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suelydiashaw30
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Good ideals to lose weight for free other the eating right and exercise I’m doin that and still can’t lose weight
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To lose weight, you just need to eat less/move more (and the moving is even optional), but you have to do it for real, consistently, and for a long time. Are you using MFP? Have you set up your account to weightloss? Are you using your food diary and hitting your calorie target daily? If so, how long have you been doing it? What's your height and weight - should you even lose weight?4
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“Eating right” is kind of vague.
Are you logging what you eat?
How are you determining portion sizes?
Are you consistent?
How long has it been since you started?
Do you have “cheat meals” or “cheat days”?
What’s your height, weight, and how much are you trying to lose?
Have you taken measurements?
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I even cut out pop and I just started this app today but I have been trying for 4 months need to lose over 100lbs3
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suelydiashaw30 wrote: »I even cut out pop and I just started this app today but I have been trying for 4 months need to lose over 100lbs
Have you been weighing and tracking all of your food, and everything you eat/drink?
Cutting out pop/soda doesn't matter if you're still overeating.2 -
I’m not over eating I cut out sweets4
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suelydiashaw30 wrote: »I’m not over eating I cut out sweets
Cutting out sweets alone doesn't mean that you're not overeating.
Are you weighing and tracking everything that you eat?4 -
suelydiashaw30 wrote: »I’m not over eating I cut out sweets
You can still be eating too much. Cutting out soda and sweets is fine, but it doesn’t guarantee you will lose weight. Losing weight requires you to be eating less than your Total Daily Calorie Expenditure. If you aren’t doing that you won’t lose.
Avocado’s are considered healthy, but high in fat and as a result high in calories.
Log what you eat.
Log what you drink.
At the very least use measuring cups to determine how much you are eating (a food scale is even better for accuracy).
Be consistent.
Aim to eat your MFP goal + a portion of exercise calories for 4-6 weeks. At that point re-evaluate. Losing rapidly (greater than 2lbs per week on average) = eat more
Losing slowly or not at all = eat a little less or move more2 -
If you're 100 pounds overweight, and "can't lose" as you say - you are overeating. Please take the advice of the experienced people helping on your thread.suelydiashaw30 wrote: »I’m not over eating I cut out sweets
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I am not over eating I am watching my portions I don’t eat a lot so that is why I downloaded this app to get advice0
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suelydiashaw30 wrote: »I am not over eating I am watching my portions I don’t eat a lot so that is why I downloaded this app to get advice
You keep ignoring the big question, though: Are you weighing and tracking what you eat?4 -
suelydiashaw30 wrote: »I am not over eating I am watching my portions I don’t eat a lot so that is why I downloaded this app to get advice
how is it you figure that your body defies the laws of thermodynamics?? every other body loses weight when eating at a consistent calorie deficit over time, but somehow you are different? (especially when you have over 100lbs to lose)...not trying to be mean - this is just how it works...3 -
No I just started this app today so I am now! And before I got this app I did watch what I ate0
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suelydiashaw30 wrote: »I am not over eating I am watching my portions I don’t eat a lot so that is why I downloaded this app to get advice
We are trying to give you advice. You are avoiding the questions we have asked.
Eyeballing portions is the least accurate way to determine how much you are eating.
Measuring cups are better than eyeballing, but can still have you eating several hundred calories more than you think.
Food scale is the most accurate way to determine how much you are eating.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vjKPIcI51lU
How about this, just log everything you ate yesterday and see how much you are eating.
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suelydiashaw30 wrote: »No I just started this app today so I am now! And before I got this app I did watch what I ate
as others have said "watching what you ate" is not enough - I could easily watch myself eat 4000 calories! if you are now weighing your food as of today, you will be in for an eye opener when it comes to actual portions..3 -
When I was a kid and I wanted ice cream and it was close to dinner my mom said no it will ruin your appetite. So now I have ice cream before dinner. Eat less to loose weight.2
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I haven’t avoided any questions I said no I just watch what I eat until I downloaded this app know I will Measure my food to keep track0
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I do eat less I don’t snack but just Because I have a lot of weight to lose people think I eat a lot but I do have a down fall for homemade sweet tea1
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suelydiashaw30 wrote: »I do eat less I don’t snack but just Because I have a lot of weight to lose people think I eat a lot but I do have a down fall for homemade sweet tea
That’s not what people are saying.
You can get a lot of food in volume wise that doesn’t have a lot of calories and feel like you are constantly eating.
A couple calorie dense items will have you eating a lot less in terms of volume and at the same time can cause you to take in to many calories. In this scenario it is easy to feel like you aren’t eating a lot. I’ve been there. Things that are considered healthy that fall into this category are things like nuts, avocado, nut butters, chia seeds, olive oil (or any cooking oil for that matter), cheese, smoothies, and so on. It doesn’t mean you can’t eat them, but you do have to be really careful with them. If you watch the video I posted above it illustrates just how being slightly off with a few calorie dense items can almost double your calorie intake.
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@shadow2soul The video is absolutely amazing. Both day's meals really do look identical, and almost double the calories in one of them. This is why "watching what I eat" doesn't work. What an eye opener.4
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There is no jump start. You have 100 lbs to lose - that is going to take more than a year. The jump start is to take the advice people have given you, along with reading the stickied most helpful forum posts at the top of the getting started section, and just begin.
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