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penniroc
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Hi. Iv been using mfp for 3 weeks now. Sticking to 1200-1500 calories a day. Burning 300-500 through exercise and the scales have not moved. Any advice on what types of foods I should be consuming to help? Not sure if I'm just eating the wrong foods or eating too less calories. I'm confused as to why I'm not losing any weight.
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How are you measuring your calories? If you haven't been losing weight, you're eating more than you think.1
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If that is the current you in your profile pic, it looks like you are already at a healthy weight and do not have a lot of weight to lose. If that is the case, weight loss will be slow and low and you won't have a lot of leeway. If you are not weighing and measuring every thing that passes your lips, you are likely eating more than you think.3
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tiptoethruthetulips wrote: »If that is the current you in your profile pic, it looks like you are already at a healthy weight and do not have a lot of weight to lose. If that is the case, weight loss will be slow and low and you won't have a lot of leeway. If you are not weighing and measuring every thing that passes your lips, you are likely eating more than you think.
Hi. Yes this is me in the picture but before my second child. This is the picture I want to get back to. I'm currently 70kg and wanting to be back at a fit and healthy 65kg
I've honestly been counting, weighing and measuring every single thing bat I eat. I've also been Measuring my heart rate while exercising so know exactly how many calories I'm burning. 0 -
Ditch the cups and spoons for everything except liquids such as milk. They're really not very accurate and with some foods the differences could add up to 100s of calories.
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Ditch the cups and spoons for everything except liquids such as milk. They're really not very accurate and with some foods the differences could add up to 100s of calories.
I only use them for liquids. My milk & rice malt syrup but also have double checked the syrup in grams as well. Everything else I use the scales or my thermomix0 -
Open up your diary (go to settings, diary, and change it to public) so we can see if anything seems off. Calories are all that matters when it comes to weight loss. The type of food you eat matters for satiety, general health, sports performance, adherence to diet. You should not have to make any sweeping changes to your normal diet to lose weight - you just need to eat less calories than your daily expenditure. You may find that certain foods make it easier to adhere to the calorie deficit (some people find protein and fiber filling).
You provided your weight, what is your height? How many pounds/kg a week are you trying to lose?
Did you just start exercising or start a new routine? It is common and temporary to gain a little water weight when starting. It can be frustrating because you won't see movement on the scale for a few weeks. How are you determining the calorie burn?
For women weight can fluctuate several pounds during full menstrual cycle. I have a slight weight gain during ovulation and also a slight weight gain right before my period starts. It usually takes a full month for me to figure out if I have gained/lost weight because of these fluctuations.1 -
Open up your diary (go to settings, diary, and change it to public) so we can see if anything seems off. Calories are all that matters when it comes to weight loss. The type of food you eat matters for satiety, general health, sports performance, adherence to diet. You should not have to make any sweeping changes to your normal diet to lose weight - you just need to eat less calories than your daily expenditure. You may find that certain foods make it easier to adhere to the calorie deficit (some people find protein and fiber filling).
You provided your weight, what is your height? How many pounds/kg a week are you trying to lose?
Did you just start exercising or start a new routine? It is common and temporary to gain a little water weight when starting. It can be frustrating because you won't see movement on the scale for a few weeks. How are you determining the calorie burn?
For women weight can fluctuate several pounds during full menstrual cycle. I have a slight weight gain during ovulation and also a slight weight gain right before my period starts. It usually takes a full month for me to figure out if I have gained/lost weight because of these fluctuations.
Hi. Thank you for taking he time to reply. My stats are Weight 70kg, Hight 168cm, Body fat 28.7% (as per scales) Water 52%,,
BMI 24.8. I tried to work out my EDEE which I think is around 1900 calories. I'm a work from home mum of two so I'm on my feet most of the day. Ideally I'd like to lose .5kg per week but I'm realistic with my goals.
I was 65kg healthy and fit before my last child 7 months ago but have only just recently in he last three weeks really been strict with my food and exercising 5-6 days a week. I've opened up my diary so you can see. I'm sticking pretty much to the same Foods each day because they are what I enjoy and can eat healthily long term. I jog/ power walk 3-5 kms in the mornings and power walk with a pram another 3-4s maybe 3 afternoons a week also. I track my heart rate with a polar fitness monitor and calories burned range from 300-600 a day. I'm going to double check all my meal measurements tomorrow to be extra positive but I weigh and measure everything. Always add every meal and snack and drink 1500-2000 litres of water a day. Any advice you can give me I would really appreciate. I just expected to see some kind of loss in the scales in 3 weeks. Thanks again.
