Can't seem to lose weight
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VintageFeline wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »how could i be over eating when
07:30 breakfast- Oatmeal or porridge Sometimes i dont even finish the bowl which is never full from the begening
10:30 snack- Banana smoothie or a fruit banana smoothie only has 2-3 bananas
13:00 lunch- vegetables or a sandwich or Salad vegetables are good eitherway, which i put in a lunch box which is a normal lunch box
15:00 Snack- a fruit or usually skip this snack
18:00 Dinner- Pasta or steamed vegetables or fish or a sandwich i usually measure the pasta by cups which i only use a lil bit more than half of cup, and if i would be eating steamed vegetables it wouldn't gain too much weight from a plate of steamed vegetables, and steamed is digested faster than raw anyway
i do assume this is a normal amount for a person who works 8 hrs which includes constant lifting/ moving/walking in a fast pace
It's just maths and science really. Eat too much, we gain, eat just enough, we maintain, eat too little, we lose.
Your fruit smoothie for example, 1 banana can have 140 calories, 2-3 3-400 calories. That's a lot and that's before you even add in anything else like yoghurt, milk, other fruit.
Porridge? I have what would look like a small bowl, I use like an ice cream dish and it's only half full, that's a 250 calorie serving. I suspect you;re eating more than that. In just those two items you are clocking up nearly 700 calories. No lunch, no snack, no dinner even considered yet.
You need to work out accurately exactly how much you are consuming because right now you have no idea. Generally, people with weight to lose don't really know what a normal portion looks like (and I include myself in that statement).
i eat 200calories from the porridge im in a hurry so i only take maybe 10 small spoons of it and leave. the banana smoothie is probably the only thing that fills me up throught the day and i dont add any other fruits just banana and water
10 small spoons? You have absolutely no way of knowing if that is 200 calories.
But that's still 600 calories before lunch. A sandwich can easily be 3-400 calories (and that's on the low side if you add butter, mayo, cheese), another banana for a snack 100 so now we're up to 1100 calories before we go into dinner. That's all conservative estimates too.
Fact is, if you are not losing weight you are eating too much. If you don't want to hear this then carry on as you are not losing weight.
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diannethegeek wrote: »
Also wondering @Aocix how the logging went? I see the last login was 6/12. Following.
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just to satisfy you all i will take pictures and scale everything i eat tomorrow just to prove that im not over eating
http://i.imgur.com/QYrwxNO.png imagine this bowl, i have it half full with porridge or oats, and i never finish eating it
Need a banana for scale.
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I maybe a low carb diet would work better for you, looks like you consume a lot of carbs2
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k_nelson_24 wrote: »how could i be over eating when
07:30 breakfast- Oatmeal or porridge Sometimes i dont even finish the bowl which is never full from the begening
10:30 snack- Banana smoothie or a fruit banana smoothie only has 2-3 bananas
13:00 lunch- vegetables or a sandwich or Salad vegetables are good eitherway, which i put in a lunch box which is a normal lunch box
15:00 Snack- a fruit or usually skip this snack
18:00 Dinner- Pasta or steamed vegetables or fish or a sandwich i usually measure the pasta by cups which i only use a lil bit more than half of cup, and if i would be eating steamed vegetables it wouldn't gain too much weight from a plate of steamed vegetables, and steamed is digested faster than raw anyway
i do assume this is a normal amount for a person who works 8 hrs which includes constant lifting/ moving/walking in a fast pace
one banana alone is over 100 calories at LEAST. It seems to me that you are eating at maintenance calories.
yep,my 140g banana was 122 calories. I know because I weighed it. all the bananas were different sizes too so that means different amounts of calories.so say 3 bananas that would be 366 calories just for the bananas3 -
i dont use a food scale, i dont over eat, i eat a normal amount
Define normal.
If you are gaining weight, you are eating more calories than you are burning. It doesn't matter how normal or small your portions appear to be.
Porridge, for example, can contain a surprising number of calories. Especially, if you add butter or sugar to it. Pasta and bread may also contain quite a few calories.
As for being active, I walk around 5 to 8 miles every day, but I only started losing weight when I began counting calories and logging what I ate. A scale made this simpler for me. My Fitbit also helped.
If you are opposed to using a scale, fair enough, but so far estimating portion sizes hasn't worked for you. If it were working you would be losing weight. You need to start counting calories.
