can't lose weight?

kaighgurl9 wrote: »

@Lesscookies1 I have been counting calories strictly for 5 weeks now. @DevilsFan1 I am only eating 1,500 calories per day..... I am not sure how much less I can eat... I work out every day.

Have you been through the steps on the flowchart yet? I know if you use a screen reader type program you might not see it, so I just want to check that you've covered everything in it.

Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »

I'm not sure if the OP saw this amazing chart that Tiny Dancer posted, so I'm going to copy it here for the OP.

I think we've all told her she's eating more calories than she thinks, and she doesn't use a food scale to measure her full intake, and relies on food labels that can underestimate calories, so Op if you want change you're going to have to change what you're doing now and try something new. It's not like you have something to lose except for weight that is. Good luck!!

I did manage to lose weight with canteen food, which had completely illogical calorie/macro information. The cooked rice contained a massive amount of fat according to the macros, yet the chef said they don't put fat into the rice. Of course all pieces of meat have different sizes, and many curries available there various amounts of fat, depending on how much food was still in the tray. The only way to make sure I was losing weight was to take two portions of food: one in plastic cups that I would later weigh, and one for eating. Then repeat the weighing every few weeks, as portion creep is very common.

I wouldn't trust at all the calories info on dining hall food. Who knows if the cooks are even aware of what is published? And when they dish it out they can be random.

kaighgurl9 wrote: »

@Lesscookies1 I have been counting calories strictly for 5 weeks now. @DevilsFan1 I am only eating 1,500 calories per day..... I am not sure how much less I can eat... I work out every day.

Lots of context still needed here.

First, you can't be strictly counting calories if the foods you eat are not weighed. It may or may not be a good educated guess.

Second, what is you height? Your goal weight?

Third, you've given no context to what or how vigorous your workouts are so it's hard to tell what that means (hint: it's a much smaller component to losing weight than your intake).

Lastly, you seem to be avoiding the very best advice given in this thread - using a food scale.

There are gazillion threads just like this where people make the same claims as the ones you're making (please understand that this is not a personal dig at you). There are half a gazillion original posters who do not take the scale advice seriously. Be part of the other half! The food scale is, by far, your best friend with respect to weight loss goals, weight gain goals, and especially weight maintenance goals.

kaighgurl9 wrote: »

@MichelleSilverleaf I have been at this for over a month now. I have always eaten healthy, but I have been doing a hard calorie count for five weeks. I have gained about a pound since mid-January.

Can anyone tell me what a hard calorie count is? To me it sounds code for some kind of disordered eating . . . but maybe I'm reading too much into it.

Also, OP, if you've gained a pound since January you're over eating . . . by 3,500 calories if you've really gained a pound.

As a woman, though, and at 21 I'm going to assume you're still well within your years of getting your period. I can go up as much as 5lbs the week before my period . . . hormones are crazy sometimes. If you've really gained a pound, then that's all the proof you need: you're eating more than you think you are, and you're gaining. It's very simple.