P.s. I used mfp 4 years ago for the same purpose after my first child. To lose the last 5kg and the weight just dropped off.0 -
Open up your diary (go to settings, diary, and change it to public) so we can see if anything seems off. Calories are all that matters when it comes to weight loss. The type of food you eat matters for satiety, general health, sports performance, adherence to diet. You should not have to make any sweeping changes to your normal diet to lose weight - you just need to eat less calories than your daily expenditure. You may find that certain foods make it easier to adhere to the calorie deficit (some people find protein and fiber filling).
You provided your weight, what is your height? How many pounds/kg a week are you trying to lose?
Did you just start exercising or start a new routine? It is common and temporary to gain a little water weight when starting. It can be frustrating because you won't see movement on the scale for a few weeks. How are you determining the calorie burn?
For women weight can fluctuate several pounds during full menstrual cycle. I have a slight weight gain during ovulation and also a slight weight gain right before my period starts. It usually takes a full month for me to figure out if I have gained/lost weight because of these fluctuations.
Hi. Thank you for taking he time to reply. My stats are Weight 70kg, Hight 168cm, Body fat 28.7% (as per scales) Water 52%,,
BMI 24.8. I tried to work out my EDEE which I think is around 1900 calories. I'm a work from home mum of two so I'm on my feet most of the day. Ideally I'd like to lose .5kg per week but I'm realistic with my goals.
I was 65kg healthy and fit before my last child 7 months ago but have only just recently in he last three weeks really been strict with my food and exercising 5-6 days a week. I've opened up my diary so you can see. I'm sticking pretty much to the same Foods each day because they are what I enjoy and can eat healthily long term. I jog/ power walk 3-5 kms in the mornings and power walk with a pram another 3-4s maybe 3 afternoons a week also. I track my heart rate with a polar fitness monitor and calories burned range from 300-600 a day. I'm going to double check all my meal measurements tomorrow to be extra positive but I weigh and measure everything. Always add every meal and snack and drink 1500-2000 litres of water a day. Any advice you can give me I would really appreciate. I just expected to see some kind of loss in the scales in 3 weeks. Thanks again.
P.s. I used mfp 4 years ago for the same purpose after my first child. To lose the last 5kg and the weight just dropped off.
I also do some body weight strength workouts. Nothing major just 10 mins 4-5 times a week. Like squats, lunges, push ups etc0 -
For items like fruits and veggies I tend to use the USDA entry.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/usda-09038-avocado-raw-california-367550868?v2=false
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/usda-09040-bananas-raw-315986602
Like this one for avocado or bananas. You can change the serving size to 1 gram. So if you eat 66 grams of avocado it would be 66 servings. Avoid entries like medium banana.
For items that have nutritional information on the package I always verify that I the entry I choose matches the package. MFP database has a lot of user entered data. There is over 10 entries for a turkey burger I regularly eat. My calorie count could be off if I select the wrong one.
Try those things out and verify that you are indeed eating under your TDEE.1 -
I have a really hard time believing you are burning 300 - 500 calories a day from exercise if you are only doing 10 minutes of body weight exercises. I would try not entering your exercise into your diary because overestimating calories burned and then eating that much more per day could be holding back your results
Also do you consume alcohol? That will majorly stall weight loss. Also consuming foods you might have sensitivities to- I suggest for at least a month you go without dairy, gluten, alcohol, refined sugar & other sweeteners and see if that helps.
It sounds like your scale measures body fat percentage and muscle mass- you say your weight has stayed the same, but has your body fat gone down or muscle gone up? It's possible to lose fat and gain muscle simultaneously- so you could be getting results without losing weight. Be patient and keep going.
Are you eating enough protein? For a while I wasn't and it stalled my weight loss. Look up the proper protein intake for your age, height, activity level etc and make sure you're getting at least that much.
Your calories also seem pretty low- eating too few calories can be as bad as eating too many. Have you used a calorie calculator? You should only be eating 250 to 500 calories less than your estimated daily calorie expenditure or 20% calorie deficit at the most. Try a few different calorie calculators too, some can be kind of off. Try a bunch and average the results (you can find them for free online).
Lifting weights/building muscle might be helpful, having more muscle increases your metabolism.
