Not losing weight on 13-1400 calories a day

What is your weight, height and activity level. Just put all that into the mfp settings and eat those calories it gives you. Unless you have some special differences, it should work for weight loss. Are you eaing back the calories you earn through your escersize?

How long have you been counting calories? if you are not long started then it can take a little time to see results on the scale. If you are tracking accurately, keep doing that and you will see a loss in the near future.

Opening your diary or coming back to help fill in some of the blanks/answer some questions might help you to get more specific advice. Until then, these are my really generic tips:


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.

Maybe you aren't losing weight because you're gaining more muscle

Have you been taking other measurements besides the scale? Whip out that tape measure!! The scale is only one way of measuring progress. I have only lost 3 actual pounds since restarting my journey 2 months ago...however...I have lost 10 inches and 3% body fat. I rarely step on the scale because that number always discourages me. I try to rely more on my measurements and how my clothes are fitting. Keep up the good work!

community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10196160/scale-stress-syndrome/p1

Apparently women can gain a noticeable amount of muscle in 2 months now

danhib wrote: »

Maybe you aren't losing weight because you're gaining more muscle

It's extremely difficult to gain much, if any muscle while at a deficit. If someone starts new exercise they will retain water for muscle repair.

Ominu wrote: »

I'm measuring and weighing all my food properly, I'm keeping my carbs lower than 120g per day, I eat good protein, lots of salad and veggies, prep everything from scratch. I do two Kettlebell classes, one Body Pump class, one Yoga and two gym sessions a week. Why is nothing shifting (well, in all honesty it's taken two and a half months to shift as many pounds in weight)? I want to lose three stones before I die!

Notice the last part you put in quotes? You are losing weight, half a lb per week it looks like. So maybe reset your expectations of how fast it will come off. This pace is actually fantastic as you have a much higher chance of keeping the weight off and it's also healthier and easier on your body.

It might be worth tracking some other measurements alongside your weight, especially with the exercise classes you're attending. This will also help reduce the sole focus being on just the scales.

Measurements you can take: Hips, Waist, Legs, Arms

Also, it might be useful to record the weights you're using in the kettlebell and body pump classes to track the progress that's being made there too