What am I doing wrong?
tyismc
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Let me first start by saying I am 47 and got a violet shove into menopause 2 years ago because of surgery I needed. I stay under my calorie goal, I exercise 4 days a week but I am gaining weight. Not much but still gaining. What the heck am I doing wrong?
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How long have you been stalled
When did you start eating at a deficit, what was your weight when you started and what is it now?
How are you measuring your portions and are you choosing entries in the database carefully?0 -
How accurate is your calorie counting? Do you weigh everything solid? How do you calculate your calorie burns?
How much do you weigh now? How tall? Goal weight?0 -
How long have you been monitoring your weight, what's your calorie goal, are you hitting it consistently, for how long, and how are you logging your food intake?0
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my goal weight is 168 I am 5'6. Right now I weigh 268. I have not lost in weeks.
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How long have you been stalled
When did you start eating at a deficit, what was your weight when you started and what is it now?
How are you measuring your portions and are you choosing entries in the database carefully?L1zardQueen wrote: »How accurate is your calorie counting? Do you weigh everything solid? How do you calculate your calorie burns?
How much do you weigh now? How tall? Goal weight?
So when did you start?
How are you tracking calories?
What is your daily allowance?0 -
I have been stalled for over a month now. My calorie goal is set at 17000
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that is what is gives me when I put in all my infomation. I dont ever hit that. I usually only hit between 1400 and 16000
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Have you put your stats into MFP, selected sedentary as your activity level, selected to lose 1 lb/week, and gone with the calorie amount MFP gives you?0
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I hope this helps you a little...I belonged to a gym but had to quit due to an injury. I just joined back up. It has been about a year. I saw this women the other day whom I had met when i belonged the first time. I did not recognize her. I was like holy crap what did you do? Huge bad I know. Anyway, she looked amazing. She was sculpted, all sucked in, in the right places, fabulous. I asked her what she did. She said in December she finally got serious about her health and fitness. She cleared out her entire kitchen of all processed foods. She cut out lots of carbs and really upped her protein. She said she started noticing changes to her body in a few weeks. She does eat brown rice, vegetables, mainly chicken for protein. She stays away from sugar and lots of fruit. Eggs for breakfast, salads with chicken for lunch. And, she started using heavier weights. She is my fitness goals right now. I have adopted her eating and look better after just a few days. My husband noticed my stomach right away.
That was 7 months ago. She is 30 lbs down. So, it can be done. I hope this helps motivate you and give you some ideas. Best of luck. You can do it. By the way, she has 4 kids. If she can do it, we all can.4 -
I have been stalled for over a month now. My calorie goal is set at 1700
How are you tracking your calories?
When did you start your program, and at what weight?
At 260+ lbs, you should be easily losing 2-3 lbs per week.
Since you're not, the most likely culprit is inaccurate logging.2 -
Food scale? Agree 1700 is not high for 260lbs.
Why are you asking for help but not giving folks who are responding information to work with? Everyone on this thread is trying to drag it out of you.1 -
I have not used a food scale. I measure out everything. and what do you mean not giving information? I have answered every question. Are they not posting correctly?
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Food scale? Agree 1700 is not high for 260lbs.
Why are you asking for help but not giving folks who are responding information to work with? Everyone on this thread is trying to drag it out of you.
I think I was posting the responces incorrectly. But I have answered all the questions down the thread.0 -
I started faithfully about 2 months ago. at 265 i weighed in this morning at 268. I measure my portions through measuring cups and spoons. I dont have a food scale.How long have you been stalled
When did you start eating at a deficit, what was your weight when you started and what is it now?
How are you measuring your portions and are you choosing entries in the database carefully?
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I started faithfully about 2 months ago. at 265 i weighed in this morning at 268. I measure my portions through measuring cups and spoons. I dont have a food scale.How long have you been stalled
When did you start eating at a deficit, what was your weight when you started and what is it now?
How are you measuring your portions and are you choosing entries in the database carefully?
Get a food scale4 -
My weight now is 268.5. I dont have a food scale but measure everything else i can with measuring cups and spoons. I calculate my calorie burns through the exercise link in here which i know is never really accurate so I dont use those calories if that makes sense.L1zardQueen wrote: »How accurate is your calorie counting? Do you weigh everything solid? How do you calculate your calorie burns?
How much do you weigh now? How tall? Goal weight?
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1. If you aren't already, be sure that you're logging everything. Sometimes people forget about things like veggies, drinks, cooking oils, and condiments. For some people these can add up to enough to halt your weight loss progress.
2. Consider buying a food scale if you don't already have one. They're about $10-$20 dollars in the US and easily found at places like Amazon, Target, and Walmart. Measuring cups and spoons are great, but they do come with some degree of inaccuracy. A food scale will be more accurate, and for some people it makes a big difference.
3. Logging accurately also means choosing accurate entries in the database. There are a lot of user-entered entries that are off. Double-check that you're using good entries and/or using the recipe builder instead of someone else's homemade entries.
4. Recalculate your goals if you haven't lately. As you lose weight your body requires fewer calories to run. Be sure you update your goals every ten pounds or so.
