Any suggestion for weight loss?

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  • collectingblues
    collectingblues Posts: 2,541 Member
    yirara wrote: »
    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 o:)

    Not eating basmati rice ,1 cup rice which I eat ~ 200 calories

    Can you post the nutrition label for the rice you eat?

    Because I know that generally, half a cup of cooked rice -- so 1/4 cup uncooked -- is going to be 160 calories. If you're eating one cup, that's actually 320. Twice a day, that's 640. Quite a bit different from the 400 that you think you're getting.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,986 Member
    yirara wrote: »
    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 o:)

    Not eating basmati rice ,1 cup rice which I eat ~ 200 calories

    You measure uncooked rice in the cup, and it is one cup full? Then 200 calories is not right, sorry. It is much more than that. It doesn't matter whether it's basmati or other white rice. The calorie count is very similar.
  • dragon_girl26
    dragon_girl26 Posts: 2,187 Member
    edited July 2017
    TeaBea wrote: »
    ndj1979 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

    So if I'm reading this correctly, you've only been logging 1300 calories for 6 days? In addition to the food scale suggestions, you also need to have more patience. With so little to lose, it's going to take time. It's WAY too soon to wonder why you aren't losing weight.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    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?

    Of course not. If those diet pills worked, none of use would need My Fitness Pal. Measuring & logging, eating under your TDEE is what works. Calories in vs. calories out is universal.

    The biggest factor for losing weight is calories in. I can eat a Snicker's bar in a minute flat....but it takes quite a bit of exercise to burn that off. Getting good measurements is key. WEIGH your rice before it is cooked. Measuring steamed rice in a measuring cup, or even weighing steamed rice (water) is not going to be accurate.

    Joining a gym is NOT mandatory. Plenty of people burn calories just by moving more. Most people aren't burning a ton of calories at the gym unless they are spending considerable time there.
  • RaikamalMukherjee1201
    RaikamalMukherjee1201 Posts: 20 Member
    yirara wrote: »
    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 o:)

    Not eating basmati rice ,1 cup rice which I eat ~ 200 calories

    Can you post the nutrition label for the rice you eat?

    Because I know that generally, half a cup of cooked rice -- so 1/4 cup uncooked -- is going to be 160 calories. If you're eating one cup, that's actually 320. Twice a day, that's 640. Quite a bit different from the 400 that you think you're getting.

    1cup uncooked rice ~200calories
  • RaikamalMukherjee1201
    RaikamalMukherjee1201 Posts: 20 Member
    yirara wrote: »
    yirara wrote: »
    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 o:)

    Not eating basmati rice ,1 cup rice which I eat ~ 200 calories

    You measure uncooked rice in the cup, and it is one cup full? Then 200 calories is not right, sorry. It is much more than that. It doesn't matter whether it's basmati or other white rice. The calorie count is very similar.

    I searched in many websites but nowhere it was more than 260calories (one cup uncooked rice)
  • RaikamalMukherjee1201
    RaikamalMukherjee1201 Posts: 20 Member
    TeaBea wrote: »
    ndj1979 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

    So if I'm reading this correctly, you've only been logging 1300 calories for 6 days? In addition to the food scale suggestions, you also need to have more patience. With so little to lose, it's going to take time. It's WAY too soon to wonder why you aren't losing weight.

    So ,if I have to lose 10-12kgs ,I have to wait long ?
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  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    yirara wrote: »
    yirara wrote: »
    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 o:)

    Not eating basmati rice ,1 cup rice which I eat ~ 200 calories

    You measure uncooked rice in the cup, and it is one cup full? Then 200 calories is not right, sorry. It is much more than that. It doesn't matter whether it's basmati or other white rice. The calorie count is very similar.

    I searched in many websites but nowhere it was more than 260calories (one cup uncooked rice)

    NO - this is VERY wrong.

    From MFP: Jasmine Rice (Raw)
    Coles, 50 g, 180 calories


    From my bag of Super Lucky Elephant (brand)
    Jasmine Rice (raw)
    ¼ cup serving: Calories 180 calories.