Good luck!1 -
If you are suddenly working out a lot more and depending on your tom, water retention COULD be masking some losses too though.0
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300-600 calories from 10 minutes of body weight exercises? I think your calculations are extremely inflated. I would really work on the accurate logging to get the results you are after.2
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Ready2Rock206 wrote: »300-600 calories from 10 minutes of body weight exercises? I think your calculations are extremely inflated. I would really work on the accurate logging to get the results you are after.
I didn't say I burn 300-600 calories a day in 10 ministers of body weight exercises! If you read my post I jog for 30-50 mins every morning plus then 10 mins of body weight intervals. I also then power walks for 40 min or more three times a week. This is up hills with a double pram. So yes I am burning anywhere from 300 calories on a day I don't do the afternoon power walk and up to 600 or more in the days I do power walk.1 -
courtneyfabulous wrote: »I have a really hard time believing you are burning 300 - 500 calories a day from exercise if you are only doing 10 minutes of body weight exercises. I would try not entering your exercise into your diary because overestimating calories burned and then eating that much more per day could be holding back your results
Also do you consume alcohol? That will majorly stall weight loss. Also consuming foods you might have sensitivities to- I suggest for at least a month you go without dairy, gluten, alcohol, refined sugar & other sweeteners and see if that helps.
It sounds like your scale measures body fat percentage and muscle mass- you say your weight has stayed the same, but has your body fat gone down or muscle gone up? It's possible to lose fat and gain muscle simultaneously- so you could be getting results without losing weight. Be patient and keep going.
Are you eating enough protein? For a while I wasn't and it stalled my weight loss. Look up the proper protein intake for your age, height, activity level etc and make sure you're getting at least that much.
Your calories also seem pretty low- eating too few calories can be as bad as eating too many. Have you used a calorie calculator? You should only be eating 250 to 500 calories less than your estimated daily calorie expenditure or 20% calorie deficit at the most. Try a few different calorie calculators too, some can be kind of off. Try a bunch and average the results (you can find them for free online).
Lifting weights/building muscle might be helpful, having more muscle increases your metabolism.
Good luck!
Sorry I must not have explained my exercise correctly. I didn't say I burn 300-600 calories a day in 10 mins of body weight exercises! I jog for 30-50 mins every morning plus then 10 mins of body weight intervals. I also then power walk for 40 min or more three to 5 times a week. This is up hills with a double pram. So yes I am burning anywhere from 300 calories on a day I don't do the afternoon power walk and up to 600 or more on the days I do power walk. I measure the calories burned with a polar ft6 with heart rate strap so I am entering accurate calories burned. I am also not eating back all the calories burned.
I don't drink alcohol and to be honest I am not really prepared to cut the foods you mentioned from my diet. I still want to eat a wide range of healthy foods.
Yes my body fat % has come down 1% in two weeks. I wasn't sure if the scales could
Correctly Measure body fat?
I'm going to do more research and work Out my exact bmr and tdee and go From There. Thank
You for taking the time to reply.0 -
Did you just start exercising or increase intensity? With so little to lose you are unlikely to see losses every week and water weight fluctuations can mask them for weeks on end. Throw in hormones and it will be even harder.
My deficit has only been enough for 0.5lb per week losses lately and I don't see those losses until the week of my period when I get a whoosh over several days. Totally normal.
Keep doing what you're doing for a good 6-8 weeks, then reassess.1 -
And to follow up, scales that measure bodyfat are not accurate.
Mine reckon that at a US6-8/UK10-12 I'm 41%. I might still have weight to lose but no. I laughed long and hard.1 -
For items like fruits and veggies I tend to use the USDA entry.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/usda-09038-avocado-raw-california-367550868?v2=false
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/usda-09040-bananas-raw-315986602
Like this one for avocado or bananas. You can change the serving size to 1 gram. So if you eat 66 grams of avocado it would be 66 servings. Avoid entries like medium banana.
For items that have nutritional information on the package I always verify that I the entry I choose matches the package. MFP database has a lot of user entered data. There is over 10 entries for a turkey burger I regularly eat. My calorie count could be off if I select the wrong one.
Try those things out and verify that you are indeed eating under your TDEE.For items like fruits and veggies I tend to use the USDA entry.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/usda-09038-avocado-raw-california-367550868?v2=false
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/usda-09040-bananas-raw-315986602
Like this one for avocado or bananas. You can change the serving size to 1 gram. So if you eat 66 grams of avocado it would be 66 servings. Avoid entries like medium banana.
