Beyond Frustrated

mitch16 · November 2017

leahvallee wrote: »

I am using fitness pal to enter even the gum I chew if I chew a gum. I do use measuring cup and tbsp. to measure everything I eat. What I meant by keeping the same food portions, I meant as the lean cuisine portions.
No I have not netted 500 since July, in July I started with 1000 calories a day. Beginning of September is when I started boxing 4 times a week and burning more calories. I am 5'2 and "my" ideal weight is 105-110 not what's in a book somewhere, this is the weight I feel good at.

As someone else said, cups and spoons are not accurate. You're short, and you're already at a healthy weight--you have to be fastidious with your tracking to lose weight.

Also--"keeping the same food portions as the Lean Cuisine"--if you are not using the exact same ingredients in the exact same proportions as the Lean Cuisine, then your rendition, even if the same size, is going to have different calories.

fiddletime · November 2017

That video is great. It got me to start using the food scale in grams, that I had and wasnt using. I’m also 5’2”. You can lose this weight. I’m on my last 5 pounds, only because I keep going over. If not, at 1200 Cal, I’d be at GW (125#) for me. Tough time of year.

Ready2Rock206 · November 2017

Sounds like a logging issue. You're not using a scale - so we know your amounts are off. Are you using the recipe builder for those home cooked meals or just using the Lean Cuisine calories? I'm guessing those amounts are likely off too.

If you truly were netting only 500 calories as you claim - first of all you'd probably be barely able to do the boxing due to the lack of nutrients and second the weight would be dropping off like crazy.

LeahV93 · November 2017

Yesterday I had 450 calories remaining from the 1200 goal that mfp set for me - although I try to stay at about 1000. The day before that I had 521 calories remaining of the 1200. The day before that I had 362 remaining. Of course on days I don't exercise the deficit is closer to 100-200 calories. Even if I am not 100% accurate with my measurements I am still creating a huge deficit not to see any weight loss.

aprilzabeth · November 2017

I'm 5'3 and feel like 105 - 110 is best for me, too. Right now I'm 112 and just staying here for a while by choice. Like you, I had trouble losing the last 10-15 pounds. I ate much less and exercised so much. But nothing worked. It turns out you can't fight your body. I began eating MORE and the weight just came off.

1,000 is soooo low. Espeically if you are exercising and not eating the calories back. That's just way too dangerously low. I've found that 1350 with 30 minutes of casual walking is ideal for me to lose weight. I can still lose weight eating more than that though. I've eaten 1600 - 1750 before and weighed myself expecting to have gained weight and found I lost weight.

If you are hungry and cranky then you are not eating enough. I had a horrible time eating so little and doing so much aerobic exercise numerous times a day. Turns out just relaxing walks and eating better works better.

I use cups and measuring spoons to measure though people in this thread say they are not accurate. It works for me. So I'm not sure if you are eating more than you think or not eating enough. It sounds like you're not eating enough. I know it sounds crazy to eat more, but it's what worked for me. I'm short and small boned I thought I'd need to use witchcraft or something to begin losing weight again until I found the right amount of exercise / food.

When I was eating little and exercising a lot I ended up losing my period for 4 months. I had to eat more and relax. Now everything is fine again.

Good luck.

Ready2Rock206 · November 2017

leahvallee wrote: »

Yesterday I had 450 calories remaining from the 1200 goal that mfp set for me - although I try to stay at about 1000. The day before that I had 521 calories remaining of the 1200. The day before that I had 362 remaining. Of course on days I don't exercise the deficit is closer to 100-200 calories. Even if I am not 100% accurate with my measurements I am still creating a huge deficit not to see any weight loss.

If you really are eating that little you're heading deep into eating disorder territory. This doesn't sound safe or healthy at all. You're not going to see daily weight loss - so if you're expecting that you should adjust your expectations. I really hope you get control of this before it is too late and you do permanent damage. Good luck to you.

NewMeSM75 · November 2017

I see you're wanting to lose weight. If you truly are netting less than 1,000 a day, it will not be long before your hair starts falling out along with other problems. At least it happened to me. Just word of warning.

ahoy_m8 · November 2017

Ditto food scale.

ashliedelgado · November 2017

You're not though. You're either over estimating calories out, or underestimating calories in. I'm guessing both. If you aren't losing, you're eating at maintenance.

You can argue it all you want, and keep doing what you're doing, and keep not seeing results.

