Y am I not losing weight?
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Ok so unless I buy a scale I'm screwed. Ok.
You're not "screwed" it's just a lot more difficult to accurately count your calories without one. You can buy digital scales from Wal-Mart and Amazon for $10-20. I got mine for $15 I think.
Been using mine for over a year. It's a great investment and makes calorie counting and weight loss a lot less frustrating. Eyeballing and measuring pastas, cereals, cheeses and meats are almost impossible for me without a scale.
Good luck, and feel free to ask anymore questions!15 -
In the meantime, try moving more and eating less. Perhaps under fill the cups/spoons you use and try to walk/run/swim/lift more and reevaluate after a couple of weeks.
The good thing is you haven't gained any weight since you started tracking, which means you've probably been eating at maintenance. It's still early in your journey though, so give it a couple more weeks, and a digital scale will DEFINITELY make it easier and more accurate.9 -
Ok so unless I buy a scale I'm screwed. Ok.
that's pretty much exactly right. eyeballing portion sizes doesn't work for almost anyone. you'll see thousands of threads in the boards here - literally - from people who tried and failed to lose weight without weighing their food and logging it.
you can get the Ozeri Pronto Digital Multifunction Kitchen and Food Scale from amazon for $11 and change. i've dealt with ozeri, and they have excellent customer support.5 -
I had the same problem until I read that if you eat too FEW calories for you body your body thinks you are starving and conserves - burns muscle instead of fat even. I had my calorie goal set at 1200 - tried bumping it up to 1400 (even though that seems counterproductive) - upped my cardio exercise 30 minutes per day - tried to get as close as possible to eating 1400 calories (I eat extremely healthy so its hard for me to eat so much sometimes) and... like magic I started losing .04 to .05 ounces per day!2
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I had the same problem until I read that if you eat too FEW calories for you body your body thinks you are starving and conserves - burns muscle instead of fat even. I had my calorie goal set at 1200 - tried bumping it up to 1400 (even though that seems counterproductive) - upped my cardio exercise 30 minutes per day - tried to get as close as possible to eating 1400 calories (I eat extremely healthy so its hard for me to eat so much sometimes) and... like magic I started losing .04 to .05 ounces per day!
Nope. Starvation mode doesn't exist. If it did, no one would starve to death.30 -
You answered your height and age, but how much do you weigh?0
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You are likely not eating enough. Your body wants to hang on to what you got. I eat 1500 as a base amount. That is the amount to maintain the blood bone and lean tissue in my body. Then I add for my exercise. Sometimes I stop loosing. I only have 15 to 20 lbs to lose. I am at a plateau myself. Don't do it to lose. Do it to have some fun. Set little goals and don't quit. It takes a long time and being consistent. Good Luck. Don't eat carbs. Try a majority of your calories as fat and protein.2
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Not only do you need to use a food scale for accuracy but you need to make sure that you are using accurate entries from the database. Many of them are user entered and may be incorrect or outdated. If you look in the helpful posts announcement at the top of this forum, you will find a link for the thread about logging accurately.7
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ardrasdesign wrote: »You are likely not eating enough. Your body wants to hang on to what you got. I eat 1500 as a base amount. That is the amount to maintain the blood bone and lean tissue in my body. Then I add for my exercise. Sometimes I stop loosing. I only have 15 to 20 lbs to lose. I am at a plateau myself. Don't do it to lose. Do it to have some fun. Set little goals and don't quit. It takes a long time and being consistent. Good Luck. Don't eat carbs. Try a majority of your calories as fat and protein.
Eating carbs will not hinder ones weight loss. Unless you're medically prohibited from consuming carbs in excess carbs are fine.14 -
The calories plus what it says 2 eat from exercising, but I don't eat it all. I leave 200 to 400 left every time, sometimes more. I don't have a scale I use the bar codes and measuring spoons and stuff. I am 5ft 4 in Age 28
You aren't supposed to eat the Exercised off calories back on!
You actually just doubled you're calorie intake by doing that!2 -
U R E ting 2 much to lose weight, ez game. Probably overestimating your calorie burn 2.6
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85Cardinals wrote: »U R E ting 2 much to lose weight, ez game.
Yes, she literally is.
She thought that if she excersized it off that she could eat more but that is not the case at all.
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pumpkinRIP02 wrote: »The calories plus what it says 2 eat from exercising, but I don't eat it all. I leave 200 to 400 left every time, sometimes more. I don't have a scale I use the bar codes and measuring spoons and stuff. I am 5ft 4 in Age 28
You aren't supposed to eat the Exercised off calories back on!
You actually just doubled you're calorie intake by doing that!
Wrong!!! I did and lost 121 pounds!!20 -
Okay but tell me this.
Are you still losing weight right now?
What are your current eating habits like?0 -
pumpkinRIP02 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »85Cardinals wrote: »U R E ting 2 much to lose weight, ez game.
OMG stop lol It makes my brain hurt trying to read in "text talk"
She said that the other girl is Eating too many calories.
Which she is right.
The girl ate her 1,200 than excersize thinking she could eat the eat the the excersized off calories minus 200-400 calories and lose weight but that is not true.
The way that MFP is designed, yes, you are supposed to eat back the exercise calories. People say 50-75% of them, because the program tends to overestimate. The reason for eating some of these back is to fuel the workouts and provide the nutrition needed to maintain healthy body functioning. Eating 1200 calories and then working out without eating some of that back, would create a steep deficit that won't be supported long-term.12 -
pumpkinRIP02 wrote: »Okay but tell me this.
Are you still losing weight right now?
What are your current eating habits like?
I am maintaining now for almost 2 years now.18 -
pumpkinRIP02 wrote: »The calories plus what it says 2 eat from exercising, but I don't eat it all. I leave 200 to 400 left every time, sometimes more. I don't have a scale I use the bar codes and measuring spoons and stuff. I am 5ft 4 in Age 28
You aren't supposed to eat the Exercised off calories back on!
You actually just doubled you're calorie intake by doing that!
Actually you are supposed to eat the calories from exercise. MFP is designed to eat them back. I have had no issues with consistent weight loss (still losing) and I eat back exercise calories. Lost about 43 lbs so far.5 -
pumpkinRIP02 wrote: »Okay but tell me this.
Are you still losing weight right now?
What are your current eating habits like?
I am maintaining now for almost 2 years now.
Maintaining is okay.
I want to try and help you lose the weight that you need to get to goal though so we need to figure out what is going on.
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nutmegoreo wrote: »The way that MFP is designed, yes, you are supposed to eat back the exercise calories. People say 50-75% of them, because the program tends to overestimate. The reason for eating some of these back is to fuel the workouts and provide the nutrition needed to maintain healthy body functioning. Eating 1200 calories and then working out without eating some of that back, would create a steep deficit that won't be supported long-term.
My dietary aid would kill if she knew a diet program actually told you to do that!
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pumpkinRIP02 wrote: »pumpkinRIP02 wrote: »Okay but tell me this.
Are you still losing weight right now?
What are your current eating habits like?
I am maintaining now for almost 2 years now.
Maintaining is okay.
I want to try and help you lose the weight that you need to get to goal though so we need to figure out what is going on.
I don't need your help!!! As I said I reached my goal weight almost 2 years ago!!!32
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