    The package says ¼ cup = 50 grams, I measured 1/4 cup.....then I weighed that.....it actually weighed 56 grams
    (so my ¼ cup was actually 12% more.....so that 180 calories is also 12% more......like 201 calories).

    This is the rice BEFORE any water is added. Water adds zero calories. I like sticky rice (more water) - other people might like firmer rice (less water)......this is why you can't measure the rice after it is cooked.
  • collectingblues
    collectingblues Posts: 2,541 Member
    edited July 2017
    yirara wrote: »
    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 o:)

    Not eating basmati rice ,1 cup rice which I eat ~ 200 calories

    Can you post the nutrition label for the rice you eat?

    Because I know that generally, half a cup of cooked rice -- so 1/4 cup uncooked -- is going to be 160 calories. If you're eating one cup, that's actually 320. Twice a day, that's 640. Quite a bit different from the 400 that you think you're getting.

    1cup uncooked rice ~200calories


    That's not the label.

    I mean, if you want to insist that you're seriously eating only 200 calories for a cup of uncooked rice, have at it. But you're actually eating more than that. And it'll slow your weight loss to a halt, if that's even just one example.

    But your body, not mine. Denial's lovely, isn't it?
  • choppie70
    choppie70 Posts: 544 Member
    1 cup of uncooked rice: o3rrp3wjcm1f.png
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    OP, simply put.. You are eating around 500 calories MORE than you think just with your 1 cup of rice. How many other logging mistakes are you making that you are not aware of??

    Go here http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings scroll to the bottom and change your diary settings to public if you want detailed trouble shooting advice.
  • PKM0515
    PKM0515 Posts: 3,089 Member
    I just Googled "How many calories in one cup cooked white rice?", and the websites are stating 200, 204 and 205 calories, so if the OP is measuring 1 cup of cooked white rice, I believe she is correct (give or take a few calories).



  • choppie70
    choppie70 Posts: 544 Member
    SaraKim17 wrote: »
    I just Googled "How many calories in one cup cooked white rice?", and the websites are stating 200, 204 and 205 calories, so if the OP is measuring 1 cup of cooked white rice, I believe she is correct (give or take a few calories).



    She keeps repeating that it is UNcooked rice.

    I am wondering if it is a language issue, especially with the prefix 'un' for the OP? I am thinking that the OP's first language is not english. I may be wrong, and I apologize if I am and appear insensitive, but that would make sense with what I saw in the calorie count of cooked vs. uncooked rice.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    SaraKim17 wrote: »
    I just Googled "How many calories in one cup cooked white rice?", and the websites are stating 200, 204 and 205 calories, so if the OP is measuring 1 cup of cooked white rice, I believe she is correct (give or take a few calories).



    I'm pretty sure OP is measuring 1 cup of uncooked white rice, which is anywhere from 600-700 calories.
  • PKM0515
    PKM0515 Posts: 3,089 Member
    choppie70 wrote: »
    SaraKim17 wrote: »
    I just Googled "How many calories in one cup cooked white

    She keeps repeating that it is UNcooked rice.

    I am wondering if it is a language issue, especially with the prefix 'un' for the OP? I am thinking that the OP's first language is not english. I may be wrong, and I apologize if I am and appear insensitive, but that would make sense with what I saw in the calorie count of cooked vs. uncooked rice.

    No, it may be a language issue. I was assuming she meant she was eating 1 cup COOKED rice. Never assume! :blush:
  • PKM0515
    PKM0515 Posts: 3,089 Member

    [/quote]

    I'm pretty sure OP is measuring 1 cup of uncooked white rice, which is anywhere from 600-700 calories.[/quote]

    Thanks, Christine! I wanted to include you in my response above but couldn't figure out how to quote two people. :blush:
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    SaraKim17 wrote: »
    choppie70 wrote: »
    SaraKim17 wrote: »
    I just Googled "How many calories in one cup cooked white

    She keeps repeating that it is UNcooked rice.

