Advice please?

hopleyjana
hopleyjana Posts: 7 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all, I was wondering if someone can help me out or point me to the right direction. I am currently starting new diet and exercise plan. Basically I am used to doing nothing. Never went gym or exercised. I was always blessed with slim figure, but after having a baby things went kind of a bit different. Flabby bits started to appear so I decided to loose a little weight, start exercises and eventually do more muscle building just to get leaner. I started new clean-er eating and calorie counting. I started to walk lot more, do short runs and just finished 30 day shred. Which I am still doing just to keep on top of the daily exercise. Well according to MFP I am on 500+ a day calorie deficit, but it's been 6 weeks and I have just about lost 3 pounds. It's starting to get to me, I am super hungry all the time. And tired of not seeing results. I know I am getting stronger and fitter but weight isn't coming off. I know my diet isn't perfect, but I am slowly trying to teach my body healthier eating, so excuse my bad snacks :)
Can someone please explain where am I going wrong. And what else I could be doing to drop the last 4-6 pound to achieve the weight I am comfortable with.

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  • threec
    threec Posts: 97 Member
    Are you using a food scale? If not get one and weigh all solids, measure all liquid and it'll get better
  • hopleyjana2049
    hopleyjana2049 Posts: 28 Member
    Hi, thank you so much for your reply. I have weights, and I weight everything. Even the amount of milk I put in my coffee, so I know my calories are being counted correctly. And I don't cheat myself. In reality I should be loosing at least a pound a week but I am not.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    Open your food diary
  • hopleyjana
    hopleyjana Posts: 7 Member
    Please could you help me how to make it public? I ve change he setting so you should be able to see it. Is it still locked?
  • hopleyjana
    hopleyjana Posts: 7 Member
    Sorry, try now. Should be public now. :( I am new to all this :(
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    How tall are you and how much do you weigh? Your calorie goal looks like it could be a bit high and I wouldn't trust the fitbit adjustments, mine were way off.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Maybe you don't have the necessary amount of fat to lose a pound per week. 4-6 pounds isn't much, so it will be slow if that's all you've got. What's your height and weight and calorie goal?
  • hopleyjana
    hopleyjana Posts: 7 Member
    Hiall, thank you, I a miss 5'11" tall and 140 pounds. I am new to fitnes and healthy eating. I was never unhealthy, just not as healthy as I probably should be. I ve done my calories calculation on MFP and that's the number they came up, my Fitbit allowed me to eat way more, which I found odd and I actually gained a pound so I sign up to MFP
  • hopleyjana
    hopleyjana Posts: 7 Member
    My calorie goal is 1750 plus my exercise calories which I usually dip into, bit even still I am always hungry. So I am either super greedy or I am not feeling my body correctly
  • hopleyjana
    hopleyjana Posts: 7 Member
    *fueling
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    hopleyjana wrote: »
    Hiall, thank you, I a miss 5'11" tall and 140 pounds. I am new to fitnes and healthy eating. I was never unhealthy, just not as healthy as I probably should be. I ve done my calories calculation on MFP and that's the number they came up, my Fitbit allowed me to eat way more, which I found odd and I actually gained a pound so I sign up to MFP

    At this point the 5 ish pounds you want to lose won't really make a difference. Maintaining weight and adding some muscle would. Your goal is at the very low end of the BMI scale.
  • hopleyjana2049
    hopleyjana2049 Posts: 28 Member
    Thank you. I do lot of fast pace walking which is my cardio and it of running, some jump rope exercise too, should I start doing more weight lifting ? Do you think 30 day shred is a good start for strength training. With having a kiddy I don't really have time to go to the gym so I trying to do exercises at home for now. I have weights and pull up bar at the moment. Will that be enough for time being ?
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    hopleyjana2049 wrote: »
    Thank you. I do lot of fast pace walking which is my cardio and it of running, some jump rope exercise too, should I start doing more weight lifting ? Do you think 30 day shred is a good start for strength training. With having a kiddy I don't really have time to go to the gym so I trying to do exercises at home for now. I have weights and pull up bar at the moment. Will that be enough for time being ?

    I would look into something more like You Are Your Own Gym rather than 30 day shred (which is a cardio program).
  • hopleyjana2049
    hopleyjana2049 Posts: 28 Member
    Thank you so much, I will have a look. In regards to diet, is there anything I should change ? I am totally clueless :(
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    hopleyjana2049 wrote: »
    Thank you so much, I will have a look. In regards to diet, is there anything I should change ? I am totally clueless :(

    No, other than I would get content with your current weight and just focus on maintaining rather than losing weight.
  • ladychris29
    ladychris29 Posts: 4,657 Member
    Are you drinking enough water? Water washes toxins from the body and fat is one of the body's main toxins. Also, muscle retains water. So if you're new to exercise, the lack of scale loss could be water retention. As strange as it sounds, your body needs water to flush it out. Focus on your loss otherwise--inches, clothing fit, health improvements--and the weight will follow.
  • hopleyjana2049
    hopleyjana2049 Posts: 28 Member
    Thank you all for your help. I am clueless when it comes to training and healthy diet.
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    I didn't look at your diary, but try eating large volume foods. A whole bowl of broccoli (for example) is way more filling than 4oz of chicken. Bulk everything up with veggies
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    You are super hungry all the time. And tired of not seeing results. Good of you to provide stats and open your diary. You are hungry because you are eating too little, or poorly, or both. Your current weight is already at the low end of healthy BMI. This means that weight loss now is not really recommended, which means that maintenance/recomp is what you should be aiming for - maybe even a bit of weight gain would be good for you.

    I suggest you look at your diet - make sure you get in enough real, whole foods for nutrition and satiety (your food choices look fine to me, but you may have to eat more food to not feel hungry), and then weigh how much room you have for sweets and snacks, up against your desire to weigh less.

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