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As I see on some days your sodium intake is high and so is the carbs on that Sunday (even if you saved up your calories for that day). That could be the reason. Hormones also, as someone already mentioned.
If your intake is measured and correct (as much as it could), then you should know the calories are not the problem.
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I've lost 2.4 lb in the last 2 weeks which I know you will say is a good rate but the maths says I should have lost 3.4lb -_- it's really frustrating seeing that deficit and not seeing the scale match up
It is not healthy to lose more than 2 lb a week. there are risk involved
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I threw my FitBit in the trash. I found it horribly inaccurate in measuring my activity. I blamed it on my hypotension, didn't think much of it, until a friend sent me this article, detailing how horribly inaccurate FitBit and other fitness trackers are in estimating calorie burn. So, maybe it wasn't just me. https://wthr.com/article/sometimes-your-fitness-tracker-lies-–-a-lot12
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Spliner1969 wrote: »Looked over my diary from this time last year when I was at my lightest I was eating 1700-1800 Calories sometimes more and looking at it with fresh eyes my logging was sloppy I was using mfp exercise estimations and now I'm 100% with my logging using Fitbit for my exercise and eating less so why is the weight coming off so slow compared to last time?
I usually get flamed for this, likely because people spend a lot on their fitbits and expect them to work as advertised, but my wife and I did a lot better once we tossed ours out. They gave far too much credit for mundane activity and were giving us too many calories. Maybe it's just us, but I was exercising a lot and she was doing much less using diet only and both of our weight loss stalled when we switched to fitbits. Food for thought. There may be some adjustment you can do, but we simply gave up on them. Others have had success. Bottom line is this though.. if your weight loss is slowing you're eating too many calories or you're getting close to your goal and it's getting tougher to lose weight. One or the other. Either adjust the calories you're eating or adjust your exercise. Or both.
Definitely not eating too many calories and I have around 33lbs left I want to lose for my ultimate goal7 -
I threw my FitBit in the trash. I found it horribly inaccurate in measuring my activity. I blamed it on my hypotension, didn't think much of it, until a friend sent me this article, detailing how horribly inaccurate FitBit and other fitness trackers are in estimating calorie burn. So, maybe it wasn't just me. https://wthr.com/article/sometimes-your-fitness-tracker-lies-–-a-lot
And there are loads of people on this site alone who find their fitbits to be highly accurate. It's misleading to say that fitbits are just terrible at estimating calories burned. And if a person finds it is not accurate after giving the fitbit time to adjust to them and time enough to see if the numbers match their weight goals, they can try minor adjustments that may help with accuracy - such as making sure they have measured their stride length (as fitbit recommends when you first get your device) and changed it if necessary, or entering their height as one inch shorter.15 -
I threw my FitBit in the trash. I found it horribly inaccurate in measuring my activity. I blamed it on my hypotension, didn't think much of it, until a friend sent me this article, detailing how horribly inaccurate FitBit and other fitness trackers are in estimating calorie burn. So, maybe it wasn't just me. https://wthr.com/article/sometimes-your-fitness-tracker-lies-–-a-lot
And there are loads of people on this site alone who find their fitbits to be highly accurate. It's misleading to say that fitbits are just terrible at estimating calories burned. And if a person finds it is not accurate after giving the fitbit time to adjust to them and time enough to see if the numbers match their weight goals, they can try minor adjustments that may help with accuracy - such as making sure they have measured their stride length (as fitbit recommends when you first get your device) and changed it if necessary, or entering their height as one inch shorter.
So I changed my height from 5ft 8 to 5ft 7 and it's still over estimating by average 270csls a day -_-7 -
I threw my FitBit in the trash. I found it horribly inaccurate in measuring my activity. I blamed it on my hypotension, didn't think much of it, until a friend sent me this article, detailing how horribly inaccurate FitBit and other fitness trackers are in estimating calorie burn. So, maybe it wasn't just me. https://wthr.com/article/sometimes-your-fitness-tracker-lies-–-a-lot
And there are loads of people on this site alone who find their fitbits to be highly accurate. It's misleading to say that fitbits are just terrible at estimating calories burned. And if a person finds it is not accurate after giving the fitbit time to adjust to them and time enough to see if the numbers match their weight goals, they can try minor adjustments that may help with accuracy - such as making sure they have measured their stride length (as fitbit recommends when you first get your device) and changed it if necessary, or entering their height as one inch shorter.
