3 weeks no weight loss
alicks11
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I've been dieting for 3 weeks now low carb below 30grams daily. Having around 600 cals and exercising 5 days a week... and have lose nothing!!! Not sure why isit too early to lose.. would have thought a couple pounds a week at least! Need some people who starting up too who can do the journey with me
I've been dieting for 3 weeks now low carb below 30grams daily. Having around 600 cals and exercising 5 days a week... and have lose nothing!!! Not sure why isit too early to lose.. would have thought a couple pounds a week at least! Need some people who starting up too who can do the journey with me
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600 calories a day, total???2
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I hope that's not 600 calories a day, did you possibly mean 1600?2
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Then somewhere you're eating more than you're burning, which depending on how much you have to lose is going to take longer than you might want. So, how are you calculating what you're eating? How much do you have to lose? What did you set your weekly weight loss at? Also you should never be eating less than 1200 calories a day, and if you're exercising you should be eating some of those calories back.2
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At 600 calories a day I'm sure you have lost lean muscle mass (some fat too).....my guess is water weight fluctuation.
Eat at least 1200 calories (plus more for exercise) .....if you want a lower body fat % instead of just a number on the scale.
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Whoa - only 600 calories a day?! That is extremely unhealthy. I am hoping your logging is just terrible and you're actually eating AT LEAST double that.5
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You need fuel to burn fuel. You're not putting enough calories in to speed up your metabolism rate and your body is storing fats due to lack of additional calories9
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Not sure if you made a typo, but at 600 calories a day, plus vigorous exercise, your body is probably in starvation mode. Almost everyone has a BMR of at least 1000 calories (there are formulas to figure out your exact number).13
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Also, we don't know what your current weight is and what your goal weight is. If you are relatively close to your goal weight, you're not going to lose pounds of weight, and you will really have to accurately weigh your food to ensure you are truly in a deficit.
And 600 calories? Um, no. You should have a minimum of 1200 calories net.1 -
Definitely not eating enough. Your body is hanging on to any and all nutrients it's getting.9
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If you are not losing weight then I am fairly certain you are eating well over 600 calories a day.
600 calories a day would be an insanely low target to aim for anyway and I cannot imagine why you would even consider it if you value your health remotely.
I suggest you strive for something that is more sustainable and which will not be so damaging to your body over the longterm.
Also, you need to be weighing your food to be sure of the amount you are actually eating.1 -
I did mean around 600 calories a day, I generally have a boiled egg near lunch and maybe snack on small bit of cheese or salami stick. Then I might have a shake (only had few times in last few weeks tho) which is low carbs low cals Like 200 then a meal in evening which will be meat with spinach or salad usually. I did think maybe not eating enough and body in starvation mode, but I just don't feel hungry and don't want to eat if not hungry. Also I need to lose about 2 stone to get to my perfect weight. Thank you for all your replies4
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MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »Then somewhere you're eating more than you're burning, which depending on how much you have to lose is going to take longer than you might want. So, how are you calculating what you're eating? How much do you have to lose? What did you set your weekly weight loss at? Also you should never be eating less than 1200 calories a day, and if you're exercising you should be eating some of those calories back.
Everyday I'm eating more then burning because probably burn like 400 cals when at gym. I want to lose 1 1/2 or 2 stone to get back to my best weight. I calculate on my fitness pal.
I'm not eating carbs and find I'm so busy that I forget to eat. I am now trying to eat more cos think body prob going into starvation mode that must be the only reason why I haven't lose weight. So added a shake to my daily food- so for instance today I had a boiled egg-mini salami stick-shake- smoked salmon 200g and some calamari 80g and went gym for hour.
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MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »Then somewhere you're eating more than you're burning, which depending on how much you have to lose is going to take longer than you might want. So, how are you calculating what you're eating? How much do you have to lose? What did you set your weekly weight loss at? Also you should never be eating less than 1200 calories a day, and if you're exercising you should be eating some of those calories back.
Everyday I'm eating more then burning because probably burn like 400 cals when at gym. I want to lose 1 1/2 or 2 stone to get back to my best weight. I calculate on my fitness pal.
I'm not eating carbs and find I'm so busy that I forget to eat. I am now trying to eat more cos think body prob going into starvation mode that must be the only reason why I haven't lose weight. So added a shake to my daily food- so for instance today I had a boiled egg-mini salami stick-shake- smoked salmon 200g and some calamari 80g and went gym for hour.
