I'm loosing just 1kg monthly
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Katy2Survivor wrote: »I eat up to 1000 calories daily. But I do weight lifting so maybe that's it ? I'm gaining muscle ?
It is very common for people to make logging errors that cause them to be eating more than they think. If you were truly eating 1000 calories or less per day you would be losing a lot faster than 1 kg per month.
Please change your Diary Sharing settings to Public: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings so we can assist you in locating these errors.7 -
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Katy2Survivor wrote: »I eat up to 1000 calories daily. But I do weight lifting so maybe that's it ? I'm gaining muscle ?
If you were eating 1000 cals or less you would be losing weight...13 -
tinkerbellang83 wrote: »Katy2Survivor wrote: »I eat mostly protein and if you look my picture you can see I gain muscle that is not problem....I thought becuse im loosing so Little I'm doing something wrong. So any advice to help me ? Or I should be happy I'm loosing something at least?
As people have already advised you, you're losing at a healthy rate for what you have to lose. You aren't losing as fast as you were expecting to because you're likely not burning as much as you think or eating as little as you think or a combination of the two.
Your photo doesn't show anything of the sort, it shows that you may have maintained muscle but that doesn't necessarily mean you're gaining any, you will look more defined as you lose weight because you're losing fat that would have covered the muscle you already had.
Thank you for explaining to me.You make a lot of sense. I will reschedule my food calories and my workouts.3 -
Just want to re-iterate - you only have 28 pounds to lose. You will not be able to lose at a much higher rate. The calorie difference between what your body burns now to maintain your weight and the calories you will eat to lose is not large enough. You need your expectations to be more realistic.6
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Katy2Survivor wrote: »tinkerbellang83 wrote: »Katy2Survivor wrote: »I eat mostly protein and if you look my picture you can see I gain muscle that is not problem....I thought becuse im loosing so Little I'm doing something wrong. So any advice to help me ? Or I should be happy I'm loosing something at least?
As people have already advised you, you're losing at a healthy rate for what you have to lose. You aren't losing as fast as you were expecting to because you're likely not burning as much as you think or eating as little as you think or a combination of the two.
Your photo doesn't show anything of the sort, it shows that you may have maintained muscle but that doesn't necessarily mean you're gaining any, you will look more defined as you lose weight because you're losing fat that would have covered the muscle you already had.
Thank you for explaining to me.You make a lot of sense. I will reschedule my food calories and my workouts.
Why? You're losing at a great rate. It sounds like you're doing well in the gym. Keep on keeping on.6 -
Muscleflex79 wrote: »you will never put on muscle at a rate that outpaces fat loss though - that's the thing. and to grow muscle you need something to grow it from - a calorie surplus (not just protein). 1000 calories per day would not put you anywhere near a calorie surplus. you must have been eating more in the past (while lifting) to gain the muscle you have? as others have said, with only a little to lose 1kg/month isn't bad.
If you're eating less than 1000 calories a day, you're likely losing muscle because your body has to get fuel from somewhere and can only metabolize so much fat in a day. Gaining strength (improving the function of existing muscle tissue) is not the same thing as gaining additional muscle.6 -
Katy2Survivor wrote: »I eat up to 1000 calories daily. But I do weight lifting so maybe that's it ? I'm gaining muscle ?
You aren't eating 1000 calories. If you were, you would be really hungry and losing weight fast, and probably too fatigued to continue your workouts.
With 30 lbs to go, you should be aiming for 0.5lbs - 1 lb per week. So you are losing at a decent pace, although you could probably handle losing a little faster (closer to 1 lb per week). Check out this Most Helpful Post on logging:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1
If you're willing to temporarily make your diary public, we might be able to help you figure out where you are missing calories.7 -
I don't think you're eating 1000 calories but it also doesn't matter if you think you are. What matters are results. Your results are good, which to me says you're eating enough to fuel your fitness and little enough to lose weight. If one of those change, raise or lower your calories. If you keep losing as you are now, don't change anything.10
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I'm only 5,4ft and I had 9 kgs to lose (currently down 1.5kg so 7.5kg left to go) and it's coming off VERY slowly because I don't have a lot to lose.1
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My stats are basically the same as yours regarding height and weight goals and I also lose on average 1kg per month. It may seem slow but less than a year later I'm 10kg down 🙂 just keep going6
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Just weighing in on the Garmin. Mine yesterday told me to add 900 calories!!! I did a 38 minute run. If I add 900 calories for that it would surely cut into my weight loss. I trust my Garmin to track steps, sleep, minutes of activity. But not calories.2
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It took me a year and a half to lose 21kg and get to a BMI of under 23. The great news is, this was one and a half years ago, and I’m still maintaining this weight. Because losing weight slowly, at the rate of about 1kg per month, is fantastic preparation for maintenance.
If you are losing about 1kg per month, then your actual daily calorie deficit is about 250 calories. For the last year and a half my maintenance has involved still eating at this deficit a couple of days per week, allowing me some more treats (i.e. eating a bit above maintenance) on some other days. So maintenance feels to me very much like my “regime” when I was losing a kilo per month, just a touch more relaxed, and maintenance feels nothing like my way of eating before weight loss.