So I changed my height from 5ft 8 to 5ft 7 and it's still over estimating by average 270csls a day -_-
why would you change your height? put in your real height and activity(job) and go from there. weight loss is not always going to be fast. I have a metabolic disorder and even if I eat a 1000 calorie deficit I lost if Im lucky a lb a month if that. sometimes it takes me 2-3 months to lose a lb. I weigh everything too. so for some weight loss will be slower for others with or without a medical issue.7 -
OP you are way over-analyzing this. You can’t plug data into a spreadsheet and project your weight loss. It’s literally impossible. How would you ever be able to calculate exactly how many calories you would have to burn/eat at deficit? The general consensus is 3,500 calories is 1?pound, but maybe you need to be at 3,612. And maybe the next day it’s 3,470. Maybe one day next week it’s 3,810. And how do you know that chicken breast is exactly 170 calories even after weighing it? Maybe it’s 185? This is more art than science (to a degree) and a lot of this is going to be “best guess” even if you are the most anal logger ever. You’ll NEVER be able to graph, chart, predict, or plan on what an organic organism is going to do and how it’s going to react.
Just eat at a deficit, measure and weigh everything, don’t eat back your FitBit calories (or take it off for a month or just use it to track steps and not give you calorie credits to eat back) and go from there. Look at things monthly not daily/weekly.
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Not anything extra to add except for the fact that last time I used MFP I too used a Fitbit and found that I did better without it.4
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Yeah my Fitbit thinks I am some sort of a fitness fanatic. Trial and error says I burn about 400 calories less a day. But because my job keeps me busy and moving it gives me lots of calories. I just wear it cause it motivates me to keep moving and I eat the number of calories that time has told me I lose on.2
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maggibailey wrote: »Yeah my Fitbit thinks I am some sort of a fitness fanatic. Trial and error says I burn about 400 calories less a day. But because my job keeps me busy and moving it gives me lots of calories. I just wear it cause it motivates me to keep moving and I eat the number of calories that time has told me I lose on.
Stride length value is likely off, and with many steps the error adds up.
Many people if they set the stride length figure - set it for exercise level pace and that's wrong - because then for vast majority of the day if really active - it's overestimating distance and calories.
It should be set to median daily pace.
Then it dynamically adjusts the stride length based on the impact seen compared to expected, gets new distance, and calories.7 -
I threw my FitBit in the trash. I found it horribly inaccurate in measuring my activity. I blamed it on my hypotension, didn't think much of it, until a friend sent me this article, detailing how horribly inaccurate FitBit and other fitness trackers are in estimating calorie burn. So, maybe it wasn't just me. https://wthr.com/article/sometimes-your-fitness-tracker-lies-–-a-lot
And there are loads of people on this site alone who find their fitbits to be highly accurate. It's misleading to say that fitbits are just terrible at estimating calories burned. And if a person finds it is not accurate after giving the fitbit time to adjust to them and time enough to see if the numbers match their weight goals, they can try minor adjustments that may help with accuracy - such as making sure they have measured their stride length (as fitbit recommends when you first get your device) and changed it if necessary, or entering their height as one inch shorter.
So I changed my height from 5ft 8 to 5ft 7 and it's still over estimating by average 270csls a day -_-
Height can change the calculated BMR used for all non-moving time, and decrease the calorie burn rate for movement.
Did you change the stride length along with it?
But 1 inch isn't enough - if that's the issue to be corrected anyway.
Go check out your BMR based on both heights - what's the difference?
Now BMR x 1.4 for Lightly Active (that's MFP level, not Fitbit, but gives something) in both cases - what's the difference?
Plus, with the HR-based devices, height is used in calculations for exercise calorie burn. (BMI is used)
So being shorter at same level of workload, appears like more calorie burn.5 -
The first time I dieted, I was 16 years old, hoping to go from 120lbs to 115. The first week, while eating 1200 calories per day, I lost seven pounds, exceeding my goal. Now I'm much older, trying to lose to from 175, to 140, eating 1200 calories per day, losing about a half pound a week.
I've been on probably 20 diets in my life and I lose more slowly every time. I think our bodies get better and better at conserving calories so that we get more miles to the calorie.