You burn calories just by being alive. Don't mistake "eat less than you burn" to mean that you need to burn all of those through exercise. Your BMR and your NEAT account for far more calories than exercise does.3 -
If you're eating that few calories, your body is likely in starvation mode. If that's the case, it's not converting your food to fuel and you're damaging your metabolism in the process. Eat more to lose weight.10
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Not sure if you made a typo, but at 600 calories a day, plus vigorous exercise, your body is probably in starvation mode. Almost everyone has a BMR of at least 1000 calories (there are formulas to figure out your exact number).
Just curious....what is so wrong with this statement given the woo votes?0 -
Not sure if you made a typo, but at 600 calories a day, plus vigorous exercise, your body is probably in starvation mode. Almost everyone has a BMR of at least 1000 calories (there are formulas to figure out your exact number).
Just curious....what is so wrong with this statement given the woo votes?
The "starvation mode" comment .
http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/starvation-mode/ This link will explain it.7 -
aside from the fact that 600 cal is really not enough for good health . and should be only done with a Dr supervised plan your meals seem totally lacking in the vegetable department so it sounds like there are many nutrients that you need for health that you are not getting ( magnesium ,potassium, calcium vitamins B ,c,a,and D )
. I am on 1400 a day and turning 58 and sedentary so slow metabolism but I am loosing 4-6 lbs a month after an initial larger loss the first month . I wonder if the nutrient imbalance plus inflammation from exorcise is causing water weight ( my weight slowed and I even went up a lb when I went to doing 30-60 min a day on the stationary bike )1 -
Christine_72 wrote: »Not sure if you made a typo, but at 600 calories a day, plus vigorous exercise, your body is probably in starvation mode. Almost everyone has a BMR of at least 1000 calories (there are formulas to figure out your exact number).
Just curious....what is so wrong with this statement given the woo votes?
The "starvation mode" comment .
http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/starvation-mode/ This link will explain it.
Thank you
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MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »Then somewhere you're eating more than you're burning, which depending on how much you have to lose is going to take longer than you might want. So, how are you calculating what you're eating? How much do you have to lose? What did you set your weekly weight loss at? Also you should never be eating less than 1200 calories a day, and if you're exercising you should be eating some of those calories back.
Everyday I'm eating more then burning because probably burn like 400 cals when at gym. I want to lose 1 1/2 or 2 stone to get back to my best weight. I calculate on my fitness pal.
I'm not eating carbs and find I'm so busy that I forget to eat. I am now trying to eat more cos think body prob going into starvation mode that must be the only reason why I haven't lose weight. So added a shake to my daily food- so for instance today I had a boiled egg-mini salami stick-shake- smoked salmon 200g and some calamari 80g and went gym for hour.
You're not saying how you're measuring your food though. The only way your weight wouldn't move is if you were not at enough of a deficit to lose weight. If you were gaining weight, then you'd be eating more than you were burning. The thing is at your max desired weight loss, that's 28lbs, and weight loss is going to be slower the less you have to lose and the less room for error you'll have. So you have to make sure you're being super precise, and after that just be patient.
Seriously though, you NEED to eat far more than 600 calories a day. Being at your best weight isn't going to look the way you want if you're starving yourself that badly and the muscle mass you'll likely lose. There's a reason for that 1200 minimum for women. Not being hungry doesn't mean your body doesn't need those nutrients. And forgetting is not an excuse, pardon my harshness. You don't want to regret the lack of nourishment later.3 -
If your working out daily eat around 1000-1200 cals atleast depending on your size. Low carbs, higher in healthy fats and medium protien. I've lost 9.2 pds in a month with 5% carbs, 73% fat and 22% protien. Moderate work out2
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Yes please eat. I ended up in the hospital from eating that little. I'm not hungry either, but I eat at least 1200 a day and I'm doing just fine. I don't weight myself though. That's too much stress for me. I can see and feel the difference.2
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I did mean around 600 calories a day, I generally have a boiled egg near lunch and maybe snack on small bit of cheese or salami stick. Then I might have a shake (only had few times in last few weeks tho) which is low carbs low cals Like 200 then a meal in evening which will be meat with spinach or salad usually. I did think maybe not eating enough and body in starvation mode, but I just don't feel hungry and don't want to eat if not hungry. Also I need to lose about 2 stone to get to my perfect weight. Thank you for all your replies
How did you gain 2 stone if you're not hungry eating only 600 calories, which by the way is less than a toddler needs on a daily basis.
