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MoniqueChene
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Hi all
So I decided to change my lifestyle 3 weeks ago , started eating much healthier and stopped all sweets and other rubbish food but the weight loss just isn't going the way I would prefer it to go!
Typical day:
Breakfast - Hard Boiled egg , Sometimes teaspoon of cottage cheese.
Snack-small green apple
Lunch - Meal replacement shake
Dinne- salad or steamed veg with either fish/ chicken .
This is a drastic change from my normal days food which was packed with high carbs and sugar.
Anyone have some advice as to why I'm not loosing anything ??
So I decided to change my lifestyle 3 weeks ago , started eating much healthier and stopped all sweets and other rubbish food but the weight loss just isn't going the way I would prefer it to go!
Typical day:
Breakfast - Hard Boiled egg , Sometimes teaspoon of cottage cheese.
Snack-small green apple
Lunch - Meal replacement shake
Dinne- salad or steamed veg with either fish/ chicken .
This is a drastic change from my normal days food which was packed with high carbs and sugar.
Anyone have some advice as to why I'm not loosing anything ??
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From what u have posted, protein may be low. Maybe try and switch from meal replacement shakes to a good protein rich lunch.0
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Weight loss comes from nothing more than a calorie deficit. Are you weighing all of your solid foods and measuring all of your liquids?0
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You say "typical day" but is that every day for the last 3 weeks or are there "not-typical" days in there that are throwing you off?0
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I Guess I could step it up when it comes to weighing in...
This might be a silly question but how would I know what portion size is right for me?
I'm not following any specific diet as everything is ideas I get off different sites...0 -
What would you prefer it do? You don't say what you lost.....but it seems pretty low in calories and unsustainable long term. Eat the calories mfp sets for you.0
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Seems rather extreme and very low calorie. Get a food scale - eat as many calories as MFP says you should. Doesn't matter the foods or the quantity of each individual food as long as you're in a calorie deficit.0
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I would take a more moderate approach, this seems a little drastic to me. Are you working out? Eating those calories back? You can eat more and even have a treat here or there and still lose weight.0
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A teaspoon of cottage cheese really?
How many calories is MFP claiming you are eating in a day? Your whole day looks like one meal. Except the cottage cheese, I eat many bites of that.0 -
Insufficient data.0
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MoniqueChene wrote: »This is a drastic change from my normal days food which was packed with high carbs and sugar.
That sounds like a drastic change for anyone. I could never get through this on such a little amount of food... I have trouble believing that you are even in a safe caloric range. I eat many of the items you have mentioned within a day... plus a lot more, and even I have trouble getting my calories up enough.
Be careful with that.
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Too little food.0
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There's no way I could stick to a diet like that. Honestly from that small amount of food, you are most likely eating more than you think. Or you're not being honest about some possible snacking going on through the day.
Why exactly are you restricting yourself so much? Weight loss doesn't have to be some miserable experience. I eat all of the foods that I love every day.
As far as portions go, start weighing your stuff out. Don't go crazy and eat an entire helping of something. Like a whole pizza by yourself. Want some pizza? Log it and weigh the portion you want to eat.0 -
chandanista wrote: »A teaspoon of cottage cheese really?
How many calories is MFP claiming you are eating in a day? Your whole day looks like one meal. Except the cottage cheese, I eat many bites of that.
That was my thought, too.
Check this out, OP.
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I don't think you are eating minimal calories.0
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dolliesdaughter wrote: »I don't think you are eating minimal calories.
If she wasn't she would be losing weight.0 -
that should be very low calorie, but i find myself wondering about that meal replacement shake - what shake is it, how is it made. also how are the fish or chicken measured and prepared and what dressing - if any - are you using on your salads?
btw, eating nothing but an egg, one spoon of cottage cheese and an apple is low calorie but it isn't actually healthy.MoniqueChene wrote: »Hi all
So I decided to change my lifestyle 3 weeks ago , started eating much healthier and stopped all sweets and other rubbish food but the weight loss just isn't going the way I would prefer it to go!
Typical day:
Breakfast - Hard Boiled egg , Sometimes teaspoon of cottage cheese.
Snack-small green apple
Lunch - Meal replacement shake
Dinne- salad or steamed veg with either fish/ chicken .
This is a drastic change from my normal days food which was packed with high carbs and sugar.
Anyone have some advice as to why I'm not loosing anything ??
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dolliesdaughter wrote: »I don't think you are eating minimal calories.
If she wasn't she would be losing weight.
She's young and female, so water retention not unlikely. No info on weight, so she may be at a healthy weight and wanting to lose vanity pounds. Normal fluctuations could still be masking loss.0 -
A tablespoon of cottage cheese would be way more satisfying than a teaspoon. Maybe splurge on a large apple too, try a Gala.0
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MoniqueChene wrote: »I Guess I could step it up when it comes to weighing in...
This might be a silly question but how would I know what portion size is right for me?
I'm not following any specific diet as everything is ideas I get off different sites...
Have you followed the steps here on MFP to figure out what your daily intake should be? Then measure and log what you eat. That first step, figuring out what your daily intake should be, will be a major part of getting things rolling for you.0 -
I think you're eating too little. But I recently ate an entire large container of cottage cheese in one sitting. So maybe you shouldn't ask me. . .0
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