not losing any weight.

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I hve been followed my fitness pal about 10 days.ii hve been eating about 1200-1400 calories a day..my goal is to eat 1500 calories..I am 63 kg. height 5 feet 4 inch..my goal is to become 55 kg..but after 10 days today ii measured my weight have been same as before..why is that?
ii am from Bangladesh

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  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
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    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.
  • MichelleArcher1
    MichelleArcher1 Posts: 2 Member
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    eat when your hungry and don't snack on fat foods in-between and watch what you drink as well
  • candyman98
    candyman98 Posts: 1 Member
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    Ok,thanks.
  • Nicklebee93
    Nicklebee93 Posts: 316 Member
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    1. Weight loss isn't linear. 10 days and thinking you're going to lose a bunch of weight is happy thinking. Wait another week or so and then check back in.
    2. Measure yourself along with weigh in's. Sometimes the scale doesn't show the inches we've lost.
    3. Make sure you measure and real labels carefully
    4. Track everything, even if it's "only" 30 calories. Those little calories add up quickly.