22 days of deficit & only 2lbs lost. Help!?
yegdave
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So, I had my metabolic BMR calculated at a local university, and it's 1720.
I calculated my calories for weight loss to be around 1800-2000. I fairly consistently hit the 1800 mark, and I I've still only lost 2lbs in almost a month!
I diligently measure/weigh/track...my numbers are pretty damn exact. Also, macros are calculated for an endomorph.
41 y/o male
5'10"
230lbs
Any ideas out there??
I calculated my calories for weight loss to be around 1800-2000. I fairly consistently hit the 1800 mark, and I I've still only lost 2lbs in almost a month!
I diligently measure/weigh/track...my numbers are pretty damn exact. Also, macros are calculated for an endomorph.
41 y/o male
5'10"
230lbs
Any ideas out there??
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@yegdave when I started Keto back in 2014 I remember it was day 45 before I lost the first pound but did lose an inch at the waist somehow without losing the first pound.
In my case I was so sick perhaps my health had to start to recover before the body would get rid of any excess weight. We are just all different and maybe the Hey I lost 25 pounds in the first 25 days on diet XYZ are not factual.
Clearly there are other factors out there besides measure/weight/track that impacts weight we read.
Best of success.24 -
So, I had my metabolic BMR calculated at a local university, and it's 1720.
I calculated my calories for weight loss to be around 1800-2000. I fairly consistently hit the 1800 mark, and I I've still only lost 2lbs in almost a month!
I diligently measure/weigh/track...my numbers are pretty damn exact. Also, macros are calculated for an endomorph.
41 y/o male
5'10"
230lbs
Any ideas out there??
What is your activity level? Do you do exercise? If you are sedentary without exercise, your daily calorie burn would be 2064. That would make your weight loss at 1800 calories half a pound a week, which is right about where you are at.11 -
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So, I had my metabolic BMR calculated at a local university, and it's 1720.
I calculated my calories for weight loss to be around 1800-2000. I fairly consistently hit the 1800 mark, and I I've still only lost 2lbs in almost a month!
I diligently measure/weigh/track...my numbers are pretty damn exact. Also, macros are calculated for an endomorph.
41 y/o male
5'10"
230lbs
Any ideas out there??
What is your activity level? Do you do exercise? If you are sedentary without exercise, your daily calorie burn would be 2064. That would make your weight loss at 1800 calories half a pound a week, which is right about where you are at.
This ^^
You're losing exactly what you should be based on what you're eating, if you want to lose at a slighly faster rate, you could bump up your deficit to a pound a week loss by cutting a further 250 calories, but whether that will be sustainable for you is a different matter.3 -
How did you determine your 2lb loss? How many weight-ins (data points) did you collect during these past three weeks? Were they all under similar conditions? (Same scale, position, similar time of day, lack of clothing, after bathroom before food and drink?)1
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@yegdave, we're eating around the same calories except I'm age 63 years and 99 cents and currently weigh 181 lbs. and am within 4 lbs. of my initial goal weight. I understand your frustration of "only" two lbs. in almost a month. Know this, that's more loss than what you achieved before you began your current fitness, health and wellness journey. Bank it and be grateful.
I constantly sooth myself when feeling like you by chanting 4 powerful, for me, affirmation words: desire, discipline, patience and perseverance. I also have learned to "double down" when feeling not satisfied with my measurable efforts. When I double down, things happen which may have happened anyway had I been more patient.
Keep the discipline and don't quit before the miracle presents itself. Know that, hombre to hombre, I'm privately cheering for you.6 -
So, I had my metabolic BMR calculated at a local university, and it's 1720.
I calculated my calories for weight loss to be around 1800-2000. I fairly consistently hit the 1800 mark, and I I've still only lost 2lbs in almost a month!
I diligently measure/weigh/track...my numbers are pretty damn exact. Also, macros are calculated for an endomorph.
41 y/o male
5'10"
230lbs
Any ideas out there??
22 days is basically 3 weeks. So you are losing 0.7lbs per week, which isn't a bad rate of loss. You are just outside the healthy weight range for your height, so you really can't expect to average more than 1 lb per week. That 0.3lb difference could be coming down to water weight or digestion fluctuations, or some slight issues with your logging. But seriously, you're doing fine. Your biggest issue is characterizing 22 days as almost a month
You're over a week off!
Check out these threads to see if your logging needs any tightening if you'd like, but otherwise just keep going!
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear/p19 -
How did you determine your 2lb loss? How many weight-ins (data points) did you collect during these past three weeks? Were they all under similar conditions? (Same scale, position, similar time of day, lack of clothing, after bathroom before food and drink?)
I'm weighing in daily, at 8am every morning at the exact same location on a digital Withings/Nokia scale. It's all under the exact same conditions!1 -
somatypes are bunk.9
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Two pounds is good dude. Just have to keep it up. And if it's a digital scale sometimes you have weigh a couple of times, they seem to get stuck on the same number.2
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So, I had my metabolic BMR calculated at a local university, and it's 1720.
I calculated my calories for weight loss to be around 1800-2000. I fairly consistently hit the 1800 mark, and I I've still only lost 2lbs in almost a month!
I diligently measure/weigh/track...my numbers are pretty damn exact. Also, macros are calculated for an endomorph.
41 y/o male
5'10"
230lbs
Any ideas out there??
What is your activity level? Do you do exercise? If you are sedentary without exercise, your daily calorie burn would be 2064. That would make your weight loss at 1800 calories half a pound a week, which is right about where you are at.
Hey Mike, I've recently had a loop recorder implanted to catch an arrythmia. Since that, I've been sedentary until this gets resolved. So...I'm dieting only. Because that's it, I really want to dial this in and get this excess weight off!1 -
macros are calculated for an endomorph. - doesn't matter, not a thing.2
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