Calories

salema_m_uddin
salema_m_uddin Posts: 42 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi everyone
Please help
So I started last year on low calorie diet worked really hard exercise and through diet. From a size 18-20 I lost weight very quickly
I was so happy.

But now I'm 12-14 but want to loose abit more weight so I'm like normal 10-12 but not saying 12-14 isn't but I want to loose bit more weight.

So because I've been on a lis calorie diet I think it's kind of stalled I still exercise like weights 5kg n I have cross trainer n I eat healthy like my fruits etc so y am I not loosing the weight?

Please help me it's really stressing me out
N doctor was useless !! N I know this will sound bad cos I've been on the low calorie diet I'm scared to eat more cos I fear I'll put on the weight. Please help
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  • tulips_and_tea
    tulips_and_tea Posts: 5,741 Member
    How many calories per day are you eating and are you using a digital food scale to ensure accuracy?
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    Weight loss comes from a calorie deficit
    If your no longer losing, your not at a calorie deficit
    Are you using a food scale for all your solids? Measuring cups for liquids?
    How many calories are you eating? What are your stats?
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    What is your calorie goal each day? How tall are you? More info is needed to give adequate suggestions. For now, check out The Chart. Maybe it can help.

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  • salema_m_uddin
    salema_m_uddin Posts: 42 Member
    I'm 5ft n cos it's low calorie it's down to 900
  • jessiethe3rd
    jessiethe3rd Posts: 239 Member

    • Did you re-adjust your calories based on your loss or have you stuck with the same calorie calculation?
    • Did you reduce your activity level based on what your previous current activity levels were?
    • Weightloss comes in waves - if you had a higher BF % you could be gaining necessary muscle while working out which will not account to loss on the scale.
    • Do you know your BF%?
    • Are you hungry?
    • What are your macros like?
    • How do your clothes fit? Are you taking measurements?
    • Are you drinking water?

    I have been the same scale weight for 2 weeks... I do not particularly care because my BF% has reduced by 2% within that time and my body looks much better. Scales can be deceiving.
  • salema_m_uddin
    salema_m_uddin Posts: 42 Member
    I try to do 6 days a week varies during cos I travel to London n when I come home I can do bout 29-3o minutes exercise. On my days off I do more! I'm not sure really. It feels flabby I'm taking water retention tablet n it has helped but j drink lots of water anyway.
  • salema_m_uddin
    salema_m_uddin Posts: 42 Member
    I'm confused cause when u look up bout diet they say eat less exercise more but than u read on something else u need to eat more if ur exercising so I'm confused and as I mentioned before that I'm on a low calorie diet n I'm scared of putting on weight if j eat more
  • endlessfall16
    endlessfall16 Posts: 932 Member
    Wow you sound very sad and scared and you are doing things that seem worrying to me. Taking tablets, drinking excessive water, stressing out, scared of eating? It's not healthy to go through life afraid of eating. You are setting yourself up for failure, just a matter of time before stress becomes unbearable.

    My advice is stop stressing out. Learn new perspective. Stop looking at eating as consuming xxx calories or weight as "stalling", whatnot. It's psychologically negative.

    Weight control is all about having a good sense of your daily activity level, your energy requirement and eating around that requirement. When you eat, do it in the way that nurtures the body and the soul.

    Don't tie xxx calories to a particular time/day for the sake of it. Eat to fuel your activities and eat less if you are sedentary, which anyone can anticipate most of the time. Eat more if you anticipate a long "drought" (travel) or a heavy activity (sport) coming.

    You may gain or lose a lb or two, which is perfectly within the body's healthy range.

    If the bathroom scale doesn't move, what you call "stall", it simply means your lifestyle reaches an equilibrium.

  • dlkfox
    dlkfox Posts: 463 Member
    It sounds like you don't have much more weight to lose. If it's 20 pounds or less, you should only be losing a half pound a week, which is often masked by water retention fluctuations.

    Why are you taking a water retention tablet?


