No weight lose with Calorie counting

andrewstrydom
andrewstrydom Posts: 8 Member
edited November 15 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi I'm living in Ghana West Africa, I weigh 150kg (330lb). I'm on a diet where I consume 1000 to 1200 calories per day for the passed 3 week now but I only lost 1kg (2.2lb). What can be wrong that I don't lose any weight?

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  • sam_ibrahim13
    sam_ibrahim13 Posts: 7 Member
    I'm no expert, I would say that seems quite a low amount of calories to be eating. Are you exercising?
  • andrewstrydom
    andrewstrydom Posts: 8 Member
    Yes, I working on construction I'm walking +- 15 000 steps a day and 20 min cycling at night.
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    How are you measuring your intake? (i.e. how do you know you're eating only 1000-1200 calories a day. Which is horribly low for someone as active as you!)
  • Shawn_in_OKC
    Shawn_in_OKC Posts: 56 Member
    You're not eating enough per day at 1200. Input your stats into myfitnesspal and eat what it tells you.
  • vikinglander
    vikinglander Posts: 1,547 Member
    Shawn_in_OKC wrote: »
    You're not eating enough per day at 1200. Input your stats into myfitnesspal and eat what it tells you.

    THIS!!!

    AND, get a food scale and weigh everything.
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    A) you lost weight
    B) If you are as active as you say then you are eating far too little.
  • andrewstrydom
    andrewstrydom Posts: 8 Member
    I use myfitnesspal to count my calories I have set it to 1500 calorie day max as I want to lose weight, I drink +- 5L of water per day as we are on the equator and it is very hot, I walk a lot and exercise at night, and don't know what to do more to lose weight. Is there someone that can help me please.
  • crzycatlady1
    crzycatlady1 Posts: 1,930 Member
    edited January 2017
    andrewstrydom wrote: »
    I use myfitnesspal to count my calories I have set it to 1500 calorie day max as I want to lose weight, I drink +- 5L of water per day as we are on the equator and it is very hot, I walk a lot and exercise at night, and don't know what to do more to lose weight. Is there someone that can help me please.

    Are you using a food scale to measure out accurate portion sizes? Are you tracking all food and drinks that have calories (including juice, coffee and tea add-ins etc).
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    andrewstrydom wrote: »
    Hi I'm living in Ghana West Africa, I weigh 150kg (330lb). I'm on a diet where I consume 1000 to 1200 calories per day for the passed 3 week now but I only lost 1kg (2.2lb). What can be wrong that I don't lose any weight?

    2.2lbs in 3 weeks isn't no weight loss...

    Do you weigh everything with scales?
  • courtneyfabulous
    courtneyfabulous Posts: 1,863 Member
    You ARE losing weight.

    Weight loss takes time and often is not steady - like 5 pounds one week, 1 pound another week, sometimes nothing or gain a pound... that's just how it goes. Be patient. Give it time.

    How much weight were you expecting to lose in only 3 weeks?
  • andrewstrydom
    andrewstrydom Posts: 8 Member
    I'm using a food scale to way out portions. I would like to lose +-5 to 10 pounds per week, but I only lost 2.2 pounds for 3 weeks.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    andrewstrydom wrote: »
    I'm using a food scale to way out portions. I would like to lose +-5 to 10 pounds per week, but I only lost 2.2 pounds for 3 weeks.

    You're being unrealistic, this isn't the biggest loser.

    Just keep going...
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    andrewstrydom wrote: »
    I'm using a food scale to way out portions. I would like to lose +-5 to 10 pounds per week, but I only lost 2.2 pounds for 3 weeks.

    5 to 10 lbs in a week is an insane goal and not at all realistic unless you have hundreds of pounds to lose.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    andrewstrydom wrote: »
    I'm using a food scale to way out portions. I would like to lose +-5 to 10 pounds per week, but I only lost 2.2 pounds for 3 weeks.

    5 to 10 lbs in a week is an insane goal and not at all realistic unless you have hundreds of pounds to lose.

    OP is 330lbs
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    5-10 pounds a week is next to impossible. 2 pounds a week is the maximum deficit MFP will give, and it won't drop you below 1500 calories (and at your size, you can probably eat even more than that).

    Can you open up your diary? If you're weighing everything you eat and still not losing to what you should, there is probably a discrepancy in the entries you're choosing.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    andrewstrydom wrote: »
    I'm using a food scale to way out portions. I would like to lose +-5 to 10 pounds per week, but I only lost 2.2 pounds for 3 weeks.

    5 to 10 lbs in a week is an insane goal and not at all realistic unless you have hundreds of pounds to lose.

    OP is 330lbs

    Ah yes, but I doubt he wants to lose all 300 of those lbs... I still think 5-10 lbs a week isn't realistic.
  • crzycatlady1
    crzycatlady1 Posts: 1,930 Member
    Op your goal per week is unrealistic. You should be aiming for around 2lbs per week starting out and then adjust this down to 1lb per week after you lose 30 or 40lbs.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,282 Member
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    andrewstrydom wrote: »
    I'm using a food scale to way out portions. I would like to lose +-5 to 10 pounds per week, but I only lost 2.2 pounds for 3 weeks.

    5 to 10 lbs in a week is an insane goal and not at all realistic unless you have hundreds of pounds to lose.

    OP is 330lbs

    Ah yes, but I doubt he wants to lose all 300 of those lbs... I still think 5-10 lbs a week isn't realistic.

    OP is a 34 year old male who weighs 150kg. I do not know his height but at average male height I would say he has about 70kg or 150lb to lose to get into a healthy weight range for young men.

    Quite a lot, I agree, and so 2lb/week is a realistic goal.

    But 5 - 10lb is not.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    At your weight and activity, you could be eating more than 2,000 calories and still lose 2 pounds per week. The fact that you aren't losing is an indication that you are recording fewer calories than what you are actually consuming. Your portion sizes are off, or you are reading the labels wrong or something.
  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    andrewstrydom wrote: »
    I'm using a food scale to way out portions. I would like to lose +-5 to 10 pounds per week, but I only lost 2.2 pounds for 3 weeks.

    The problem is not necessarily the calorie counting - it's your ridiculously unrealistic expectations.
  • BiggDaddy58
    BiggDaddy58 Posts: 406 Member
    IF you weigh 330 pounds and are eating 1200 calories a day..you will drop weight like crazy in the first few months..especially if you're exercising as well.

    Something does not equate. You should drop perhaps 20 pounds in the first 30 days IF you are doing as you say and weigh what you say.

    As I said, something does not add up..?
  • Bechler77
    Bechler77 Posts: 65 Member
    Do you have any health issues? Thyroid imbalances can really mess with your metabolism. Maybe it's time to see your doctor and have a simple test done to check your thyroid hormone levels. If everything you are saying is true, then you should be losing a fair amount of weight. However, you still lost some and that's great. Don't get discouraged, you can do this.
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