Not losing anything, disheartened

MommyPeaches2014
MommyPeaches2014 Posts: 6 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi everyone! I've been using MFP and live the app, am tracking most days and staying within my caloric limit (often using some or many exercise cals), have stepped up movement and exercise, but not a single pound lost, feeling very disheartened. Any tips to really kick it up a notch? Thanks!

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  • rnelson88
    rnelson88 Posts: 122 Member
    Increase water and fiber intake for a week. Then start increasing your protein intake. Only increase your fiber by about 5g every other day until you get up to about 30g/day or what MFP tells you your goal should be. Also make sure you're not falling more than 100 calories or so below what MFP tells you your calories should be each day. What kind of things are you doing for exercise and for how long?
  • sanfromny
    sanfromny Posts: 770 Member
    How long have you been at this? Your diary is not public so can't see what you are tracking and how you are tracking. No idea of your stats.

    Are you logging every day?
    Are you weighing food or just eyeballing or going by labels?
    What is your activity?
    Are you eating back calories burned?

    Those are all good places to start. If you are not losing it's usually one of 3 things:

    1.Not giving this long enough
    2.Underestimating calories consumed
    3.Overestimating calories burned
  • CollieFit
    CollieFit Posts: 1,683 Member
    Tracking "most days"?
    If you're not tracking every day, what happens on the days where you don't track? When you do track, do you weigh (not measure with cups) your food?
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    1. You may be giving yourself too much credit for exercise calories.
    2. You may be over eating even if you think you're not. Best way to log food for accuracy is to weigh everything you eat. Everything. Whether it's fruit (no "1 small banana, 1 medium apple, etc. ... 89 g banana, 90g apple, etc.) or cereal (no 3/4 cup. How many grams??) or anything else. Weigh it and calculate the calories from the weight of the food.
  • MommyPeaches2014
    MommyPeaches2014 Posts: 6 Member
    Thanks, I may be "eyeballing" too much ...
  • MommyPeaches2014
    MommyPeaches2014 Posts: 6 Member
    I travel a lot and don't always track then but I am trying to be more consistent even then.
  • CollieFit
    CollieFit Posts: 1,683 Member
    MommyPeaches2014 wrote: »
    Thanks, I may be "eyeballing" too much ...

    watch this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjKPIcI51lU
  • MommyPeaches2014
    MommyPeaches2014 Posts: 6 Member
    Thanks everyone - I know I am not spot on with tracking especially when I travel long-haul but will try and be more accurate and consistent. I just thought even the overall reduction of quantity and type of food would result in at least a pound lost. I do think I've perhaps also "eyeballed" too much so will try and weigh/measure more accurately - thanks! This is my first time on a community forum and it's really helped.

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