Any suggestion for weight loss?
RaikamalMukherjee1201
Posts: 20 Member
My 3rd here,I am intaking less or equal calories as given here but I am used to this ,I always intake<1300 calories ,so if I continue this I don't think I am going to loss weight
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What are your stats? 1300 is pretty low, so most will lose on that number provided they're logging accurately.1
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Are you asking about my height and weight?0
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RaikamalMukherjee1201 wrote: »Are you asking about my height and weight?
yes..
and do you use a food scale to weight out your food portions?0 -
My height 173cm and weight 69kg ,I always intake less than 1300cal but not lossing weight0
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Are you weighing food/ingrediants prior to eating? Are you eating Indian food - if so need to remember that traditional Indian meals are often laden in calories & you might be eating 1300 calories in a single meal without realising.1
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RaikamalMukherjee1201 wrote: »My height 173cm and weight 69kg ,I always intake less than 1300cal but not lossing weight
do you use a food scale to weigh out portions? More than likely you are not estimating correctly and are eating more than 1300 calories.2 -
Open your diary and people could catch a mistake you are making.1
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If I'm mathing correctly, you are 5'6 and 152 lbs. So you must not be trying to lose much weight. Some suggestions:
- Set your goal to 1 lb per week at most, any more is too aggressive.
- Get a food scale and use it as often as possible. Using cups and spoons or eyeballing portions makes it very easy to underestimate what you are eating.
- Log everything accurately and consistently, eating the calories MFP gave you.
- Be patient - you won't lose weight every week, even if you are perfect. And as a woman, water weight fluctuations can easily mask fat loss on the scale from one week to the next.
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RaikamalMukherjee1201 wrote: »My height 173cm and weight 69kg ,I always intake less than 1300cal but not lossing weight
I put your statistics into a TDEE calculator (an estimate of your maintenance calories): http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
I didn't have your age or activity level (with exercise) so I guessed with .........25 YO - Sedentary
Maintenance estimate is 1818 calories. That means taking in 1318 calories (and adding no exercise)....you would lose 1 pound a week (.45 kg)
Double check your data base selections (some are wrong).......weigh as many solid foods as possible. Log every bite, every lick, every taste.1 -
How long have you been eating at 1300 without losing weight? Are you weighing your foods so that you are sure it's 1300? How active are you?
Watch out for fats used in cooking such as oil and ghee... these can easily add up without you realizing it. Also other calorie dense foods such as cheese.1 -
If I'm mathing correctly, you are 5'6 and 152 lbs. So you must not be trying to lose much weight. Some suggestions:
- Set your goal to 1 lb per week at most, any more is too aggressive.
- Get a food scale and use it as often as possible. Using cups and spoons or eyeballing portions makes it very easy to underestimate what you are eating.
- Log everything accurately and consistently, eating the calories MFP gave you.
- Be patient - you won't lose weight every week, even if you are perfect. And as a woman, water weight fluctuations can easily mask fat loss on the scale from one week to the next.
173cm means 5'8" and I use cups and spoons too ,but didn't loss any weight0 -
rheddmobile wrote: »How long have you been eating at 1300 without losing weight? Are you weighing your foods so that you are sure it's 1300? How active are you?
Watch out for fats used in cooking such as oil and ghee... these can easily add up without you realizing it. Also other calorie dense foods such as cheese.
At first ,I am new in MFP ,So can't tell how much I was taking before,but there is no drastic change in my food chart ,just taking less carbohydrate, no fries and boiled foods.
I use cups to count my calories like 1cup rice ~200 calories and I have stopped taking ghee totally2 -
RaikamalMukherjee1201 wrote: »My height 173cm and weight 69kg ,I always intake less than 1300cal but not lossing weight
I put your statistics into a TDEE calculator (an estimate of your maintenance calories): http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
I didn't have your age or activity level (with exercise) so I guessed with .........25 YO - Sedentary
Maintenance estimate is 1818 calories. That means taking in 1318 calories (and adding no exercise)....you would lose 1 pound a week (.45 kg)
Double check your data base selections (some are wrong).......weigh as many solid foods as possible. Log every bite, every lick, every taste.
What's wrong ?my body stat?1 -
TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »Open your diary and people could catch a mistake you are making.
