Not loosing but gaining weight ;-(
meomai2
Posts: 21 Member
Hi all, I've been following my fitness pal for ages now, last year I lost 14lb quite easy but gradually crept back on, I attend the gym 3x weekly and have also started spinning and box fit 2xa week for the past two weeks, I'm getting really down about not seeing any weight loss and hardly any inch loss, I've stopped the gym at one point but continued with my fitness pal to see if that would make a difference-and also shocked my body in stuffing it with anything I could eat for a few days, but nothing is shifting!!!! WHY? please anyone!!! Help me :-(
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Log your food.5
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^This.
Log everything that you eat, drink and cook with. Use a food scale.2 -
I log everything I eat but doesn't seem to help1
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Yeah each portion I weigh, just not working for some reason1
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I would just keep exercising and inputting your food on here for another couple of weeks and see what happens. If you see the scale stop going up and you are certain it is fully functioning, go to your doctor as the weight gain in spite of all your efforts can be a symptom of something like low thyroid function.1
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If your daily calorie goal is around 1,200 calories per day and you're exercising as well then there is no reason why you shouldn't be seeing results.
I have had a look at your diary and unless you didn't eat anything at all on 23rd July then you aren't logging what you eat correctly. There are some evening meals missed too over the past week.
You can lie to MFP but you can't lie to your body.
Weight loss takes time, be patient, and good luck!10 -
The Monday all I ate was homemade lentil soup I tried to keep my food very low that day, thanks for all the input and advice, I'll put it down to my age4
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Hi all, I've been following my fitness pal for ages now, last year I lost 14lb quite easy but gradually crept back on, I attend the gym 3x weekly and have also started spinning and box fit 2xa week for the past two weeks, I'm getting really down about not seeing any weight loss and hardly any inch loss, I've stopped the gym at one point but continued with my fitness pal to see if that would make a difference-and also shocked my body in stuffing it with anything I could eat for a few days, but nothing is shifting!!!! WHY? please anyone!!! Help me :-(
Well if you stopped exercise, but continued eating the same amount, maintenance or weight gain is to be expected. One day of eating only lentil soup is not going to help you in the long or short term. Either get back to going to the gym or cut the amount of calories you are eating. Your problem has nothing to do with age.1 -
You haven't said how much of a calorie deficit you are creating? You need to log every morsel consistently for 2 weeks - creating 500 cals a day deficit then come back and report.0
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If I'm reading your post correctly, it's only been 2 weeks? And in that time you've gone through phases of starting/stopping the gym/workouts and stuffing yourself for a few days?
Consistency. Get some.13 -
Hi all, I've been following my fitness pal for ages now, last year I lost 14lb quite easy but gradually crept back on, I attend the gym 3x weekly and have also started spinning and box fit 2xa week for the past two weeks, I'm getting really down about not seeing any weight loss and hardly any inch loss, I've stopped the gym at one point but continued with my fitness pal to see if that would make a difference-and also shocked my body in stuffing it with anything I could eat for a few days, but nothing is shifting!!!! WHY? please anyone!!! Help me :-(
Did you log all that? "Shocking" your body isn't a thing and of course you gained weight after stuffing yourself for a few days! You got a lot of great advice from the previous posters. Be consistent, be honest with yourself, and be patient with yourself! Best of luck to you.10 -
Looking at your diary, no you are not logging correctly. You are not weighing everything that isn't a liquid. "1 piece", "half", "1 lin" etc are not valid accurate measurements.
You need to log and weigh everything, even prepackaged foods. You need to log fruits and vegetables. And no, it's totally not your age. There are many who have successfully lost weight past the age of 60 and 70. When you signed up to mfp, you filled out the diet and fitness profile with your stats, so the calories are bang on or close to it for your personal stats.
Your logging is way, way off...
Weigh and log meat, grains, pastas and vegetables raw...8 -
looking at your diary, it looks like you're putting in default values for several items. That makes it seem likely that you're not weighing everything.
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OP, commit to at least 3-4 weeks of accurate, consistent logging. Every solid, semi-solid food possible should be weighed - whole food, packaged food, scanned food, fruit, everything. Log condiments, cooking oil, beverages, everything. This should shine a light on where your problem is.
Also, it's unclear how long you have not lost weight, If it has been a week or two, it's perfectly normal to not lose weight for a couple of weeks. Just tighten up your logging to be sure. Good luck!5 -
Thank you all2
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From tomorrow I'll track everything that passes my mouth and let you have a look7
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You can do it3
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49, I've took everyone's advice on here I mixed it together, I'll track every bit I eat and drink and see if I have any results, my daily calorie intake is 1200 and I don't enter my work outs so I'm obviously burning off a hell of a lot more than I'm taking in0
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