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anitabullock1979
anitabullock1979 Posts: 8 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
hi ive been using this app for 4 weeks now it advised to lose 1-2lb a week to eat 1260 cals a day which i have been doing ive also been burning 400 a day in the gym and havnt lost much 1lb one day then bk on the next? i dont eat my extra cals burned in the gym is it possible im not eating enough? and thats the reason why im not losing xx

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Do you weigh all your food with scales?
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,117 Member
    What does "haven't lost much" mean? What was your weight four weeks ago? What is it now? (A lot of times we get people with unrealistic expectations saying they "aren't losing weight," and it turns out they've lost a pound or more a week.)

    Weight loss is not linear.
  • GrumpyHeadmistress
    GrumpyHeadmistress Posts: 666 Member
    anitabullock1979 wrote: »
    is it possible im not eating enough? and thats the reason why im not losing xx

    If you're not losing on 1260 eating more calories won't suddenly make you lose. Starvation mode (as we mean it here) is a myth. Much more likely that, as others have suggested, you aren't calculating your food intake properly leading you to eat more than 1260.

  • anitabullock1979
    anitabullock1979 Posts: 8 Member
    14.8 four weeks ago and 14.7 now! so to me 1lb is not much in 4 weeks
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,117 Member
    GrumpyHeadmistress wrote: »
    anitabullock1979 wrote: »
    is it possible im not eating enough? and thats the reason why im not losing xx

    If you're not losing on 1260 eating more calories won't suddenly make you lose. Starvation mode (as we mean it here) is a myth. Much more likely that, as others have suggested, you aren't calculating your food intake properly leading you to eat more than 1260.

    ^^This.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    anitabullock1979 wrote: »
    hi ive been using this app for 4 weeks now it advised to lose 1-2lb a week to eat 1260 cals a day which i have been doing ive also been burning 400 a day in the gym and havnt lost much 1lb one day then bk on the next? i dont eat my extra cals burned in the gym is it possible im not eating enough? and thats the reason why im not losing xx

    It would be great if eating more would make us lose weight, wouldn't it! But that's not how these things work. The reason you aren't losing, is more likely that you aren't really eating 1260 calories per day. You need to weigh everything before you eat, log the actual amount you eat, check every entry for errors before you log, log everything, and not cheat, leave out or forget anything. Your weight will also fluctuate naturally from day to day. Don't see those fluctuations as "proof" that calorie counting "isn't working" and an excuse to go "off plan". Make a good plan, stick to the plan, monitor your weight consistenly, and do all these things for a long time, and you lose weight. It is that simple. But not always easy. We usually want to eat more, and we can easily eat more.
  • anitabullock1979
    anitabullock1979 Posts: 8 Member
    i do weigh and count and use the barcode scanner thats why i dont understand whats happening should i be eating the extra calories burned off at the gym?
  • amietest
    amietest Posts: 57 Member
    If you are confident you are tracking food properly then I would give it another couple of weeks before seeing your doctor.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,117 Member
    Eating more is generally not the answer when you're not losing weight (exceptions include situations in which you've been constipated and eating more happens to get things moving, or situations in which your current eating strategy is somehow linked to water retention -- e.g., stress hormones triggered by undereating, electrolyte and water imbalances associated with the lower calorie eating pattern that happen to get sorted out with the higher calorie eating pattern).

    When you say you weigh and count and use the barcode scanner, does that mean that a lot of what you eat is counted or scanned without weighing? If that's the case, you might want to try weighing everything. You might be surprised.
  • anitabullock1979
    anitabullock1979 Posts: 8 Member
    if i have cerial i weigh it proply but if i use the scanner its for a weightwatcher ready meal or tinned things x
  • SLLeask
    SLLeask Posts: 489 Member
    What are your stats? Age, how tall, what do you weigh and how much are you trying to lose? Can you open your diary so those in the know can guide you. Do you weigh every single bite on a digital scale? Do you measure accurately every drop you drink, apart from water? Because if even it sounds harsh, and unless you are ill, if you are burning more than you eat (CICO) you will lose weight.
  • anitabullock1979
    anitabullock1979 Posts: 8 Member
    im doin an hour of cardio treadmill criss trainer and bike x
  • anitabullock1979
    anitabullock1979 Posts: 8 Member
    thanks for replys x
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    anitabullock1979 wrote: »
    thanks for replys x

    see OP, you didn't get any answers different to your other thread...
  • Muscleflex79
    Muscleflex79 Posts: 1,917 Member
    tiffaninghs wrote: »
    types of food matter too.. 100 grams of kale isnt gonna process in ur body like potatoes or processed starches.. look at ur foods that ur eating...mix it up. plenty of leafy greens and fresh fruit if possible.
    have u eliminated sodas?
    could u be retaining water?
    also look into a heart rate monitor. its not hard to burn 400 calories at the gym..
    are u doing the treadmil.. lifting? kickboxing? zumba?

    lol - no. disregard this stuff OP.
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