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VintageFeline wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »how could i be over eating when
07:30 breakfast- Oatmeal or porridge Sometimes i dont even finish the bowl which is never full from the begening
10:30 snack- Banana smoothie or a fruit banana smoothie only has 2-3 bananas
13:00 lunch- vegetables or a sandwich or Salad vegetables are good eitherway, which i put in a lunch box which is a normal lunch box
15:00 Snack- a fruit or usually skip this snack
18:00 Dinner- Pasta or steamed vegetables or fish or a sandwich i usually measure the pasta by cups which i only use a lil bit more than half of cup, and if i would be eating steamed vegetables it wouldn't gain too much weight from a plate of steamed vegetables, and steamed is digested faster than raw anyway
i do assume this is a normal amount for a person who works 8 hrs which includes constant lifting/ moving/walking in a fast pace
It's just maths and science really. Eat too much, we gain, eat just enough, we maintain, eat too little, we lose.
Your fruit smoothie for example, 1 banana can have 140 calories, 2-3 3-400 calories. That's a lot and that's before you even add in anything else like yoghurt, milk, other fruit.
Porridge? I have what would look like a small bowl, I use like an ice cream dish and it's only half full, that's a 250 calorie serving. I suspect you;re eating more than that. In just those two items you are clocking up nearly 700 calories. No lunch, no snack, no dinner even considered yet.
You need to work out accurately exactly how much you are consuming because right now you have no idea. Generally, people with weight to lose don't really know what a normal portion looks like (and I include myself in that statement).
i eat 200calories from the porridge im in a hurry so i only take maybe 10 small spoons of it and leave. the banana smoothie is probably the only thing that fills me up throught the day and i dont add any other fruits just banana and water
10 small spoons? You have absolutely no way of knowing if that is 200 calories.
But that's still 600 calories before lunch. A sandwich can easily be 3-400 calories (and that's on the low side if you add butter, mayo, cheese), another banana for a snack 100 so now we're up to 1100 calories before we go into dinner. That's all conservative estimates too.
Fact is, if you are not losing weight you are eating too much. If you don't want to hear this then carry on as you are not losing weight.
I can't imagine why this got flagged. It's excellent advice - and truthful. Measuring something with a spoon can prove to be wildly inaccurate.4 -
VintageFeline wrote: »how could i be over eating when
07:30 breakfast- Oatmeal or porridge Sometimes i dont even finish the bowl which is never full from the begening
10:30 snack- Banana smoothie or a fruit banana smoothie only has 2-3 bananas
13:00 lunch- vegetables or a sandwich or Salad vegetables are good eitherway, which i put in a lunch box which is a normal lunch box
15:00 Snack- a fruit or usually skip this snack
18:00 Dinner- Pasta or steamed vegetables or fish or a sandwich i usually measure the pasta by cups which i only use a lil bit more than half of cup, and if i would be eating steamed vegetables it wouldn't gain too much weight from a plate of steamed vegetables, and steamed is digested faster than raw anyway
i do assume this is a normal amount for a person who works 8 hrs which includes constant lifting/ moving/walking in a fast pace
It's just maths and science really. Eat too much, we gain, eat just enough, we maintain, eat too little, we lose.
Your fruit smoothie for example, 1 banana can have 140 calories, 2-3 3-400 calories. That's a lot and that's before you even add in anything else like yoghurt, milk, other fruit.
Porridge? I have what would look like a small bowl, I use like an ice cream dish and it's only half full, that's a 250 calorie serving. I suspect you;re eating more than that. In just those two items you are clocking up nearly 700 calories. No lunch, no snack, no dinner even considered yet.
You need to work out accurately exactly how much you are consuming because right now you have no idea. Generally, people with weight to lose don't really know what a normal portion looks like (and I include myself in that statement).
i eat 200calories from the porridge im in a hurry so i only take maybe 10 small spoons of it and leave. the banana smoothie is probably the only thing that fills me up throught the day and i dont add any other fruits just banana and water
But how do you actually know the porridge is 200 calories? Because it says so on the box?
Just as an example, let's say 100 grams = 200 calories. You assume that 10 spoonfuls equals 100 grams. What if it actually equals 160 grams? Then you aren't eating 200 calories, you are consuming approximately 320 calories (200\100 = 2 x 160 = 320).
