Almost ready to give up
kaf62mfp
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Why does the app say EVERYDAY I will weigh 152-155 in 5 weeks ( if everyday was like today) when EVERYDAY I do not lose any fricking weight? And to get to 155 I will have to lose 10 plus pounds? Why does nothing work? My choices are to completely stop eating or not sleep ever and just exercise thru the night or give up and be fat forever.
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How long has it been since you lost weight? How are you measuring your calorie intake?
In general the 5-week prediction is inaccurate, but if you aren’t losing weight then most likely there is an issue in your logging.6 -
That message frustrated me more than it motivated me too. I’ve read others say the same. Ignore it and just concentrate on eating to goal every day. I tended to lose more than I expected in the beginning and less than I expected later on. Water weight changes probably. Could this be what’s going on with you?1
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Why does the app say EVERYDAY I will weigh 152-155 in 5 weeks ( if everyday was like today) when EVERYDAY I do not lose any fricking weight? And to get to 155 I will have to lose 10 plus pounds? Why does nothing work? My choices are to completely stop eating or not sleep ever and just exercise thru the night or give up and be fat forever.
Seems a little overly dramatic...
Let's start with the basics...
are you weighing your food?
How much have you lost in the last month?12 -
I've been using the app for over two years and I almost never hit "complete" on the diary function. Ignore the prediction and look at what you're doing. It can take a long time to get a hang of calorie counting, but once it clicks, I promise you that you can lose weight. It takes patience, though, especially when you don't have much to lose. Look at how accurate your logging is, and remember that your body is a system that has to obey the laws of physics. Good luck!9
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That prediction is based on the info you've put in (the calories and exercise you've logged). If you aren't weighing your food, your calories are off and calorie burn estimates are notoriously over-estimated. Plus, no one has the same exact day every day for 5 weeks. In other words, ignore the prediction, but do educate yourself as much as you can about accurate logging.
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Stop being childish.
Weight loss is a process that varies from person to person.
Not to mention the person in question better be doing things properly before bitching and ranting that they're not getting results.
That means properly estimating your TDEE, which MFP does a pretty decent job of doing already.
That means properly eating BELOW your TDEE.
That means weighing your food to ensure that you're actually eating below your TDEE.
That means being patient and not losing your *kitten* after a week of no results.
Nowhere in your post did it mention how long you've been trying to lose, however based on your attitude, I'm willing to bet it hasn't been more than 2-3 weeks.28 -
Nothing works. You make it work, or you don't. You aren't logging your food intake correctly.8
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The prediction is only a guesstimate and is only going to be accurate if you count calories and set your profile correctly.
You aren't special, so stop acting childish. Weight loss is 100% calories in, calories out. You didn't see a single prisoner leaving WW2 camps overweight because there's no such thing as someone who can store fat on a calorie deficiency. Stop blaming the website. You are attempting to "cheat" somewhere, and you probably have some idea where.
For the record sleeping is good for weight loss. Losing weight is ~80% diet, ~20% exercise. If you slept 10-12 hours a day, keeping your caloric deficit would be much easier than someone who sleeps 6-8.7 -
Yes that irritated me too. The 5 week prediction isvery optimistic, lol. I have never matched it's number or even come close.
However if you are frustrated enough to quit the whole thing, you may want to consider a different approach. Instead of approaching this from an all or nothing viewpoint, try breaking things down into single seperate behaviors. Instead of just weighing andl ogging what you eat, write when, why and how you feel right before, during and an hour after. This will not only tell you what you eat, but help you figure out triggers for eating or overeating and what satisfies you or leaves you hungry or bloated an hour later.
From there, just take each situation as a seperate choice. Do you skimp on breakfast and are starving at lunch? Do you tend to overestimate how much food will satisfy you? What if you cut some portions in half, or skip the sides? Are you still hungry after, or are you fine? Do you hate the "diet"foods you are forcing on yourself? Maybe try subbing with a smaller pirtion of something tastier. Do you eat mindlessly in front of the tv? Try fruits or lower calorie butter, portioned out ahead of time, or premeasuring snacks before you sit down, or taking up crochet to keep your hands busy.
