Need help with weight loss

peggyking135
peggyking135 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Im a 19 year old male that is trying to join the miltary and iv been losing weight. My height is 5ft and 11in. I started at 291 lbs and got down to 212 but iv been at this weight for almost a month and it's like my body does not want to lose anymore. I use to do only cardio at the gym but as I lost more and more I changed it up. I got down to about 216 and ever since then nothing is working. I have a very healthy diet and I work out at least 5-6 times a week with cardio and some body weight workout. The question I'm wanting answered is" what can I do to drop another 20-30 lbs?" My cal intake is 1500

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  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,436 Member
    edited December 2017
    Do you use a food scale to weigh what you eating, and then logging everything, no skipping, cheating or forgetting?
  • peggyking135
    peggyking135 Posts: 2 Member
    No but I don't eat big protins and I don't eat junky food.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,436 Member
    edited December 2017
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Do you use a food scale to weigh what you eating, and then logging everything, no skipping, cheating or forgetting?

    Then I'd start there^^
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    1. Double check that the entries you are using in the database are correct. Many are user entered and wrong. Don't use recipe-type entries you didn't create, like "scrambled eggs" or "beef stew" as you have no idea how the person who created them made them.
    2. Get a food scale and use it for every single thing for a couple of weeks. Make sure the serving size you are using is accurate. Don't trust the package - if it says 5 meatballs/85 grams is a serving, 85 grams is accurate and 5 meatballs is an estimate. Weigh them and log the grams.
    3. As a 19 yr old with your stats and exercise, you would be starving and dropping weight if you were really eating 1500 cals. Logging errors are really common, and easy to ignore when you have a lot of weight to lose. But sometimes when you get down to the home stretch, you need to get really detail oriented.

    Good luck!
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    peggyking135 wrote: »
    No but I don't eat big protins and I don't eat junky food.

    Weight loss is created by a calorie deficit. Avoiding "big proteins" and "junky food" isn't going to result in weight loss unless you're also in a deficit.
  • HellYeahItsKriss
    HellYeahItsKriss Posts: 906 Member
    Portion size and non junk foods have nothing do with with caloric density.
  • aeloine
    aeloine Posts: 2,163 Member
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  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,260 Member
    peggyking135 wrote: »
    No but I don't eat big protins and I don't eat junky food.

    A lot of time we can start out and lose a good chunk of weight just by eating better in general. But then we get stuck and have to tighten up on our methods. A very easy way of tightening up your method is to start weighing solids on a digital kitchen scale and measure liquids using a measuring cup or spoon. Then log them using good solid nutrition info.

    I've seen this over and over here and it's exactly what I did (lost 30 odd pounds by just eating better, got stuck, started weighing/measuring, started losing again.) Think of it as a sign of progress--the closer you get to goal, the more you need to be careful about your calories.
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