5. If you're eating back your exercise calories and you're relying on gym machine readouts or MFP's estimates, it might be best to eat back just 50-75% of those. Certain activities tend to be overestimated. If you're using an HRM or activity tracker, it might be a good idea to look into their accuracy and be sure that yours is calibrated properly.
6. If you're taking any cheat days that go over your calorie limits, it might be best to cut them out for a few weeks and see what happens. Some people go way over their calorie needs without realizing it when they don't track.
7. If you weigh yourself frequently, consider using a program like trendweight to even out the fluctuations. You could be losing weight but just don't see it because of the daily ups and downs.
8. Some people just burn fewer calories than the calculators predict. If you continue to have problems after 4-6 weeks, then it might be worth a trip to the doctor or a registered dietitian who can give you more specific advice.6 -
I started faithfully about 2 months ago. at 265 i weighed in this morning at 268. I measure my portions through measuring cups and spoons. I dont have a food scale.How long have you been stalled
When did you start eating at a deficit, what was your weight when you started and what is it now?
How are you measuring your portions and are you choosing entries in the database carefully?
That should be your first step, although, given where you're at, even with the inherent inaccuracies of measuring cups, you should be seeing some result after 8 weeks.
Are you using packaged food? And trusting the label for serving sizes? Serving sizes should be cross checked with weight vs count. Some slices of bread for example are off by 200%-Serving size 55 g actual weight 130 g for example.
What sort of meals are you preparing?1 -
and my goal weight is 168 and I am 5'6L1zardQueen wrote: »How accurate is your calorie counting? Do you weigh everything solid? How do you calculate your calorie burns?
How much do you weigh now? How tall? Goal weight?
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I started faithfully about 2 months ago. at 265 i weighed in this morning at 268. I measure my portions through measuring cups and spoons. I dont have a food scale.How long have you been stalled
When did you start eating at a deficit, what was your weight when you started and what is it now?
How are you measuring your portions and are you choosing entries in the database carefully?
What about choosing database entries carefully? Do you understand why she's asking that? Have you been through any of the stickied "must reads" posts on accurate logging to be sure?0 -
. I usually use the scan option for foods but I try to find either the exact match or as close as I possibly can get to it.diannethegeek wrote: »
I started faithfully about 2 months ago. at 265 i weighed in this morning at 268. I measure my portions through measuring cups and spoons. I dont have a food scale.How long have you been stalled
When did you start eating at a deficit, what was your weight when you started and what is it now?
How are you measuring your portions and are you choosing entries in the database carefully?
What about choosing database entries carefully? Do you understand why she's asking that? Have you been through any of the stickied "must reads" posts on accurate logging to be sure?
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. I usually use the scan option for foods but I try to find either the exact match or as close as I possibly can get to it.diannethegeek wrote: »
I started faithfully about 2 months ago. at 265 i weighed in this morning at 268. I measure my portions through measuring cups and spoons. I dont have a food scale.How long have you been stalled
When did you start eating at a deficit, what was your weight when you started and what is it now?
How are you measuring your portions and are you choosing entries in the database carefully?
What about choosing database entries carefully? Do you understand why she's asking that? Have you been through any of the stickied "must reads" posts on accurate logging to be sure?
perfect example. I am eating a banana that I peeled. One option says raw banana 89 calories and the other says supermarket banana at a 105. Which one am supposed to choose?0 -
. I usually use the scan option for foods but I try to find either the exact match or as close as I possibly can get to it.diannethegeek wrote: »
I started faithfully about 2 months ago. at 265 i weighed in this morning at 268. I measure my portions through measuring cups and spoons. I dont have a food scale.How long have you been stalled
When did you start eating at a deficit, what was your weight when you started and what is it now?
How are you measuring your portions and are you choosing entries in the database carefully?
What about choosing database entries carefully? Do you understand why she's asking that? Have you been through any of the stickied "must reads" posts on accurate logging to be sure?
Good. You'd be surprised how many people take the barcode scanner as gospel and assume it's infallible or don't use the recipe builder and just grab something similar-ish to their homecooked meals in the database. We have to cover all the bases, you know?0 -
. I usually use the scan option for foods but I try to find either the exact match or as close as I possibly can get to it.diannethegeek wrote: »
I started faithfully about 2 months ago. at 265 i weighed in this morning at 268. I measure my portions through measuring cups and spoons. I dont have a food scale.How long have you been stalled
When did you start eating at a deficit, what was your weight when you started and what is it now?
How are you measuring your portions and are you choosing entries in the database carefully?
What about choosing database entries carefully? Do you understand why she's asking that? Have you been through any of the stickied "must reads" posts on accurate logging to be sure?
perfect example. I am eating a banana that I peeled. One option says raw banana 89 calories and the other says supermarket banana at a 105. Which one am supposed to choose?
Ideally you should weigh the edible part of the banana and choose the usda or similar entry for banana, raw by weight.3 -
diannethegeek wrote: »1. If you aren't already, be sure that you're logging everything. Sometimes people forget about things like veggies, drinks, cooking oils, and condiments. For some people these can add up to enough to halt your weight loss progress.
