Help me understand why I'm not losing weight
fitrunner18
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So, I have been tracking my calories and have spent ~ 1 month at or under my goal of 1780 calories. I used a fitness calculator to get this number. In addition I have almost completed Couch25K (week 6). I have not lost 1 POUND. I have hovered around 172 pounds for almost two months and it is incredibly frustrating and demoralizing. You can look at my diary to get a sense of my calories & exercise. Did I calculate my TDEG wrong? I just don't know where to go because I'm slowly losing my mojo now.. 
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Your diary is empty.0
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fitrunner18 wrote: »So, I have been tracking my calories and have spent ~ 1 month at or under my goal of 1780 calories. I used a fitness calculator to get this number. In addition I have almost completed Couch25K (week 6). I have not lost 1 POUND. I have hovered around 172 pounds for almost two months and it is incredibly frustrating and demoralizing. You can look at my diary to get a sense of my calories & exercise. Did I calculate my TDEG wrong? I just don't know where to go because I'm slowly losing my mojo now..
First, you could be losing fat. That's what you want to lose and it doesn't always show up on the scales over a short time frame (which one month is).
Secondly, if you REALLY feel like you aren't losing fat then it has to be one of three things. You are either eating more than you think you are, you are burning less then you think you are, or both. It can be nothing else.
Make sure you weigh your food. Be honest about your calorie burn. Don't overestimate calorie burn from exorcise - this is common.0 -
queenliz99 wrote: »Your diary is empty.
August 5th was the last day they logged if you're interested in taking a look.0 -
Do you weigh your food and log everything? Do you weigh yourself in the same manner and about the same time? What does your sodium levels look like? One month isn't really a long time to start feeling frustrated. Although you feel like you're doing the right thing, you expect to see a drop in the scale. You should weigh yourself in the morning after using the bathroom. If your sodium levels are high, it takes your body 3-4 days to release the excess water. If you're working out esp lifting weights, water is stored in your muscles for repair and usually goes away after a few days. Your body weight fluctuates daily and if you weigh yourself every couple of days, you may be seeing the increase from water weight. Hang in there as we've all been through a slow progress at one time or another.0
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It looks like you're using a lot of generic entries. Are those recipes you inputted yourself or are you using entries that were already in the database?1
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ncboiler89 wrote: »fitrunner18 wrote: »So, I have been tracking my calories and have spent ~ 1 month at or under my goal of 1780 calories. I used a fitness calculator to get this number. In addition I have almost completed Couch25K (week 6). I have not lost 1 POUND. I have hovered around 172 pounds for almost two months and it is incredibly frustrating and demoralizing. You can look at my diary to get a sense of my calories & exercise. Did I calculate my TDEG wrong? I just don't know where to go because I'm slowly losing my mojo now..
First, you could be losing fat. That's what you want to lose and it doesn't always show up on the scales over a short time frame (which one month is).
Secondly, if you REALLY feel like you aren't losing fat then it has to be one of three things. You are either eating more than you think you are, you are burning less then you think you are, or both. It can be nothing else.
Make sure you weigh your food. Be honest about your calorie burn. Don't overestimate calorie burn from exorcise - this is common.
I do feel like I have lost fat especially with running. But I just feel like with calorie tracking and exercise I should have dropped some pounds0 -
Do you weigh your food and log everything? Do you weigh yourself in the same manner and about the same time? What does your sodium levels look like? One month isn't really a long time to start feeling frustrated. Although you feel like you're doing the right thing, you expect to see a drop in the scale. You should weigh yourself in the morning after using the bathroom. If your sodium levels are high, it takes your body 3-4 days to release the excess water. If you're working out esp lifting weights, water is stored in your muscles for repair and usually goes away after a few days. Your body weight fluctuates daily and if you weigh yourself every couple of days, you may be seeing the increase from water weight. Hang in there as we've all been through a slow progress at one time or another.
I do weigh my food. I do a bad job of sticking to my macros though. I am glad I haven't gained weight and I feel like I have lost fat with running - but one month seems long enough to see some movement on the scale0 -
fitrunner18 wrote: »ncboiler89 wrote: »fitrunner18 wrote: »So, I have been tracking my calories and have spent ~ 1 month at or under my goal of 1780 calories. I used a fitness calculator to get this number. In addition I have almost completed Couch25K (week 6). I have not lost 1 POUND. I have hovered around 172 pounds for almost two months and it is incredibly frustrating and demoralizing. You can look at my diary to get a sense of my calories & exercise. Did I calculate my TDEG wrong? I just don't know where to go because I'm slowly losing my mojo now..
First, you could be losing fat. That's what you want to lose and it doesn't always show up on the scales over a short time frame (which one month is).
Secondly, if you REALLY feel like you aren't losing fat then it has to be one of three things. You are either eating more than you think you are, you are burning less then you think you are, or both. It can be nothing else.
Make sure you weigh your food. Be honest about your calorie burn. Don't overestimate calorie burn from exorcise - this is common.
I do feel like I have lost fat especially with running. But I just feel like with calorie tracking and exercise I should have dropped some pounds
You want to lose fat. Pounds and fat aren't always correlated over a small time frame.0 -
You need to use a food scale to weigh everything, log everyday and use the recipe builder. You are perhaps eating more than you think.0
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fitrunner18 wrote: »
I went back a month in your diary. You didn't log 14 out of 30 days. Are you keeping track of those days somewhere else?1 -
You're not losing weight because you're not eating at a deficit. Because you're not logging consistently and your logging isn't accurate you're eating more than you think. Work on your logging and when you get that straightened out you'll likely start seeing results.4
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You're not tracking consistently and accurately
Fix that
If you run and don't track food chances are you are eating more ...strong chances, almost definite ..you are guessing your intake
Use scales
Log with care, double checking
Don't overestimate calorie burn from exercise
Do it for 6 weeks
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