I am taking less calories than I should and exercising a lot, why aren't I losing weight?

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  • AuroraGeorge8393
    AuroraGeorge8393 Posts: 100 Member
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    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    AuroraGeorge8393 wrote: »
    JustMissTracy wrote: »
    Cups will fool you, grams are more precise for our purposes....

    THIS. When I first joined MFP, I too was measuring my food with cups, and like the OP, I wasn't losing weight. Taking the advice of MFPers to buy a food scale was the best thing I ever did. They are relatively cheap and far more accurate than using cups. Once I started accurately weighing my food and calculating my calorie intake, the pounds started to come off.

    Yes, absolutely. And weighing food is also quicker and easier than measuring everything in cups, once you learn the tricks. Plus less washing up!

    Very true. Before I started weighing, I really thought, "I'll never stick with this". I've been weighing for a little over a year now, though, and it's become second nature. I actually get a bit annoyed when I'm some place where I can't weigh my food.

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