I don't measure my energy expenditure because it's always about the same. I work out daily even when I'm gaining weight. It's all about the food for me.5 -
I may be way off base here but have you adjusted your setup since you lost weight? If you lose weight then of course your body requires less calories to maintain. This could explain why you were losing faster before. If that's not the case all I can say is I sympathise. MFP says maintenance for me is 1550 but it is actually 1350
It sucks but that's life. 3 -
maggibailey wrote: »Yeah my Fitbit thinks I am some sort of a fitness fanatic. Trial and error says I burn about 400 calories less a day. But because my job keeps me busy and moving it gives me lots of calories. I just wear it cause it motivates me to keep moving and I eat the number of calories that time has told me I lose on.
Stride length value is likely off, and with many steps the error adds up.
Many people if they set the stride length figure - set it for exercise level pace and that's wrong - because then for vast majority of the day if really active - it's overestimating distance and calories.
It should be set to median daily pace.
Then it dynamically adjusts the stride length based on the impact seen compared to expected, gets new distance, and calories.
I manually entered my stride after measuring it on a treadmill by it is always possible I did that wrong. I think the likely culprit is that is work at Fedex and spend a lot of my day packing boxes and moving my arms certainly more than my legs. It is probably giving me strides when I am actually engaging much smaller muscles
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Assuming you're logging and measuring everything accurately, and it sounds like you are, then it boils down to the fact that your body is not a calculator. It's more like a rusty abacus. Just because you've put the figures in doesn't mean you're instantly going to get the result. It takes time for your body to adapt and let things move. Water doesn't follow CICO as closely as we'd like. Fat loss can be masked by water retention. Just keep at it, be patient and it'll happen, even if not quite as quickly as you'd like.3
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Slowfaster wrote: »The first time I dieted, I was 16 years old, hoping to go from 120lbs to 115. The first week, while eating 1200 calories per day, I lost seven pounds, exceeding my goal. Now I'm much older, trying to lose to from 175, to 140, eating 1200 calories per day, losing about a half pound a week.
I've been on probably 20 diets in my life and I lose more slowly every time. I think our bodies get better and better at conserving calories so that we get more miles to the calorie.
I don't measure my energy expenditure because it's always about the same. I work out daily even when I'm gaining weight. It's all about the food for me.
I don't know if the body gets better at conserving calories, but I do know that you will always lose some muscle along with fat whenever you eat at a deficit. If you lose weight too quickly you lose even more muscle. Then if you don't do anything to build more muscle, you just end up with a higher and higher percentage of body fat as you lose and regain and lose again. Combined with muscle loss as we age (if not countered with strength training) that slowly lowers your BMR and makes it harder to lose each time. It's not a huge effect but it adds up over a lifetime of dieting.6 -
cheryldumais wrote: »I may be way off base here but have you adjusted your setup since you lost weight? If you lose weight then of course your body requires less calories to maintain. This could explain why you were losing faster before. If that's not the case all I can say is I sympathise. MFP says maintenance for me is 1550 but it is actually 1350 It sucks but that's life.
I don't mean when I started this time I was losing quicker now it's slowed down I mean this time last year I was the same weight doing the same this but losing quicker this time seems harder/slower but I'm ok with it now I made a month by month weight loss calender and it goes like this January lost 9lb February lost 2.5lbs March lost 5.9lbs and April lost 3lbs seeing it like this has helped me loads1 -
For women in particular, it's best to assess your weight on similar days of your cycle. A 2 week trend can be pretty misleading. I usually weigh 2 or so pounds more if I weight myself on the first day of my period then 2 weeks later (which is around ovulation for me). My month to month loss is pretty consistent.
Fitbit usually over-estimates for me, especially the heart rate kind. The one with a heart rate monitor gives me really inflated calories because my resting heart rate is low at night but it shoots up during the day due to coffee and such.7 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »For women in particular, it's best to assess your weight on similar days of your cycle. A 2 week trend can be pretty misleading. I usually weigh 2 or so pounds more if I weight myself on the first day of my period then 2 weeks later (which is around ovulation for me). My month to month loss is pretty consistent.
Fitbit usually over-estimates for me, especially the heart rate kind. The one with a heart rate monitor gives me really inflated calories because my resting heart rate is low at night but it shoots up during the day due to coffee and such.
I weigh every day and use a weight trending app0
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