Was 193 now 185 and cant move from here

Fayran_onika
Fayran_onika Posts: 6 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I dont usually eat salads that often, i try to but i usually eat them in periods. Id go salad all dy erydy and then id fall off. Well i did salads and wrkout for 5 days straight and lost 8 pounds butbi cant seem to move from there. Any help on how to get things moving again? Thanx yall!! :)

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  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    I started very near your weight, a little higher, and I probably ate 4-5 salads over the course of three years. The deficit is what you need to focus on, not traditional "diet" food.
  • Fayran_onika
    Fayran_onika Posts: 6 Member
    Thanx yall for all the useful info :)
  • Erfw7471
    Erfw7471 Posts: 242 Member
    And it's only been 5 days. Great loss so far, just give it more time before getting discouraged.
  • kbmjohnson
    kbmjohnson Posts: 6 Member
    I just started peak fasting. I was stuck too. Check mercola for type of fasting and why it works. Anything other than peak fasting is too hard for me. I try and focus on something else. I am moving now.
  • ugofatcat
    ugofatcat Posts: 385 Member
    Salads do not equal healthy. Many salads are 1,000+ calories.

    If it goes in your mouth you need to know how many calories per serving, using a food scale and/or measuring cups to ensure accuracy of portion size. It is easy to eat 3+ servings yet count it only as one.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    kbmjohnson wrote: »
    I just started peak fasting. I was stuck too. Check mercola for type of fasting and why it works. Anything other than peak fasting is too hard for me. I try and focus on something else. I am moving now.

    Mercola is full of woo, but this just looks like standard 16:8 intermittent fasting. If it helps keep you in a deficit, great, but there's nothing special about it.
  • dragon_girl26
    dragon_girl26 Posts: 2,187 Member
    edited July 2016
    ugofatcat wrote: »
    Salads do not equal healthy. Many salads are 1,000+ calories.

    If it goes in your mouth you need to know how many calories per serving, using a food scale and/or measuring cups to ensure accuracy of portion size. It is easy to eat 3+ servings yet count it only as one.

    This. Especially if you add things like nuts, cheese, croutons, dressing...the calories can add up quickly. In some of the more well known restaurants, the salads can be some of the highest calorie items on the menu, even more than a burger and fries!
    Food scale, definitely. Also, patience. :) It's probably going to take longer than a week or two to start seeing results.
    In addition to the chart above: are you selecting the correct entries in the database? Even the green checkmarked "verified" entries, and the barcode scanning, can be wrong. Always be sure to compare the brands and nutrition labels. Also, what are you logging as deliberate exercise? Is it things like walking, dancing, weight lifting, etc...or is it things like vacuuming for 15 minutes, or cooking for 10 minutes? In cases like the last two examples, they should be considered part of daily activity and not logged for calories burned. Just a few things to keep in mind. :) Good luck!
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    kbmjohnson wrote: »
    I just started peak fasting. I was stuck too. Check mercola for type of fasting and why it works. Anything other than peak fasting is too hard for me. I try and focus on something else. I am moving now.
    No, just no. Mercola is full of..... poo woo.

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  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    ugofatcat wrote: »
    Salads do not equal healthy. Many salads are 1,000+ calories.

    If it goes in your mouth you need to know how many calories per serving, using a food scale and/or measuring cups to ensure accuracy of portion size. It is easy to eat 3+ servings yet count it only as one.

    Yes indeedy, my husband made a salad the other week which was packed full of healthy veggies, he also used mayo... When i checked the jar i had just bought it was over half empty :open_mouth: and lets not mention the olive oil i saw him pouring in!!!
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    ugofatcat wrote: »
    Salads do not equal healthy. Many salads are 1,000+ calories.

    If it goes in your mouth you need to know how many calories per serving, using a food scale and/or measuring cups to ensure accuracy of portion size. It is easy to eat 3+ servings yet count it only as one.

    Yes indeedy, my husband made a salad the other week which was packed full of healthy veggies, he also used mayo... When i checked the jar i had just bought it was over half empty :open_mouth: and lets not mention the olive oil i saw him pouring in!!!

    right? i can make the worlds healthiest but highest calorie salad without thinking twice about it LOLOLOL

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