Help-I'm gaining and not losing

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  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    DharmainHeels wrote: »
    Also - I know this is controvertial on here - but I NEVER eat the calories I "earn" from exercise. NEVER.

    Mfp's deficit is calculated before exercise. That's why it is recommended to eat around half of those calories back.

    And there is nothing wrong with higher carbs and sugar. They won't prevent anyone from losing weight.
  • jonalicia2503
    jonalicia2503 Posts: 23 Member
    DamieBird wrote: »
    How much more do you have to lose? You've lost 42 pounds in a relatively short period of time - you might be getting to that point where fat loss just naturally slows down and then hormone fluctuations are causing the scale weight issues. It doesn't necessarily mean that you aren't still losing, just that your loss may be slowing down.

    Double check to make sure that your log entries are accurate from the database. As you get lighter, it will be more important to tighten up your logging with correct information. Roughly, over five months, you've been averaging 2 pounds/week. If you are nearer to your goal, that won't be sustainable. The deficit that you were getting eating 1310 calories 42 pounds ago is much higher than the deficit that you're getting from that intake now, so your weight loss will be slower if you're still consuming the same cals.


    Thank you for the insight. My initial weight loss goal is 50 pounds and I'm very close to it. Once I lose the 50 tho, I want to continue losing but no actual goal after that. I would love to lose 75 tho. I've been overweight almost all of my life and proud that I've lost the 42. I have actually lost a few pounds in the past few days.

    I know the calorie goal has varied over the past few months. It was once around 1200 but it increased once I lost more weight. I'll go in and check my goals and make sure everything looks about accurate. I believe it still says I'm lightly active altho I do workout more so maybe I need to change that.

    I see from other comments tho that I need to log more of the seasonings and oils. Altho I don't use much oil. I never really logged those

    Thank you again!!
  • jonalicia2503
    jonalicia2503 Posts: 23 Member
    everher wrote: »
    Are you eating anything different in the last couple of weeks regularly that could account for the weight gain? Perhaps something that is incorrect in the database?

    I've been pretty steady with my food intake and the types of food I eat. There are times I need to use what MFP shows as the calories for a specific food so I'm sure some might be off a little.
  • jonalicia2503
    jonalicia2503 Posts: 23 Member
    cerise_noir wrote: »
    DharmainHeels wrote: »
    Also - I know this is controvertial on here - but I NEVER eat the calories I "earn" from exercise. NEVER.

    Mfp's deficit is calculated before exercise. That's why it is recommended to eat around half of those calories back.

    And there is nothing wrong with higher carbs and sugar. They won't prevent anyone from losing weight.

    So we're supposed to eat into the calories we burn? I've never eaten into the calories I burn as I was afraid of over eating
  • veganbaum
    veganbaum Posts: 1,865 Member
    jonalicia514 wrote: »
    cerise_noir wrote: »
    DharmainHeels wrote: »
    Also - I know this is controvertial on here - but I NEVER eat the calories I "earn" from exercise. NEVER.
    Mfp's deficit is calculated before exercise. That's why it is recommended to eat around half of those calories back.

    And there is nothing wrong with higher carbs and sugar. They won't prevent anyone from losing weight.

    So we're supposed to eat into the calories we burn? I've never eaten into the calories I burn as I was afraid of over eating

    If you used MFP for your calorie goal, that is supposed to be before exercise, as PP mentioned. Since you mentioned upthread that maybe you should change your activity setting based on exercise, this leads me to believe you were not aware of this.

    Basically, the premise is that MFP doesn't believe someone will exercise until they actually do. So, you are supposed to choose the activity level based on your job. During the setup it will give you examples of jobs that (generally) fit each activity level. Then, when you exercise, you add that to your goal because you already have a deficit to lose weight. However, all of these numbers are estimates. Sometimes a person with a seemingly sedentary job is not actually sedentary. Sometimes the exercise burns are inaccurate for a person. So, you need to give numbers at least 4-6 weeks to see if they work for you and then adjust accordingly.
  • fitmom4lifemfp
    fitmom4lifemfp Posts: 1,572 Member
    jonalicia514 wrote: »
    Hi nutmegoreo. My daily calorie intake on the app is 1310 a day. Even if I burn calories, I don't eat into that. So say I burned 200 calories, I still eat less than the 1310 that the app tells me to eat. Right now I'm only at around 800 calories and I've already eaten dinner. I weigh daily as my doctor recommended

    I would guess that you are not counting your calories correctly.
  • fitmom4lifemfp
    fitmom4lifemfp Posts: 1,572 Member
    DharmainHeels wrote: »
    Also - I know this is controvertial on here - but I NEVER eat the calories I "earn" from exercise. NEVER.

    You have lots of company I assure you. I eat when I feel that I need to. If I do a heavy exercise day, I will naturally be more hungry, and eat accordingly. That is common sense. But to simply calculate those exercise calories burned, and eat them, when I am not even hungrier than normal, is counter-productive for me. Perhaps folks that have poor natural hunger cues need to do this.
  • try2again
    try2again Posts: 3,562 Member
    edited July 2017
    jonalicia514 wrote: »
    DamieBird wrote: »
    How much more do you have to lose? You've lost 42 pounds in a relatively short period of time - you might be getting to that point where fat loss just naturally slows down and then hormone fluctuations are causing the scale weight issues. It doesn't necessarily mean that you aren't still losing, just that your loss may be slowing down.

    Double check to make sure that your log entries are accurate from the database. As you get lighter, it will be more important to tighten up your logging with correct information. Roughly, over five months, you've been averaging 2 pounds/week. If you are nearer to your goal, that won't be sustainable. The deficit that you were getting eating 1310 calories 42 pounds ago is much higher than the deficit that you're getting from that intake now, so your weight loss will be slower if you're still consuming the same cals.


    I have actually lost a few pounds in the past few days.

    Ahhh... there you go!

    I really think you were seeing the effects of normal, slower weight loss masked by water weight fluctuations. Congratulations on the weight loss! :)
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