For items that have nutritional information on the package I always verify that I the entry I choose matches the package. MFP database has a lot of user entered data. There is over 10 entries for a turkey burger I regularly eat. My calorie count could be off if I select the wrong one.
Try those things out and verify that you are indeed eating under your TDEE.
Thank you. I will definitely be looking at the measurements for avocado and bananas. I do weigh them to match the half and medium sizes but will do as you suggest for future logging. Going to work out my bmr and tdee properly today. I just went off 1200 as that's what mfp suffered.0 -
Totally missed the bit about not getting enough protein stalling weight loss. No. Not a thing.
And no female is building muscle eating at a deficit, running and doing bodyweight 10 minutes a day. Not happening.1 -
Watch your sodium, prob. holding water! high all the time, fried noodles and a few other things adding that up!1
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AndrewD315 wrote: »Watch your sodium, prob. holding water! high all the time, fried noodles and a few other things adding that up!
Thanks. Yes this dressing has a lot of sodium.0 -
VintageFeline wrote: »Totally missed the bit about not getting enough protein stalling weight loss. No. Not a thing.
And no female is building muscle eating at a deficit, running and doing bodyweight 10 minutes a day. Not happening.
Thank you. Will Continue to do what in doing. Double check all my entires and measurements and go from there.0 -
VintageFeline wrote: »Did you just start exercising or increase intensity? With so little to lose you are unlikely to see losses every week and water weight fluctuations can mask them for weeks on end. Throw in hormones and it will be even harder.
My deficit has only been enough for 0.5lb per week losses lately and I don't see those losses until the week of my period when I get a whoosh over several days. Totally normal.
Keep doing what you're doing for a good 6-8 weeks, then reassess.
Ive only just started back exercising after 12 months of no exercise. I've just in the last 3 weeks cleaned up my diet also. Gone from eating chips and dip to healthy raw bliss balls, full cream milk products to skim and nut milks, pastas and risotto dishes to green salads and chicken or fish. I know I don't have a lot of weight to lose but just making these changes and with exercising I thought I would see some results as I did in the last when cutting calories and exercising. Thank you for your advice. I think I'm going to up my calorie intake. Double check my weights and measurements of food first to make sure they are correct. Keep doing my exercise and just see what happens. I'm feeling healthier and fitter weather the scales are showing this or by so I'm going to keep going 0 -
Have you been measuring yourself?? Sometimes the scales wont move but cm will drop off. Do your clothes fit a bit better or getting a bit lose? Do you feel less jiggly and more tonned? We are so hell bent of numbers on a scale but when you google images of fit 70kg women and unfit 70 kg women there is a big difference. You onky have a small amount to lose so I would be going by measurements not scales.0
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VintageFeline wrote: »Did you just start exercising or increase intensity? With so little to lose you are unlikely to see losses every week and water weight fluctuations can mask them for weeks on end. Throw in hormones and it will be even harder.
My deficit has only been enough for 0.5lb per week losses lately and I don't see those losses until the week of my period when I get a whoosh over several days. Totally normal.
Keep doing what you're doing for a good 6-8 weeks, then reassess.
Ive only just started back exercising after 12 months of no exercise. I've just in the last 3 weeks cleaned up my diet also. Gone from eating chips and dip to healthy raw bliss balls, full cream milk products to skim and nut milks, pastas and risotto dishes to green salads and chicken or fish. I know I don't have a lot of weight to lose but just making these changes and with exercising I thought I would see some results as I did in the last when cutting calories and exercising. Thank you for your advice. I think I'm going to up my calorie intake. Double check my weights and measurements of food first to make sure they are correct. Keep doing my exercise and just see what happens. I'm feeling healthier and fitter weather the scales are showing this or by so I'm going to keep going
What you eat doesn't matter for weight loss, calories only. Obviously for nutrition and satiety it's a different matter. And often people find keeping full fat products help with hunger. I use semi-skimmed milk purely for preference but full fat everything else. And carbs are not the enemy either, some find them an easy place to cut calories but it's not necessary.
You have just restarted exercising so you will be retaining water from that. Upping calories is never the answer to not losing weight but if there's room to eat more and you're happy to lose more slowly there's absolutely nothing wrong with that, it's certainly the route I've chosen because I like to eat!
Also important to use other metrics to track progress too, body measurements, fitness goals, the fit of clothes. I've lost maybe 14lbs this entire year but dropped at least a dress size if not more and several inches.0 -
stephanie261283 wrote: »Have you been measuring yourself?? Sometimes the scales wont move but cm will drop off. Do your clothes fit a bit better or getting a bit lose? Do you feel less jiggly and more tonned? We are so hell bent of numbers on a scale but when you google images of fit 70kg women and unfit 70 kg women there is a big difference. You onky have a small amount to lose so I would be going by measurements not scales.
