Why am I not losing weight!!!!!
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kaitfin94
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i know these kinds of posts are posted all the time and I've already seen the chart but!!! It's been six weeks and nothing is budging. The first week I started, I dropped a good four or five pounds and up until now that's been it. I went from hardly ever working out to working out 5 days a week (three weight lifting and two cardio) and I've been eating fairly clean with one not too crazy cheat meal a week. I keep my carbs around 100grams and I watch my sodium. I drink at least a gallon a day. So.... Is this normal and I need more patience? Or is there something weird going on? Also.... I weigh my food out religiously... So I know that's not the problem either!
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Start walking 1 hour a day. Not running! Keep your carbs clean. Sweet potatos, veggies.2
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Can you open up your diary?2
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Is it possible you're just gaining muscle? Have you taken your measurements? Measurements are a much better way to notice progress than the scale is.3
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Have you measured yourself? Sometimes you'll lose inches and not pounds. You have to give your body some time to adjust to the new changes. The first few pounds you lost was water weight. You've only been on this journey for a few weeks. Now if it's been 3-4 months, then you should worry. Stay focused and the pounds will come off.1
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Eating "clean" doesn't matter when it comes to losing weight, if you're burning more calories than you eat you're going to lose weight regardless of what foods they come from.
How much of your exercise calories are you eating back? Unless you're wearing a heart rate monitor the estimates provided can be really off, generally you shouldn't be eating back more than around 50% of your exercise calories. Are you logging your cheat day as well? You might think you're not eating too much on those days but if you're not weighing/logging then too you might be overeating enough to slow down your weight loss.8 -
The weight you lost initially was not mostly fat. It was mostly water. From there, the increased exercise is also causing more water issues.
So what is happening is you are most likely steadily losing fat, but gaining back water that was initially lost. This will mask fat loss.
Example:
Week 1: down 6 pounds (1 pound fat, 5 water)
Week 2: No change (1 pound fat gone, 1 pound water regained)
Week 3: No change (1 pound fat gone, 1 pound water regained)
Add in hormonal changes with menstrual cycles, and various sodium levels from eating salt foods... and you can really mask a lot of fat loss with water gains.
However, we'd need full fledged details to really get to the bottom of your case. Mine is just an idea on what COULD possibly be going on for you.11 -
trollerskates wrote: »Start walking 1 hour a day. Not running! Keep your carbs clean. Sweet potatos, veggies.
You can ignore this post.31 -
i know these kinds of posts are posted all the time and I've already seen the chart but!!! It's been six weeks and nothing is budging. The first week I started, I dropped a good four or five pounds and up until now that's been it. I went from hardly ever working out to working out 5 days a week (three weight lifting and two cardio) and I've been eating fairly clean with one not too crazy cheat meal a week. I keep my carbs around 100grams and I watch my sodium. I drink at least a gallon a day. So.... Is this normal and I need more patience? Or is there something weird going on? Also.... I weigh my food out religiously... So I know that's not the problem either!
unless you have diabetes or a thyroid issue, you're eating more than you think or burning much less than you think - or both. eating clean doesn't matter regarding weight loss, sodium certainly doesn't. low carb doesn't matter, either, unless you have PCOS, diabetes or something like that.
unless you have an endocrine issue, all that matters is CICO (calories in vs calories out).
you say you're weighing your food - are you choosing your database entries carefully? one of my favorite foods is listed about 20 times, each with a different calorie count, with 200 calories difference between the highest and the lowest. also have you got your MFP set to sedentary? that's the best way to go, as you can add exercise to get your total. and last, are you eating back all, some or none of your exercise calories?3 -
Perhaps you need to really, really get meticulous on your food logging, and lose the cheat day or cheat meal. You can easily eat 1000-2000 or more calories in a decadent meal/cocktails effectively erasing all of your hard work the previous 7 days.
Instead of cheat day or meal, incorporate your favorites into your meals - just make sure you account for the calories and stay within your limit. This way you get to eat your favorite things without going backwards. I'm able to eat ice cream, have the occasional cocktail, piece of cheesecake, etc this way.
Whenever I've failed on a diet it has been because I was underestimating what I ate. Religious logging is the way to go.3 -
Do you weigh your cottage cheese and peanut butter and protein powder? I've noticed you're using cups/spoons, so I'm not sure. DO you log any cooking oils?4
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It makes no difference if you've eaten low carb or eaten clean , if you are consuming more calories then you burn then you will not lose weight.
Weight loss comes from a calorie deficit. You must create a calorie deficit in order to lose weight . you could eat low carb all you want or eat clean all you want and still not lose a pound if your not at a calorie deficit.
