Gaining weight NOT Losing it
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Other than what I've detailed above everything else is pre measured. Eggs. Slice of bread. Steamed veg. Thats pretty much my whole diet. No jar foods/sauces other than the tomatoe sauce. I dont know what else Id weigh lol0
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Weigh eggs, slices of bread, steamed veg...I don't know any other way to say "weigh everything".10
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The options are:
1) you are not in a calorie deficit
2) you have an abnormally low metabolism
3) you have some other medical condition
Out of the three, the first is the most likely, especially if you have already been checked out by the doctor and are okay. I had a look at your diary and you've only logged today?
Try logging for a month, and see if you really are eating as little as you think.1 -
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Weigh eggs? Really??2
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Well it's that or keep putting weight on?8
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And if it comes down to it being the second or third option - then you'll have to shrug and go, gah, guess I need to re-evaluate how I create my calorie deficit so I can lose weight.
I do understand how that feels. It's totally disheartening to know that you don't lose at the same rate as others, and that there are people who can eat an amount that seems staggering and still lose, which would add weight for you. But we're all different. Different height, different composition, different activity level outside the gym.
If you aren't losing, even if it seems you should be, then you need to reevaluate how much you can increase your calorie deficit. And that's the bottom line.0 -
The options are:
1) you are not in a calorie deficit
2) you have an abnormally low metabolism
3) you have some other medical condition
Out of the three, the first is the most likely, especially if you have already been checked out by the doctor and are okay. I had a look at your diary and you've only logged today?
Try logging for a month, and see if you really are eating as little as you think.
Yes I've started back on it today. Back last year I did it every day. But came to a complete stand still. Carried on doing what I was doing until January then increased my exercise to 5 days instead of 3. Only thing I have changed is increased my exercise.
I have made an appoint back with GP to get my thyroid levels checked again - but want to know the exact levels this time. If they are on the low side of normal, this can impact badly on my metabolism.0 -
Weigh eggs? Really??
I draw the line at weighing eggs, that's the one and only thing I don't weigh though. Everything else, packaged or fresh gets weighed and logged.
Definitely do not trust the serving size/weight of packaged foods, they usually weigh more than the packet says, so make sure and use a food scale for those as well.
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The options are:
1) you are not in a calorie deficit
2) you have an abnormally low metabolism
3) you have some other medical condition
Out of the three, the first is the most likely, especially if you have already been checked out by the doctor and are okay. I had a look at your diary and you've only logged today?
Try logging for a month, and see if you really are eating as little as you think.
Yes I've started back on it today. Back last year I did it every day. But came to a complete stand still. Carried on doing what I was doing until January then increased my exercise to 5 days instead of 3. Only thing I have changed is increased my exercise.
I have made an appoint back with GP to get my thyroid levels checked again - but want to know the exact levels this time. If they are on the low side of normal, this can impact badly on my metabolism.
Or you could stop looking for outside factors to blame and actually commit to accurate logging.
But I guess insisting you have a medical condition makes more sense....1 -
In the last 10 days, I see one entry logged, today's . If you arent logging daily, how do you know you aren't going over in calories?5
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Christine_72 wrote: »Weigh eggs? Really??
I draw the line at weighing eggs, that's the one and only thing I don't weigh though. Everything else, packaged or fresh gets weighed and logged.
Definitely do not trust the serving size/weight of packaged foods, they usually weigh more than the packet says, so make sure and use a food scale for those as well.
Yeah I no longer weigh eggs, but I'm meticulous about everything else and I'm losing weight. OP isn't weighing lots of things, and until she gets the mindset that it's important to know what calories are going in (estimates are great when they work, but 1 stone in 5 months says it's not working for her) she should probably weigh eggs.5 -
And if it comes down to it being the second or third option - then you'll have to shrug and go, gah, guess I need to re-evaluate how I create my calorie deficit so I can lose weight.
I do understand how that feels. It's totally disheartening to know that you don't lose at the same rate as others, and that there are people who can eat an amount that seems staggering and still lose, which would add weight for you. But we're all different. Different height, different composition, different activity level outside the gym.
If you aren't losing, even if it seems you should be, then you need to reevaluate how much you can increase your calorie deficit. And that's the bottom line.
Its so frustrating. My friend I train with eats more junk food and crap in one day than I do in a 3 months easy and she's lost 1 1/2 stone in the same time I've added a stone and we exercise the same. I must be catching her weight loss lol
Think I may try her diet instead :-)
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CurlyCockney wrote: »Well it's that or keep putting weight on?
It seriously did not cross my mind to weigh a slice of bread or an egg. :-/0 -
The options are:
1) you are not in a calorie deficit
2) you have an abnormally low metabolism
3) you have some other medical condition
Out of the three, the first is the most likely, especially if you have already been checked out by the doctor and are okay. I had a look at your diary and you've only logged today?
