Not loosing and eating under calorie goal

Leahmaept
Leahmaept Posts: 2 Member
edited November 2024 in Motivation and Support
I am eating under my calorie goal -not drastically, just a little and am not feeling g deprived/hungry. What am I not loosing - very frustrated :(

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Can you provide some more information? What are your stats? How long has it been since you lost weight? What is your calorie goal and how much are you eating? How are you measuring those calories?
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    You are eating more than you think you are. Have you studied the wonderful flow chart that is posted nearly every day on threads like this? It has all the answers to this situation. <Time for someone to post the flowchart.>
  • Leahmaept
    Leahmaept Posts: 2 Member
    Thanks for the flow chart - very helpful. I log absolutely everything. No scale but many years of WW so I am good at portions. My calorie goal is 1440 and I am averaging 1200 or less. So also walking as much as I can - Fitbit tracking and doing spin class 1-2x week as well as body weight resisted exercise. It has been 4 weeks with a 5 pound lose in the first 3 weeks but nothing this week. Did get s new body weight scale since my old one would swing 20 pounds which cannot be accurate when weighing three trials.
  • astrampe
    astrampe Posts: 2,169 Member
    It's been a week....ONE WEEK! Your body does not work according to your calendar and weight loss is not linear. You lost 5 pounds in four weeks - I do not see a problem.....
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  • try2again
    try2again Posts: 3,565 Member
    So you lost 5 lbs this month and are frustrated? Okaaaay.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    You just need more realistic expectations. Weight loss isn't linear - even if you do everything perfect every day, some weeks you'll lose and some weeks you won't. You've lost 5 lbs in a month, that's kind of awesome.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Leahmaept wrote: »
    Thanks for the flow chart - very helpful. I log absolutely everything. No scale but many years of WW so I am good at portions. My calorie goal is 1440 and I am averaging 1200 or less. So also walking as much as I can - Fitbit tracking and doing spin class 1-2x week as well as body weight resisted exercise. It has been 4 weeks with a 5 pound lose in the first 3 weeks but nothing this week. Did get s new body weight scale since my old one would swing 20 pounds which cannot be accurate when weighing three trials.

    Then just be patient. Have you recently consumed more sodium or carbs than normal? Are you at or near TOM? Did you increase your exercise this week?

    But you should be eating 1200 minimum, if not your goal.
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