Of course, the road to weight loss is also a bit bumpy, and sometimes you lose nothing for a very long time and then you suddenly go down by quite a bit, and sometimes it goes a bit up. Perfectly normal. Here is a screenshot of what my weight loss looked like.
I wish you the best in getting to the weight you want to reach.
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It took me a year and a half to lose 21kg and get to a BMI of under 23. The great news is, this was one and a half years ago, and I’m still maintaining this weight. Because losing weight slowly, at the rate of about 1kg per month, is fantastic preparation for maintenance.
If you are losing about 1kg per month, then your actual daily calorie deficit is about 250 calories. For the last year and a half my maintenance has involved still eating at this deficit a couple of days per week, allowing me some more treats (i.e. eating a bit above maintenance) on some other days. So maintenance feels to me very much like my “regime” when I was losing a kilo per month, just a touch more relaxed, and maintenance feels nothing like my way of eating before weight loss.
Of course, the road to weight loss is also a bit bumpy, and sometimes you lose nothing for a very long time and then you suddenly go down by quite a bit, and sometimes it goes a bit up. Perfectly normal. Here is a screenshot of what my weight loss looked like.
I wish you the best in getting to the weight you want to reach.
Thank you . I'm not planning to give up but people was keep telling me I'm not doing it right because I'm loosing just 1kg in month. So much that I started to believe it. 🤷4 -
Losing 1 kg a month is much better than losing 1 kg a week, especially if you are doing resistance training as you go along. You will be much happier with the end results and you will be much more likely to keep the weight off because you have not gone to drastic measures to lose. Keep up the awesome work!7
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Since you use a food scale, are you logging consistently as well? Also, why are you only eating 1000 calories per day? If you are active, you should start scaling up your calories a bit more and consider doing a refeed or diet break. Too often do people go on very low calorie diets and they don't see the progress they want. I suspect since you are barely fueling your body, you have a good amount of water retention or you have metabolic adaptations slowing you progress. If you take a 1 to 2 week diet break (at your estimated maintenance) and then come back at a moderate deficit (~1500 calories or so), you'd probably see more progress.
And before all the non sense of, "if you eat more calories, you won't lose weight", I'd point them in the direction of the refeed and diet breaks thread.8 -
Katy2Survivor wrote: »It took me a year and a half to lose 21kg and get to a BMI of under 23. The great news is, this was one and a half years ago, and I’m still maintaining this weight. Because losing weight slowly, at the rate of about 1kg per month, is fantastic preparation for maintenance.
If you are losing about 1kg per month, then your actual daily calorie deficit is about 250 calories. For the last year and a half my maintenance has involved still eating at this deficit a couple of days per week, allowing me some more treats (i.e. eating a bit above maintenance) on some other days. So maintenance feels to me very much like my “regime” when I was losing a kilo per month, just a touch more relaxed, and maintenance feels nothing like my way of eating before weight loss.
Of course, the road to weight loss is also a bit bumpy, and sometimes you lose nothing for a very long time and then you suddenly go down by quite a bit, and sometimes it goes a bit up. Perfectly normal. Here is a screenshot of what my weight loss looked like.
I wish you the best in getting to the weight you want to reach.
Thank you . I'm not planning to give up but people was keep telling me I'm not doing it right because I'm loosing just 1kg in month. So much that I started to believe it. 🤷
Ask them how much they've lost per month in the time that you've been losing 1 kg a month. When they hem and haw or make an excuse or don't answer, look briefly at their gut or wherever they carry their excess fat (the people who make these kinds of remarks pretty much always have excess fat) and say, "Or maybe I should ask how much you've gained?"8 -
Katy2Survivor wrote: »It took me a year and a half to lose 21kg and get to a BMI of under 23. The great news is, this was one and a half years ago, and I’m still maintaining this weight. Because losing weight slowly, at the rate of about 1kg per month, is fantastic preparation for maintenance.
If you are losing about 1kg per month, then your actual daily calorie deficit is about 250 calories. For the last year and a half my maintenance has involved still eating at this deficit a couple of days per week, allowing me some more treats (i.e. eating a bit above maintenance) on some other days. So maintenance feels to me very much like my “regime” when I was losing a kilo per month, just a touch more relaxed, and maintenance feels nothing like my way of eating before weight loss.
Of course, the road to weight loss is also a bit bumpy, and sometimes you lose nothing for a very long time and then you suddenly go down by quite a bit, and sometimes it goes a bit up. Perfectly normal. Here is a screenshot of what my weight loss looked like.
I wish you the best in getting to the weight you want to reach.
Thank you . I'm not planning to give up but people was keep telling me I'm not doing it right because I'm loosing just 1kg in month. So much that I started to believe it. 🤷
In my experience, when people start telling you you're not 'doing it right', what they really mean is "you're not doing it my way", especially If they've had quick initial success on whatever eating plan they're on. But their weight loss might taper off or stop completely if their way of eating is unsustainable, or they see losing a small amount as a failure because they think they should be losing more over a shorter time. No matter how big or small the amount, loss is loss. Slower loss can help embed healthier eating habits, which the people criticising you may not have implemented if their focus is too much on quick loss to look good, and not enough on slow, steady loss for lifelong health.6 -
Have you taken a diet break at all during this last year?0
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nutmegoreo wrote: »Have you taken a diet break at all during this last year?
Yes I did 3 months and I gain 2kg back .1
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