1 Month, No Weight Loss
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hsdean95
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I've now been tracking my calories for a month, hitting near the mark almost everyday with still no weight shed. I don't believe this is a plateau as this was my first month working at it, counting calories, and making an effort to lose weight. Any ideas why this may be happening? Anything I should try?
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How's your logging? Using your food scale for all solids? Measuring cups/spoons for all liquids? Using the recipe builder? Using accurate entries? Accurately calculating exercise calories? Logging everything that passes your lips? If not then you're likely eating more than you think. If your logging is 100% perfect then you've found your maintenance calories and need to adjust down.9
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Because you're hitting NEAR the mark ALMOST everyday. Weigh your food, hit it every day, for weeks and weeks in a row.7
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Are you eating back your exercise calories? Many trackers over estimate calories burned.5
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This blog post is blunt but insightful: http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/why-am-i-not-losing-weight/8
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Your last week has not been tracked consistently. Do you eat at restaurants a lot? There can be hidden calories or outdated information in the food you are purchasing (say, if a restaurant changes the recipe). The fluctuation of quantities served can also add to your problem.
What is your weight, and what is your goal? Is it below ideal? How much are you tracking to lose per week? The smaller the deficit, the easier it is to make errors (which is something us humans specialize in).
To account for any error, make some adjustments to your activity level (your actual activity level). Add another 15-30 min of exercise. Up your water intake. Those are a few options for you.3 -
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You are eating more than you think plain and simple.6
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I've just realised how important weighing food is. My usual muesli says how many calories there are in 30g, so I just assumed 30g was an average serving. Then I weighed it!! It's tiny, barely covers the bottom of the bowl.9
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Sometimes the scale alone isn't the best indication or weight loss/changes. Take your measurements (waist, hips, each thigh and each arm). You might be losing fat while building muscle so the pounds even out. Building muscle is a good thing though as it helps to burn fat over time. I also agree with all the other advice. A good scale is an inexpensive but wise investment. Or portion pots that can help you eat the right balance of food. Good luck. Don't give up!6
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I've just finished my first month today, doing 100k cycling a week, 1 5k run a week, and eating 1300 calories a day, haven't reduced food, just changed the food I eat to low calorie food, more vegetables, less carbs, have lost 13.5 lbs, another half a pound and I'll have lost a stone. Absolutely no eating at all after 7pm, no drinks other than water. I'm the lightest I've ever been as an adult, and my body now looks how I want it to look. Only took me 31 days. You can do it too, just have to work.11
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rosemarychamberlin wrote: »I've just realised how important weighing food is. My usual muesli says how many calories there are in 30g, so I just assumed 30g was an average serving. Then I weighed it!! It's tiny, barely covers the bottom of the bowl.
This! I can't believe how small some recommended serving sizes are! Weighing is so important.2 -
asteriskthat wrote: »rosemarychamberlin wrote: »I've just realised how important weighing food is. My usual muesli says how many calories there are in 30g, so I just assumed 30g was an average serving. Then I weighed it!! It's tiny, barely covers the bottom of the bowl.
This! I can't believe how small some recommended serving sizes are! Weighing is so important.
Also had that WTF moment first time I weighed my cereal/pasta/rice etc. It is both horrifying and eye-opening but at the same time extremely helpful particularly for calorie laden foods.3 -
skellymama1 wrote: »You are eating more than you think plain and simple.
This or burning less than you think2 -
Are you tracking elsewhere?
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What happened on this past Friday/Saturday/Sunday/Monday?
Be honest with yourself and your tracking and you will start to lose weight.1 -
Are you tracking elsewhere?
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What happened on this past Friday/Saturday/Sunday/Monday?
Be honest with yourself and your tracking and you will start to lose weight.
I just took a look at the past two weeks of the OP's food diary. Horribly inaccurate. So many missed and/or half-logged days, turkey panini and skinny enchilada entries that are the same every time and probably not created by the OP. OP, I'm not trying to be mean to you, I'm just being honest. You don't seem to be making too much of an effort tracking your food intake and you're definitely eating much more than you think. As others have stated, track honestly and accurately for at least a month; you will definitely see results.5 -
savvymommy13 wrote: »Sometimes the scale alone isn't the best indication or weight loss/changes. Take your measurements (waist, hips, each thigh and each arm). You might be losing fat while building muscle so the pounds even out. Building muscle is a good thing though as it helps to burn fat over time. I also agree with all the other advice. A good scale is an inexpensive but wise investment. Or portion pots that can help you eat the right balance of food. Good luck. Don't give up!
Muscle gain? Not in one month. OPs logging is highly inaccurate, so they really need to start logging accurately to see a difference.1 -
I spent about six months tracking calories and weighing myself once a week or so before I started focusing on cutting back. It really does take practice, but once you get a hang of it, it's very accurate and honestly feels so much easier than it should. There's lots of great advice floating around on how to make sure you're tracking accurately, but my best advice is to give yourself time to learn and be patient. Round calories in up, round calories out down, and good luck!2
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savvymommy13 wrote: »Sometimes the scale alone isn't the best indication or weight loss/changes. Take your measurements (waist, hips, each thigh and each arm). You might be losing fat while building muscle so the pounds even out. Building muscle is a good thing though as it helps to burn fat over time. I also agree with all the other advice. A good scale is an inexpensive but wise investment. Or portion pots that can help you eat the right balance of food. Good luck. Don't give up!
muscle gain in one month??? she doesn't mention being on a progressive lifting program or eating at a surplus - why on earth would you assume it is muscle gain??? even if one were to gain muscle over time (over the course of months/years, not 4 weeks) it would not be at a rate that would outpace fat loss.
as others have said, much, much, much more likely to be a logging issue.2 -
Sometimes the scale does funny things. I met or was under my cals for 5 weeks and the scale showed no loss even though I was going to the gym 3 times a week and not eating back my cals. I did my second weigh in again exactly 5 weeks from the first and now I have a loss of 10lbs. Trust the process and get a measuring tape. Seeing inches lost is just as satisfying as seeing lbs lost.1
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