Don't feel like Im making progress

Brittbell87 · January 2017

I need some advice. I have been working extremely hard working out at the gym 5 days a week, zumba on the weekend and eating right... Sometimes. I do slip up on snacking, but its not much when I do. Any advice on what I can do to help get the weight and inches loss going? Im struggling here, i feel like Im working hard for nothing.

Ready2Rock206 · January 2017

You don't even mention the most important factor in weight loss - calories. You can exercise all day long but if you're eating too much you're not going to lose weight.

Stella3838 · January 2017

Do you weigh everything you eat?

StaciMarie1974 · January 2017

Log your food accurately & honestly. Accurately means choose correct database entries, correct quantities based on weight with a food scale. Honestly means accounting for all food, drinks, condiments, cooking oils, etc. And from there, have patience. Assuming you have more than a few 'vanity pounds' to lose, the process could take months or longer, depending on your goals.

Ps-nothing wrong with 'snacking'. Refer back to the above: log it. Somtimes prelogging the day, meals and snacks, can help fit it all in and stay in your calorie goal.

CafeRacer808 · January 2017

^^ All of the above. ^^ What are your stats (height, weight, etc), how many lbs/week did you tell MFP you'd like to lose, what's your daily calorie goal, and are you using a food scale to weigh everything you eat?

murp4069 · January 2017

I read on these forums at some point that "you can't outrun your fork." If you want to lose weight, your first focus should be on food and determining exactly how many calories you are consuming. Weigh solid food on a food scale, measure liquids with a measuring cup, and log everything as accurately as you can. If you aren't already doing this, it seems very likely that you are eating more calories than you think you are.
You don't say how long you've been at it, but if it's only been a few weeks, you may need to temper your expectations. You didn't gain the weight overnight, and you aren't going to lose it overnight either.

Brittbell87 · January 2017

Stella3838 wrote: »

Do you weigh everything you eat?

No i dont have a scale, but I probably should get one.

Brittbell87 · January 2017

Ready2Rock206 wrote: »

You don't even mention the most important factor in weight loss - calories. You can exercise all day long but if you're eating too much you're not going to lose weight.

Im under my calories by the end of the day. Someone metioned that I need to weigh my foods, but I dont have a scale so I am going to invest with one.

Ready2Rock206 · January 2017

Brittbell87 wrote: »

Ready2Rock206 wrote: »

You don't even mention the most important factor in weight loss - calories. You can exercise all day long but if you're eating too much you're not going to lose weight.

Im under my calories by the end of the day. Someone metioned that I need to weigh my foods, but I dont have a scale so I am going to invest with one.

Great! A lot of us think we're logging perfectly and then we get a food scale and oopsie! We're eating more than we thought....

DeficitDuchess · January 2017

Brittbell87 wrote: »

Ready2Rock206 wrote: »

You don't even mention the most important factor in weight loss - calories. You can exercise all day long but if you're eating too much you're not going to lose weight.

Im under my calories by the end of the day. Someone metioned that I need to weigh my foods, but I dont have a scale so I am going to invest with one.

If you don't have a food scale, you most likely aren't under your calories; the packaging's allowed to be 20% off because no 2 dishes of, food's guaranteed to be; the same weight! Possibly when Hot Pockets made, their 1st Asian Food Truck Pocket; it was 290 calories but 1 I got, after weighing it; was approximately 520!