Try logging for a month, and see if you really are eating as little as you think.
Yes I've started back on it today. Back last year I did it every day. But came to a complete stand still. Carried on doing what I was doing until January then increased my exercise to 5 days instead of 3. Only thing I have changed is increased my exercise.
I have made an appoint back with GP to get my thyroid levels checked again - but want to know the exact levels this time. If they are on the low side of normal, this can impact badly on my metabolism.
Or you could stop looking for outside factors to blame and actually commit to accurate logging.
But I guess insisting you have a medical condition makes more sense....
I hoped and prayed I had some kind of medical condition when i wasn't losing weight, how bloody sad!!
But I was fine thank goodness, and once I got my food logging on point and accurate the weight started coming off.
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And if it comes down to it being the second or third option - then you'll have to shrug and go, gah, guess I need to re-evaluate how I create my calorie deficit so I can lose weight.
I do understand how that feels. It's totally disheartening to know that you don't lose at the same rate as others, and that there are people who can eat an amount that seems staggering and still lose, which would add weight for you. But we're all different. Different height, different composition, different activity level outside the gym.
If you aren't losing, even if it seems you should be, then you need to reevaluate how much you can increase your calorie deficit. And that's the bottom line.
Its so frustrating. My friend I train with eats more junk food and crap in one day than I do in a 3 months easy and she's lost 1 1/2 stone in the same time I've added a stone and we exercise the same. I must be catching her weight loss lol
Think I may try her diet instead :-)
You are not with her 24/7. She is in a calorie deficit, you are not.5 -
Not true, sorry. A calorie is a calorie. I've lost 85lbs eating nutritious foods as well as my favourite foods and snacks.JeannetteHopkins wrote: »What does your daily nutrition look like? Maybe your portions are out of balance and that is throwing you off. Lean protein and veggies should be the bulk of your daily intake. Next would be lower sugar fruits like berries, then complex carbs then healthy fats.
Yep. Everything. Prepackaged pre weighed foods, eggs, cooking oil, bread slices... Anything that you eat must be weighed and logged accurately (choose food database entires that reflect the packaging of the food as well as the weight you entered.)
Yes. Eggs aren't the same size. In a carton of large eggs I recently weighed, the weight of the eggs ranged from 55g to 78g, so yes, weigh them too. Weigh everything.Weigh eggs? Really??
Since you aren't with her 24/7 you wouldn't know. Perhaps she is more active during the day outside of exercise. Is she the exact height, weight and age as you? This makes a difference as well.And if it comes down to it being the second or third option - then you'll have to shrug and go, gah, guess I need to re-evaluate how I create my calorie deficit so I can lose weight.
I do understand how that feels. It's totally disheartening to know that you don't lose at the same rate as others, and that there are people who can eat an amount that seems staggering and still lose, which would add weight for you. But we're all different. Different height, different composition, different activity level outside the gym.
If you aren't losing, even if it seems you should be, then you need to reevaluate how much you can increase your calorie deficit. And that's the bottom line.
Its so frustrating. My friend I train with eats more junk food and crap in one day than I do in a 3 months easy and she's lost 1 1/2 stone in the same time I've added a stone and we exercise the same. I must be catching her weight loss lol
Think I may try her diet instead :-)3 -
CurlyCockney wrote: »Well it's that or keep putting weight on?
It seriously did not cross my mind to weigh a slice of bread or an egg. :-/
Hehe I know, it seems odd when the pack will say "per slice" or whatever. Those are factory averages though, and none of your slices might weigh what it says. I assume (because you weigh in stones) that you're in the UK, if so every package has the nutrition per 100g so you can calculate it easily...once you weigh it ;-)
Same goes for those crackers too! Weigh everytheeeeeeng.1 -
Right here goes. I will weigh EVERYTHING.13
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And double-check the entries in the database too! They're not all correct! I create my own entries in the My Food tab, using the information on the pack. Be persistent and consistent, and the weight will come off.2
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cerise_noir wrote: »
Not true, sorry. A calorie is a calorie.JeannetteHopkins wrote: »What does your daily nutrition look like? Maybe your portions are out of balance and that is throwing you off. Lean protein and veggies should be the bulk of your daily intake. Next would be lower sugar fruits like berries, then complex carbs then healthy fats.
Yep. Everything. Prepackaged pre weighed foods, eggs, cooking oil, bread slices... Anything that you eat must be weighed and logged accurately (choose food database entires that reflect the packaging of the food as well as the weight you entered.)
Yes. Eggs aren't the same size. In a carton of large eggs I recently weighed, the weight of the eggs ranged from 55g to 78g, so yes, weigh them too. Weigh everything.Weigh eggs? Really??
Since you aren't with her 24/7 you wouldn't know. Perhaps she is more active during the day outside of exercise. Is she the exact height, weight and age as you? This makes a difference as well.And if it comes down to it being the second or third option - then you'll have to shrug and go, gah, guess I need to re-evaluate how I create my calorie deficit so I can lose weight.
