Not loosing weight
Jesslane93
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I'm really not sure why I am not loosing weight, so If anyone has some suggested that would be great. I tell you a little about me and what I am doing to try loose weight.
I am 5 foot 3 (163cm)
156 pounds (71 kg)
goal weight 61kg (134 pounds)
This is not my first time loosing weight, I have successfully lost 25kg (55 pounds) over a year back in 2014, and kept it off for another year until I got pregnant with my second child. Gained back 20kg, but 10kg just fell off after the birth, and 2 years later I am still struggling to loose the extra 10 kg (22 pounds) to get back to my healthy weight.
Been at it for 35 days straight now without loosing any weight. (Not my first attempt either in the past 2 years, but when you going a month or more without seeing any success it get discouraging)
I eat 1400-1500 cals a day, and work out 6-7 days a week, some days I eat as low as 1200, if I have had a really lazy day. I use fitbit to track my activity, and usually do around 7-8k steps a day, and I do anywhere between 20-40 mins of activity a day usually walking or aerobics workout. I weigh, measure and log all my food. I know how to do that well so i am confident I am in my calorie range as this is not the first time doing this. (last time I lost weight I would eat 1500 calories and workout 3-4 times a week, and without a doubt would loose 0.5kg a week (1 pound))
I have temporary made my food diary public so if anyone can get an idea what I am doing wrong this time would greatly appreciate it.
(also don't mind the pizza in yesterday diary, i went a bit crazy because I was craving it so bad haha, but apart from that I usually do pretty good everyday with my eating)
I am 5 foot 3 (163cm)
156 pounds (71 kg)
goal weight 61kg (134 pounds)
This is not my first time loosing weight, I have successfully lost 25kg (55 pounds) over a year back in 2014, and kept it off for another year until I got pregnant with my second child. Gained back 20kg, but 10kg just fell off after the birth, and 2 years later I am still struggling to loose the extra 10 kg (22 pounds) to get back to my healthy weight.
Been at it for 35 days straight now without loosing any weight. (Not my first attempt either in the past 2 years, but when you going a month or more without seeing any success it get discouraging)
I eat 1400-1500 cals a day, and work out 6-7 days a week, some days I eat as low as 1200, if I have had a really lazy day. I use fitbit to track my activity, and usually do around 7-8k steps a day, and I do anywhere between 20-40 mins of activity a day usually walking or aerobics workout. I weigh, measure and log all my food. I know how to do that well so i am confident I am in my calorie range as this is not the first time doing this. (last time I lost weight I would eat 1500 calories and workout 3-4 times a week, and without a doubt would loose 0.5kg a week (1 pound))
I have temporary made my food diary public so if anyone can get an idea what I am doing wrong this time would greatly appreciate it.
(also don't mind the pizza in yesterday diary, i went a bit crazy because I was craving it so bad haha, but apart from that I usually do pretty good everyday with my eating)
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I looked over your food diary and doesn't seem bad at all. But I did notice the drinks, are you drinking any water ? I try to shoot anywhere between 4-10 glass a day of water.0
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kflores1621 wrote: »I looked over your food diary and doesn't seem bad at all. But I did notice the drinks, are you drinking any water ? I try to shoot anywhere between 4-10 glass a day of water.
I've lost all my weight by drinking primarily Dt Dr Pepper.
As far as your diet, it appears you're weighing everything. Are you entering your own recipes or relying on ones others have entered?
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It doesn't look like you're weighing all solids, especially your apples. I would start there.
Also, are the items like lasagna, mashed sweet potatoes, and tacos your own recipes? If you're just picking them from the database you can't guarantee that they have the same ingredients used and calories/macros.3 -
It doesn't look like you're weighing all solids, especially your apples. I would start there.
Also, are the items like lasagna, mashed sweet potatoes, and tacos your own recipes? If you're just picking them from the database you can't guarantee that they have the same ingredients used and calories/macros.