I don't mean to sound harsh, but it always perplexes me how people manage to gain weight, but as soon as they want to lose it they are all of a sudden not hungry.10 -
I did mean around 600 calories a day, I generally have a boiled egg near lunch and maybe snack on small bit of cheese or salami stick. Then I might have a shake (only had few times in last few weeks tho) which is low carbs low cals Like 200 then a meal in evening which will be meat with spinach or salad usually. I did think maybe not eating enough and body in starvation mode, but I just don't feel hungry and don't want to eat if not hungry. Also I need to lose about 2 stone to get to my perfect weight. Thank you for all your replies
Try getting your calories up, if you really need to, with some of these foods:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods/p1
But first, make sure that you're weighing - not measuring - your foods accurately and using the correct database entries for them (and don't forget any drinks, oils, condiments, etc. - also count fruit and veg, which are not "free" as some other systems would have you believe), otherwise you have no real way of knowing how many calories you're truly eating.
"Starvation mode", as you're thinking of it, is not a thing - read the post linked to in a previous reply for info. As others have said, if you were truly eating so few calories you'd be losing weight.0 -
are you weighing all your food? the stuff you listed that you eat in a day certainly sounds like more than 600 calories per day (depending on the quantity, it could be A LOT more)...and judging by the fact you are not losing it is more than you think.1
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Not sure if you made a typo, but at 600 calories a day, plus vigorous exercise, your body is probably in starvation mode. Almost everyone has a BMR of at least 1000 calories (there are formulas to figure out your exact number).
Just curious....what is so wrong with this statement given the woo votes?
Woo means non sense.
Starvation mode in that context does not exist.
OP, eating 600 calories a day is one sure way to damage your health if continued.
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1. You need to eat. Log everythingand weigh it
2. Plug stats into mpg eat what it tells you for 1 lb a week
3. Give it at least 2 months following mfp . I and a lot of women have our monthlytime affect weight loss. If you don't give it at least 2 cycles you won't see the trend1 -
I did mean around 600 calories a day, I generally have a boiled egg near lunch and maybe snack on small bit of cheese or salami stick. Then I might have a shake (only had few times in last few weeks tho) which is low carbs low cals Like 200 then a meal in evening which will be meat with spinach or salad usually. I did think maybe not eating enough and body in starvation mode, but I just don't feel hungry and don't want to eat if not hungry. Also I need to lose about 2 stone to get to my perfect weight. Thank you for all your replies
That's not enough. If you truly aren't hungry on 600 calories a day, you need to see a doctor ASAP.1 -
Christine_72 wrote: »I did mean around 600 calories a day, I generally have a boiled egg near lunch and maybe snack on small bit of cheese or salami stick. Then I might have a shake (only had few times in last few weeks tho) which is low carbs low cals Like 200 then a meal in evening which will be meat with spinach or salad usually. I did think maybe not eating enough and body in starvation mode, but I just don't feel hungry and don't want to eat if not hungry. Also I need to lose about 2 stone to get to my perfect weight. Thank you for all your replies
How did you gain 2 stone if you're not hungry eating only 600 calories, which by the way is less than a toddler needs on a daily basis.
I don't mean to sound harsh, but it always perplexes me how people manage to gain weight, but as soon as they want to lose it they are all of a sudden not hungry.
I've gained it over the last 2 1/2 years so it just crept up on me. Does it matter why, why does that seem to bother you so much. If you must know I suffered the lose of my baby boy. I was drinking a lot, stopped looking after myself drinking and eating whatever and not going gym I was also put on antidepressants which I think played a big role in me gaining weight.
I come off them in June and am focused on what I want, know I'm ready to get myself back. I'm also working over 50 hours a week so generally don't have time to think about food too much. And I think if you go a couple weeks not eating much your stomach shrinks and you get used to it so that's how u can all of a sudden not be hungry.
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It's all measured out of packets I scan the barcodes and do it based on that..Muscleflex79 wrote: »are you weighing all your food? the stuff you listed that you eat in a day certainly sounds like more than 600 calories per day (depending on the quantity, it could be A LOT more)...and judging by the fact you are not losing it is more than you think.
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