Not only does this make life easier in general, but when you find yourself frustrated or backsliding, it's MUCH easier to figure out the problem and fix "I hate salad and I want a quarter pounder with fries" or " I want sugar when I get angry or bored" than I hate this stupid diet/plan/life and body!5 -
Thanks for the support. For the record I do weigh my food, do not cheat,and exercise daily. It has been 6 months and I have lost a decent amount of weight, however for the last 8 weeks nothing seems to work. I have upped my exercise and eat less than 1100 calories a day.11
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Eating under 1200 is a bad idea (1500 if you're a male). Having only about 10lbs to lose, weight loss is going to be slow and may very well be masked by water weight. Especially if you're now exercising more. Have you been taking your own measurements, perhaps there are changes there?6
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What's your height and weight? Also can you open your diary so we can give some advice? I agree with the other user who mentioned 1,100 is rather low bump it up.3
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kommodevaran wrote: »Nothing works. You make it work, or you don't. You aren't logging your food intake correctly.
It could also be the user overestimated her activity level, so that can play against her too. We don't know if the OP tracks or weigh their food correctly...heck maybe she is weighing herself wrong too (example: weighing with clothes at night after supper)...There are many variables on why she may not be losing weight.4 -
Why does the app say EVERYDAY I will weigh 152-155 in 5 weeks ( if everyday was like today) when EVERYDAY I do not lose any fricking weight? And to get to 155 I will have to lose 10 plus pounds? Why does nothing work? My choices are to completely stop eating or not sleep ever and just exercise thru the night or give up and be fat forever.
Probably you are off in your calories eaten and calories burned by excercise activity. And maybe on your daily activity level, you could be off there. Also you could be retaining water from too high sodium intake or other medical reasons. Hard to say.
But the suggestion to examine your diet logging and measuring calorie amounts on your scale that could account for a wacky prediction.1 -
Thanks for the support. For the record I do weigh my food, do not cheat,and exercise daily. It has been 6 months and I have lost a decent amount of weight, however for the last 8 weeks nothing seems to work. I have upped my exercise and eat less than 1100 calories a day.
This sounds like a refeed/diet break could help you a great deal. Exercising more and eating even less is not the answer and will only make this more difficult.
take the time to read the first page and the video.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10604863/of-refeeds-and-diet-breaks/p15 -
I hear your frustration with that five-week estimate. If you have been eating at a deficit for 6 months, it might be time to take a two-week diet break to help re-set hormones. A diet break is where you eat at or at least close to maintenance. Check out the podcast referenced here http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10604863/of-refeeds-and-diet-breaks/p1 This is a super-long thread and the first 10 pages or so pretty much give the info about how this might be beneficial to you.
Secondly, there are quite a bit of data out there about how long-term deficits, coupled with a lot of exercising and insufficient sleep, slows scale weight loss - due to inflammation and water retention. So the idea of sleeping less in order to exercise more is not a great idea
You can do this!4 -
Same thing happened to me. I was eating 1200 calories (and weighing and measuring and logging everything) and working out almost every day...soccer 4 times/week plus gym time/trainer. And at a plateau for 8 weeks.
I posted a similar question here and took the advice given by upping my calories by 300/day and cutting one workout/week. And presto, plateau busted and weight loss resumed. In retrospect I should have been suspicious that my resting heart rate dropped to 48 bpm. I mean I’m reasonably fit, but I’m definitely not that fit. (My usual resting heart rate is 60)
I was clearly not eating enough, and I suspect you might not be either.
Alternatively, also consider that myfitnesspal tends to overestimate the calories burned by exercise, so if you’re eating all of your exercise calories back, then you may be eating a bit more than you should.2
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