These are all my own recipes I have entered in my recipe section, with all the right brands of mince, cheese and weight etc0 -
All my meals are entered into the recipe section with right ingredients and weight etc. Even my daily cuppa tea i did in the recipe section with the right weight of sugar and correct volume of milk.0
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When you say you haven't lost any weight... does that mean literally? Or you've not lost as much as you'd hoped?1
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serindipte wrote: »When you say you haven't lost any weight... does that mean literally? Or you've not lost as much as you'd hoped?
when I started logging everyday and staying in calorie goal 35 days ago, i weighted myself I was 71.1kg. I weight myself a second time a little over a week ago first thing in the morning, and my weight was 71.9 So I didn't let that get to me, maybe water weight I was thinking. Weighed myself again this morning and it was 71.7. So pretty much jumping around those numbers, no weight lost.1 -
Jesslane93 wrote: »I'm really not sure why I am not loosing weight, so If anyone has some suggested that would be great. I tell you a little about me and what I am doing to try loose weight.
I am 5 foot 3 (163cm)
156 pounds (71 kg)
goal weight 61kg (134 pounds)
This is not my first time loosing weight, I have successfully lost 25kg (55 pounds) over a year back in 2014, and kept it off for another year until I got pregnant with my second child. Gained back 20kg, but 10kg just fell off after the birth, and 2 years later I am still struggling to loose the extra 10 kg (22 pounds) to get back to my healthy weight.
Been at it for 35 days straight now without loosing any weight. (Not my first attempt either in the past 2 years, but when you going a month or more without seeing any success it get discouraging)
I eat 1400-1500 cals a day, and work out 6-7 days a week, some days I eat as low as 1200, if I have had a really lazy day. I use fitbit to track my activity, and usually do around 7-8k steps a day, and I do anywhere between 20-40 mins of activity a day usually walking or aerobics workout. I weigh, measure and log all my food. I know how to do that well so i am confident I am in my calorie range as this is not the first time doing this. (last time I lost weight I would eat 1500 calories and workout 3-4 times a week, and without a doubt would loose 0.5kg a week (1 pound))
I have temporary made my food diary public so if anyone can get an idea what I am doing wrong this time would greatly appreciate it.
(also don't mind the pizza in yesterday diary, i went a bit crazy because I was craving it so bad haha, but apart from that I usually do pretty good everyday with my eating)
are you using a food scale and picking accurate entries? it shows some solids in grams and others in ml. all solids and semi solids should be in grams. . also I see some of your fruit as apple-1 medium. 3 medium apples can range in size,weight and calories. the dominos pizza is that a slice or? are you properly weighing your sugar in your tea? are you actually weighing your 2 slices of bread? they arent going to be 74g every time.
There has to be either errors in the entries you are using ,or with the not weighing everything that is usually the culprit and you could be eating more than you think. the beef lasagna from tuesday, did you make it and make a recipe entry or did you use someone elses entry? a lot of your food entries are the same weights, nothing weighs the same all the time so that could also be where you are going wrong. what are you measuring? only liquids should be measured1 -
kflores1621 wrote: »I looked over your food diary and doesn't seem bad at all. But I did notice the drinks, are you drinking any water ? I try to shoot anywhere between 4-10 glass a day of water.
In my drinks section where cordial is, that is my water intake for the day. 100ml of made up cordial, I add an extra 200ml of water to it, so the cordial is very weak, but I struggle to drink straight water.0 -
Drink water and 2 tbsp. of vinager in the morning and at night and eat half a grapefruit before evey meals and drink nothing but water all day 5 or more bottles. I just eat broccoli and fish or chicken 3 meals a day and have lost 6 pds in 1 1/2 wks.
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CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »Jesslane93 wrote: »I'm really not sure why I am not loosing weight, so If anyone has some suggested that would be great. I tell you a little about me and what I am doing to try loose weight.
I am 5 foot 3 (163cm)
156 pounds (71 kg)
goal weight 61kg (134 pounds)
This is not my first time loosing weight, I have successfully lost 25kg (55 pounds) over a year back in 2014, and kept it off for another year until I got pregnant with my second child. Gained back 20kg, but 10kg just fell off after the birth, and 2 years later I am still struggling to loose the extra 10 kg (22 pounds) to get back to my healthy weight.
Been at it for 35 days straight now without loosing any weight. (Not my first attempt either in the past 2 years, but when you going a month or more without seeing any success it get discouraging)
I eat 1400-1500 cals a day, and work out 6-7 days a week, some days I eat as low as 1200, if I have had a really lazy day. I use fitbit to track my activity, and usually do around 7-8k steps a day, and I do anywhere between 20-40 mins of activity a day usually walking or aerobics workout. I weigh, measure and log all my food. I know how to do that well so i am confident I am in my calorie range as this is not the first time doing this. (last time I lost weight I would eat 1500 calories and workout 3-4 times a week, and without a doubt would loose 0.5kg a week (1 pound))
I have temporary made my food diary public so if anyone can get an idea what I am doing wrong this time would greatly appreciate it.
