Struggling to loose weight
jkcal2
Posts: 25 Member
My stats...
166lb
5'4
Age 27
Hardly exercise (probably 1-2 times a week)
My job is sitting all day.
My problem I have is, back in July/Aug last year I was eating 1000 a day and loosing every week. Im now eating 1200-1300 and its taking forever to loose, and is super slow. I dont have a clue where Im going wrong. Should I be eating more calories?
166lb
5'4
Age 27
Hardly exercise (probably 1-2 times a week)
My job is sitting all day.
My problem I have is, back in July/Aug last year I was eating 1000 a day and loosing every week. Im now eating 1200-1300 and its taking forever to loose, and is super slow. I dont have a clue where Im going wrong. Should I be eating more calories?
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How are you tracking your food? Logging daily?3
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Eating more calories will make you stall or gain.
What are you classing as super slow?2 -
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cmriverside wrote: »How are you tracking your food? Logging daily?
I log it all on MFP and have a Instagram food account. X0 -
RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »Eating more calories will make you stall or gain.
What are you classing as super slow?
At the minute I have been eating 1200-1300 but mfp says I should be eating 1450 x0 -
But what are you actually losing? Why are you classing it as super slow?
You see, we've had these questions before, and a lot of the time, the problem is with the expectations.5 -
But what are you actually losing? Why are you classing it as super slow?
You see, we've had these questions before, and a lot of the time, the problem is with the expectations.
Well it will be 1lb week 1 then maintain week 2 then +1 week 3. Its just not very consistant. I weigh everything, and have one cheat meal on a saturday evening. I just dont know what else I can do. X0 -
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Can you please open you diary?2
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A few ups and downs is fine, as long as you are losing overall. Have you tried charting it to see your loss trend?
Also, If you are truly eating around 1200 calories a day, your weight should be falling off at a steady comfortable rate. Either it's just a little stall and you'll begin losing again, or you are eating more than you think.
ETA: How many calories do you eat during your Saturday "cheat meal"? That could be undoing a lot of your success.2 -
Hey everyone, my diary is open, all my friends can see it? X0
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Usually a kfc big daddy meal. Around 1400 I think it is.A few ups and downs is fine, as long as you are losing overall. Have you tried charting it to see your loss trend?
Also, If you are truly eating around 1200 calories a day, your weight should be falling off at a steady comfortable rate. Either it's just a little stall and you'll begin losing again, or you are eating more than you think.
ETA: How many calories do you eat during your Saturday "cheat meal"? That could be undoing a lot of your success.
Maybe I should limit my cheat day to 2000 calories? X
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1400 caloriee meal is more thn i get in an entire day....and i do exercise XD1
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And yes always 1200 or below. Last week I was on holiday, and tried my best to stick to plan, but the weeks before I was 100% on plan, and my weight wasn't even budgingA few ups and downs is fine, as long as you are losing overall. Have you tried charting it to see your loss trend?
Also, If you are truly eating around 1200 calories a day, your weight should be falling off at a steady comfortable rate. Either it's just a little stall and you'll begin losing again, or you are eating more than you think.
ETA: How many calories do you eat during your Saturday "cheat meal"? That could be undoing a lot of your success.0 -
And yes always 1200 or below. Last week I was on holiday, and tried my best to stick to plan, but the weeks before I was 100% on plan, and my weight wasn't even budgingA few ups and downs is fine, as long as you are losing overall. Have you tried charting it to see your loss trend?
Also, If you are truly eating around 1200 calories a day, your weight should be falling off at a steady comfortable rate. Either it's just a little stall and you'll begin losing again, or you are eating more than you think.
ETA: How many calories do you eat during your Saturday "cheat meal"? That could be undoing a lot of your success.
sounds like your not consistent/ being impatient...how long have you been back on it? With a 1400 calorie cheat meal a week and you just said you werent sticking to it last week3 -
if you use apps, try Happy Scale - shows your weight loss as a trend instead of each individual point, then you know if you're heading in the right direction.0
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Started the 1st Jan0
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Its driving me INSANE. I have a food instagram account. And so many people are telling me to up my calories per day, so I have upped to 1300 as of last night. I get so upset weighing myself on a saturday to see I havnt lost. When i was eating 1000 a day, I was seeing a loss of maybe -1lb a week, but I was SO hungry. And it didnt feel healthy. Im starting to think should I see a doctor...0
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I just see a lot of inconsistency. Success in this is about building a routine. I jockey a desk as well, but make time to walk around as much as possible or if I'm booked solid on teleconferences all day I do squats, pushups, planks at the desk.
Bottom line if you aren't losing you are not in a caloric deficit. Look over those logs carefully and ensure you weigh out everything. See if this helps.
You mentioned a cheat meal. What do you mean by this? Is this something you don't log?
Also - our bodies are biological systems and there are a load of variables we aren't paying attention to, which is why you need to monitor and stay on plan for 6 weeks minimum. Weight loss is not linear. Patience is required.1 -
I am still unable to access your diary. Are other posters able to see it and am I just looking at the wrong thing?0
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Diary is open to friends only...
Weight loss by way of calorie counting summed up: accurate and honest logging, and patience. Weighing all solid food with a scale is the key to accuracy. (If you're estimating portion sizes and you are happy with your results, then no need to change. But that's not the case...) Honesty means tracking it all. Drinks, cooking oils, condiments, AND being aware that a bite of this, taste of that: can add up. And then patience. This is not something that you 'finish' in a week or even a month.
So the key to make all that reasonable is a realistic goal. Everyone wants to lose weight fast so its common to choose the 2 pounds per week goal, get a low calorie # per day and find oneself struggling within a few weeks. It might be more realistic to aim for 1 or 1.5 pounds per week, and get a calorie goal you can handle without so much trouble.
If you feel the need for a 'cheat' meal then how about taking a day here and there to aim for maintenance calories? If you are aiming for 1.5 pounds lost per week then that is 750 calories. An extra 750 calories in a day can be a lot of food variety. Another idea is to eat 75-100 calories lower Mon-Fri and have the extra 375-500 calories to eat over the weekend. LIttle things like that can make the process sustainable for the long haul.3 -
Ps-based on your stats, and desk job without exercise: 1360 calories in would probably be about right for losing 1 pound per week.2
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I weigh everything, and I mean everything. I was disheartened for about three weeks with no loss, and was exercising... ill attach my link now0
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Note the 11.7 may not be accurate. As I weighed on my family scales abroad x0
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Thanks Staci x0
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