Diet and Fitness Struggle!!! Advice please!!

jadol87
jadol87 Posts: 7 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi!
So I, like most people ate and drank a little too much over Xmas. Decided to waste no time and got straight on the healthy eating and joined a new gym on 2nd January.

Ive done many ‘diets’ over the years and thoroughly confused myself, until I came across ‘James Smith’ on Fb and Insta. He basically talks sense, eat your protein and calories, the rest will fall into place. Aim for a deficit of 10-15% and if you want a bigger deficit create this through exercise and NOT by cutting food! Sounds great! Makes complete sense!

So! I bought a fitbit to see what my daily calorie burn is (sedentary bank job) and its around 1800-2000 cals/ day. Ive set my protein to 135g and cals at 1550. Reasonable I thought?

I eat a healthy diet (feel free to check my diary) protein oats for breakfast, omlette and chicken for lunch, and a healthy dinner, snacking on cashews, protein bars, the odd chocolate?

I also go to the gym 3/4 days per week for around an hour and a half, with roughly 30 mins cardio and the rest strength training.

I lost around 6 lbs in the first week, and the weight has since stayed stagnant ever since, even going up??? Im still around 10 lbs heavier than last summer and dont understand why this isnt coming off! Really loosing focus but i’m trying to stay focus in the hope something will happen?

Holiday in 2 weeks and I’m not even looking forward to it right now =(

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  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    You have to be more patient than that. Water weight fluctuations can mask a couple of weeks worth of fat loss, and you have to log your food intake correctly to make sure you're eating the calories you think you are eating. Use a food scale for everything. It's probably easier to not eat too much if you eat a more "normal" diet - 35% protein is difficult unless it's how you prefer to eat.
  • jadol87
    jadol87 Posts: 7 Member
    Thankyou for the reassurance! I feel im being quite patient, 6 weeks with no movement is becoming quite disheartening
  • jadol87
    jadol87 Posts: 7 Member
    Not sure where the rest of my reply went, but I do weigh all food on scales and scan barcodes for accuracy
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    You have to check the database entries for accuracy (are the values on the label the same) yourself (the database is filled with dubious entries), not rely on the scanner (you know, garbage in/garbage out), and use the scales correctly. There are several tutorials in here.
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