I'm just starting out, but NOT seeing ANY RESULTS!! I'm getting sooo discouraged!!
3pinkfrogs
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Hi there! My name is Kelly, and I've just been doing this for about 3 weeks now. Here's my problem...I'm 45 years old, I've cut out sugar, I've started hiking twice a day, and I've been pretty good about tracking all of my food. I'm not eating anything after 8 pm, and drinking only water, with the exception of one cup of coffee in the morning. I know I've only been doing it for three weeks, but I've only lost ounces!! OUNCES!!! And this morning....I actually weighed MORE!! WTH??? I'm getting very frustrated and feel like quiting!!! For me, I'm more active than I've EVER been, and I'm eating better than I EVER have!! So what's going on??? Can someone PLEASE help me out or offer some advice??? I would REALLY appreciate it!! Thank you!!
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Patience. Consistency. Time.
Seriously.10 -
What's your height and current weight?1
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Cutting out sugar and not eating after 8pm have nothing to do with weight loss. To lose weight you have to eat less than what you burn daily. If you are not losing weight, you are eating too many calories.23
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Are you tracking everything you eat and drink and weighing your portions on a scale?
Those of us who are overweight usually got there by not knowing how big a normal portion should be, so this stage - weighing out your food - is critically important and you can't skip it. If you eyeball your food or measure with cups, you are almost certainly still eating larger portions than you realise, which will stop you losing weight.
Some people find they can go back to eyeballing later, once they are used to a normal portion size, but you need to do it at the start, and any time you find your weight loss stalling, to make sure your portion sizes are correct.10 -
Cutting out sugar and not eating after 8pm have nothing to do with weight loss. To lose weight you have to eat less than what you burn daily. If you are not losing weight, you are eating too many calories.
Not true. If cutting out sugar helps a person reduce their total calories, then it has everything to do with weight loss! If it makes no difference for you, then fine. No one method works for everyone.
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KirbySmith46 wrote: »Cutting out sugar and not eating after 8pm have nothing to do with weight loss. To lose weight you have to eat less than what you burn daily. If you are not losing weight, you are eating too many calories.
Not true. If cutting out sugar helps a person reduce their total calories, then it has everything to do with weight loss! If it makes no difference for you, then fine. No one method works for everyone.
I think what the other poster meant was that you can cut out sugar (which will reduce calories) but if you make it up in other ways by eating more bananas for instance, then "cutting out sugar" is not a way to lose weight. But, yes, I do agree that if you cut sugar and it results in an overall caloric deficit then cutting sugar works.11 -
My tops tips -
Weigh everything ( not cups or eyeball)
Record everything
Drink lots of water
Use step tracker
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Don't get discouraged, As others have said weigh your food. Make sure you are drinking enough water (every person is different) I need about a gallon of water a day (not including tea/ or coffee)
You could be gaining muscle while you loss weight thus you can't see any loss and have seen a gain, muscle weighs more than fat.
You could be bothered or even allergic to food you are eating and not losing because of that.
You said you are more active than you have been take that as a NSV achieved to keep you motivated.
Mark all NSV (non-scale victories) things to keep you motivated.
Measure, and photos if you haven't started measure around different parts of your body and watch them shrink over the next few weeks, same with photos.
keep going remember you are now in a better place then you were.12 -
Try not to lose patience. This app works over the long haul of it's worked correctly. As suggested earlier, consider opening your diary or at least give us a snapshot of one or two days. Do you take cream and/or sugar in the coffee? It's important to log that consistently.2
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My4happykids wrote: »Don't get discouraged, As others have said weigh your food. Make sure you are drinking enough water (every person is different) I need about a gallon of water a day (not including tea/ or coffee)
You could be gaining muscle while you loss weight thus you can't see any loss and have seen a gain, muscle weighs more than fat.
You could be bothered or even allergic to food you are eating and not losing because of that.
You said you are more active than you have been take that as a NSV achieved to keep you motivated.
Mark all NSV (non-scale victories) things to keep you motivated.
Measure, and photos if you haven't started measure around different parts of your body and watch them shrink over the next few weeks, same with photos.
keep going remember you are now in a better place then you were.
Not any appreciable muscle after only 3 weeks, female and not doing a progressive overload strength program11 -
it depends very much what you call progress - I'm only on day 10 at 2300 cals per day but that's huge progress for me as I was eating that much for breakfast lunch and dinner before (hence need to lose 130)
keep doing the right thing3 -
1. No necessary to cut sugar for weight loss3pinkfrogs wrote: »Hi there! My name is Kelly, and I've just been doing this for about 3 weeks now. Here's my problem...I'm 45 years old, I've cut out sugar, I've started hiking twice a day, and I've been pretty good about tracking all of my food. I'm not eating anything after 8 pm, and drinking only water, with the exception of one cup of coffee in the morning. I know I've only been doing it for three weeks, but I've only lost ounces!! OUNCES!!! And this morning....I actually weighed MORE!! WTH??? I'm getting very frustrated and feel like quiting!!! For me, I'm more active than I've EVER been, and I'm eating better than I EVER have!! So what's going on??? Can someone PLEASE help me out or offer some advice??? I would REALLY appreciate it!! Thank you!!
