I keep losing an gaining the same 5 pounds
rikkejanell2014
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It's been like almost a month! I keep losing an gaining the same 3-5pounds! I have been under my calories every day expect for maybe like 2 days when I went on vacation. I started my journey at 210 on Nov2016. Im Now 175. However I keep going from 174-175,177,178. Its been like this for almost a month. Im getting so annoyed. I work out 6 days a week. I eat normal food. I eat whole wheat bread. Lean meat, veggies, fruit, 100 calories snacks, crackers, zero calorie drinks or water. I have a treat meal maybe once or twice a week but I still fit it into my calorie deficit. I don't go crazy with my treat meals. If get wings I skip the fries. If i eat pizza i get thin crust with just cheese. Again it fits into my deficit. I do cardio burning about 400-500 each work out. I also do like 20 minutes of weights. I don't believe in low carb. According to mfp my carb intake is fine and is always under. Why is this happening?
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Weight is VERY strange. I've stopped going by a scale (to a extent) to tell me how I "look". I go by my energy levels and how I look in the mirror. I play around the same weight and actually have lost 10lbs when trying to GAIN [I have to eat extreme amounts of food] but I am actually stronger and look bigger than when I weighed 10 pounds heavier. Water weight... how you weigh yourself (being in the morning after going to the bathroom).. if you weigh yourself with clothes on.. if you weigh yourself after meals or the same time every day.
Don't beat yourself up about it. Go how you feel and look!3 -
Sodium and time of the month can cause water retention that can mask losses. Are you certain about your deficit?1
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You may have hit a plateaus, and you may be experiencing adaptive thermogenesis. 1200 calories is likely not enough if you are working out 6 days a week. It took me a while to understand this, and a coach, but, eating more will actually take you out of starvation mode. When I started to increase my calories, it took me about a month to level off before I started to lose weight. Weight loss is slower, but, my body compensation is completely different. I have a lot more muscle and a lot less fat. I have energy and I look better.2
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celeryforbreakfast wrote: »You may have hit a plateaus, and you may be experiencing adaptive thermogenesis. 1200 calories is likely not enough if you are working out 6 days a week. It took me a while to understand this, and a coach, but, eating more will actually take you out of starvation mode. When I started to increase my calories, it took me about a month to level off before I started to lose weight. Weight loss is slower, but, my body compensation is completely different. I have a lot more muscle and a lot less fat. I have energy and I look better.
Moved mine to 1400 a few months ago0 -
rikkejanell2014 wrote: »It's been like almost a month! I keep losing an gaining the same 3-5pounds! I have been under my calories every day expect for maybe like 2 days when I went on vacation. I started my journey at 210 on Nov2016. Im Now 175. However I keep going from 174-175,177,178. Its been like this for almost a month. Im getting so annoyed. I work out 6 days a week. I eat normal food. I eat whole wheat bread. Lean meat, veggies, fruit, 100 calories snacks, crackers, zero calorie drinks or water. I have a treat meal maybe once or twice a week but I still fit it into my calorie deficit. I don't go crazy with my treat meals. If get wings I skip the fries. If i eat pizza i get thin crust with just cheese. Again it fits into my deficit. I do cardio burning about 400-500 each work out. I also do like 20 minutes of weights. I don't believe in low carb. According to mfp my carb intake is fine and is always under. Why is this happening?
If you have been losing and gaining the same three pounds, you are not eating at a deficit. You are underestimating your calorie intake and/or overestimating your calories burned. This is pretty common when learning how to diet in a sustainable way.
Food type has nothing to do with weight loss, though we might feel better with certain types of food. Neither does exercise, though it helps to create more of a deficit.
Do you weigh all your food? Log every single thing you ingest, including sugar drinks, condiments, oil you cook with?
Do you eat your exercise calories back? If so, where do you get those burns from? In fact, you should only log calorie burns for steady-state cardio and not weight lifting, because it's too difficult to figure out calories for weight lifting.