    I am wondering if it is a language issue, especially with the prefix 'un' for the OP? I am thinking that the OP's first language is not english. I may be wrong, and I apologize if I am and appear insensitive, but that would make sense with what I saw in the calorie count of cooked vs. uncooked rice.

    No, it may be a language issue. I was assuming she meant she was eating 1 cup COOKED rice. Never assume! :blush:

    Honestly, I have no idea right now...
  • RaikamalMukherjee1201
    RaikamalMukherjee1201 Posts: 20 Member
    choppie70 wrote: »
    SaraKim17 wrote: »
    I just Googled "How many calories in one cup cooked white rice?", and the websites are stating 200, 204 and 205 calories, so if the OP is measuring 1 cup of cooked white rice, I believe she is correct (give or take a few calories).



    She keeps repeating that it is UNcooked rice.

    I am wondering if it is a language issue, especially with the prefix 'un' for the OP? I am thinking that the OP's first language is not english. I may be wrong, and I apologize if I am and appear insensitive, but that would make sense with what I saw in the calorie count of cooked vs. uncooked rice.

    No,my first language is not English and I am referring to 1cup uncooked rice ~200calories (as I googled it)
  • RaikamalMukherjee1201
    RaikamalMukherjee1201 Posts: 20 Member
    choppie70 wrote: »
    SaraKim17 wrote: »
    I just Googled "How many calories in one cup cooked white rice?", and the websites are stating 200, 204 and 205 calories, so if the OP is measuring 1 cup of cooked white rice, I believe she is correct (give or take a few calories).



    She keeps repeating that it is UNcooked rice.

    I am wondering if it is a language issue, especially with the prefix 'un' for the OP? I am thinking that the OP's first language is not english. I may be wrong, and I apologize if I am and appear insensitive, but that would make sense with what I saw in the calorie count of cooked vs. uncooked rice.

    Thanks ,searching in google '1 cup of rice calories' gives me the result 200 calories ,I didn't notice the uncooked fact ,now I have to reset my diary
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    choppie70 wrote: »
    SaraKim17 wrote: »
    I just Googled "How many calories in one cup cooked white rice?", and the websites are stating 200, 204 and 205 calories, so if the OP is measuring 1 cup of cooked white rice, I believe she is correct (give or take a few calories).



    She keeps repeating that it is UNcooked rice.

    I am wondering if it is a language issue, especially with the prefix 'un' for the OP? I am thinking that the OP's first language is not english. I may be wrong, and I apologize if I am and appear insensitive, but that would make sense with what I saw in the calorie count of cooked vs. uncooked rice.

    Thanks ,searching in google '1 cup of rice calories' gives me the result 200 calories ,I didn't notice the uncooked fact ,now I have to reset my diary

    Why are you using google, rather than using the MFP database? Since you are new here, it would be wise to start by reading the stickied "Most Helpful Forum Posts" at the top of the Getting Started section. They will have good information about how to set an appropriate goal, how to log your food accurately, and other commonly asked questions.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,986 Member
    choppie70 wrote: »
    1 cup of uncooked rice: o3rrp3wjcm1f.png

    Ugh... why did I actually figured out how much one cup is, trying to find a mug that holds exactly a cup of water (scale), dry it again, and then put rice into it if I could have done it this easily? Anyway.. I got the same result :p
  • PKM0515
    PKM0515 Posts: 3,089 Member
    choppie70 wrote: »
    1 cup of uncooked rice: o3rrp3wjcm1f.png

    This is perfect: one cup UNCOOKED rice = 200 grams = 716 calories.

    Can anyone post the same Nutrition Facts for cooked rice for the OP, just for comparison? I think it might be helpful, but I'm not sure how to do it myself. :blush:
  • choppie70
    choppie70 Posts: 544 Member

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  • PKM0515
    PKM0515 Posts: 3,089 Member
    Thanks! :)
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