Not losing weight

rraven01
rraven01 Posts: 4 Member
edited December 2024 in Motivation and Support
I'm a 277lb old fart (61) mildly active (play in a band 3 - 5x a week, hump equipment). I drink two Atkins shakes with fiber added for breakfast and lunch and eat a 1200 - 1400 dinner and late snack. Not losing any weight for two weeks. Driving me crazy lol. I feel good, my shirts feel looser. I take Remeron 45mg which is know to slow the metabolism. Any help or suggestions appreciated.

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  • rstebner
    rstebner Posts: 11 Member
    Honestly I'd say lay off the artificial shakes and diet pills. Spread out your calories into smaller meals over the course of the day and make sure to hit your nutritional needs with those meals by eating whole foods rather than out of a package.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Your shirts are looser! Good start! Keep going, weight loss takes time. As long as you know you are in a deficit, you will be fine!

    Big tip: get a food scale and weigh all scolds. This will get you good at eyeballing!
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    edited September 2016
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Your shirts are looser! Good start! Keep going, weight loss takes time. As long as you know you are in a deficit, you will be fine!

    Big tip: get a food scale and weigh all scolds. This will get you good at eyeballing!

    I'm not scolding you! Haha. weigh all solids. Autocorrect is the kittens
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    Given your age & inactivity,
    1400 is probably more than you need for the whole day just to maintain your current weight.
    Yet you're eating that for dinner, plus what's probably at least 800 cal in shakes (please consider eating real food instead!!!),
    and surprised you're not losing weight.

    Go back to your MFP account setup & tell it you are inactive, which you basically are.

    Or try this calculator from the Baylor College of Medicine.
    https://www.bcm.edu/cnrc-apps/healthyeatingcalculator/eatingCal.cfm
    It will tell you how many calories you need to maintain any weight (based on age, height, & activity level),
    as well as how many servings of the food groups you should be eating.

    I told it you were 6' tall, and being inactive it says you'd need 1351 cal to maintain your current weight,
    with a BMI of 37.6.
    To get to a healthy BMI (under 24.9) you'd have to be 183lb or less (if you're 6' tall).
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,340 Member
    How many calories does Myfitnesspal give you?
  • rraven01
    rraven01 Posts: 4 Member
    1640. With my two Atkins Shakes I'm pulling in 1200 to 1500. I weigh everything lol. 73.7" tall.
  • rraven01
    rraven01 Posts: 4 Member
    carbs are between 30 and 40 net
  • rraven01
    rraven01 Posts: 4 Member
    every other time I did this in the past I'd lose 1lb a day almost lol. Disappointing, but I am sticking with it so far
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