gained two pounds....I'll just keep at it and hopefully next week will start to lose some weight. Thanks for this chart though, it's encouraging.
Too early to judge the effectiveness of your approach then. The extra activity can temporarily raise your weight, even if you enjoyed a modest fat loss.
You might try dropping your daily calories by say 100 a day to see if that has an effect.
By the way if I am losing it only shows up once a month.0 -
RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »annebourne2 wrote: »This chart is very helpful. I have been very diligent this week (my very first, I'm on day 7) and often eat just under the recommended calories, don't count exercise (only went to the gym once), I haven't been drinking the recommended water though. I've gained two pounds....I'll just keep at it and hopefully next week will start to lose some weight. Thanks for this chart though, it's encouraging.
When you start to work out the muscles can get sore due to not being used to it. Water rushes to the site to help them repair. This water adds weight for a few days until the muscle has healed and releases it so to speak.
This happens every time I change work outs or have a really tough work out.
It will start to come off don't worry
Ya, I shot up seven pounds when I started lifting weights again last October and this water weight did indeed come back off - one time I lost four pounds overnight!0 -
Thanks very much, going to go and buy a digital scale today. Super new to all of this but so much great advice and tips as I'm surfing around. Have a nice day!0
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Based on my own success I will say that while it may not matter how late you eat (before or after 6pm, 7pm etc). It does help to have a consistent eating schedule each day. This will help you to plan your meals and caloric intake more accurately. Also something that most of the users are neglecting to mention is that weight is not the best indicator of whether your diet is working. Since you are also working out it is possible that your weight will remain stagnant or even increase due to muscle gain. I would also start taking measurements (as suggested by MFP) on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. You may find that even though your weight is not plummeting as you may hope your overall body shape and size may be changing for the better. Best of luck in achieving your goals!0
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