Weight loss math doesn't work, so confused!

odonrom1946 · February 2018

Can somebody with some experience please explain weight loss math to me. My BMI is 1560, I'm eating just under 1200 calories a day, I walk 15000 steps. My total calorie burn is approximately 2400 to 2700, my goal is to lose 2 pounds per week, but I just seem to stick at one number and not move. I eat clean, no processed food, drink plenty of water and get eight hours every night. I feel like I'm checking all the boxes . I do feel great, and I feel like I look better but I can't get past numbers.can someone please explain what I need to do to make the pounds go.

MichelleSilverleaf · February 2018

-get a food scale and weigh everything
-plug your stats into MFP and eat to the number it gives you (depending on how much you have to lose, 2lbs may not be an appropriate loss rate for you)
-stop under eating, you should be getting 1200 MINIMUM, MFP will probably give you a number higher than that depending on your stats.

malibu927 · February 2018

sheena_shewell · February 2018

Be patient and trust the process. If your calorie counting is on point and your ticking all the boxes you will lose weight. These things take time. You may be holding onto some water weight which will drop and when it does your weight will drop also. If you have just started your diet and are doing all the right things just know that the weight will come off. No prizes for losing weight the fastest.

Iwantahealthierme30 · February 2018

Your calorie burn is 2400 to 2700 but you're eating 1200? How are you still standing?

odonrom1946 · February 2018

I believe that includes just basic living lol! I have lost, 9lb in 1 month which I'm happy with but it's the same 9, lb I've been losing for 2 years then it stops. I do weigh my food and monitor portion sizes and trust me I'm not skimping...I find when you eat clean food (farm to table... Not too fancy as I'm not the greatest chef) even 1100 calories is a lot of food and hard to get in...i Can only eat so much chicken/fish/veg. I did have PCOS but I'm 49 now so I thought those days we behind me (menopause is nowhere on the horizon either dammit)

lynn_glenmont · February 2018

odonrom1946 wrote: »

Can somebody with some experience please explain weight loss math to me. My BMI is 1560, I'm eating just under 1200 calories a day, I walk 15000 steps. My total calorie burn is approximately 2400 to 2700, my goal is to lose 2 pounds per week, but I just seem to stick at one number and not move. I eat clean, no processed food, drink plenty of water and get eight hours every night. I feel like I'm checking all the boxes . I do feel great, and I feel like I look better but I can't get past numbers.can someone please explain what I need to do to make the pounds go.

odonrom1946 wrote: »

I believe that includes just basic living lol! I have lost, 9lb in 1 month which I'm happy with but it's the same 9, lb I've been losing for 2 years then it stops. I do weigh my food and monitor portion sizes and trust me I'm not skimping...I find when you eat clean food (farm to table... Not too fancy as I'm not the greatest chef) even 1100 calories is a lot of food and hard to get in...i Can only eat so much chicken/fish/veg. I did have PCOS but I'm 49 now so I thought those days we behind me (menopause is nowhere on the horizon either dammit)

Your problem is either in your interpretation of the facts or in exaggerated expectations. Losing 9 lbs in a month is not sticking to one number. It is, in fact, reasonably close to the results one would expect if one's TDEE were 2400 to 2700 and one were taking in close to 1200 calories a day.

odonrom1946 · February 2018

Perhaps I was hoping for a more linear decline in my weight. It's been stuck for 1.5 weeks and not moved regardless of my diet and exercise

Alatariel75 · February 2018

Are you due for, or do you have, your period?

odonrom1946 · February 2018

Just finished. I thought I would see a drop but no such luck. I know I'm being impatient but I just thought this happened at the end of your weight loss goal not the beginning LOL

try2again · February 2018

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear/p1

diannethegeek · February 2018

odonrom1946 wrote: »

Perhaps I was hoping for a more linear decline in my weight. It's been stuck for 1.5 weeks and not moved regardless of my diet and exercise

1.5 weeks is just a blip when it comes to weight loss. It's your body going through it's normal fluctuations due to water, waste, hormones, salt, etc. It's what is supposed to happen. It's why there are several stickies and guide posts about this.

My weight loss once stalled out for 8 weeks. If you know you're doing what you need to be doing for weight loss then all you can do is wait it out.

musicfan68 · February 2018

It's only been a week and a half and you are freaking out? You need to be patient. You aren't going to lose 2 lbs a week every week. Some weeks you won't lose anything. Just how it goes.

Alatariel75 · February 2018

odonrom1946 wrote: »

Just finished. I thought I would see a drop but no such luck. I know I'm being impatient but I just thought this happened at the end of your weight loss goal not the beginning LOL

You may see a drop shortly, many women retain water before and during.

seska422 · February 2018

Weight loss isn't linear. Look at what your weight does over the long term. Don't compare day-to-day or even week-to-week. Have patience and concentrate on sticking to the process.

Here's a 3 month time frame where I was at or below my calorie goal every day. My weight and trend both went up and down but my overall trend was downward.

diannethegeek · February 2018

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634529/why-did-the-number-on-the-scale-go-up-this-week-heres-why/p1

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10359984/women-menstrual-cycle-weight-and-fitness-matters/p1

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10196160/scale-stress-syndrome/p1

try2again · February 2018

musicfan68 wrote: »

It's only been a week and a half and you are freaking out? You need to be patient. You aren't going to lose 2 lbs a week every week. Some weeks you won't lose anything. Just how it goes.

Some weeks, you could very well gain (water weight).

PAV8888 · February 2018

If you weren't trying to create 50%+ sized deficits.... your weight loss MIGHT be *slightly* more consistent.

You are being over aggressive in both your deficits and your expectations.

Relax, reduce the difficulty level, and keep at it. Look at your trend over 4 to 6 weeks... and you will be fine!

MHarper522 · February 2018

If your BMR is 1560, why are you eating under 1200 calories? You're starving your body's vital functions. If your TDEE is 2400-2700, you shouldn't cut more than 1000 calories from that a day for a weightloss of 2 lbs/week (so 1400-1700 calories a day, but you should really be eating at least your BMR, plus exercise calories. BMR is what your body burns just to stay alive).

TL; DR You're not eating enough, your body is trying to save you from yourself.

MichelleSilverleaf · February 2018

MHarper522 wrote: »

TL; DR You're not eating enough, your body is trying to save you from yourself.

Nope, doesn't work that way. Odds are better that there's a logging error, or a numbers error. If you're referring to 'starvation mode', that's not a thing.

Muscleflex79 · February 2018

odonrom1946 wrote: »

I believe that includes just basic living lol! I have lost, 9lb in 1 month which I'm happy with but it's the same 9, lb I've been losing for 2 years then it stops. I do weigh my food and monitor portion sizes and trust me I'm not skimping...I find when you eat clean food (farm to table... Not too fancy as I'm not the greatest chef) even 1100 calories is a lot of food and hard to get in...i Can only eat so much chicken/fish/veg. I did have PCOS but I'm 49 now so I thought those days we behind me (menopause is nowhere on the horizon either dammit)

you seem very focused on eating "clean," yet that has nothing to do with weight loss. you say you are "weighing food and monitoring portion sizes" - but are you truly weighing everything you eat? your reliance on "clean eating" suggests maybe not.

Weight loss math doesn't work, so confused!

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