Hi. Yes I've been measuring and my measurements haven't changed at all either. I do feel less jiggly but think It's all in my head lol. Yes and my fitness has increased dramatically over the last three weeks. Will just keep up the hard work and see how I go. Thanks for your reply 1 -
VintageFeline wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »Did you just start exercising or increase intensity? With so little to lose you are unlikely to see losses every week and water weight fluctuations can mask them for weeks on end. Throw in hormones and it will be even harder.
My deficit has only been enough for 0.5lb per week losses lately and I don't see those losses until the week of my period when I get a whoosh over several days. Totally normal.
Keep doing what you're doing for a good 6-8 weeks, then reassess.
Ive only just started back exercising after 12 months of no exercise. I've just in the last 3 weeks cleaned up my diet also. Gone from eating chips and dip to healthy raw bliss balls, full cream milk products to skim and nut milks, pastas and risotto dishes to green salads and chicken or fish. I know I don't have a lot of weight to lose but just making these changes and with exercising I thought I would see some results as I did in the last when cutting calories and exercising. Thank you for your advice. I think I'm going to up my calorie intake. Double check my weights and measurements of food first to make sure they are correct. Keep doing my exercise and just see what happens. I'm feeling healthier and fitter weather the scales are showing this or by so I'm going to keep going
What you eat doesn't matter for weight loss, calories only. Obviously for nutrition and satiety it's a different matter. And often people find keeping full fat products help with hunger. I use semi-skimmed milk purely for preference but full fat everything else. And carbs are not the enemy either, some find them an easy place to cut calories but it's not necessary.
You have just restarted exercising so you will be retaining water from that. Upping calories is never the answer to not losing weight but if there's room to eat more and you're happy to lose more slowly there's absolutely nothing wrong with that, it's certainly the route I've chosen because I like to eat!
Also important to use other metrics to track progress too, body measurements, fitness goals, the fit of clothes. I've lost maybe 14lbs this entire year but dropped at least a dress size if not more and several inches.
That's what I thought. Calories in bs calories out and as long as I'm creating a deficit at the end of the day o should be losing weight. I'm hopping that it's just my body holding water weight because I've just started back. I am finding it hard to stick to 1200 calories a day as you can probably see from my diary a dim happy to lose weight at a slow rate it not no weight at all lol. I do feel like my clothes are fitting looser and I am
Feeling fitter but can this eve be possible if my weight and measurements are staying the exact same?? I've roughly worked out my tdee to be1900 so as long as I eat under that and keep exercising I should start to see results soon enough right? Just takes time. Either way I am eating healthier than before 0 -
VintageFeline wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »Did you just start exercising or increase intensity? With so little to lose you are unlikely to see losses every week and water weight fluctuations can mask them for weeks on end. Throw in hormones and it will be even harder.
My deficit has only been enough for 0.5lb per week losses lately and I don't see those losses until the week of my period when I get a whoosh over several days. Totally normal.
Keep doing what you're doing for a good 6-8 weeks, then reassess.
Ive only just started back exercising after 12 months of no exercise. I've just in the last 3 weeks cleaned up my diet also. Gone from eating chips and dip to healthy raw bliss balls, full cream milk products to skim and nut milks, pastas and risotto dishes to green salads and chicken or fish. I know I don't have a lot of weight to lose but just making these changes and with exercising I thought I would see some results as I did in the last when cutting calories and exercising. Thank you for your advice. I think I'm going to up my calorie intake. Double check my weights and measurements of food first to make sure they are correct. Keep doing my exercise and just see what happens. I'm feeling healthier and fitter weather the scales are showing this or by so I'm going to keep going
What you eat doesn't matter for weight loss, calories only. Obviously for nutrition and satiety it's a different matter. And often people find keeping full fat products help with hunger. I use semi-skimmed milk purely for preference but full fat everything else. And carbs are not the enemy either, some find them an easy place to cut calories but it's not necessary.
You have just restarted exercising so you will be retaining water from that. Upping calories is never the answer to not losing weight but if there's room to eat more and you're happy to lose more slowly there's absolutely nothing wrong with that, it's certainly the route I've chosen because I like to eat!