I do understand how that feels. It's totally disheartening to know that you don't lose at the same rate as others, and that there are people who can eat an amount that seems staggering and still lose, which would add weight for you. But we're all different. Different height, different composition, different activity level outside the gym.
If you aren't losing, even if it seems you should be, then you need to reevaluate how much you can increase your calorie deficit. And that's the bottom line.
Its so frustrating. My friend I train with eats more junk food and crap in one day than I do in a 3 months easy and she's lost 1 1/2 stone in the same time I've added a stone and we exercise the same. I must be catching her weight loss lol
Think I may try her diet instead :-)
She is 5ft 5 I'm 5ft 4 same age (I'm 2 months older lol) we were the same weight...she's now stone 1/2 lighter than me. She's a hairdresser and I teach exercise therapy so both pretty much on our feet all day. But I know everyone is different so I'm not using this as a serious example.0 -
Outside of the gym.. are you quite active in your everyday life. i.e is you day job quite active?0
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Yes I teach exercise therapy. So other than my own fitness I take older adults, so not high impact but body weight exercises. Thats 4 days a week0
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have you tried to 5:2 diet (Michael Mosley diet).. as seen on BBC's horizon works for most.0
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It's not worth to compare yourself with someone else. Like I said, at home your friend may be a bee. Who knows? Check out the video queenliz99 posted.. That video helped me to finally go out and buy a food scale!cerise_noir wrote: »
Not true, sorry. A calorie is a calorie.JeannetteHopkins wrote: »What does your daily nutrition look like? Maybe your portions are out of balance and that is throwing you off. Lean protein and veggies should be the bulk of your daily intake. Next would be lower sugar fruits like berries, then complex carbs then healthy fats.
Yep. Everything. Prepackaged pre weighed foods, eggs, cooking oil, bread slices... Anything that you eat must be weighed and logged accurately (choose food database entires that reflect the packaging of the food as well as the weight you entered.)
Yes. Eggs aren't the same size. In a carton of large eggs I recently weighed, the weight of the eggs ranged from 55g to 78g, so yes, weigh them too. Weigh everything.Weigh eggs? Really??
Since you aren't with her 24/7 you wouldn't know. Perhaps she is more active during the day outside of exercise. Is she the exact height, weight and age as you? This makes a difference as well.And if it comes down to it being the second or third option - then you'll have to shrug and go, gah, guess I need to re-evaluate how I create my calorie deficit so I can lose weight.
I do understand how that feels. It's totally disheartening to know that you don't lose at the same rate as others, and that there are people who can eat an amount that seems staggering and still lose, which would add weight for you. But we're all different. Different height, different composition, different activity level outside the gym.
If you aren't losing, even if it seems you should be, then you need to reevaluate how much you can increase your calorie deficit. And that's the bottom line.
Its so frustrating. My friend I train with eats more junk food and crap in one day than I do in a 3 months easy and she's lost 1 1/2 stone in the same time I've added a stone and we exercise the same. I must be catching her weight loss lol
Think I may try her diet instead :-)
She is 5ft 5 I'm 5ft 4 same age (I'm 2 months older lol) we were the same weight...she's now stone 1/2 lighter than me. She's a hairdresser and I teach exercise therapy so both pretty much on our feet all day. But I know everyone is different so I'm not using this as a serious example.
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@Yasmin163, the only things you eat that need to be weighed are the things you eat. Everything you eat. The words you have used indicate that you are impatient with the details of doing this correctly. A stone since Christmas works out to a very small 100 or 200 calorie surplus. Could it be an energy drink at the gym you're forgetting to log? Could it be a few weekends you've been too busy to measure or log?2
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have you tried to 5:2 diet (Michael Mosley diet).. as seen on BBC's horizon works for most.
I have been tempted but was hoping that a complete lifestyle change would be better. It worked up until October - now I don't know why its gone so wrong. I though increasing my exercise would be key but obviously not. I've only ever measured certain foods before and its never been an issue but obviously it is now. So will try measuring everything exactly from now on0 -
JeromeBarry1 wrote: »@Yasmin163, the only things you eat that need to be weighed are the things you eat. Everything you eat. The words you have used indicate that you are impatient with the details of doing this correctly. A stone since Christmas works out to a very small 100 or 200 calorie surplus. Could it be an energy drink at the gym you're forgetting to log? Could it be a few weekends you've been too busy to measure or log?
I really thought I was being strict. I don't touch energy drinks ever, soft drinks occasionally maybe twice a month. 2 alcoholic drinks since August last year. I am extremely bad at drinking water. I'll drink a bottle in the gym but that's it all day. I work out 5 days - tried mixing cardio and weights, tried no weights just cardio, its just all messed up since Christmas. Its bonkers :-(0
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