That 120 calorie difference may seem insignificant, but those small amounts add up overtime. It takes approximately 3500 calories to gain a pound. That's around 500 extra calories a day.1 -
I wonder what happened with @aocix. I hope she didn't disappear...1
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AuroraGeorge8393 wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »how could i be over eating when
07:30 breakfast- Oatmeal or porridge Sometimes i dont even finish the bowl which is never full from the begening
10:30 snack- Banana smoothie or a fruit banana smoothie only has 2-3 bananas
13:00 lunch- vegetables or a sandwich or Salad vegetables are good eitherway, which i put in a lunch box which is a normal lunch box
15:00 Snack- a fruit or usually skip this snack
18:00 Dinner- Pasta or steamed vegetables or fish or a sandwich i usually measure the pasta by cups which i only use a lil bit more than half of cup, and if i would be eating steamed vegetables it wouldn't gain too much weight from a plate of steamed vegetables, and steamed is digested faster than raw anyway
i do assume this is a normal amount for a person who works 8 hrs which includes constant lifting/ moving/walking in a fast pace
It's just maths and science really. Eat too much, we gain, eat just enough, we maintain, eat too little, we lose.
Your fruit smoothie for example, 1 banana can have 140 calories, 2-3 3-400 calories. That's a lot and that's before you even add in anything else like yoghurt, milk, other fruit.
Porridge? I have what would look like a small bowl, I use like an ice cream dish and it's only half full, that's a 250 calorie serving. I suspect you;re eating more than that. In just those two items you are clocking up nearly 700 calories. No lunch, no snack, no dinner even considered yet.
You need to work out accurately exactly how much you are consuming because right now you have no idea. Generally, people with weight to lose don't really know what a normal portion looks like (and I include myself in that statement).
i eat 200calories from the porridge im in a hurry so i only take maybe 10 small spoons of it and leave. the banana smoothie is probably the only thing that fills me up throught the day and i dont add any other fruits just banana and water
10 small spoons? You have absolutely no way of knowing if that is 200 calories.
But that's still 600 calories before lunch. A sandwich can easily be 3-400 calories (and that's on the low side if you add butter, mayo, cheese), another banana for a snack 100 so now we're up to 1100 calories before we go into dinner. That's all conservative estimates too.
Fact is, if you are not losing weight you are eating too much. If you don't want to hear this then carry on as you are not losing weight.
I can't imagine why this got flagged. It's excellent advice - and truthful. Measuring something with a spoon can prove to be wildly inaccurate.
some people think the flag option is a way to say they dont like or agree with the advice,or its not what they want to hear.I have seen it happen to others.I have been flagged a few times for that as well.some people have no idea what the flag option is really for they just click on it I guess. only reason I can come up with3 -
musicalityrnb wrote: »I wonder what happened with @aocix. I hope she didn't disappear...
I think in a previous post she said she probably wouldn't start weighing until after the weekend, so perhaps she'll report back tonight or tomorrow. I hope she does, I'm interested to see what she discovered and how accurate her estimates were!
Some people seem to be great at estimating portion sizes and calories, others not so much. I'm one of the "not so much" crowd, so I like to weigh most things!
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OP, haven't read through the whole thread but your daily diet looks a little carb rich.1
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hebdenbiker wrote: »OP, haven't read through the whole thread but your daily diet looks a little carb rich.
carbs dont hinder weight loss,eating too much food does7 -
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FitPhillygirl wrote: »Here are a few tips that might help you.
OMG I think I love you. This pretty much summarises half the forum threads.1 -
mumblemagic wrote: »FitPhillygirl wrote: »Here are a few tips that might help you.
OMG I think I love you. This pretty much summarises half the forum threads.
All thanks for the flowchart go to @lemonlionheart, who put it together last year and allowed many of us to use it to help others. 1 -
In the UK bowl sizes are fairly standardised. My breakfast porridge with syrup and semi-skimmed milk, which fills up my bowl about 2/3, gives about 300 kcal.07:30 breakfast- Oatmeal or porridge
Bananas 89 kcal per 100g. Average weight around 110g, so about 300 kcal total for the bananas plus whatever else you put in. If you go for milk, around 50 kcal per 100ml, so for 1 “normal” mug, 75 kcal. Clocking in at nearly 400 kcal.10:30 snack- Banana smoothie or a fruit banana smoothie only has 2-3 bananas
There are no standard sizes for lunch boxes unfortunately so that’s not terribly helpful. I struggle to find sandwiches for under 450 kcal.13:00 lunch- vegetables or a sandwich or Salad vegetables are good either way, which i put in a lunch box which is a normal lunch box
1 apple, or 1 pear, or 1 banana all come out at roughly 100 kcal give or take.15:00 Snack- a fruit or usually skip this snack
Pasta - i measured out half a mug of penne pasta. It came to about 100g / 160 kcal. Assuming you have stuff with your pasta, e.g. some cheese, some meat, some sauce, you would be hard pressed to make a nice dinner for less than 400 kcal. For chicken or fish with veggies but no potatoes you are again talking about a minimum of around 400 kcal.18:00 Dinner- Pasta or steamed vegetables or fish or a sandwich i usually measure the pasta by cups which i only use a lil bit more than half of cup, and if i would be eating steamed vegetables it wouldn't gain too much weight from a plate of steamed vegetables, and steamed is digested faster than raw anyway
Assuming no dessert, no coffees, sodas or other flavoured drinks - milkless tea or water only for drinks.