Or, you can buy a $15 food scale, weigh your food for a week, and see what happens. If at the end of the week you find you're right and you were eating like you thought, return it, and see a doctor because perhaps some blood work is in order.

If, like pretty much everyone else here, you weigh your normal portions and find that you are eating way more than you thought, keep weighing your food that way for 6 weeks, look at your results, and adjust accordingly.

The time is going to pass either way. It's up to you how you do it.

Adjust your goals to realistic loss, also. 1/2lb a week is about all you're going to manage.

janejellyroll · November 2017

leahvallee wrote: »

Yesterday I had 450 calories remaining from the 1200 goal that mfp set for me - although I try to stay at about 1000. The day before that I had 521 calories remaining of the 1200. The day before that I had 362 remaining. Of course on days I don't exercise the deficit is closer to 100-200 calories. Even if I am not 100% accurate with my measurements I am still creating a huge deficit not to see any weight loss.

If you were consistently creating a deficit you'd be seeing a weight loss. That you aren't seeing that loss indicates that something is off in your estimates.

laurenebargar · November 2017

I'd also like to add, keeping the portions the same doesnt always mean its still low calorie. I just had the lean cuisine santa fe rice and beans. Its a large portion with a creamy sauce and 280 calories. ( no idea how they accomplish this and I dont think I want to know

) If i made this at home, eyeballing the rice and beans and then a sauce, im guessing mine would come out closer to 500-600 calories. thats a big difference.

LeahV93 · November 2017

Thank you for those of you concerned about me. I am not expecting daily results and I am not expecting to become anorexic , as I mentioned I started at 120 in July and I am still at 120. Again as I said I started by simply cutting calories, when no results I added exercise, in addition to cutting calories and exercising, I am making healthy eating choices. Hence the title of the post, beyond frustration, I haven't lost any weight. My goal is 110 which is perfectly within the healthy range for my height.

fiddletime · November 2017

I think that what’s being said over and over is that if you really were eating as little as you think, you’d be losing weight, and probably be malnourished as well. Therefore, many posts have suggested your numbers are off. Somewhere. Most of us have been in your situation and learned the frustrating way how to tighten things up.

For example, my homemade recipes have all the ingredients weighed out, then I eat a set portion. It’s pretty close, because I lose weight when I stay under or at my 1200 calorie limit. It took me 3 frustrating years of not really understanding where or why I wasn’t losing, to finally bite the bullet and weigh solid foods. I even weigh a TBS of peanut butter. As I’ve done this for the past year I now don’t need to weigh everything as I have a feel for the inaccuracies.

sullus · November 2017

leahvallee wrote: »

Thank you for those of you concerned about me. I am not expecting daily results and I am not expecting to become anorexic , as I mentioned I started at 120 in July and I am still at 120. Again as I said I started by simply cutting calories, when no results I added exercise, in addition to cutting calories and exercising, I am making healthy eating choices. Hence the title of the post, beyond frustration, I haven't lost any weight. My goal is 110 which is perfectly within the healthy range for my height.

You think you cut calories. You didn't.

TavistockToad · November 2017

leahvallee wrote: »

Thank you for those of you concerned about me. I am not expecting daily results and I am not expecting to become anorexic , as I mentioned I started at 120 in July and I am still at 120. Again as I said I started by simply cutting calories, when no results I added exercise, in addition to cutting calories and exercising, I am making healthy eating choices. Hence the title of the post, beyond frustration, I haven't lost any weight. My goal is 110 which is perfectly within the healthy range for my height.

Then you need to see a doctor as there is something very wrong if you can't lose weight on 1000 cals plus exercise.

LeahV93 · November 2017

You think you cut calories. You didn't.[/quote]

Thank you for your reply but I actually know I did. I was eating a lot more and more food with higher calories until I stopped doing that and I started counting what I ate.

quiksylver296 · November 2017

leahvallee wrote: »

Thank you for your reply but I actually know I did. I was eating a lot more and more food with higher calories until I stopped doing that and I started counting what I ate.

janejellyroll · November 2017

leahvallee wrote: »

Thank you for your reply but I actually know I did. I was eating a lot more and more food with higher calories until I stopped doing that and I started counting what I ate.

If you had and were at a deficit consistently, you'd be losing weight.

sullus · November 2017

leahvallee wrote: »

You think you cut calories. You didn't.

Thank you for your reply but I actually know I did. I was eating a lot more and more food with higher calories until I stopped doing that and I started counting what I ate. [/quote]

nope.

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