Also important to use other metrics to track progress too, body measurements, fitness goals, the fit of clothes. I've lost maybe 14lbs this entire year but dropped at least a dress size if not more and several inches.
That's what I thought. Calories in bs calories out and as long as I'm creating a deficit at the end of the day o should be losing weight. I'm hopping that it's just my body holding water weight because I've just started back. I am finding it hard to stick to 1200 calories a day as you can probably see from my diary a dim happy to lose weight at a slow rate it not no weight at all lol. I do feel like my clothes are fitting looser and I am
Feeling fitter but can this eve be possible if my weight and measurements are staying the exact same?? I've roughly worked out my tdee to be1900 so as long as I eat under that and keep exercising I should start to see results soon enough right? Just takes time. Either way I am eating healthier than before
If you are retaining water it throw off measurements a bit too, couple that with the human nature not to be able to measure precisely in the same place every time or pull the tape measure to the exact same tension, it may be too early to see changes there too.
Honestly, just give it a little more time. As I said, with my smaller losses this year I only see a loss once a month. I'm losing the entire time it's just that scales are too simple a technology to show me it any more regularly. Even when I have a larger deficit I still only lose in whooshes, just how it goes for me and my body.
And all calculators are just best estimates, you will be able to work out what your TDEE is over time but again this requires patience and some degree of accuracy (which you seem to have nailed as well as anyone can) but yes, as long as you're under it the changes will come eventually.0 -
Thanks again for Your advice and help. You e been such a great help and have inspired me to keep Going and not give upVintageFeline wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »Did you just start exercising or increase intensity? With so little to lose you are unlikely to see losses every week and water weight fluctuations can mask them for weeks on end. Throw in hormones and it will be even harder.
My deficit has only been enough for 0.5lb per week losses lately and I don't see those losses until the week of my period when I get a whoosh over several days. Totally normal.
Keep doing what you're doing for a good 6-8 weeks, then reassess.
Ive only just started back exercising after 12 months of no exercise. I've just in the last 3 weeks cleaned up my diet also. Gone from eating chips and dip to healthy raw bliss balls, full cream milk products to skim and nut milks, pastas and risotto dishes to green salads and chicken or fish. I know I don't have a lot of weight to lose but just making these changes and with exercising I thought I would see some results as I did in the last when cutting calories and exercising. Thank you for your advice. I think I'm going to up my calorie intake. Double check my weights and measurements of food first to make sure they are correct. Keep doing my exercise and just see what happens. I'm feeling healthier and fitter weather the scales are showing this or by so I'm going to keep going
What you eat doesn't matter for weight loss, calories only. Obviously for nutrition and satiety it's a different matter. And often people find keeping full fat products help with hunger. I use semi-skimmed milk purely for preference but full fat everything else. And carbs are not the enemy either, some find them an easy place to cut calories but it's not necessary.
You have just restarted exercising so you will be retaining water from that. Upping calories is never the answer to not losing weight but if there's room to eat more and you're happy to lose more slowly there's absolutely nothing wrong with that, it's certainly the route I've chosen because I like to eat!
Also important to use other metrics to track progress too, body measurements, fitness goals, the fit of clothes. I've lost maybe 14lbs this entire year but dropped at least a dress size if not more and several inches.
That's what I thought. Calories in bs calories out and as long as I'm creating a deficit at the end of the day o should be losing weight. I'm hopping that it's just my body holding water weight because I've just started back. I am finding it hard to stick to 1200 calories a day as you can probably see from my diary a dim happy to lose weight at a slow rate it not no weight at all lol. I do feel like my clothes are fitting looser and I am
Feeling fitter but can this eve be possible if my weight and measurements are staying the exact same?? I've roughly worked out my tdee to be1900 so as long as I eat under that and keep exercising I should start to see results soon enough right? Just takes time. Either way I am eating healthier than before
If you are retaining water it throw off measurements a bit too, couple that with the human nature not to be able to measure precisely in the same place every time or pull the tape measure to the exact same tension, it may be too early to see changes there too.
Honestly, just give it a little more time. As I said, with my smaller losses this year I only see a loss once a month. I'm losing the entire time it's just that scales are too simple a technology to show me it any more regularly. Even when I have a larger deficit I still only lose in whooshes, just how it goes for me and my body.
And all calculators are just best estimates, you will be able to work out what your TDEE is over time but again this requires patience and some degree of accuracy (which you seem to have nailed as well as anyone can) but yes, as long as you're under it the changes will come eventually.
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