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How tall are you and what is your weight?0
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So I've definitely been measuring everything out including oils and peanut butter and what not. I use the scanner in the app to get the food so I know it's the right ones. Sometimes the food I'm logging doesn't give me the option to put things into grams so I just see how many grams a serving is on the package and add it in that way. I'm trying to eat clean but I am also still on a deficit. I use a Fitbit hr to get a more accurate calorie burn count but I still try to eat only a tiny bit of exercise calories back. But I haven't been weighing things on my cheat meals so that could definitely be my problem. I'm 5'2 and only have ten pounds to lose so that could also be why?1
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So I've definitely been measuring everything out including oils and peanut butter and what not. I use the scanner in the app to get the food so I know it's the right ones. Sometimes the food I'm logging doesn't give me the option to put things into grams so I just see how many grams a serving is on the package and add it in that way. I'm trying to eat clean but I am also still on a deficit. I use a Fitbit hr to get a more accurate calorie burn count but I still try to eat only a tiny bit of exercise calories back. But I haven't been weighing things on my cheat meals so that could definitely be my problem. I'm 5'2 and only have ten pounds to lose so that could also be why?
Yes, the less you have to lose, the slower the weight comes off.
But you say you've been measuring everything. That's not the same as weighing. Get a food scale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpHykP6e_Uk
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I meant weighing. Not measuring. Sorry, yeah I do have a good scale.2
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So I've definitely been measuring everything out including oils and peanut butter and what not. I use the scanner in the app to get the food so I know it's the right ones. Sometimes the food I'm logging doesn't give me the option to put things into grams so I just see how many grams a serving is on the package and add it in that way. I'm trying to eat clean but I am also still on a deficit. I use a Fitbit hr to get a more accurate calorie burn count but I still try to eat only a tiny bit of exercise calories back. But I haven't been weighing things on my cheat meals so that could definitely be my problem. I'm 5'2 and only have ten pounds to lose so that could also be why?
The scanner leads to the same MFP database as typing does, with the same possible errors.3 -
CurlyCockney wrote: »So I've definitely been measuring everything out including oils and peanut butter and what not. I use the scanner in the app to get the food so I know it's the right ones. Sometimes the food I'm logging doesn't give me the option to put things into grams so I just see how many grams a serving is on the package and add it in that way. I'm trying to eat clean but I am also still on a deficit. I use a Fitbit hr to get a more accurate calorie burn count but I still try to eat only a tiny bit of exercise calories back. But I haven't been weighing things on my cheat meals so that could definitely be my problem. I'm 5'2 and only have ten pounds to lose so that could also be why?
The scanner leads to the same MFP database as typing does, with the same possible errors.
I don't understand this comment - scanning by bar code leads to the exact product one is scanning not a generic or broad range of products like typing in say, vanilla ice cream, would do.
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trollerskates wrote: »Start walking 1 hour a day. Not running! Keep your carbs clean. Sweet potatos, veggies.
Why shouldn't she run?2 -
paperpudding wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »So I've definitely been measuring everything out including oils and peanut butter and what not. I use the scanner in the app to get the food so I know it's the right ones. Sometimes the food I'm logging doesn't give me the option to put things into grams so I just see how many grams a serving is on the package and add it in that way. I'm trying to eat clean but I am also still on a deficit. I use a Fitbit hr to get a more accurate calorie burn count but I still try to eat only a tiny bit of exercise calories back. But I haven't been weighing things on my cheat meals so that could definitely be my problem. I'm 5'2 and only have ten pounds to lose so that could also be why?
The scanner leads to the same MFP database as typing does, with the same possible errors.
I don't understand this comment - scanning by bar code leads to the exact product one is scanning not a generic or broad range of products like typing in say, vanilla ice cream, would do.
Scanning by bar code leads to one of the entries in the MFP database rather than a list of entries, but it's no guarantee that it's the correct one.3 -
paperpudding wrote: »CurlyCockney wrote: »So I've definitely been measuring everything out including oils and peanut butter and what not. I use the scanner in the app to get the food so I know it's the right ones. Sometimes the food I'm logging doesn't give me the option to put things into grams so I just see how many grams a serving is on the package and add it in that way. I'm trying to eat clean but I am also still on a deficit. I use a Fitbit hr to get a more accurate calorie burn count but I still try to eat only a tiny bit of exercise calories back. But I haven't been weighing things on my cheat meals so that could definitely be my problem. I'm 5'2 and only have ten pounds to lose so that could also be why?
The scanner leads to the same MFP database as typing does, with the same possible errors.
I don't understand this comment - scanning by bar code leads to the exact product one is scanning not a generic or broad range of products like typing in say, vanilla ice cream, would do.
Even scanning the product, you have to make sure that the entry for calories is correct... even the green check "verified" entries are not always correct. So OP must make sure she's posting the correct amount of calories and not just trust the entry is actually correct.2
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