Total = 1650 kcal.i do assume this is a normal amount for a person who works 8 hrs which includes constant lifting/ moving/walking in a fast pace
Your TDEE is probably around 1900 - 2000 so if the above is all you eat, you should be losing a little bit, but not much. Most likely you are eating a bit more than the above if you are only eyeballing portions, and if you are drinking *any* teas with milk, coffees, sodas or other drinks with calories.
A couple of pointers:
Since over 2/3rds of the adult US and UK populations are overweight or obese, “normal” is not what you are aiming for - “normal” is too much.
This is a calorie counting website, dedicated for people who want to weigh, measure and log everything (or almost everything) they eat in a precise way tracking micro and macronutrients. If you do not feel that this is a good way forward for you for your weight loss and want advice on how to lose weight that does not involve weighing and measuring, I suggest trying a different community. You are not going to get the answers you want here.
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Not necessary to drop carbs to lose weight... @krubenbauerkrubenbauer wrote: »I maybe a low carb diet would work better for you, looks like you consume a lot of carbs
I've lost weight and eat carbs.
Balancing macros may be a better bet.
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I agree that eating carbs doesn't stop you losing weight. It is worth noting that carbs like bread, pasta, rice etc are calorie dense so if your diet primarily consists of these foods AND you're underestimating how much of them you're eating, you could easily be eating a lot more calories than you think.3
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I agree that eating carbs doesn't stop you losing weight. It is worth noting that carbs like bread, pasta, rice etc are calorie dense so if your diet primarily consists of these foods AND you're underestimating how much of them you're eating, you could easily be eating a lot more calories than you think.
yes or it could be they are underestimating on their protein or fats too and that could cause them to go over on calories as well. or they are overestimating on exercise calories burned and eating those back resulting in no weight being lost1 -
Wondering how it went weighing foods. I always think its so interesting to see when people thought they were eating so much less than they actually were when weighing. You REALLY have to weigh everything to get accurate calorie counts. Even bread can be 50-60 calories off per slice which doesn't sound like much, but can add up with all the other things.3
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I think OP realized what was going on and isn't coming back...
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tiffanylacourse wrote: »I think OP realized what was going on and isn't coming back...
I'm thinking so too...4 -
how could i be over eating when
07:30 breakfast- Oatmeal or porridge Sometimes i dont even finish the bowl which is never full from the begening
10:30 snack- Banana smoothie or a fruit banana smoothie only has 2-3 bananas
13:00 lunch- vegetables or a sandwich or Salad vegetables are good eitherway, which i put in a lunch box which is a normal lunch box
15:00 Snack- a fruit or usually skip this snack
18:00 Dinner- Pasta or steamed vegetables or fish or a sandwich i usually measure the pasta by cups which i only use a lil bit more than half of cup, and if i would be eating steamed vegetables it wouldn't gain too much weight from a plate of steamed vegetables, and steamed is digested faster than raw anyway
i do assume this is a normal amount for a person who works 8 hrs which includes constant lifting/ moving/walking in a fast pace
You are over eating with each and every item you listed, likely. If you are not measuring and/or weighing your food, just because you break down to us what you are eating, then you really don't know how MUCH of it you are actually eating.
You say "normal amounts" but you are basing it off of what you view as normal and are not accurately weighing or measuring your food according to the packaging of it.
It is likely you are not losing weight because you are not eating at a calorie deficit. Period.
You know that sandwhich you say you eat...does it have mayo, how much meat do you put on it? do you weigh the meat? do you add like 3/4 slices of processed meat that is high in calorie and in sodium?
You really need to weigh and measure your food for accurate logging. If you don't do that then you wont ever know if you are actually in a calorie deficit! NO matter how many times you say you are eating healthy and normal.1 -
we all have eyes and we all can guess...but guess what....you are eating MORE than you burn! Period. There is no discussion here to be had. You either take the suggestions of getting a scale and weighing and measuring your foods....or you don't and we will know why you are not losing weight.
What is so hard to understand?
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After reading through this thread... I just want to say that the people on this forum are unbelievably patient, helpful and kind! You all rock!13
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I really wish the OP weighed the food and returned. There is no shame in saying "Boy, was I over-estimating!". It would actually be incredibly helpful for many others.7
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