1200 a day and not loosing

sandlsales22 wrote: »

As it says in the title! Diary is open. Everything is weighed and accurate. No cheats, no alcohol. Female 34, 5"5. Lightly active. Plenty of walking, working mum. Weight at same time everyday. The scale hasn't budged in 8 days and I don't know what I am doing wrong. I am not eating back any calories or anything like that. So frustrated! Help!

What is your actual weight now, and how low are you aiming to get? It could be that you're already at tyour ideal weight.

Are you doing any exercise? Might be a good idea to eat a bit more, then burn some calories with a regular exercise schedule.

Muscleflex79 wrote: »

its been 8 days...give it more time

This. You're on the bare minimum calories, the losses will come.

You're eating more than 1200 calories. That's literally the only explanation. Try accounting for human error by lowering your cap to 1000.

Your actual weight loss could be masked by a temporary water weight gain if you are close to ovulation or your time of month. I always gain a few water weight pounds at those times, and it looks as if the weight stands still (or goes up!), but it all comes off in the end. If you are new to weighing yourself every day, you may not be fully aware of how your body weight fluctuates with your monthly cycle.

It's 8 days. What 8 days in your cycle is this? Are you ovulating by any chance? Due for your period soon?

Be patient. Weight loss isn't linear.

All will be well. Just sit tight and have faith in your logging.

Couple of thoughts.
- it looks like you pre-enter your meals. While this is a good strategy, are you fully accurate or perhaps missing items of significance at the end of the day?
- I'm steady on my calories but fluctuate between flat and dropping 3-4 lbs the next week
- are you drinking enough water? It can help flush excess salt and thus reduce your H2O retention.

The real formula is CICO+H2O, monthly hormone swings and salt can introduce wide swings in your water retention and scale readings.

Give yourself a couple weeks, and maybe eat some bananas (potassium)

I have been there....I started my 50 pound weight loss journey August, 2016 also with a 1200 calorie eating plan (I was so skeptical that this would work) and I am now 16 pounds from goal (no, I do not regularly exercise but will go for a short walk now and then). It took me 3 weeks to see the scale numbers start to drop (man, was I discouraged) and then they did so very slowly. Yes, I was (and still am) constantly tempted to say "why bother". I had to (still have to) keep telling myself "but what is the alternative?" and my answer was always "yep, just more weight and more distress". Initially, it was very very hard to push past my discouragement but I kept telling myself "but the research says that cutting calories (no less than 1200/day) will eventually lead to a loss of weight". If I can offer some advice it would be, "no matter how discouraged you feel just keep honestly measuring your food intake (no guessing) and religiously log your caloric intake after each meal (don't rely on memory). Leave some "snack" calories for the end of your day BUT DO NOT GO OVER YOUR 1200cal. Get that snack ready early in the evening and put it aside. Do not go back into cupboards or the refrigerator again except to get your snack. Remind yourself that you have to eat to live and that is 1200 cal per day. Just hang in there ........

1. You have to weigh everything possibe and measure liquids in a cup.
2. 8 days isn't enough time.

I'm on 1200 a day, lightly active and I'm loosing but only about a pound and a half a week. I am trying to loose 2 a week but...no luck.

I just went through this same thing last week. I was tracking everything, exercising more than before, and doing everything everyone accuses you of not doing.
I'm not sure if the cause, it could have been that I started a harder workout than before and my muscles upped my water retention. It could be that I was on my ovulation time of the month (I was), it could be that medications I had just started taking messed with my system and caused water retention, it could be that I was "backed up" (I was, sorry if TMI), and it could have been that I wasn't drinking enough water.
I say all of that to say, that sometimes it's not just a one solution answer, and I learned from others that all of these things could have been factors as well as a number of other things. As much as we know about bodies, there is no one size fits all and as much as many want to shout "calorie deficit," That isn't always the only factor (my nutritionist, personal trainer, and doctor have all confirmed this), especially if you have other medical factors.
More importantly, I tweaked a few things.
I downloaded an app to drink more water (it reminded me to drink water every 30-45 minutes). Not only did it work-I felt better within a day. I don't think I realized how little water I was getting.
With my doctor's blessing, I took a laxative. Yup. That helped, too, for obvious reasons.
I limited my sodium intake to inhibit further retention, and (shock) rested from exercise for a day.
Within a day I began losing again and lost 7.5 pounds by the end of that week.
I have also had a stall before that ended after I ate a large brunch (within guidelines) and then fasted the rest of the day. The next day my stall ended.
I don't know if this helped, but I gave it a shot.

Eat more calorie dense foods - increase your protein & fibre and eat higher calories ... 1.5lb a week is a very good weight loss, the speed of loss is dependant on how much you're wanting to lose in total - when I started losing weight (I needed to lose 165lb) I was losing about 4lb a week, nowadays I lose about 2lb a month, but I only need to lose about 10lb, it's all relative.