(also don't mind the pizza in yesterday diary, i went a bit crazy because I was craving it so bad haha, but apart from that I usually do pretty good everyday with my eating)
are you using a food scale and picking accurate entries? it shows some solids in grams and others in ml. all solids and semi solids should be in grams. . also I see some of your fruit as apple-1 medium. 3 medium apples can range in size,weight and calories. the dominos pizza is that a slice or? are you properly weighing your sugar in your tea? are you actually weighing your 2 slices of bread? they arent going to be 74g every time.
There has to be either errors in the entries you are using ,or with the not weighing everything that is usually the culprit and you could be eating more than you think. the beef lasagna from tuesday, did you make it and make a recipe entry or did you use someone elses entry? a lot of your food entries are the same weights, nothing weighs the same all the time so that could also be where you are going wrong. what are you measuring? only liquids should be measured
Almost all my dinner including lasagne are entered into the recipe maker section with mince/cheese/sauces and all that weighed out. I do use a food scale to weight things in grams, and a measuring cup for things in mls. My cuppa tea is also logged through the recipe make and I weight my sugar, and use the measuring cup for mls of milk.0 -
freemanadrienne wrote: »Drink water and 2 tbsp. of vinager in the morning and at night and eat half a grapefruit before evey meals and drink nothing but water all day 5 or more bottles. I just eat broccoli and fish or chicken 3 meals a day and have lost 6 pds in 1 1/2 wks.
No, don't do this. You will get very bored with nothing but broccoli and fish or chicken and grapefruit.
And vinegar will do nothing for your weight loss.8 -
I suggest measuring your arms and thighs, and your waist. Then doing so in a couple weeks. Most likely the "issue" is that you are building healthy muscle, which weighs more than fat. It isn't going down because your body is healthily transforming extra weight to muscle. if you are, your thighs and arms will get bigger, but your waist will be the same or slightly smaller12
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freemanadrienne wrote: »Drink water and 2 tbsp. of vinager in the morning and at night and eat half a grapefruit before evey meals and drink nothing but water all day 5 or more bottles. I just eat broccoli and fish or chicken 3 meals a day and have lost 6 pds in 1 1/2 wks.
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yourthreewhispers wrote: »I suggest measuring your arms and thighs, and your waist. Then doing so in a couple weeks. Most likely the "issue" is that you are building healthy muscle, which weighs more than fat. It isn't going down because your body is healthily transforming extra weight to muscle. if you are, your thighs and arms will get bigger, but your waist will be the same or slightly smaller
no,its very hard to build muscle in a deficit and being female its hard builiding it in a surplus. you dont transform extra weight to muscle. its not how it works. muscle per lb weighs the same as fat. she could get newbie gains, or get gains is she has come off a hiatus,or has really good genetics but its not going to be enough for the scale to not move and it tapers off after being in a deficit for awhile.3 -
I'm in the same boat and decided to do the 20/4 intermittent fasting to shock my body since I've been dedicated to 1200-1400 calories without much loss. I'm 62 and need to lose 20 pounds more. I've taken off 24 pounds but these last 20 seem impossible. I have dropped my carbs to 20-40grams and two days a week I eat only 500-600 calories. Hope this intermittent fasting does the trick to shock my body into fat burning.9
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I just looked at your diary, and was wondering how much 2 grams of margarine was..it is only about 1/4 tsp. That isn't enough to keep you from losing, tho.
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RetiredAndLovingIt wrote: »I just looked at your diary, and was wondering how much 2 grams of margarine was..it is only about 1/4 tsp. That isn't enough to keep you from losing, tho.
