Frustrated - 3 weeks no loss.
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Iwantahealthierme30
Posts: 293 Member
Hi,
I started this back in November and lost 11 pounds so far but for the past 3 weeks I've been stuck between 217-219. I was 219 at Christmas! I hate seeing this on the scale again.
I am eating about 1700-1800 calories (yesterday was a low day) I am hypothyroid on medication but have been forgetting to take it lately. Could that be the reason? I am also on Seroquel and Loxapine (for Bipolar Disorder) I was exercising but have taken the winter off that was only about 200 calories burn twice a week.
My diary is open. Please help.
I started this back in November and lost 11 pounds so far but for the past 3 weeks I've been stuck between 217-219. I was 219 at Christmas! I hate seeing this on the scale again.
I am eating about 1700-1800 calories (yesterday was a low day) I am hypothyroid on medication but have been forgetting to take it lately. Could that be the reason? I am also on Seroquel and Loxapine (for Bipolar Disorder) I was exercising but have taken the winter off that was only about 200 calories burn twice a week.
My diary is open. Please help.
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Are you weighing? There is a big difference between cups/guessing and actual weight which can add up easily.
Below illustrates:
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If you aren't currently using a food scale, weighing everything and logging religiously, no skipping, cheating or forgetting, start there.3
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If you forget your thyroid medication your metabolism will slow and you will need a much higher deficit to lose weight. Get back to taking your medication on a regular schedule (same time every day, set an alarm if you need to) and that should help a lot.8
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I don't weigh but that shouldn't matter because my TDEE is 2300.19
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Iwantahealthierme30 wrote: »I don't weigh but that shouldn't matter because my TDEE is 2300.
I don't understand.
If you don't weigh, and you're not losing, then there's a VERY good chance you're eating more than you think you are.
Even if you think you're eating 500 under your TDEE everyday, you could be off in your count and that would account for the difference. You don't know until you weigh.26 -
Iwantahealthierme30 wrote: »I don't weigh but that shouldn't matter because my TDEE is 2300.
My TDEE is 2400. To lose weight, I'm shooting for 1870. I still have to weigh. One has nothing to do with the other.17 -
Little inaccuracies add up. I used to be convinced that I was eating 1200 calories per day when I used to use MFP a long time back, but the fact is I was actually eating closer to 1900 calories per day. Guesstimating and using incorrect user entries can make a massive difference.10
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As a fellow hypo, for more reason than weight lose, you need to figure out how to remember to take your meds daily. It is so important for your overall health!
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As a fellow hypo, for more reason than weight lose, you need to figure out how to remember to take your meds daily. It is so important for your overall health!
This is great advice. Set an alarm or a reminder on your phone, white a reminder on the fridge, leave the bottle next to your toothbrush so you will see it and remember. You are important and your health is important.4 -
Be careful of the little nibbles as well, they add up too. And they're easy to forget to log, I know I've been guilty of it. Just remember you have control, you can fix whatever's going on that's stopping you from losing weight.3
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Little nibbles isn't a problem, I logged one frozen cherry the other day, haha2
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I just lowered my calories back down. I realized I had been on this higher calorie thing for 3 weeks.5
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A digital food scale is less than $20 at Walmart or Amazon and such a great investment for your health.
I love using my scale - it's easy and I actually use far fewer dishes. For example, if preparing a southwest salad:- Put bowl on scale, tare to zero.
- Add lettuce, record gram weight. Tare to zero.
- Add shredded cheese, record gram weight. Tare to zero.
- Add chopped peppers, record gram weight. Tare to zero.
- Use measuring spoon to add 2 tbsp of ranch dressing. Scan ranch dressing barcode, add to MFP.
- Add all the recorded gram weights to MFP.
- Enjoy salad.
It only adds a few extra minutes to your food prep and you'll get MUCH more accurate results.
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Please don't forget your thyroid medication it's not something you can take occasionally and you are risking your health.
Your body needs it on daily basis it's not like taking paracetamol occasionally for headache .
I am hypo and I have been diagnosed with Bipolar last summer.
I keep bipolar meds by my bed as I need to take them before bed and Levotyroxine I take first thing in the morning .
And what everyone else said about weighing. I thought my portion control was great and it was fact I'm hypo and take other meds why I got big.
Joined MFP and started weighing food and guess what it's not because of tablets it's the fact I was way over what I should be eating everyday.6 -
JMcGee2018 wrote: »If you forget your thyroid medication your metabolism will slow and you will need a much higher deficit to lose weight. Get back to taking your medication on a regular schedule (same time every day, set an alarm if you need to) and that should help a lot.
Sorry, that's not how it works. On the onset of hypothyreoidism the BMI might go down up to 4%. However, being poorly medicated can lead to increased water weight and feeling *kitten* and moving less. And eating more. All those lead to a weight gain.5 -
It's also possible your TDEE is less after losing. Definitely follow what others have said and get a food scale so you can tract more accurately, here's a website you can use to look up foods to ensure you're getting an accurate calorie count: https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list2
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JMcGee2018 wrote: »If you forget your thyroid medication your metabolism will slow and you will need a much higher deficit to lose weight. Get back to taking your medication on a regular schedule (same time every day, set an alarm if you need to) and that should help a lot.
Sorry, that's not how it works. On the onset of hypothyreoidism the BMI might go down up to 4%. However, being poorly medicated can lead to increased water weight and feeling *kitten* and moving less. And eating more. All those lead to a weight gain.
HypERthyroidism leads to significant weight loss. HypOthyroidism, which OP says she has, can lead to fatigue and weight gain. I know because I was tested for that reason, plus a family history. Turns out I just eat poorly lol.1 -
I noticed the yogurt you're eating with breakfast is pretty high in calories for one cup. If you can stomach greek non-fat plain yogurt, that will shave off more then 150 cals from breakfast alone. Plus you'll get double the protein which may help you stay satisfied longer. What I found works the best for me is to eat foods with the most nutritional value overall. Less cheese, dairy, breads, as they quickly eat away your calorie allotment for the day. Don't have to go without entirely, just eat it when you can balance it out, maximizing the calories you eat each day. Good luck, every time we eat something is a new chance to give it a fresh go!2
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Yeah, I stopped eating that, it's just that I had it. I found one with lower calories now and not always eating it for breakfast.0
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