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How are you measuring your intake and calorie burn? Are you logging all your food and weighing your food on a food scale?

I responded in your other thread, but I'll add the same information here for anyone lurking who has the same question:

1. If it's been less than 3 weeks or so, don't sweat it! Normal fluctuations happen and unfortunately sometimes we stall for a week or two even when we're doing everything right. Give your body some time to catch up with the changes you're making.

2. If you aren't already, be sure that you're logging everything. Sometimes people forget about things like veggies, drinks, cooking oils, and condiments. For some people these can add up to enough to halt your weight loss progress.

3. Consider buying a food scale if you don't already have one. They're about $10-$20 dollars in the US and easily found at places like Amazon, Target, and Walmart. Measuring cups and spoons are great, but they do come with some degree of inaccuracy. A food scale will be more accurate, and for some people it makes a big difference.

4. Logging accurately also means choosing accurate entries in the database. There are a lot of user-entered entries that are off. Double-check that you're using good entries and/or using the recipe builder instead of someone else's homemade entries.

5. Recalculate your goals if you haven't lately. As you lose weight your body requires fewer calories to run. Be sure you update your goals every ten pounds or so.

6. If you're eating back your exercise calories and you're relying on gym machine readouts or MFP's estimates, it might be best to eat back just 50-75% of those. Certain activities tend to be overestimated. If you're using an HRM or activity tracker, it might be a good idea to look into their accuracy and be sure that yours is calibrated properly.

7. If you're taking any cheat days that go over your calorie limits, it might be best to cut them out for a few weeks and see what happens. Some people go way over their calorie needs without realizing it when they don't track.

8. If you weigh yourself frequently, consider using a program like trendweight to even out the fluctuations. You could be losing weight but just don't see it because of the daily ups and downs.

9. Some people just burn fewer calories than the calculators predict. If you continue to have problems after 4-6 weeks, then it might be worth a trip to the doctor or a registered dietitian who can give you more specific advice.

love8832016 wrote: »

The app gives accurate info on what I put into my body no matter how I hate to see the calories add up. I also use measuring cups no matter how tedious it is measuring my 1 cup of oatmeal with 1 cup blueberries.

Measuring cups are not accurate. Buy a food scale and use it for all solids. You're likely eating a lot more calories than you think.

love8832016 wrote: »

The app gives accurate info on what I put into my body no matter how I hate to see the calories add up. I also use measuring cups no matter how tedious it is measuring my 1 cup of oatmeal with 1 cup blueberries.

Measuring cups are not accurate and you're eating way more than 1200 calories unfortunately, even though it wasn't your intention.

love8832016 wrote: »

... my 1 cup of oatmeal ....

1 cup dry oatmeal = 350 calories
1 cup prepared oatmeal = 150 calories

Are you using the right entry?

love8832016 wrote: »

I'm heading out to get me a digital scale! Matter of fact I'm walking there. I will report back in hmm 2 week's? Thanks for the advice!

I love this response!!! Good luck!