2. Consider buying a food scale if you don't already have one. They're about $10-$20 dollars in the US and easily found at places like Amazon, Target, and Walmart. Measuring cups and spoons are great, but they do come with some degree of inaccuracy. A food scale will be more accurate, and for some people it makes a big difference.
3. Logging accurately also means choosing accurate entries in the database. There are a lot of user-entered entries that are off. Double-check that you're using good entries and/or using the recipe builder instead of someone else's homemade entries.
4. Recalculate your goals if you haven't lately. As you lose weight your body requires fewer calories to run. Be sure you update your goals every ten pounds or so.
5. If you're eating back your exercise calories and you're relying on gym machine readouts or MFP's estimates, it might be best to eat back just 50-75% of those. Certain activities tend to be overestimated. If you're using an HRM or activity tracker, it might be a good idea to look into their accuracy and be sure that yours is calibrated properly.
6. If you're taking any cheat days that go over your calorie limits, it might be best to cut them out for a few weeks and see what happens. Some people go way over their calorie needs without realizing it when they don't track.
7. If you weigh yourself frequently, consider using a program like trendweight to even out the fluctuations. You could be losing weight but just don't see it because of the daily ups and downs.
8. Some people just burn fewer calories than the calculators predict. If you continue to have problems after 4-6 weeks, then it might be worth a trip to the doctor or a registered dietitian who can give you more specific advice.
That's pretty much all the info you need right there. Open up your diary if you'd like further help, but measuring doesn't generally work. Weighing does. Scales on Amazon are seriously cheap and will help you stay on track. Cheat days should be avoided at all costs. Also remember, water weight gain from high sodium meals can easily cause a gain of even 5-6 lbs that is temporary. If you're tracking sugar on MFP (this is by default) change it out for sodium. If you start to see a trend when you go way over on sodium for the day of gain, then you know it's water weight. Drink more water to compensate.4 -
Spliner1969 wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »1. If you aren't already, be sure that you're logging everything. Sometimes people forget about things like veggies, drinks, cooking oils, and condiments. For some people these can add up to enough to halt your weight loss progress.
2. Consider buying a food scale if you don't already have one. They're about $10-$20 dollars in the US and easily found at places like Amazon, Target, and Walmart. Measuring cups and spoons are great, but they do come with some degree of inaccuracy. A food scale will be more accurate, and for some people it makes a big difference.
3. Logging accurately also means choosing accurate entries in the database. There are a lot of user-entered entries that are off. Double-check that you're using good entries and/or using the recipe builder instead of someone else's homemade entries.
4. Recalculate your goals if you haven't lately. As you lose weight your body requires fewer calories to run. Be sure you update your goals every ten pounds or so.
5. If you're eating back your exercise calories and you're relying on gym machine readouts or MFP's estimates, it might be best to eat back just 50-75% of those. Certain activities tend to be overestimated. If you're using an HRM or activity tracker, it might be a good idea to look into their accuracy and be sure that yours is calibrated properly.
6. If you're taking any cheat days that go over your calorie limits, it might be best to cut them out for a few weeks and see what happens. Some people go way over their calorie needs without realizing it when they don't track.
7. If you weigh yourself frequently, consider using a program like trendweight to even out the fluctuations. You could be losing weight but just don't see it because of the daily ups and downs.
8. Some people just burn fewer calories than the calculators predict. If you continue to have problems after 4-6 weeks, then it might be worth a trip to the doctor or a registered dietitian who can give you more specific advice.
That's pretty much all the info you need right there. Open up your diary if you'd like further help, but measuring doesn't generally work. Weighing does. Scales on Amazon are seriously cheap and will help you stay on track. Cheat days should be avoided at all costs. Also remember, water weight gain from high sodium meals can easily cause a gain of even 5-6 lbs that is temporary. If you're tracking sugar on MFP (this is by default) change it out for sodium. If you start to see a trend when you go way over on sodium for the day of gain, then you know it's water weight. Drink more water to compensate.
Thank you. This is very helpful.
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diannethegeek wrote: »
. I usually use the scan option for foods but I try to find either the exact match or as close as I possibly can get to it.diannethegeek wrote: »
I started faithfully about 2 months ago. at 265 i weighed in this morning at 268. I measure my portions through measuring cups and spoons. I dont have a food scale.How long have you been stalled
When did you start eating at a deficit, what was your weight when you started and what is it now?
How are you measuring your portions and are you choosing entries in the database carefully?
What about choosing database entries carefully? Do you understand why she's asking that? Have you been through any of the stickied "must reads" posts on accurate logging to be sure?
perfect example. I am eating a banana that I peeled. One option says raw banana 89 calories and the other says supermarket banana at a 105. Which one am supposed to choose?
Ideally you should weigh the edible part of the banana and choose the usda or similar entry for banana, raw by weight.
So very much this. IT could be a 50 calorie or a 250 calorie banana.
Inaccuracies can add up. Sometimes they'll even out on average, sometimes they'll throw you completely off the rails.1
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