Can't seem to lose weight

cerise_noir wrote: »

aocix wrote: »

just to satisfy you all i will prove that i'm not over eating by measuring everything tomorrow
http://i.imgur.com/QYrwxNO.png imagine this bowl, i have it half full with porridge or oats, and i never finish eating it that is not 600calories

Not measure. You'll be back to square one. Weigh your food. How do you think we all got successful?

Why are you being....snarky? You asked for help and got many answers form those who have taken the time to learn all this themselves and become successful from it. They also took the time to help YOU.

I'm sorry, but weight loss happens of you eat LESS CALORIES than you need to maintain, not LESS FOOD.

aocix wrote: »

Etsar73 wrote: »

Also, when you say you eat pasta, surely it's not just plain pasta bolied. What do you add to it? That needs logging and while you are at it, weighing too. Smoothie with 2 or 3 bananas, what about adding the milk? Measuring the milk. That sounds like a decent smoothie that would take 400 calories at least and you say you eat 1000 for the whole day. If you had 3 bananas at 126 calories each assuming they are what the average banana is in MFP, that's 450 just in bananas. Add milk and you have a 550 calorie smoothie. Oats are very high in calories, l nearly died when l saw how small a 50 gram serving was. Add pasta with something on it, a sandwich with fillings etc. Just saying it like that sounds more than 1000 calories, a lot more.

just to be more specific
oats/porridge - would only be half of a bowl but i usually never finish it because im not a morning person.
banana smoothie - i use water for that and less than half of teaspoon of cinnamon.
Steamed veg would be in a lunch box and its a decent size of a lunch box and its not too cramped with veg.
for pasta i eat those gluten free pastas but i dont use anything to flavor the pasta.
for a sandwich i'd use a brown bread and half of Mozzarella

when im eating i try not to mix too much but sometimes its hard. i try not to mix too much because my stomach is very sensitive that is why i cut out meat or pastries or sweets because every time i ate them i felt like it wasn't right and i never felt good

Again, bowls vary in size. You cannot say you have 'a bowl' of porridge and expect everyone to understand that. Handfulls. Bowls. Mugs. Plates. Lunchboxes. All vary in sizes.

Gluten free pasta can be higher in calories, so keep that in mind.

Each brand of of the same food can be vastly different.

It's ALL about the calories when it comes to weight loss.

You have to log everything that goes into your sandwich. Everything that goes with your pasta.

I agree every bowl is different in size what can be half a bowl for you can really be 3/4 or more weighed out(if you weighed food) we arent telling you this to be jerks we are telling you this because we have all been where you are at and couldnt figure it out either when our weight stalled or what have you. we learned the hard way and started weighing our food and figured what was wrong. you will too once you start weighing foods and logging accurately and start eventually seeing the weight come off.it could take a month or so so be patient.

aocix wrote: »

i completely understand, dont take me wrong. and I've been doing this for more than a 5 months, maybe i am over eating, like i said i will log everything and scale everything i eat tomorrow, but its a weekend so i will probably under-eat but for a Monday that will be my regular day.
I used to log everything i ate but i never reached the 1,200 cal, my usual would be 700-900 but i guess that's because i never used a scale then (i'd estimate it by cup sizes).

If you've been doing this for five months and you have not lost weight then you ARE overeating as far as a calorie deficit is concerned. It's not a maybe, it is a definite; every human body works in this way. The good part is that you haven't put on weight either, so you are eating at maintenance pretty much. Weigh your food tomorrow and be honest about EVERYTHING, then things will fall into place.

OP, I'm glad you will weigh your food tomorrow - it can be interesting to see how we can easily view something as "not much" but actually it contains quite a lot of calories.

To get an objective view of what you've been eating, it would be interesting for you to choose your portions before weighing them tomorrow. Usually, I would tare the scale with my bowl on it, then add the number of grams of food that I wanted. However, it would be cool if you tared the scale with your bowl on it, removed the bowl and added the amount of food that looks good to you, and then put it back on the scale to find out how much it weighs. Just interesting to not let the scale influence you tomorrow, to get a good idea of what you've been eating.

OP and everyone, I really appreciate this thread. I have not been measuring and weighing my food (although I have a food scale)... Somehow I've managed to lose 37 lbs but I've been stuck at a plateau for the past 2 months. Sitting here wondering what I'm doing wrong, I can safely assume it has everything to do with my portions. I barely weigh my food but seeing this thread makes me want to reevaluate that. I don't always portion out my food and I definitely do eyeball everything. However, I'm really starting to get the feeling that if I don't make this change soon, I'll always stay within the weight range I've been for the past 2 months.

I haven't really stressed about the numbers on the scale because clothes are fitting loosely despite the lack of movement on the scale, but I'd like to reach my goals one day. I'll continue to follow this thread to see how the OP makes out on the weighing of food tomorrow. I'm very interested in seeing how this all turns out.

I think that sometimes people can be a bit resistant to/defensive about this whole subject, because being told that you're eating more than you think sounds like you're being told you're greedy, and no one wants to hear that! Especially when they already know they're overweight. But the truth is, if a person really is eating fewer calories than their body needs, they can't help but lose weight. You can't argue with science! (Well, you can, but it won't get you anywhere. )

I know that I always thought I didn't eat too much, but fortunately I learned about weighing and proper serving sizes from a friend when I first joined this site so I didn't have to hear these kinds of responses from other members!

OP, if you haven't already watched the videos that others have posted, then please do take the time to watch them. It's interesting to see just how far off our estimates can be! I hope that you find it enlightening to actually weigh your food, and that you'll see how useful a tool it is (along with choosing correct entries from the database, because many of them show the wrong amount of calories).

Please believe that people are trying to help you and trying to explain why you may not be losing weight. Proper weighing and logging is almost always the first thing suggested in these threads for a reason - it really does make such a huge difference! I hope you'll give it a chance for a few weeks and see if it helps you.

I'd also echo what someone else said about including more protein and fats in your diet. For many people, and I'm one of them, they are more satiating than carbs and might help you feel full for longer. Give it a try - it can't hurt to experiment a bit!

Good luck, and keep us posted on your progress!