Wish this was eaiser.

ashlee_tx · January 2018

So, I am a week in, Wed-Sat I lost 3 pounds, From sun-today, nothing. I am eating roughly 1200-1400 calories a day. I am drinking slim fast for breakfast and lunch, I have a 100 calorie snack in the afternoon then I have a larger dinner ( 600-750) I am also limiting diet soda for dinner and drinking about 90 oz of water a day . I am well below my grams for fats, carbs and proteins and even the percentage that MyFitnessPal wants. So I am not understanding what I am doing wrong. Is my dinner too many calories? I've tried eating lunch and my slim fast for dinner and just cant do it.
By the time I get home I am hungry, but again I am calculating everything and I'm still not losing. According to myfitness pal I should be losing 2 pounds by just eating 1450.
I have been walking during my lunch so I am burning around 200 calories or so. I may start working out at home to get a better calorie burned..but other than that?

ladyhusker39 · January 2018

Stats to give us some context to work with?

Age
Current Weight
Goal Weight
Height

ashlee_tx · January 2018

31
260
150
5'6"

cathipa · January 2018

Its been a week which is not long enough to judge if something is working or not. How are you logging? Are you eyeballing or measuring your foods? How far are you from a healthy weight (not your goal weight)? Weight loss isn't linear so just because MFP says so doesn't mean its finite. Other variables as well (TOM, DOMs, high sodium, stress) all play into weight fluctuations.

AnvilHead · January 2018

ashlee_tx wrote: »

...So I am not understanding what I am doing wrong...

I'd say the main thing is not having enough patience.

You didn't gain all the weight in a week, you won't lose it all in a week. Trust the process and keep at it. Consistency trumps all else in terms of results.

OhMsDiva · January 2018

I will let the professional weigh in, but when I read your post I was thinking that you may need to eat more food instead of drinking slim fast. I can pretty much tell you that if you are hungry all day you will not lose weight because you are likely end up overeating to make up for the hunger. Are you weighing and logging everything? You did not say how much you want to lose overall. If you are not losing then you are probably eating more than you thing. Good luck to you. Do not be discouraged. Just get diligent about your weighing and logging and you will figure out what is not going right.

AliceDark · January 2018

So, in a week you've lost three pounds? That's a really fast rate of loss. Unfortunately, you're not going to continue to see losses that quickly.

You're not going to lose every day. You're not going to lose every WEEK. Some weeks you'll lose, some weeks you'll stay the same, and some weeks you may even gain.

The only thing that matters is whether or not your general trend line goes down. It's hard, but you have to find a way to calm down, trust the process and give it time to work.

callsitlikeiseeit · January 2018

you lost 3 pounds in a week.

what are you expecting?

FYI - its water weight and the nice first lovely thing that happens. subsequent weeks will be less.

ditch the slim fast. thats just grossness in a can. eat real food. its better for you and more filling. buy a food scale. weigh EVERYTHING. learn to enter your foods correctly.

and be patient.

French_Peasant · January 2018

If you lost 3 lbs and are set to lose 2, this means that you exceeded your goal by 50%. Congratulations! I am not sure why you are not celebrating because it sounds like your hard work has paid off in spades. Keep it up, don't restrict too much, and remember when you get a little further down the weight loss road, it doesn't come off as easily as it does in the beginning, and you will need to adjust accordingly. But 3 lbs the first week is outstanding.

ashlee_tx · January 2018

Perhaps I am being a little inpatient, No everything is measured and calculated according the labels. I am logging everything down to my gum and still..no difference. Maybe it just takes a little longer to see some sort of result. I just want to know that what I am doing is working.

cwolfman13 · January 2018

ashlee_tx wrote: »

So, I am a week in, Wed-Sat I lost 3 pounds, From sun-today, nothing. I am eating roughly 1200-1400 calories a day. I am drinking slim fast for breakfast and lunch, I have a 100 calorie snack in the afternoon then I have a larger dinner ( 600-750) I am also limiting diet soda for dinner and drinking about 90 oz of water a day . I am well below my grams for fats, carbs and proteins and even the percentage that MyFitnessPal wants. So I am not understanding what I am doing wrong. Is my dinner too many calories? I've tried eating lunch and my slim fast for dinner and just cant do it.
By the time I get home I am hungry, but again I am calculating everything and I'm still not losing. According to myfitness pal I should be losing 2 pounds by just eating 1450.
I have been walking during my lunch so I am burning around 200 calories or so. I may start working out at home to get a better calorie burned..but other than that?

You're not doing anything wrong other than lacking in patience...

This is not mine, but here's a graph of actual weight loss plotted...the trend over time is what is important and what you need to focus on...it's a long process and you're going to have to wrap your head around that and start playing the long game...

quiksylver296 · January 2018

cathipa · January 2018

ashlee_tx wrote: »

Perhaps I am being a little inpatient, No everything is measured and calculated according the labels. I am logging everything down to my gum and still..no difference. Maybe it just takes a little longer to see some sort of result. I just want to know that what I am doing is working.

3 pounds is a difference. Have patience.

