Feeling Desperate

geminigarcia199017
geminigarcia199017 Posts: 529 Member
edited December 2 in Health and Weight Loss
I am feeling somewhat desperate to have quick results.

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  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    What is super slow (as in how much over the four months)? Are you using a food scale for all your solid foods? Your diary seems to say otherwise. If you aren't making the progress you expect (presuming your expectations are reasonable), then it seems like a good idea to change your approach.
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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    It sounds like it's time to go back to the basics and read through these threads again.

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1296011/calorie-counting-101
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide
  • KateTii
    KateTii Posts: 886 Member
    You can't go any "faster" than CICO.
    If weightloss is slow, your calories in must be close to your calories out - that's why you've only lost 2.3kgs.
    Literally, the only thing that can help you lose weight apart from CICO is liposuction.

    As said above me, food scale + accurate logging and it will come off.
  • yami0385
    yami0385 Posts: 70 Member
    It took me a year to get to my goal weight and I'm still trying to reduce body fat. Be patient use a calender to track your progress, take measurements, take before and after pictures and stay consistent.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,688 Member
    edited June 2016
    geminigarcia199017 wrote: »
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    You've been here for four months asking the same questions, getting the same answers. How much progress have you made during this time?

    Lost 2.3kg,I expected to lose more within 8 months LOL

    In 4 months I lost 15 kg. But I stuck to a net 1250 cal diet like glue the whole time AND I weighed myself every day to ensure I was on track.

    At the end of 4 months, I eased things off a bit and lost the rest of my weight at a slower pace.


    I'll add this for clarification ...

    I entered my info into MFP, selected 0.5 kg/week as my planned weight loss, selected sedentary as my activity level ... and because I'm not a very large female, MFP gave me 1250 calories as my maximum.

    Within about 3-4 weeks, MFP dropped me to 1200 calories, but I manually upped it to 1250 again.

    Of course, 1250 is what I would eat if I did no exercise that day (over and above normal daily living stuff). However, I also exercised every day, and ate about half my calories back, so I rarely ate less than about 1450 cal/day.

  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    Question- is English your second language? The reason I'm asking is that if it's not your first language maybe if you tell us what your native language is, one of us can try to explain this through private message in your native language instead of typing it here in English.
    English was my second language so it is often hard for me to grasp certain things, I was wondering if you might be having a similar problem. If so, I'm sure someone here would be able to message you in your native language to reexplain things

    Cico isn't a diet. Besides a surgery, it's the only way to lose weight
    For any weight loss to occur, you must create a calorie deficit. For example, if you eat less then you burn then you will lose weight. Calories in calories out. for one to lose weight they must create a calorie deficit.

    If you aren't losing weight, you are not at a consistent calorie deficit.

    Use a food scale. Weigh all your solids . Use measuring cups for liquids. Log everything here on mfp. Guessing and estimating portions isn't accurate .
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    You post a lot of threads OP, you know the score, results do NOT come quick (not lasting or healthy ones anyway). Be patient and keep on keeping on, you will get there.
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    I think it's been brought up before, but did you ever go back through your diary to double check some of the entries you use?

    For example, one of your frequent entries is "chicken lovely legs". You show 250g of chicken legs is 150 cals, even with the bone in. It should be closer to 400-500 cals.

    It also looks like you rely on pre-packaged single-serving foods and that you don't weigh your actual portions. It's more than likely your calorie counts are very inaccurate. There's nothing wrong with pre-packaged foods in the context of an overall healthy balanced diet, but relying on them and trusting the portion sizes can get you into trouble.

    This has been all explained to you before, so you can go back through your past threads to get the advice in far greater detail if you'd like.

    I'm just sad you've spent so much time spinning your wheels, but you really need to make a simple and consistent plan. The continuous focusing on minutia and ignoring the bigger picture of how you achieve your goals is keeping you from succeeding and frustrating you and anyone who tries to help you.
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