Nothing working, close to despair
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Please dear..... do not despair things take time be patient. What works is eating nurturing foods in a slight calorie deficit!! Without banning certain food types so you are suffering .. please dear do not quit just stay and keep pushing till you start seeing results best wishes0
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I think everyone missed this part of the OPs post:
For a month I have been tracking on mfp ( I weigh and measure most foods so am sure I am not underestimating). I eat 1000-1100 calories a day , which is low but I am tiny and I wasn't losing on 1200.
My guess? you're not losing weight because you're not accurately weighing and measuring everything. Little bites here and there add up and if you're small and close to goal then you have almost no margin of error.5 -
I do weigh and measure my food. Good scale good measuring cups. I have been trying to follow the food plan from food adduct's annonynous just because it's easy. 1 oz oats, 6 oz fruit, 3 oz Greek yogurt for breakfast and both lunch and dinner require 4 oz animal protein, 6 oz veg and 6 oz cooked veg 1 tbs olive oil 1 tbs balsamic. Switch up veg and meat.
Sometimes I have scrambled eggs for lunch with salad. Sometimes I go to friends snd don't bring my food scale so I have to guess.
It's boring but I don't mind too much. The macros make it fairly high fat (40%) but that's the olive oil. 30 protein, 30 carbs.
I add apple and sometimes almond butter for snack and drink coffee with cream and sometimes a glass of wine but that doesn't put me over.
I am 5' 2.5" 131 lbs. so yes, healthy weight; it's for sure vanity driving this. But I am Apple shape so no clothes fit.
I am not tired or light headed.
Ok won't despair. Thanks everyone, I'll keep you posted.
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Do you weigh and measure ALL of your food? You say you weigh and measure most, then you say you weigh and measure food. And then you mention measuring cups. That tells me you're not being a hundred percent accurate and that is the most likely culprit.4
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There are mistakes that people commonly make that cause them to not lose weight that we might be able to spot if you change your Diary Sharing settings to Public: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings0
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Fasted cardio and "the fat burning zone" are both myths, similar to unicorns.[/quote]
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It works for me love. Can't call it myth if it works.
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It sounds like you are doing a lot of things correct: i.e., weighing your food using a food scale. You have a good food regimen in place that is split pretty evenly among your macronutrients. I hope your naturopath helps you figure out if there is some other issue that is blocking your success.
The only thing I might suggest (and I believe others have on this thread) is maybe working with your personal trainer to come up with another plan. Maybe, increasing your strength training from 2x a week, to 3-4 days a week? You're at a great weight for your height that it might just be losing some stubborn body fat and adding on more lean muscle which will help you achieve your goals.
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xperiencerage wrote: »
It works for me love. Can't call it myth if it works.
Can't call it fact based on anecdote either.17 -
You are my height and goal weight...maybe instead of focusing on losing weight, you should move your calories closer to maintenance and do recomp. You'll LOOK leaner and be stronger and healthier. that's all that matters, right?4
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xperiencerage wrote: »
Fasted cardio and "the fat burning zone" are both myths, similar to unicorns.Packerjohn wrote: »
It works for me love. Can't call it myth if it works.
There is a difference between something working and understanding the reason something works. Pumping your legs up and down really fast will burn calories and assist in weight loss. If someone pumps their legs up and down fast to lose weight because they believe that it pleases the Gods and the Gods in their glory will grant them weight loss and then they preach that belief and deny that it is a myth by stating "well it worked for me so you can't call it a myth" you can understand the flaw in that logic right?
Just because something works for you doesn't mean the reason you think it works is true. When people say its a myth what they are refering to is the idea that there is some spefic band of heart rate that you need to stay within to burn fat and if you are below or above that you do not burn fat.
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Great book out, "Eat More to Weight Less," which focuses on amping up your metabolism.1
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I just used myfitnesspal... it's free and works! I believe in counting calories and I love me some toxic foods...it adds a little spice and excitement.
And, the metabolism works 24/7. It's not a car or computer.6 -
DeeDiddyGee wrote: »Great book out, "Eat More to Weight Less," which focuses on amping up your metabolism.
I think you mean "ramping" but the only thing that I know of that actually does that are things like DNP and I highly recommend you don't even try to find it. DNP absolutely will increase your metabolism, which is really just the net of the chemical transformations in your body, and the proof of that is that it raises your temperature. Oh, and it's so effective at that, in fact, that an overdose will actually "cook" you alive from the inside. Not a pleasant way to die, which explains why it was banned for human consumption years ago.
It's not your metabolism that is the issue, it's the balance of energy you have consumed and expended during the day that is the issue unless you have been diagnosed with a metabolic disorder, which is usually thyroid related, but even then you can still lose weight even if it's a lot harder.0 -
The thing to bear in mind is that losing fat when you're already at a healthy weight isn't just unnecessary, it's also really difficult. For good reason. I really think you should consider all this advice on strength training and recomping instead of losing weight, I believe it can help with clothing fit as well as appearance.4
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ckfromedmonton wrote: »My stress is ok, see a shrink have been seeing him for 8 years.
Check to see if it could be medications you are taking. Paroxetine (Paxil) is an antidepressant that is horrible for weight gain. Wellbutrin, on the other hand, does not inhibit weight loss. I found this out through Google (my friend). It seems that Paxil is hugely sedating and causes a person to use less energy when resting than what is normally used.0 -
You should definitely add a cheat day once a week and monitor that. My hunch is your body has adapted to your extreme diet and approach. Afraid to let weight go. Just my two cents for what its worth1
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You could try adjusting your macros. Decrease carbs and increase fats. I'm 5' 2" as well... I do 15g carb, 113g fat and 52g protein which is 1285 calories. I work to meet the protein, go under on the carb and hit at least 80% of the fat macro. Alcohol... only a couple of glasses at the weekend and I don't do sugar. Perhaps a change will give your body a kick. Google ketogenic eating and see what you think..... I think you may need more calories, not less. Under 1200 on a daily basis with exercise is not sustainable. Your body probably thinks it's starving!
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Everyone is telling you that you aren't logging correctly well I have a different perspective.. have you ever heard of metabolic adaption? most of the time if someone is on such a restricted number of calories and exercising with no loss that is the case.. The only way to fix it is to gradually increase (I am talking 30 - 50 calories a week) until your metabolism gets used to the increase of food.
I am sure your body requires more than 1100 calories a day to function, especially with the exercise. Think about it, if you are stuck on 1100 where will you go? 800? then what when your body gets used to that?! I prefer to keep myself at around 2000 so when I want to shred I can go to 1700, not 12002 -
I would also question a trainer who allows you to eat 1000 calories if you are strength training9
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Everyone is telling you that you aren't logging correctly well I have a different perspective.. have you ever heard of metabolic adaption? most of the time if someone is on such a restricted number of calories and exercising with no loss that is the case.. The only way to fix it is to gradually increase (I am talking 30 - 50 calories a week) until your metabolism gets used to the increase of food.
I am sure your body requires more than 1100 calories a day to function, especially with the exercise. Think about it, if you are stuck on 1100 where will you go? 800? then what when your body gets used to that?! I prefer to keep myself at around 2000 so when I want to shred I can go to 1700, not 1200
Tha makes zero sense. If metabolic adaption existed the way you say it does [I believe in it, but in a different way], then how do anorexics end up with bmi's of 11 and 12?3
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