I need advice

rebeccaahopkins93
rebeccaahopkins93 Posts: 107 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I've been working hard for 55 days and I haven't lost any weight so obviously something isn't working.. here's a break down of my numbers someone please help!!

I exercise 5-6 days a week burning 300-500 calories a day.

I've calculated my maintenance calories as 2000

I eat between 1500-1700 calories a day depending on my calories burned trying to always hit a net calories intake of 1200.

My exercises are usually 4 days a week: 20-30 minutes cardio and I am always sweaty and breathing heavy and then 30-50 minutes strength training. 1 day a week 60 minutes rec volleyball breaking a sweat. 1 day a week 30-60 minutes cardio usually either a run or a hike.

I drink 3 liters of water a day....

I have a food scale and measure most of my food..

I feel like I'm doing everything possible to get the scale moving!!

I will say I've noticed improvement in strength and definition but I feel like even if I'm gaining muscle after almost 2 months I should see change on the scale..

My question is am I eating too much, too little, or am I on track. Do I need to change something or do I need to throw the scale against a wall!!

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    edited October 2018
    You're not burning as many calories and/or you're eating more than you think.

    When you say you weigh 'most' of your food, what don't you weigh?
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    If you open your diary, we may be able to help you troubleshoot your logging.
  • rebeccaahopkins93
    rebeccaahopkins93 Posts: 107 Member
    I don't usually weigh fruits and vegetables on the scale but I track them by cups
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    rebeccaahopkins93 wrote: »
    I don't usually weigh fruits and vegetables on the scale but I track them by cups

    Depending on the quantities you eat in fruits and vegetables and the specific ones you're choosing, this could be significant. You may want to consider weighing them as well.
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    If you are a normal weight looking to get leaner (as you appear to be) you'll need to be extra vigilant with your food tracking and measuring, and also with how many activity calories you eat back. Small mistakes can easily wipe out a deficit at this point.
  • rebeccaahopkins93
    rebeccaahopkins93 Posts: 107 Member
    I opened my diary. However a fair warning the past few days have had a lot of restaurant food. I more accurate view of what I usually eat would be from Oct 15th back.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    You're not eating too little, that wouldn't keep you from losing weight for 2 months.

    What is your height and weight? If you have a small amount of weight to lose, progress will be slow and you have very little wiggle room. A couple of weeks of using the food scale for every single thing other than liquids may shed some light on where you are missing calories.
  • rebeccaahopkins93
    rebeccaahopkins93 Posts: 107 Member
    kimny72 wrote: »
    You're not eating too little, that wouldn't keep you from losing weight for 2 months.

    What is your height and weight? If you have a small amount of weight to lose, progress will be slow and you have very little wiggle room. A couple of weeks of using the food scale for every single thing other than liquids may shed some light on where you are missing calories.


    I'm 5'3 and weigh 160. I'm trying to get down to 130-140lb. So I have about 20 lbs to lose
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    I noticed you logged the same cheese 3 days in a row at 30g. Is it ALWAYS 30g? You don't appear to be weighing pre-packaged items (burger bun, for example). Those can vary by as much as 20%. Definitely weigh your fruits and vegetables. Looks like you're eating most of your activity calories back. You may want to reconsider how accurate those are, as well.
  • rebeccaahopkins93
    rebeccaahopkins93 Posts: 107 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    rebeccaahopkins93 wrote: »
    I don't usually weigh fruits and vegetables on the scale but I track them by cups

    Depending on the quantities you eat in fruits and vegetables and the specific ones you're choosing, this could be significant. You may want to consider weighing them as well.

    I will add them into my weighing as well.
  • rebeccaahopkins93
    rebeccaahopkins93 Posts: 107 Member
    I should also note I'm a vegetarian and I'm trying really hard to get about 20% protein although I've struggled with this in the past
  • rebeccaahopkins93
    rebeccaahopkins93 Posts: 107 Member
    pinuplove wrote: »
    I noticed you logged the same cheese 3 days in a row at 30g. Is it ALWAYS 30g? You don't appear to be weighing pre-packaged items (burger bun, for example). Those can vary by as much as 20%. Definitely weigh your fruits and vegetables. Looks like you're eating most of your activity calories back. You may want to reconsider how accurate those are, as well.

    Cheese is definitely a hard one for me and I also weigh it out to be accurate. I've never really thought to weight things like the bun but I will start doing that as well. I have a Fitbit with a HR monitor so I had assumed they were close

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