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  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    AmberSpamber wrote: »
    deannalfisher wrote: »
    someone just posted in another thread about her current experience with the 21 day fix - which was, she weighed and entered into MFP what 21 day fix told her was within a certain calorie range - and she found that it was 2-300 below the goal calorie count...if its a wide variation like that, then what is the point of the containers? you aren't eating what they are telling you you should eat

    That's nuts!!! I guess it all depends on what you're eating, but now I want to try that out for myself just to see!

    i think for me it just emphasizes that volume isn't a good way to measure food intake because it can vary so widely depending on how much/how little you pack in/settling of contents etc
  • aprilzabeth
    aprilzabeth Posts: 18 Member
    A while back I was exercising twice a day and not eating back calories, but the scale wasn't moving. Then I decided to take a break and just maintain .. I didn't work out for a week and I ate much more .. and I lost weight. Now I'm eating well and exercising once a day, sometimes those days are weight lifting, walking, or floor exercises .. and everything is just much better now. I wonder if that would work for you. I think you can do too much and your body rebels.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    aprilzabeth wrote: »
    A while back I was exercising twice a day and not eating back calories, but the scale wasn't moving. Then I decided to take a break and just maintain .. I didn't work out for a week and I ate much more .. and I lost weight. Now I'm eating well and exercising once a day, sometimes those days are weight lifting, walking, or floor exercises .. and everything is just much better now. I wonder if that would work for you. I think you can do too much and your body rebels.

    Do you think her body is "rebelling" from a routine she's had since Sunday? It hasn't even been a week yet.
  • JenMK4678
    JenMK4678 Posts: 11 Member
    aprilzabeth wrote: »
    A while back I was exercising twice a day and not eating back calories, but the scale wasn't moving. Then I decided to take a break and just maintain .. I didn't work out for a week and I ate much more .. and I lost weight. Now I'm eating well and exercising once a day, sometimes those days are weight lifting, walking, or floor exercises .. and everything is just much better now. I wonder if that would work for you. I think you can do too much and your body rebels.

    I have noticed that has happened to me in the past when I have dieted so maybe have a break for a day or two from the eating plan and still working out will "trick" my body lol.
  • try2again
    try2again Posts: 3,562 Member
    JenMK4678 wrote: »
    aprilzabeth wrote: »
    A while back I was exercising twice a day and not eating back calories, but the scale wasn't moving. Then I decided to take a break and just maintain .. I didn't work out for a week and I ate much more .. and I lost weight. Now I'm eating well and exercising once a day, sometimes those days are weight lifting, walking, or floor exercises .. and everything is just much better now. I wonder if that would work for you. I think you can do too much and your body rebels.

    I have noticed that has happened to me in the past when I have dieted so maybe have a break for a day or two from the eating plan and still working out will "trick" my body lol.

    Diet breaks are a good strategy, and you can find good threads on it in the forums, but having only started Sunday, I don't think this is your issue right now. "A day or two off" with barely a week of restricting could wipe out your deficit for the week. Make sure you have a reasonable weekly weight loss goal (probably not 2 lbs/week unless you're more than 50 lbs overweight, and maybe not even then) and stick to it for a while. Patience :)
  • birdtobe
    birdtobe Posts: 105 Member
    Another kind poster here recommended the Happy Scale app to me the other day and I have already found it really useful in showing the "trend" in my weight loss as opposed to the daily ups and downs on the scale. If you keep at it, eventually you'll see that it goes up two pounds one day, then down one, then up .5, then down 2, and on and on and on. As long as the overall trend is downward, you're going in the right direction! Good luck!

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