What's wrong?0 -
RaikamalMukherjee1201 wrote: »My height 173cm and weight 69kg ,I always intake less than 1300cal but not lossing weight
do you use a food scale to weigh out portions? More than likely you are not estimating correctly and are eating more than 1300 calories.
I use such methods like 1cup rice ~200calories (two times a day,so 400 calories total),one boiled egg etc.0 -
Are you weighing food/ingrediants prior to eating? Are you eating Indian food - if so need to remember that traditional Indian meals are often laden in calories & you might be eating 1300 calories in a single meal without realising.
Do you think a cup of rice and boiled potatoes and a boiled egg has too much calories?0 -
Basmati rice has 1.4 calories per gram (cooked). Boiled potatoes have 1.1 calories per gram. A medium hen egg has 70 calories. They are all good foods, but except for the egg you need to weigh them to be sure of the amount.0
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Not using a food scale is causing your problems.6
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My calorie intake is around that too, i eat 5 meals a day, im always feeling stuffed! Before i used to eat 3 meals a day and was always hungry in between, i started 4 weeks ago and i have lost 10lbs in total. I do about 30-60 mins of dancing before breakfast and then every other day i lift weights. Im eating alot of protein (chicken) pasta and veg, and 2 tina of tuna and salad etx spread out over 5 meala, Seems like i eat loads all day but cals adding up to around 1300 odd. So its been great
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Basically i find eating 5 small meals a days really helps cope with hunger. I got myself a food scale to see what all the fuss was about in having one and i can tell you its the best thing i have bought! Ita telling mw exactly how much im eating so i dont over eat etc
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RaikamalMukherjee1201 wrote: »RaikamalMukherjee1201 wrote: »My height 173cm and weight 69kg ,I always intake less than 1300cal but not lossing weight
do you use a food scale to weigh out portions? More than likely you are not estimating correctly and are eating more than 1300 calories.
I use such methods like 1cup rice ~200calories (two times a day,so 400 calories total),one boiled egg etc.
Weigh raw (uncooked) rice on a digital food scale. Log those calories. Your cooked rice could have absorbed more or less water.....water has no calories, but water plumps up rice and changes the measure.
Measuring cups for calorie dense things - rice, pasta, flour......not very accurate.
Your stats are more than just your height and weight. Old people generally burn fewer calories than you. Sedentary burn fewer calories than active......You just gave your height & weight so I guessed at the rest.
Plug your stats into the Scooby's link above....see what your maintenance is. The vast majority of women can lose while eating 1300 calories. Exceptions would be metabolic (medical) disorders.2 -
RaikamalMukherjee1201 wrote: »RaikamalMukherjee1201 wrote: »My height 173cm and weight 69kg ,I always intake less than 1300cal but not lossing weight
do you use a food scale to weigh out portions? More than likely you are not estimating correctly and are eating more than 1300 calories.
I use such methods like 1cup rice ~200calories (two times a day,so 400 calories total),one boiled egg etc.
Weigh raw (uncooked) rice on a digital food scale. Log those calories. Your cooked rice could have absorbed more or less water.....water has no calories, but water plumps up rice and changes the measure.
Measuring cups for calorie dense things - rice, pasta, flour......not very accurate.
Your stats are more than just your height and weight. Old people generally burn fewer calories than you. Sedentary burn fewer calories than active......You just gave your height & weight so I guessed at the rest.
Plug your stats into the Scooby's link above....see what your maintenance is. The vast majority of women can lose while eating 1300 calories. Exceptions would be metabolic (medical) disorders.
Thanks for information, but I measure uncooked rice (as I told before) and my age is just 19 ,so I think I can burn more and this my 6th day here so I think I should not hurry too much,thanks again0 -
LynseyJane90 wrote: »My calorie intake is around that too, i eat 5 meals a day, im always feeling stuffed! Before i used to eat 3 meals a day and was always hungry in between, i started 4 weeks ago and i have lost 10lbs in total. I do about 30-60 mins of dancing before breakfast and then every other day i lift weights. Im eating alot of protein (chicken) pasta and veg, and 2 tina of tuna and salad etx spread out over 5 meala, Seems like i eat loads all day but cals adding up to around 1300 odd. So its been great
10lbs in one month!!0 -
1. Attitude, it's 100% what contributes to achieving your goals.
2. Education-learn and do this the healthy way (no fad diets, diet pills, quick weight loss schemes)
3. Prepare your meals, have a plan on what you eat a head of time
4. Track calories, weigh food on food scale. Must have calorie deficit to lose weight.
5. Join a gym make cardio goals that are reasonable or take up activities you know burn calories
6. Exercise everyday even if it's just walking.
7. Balanced, healthy diet and limit unhealthy foods you like and stick to one serving if you do eat junk and make eating them less frequent.
