Why am I not losing weight?
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Guys thanks for the responses. I am eating 2300 calories a day now. But, I have plateaued long ago since May. No, I am not on an Atkins diet.0
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wally2wiki wrote: »Guys thanks for the responses. I am eating 2300 calories a day now. But, I have plateaued long ago since May. No, I am not on an Atkins diet.
How are you determining the 2300 calories? A food scale? Measuring cups? Eyeballing portions?5 -
I am 30 and 6'10
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wally2wiki wrote: »Guys thanks for the responses. I am eating 2300 calories a day now. But, I have plateaued long ago since May. No, I am not on an Atkins diet.
Then the next- and only important- question is, how are you tracking your calories?4 -
Well, I plan out my diet. I calculate my daily intake to about 2300/day. I eat "roughly" the same meals every day- and same amount--but I don't calorie count anymore.
By eating the same meals and amount every day--I track my calories.1 -
Nope, nope, nope. Absolutely not necessary.lindak1961 wrote: »cut out the potatoes and the oatmeal, in other words no starches. Set your macros to 10% carb, 50% fat and 40% protein. Also, go to a keto friendly FB group. trust me...try this for 2 weeks and get back to me. I think you will find that this will work well for you.
Carbs don't cause one to maintain or gain; thus is a calories game.
Keto isn't magic.
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wally2wiki wrote: »Well, I plan out my diet. I calculate my daily intake to about 2300/day. I eat "roughly" the same meals every day- and same amount--but I don't calorie count anymore.
By eating the same meals and amount every day--I track my calories.
So you're eyeballing and guesstimating. You've increased activity and without accurately logging you've probably got a lot of calorie creep happening.
Long story short, you're eating a lot more than you think. Get a food scale. Use it. Log your food every day. Guarantee you'll start losing again.22 -
lindak1961 wrote: »cut out the potatoes and the oatmeal, in other words no starches. Set your macros to 10% carb, 50% fat and 40% protein. Also, go to a keto friendly FB group. trust me...try this for 2 weeks and get back to me. I think you will find that this will work well for you.
nope, nope, nope..
you can eat starches and lose weight..you can eliminate starches and gain weight..
what matters is being in a calorie deficit.8 -
wally2wiki wrote: »Well, I plan out my diet. I calculate my daily intake to about 2300/day. I eat "roughly" the same meals every day- and same amount--but I don't calorie count anymore.
By eating the same meals and amount every day--I track my calories.
Yep. That would be the problem.
I have been at the same weight for a year after having lost about 35 lbs. I knew I had gotten sloppy with my logging, and inconsistent when it came to hitting my calorie goal. The last few weeks I've committed to *total* accuracy in my logging. Every gram of every single bite every day. No more rounding, or "roughly" estimating my intake. Scale's moving again.15 -
I checked many BMR and maintenance calculators online and your BMR is 2380-2690 calories and maintenance is about 3500 as a sedentary person. Do you guys really think that he is overestimating his calories of a full 1000?
I personally don't weigh my foods anymore and base myself off of Tupperware volumes and cups/tablespoons and am losing weight but I'm aiming for under my BMR. If I did hit a plateau... I would go back to weighing once I put it on my plate, just to see if I was overestimating in the first place. If you do not want to weigh your foods forever, at least do this for a few days just to see if it's the problem.1 -
Yes, because he is 300+ pounds and not lost weight in 2+ months. In one reply Wally indicates he is no longer logging, just eating what he usually eats and based on that - decided its 2300 calories.
Not logging, assuming one is eating 2300 translation: one has no idea how many calories are being consumed.
Solution: accurately & honestly log all calories consumed, using a food scale for solids, for 6-8 weeks and report back.I checked many BMR and maintenance calculators online and your BMR is 2380-2690 calories and maintenance is about 3500 as a sedentary person. Do you guys really think that he is overestimating his calories of a full 1000?
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I checked many BMR and maintenance calculators online and your BMR is 2380-2690 calories and maintenance is about 3500 as a sedentary person. Do you guys really think that he is overestimating his calories of a full 1000?
I personally don't weigh my foods anymore and base myself off of Tupperware volumes and cups/tablespoons and am losing weight but I'm aiming for under my BMR. If I did hit a plateau... I would go back to weighing once I put it on my plate, just to see if I was overestimating in the first place. If you do not want to weigh your foods forever, at least do this for a few days just to see if it's the problem.
It took 9 months to lose 25lbs. I'd say the guesses have been way off from the start because at 330lbs it's relatively easy to get into a deficit. And at 3lbs per month losses, there was less than a 500 calorie per day deficit. It's really really easy to creep up those 400 calories when your intake is already around around 3000 calories per day. That's a serving of chips and a splash of oil/dressing/mayo too much. A slightly bigger than it should be serving of cheese. A large soda. Not so hard to add 400 calories to your day unwittingly.12 -
tinkerbellang83 wrote: »DharmainHeels wrote: »lindak1961 wrote: »cut out the potatoes and the oatmeal, in other words no starches. Set your macros to 10% carb, 50% fat and 40% protein. Also, go to a keto friendly FB group. trust me...try this for 2 weeks and get back to me. I think you will find that this will work well for you.
This. I did not lose weight for years and I was doing everything "right". Cut out carbs and sugar - bam - 15 lbs in a month!
You will lose a lot of water weight initially by cutting carbs but that still doesn't solve anything in the long term. It is more likely that you weren't doing everything "right"
Well thank god all of that water was in my butt!!!!