2. Eating after 8pm is fine if you have calories left.
3. Calories matter for weight loss, not what you eat/don't eat. I see no mention of that.
4. It has only been 3 weeks. If you're not seeing expecting losses, you aren't logging as accurately as you should.
5. All liquids count towards your daily water count. Coffee won't stall weight loss.
Are you logging absolutely everything that you're eating (even fruits and veg), drinking (and adding to beverages), cooking with (oils, seasoning, sauces)? Are you using a food scale for everything that isn't a liquid in grams (including prepackaged foods/single serve foods? Are you choosing correct database entries?
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You said you've been "pretty good about tracking everything". What is pretty good? You have to track everything, period, and with that, just tracking isn't enough. You need to weigh all food on a food scale so you are tracking the correct number of calories. Also, it hasn't been that long. Give it time, and weigh food correctly.3
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There are mistakes that people commonly make that cause them to not lose weight that we might be able to spot if you change your Diary Sharing settings to Public: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings
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3pinkfrogs wrote: »Hi there! My name is Kelly, and I've just been doing this for about 3 weeks now. Here's my problem...I'm 45 years old, I've cut out sugar, I've started hiking twice a day, and I've been pretty good about tracking all of my food. I'm not eating anything after 8 pm, and drinking only water, with the exception of one cup of coffee in the morning. I know I've only been doing it for three weeks, but I've only lost ounces!! OUNCES!!! And this morning....I actually weighed MORE!! WTH??? I'm getting very frustrated and feel like quiting!!! For me, I'm more active than I've EVER been, and I'm eating better than I EVER have!! So what's going on??? Can someone PLEASE help me out or offer some advice??? I would REALLY appreciate it!! Thank you!!
First, good for you! Cutting out sugar, exercising, drinking water, and beginning to track are great new habits. Keep doing all of those things, and follow everyone else's advice about really working hard at accurately tracking your food. Be proud of all that you have done in the last three weeks - nothing to sneeze at!5 -
Hi Kelly, First let me say you rock for sticking with it for 3 weeks with few results. I am 48 year old female with about 20 lbs. to lose, and I have experienced that at times in the past. It helped me to make sure I was eating protein. Also be super careful with tracking food. No nibbles of this or that, most of the time. You also would want to add in more exercise if you can. Two hikes are great--but if you started lifting weights even a bit you would notice results fairly quickly. Did you fill out the goals section? It tells you how many calories a day to eat. Good luck!0
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It sounds like you're doing great! Don't get discouraged! Every individual's body is different. I'm not an expert but what always helped me was not focusing so much on my weight number but instead measuring my problems area. If you're hiking there's a good chance you're gaining muscle in your legs so you're weight gain may be negligible. It sounds like you're doing great and weight loss or no it seems like you're certainly living a much healthier lifestyle. However, if you continue to see no results you're best bet would be to visit a certified dietician/weight doc/etc. who can give you specified advice.
Don't get discouraged! You can do it!.0 -
You're really just going to need to be patient. I think the reason most diets fail is that people only think about the first goal: losing weight, and neglect the second goal: maintaining a lower weight. You want to be making changes now that will last, not temporary drastic measures but things you can live with. Maybe learning to love exercise is an early step for you - great! It probably won't help you lose much weight right now, but it's key for health and maintaining, so that is a big win. The scale will start moving once you start eating fewer calories than you spend. You might not see it day to day, because everyone's weight varies a few pounds for various reasons (salty food, getting your period, new exercise), but look for week to week and month to month trends.3
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If you've started exercising, your body is adjusting, repairing, getting stronger. Everything is going to be out of whack for a bit. You're probably at least a little inflamed, holding extra fluid for repairs. It's fine, keep going, you're doing great!0
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Is your body physically changing in any way? The scale isn't alway the best way to track...0
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You need to have Patience!! It is so hard in this day and age!! I've been using MFP for 90 days now. I had a couple of weeks at the beginning that I showed no weight loss. I was freaking out. Reduced calories and exercise and not showing anything on the scale. That was unacceptable to me. I posted some questions regarding why. Everyone was so helpful in their responses. I stuck with it. Low and behold I've had more consistent results 2-3 lbs per week. So as long as your tracking all intake properly, you'll start seeing results.3
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One other issue is you may be overestimating the calories you are burning while hiking. Perhaps try eating back half your exercise calories rather than all of them.1
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Your calorie intake is way too low. Your body will go into starvation mode and will try to store not use calories34
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This is a life long endeavor. Keep at it! Enjoy the process!0
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1. Are you weighing everything you eat in grams using a digital kitchen scale and logging in your diary accurately?
2. Are you using a heart rate monitor to accurately track calories burned during workouts?
3. Are you consistently weighing yourself under the same conditions?0 -
briana_aka_bunny wrote: »Your calorie intake is way too low. Your body will go into starvation mode and will try to store not use calories
No. If this were how our bodies worked, no one would ever starve to death. Sadly, many people worldwide starve to death every day.
Yes, weight loss can slow down somewhat at severely reduced calories (adaptive thermogenesis), because of effects like feeling fatigued so being less active in daily life. That's slower than anticipated loss, not no loss.3 -
briana_aka_bunny wrote: »Your calorie intake is way too low. Your body will go into starvation mode and will try to store not use calories
lol no.3 -
No.briana_aka_bunny wrote: »Your calorie intake is way too low. Your body will go into starvation mode and will try to store not use calories
If this was truly the case, how do people die from starvation?2
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