What is your activity level set at?2 -
celeryforbreakfast wrote: »You may have hit a plateaus, and you may be experiencing adaptive thermogenesis. 1200 calories is likely not enough if you are working out 6 days a week. It took me a while to understand this, and a coach, but, eating more will actually take you out of starvation mode. When I started to increase my calories, it took me about a month to level off before I started to lose weight. Weight loss is slower, but, my body compensation is completely different. I have a lot more muscle and a lot less fat. I have energy and I look better.
Nope, not this early in the game.0 -
rikkejanell2014 wrote: »It's been like almost a month! I keep losing an gaining the same 3-5pounds! I have been under my calories every day expect for maybe like 2 days when I went on vacation. I started my journey at 210 on Nov2016. Im Now 175. However I keep going from 174-175,177,178. Its been like this for almost a month. Im getting so annoyed. I work out 6 days a week. I eat normal food. I eat whole wheat bread. Lean meat, veggies, fruit, 100 calories snacks, crackers, zero calorie drinks or water. I have a treat meal maybe once or twice a week but I still fit it into my calorie deficit. I don't go crazy with my treat meals. If get wings I skip the fries. If i eat pizza i get thin crust with just cheese. Again it fits into my deficit. I do cardio burning about 400-500 each work out. I also do like 20 minutes of weights. I don't believe in low carb. According to mfp my carb intake is fine and is always under. Why is this happening?
If you have been losing and gaining the same three pounds, you are not eating at a deficit. You are underestimating your calorie intake and/or overestimating your calories burned. This is pretty common when learning how to diet in a sustainable way.
Food type has nothing to do with weight loss, though we might feel better with certain types of food. Neither does exercise, though it helps to create more of a deficit.
Do you weigh all your food? Log every single thing you ingest, including sugar drinks, condiments, oil you cook with?
Do you eat your exercise calories back? If so, where do you get those burns from? In fact, you should only log calorie burns for steady-state cardio and not weight lifting, because it's too difficult to figure out calories for weight lifting.
What is your activity level set at?
Or she could just be at that point in her cycle where she retains and is still retaining from the New York trip. I'm pretty sure this has been explained to OP before but oh well.7 -
VintageFeline wrote: »rikkejanell2014 wrote: »It's been like almost a month! I keep losing an gaining the same 3-5pounds! I have been under my calories every day expect for maybe like 2 days when I went on vacation. I started my journey at 210 on Nov2016. Im Now 175. However I keep going from 174-175,177,178. Its been like this for almost a month. Im getting so annoyed. I work out 6 days a week. I eat normal food. I eat whole wheat bread. Lean meat, veggies, fruit, 100 calories snacks, crackers, zero calorie drinks or water. I have a treat meal maybe once or twice a week but I still fit it into my calorie deficit. I don't go crazy with my treat meals. If get wings I skip the fries. If i eat pizza i get thin crust with just cheese. Again it fits into my deficit. I do cardio burning about 400-500 each work out. I also do like 20 minutes of weights. I don't believe in low carb. According to mfp my carb intake is fine and is always under. Why is this happening?
If you have been losing and gaining the same three pounds, you are not eating at a deficit. You are underestimating your calorie intake and/or overestimating your calories burned. This is pretty common when learning how to diet in a sustainable way.
Food type has nothing to do with weight loss, though we might feel better with certain types of food. Neither does exercise, though it helps to create more of a deficit.
Do you weigh all your food? Log every single thing you ingest, including sugar drinks, condiments, oil you cook with?
Do you eat your exercise calories back? If so, where do you get those burns from? In fact, you should only log calorie burns for steady-state cardio and not weight lifting, because it's too difficult to figure out calories for weight lifting.
What is your activity level set at?
Or she could just be at that point in her cycle where she retains and is still retaining from the New York trip. I'm pretty sure this has been explained to OP before but oh well.
