need to lose weight, help!

1200 is the minimum. You need to eat enough to get your nutrients.

This chart has good advice:

How long have you been doing the above?
What are your current stats - age, weight, height etc.
How are you measuring your intake - are you using a food scale or guestimating?
A food scale is a necessity!

celinamoreno wrote: »

hello I have been eating healthy for a year and excerising for almost 6 months consistently 4 days a week I do not use a food scale I know what 4 ounces chicken or fish look like and measure my veggies by cups. I weigh 135 and am 5"4 and 32 yrs old. I don't always eat my full 1200 cals and am wondering if because of that I am retaining the weight? any suggestions appreciated.

Eating too little will not cause you to not lose weight. You might want to try weighing your food, and be sure you're using accurate entries in the database when you select the foods you eat.

You're not eating enough.

celinamoreno wrote: »

hello I have been eating healthy for a year and excerising for almost 6 months consistently 4 days a week I do not use a food scale I know what 4 ounces chicken or fish look like and measure my veggies by cups. I weigh 135 and am 5"4 and 32 yrs old. I don't always eat my full 1200 cals and am wondering if because of that I am retaining the weight? any suggestions appreciated.

If you've been consistently in a deficit for a year and know for sure that all of your numbers are correct, then it's time to see a doc because something is off. If not, go through the steps above.

How much weight are you trying to lose? Are you sure you need to lose it? You are already at a healthy weight.

Trying to shave off few pounds when you're already at a healthy weight is much harder than when you are overweight or obese. You need to be obsessively accurate about both food and exercise. I'm your height, and if I was your weight, frankly, I wouldn't bother. I would concentrate on some other goal, like getting fit, taking up a new sport, or learning to crochet. Weight isn't everything.

celinamoreno wrote: »

hello so I need to lose weight and am having a hard time doing it. I exercise 4 days a week and eat less than my required calorie amount daily. I am required 1200 a day and I eat less than that yet I am not losing a single pound. I don't get it. I eat healthy proteins and veggies and only water so what am I doing wrong? is it possible that I am not eating enough and retaining it instead, if that is thw case what is the minimum calories I have to eat in a day in order to lose? I thought I needed to eat less to lose weight. please help.

What does your exercise program look like? What foods are you eating specifically and in what quantities?

celinamoreno wrote: »

hello I have been eating healthy for a year and excerising for almost 6 months consistently 4 days a week I do not use a food scale I know what 4 ounces chicken or fish look like and measure my veggies by cups. I weigh 135 and am 5"4 and 32 yrs old. I don't always eat my full 1200 cals and am wondering if because of that I am retaining the weight? any suggestions appreciated.

Yeah, you're eating more than you think. Get a food scale.

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I'm going to get scale today but I been drinking gallon of water started Monday and it kind of control my hunger so I plan on doing it everyday. But my question is let's say the app says to eat 1600 calories and I only eat 1200 or less will that affect my weight loss. I try to eat the goal calories but the water helps me control my hunger and I thought it felt right since I'm feeling full. Also I can meet almost all of my macros except carbohydrates. Goal is 50 but I eat 30 and the rest of my macros ate ok but it is eat a carbohydrate that will increase the other macros over lol sighh.

trigden1991 wrote: »

dariusshaw wrote: »

I'm going to get scale today but I been drinking gallon of water started Monday and it kind of control my hunger so I plan on doing it everyday. But my question is let's say the app says to eat 1600 calories and I only eat 1200 or less will that affect my weight loss. I try to eat the goal calories but the water helps me control my hunger and I thought it felt right since I'm feeling full. Also I can meet almost all of my macros except carbohydrates. Goal is 50 but I eat 30 and the rest of my macros ate ok but it is eat a carbohydrate that will increase the other macros over lol sighh.

If you eat less, you'll lose more weight. That's how the maths works. 1200 is the minimum recommended so you have no room to decrease calories when/if your weight loss stalls.

1200 is the minimum for a woman. its 1500 for a male.

dariusshaw wrote: »

I'm going to get scale today but I been drinking gallon of water started Monday and it kind of control my hunger so I plan on doing it everyday. But my question is let's say the app says to eat 1600 calories and I only eat 1200 or less will that affect my weight loss. I try to eat the goal calories but the water helps me control my hunger and I thought it felt right since I'm feeling full. Also I can meet almost all of my macros except carbohydrates. Goal is 50 but I eat 30 and the rest of my macros ate ok but it is eat a carbohydrate that will increase the other macros over lol sighh.

You'll lose "weight" faster but it will be a higher percentage of muscle instead of fat...which will lower your metabolism and sabotage your self in the end.

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If you are going to use the app, use the app. If it tells you to eat 1600, eat 1600. 1200 is too little for a man.

You are already a healthy weight. Any weight you lose from here is a question of slowly shaving it off and taking care not to undereat as you can easily end up malnourished if you do that. You should not be aiming to lose faster than than half a pound a week and you may lose even slower than that. Two pounds a week is for very obese people who have a lot of fat to spare - you cannot afford to do that or you will harm yourself.

At the moment I suspect you are not tracking your food accurately enough.

trigden1991 wrote: »

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

1200 is the minimum for a woman. its 1500 for a male.

I am fully aware of that. As the username was "celina" I assumed that it was a woman.

actually the dariusshaw part on your profile is what I was commenting on above(it was part of your comment at this time-September 21, 2016 9:41AM)