Muscleflex79 · January 2018

ashlee_tx wrote: »

Perhaps I am being a little inpatient, No everything is measured and calculated according the labels. I am logging everything down to my gum and still..no difference. Maybe it just takes a little longer to see some sort of result. I just want to know that what I am doing is working.

as others said - 3lbs in half a week is more than projected...

you said you are measuring and calculating - but are you weighing everything you eat?

ladyhusker39 · January 2018

OhMsDiva wrote: »

I will let the professional weigh in, but when I read your post I was thinking that you may need to eat more food instead of drinking slim fast. I can pretty much tell you that if you are hungry all day you will not lose weight because you are likely end up overeating to make up for the hunger. Are you weighing and logging everything? You did not say how much you want to lose overall. If you are not losing then you are probably eating more than you thing. Good luck to you. Do not be discouraged. Just get diligent about your weighing and logging and you will figure out what is not going right.

I would agree with this if it continues. However, as she saw a decent drop of water weight at first and it's only been a few days without a loss, I think this is a premature conclusion.

OP, this is actually a pretty common pattern when first starting out. Give it time before you start to be concerned, but if it does continue, then this advice is pretty solid advice.

alyssa_rest · January 2018

You're only a week in. The first 3 pounds you lost right away is probably water weight. Keep doing what you're doing, and you'll start to see a change over the next couple of weeks.

Also, try using a food scale so you know exactly what calories you're eating. It's easy to underestimate your calories just by eyeballing portions.

SilverRose89 · January 2018

ashlee_tx wrote: »

So, I am a week in, Wed-Sat I lost 3 pounds, From sun-today, nothing. I am eating roughly 1200-1400 calories a day. I am drinking slim fast for breakfast and lunch, I have a 100 calorie snack in the afternoon then I have a larger dinner ( 600-750) I am also limiting diet soda for dinner and drinking about 90 oz of water a day . I am well below my grams for fats, carbs and proteins and even the percentage that MyFitnessPal wants. So I am not understanding what I am doing wrong. Is my dinner too many calories? I've tried eating lunch and my slim fast for dinner and just cant do it.
By the time I get home I am hungry, but again I am calculating everything and I'm still not losing. According to myfitness pal I should be losing 2 pounds by just eating 1450.
I have been walking during my lunch so I am burning around 200 calories or so. I may start working out at home to get a better calorie burned..but other than that?

3lb in a week is significant. How much were you hoping to lose in that time? It sounds like you may need to adjust your expectations. Slow and steady is the goal here

Need2Exerc1se · January 2018

ashlee_tx wrote: »

So, I am a week in, Wed-Sat I lost 3 pounds, From sun-today, nothing. I am eating roughly 1200-1400 calories a day. I am drinking slim fast for breakfast and lunch, I have a 100 calorie snack in the afternoon then I have a larger dinner ( 600-750) I am also limiting diet soda for dinner and drinking about 90 oz of water a day . I am well below my grams for fats, carbs and proteins and even the percentage that MyFitnessPal wants. So I am not understanding what I am doing wrong. Is my dinner too many calories? I've tried eating lunch and my slim fast for dinner and just cant do it.
By the time I get home I am hungry, but again I am calculating everything and I'm still not losing. According to myfitness pal I should be losing 2 pounds by just eating 1450.
I have been walking during my lunch so I am burning around 200 calories or so. I may start working out at home to get a better calorie burned..but other than that?

Your first sentence has the answer. You are a week in. Give it time.

HoneyBadger302 · January 2018

I agree to ditch the Slim Fast. A salad with some shrimp, chicken, or avocado will do a heck of a lot more to fill you up and it will give you much better nutrition. Plus, a real lunch may help you keep dinner to a more reasonable size, especially if you keep your afternoon snack in there.

You're only a week in, and already frustrated. I'd say you need to revise your take on this. Sounds like you're going overboard with the changes, which means at some point, you won't be able to stick with them, and then you will probably gain back everything (if not more) than you've lost. Choose a couple smaller things to change, and start doing things you can keep up long term (Slim Fast is not a long term solution). Maybe substituting sparkling water for soda the first week. Then switch from ranch to balsamic vinaigrette the next week on your salad. Start measuring everything the following week. After that, start measuring and tracking everything.

Smaller steps may not make things magically fall away at a too-fast rate, but they WILL help you get where you want to go and stay there.

Start with some smaller changes, and give your body time to adjust.

Also, when you are tracking, be sure to include things like sauces, dressings, cooking oils, toppings, or other things that are "added" to your food. I've had some sauces that could literally double the calories in a meal while adding very little substance.

callsitlikeiseeit · January 2018

ashlee_tx wrote: »

Perhaps I am being a little inpatient, No everything is measured and calculated according the labels. I am logging everything down to my gum and still..no difference. Maybe it just takes a little longer to see some sort of result. I just want to know that what I am doing is working.

are you WEIGHING IT ON A SCALE?

toxikon · January 2018

The key here is to manage your expectations and create sustainable habits.

Losing 2lbs a week is considered quite a fast pace for most people! Most around here are happy with 1lbs lost per week. Of course, it depends on your starting weight, but expecting to lose more than 2lbs a week just isn't sustainable for most bodies.

Look at your diet and ask yourself if it's going to be sustainable in... 2 months? A year? A decade?

The more sustainable you make the process, the easier it is to stick to.

It all comes down to calories. Eating at a caloric deficit WILL result in weight loss. There's no need to add expensive drinks to your diet, or remove your favourite snacks. For satiety purposes, you may want to adjust things here and there, but it shouldn't feel like you're depriving yourself.

Wish this was eaiser.

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