And it looks like she still hasn't bought a food scale, either.6 -
VintageFeline wrote: »rikkejanell2014 wrote: »It's been like almost a month! I keep losing an gaining the same 3-5pounds! I have been under my calories every day expect for maybe like 2 days when I went on vacation. I started my journey at 210 on Nov2016. Im Now 175. However I keep going from 174-175,177,178. Its been like this for almost a month. Im getting so annoyed. I work out 6 days a week. I eat normal food. I eat whole wheat bread. Lean meat, veggies, fruit, 100 calories snacks, crackers, zero calorie drinks or water. I have a treat meal maybe once or twice a week but I still fit it into my calorie deficit. I don't go crazy with my treat meals. If get wings I skip the fries. If i eat pizza i get thin crust with just cheese. Again it fits into my deficit. I do cardio burning about 400-500 each work out. I also do like 20 minutes of weights. I don't believe in low carb. According to mfp my carb intake is fine and is always under. Why is this happening?
If you have been losing and gaining the same three pounds, you are not eating at a deficit. You are underestimating your calorie intake and/or overestimating your calories burned. This is pretty common when learning how to diet in a sustainable way.
Food type has nothing to do with weight loss, though we might feel better with certain types of food. Neither does exercise, though it helps to create more of a deficit.
Do you weigh all your food? Log every single thing you ingest, including sugar drinks, condiments, oil you cook with?
Do you eat your exercise calories back? If so, where do you get those burns from? In fact, you should only log calorie burns for steady-state cardio and not weight lifting, because it's too difficult to figure out calories for weight lifting.
What is your activity level set at?
Or she could just be at that point in her cycle where she retains and is still retaining from the New York trip. I'm pretty sure this has been explained to OP before but oh well.
Yep, this too.
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quiksylver296 wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »rikkejanell2014 wrote: »It's been like almost a month! I keep losing an gaining the same 3-5pounds! I have been under my calories every day expect for maybe like 2 days when I went on vacation. I started my journey at 210 on Nov2016. Im Now 175. However I keep going from 174-175,177,178. Its been like this for almost a month. Im getting so annoyed. I work out 6 days a week. I eat normal food. I eat whole wheat bread. Lean meat, veggies, fruit, 100 calories snacks, crackers, zero calorie drinks or water. I have a treat meal maybe once or twice a week but I still fit it into my calorie deficit. I don't go crazy with my treat meals. If get wings I skip the fries. If i eat pizza i get thin crust with just cheese. Again it fits into my deficit. I do cardio burning about 400-500 each work out. I also do like 20 minutes of weights. I don't believe in low carb. According to mfp my carb intake is fine and is always under. Why is this happening?
If you have been losing and gaining the same three pounds, you are not eating at a deficit. You are underestimating your calorie intake and/or overestimating your calories burned. This is pretty common when learning how to diet in a sustainable way.
Food type has nothing to do with weight loss, though we might feel better with certain types of food. Neither does exercise, though it helps to create more of a deficit.
Do you weigh all your food? Log every single thing you ingest, including sugar drinks, condiments, oil you cook with?
Do you eat your exercise calories back? If so, where do you get those burns from? In fact, you should only log calorie burns for steady-state cardio and not weight lifting, because it's too difficult to figure out calories for weight lifting.
What is your activity level set at?
Or she could just be at that point in her cycle where she retains and is still retaining from the New York trip. I'm pretty sure this has been explained to OP before but oh well.
And it looks like she still hasn't bought a food scale, either.
And this.3 -
How about your measurements? depending on your height 5 lb is enough to show up on the waist, hips, thighs.. if they don't change, then i say don't worry about it.0
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quiksylver296 wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »rikkejanell2014 wrote: »It's been like almost a month! I keep losing an gaining the same 3-5pounds! I have been under my calories every day expect for maybe like 2 days when I went on vacation. I started my journey at 210 on Nov2016. Im Now 175. However I keep going from 174-175,177,178. Its been like this for almost a month. Im getting so annoyed. I work out 6 days a week. I eat normal food. I eat whole wheat bread. Lean meat, veggies, fruit, 100 calories snacks, crackers, zero calorie drinks or water. I have a treat meal maybe once or twice a week but I still fit it into my calorie deficit. I don't go crazy with my treat meals. If get wings I skip the fries. If i eat pizza i get thin crust with just cheese. Again it fits into my deficit. I do cardio burning about 400-500 each work out. I also do like 20 minutes of weights. I don't believe in low carb. According to mfp my carb intake is fine and is always under. Why is this happening?
