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cazzieclaire
cazzieclaire Posts: 5 Member
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Do I eat some of my exercise calories ? Am I over exersizeing n is this why I am not loseing weight could any one help me please

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  • guinevere96
    guinevere96 Posts: 1,445 Member
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    Are you tracking your calories accurately? What are your stats? I cant see any of this because your diary isn't open :)
  • KittenLifts
    KittenLifts Posts: 34 Member
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    If you're doing the right steps and not losing you could be gaining muscle
  • MissusMoon
    MissusMoon Posts: 1,900 Member
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    KittenLifts wrote: »
    If you're doing the right steps and not losing you could be gaining muscle

    No. It is very difficult to gain muscle eating in deficit.
  • CorgiWaddles
    CorgiWaddles Posts: 81 Member
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    cazzieclaire wrote: »
    Do I eat some of my exercise calories ? Am I over exersizeing n is this why I am not loseing weight could any one help me please

    Stop weighing yourself. Keep doing everything the same and trade the scale out for measuring and even taking bi-weekly photos of you to show a difference... For measuring, measure around your neck, bust, waist, hips, legs and anything else, Myfitnesspal even keeps track of these measurements for you. This is what I did, I am much happier seeing half an inch gone around my waist than noticing I haven't lost any weight. The scale might not show the half inch to inch you lost because you might be gaining muscle. Of course if you still want to weigh yourself occasionally, do it. But don't let the numbers on the scale weigh you down, try measuring for a while and progress photos. You'll find yourself becoming friends with the reflection in mirror and not putting so much meaning into the numbers on the scale. Good luck!
  • cazzieclaire
    cazzieclaire Posts: 5 Member
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    Thank u everyone for your feed Bac I am new to asking questions on here it took me a while to even c what people had wrote n how to reply - I do not knw how to open my fitness pal diary to show u could u please tell me how I do this
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
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    cazzieclaire wrote: »
    Thank u everyone for your feed Bac I am new to asking questions on here it took me a while to even c what people had wrote n how to reply - I do not knw how to open my fitness pal diary to show u could u please tell me how I do this

    Go to Settings > Diary Settings > Public
  • 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.
  • cazzieclaire
    cazzieclaire Posts: 5 Member
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    :) thank u for take in the time out to reply to me I found what u said very help ful and I will add all the little extras like Mayo n HP brown sauce - weekends I don't hav a routine Saturday b Sunday so I tend to b less active and not eat quite as good as through out the week -I got scales which was shockin to c how much of a ganit I am breakfast cereal bein the worst serving - I hav stopped eatin potatoe rice bread cheese n I really wouldn't mind if I was gettin results but I am feelin miserable not have in these for what looks like no reason - I will giv it another two weeks n then hav to rethink of its not goin well X once again thank u very much for ur input I found it very help x

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