Ok, feel good BUT the scale is not moving....

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Jcimon
Jcimon Posts: 12 Member
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Ok. I turned 40 in December and am determined to make it "look good"
I have been consistsly hitting the gym 5 days a week doing 30 to 60 minutes cardio and alternating upper and lower body strength. Started at 187 (5'6") and am at 182 after about 2 months. I am trying to make all my calories count and eat as clean as possible and stay within my calorie range. Why is the scale so brutal? Tome to change things up?

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  • mamasmaltz3
    mamasmaltz3 Posts: 1,111 Member
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    How many cals are your eating?
  • Jcimon
    Jcimon Posts: 12 Member
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    1200 at best
  • brandygiassonjustice
    brandygiassonjustice Posts: 1 Member
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    I'm having the same issue. But mine has stalled and yo-yoed for almost a year 206 and 5'6" I take in anywhere from 900-1100 calories. No gym in my area just a treadmill in the bedroom that I use 2-4 times a day minimum of 1 mile each time. Ugh I get so down on my self far too often.
  • evildeadedd
    evildeadedd Posts: 108 Member
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    Tighten up logging. Weigh all solids to the gram, don't use cups to measure anything that isn't liquid. You are averaging about a half pound a week, which isn't horrible. At your stats anything more than a pound a week is going to be difficult I would think. Also water retention from new exorcise/TOM ect. Can mask losses some. "Clean" eating has nothing to do with weight-loss, you need to be sure you are eating as close to X amount of calories as possible, the only way to do that is weighing with food scale and making sure the entries you log are accurate.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,575 Member
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    You're losing a little more than half pound per week. You might be eating more than you think. Do you use a food scale?
  • Trinique34
    Trinique34 Posts: 53 Member
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    When I first started tracking on MFP I also ate 1200 and gained 3 lbs my first 2 weeks. My Trainer told me it wasn't enough food, especially when I workout 5 days a week. I have since upped my cals to 1420, some days 1500 and I've lost 5 lbs in 3 weeks. Don't be afraid to eat a bit more.
  • Nicklebee93
    Nicklebee93 Posts: 316 Member
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    Are you measuring? I went a month without losing anything. I actually gained and lost the same 5 pounds. But i was losing inches in my stomach. If you're not losing anything in terms of measuring and the scale, then there is something wrong with your calories count.

    Buy a food scale, measure out all your food. Read packages correctly and double check MFP, sometimes those calories can be off. I've had to redo a couple.
  • positivepowers
    positivepowers Posts: 902 Member
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  • hulesjames
    hulesjames Posts: 10 Member
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    The scale has nothing to do with fat loss because scale numbers fluctuate depending how much water is in your body track your progress by the mirror also by measuring
  • aquablue_1111
    aquablue_1111 Posts: 40 Member
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    In addition to what others said, are you taking your measurements? how do your clothes feel? I was making great progress (9 lbs in 3 months) for myself. Lately though, it's been harder to say within my deficit and I'm over-eating on the weekends. I'm still losing but at a slower rate and my darn 'fanny pack' is not going away fast enough even though everything else is slimming down nicely. I was feeling frustrated with myself but then randomly decided to take a look at my back. Woah! There are muscles there I'd never seen before! I gave myself a nice mental high five.

    So I guess what I'm saying is, sometimes the scale doesn't give you the whole picture...
  • ilex70
    ilex70 Posts: 727 Member
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    deetucker70 wrote: »
    I posted a similar question a month ago. Several people asked if I was weighing my food on a kitchen scale (I wasn't). I started to weigh most everything 2 days later. It's been about 4 weeks and I've lost 5 lbs and 11 inches. Even single serving items weigh differently from what is stated on the package:). The calories that I inadvertently wasn't counting added up. Weighing my food made all the difference and I'm grateful for the help I received on here!

    Great work!

    OP this is what it takes. I'm nearly 46 FWIW.
  • karmelpopcorn
    karmelpopcorn Posts: 77 Member
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    I am 43 and I can vouch that it's really hard. 20 years ago, slight changes would result in significant weight loss. Now, significant changes result in only slight weight-loss! It really takes close monitoring of calories! And I question whether I'll ever be able to get to my goal.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,444 Member
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    I'm 42 and it's really easy! just tighten up your logging, meaning measure everything you eat and drink with a digital food scale in grams and chose the correct entries. Chose a deficit that fits to your weight, height and goal and just do it.
  • Jcimon
    Jcimon Posts: 12 Member
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    aquablue_1111 wrote: »
    In addition to what others said, are you taking your measurements? how do your clothes feel? I was making great progress (9 lbs in 3 months) for myself. Lately though, it's been harder to say within my deficit and I'm over-eating on the weekends. I'm still losing but at a slower rate and my darn 'fanny pack' is not going away fast enough even though everything else is slimming down nicely. I was feeling frustrated with myself but then randomly decided to take a look at my back. Woah! There are muscles there I'd never seen before! I gave myself a nice mental high five.

    So I guess what I'm saying is, sometimes the scale doesn't give you the whole picture...

    My clothes feel much better. I have gone down a pant size. I guess I feel like I'm working very hard and the progress seems slow.
  • Jcimon
    Jcimon Posts: 12 Member
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    arditarose wrote: »
    You're losing a little more than half pound per week. You might be eating more than you think. Do you use a food scale?

    I dont. That seems to be a common thread measure measure...
  • Jcimon
    Jcimon Posts: 12 Member
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    Trinique34 wrote: »
    When I first started tracking on MFP I also ate 1200 and gained 3 lbs my first 2 weeks. My Trainer told me it wasn't enough food, especially when I workout 5 days a week. I have since upped my cals to 1420, some days 1500 and I've lost 5 lbs in 3 weeks. Don't be afraid to eat a bit more.

    Thank you!

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