If you have been losing and gaining the same three pounds, you are not eating at a deficit. You are underestimating your calorie intake and/or overestimating your calories burned. This is pretty common when learning how to diet in a sustainable way.
Food type has nothing to do with weight loss, though we might feel better with certain types of food. Neither does exercise, though it helps to create more of a deficit.
Do you weigh all your food? Log every single thing you ingest, including sugar drinks, condiments, oil you cook with?
Do you eat your exercise calories back? If so, where do you get those burns from? In fact, you should only log calorie burns for steady-state cardio and not weight lifting, because it's too difficult to figure out calories for weight lifting.
What is your activity level set at?
Or she could just be at that point in her cycle where she retains and is still retaining from the New York trip. I'm pretty sure this has been explained to OP before but oh well.
And it looks like she still hasn't bought a food scale, either.
Where did u get that? I have a scale smh0 -
rikkejanell2014 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »rikkejanell2014 wrote: »It's been like almost a month! I keep losing an gaining the same 3-5pounds! I have been under my calories every day expect for maybe like 2 days when I went on vacation. I started my journey at 210 on Nov2016. Im Now 175. However I keep going from 174-175,177,178. Its been like this for almost a month. Im getting so annoyed. I work out 6 days a week. I eat normal food. I eat whole wheat bread. Lean meat, veggies, fruit, 100 calories snacks, crackers, zero calorie drinks or water. I have a treat meal maybe once or twice a week but I still fit it into my calorie deficit. I don't go crazy with my treat meals. If get wings I skip the fries. If i eat pizza i get thin crust with just cheese. Again it fits into my deficit. I do cardio burning about 400-500 each work out. I also do like 20 minutes of weights. I don't believe in low carb. According to mfp my carb intake is fine and is always under. Why is this happening?
If you have been losing and gaining the same three pounds, you are not eating at a deficit. You are underestimating your calorie intake and/or overestimating your calories burned. This is pretty common when learning how to diet in a sustainable way.
Food type has nothing to do with weight loss, though we might feel better with certain types of food. Neither does exercise, though it helps to create more of a deficit.
Do you weigh all your food? Log every single thing you ingest, including sugar drinks, condiments, oil you cook with?
Do you eat your exercise calories back? If so, where do you get those burns from? In fact, you should only log calorie burns for steady-state cardio and not weight lifting, because it's too difficult to figure out calories for weight lifting.
What is your activity level set at?
Or she could just be at that point in her cycle where she retains and is still retaining from the New York trip. I'm pretty sure this has been explained to OP before but oh well.
And it looks like she still hasn't bought a food scale, either.
Where did u get that? I have a scale smh
Then I'd start by using it.4 -
Congrats on your weight loss I want to take a moment to state the fact you lost 35 pounds in 4 months is great! 210-175 is terrific.
I second the other comment about taking measurements and also about it could be from your trip to New York you had before.
I know if I eat food that is high in sodium it tends to stay on me for more than a week sometimes. I'm in the same pattern where I go from 155-158 for the past month. However, I'm seeing some small little definition in my body.
I know with weight loss coming off so well and fast it's kinda difficult when you noticed it's not coming off as fast.
You got this Op! I feel like your workout routine sounds good. Stay patient
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I just want to say congratulations on your weight loss! As for the snark, ignore it, some people just aren't happy if they can't find something to be nasty about.7
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Try a change of routine. The body becomes accustomed to the same exercise, & becomes more efficient & therefore burns less calories when performing the same exercise. So if your normal cardio is running, try cycling or swimming. Try something your body is not accustomed to.2
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landerson574 wrote: »I just want to say congratulations on your weight loss! As for the snark, ignore it, some people just aren't happy if they can't find something to be nasty about.
Where are people being nasty on here? :huh:6 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »landerson574 wrote: »I just want to say congratulations on your weight loss! As for the snark, ignore it, some people just aren't happy if they can't find something to be nasty about.
