why have i stopped loosing?
donnarooney663
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I have been eating 1200 calories a day and loosing weight between 1-2 lb per week but the last 2 weeks i have not lost a am eating the same and exercising the same i dont understand why im not loosing?
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You aren't going to lose weight every week, even if you do everything perfectly. I can't see your diary, so it's possible that you have a logging issue and you are eating more than you think. Or you may just need to be patient.0
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I have had the odd choc biscuit at night but apart from tht im eating what i had been wen i was looseing. I go on holuday in 2 weeks and really want to lose more for.then.0
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donnarooney663 wrote: »I have had the odd choc biscuit at night but apart from tht im eating what i had been wen i was looseing. I go on holuday in 2 weeks and really want to lose more for.then.
But as you lose weight, errors in logging can begin to impact your rate of loss. You have more "wiggle room" in the beginning when you first begin losing weight. As you lose more, you will often have to pay more attention to accuracy in logging.
It doesn't really matter if you have a chocolate biscuit at night as long as you log it accurately. Since your diary is close, people won't be able to offer you help with your logging.0 -
I dont know how.to open my diary.0
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How are you determining your 1200 calories? Are you weighing all your food?0
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donnarooney663 wrote: »I dont know how.to open my diary.
Go to Settings/Diary Settings. If you want others to see your diary, set it to "Public." If you don't want to keep it open after people have had a look at it, you can always change it back.0 -
No i dont weigh it i just search what ive ate and roughly how much0
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"Roughly" how much is not a good thing, as you'll easily end up eating more than you think.
Purchase a food scale and start weighing your foods, log accurately, and it will happen.1 -
donnarooney663 wrote: »No i dont weigh it i just search what ive ate and roughly how much
That's a problem0 -
Ok thank u ill do it just now0
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Ok i will get scales0
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My diary is now public0
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donnarooney663 wrote: »No i dont weigh it i just search what ive ate and roughly how much
If your logging represents "roughly" what you eat, then your results are going to reflect that.
Yeah, it's your logging. I recommend that you get a scale and stop using generic entries.0 -
But.if anythin i log more lile bigger.portions than i eat0
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For example the cole slaw you had Monday.
1 cup = 50 calories.
Cole slaw will vary GREATLY depending on recipe. The slaw I occasionally eat has 150 calories for .5 cup (but I weigh in grams). We have to be exact with what we're eating/logging. So just that example could be much, much higher.
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Ok socim.better weighin my food and scanning the exact things ive ate. Thank u0
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Def purchase a food scale. You can't accurately track what your eating with out one. Best $20 I ever spent, and I've used it for years.1
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donnarooney663 wrote: »But.if anythin i log more lile bigger.portions than i eat
If you don't have a scale, how do you know they are bigger? You logged, for example, "2 pieces" of toast for 200 calories. But bread comes in all sorts of calorie counts. Some bread is as low as 80 or 90 calories a slice. Some has 180-200 calories a slice. You have "Homemade - Baked Potatoe Tuna and Onion With Mayo, 2 potatoes" for 241 calories. But someone else created that entry . . . you don't know how big their potatoes were or how much mayo they used -- that can change the calorie count by hundreds and hundreds of calories (mayo has 90-100 calories per tablespoon usually). "Coleslaw - 1 cup," you have for 55 calories. Again, that isn't your entry so you have no idea if your recipe matches the recipes of the person who created it. If your coleslaw was just veggies and vinegar, you are probably pretty close. But if you had a creamy coleslaw, yours is going to be much more. You have "Bowl of - Cornflakes With Milk, 30 g" for 180 calories. What is a "bowl"? Is it filling a bowl up? How much milk? Skim milk? 2%? Whole? All of these things can change the calorie count by hundreds of calories -- which is why you would want to weigh the cereal, choose the specific brand, and then choose the milk and how much you actually used.2 -
donnarooney663 wrote: »But.if anythin i log more lile bigger.portions than i eat
You think you're logging bigger portions, but it's hard to say off hand. Even using measuring cups it can be far off. Grab the scale, start weighing, and make sure that you're being on point, and you should start to see some progress! Sometimes you can just have no loss for 2 weeks, it's incredibly frustrating, but that's the human body for you.0 -
Yeah i see what your saying i use the calories because i read tje.labels on my food so i know the bread i am eating is 100 calories per slice. As for the baked.potatoes it tells me how many calories is in the potatoe on the packet aswell but i agree the tuna mayo coleslaw etc is.probs way more than i have logged.0
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donnarooney663 wrote: »Yeah i see what your saying i use the calories because i read tje.labels on my food so i know the bread i am eating is 100 calories per slice. As for the baked.potatoes it tells me how many calories is in the potatoe on the packet aswell but i agree the tuna mayo coleslaw etc is.probs way more than i have logged.