I place my piece of bread on my digital scale, set the scale to 0, then spread on my margarine. 2 grams is what my scale reads. I have it very, very light.1 -
thanks all for input. I will review my weighing of foods, and try to drink more water a day, see if that helps. I am closing my diary again now. Thank you0
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Couple of quick comments:
a) When we pour a measure it is not always 100% the same. So f.e. you have a recipe for tea and milk; but, I at least vary what I pour. Whether that is a material difference is another issue.
b) are you weighing yourself dressed at different times at a drug store? that could definitely present problems. Same time/location/dressed the same way/after using washroom /before eating or drinking.
c) if a full 4-6 weeks have gone by including one complete monthly cycle then I would consider dropping calories. HOWEVER, a "valid" count for your weight is between equal points of your menstrual cycle, not within a day or two of a particularly large feast or eating out that involved more sodium than normal, and not when sore from exercise or injury.0 -
freemanadrienne wrote: »Drink water and 2 tbsp. of vinager in the morning and at night and eat half a grapefruit before evey meals and drink nothing but water all day 5 or more bottles. I just eat broccoli and fish or chicken 3 meals a day and have lost 6 pds in 1 1/2 wks.
I hope this is just a joke.2 -
What's different this time? Are you on any meds? Is your non-exercise activity the same, or have you changed lifestyle or job in a significant way?
If you aren't losing, you have to eat less or move more, one or the other. Whether that means tightening up your logging so you eat less, or just reducing your calorie goal and keeping the same logging habits, or adding exercise. If it were me I would add 15 min of HIIT and see if that was enough to make a difference.0 -
debbiesteinman wrote: »I'm in the same boat and decided to do the 20/4 intermittent fasting to shock my body since I've been dedicated to 1200-1400 calories without much loss. I'm 62 and need to lose 20 pounds more. I've taken off 24 pounds but these last 20 seem impossible. I have dropped my carbs to 20-40grams and two days a week I eat only 500-600 calories. Hope this intermittent fasting does the trick to shock my body into fat burning.
you dont shock your body. body fat is burned in a deficit. you dont shock your body into burning fat. weight loss doesnt work that way
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You might also check with your doctor, body chemistry changes with age and each childbirth. I developed insulin resistance naturally, but after each of my kids birth is got worse. I'm not a diabetic, but I have to eat like one to lose any weight otherwise I just maintain or worse gain even while calorie counting. I'm not saying that's what's going on but after a month with no results I'd want a check up just to rule out anything medical.0
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Did you work out regularly before you started tracking or is it new as well? Chances are you're just retaining water from exercise, ovulating or menstruating, and possibly the salt in the pizza if you weighed after that. You might even have just weighed on particularly high days - I went up 1.5kg one day this week, and was back down the next.
Your logging looks good, so just keep tracking, keep weighing, and give it a few more weeks.0 -
Do you have any illnesses or are on any meds?1
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xXDarrowXx wrote: »You might also check with your doctor, body chemistry changes with age and each childbirth. I developed insulin resistance naturally, but after each of my kids birth is got worse. I'm not a diabetic, but I have to eat like one to lose any weight otherwise I just maintain or worse gain even while calorie counting. I'm not saying that's what's going on but after a month with no results I'd want a check up just to rule out anything medical.
even those with insulin resistance need a caloric deficit. the carbs didnt make it harder to lose weight. sure it may have had an effect on insulin. yes body chemistry changes and your metabolism can change some but if you dont lose you arent in a deficit, if you maintain you are eating enough to maintain weight and if you gain you are eating over your maintenance. I agree with getting checked by a dr to rule anything out. I have a metabolic disorder that does make it harder for me to lose weight but I still do if If in a deficit of calories.
I just have to eat less and burn more calories.for me my BMR is 200-300 calories less than what MFP says it should be. same with the calculators out there some say for me and my activity my BMR should be 1500+ its not its a little over 1200. some say over 1400 for BMR. therefore for me it means I have to take in less than someone else who may have some of the same stats as I do and have a BMR in those levels1 -
obviously hard to tell from your limited profile pic - but while you have your heart set on 135lbs, you may want to look to something like recomp (eating at maintenance to lose fat/gain muscle) - while a slow process, you may end up looking slimmer than you are currently while maintaining weight0
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I suggest doing body measurements. Arms, legs, waist, hips, neck, multiple points. Sometimes our weight loss won't show on the scale, even if our bodies are changing. Water retention happens, sometimes for weeks or even a month. Just keep going, and you'll get there.0
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Oh hey there Shouty! Have your physicist friends taught you how to spell ‘calorie’ yet?0
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