Where are people being nasty on here? :huh:
I suspect "blunt" equals "nasty."5 -
The "then I'd start by using it" comment seemed pretty nasty to me. Maybe not, maybe the poster was truly trying to be helpful, but it I'm not sure how the poster knew if the OP was using a scale or not.3
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Take your measurements and just keep trucking. In a month, re-measure. Don't sweat the scale for a while.0
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landerson574 wrote: »The "then I'd start by using it" comment seemed pretty nasty to me. Maybe not, maybe the poster was truly trying to be helpful, but it I'm not sure how the poster knew if the OP was using a scale or not.
Through previous posts by this same OP.
Question - did OP say she "had a food scale" or "used a food scale?"3 -
If you are going to eat outside food such as pizza or wings, it will be almost impossible to quantify your calories. The wing sauce may have sugar. So may sauce on a pizza.1
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If you are going to eat outside food such as pizza or wings, it will be almost impossible to quantify your calories. The wing sauce may have sugar. So may sauce on a pizza.
If it's from a chain large enough to publish calorie counts, the sugar (and any other ingredient) will be accounted for in the nutritional information.2 -
landerson574 wrote: »The "then I'd start by using it" comment seemed pretty nasty to me. Maybe not, maybe the poster was truly trying to be helpful, but it I'm not sure how the poster knew if the OP was using a scale or not.
Not reading tone on text goes a long way.3 -
just thought i would share my experience. Im working with a coach and he has stated many times that scale weight is just a tool. I go for 3 -4 week check ins and this time i gained 1 pound while decreasing body fat by 1%.. which is now @ 14 %...tbh my diet wasn't that great due to events and trips etc.. but it just goes to show weight isn't everything.
I measure my success in body fat %, how i look, and how my clothes fit2 -
rikkejanell2014 wrote: »
How can you say that you're certain of your deficit when a week ago you spent 4 days in New York, eating whatever you wanted and not tracking?
That's more than likely enough to regain a couple of pounds, so it's hardly a mystery. You're probably still even retaining fluid.5 -
Welcome to maintenance. Might be as easy as cutting a 100 calorie snack 1
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quiksylver296 wrote: »rikkejanell2014 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »rikkejanell2014 wrote: »It's been like almost a month! I keep losing an gaining the same 3-5pounds! I have been under my calories every day expect for maybe like 2 days when I went on vacation. I started my journey at 210 on Nov2016. Im Now 175. However I keep going from 174-175,177,178. Its been like this for almost a month. Im getting so annoyed. I work out 6 days a week. I eat normal food. I eat whole wheat bread. Lean meat, veggies, fruit, 100 calories snacks, crackers, zero calorie drinks or water. I have a treat meal maybe once or twice a week but I still fit it into my calorie deficit. I don't go crazy with my treat meals. If get wings I skip the fries. If i eat pizza i get thin crust with just cheese. Again it fits into my deficit. I do cardio burning about 400-500 each work out. I also do like 20 minutes of weights. I don't believe in low carb. According to mfp my carb intake is fine and is always under. Why is this happening?
If you have been losing and gaining the same three pounds, you are not eating at a deficit. You are underestimating your calorie intake and/or overestimating your calories burned. This is pretty common when learning how to diet in a sustainable way.
Food type has nothing to do with weight loss, though we might feel better with certain types of food. Neither does exercise, though it helps to create more of a deficit.
Do you weigh all your food? Log every single thing you ingest, including sugar drinks, condiments, oil you cook with?
Do you eat your exercise calories back? If so, where do you get those burns from? In fact, you should only log calorie burns for steady-state cardio and not weight lifting, because it's too difficult to figure out calories for weight lifting.
What is your activity level set at?
Or she could just be at that point in her cycle where she retains and is still retaining from the New York trip. I'm pretty sure this has been explained to OP before but oh well.
And it looks like she still hasn't bought a food scale, either.
Where did u get that? I have a scale smh
Then I'd start by using it.
I do0 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »landerson574 wrote: »The "then I'd start by using it" comment seemed pretty nasty to me. Maybe not, maybe the poster was truly trying to be helpful, but it I'm not sure how the poster knew if the OP was using a scale or not.
Not reading tone on text goes a long way.
Yes very. Not nice0
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