If you look at the label on the potato package, it will have a gram measurement that corresponds to how many calories. The potato you eat could weigh a lot more than that.0 -
donnarooney663 wrote: »Yeah i see what your saying i use the calories because i read tje.labels on my food so i know the bread i am eating is 100 calories per slice. As for the baked.potatoes it tells me how many calories is in the potatoe on the packet aswell but i agree the tuna mayo coleslaw etc is.probs way more than i have logged.
In a perfect world your bread would be 100 calories a slice. Just because the bag says so doesn't make it so. The governmental agency regulating food allows for a 25% difference in weight. So if you weigh a few slices of that bread don't be surprised when it weighs more than the (g) listed as a true serving.0 -
Ok i think 1st thing i need is a pair of scales hope thia makes a gd diff thanks vwry much for all your helps0
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They'll truly help. Good luck!!0
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donnarooney663 wrote: »Yeah i see what your saying i use the calories because i read tje.labels on my food so i know the bread i am eating is 100 calories per slice. As for the baked.potatoes it tells me how many calories is in the potatoe on the packet aswell but i agree the tuna mayo coleslaw etc is.probs way more than i have logged.
But unless you're weighing the bread, you can't know if it weighs more or less than the "average" piece of bread that was used to make that statement on the package. A slice can weigh more or less than the package says and that will change the calories it has. Potatoes also will have different weights.0 -
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1296011/calorie-counting-101
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1290491/how-and-why-to-use-a-digital-food-scale
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10191216/the-most-important-thing-you-can-do-to-lose-weight
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear
^^These are some links that might help you out moving forward. I know it's a lot of information, but you might find some useful tips here.0 -
Tighten up your life. In the first few weeks we just lose water weight, which is good, but losing weight is more about losing fat than losing water. Pretend like you have a big event coming up in 6 weeks. Be your own nutritionist. Measure everything. Read packages. Log everything. Challenge yourself to work out a little bit harder and maybe increase your caloric intake by 100 calories or so. If you body is in starvation mode you will definitely not lose weight, in fact, your body could become resistant to losing fat and you could begin to feel terrible. When I revamped my diet and started only eating protein and vegetables for dinner (and then later for lunch and dinner) I started losing weight and making progress. Cut out sugar. Give it 2 weeks or so. No sugar. No baked goods. I promise you'll start losing again.0
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MalaikaInJapan wrote: »Tighten up your life. In the first few weeks we just lose water weight, which is good, but losing weight is more about losing fat than losing water. Pretend like you have a big event coming up in 6 weeks. Be your own nutritionist. Measure everything. Read packages. Log everything. Challenge yourself to work out a little bit harder and maybe increase your caloric intake by 100 calories or so. If you body is in starvation mode you will definitely not lose weight, in fact, your body could become resistant to losing fat and you could begin to feel terrible. When I revamped my diet and started only eating protein and vegetables for dinner (and then later for lunch and dinner) I started losing weight and making progress. Cut out sugar. Give it 2 weeks or so. No sugar. No baked goods. I promise you'll start losing again.
I can't believe people repeatedly say this everyday on this forum. The longer I read this forum, the more I realize most people have no clue about weight loss or good nutrition.0 -
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