8. Be patient keep at it don't give up.
9. Shop for your success, if you don't buy it you wont eat it. Fill fridge with veggies, fruit0 -
RaikamalMukherjee1201 wrote: »RaikamalMukherjee1201 wrote: »RaikamalMukherjee1201 wrote: »My height 173cm and weight 69kg ,I always intake less than 1300cal but not lossing weight
do you use a food scale to weigh out portions? More than likely you are not estimating correctly and are eating more than 1300 calories.
I use such methods like 1cup rice ~200calories (two times a day,so 400 calories total),one boiled egg etc.
Weigh raw (uncooked) rice on a digital food scale. Log those calories. Your cooked rice could have absorbed more or less water.....water has no calories, but water plumps up rice and changes the measure.
Measuring cups for calorie dense things - rice, pasta, flour......not very accurate.
Your stats are more than just your height and weight. Old people generally burn fewer calories than you. Sedentary burn fewer calories than active......You just gave your height & weight so I guessed at the rest.
Plug your stats into the Scooby's link above....see what your maintenance is. The vast majority of women can lose while eating 1300 calories. Exceptions would be metabolic (medical) disorders.
Thanks for information, but I measure uncooked rice (as I told before) and my age is just 19 ,so I think I can burn more and this my 6th day here so I think I should not hurry too much,thanks again
Your post above says...1 cup rice ~ 200 calories.....that's the approximate calories for steamed rice.
Because you are just 19, your TDEE is HIGHER, so that makes it even more likely that you should be losing weight at 1300 calories.
Re: 10 pounds in 1 month. Don't compare yourself to others. It could be that poster has much more weight to lose, or they started low carb & it's quite a bit of water weight in that 10 pounds. Either way 10 pounds will slow down as they get closer to goal.2 -
Iheartrunning36 wrote: »1. Attitude, it's 100% what contributes to achieving your goals.
2. Education-learn and do this the healthy way (no fad diets, diet pills, quick weight loss schemes)
3. Prepare your meals, have a plan on what you eat a head of time
4. Track calories, weigh food on food scale. Must have calorie deficit to lose weight.
5. Join a gym make cardio goals that are reasonable or take up activities you know burn calories
6. Exercise everyday even if it's just walking.
7. Balanced, healthy diet and limit unhealthy foods you like and stick to one serving if you do eat junk and make eating them less frequent.
8. Be patient keep at it don't give up.
9. Shop for your success, if you don't buy it you wont eat it. Fill fridge with veggies, fruit
Does such pills having advertisements'lose 10kg in one Month' work?
I can't join gym ,so if I do exercises at home and walk a bit ,shall I lose weight?1 -
Diet pills do not work, if anything you lose water weight then you gain twice as much back. It's also not regulated by FDA and most can cause heart and kidney issues even death. Not worth it. My mom had a friend juice, took it to extreme and died a year later.1
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I like numbers, thus I tried to find a cup in my house that holds the amount of one measuring cup, 240ml apparently. I found one and could get 200g of basmati rice into it. 200g of dry basmati rice are approximately 720 calories. Thta's a lot more than 200 calories unless you're using a tiny measuring cup.
And now I continue eating my very yummy haggis with neeps and tatties
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I like numbers, thus I tried to find a cup in my house that holds the amount of one measuring cup, 240ml apparently. I found one and could get 200g of basmati rice into it. 200g of dry basmati rice are approximately 720 calories. Thta's a lot more than 200 calories unless you're using a tiny measuring cup.
And now I continue eating my very yummy haggis with neeps and tatties
Not eating basmati rice ,1 cup rice which I eat ~ 200 calories0 -
Have you seen the website vahrehvah.com? I love this site for Indian food, and the chef has a category for healthy and nutritious recipes.
Yes, you can exercise at home and lose weight. Some body weight strength exercises such as crunches, squats, and push-ups require no equipment, and you can also do cardio routines without equipment. YouTube videos are useful for this.
Avoid pills - most do nothing but some can damage your heart.1
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