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agra84
agra84 Posts: 7 Member
edited November 22 in Motivation and Support
Hello all,
I thought I would give this a try. Today I was meant to attend an important event in a particular set of clothes, they didn’t fit and I haven’t been able to go as a result. Not only is this embarrassing has also proved I’m clearly doing something wrong. I try and stick to my calorie deficit and am fairly consistent with the odd ‘bad’ days. I go the gym 4-5 a week mostly weights but the odd day CV thrown in as well. I don’t seem to lose any weight though, more specifically fat as I know building muscle will not help the scales go down. Don’t care what I weigh but I need to shift the fat. Would appreciate any tips
Thanks

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  • celiah909
    celiah909 Posts: 141 Member
    Do you weigh your food?

    I just got a scale recently and I feel like my life has changed- now I want one to keep at work. But for example I wanted this dip and a serving size was 2 tablespoons (30 grams), so I took out a tablespoon and grabbed one scoop. Came out to 33 grams! I would’ve used 2 scoops for my serving and eaten double the calories I thought I was.
  • leggup
    leggup Posts: 2,942 Member
    I found that using a food scale was a critical step to sticking to my calorie deficit. Also, making sure my calorie deficit is not too aggressive. If you're finding 2 lbs/week loss too hard to stick to, keep lowering the goal until you're hitting it every single day. Losing .5 lbs/week is still better than losing nothing (or gaining!)
  • scottma3
    scottma3 Posts: 13 Member
    Hey agra84. What do you know about ketones and ketosis?
  • dinadyna21
    dinadyna21 Posts: 403 Member
    celiah909 wrote: »
    Do you weigh your food?

    I just got a scale recently and I feel like my life has changed- now I want one to keep at work. But for example I wanted this dip and a serving size was 2 tablespoons (30 grams), so I took out a tablespoon and grabbed one scoop. Came out to 33 grams! I would’ve used 2 scoops for my serving and eaten double the calories I thought I was.

    Same here, I was drastically underestimating my portions. Food scale is life yo
  • dinadyna21
    dinadyna21 Posts: 403 Member
    agra84 wrote: »
    Hello all,
    I thought I would give this a try. Today I was meant to attend an important event in a particular set of clothes, they didn’t fit and I haven’t been able to go as a result. Not only is this embarrassing has also proved I’m clearly doing something wrong. I try and stick to my calorie deficit and am fairly consistent with the odd ‘bad’ days. I go the gym 4-5 a week mostly weights but the odd day CV thrown in as well. I don’t seem to lose any weight though, more specifically fat as I know building muscle will not help the scales go down. Don’t care what I weigh but I need to shift the fat. Would appreciate any tips
    Thanks

    Keep lifting because you want to maintain your muscle while you're losing weight or you'll end up with skinny fat. It also helps to make you look leaner when you've finally reached goal. Muscle also helps your metabolism as it burns more than fat when you're active and when you're at rest.
    Everyone else has already mentioned the scale, also meal prepping really helped me as I noticed that I snack when I don't have something ready to eat if I get hungry.
    If you absolutely need to snack try logging your full meals before hand and then see if you have room to add in snacks. It helps to have a visual of your budget, kinda like checking your bank account before spending.
    Sorry for the long post but I hope it helps.
  • agra84
    agra84 Posts: 7 Member

    I don’t weigh food no but a great tip I’ve got some scales gathering dust in a cupboard somewhere so definitely getting them out.

    To the chap who asked about ketones, not much really i have briefly read about them but nothing to have an understanding of it really? Is it a problem?

    Thanks all again for the advice
  • agra84
    agra84 Posts: 7 Member
    scottma3 wrote: »
    Hey agra84. What do you know about ketones and ketosis?

    I have read about it, not enough to have a full undedstanding so help is welcomed
  • agra84
    agra84 Posts: 7 Member
    dinadyna21 wrote: »
    agra84 wrote: »
    Hello all,
    I thought I would give this a try. Today I was meant to attend an important event in a particular set of clothes, they didn’t fit and I haven’t been able to go as a result. Not only is this embarrassing has also proved I’m clearly doing something wrong. I try and stick to my calorie deficit and am fairly consistent with the odd ‘bad’ days. I go the gym 4-5 a week mostly weights but the odd day CV thrown in as well. I don’t seem to lose any weight though, more specifically fat as I know building muscle will not help the scales go down. Don’t care what I weigh but I need to shift the fat. Would appreciate any tips
    Thanks

    Keep lifting because you want to maintain your muscle while you're losing weight or you'll end up with skinny fat. It also helps to make you look leaner when you've finally reached goal. Muscle also helps your metabolism as it burns more than fat when you're active and when you're at rest.
    Everyone else has already mentioned the scale, also meal prepping really helped me as I noticed that I snack when I don't have something ready to eat if I get hungry.
    If you absolutely need to snack try logging your full meals before hand and then see if you have room to add in snacks. It helps to have a visual of your budget, kinda like checking your bank account before spending.
    Sorry for the long post but I hope it helps.

    Really appreciate the advice thanks, meal prep I have talked about for weeks, time to pull my finger out and actually do it
  • agra84
    agra84 Posts: 7 Member

    leggup wrote: »
    I found that using a food scale was a critical step to sticking to my calorie deficit. Also, making sure my calorie deficit is not too aggressive. If you're finding 2 lbs/week loss too hard to stick to, keep lowering the goal until you're hitting it every single day. Losing .5 lbs/week is still better than losing nothing (or gaining!)

    What would you consider aggressive? My BMR is 2121 currently and my total calorie intake recommended here is 1760 a day?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    agra84 wrote: »
    I don’t weigh food no but a great tip I’ve got some scales gathering dust in a cupboard somewhere so definitely getting them out.

    To the chap who asked about ketones, not much really i have briefly read about them but nothing to have an understanding of it really? Is it a problem?

    Thanks all again for the advice

    low carb isn't necessary to lose weight

    weigh and log your food, at the moment you are eating more than you think
  • agra84
    agra84 Posts: 7 Member

    TavistockToad wrote: »
    agra84 wrote: »
    I don’t weigh food no but a great tip I’ve got some scales gathering dust in a cupboard somewhere so definitely getting them out.

    To the chap who asked about ketones, not much really i have briefly read about them but nothing to have an understanding of it really? Is it a problem?

    Thanks all again for the advice

    low carb isn't necessary to lose weight

    weigh and log your food, at the moment you are eating more than you think

    Ok so I will give this a go, thanks
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