  • salema_m_uddin
    salema_m_uddin Posts: 42 Member
    I'm not taking diet pills only water retention cos I'm bloated
  • dlkfox
    dlkfox Posts: 463 Member
    If they aren't being prescribed by a doctor, I would discontinue. Just being "bloated" isn't a good reason.
  • salema_m_uddin
    salema_m_uddin Posts: 42 Member
    Well I had a lot of excess water around my water n since taking them I can see major difference
  • salema_m_uddin
    salema_m_uddin Posts: 42 Member
    *tummy
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    Please stop taking the water pill if your doctor didn't prescribe them. You're stressed out AND messing with your electrolytes.

    Do you have a digital food scale? Do you weigh all your food and log it accurately every day?
  • salema_m_uddin
    salema_m_uddin Posts: 42 Member
    No I don't I eat in small portions
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    How many small portions? I know I kill myself with two-bite brownies...by the end of the day I realize I've eaten ten of them without even noticing. That can happen with healthy food too.
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    salema_m_uddin wrote: »
    No I don't I eat in small portions

    You might be eating more total calories than you think you are, if you're not weighing your food to be sure of the calories.
  • salema_m_uddin
    salema_m_uddin Posts: 42 Member
    I think it's my lunch I need to eat smaller orations of but by the time it's lunch I'm really hungry like today I'm just so hungry I'm eating sushi
  • salema_m_uddin
    salema_m_uddin Posts: 42 Member
    I never measured anything like that what electrolyte ?
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    edited June 2016
    Electrolytes are what can get out of balance if you pee too much and/or get dehydrated. Losing the water means your electrolytes are more concentrated in your blood stream, and too much of the electrolyte called potassium can make your heart stop. Electrolyte imbalance is why bulimics and anorexics can get weak hearts and end up in the hospital (among other reasons).
  • salema_m_uddin
    salema_m_uddin Posts: 42 Member
    Ok thank you I do drink plenty of water anyway
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    So, you're drinking plenty of water but taking water pills to pee it back out? That's a recipe for kidney issues.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    OP, get a food scale. Start using it to log your food accurately and consistently - every single thing, measured in grams - for a couple of weeks. This will tell you how much you are really eating. It is kind of impossible to give you advise when we can't see your diary and it is most likely inaccurate anyway.

    If you were really eating 900 calories, you would be losing weight and feeling lethargic. Get a couple of weeks of good data and the problem will probably jump right out at you!
  • salema_m_uddin
    salema_m_uddin Posts: 42 Member
    No they actually say even when you have water retention your still suppose to drink plenty of water!
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    salema_m_uddin wrote: »
    No they actually say even when you have water retention your still suppose to drink plenty of water!

    You clearly are committed to these pills.

    Yes, when you're retaining water (often caused by an overconcentration of electrolytes like salt from eating salty foods) drinking water helps get back into balance. However, you are messing with the natural function of your electrolytes and cellular function by taking water pills.

    Do what you want if you're convinced it's helping you lose weight in a healthy, sustained manner.
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    salema_m_uddin wrote: »
    No they actually say even when you have water retention your still suppose to drink plenty of water!

    But the pills you're taking make the water go straight through!
  • salema_m_uddin
    salema_m_uddin Posts: 42 Member
    That's y I don't like these communities there r some that r understanding n supportive yet there those who think they know everything without understanding the situation n r plain rude ! We r all on this go b supportive not to show off n b arrogant cos you think u know more !!
  • kpeterson539
    kpeterson539 Posts: 220 Member
    Please remember, just because you may not agree with the advice people are giving, doesn't mean it is not supportive, rude or arrogant. Many people trying to help giving advice have a long history of success which, believe it or not, basically means they know what they are doing.
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    So you didn't want help? You asked for help.

    Weigh/measure your portions, don't take water retention pills, they're dangerous. Drink lots of water, and eat at least 1200 calories.

    All the best.
  • salema_m_uddin
    salema_m_uddin Posts: 42 Member
    Yeah some do I'm not saying that they don't
    But being rude doesn't help full stop !!

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