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VintageFeline wrote: »I checked many BMR and maintenance calculators online and your BMR is 2380-2690 calories and maintenance is about 3500 as a sedentary person. Do you guys really think that he is overestimating his calories of a full 1000?
I personally don't weigh my foods anymore and base myself off of Tupperware volumes and cups/tablespoons and am losing weight but I'm aiming for under my BMR. If I did hit a plateau... I would go back to weighing once I put it on my plate, just to see if I was overestimating in the first place. If you do not want to weigh your foods forever, at least do this for a few days just to see if it's the problem.
It took 9 months to lose 25lbs. I'd say the guesses have been way off from the start
This was my thought, too. And speaking for myself, when I was used to eating way too much food, I wasn't the best judge of portion sizes.
But still, OP, you've done a great job! Maybe just time to take it to the next level
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VintageFeline wrote: »I checked many BMR and maintenance calculators online and your BMR is 2380-2690 calories and maintenance is about 3500 as a sedentary person. Do you guys really think that he is overestimating his calories of a full 1000?
I personally don't weigh my foods anymore and base myself off of Tupperware volumes and cups/tablespoons and am losing weight but I'm aiming for under my BMR. If I did hit a plateau... I would go back to weighing once I put it on my plate, just to see if I was overestimating in the first place. If you do not want to weigh your foods forever, at least do this for a few days just to see if it's the problem.
It took 9 months to lose 25lbs. I'd say the guesses have been way off from the start because at 330lbs it's relatively easy to get into a deficit. And at 3lbs per month losses, there was less than a 500 calorie per day deficit. It's really really easy to creep up those 400 calories when your intake is already around around 3000 calories per day. That's a serving of chips and a splash of oil/dressing/mayo too much. A slightly bigger than it should be serving of cheese. A large soda. Not so hard to add 400 calories to your day unwittingly.
I completely failed to even consider that first part! Yes, very true, I guess I believed the fact that he was weighing everything at the beginning but it may have only been for a month or two?1 -
paulwatts747 wrote: »Maybe the OP is considering the Atkins diet, a diet of nothing but protein and water. Apparently it works, if you can manage to endure it for any period of time, but the consequences of consuming nothing but protein might be a bit difficult to live with. Running a calorie deficit definitely sounds more sustainable.
Atkins is not nothing but protein and water. Some people may eat practically that way on a Very Low Carb Diet (VLCD)/carnivore diet, or perhaps a very extreme ketogenic diet. Neither is Atkins, either. What the Atkins diet is, is the only diet I know people have misunderstood and mischaracterized for 45 years and counting.0 -
Hey guys I found this great article on weight loss plateau.
Check it out : https://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm
Here is an excerpt:
The Weight Loss Plateau
Over time our bodies adapt to the lowered calorie level.
Our body becomes more efficient at using energy (lowered metabolism), and therefore burns less fat. This is why most of us reach a weight loss plateau.
At this point, the only option is to boost metabolism:
increased cardio,
weight training,
'cheat' meals (i.e. occasional high-calorie meals),
cycling (or zig-zagging) calories,
even manipulating macro-nutrient ratios can all help to do this (don't forget adequate sleep and hydration).
You often find that the nearer you get to your goal weight (or body fat percentage) - the harder things get!
Continually dropping calories only serves to lower metabolism even further - the moment you return to 'normal' eating - the weight comes back on.29 -
wally2wiki wrote: »Hey guys I found this great article on weight loss plateau.
Check it out : https://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm
Here is an excerpt:
The Weight Loss Plateau
Over time our bodies adapt to the lowered calorie level.
Our body becomes more efficient at using energy (lowered metabolism), and therefore burns less fat. This is why most of us reach a weight loss plateau.
At this point, the only option is to boost metabolism:
increased cardio,
weight training,
'cheat' meals (i.e. occasional high-calorie meals),
cycling (or zig-zagging) calories,
even manipulating macro-nutrient ratios can all help to do this (don't forget adequate sleep and hydration).
You often find that the nearer you get to your goal weight (or body fat percentage) - the harder things get!
Continually dropping calories only serves to lower metabolism even further - the moment you return to 'normal' eating - the weight comes back on.
What you're talking about is adaptive thermogenesis and some of these things can help negate that a little HOWEVER I don't think this is what you are seeing, I think you are eating at maintenance, sure go ahead and calorie cycle and have a weekly deficit rather than a daily one (I do this because it fits with my lifestyle) BUT you still need to start measuring your food accurately. Chances are you're underestimating your food and over estimating your burns, get some scales and measures, start weighing and logging everything from scratch, even condiments and beverages and only eat back a percentage of your exercise calories (until your rate of loss matches your goals). You should hopefully start seeing some movement again. Good luck x7 -
wally2wiki wrote: »Hey guys I found this great article on weight loss plateau.
Check it out : https://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm
Here is an excerpt:
The Weight Loss Plateau
Over time our bodies adapt to the lowered calorie level.
Our body becomes more efficient at using energy (lowered metabolism), and therefore burns less fat. This is why most of us reach a weight loss plateau.
At this point, the only option is to boost metabolism:
increased cardio,
weight training,
'cheat' meals (i.e. occasional high-calorie meals),
cycling (or zig-zagging) calories,
even manipulating macro-nutrient ratios can all help to do this (don't forget adequate sleep and hydration).
You often find that the nearer you get to your goal weight (or body fat percentage) - the harder things get!
Continually dropping calories only serves to lower metabolism even further - the moment you return to 'normal' eating - the weight comes back on.
Most likely utterly irrelevant in your case.
Start tracking your food, including weighing everything you can and measuring (spoons/cups) the rest.10
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