Trying to lose weight
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emoskv
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I've been trying to lose weight for nearly 3 years now, and it just keeps yo-yoing back to the same number. Not quite sure what else I can do... I go to the gym 3 times a week, try not to eat more than 1200 calories a day. Thinking of going to the gym every day maybe. Anyone else have this yo-yo problem?
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Trying or succeeding in eating 1200?8
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Do you weigh your food?7
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At the very least, log your food every day.
When I log my food accurately, get enough sleep, stay in calories I lose weight.
Unless you are a teeny tiny person or very old and sedentary, if you're not losing at what you think is 1200 you're eating more than you think.7 -
I usually eat no more than 1200-1300 cal a day and I log all my food. However the weight still fluctuates a lot. I probably only lose water and hence the yo-yo effect. I don't know. I'll carry on and will go to the gym daily from tomorrow...2
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I feel like there is a lot of missing information here.14
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need more information - you say you log all your food, but are you weighing everything? you use words like "try" and "usually" - that is probably your problem. you need a sustained calorie deficit to lose weight over time and that is what you are missing.8
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Maxematics wrote: »I feel like there is a lot of missing information here.
This. When you say yo-yo, do you mean you eat exactly 1200-1300 calories for years and weight randomly goes up and down? Or you fall off the wagon regularly and the weight you've managed to lose gets puts back on? Do you weigh your food on a food scale when you enter it? I just included yellow rice with my lunch and was livid when I realized how little 53 grams was for 200 calories. It was literally three bites. Damn that rice!
Also, when you say yo-yo, do you mean you lose and regain FIVE pounds, or you lose and regain way more than that?9 -
You're not consistently eating 1200 calories every day for the past three years. You are eating more than you think you are.
Get a food scale. Weigh all your food. Stay within your calorie goal every day, not just some days.9 -
Yes, I have this yo yo problem, But I know exactly why. Some days I eat less. Then I lose weight. Other days I eat more. Then I gain weight. Pretty simple.3
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Not really possible - I am very small (5 foot and around 47 kilos), and if I consistently log 1400 average cals per day I lose weight (and this doesn't include the odd stuff I don't log - squash, the odd carrot I eat while making dinner, the odd bite of cheese when cooking, etc).1
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Pipsqueak1965 wrote: »Not really possible - I am very small (5 foot and around 47 kilos), and if I consistently log 1400 average cals per day I lose weight (and this doesn't include the odd stuff I don't log - squash, the odd carrot I eat while making dinner, the odd bite of cheese when cooking, etc).
Should you be logging EVERY single thing that you eat ? This is what I am told.....I don't know0 -
lleeann2001 wrote: »Pipsqueak1965 wrote: »Not really possible - I am very small (5 foot and around 47 kilos), and if I consistently log 1400 average cals per day I lose weight (and this doesn't include the odd stuff I don't log - squash, the odd carrot I eat while making dinner, the odd bite of cheese when cooking, etc).
Should you be logging EVERY single thing that you eat ? This is what I am told.....I don't know
do what works for you - just keep in mind your body counts it whether you choose to log it or not!7 -
Muscleflex79 wrote: »lleeann2001 wrote: »Pipsqueak1965 wrote: »Not really possible - I am very small (5 foot and around 47 kilos), and if I consistently log 1400 average cals per day I lose weight (and this doesn't include the odd stuff I don't log - squash, the odd carrot I eat while making dinner, the odd bite of cheese when cooking, etc).
Should you be logging EVERY single thing that you eat ? This is what I am told.....I don't know
do what works for you - just keep in mind your body counts it whether you choose to log it or not!
You are.CORRECT sir...2 -
lleeann2001 wrote: »Muscleflex79 wrote: »lleeann2001 wrote: »Pipsqueak1965 wrote: »Not really possible - I am very small (5 foot and around 47 kilos), and if I consistently log 1400 average cals per day I lose weight (and this doesn't include the odd stuff I don't log - squash, the odd carrot I eat while making dinner, the odd bite of cheese when cooking, etc).
Should you be logging EVERY single thing that you eat ? This is what I am told.....I don't know
do what works for you - just keep in mind your body counts it whether you choose to log it or not!
You are.CORRECT sir...
thanks, but I'm not a sir LOL7 -
lleeann2001 wrote: »Pipsqueak1965 wrote: »Not really possible - I am very small (5 foot and around 47 kilos), and if I consistently log 1400 average cals per day I lose weight (and this doesn't include the odd stuff I don't log - squash, the odd carrot I eat while making dinner, the odd bite of cheese when cooking, etc).
Should you be logging EVERY single thing that you eat ? This is what I am told.....I don't know
It sounds as if this person is seeing the results they expect, so there isn't really a need to change.2 -
Do you weigh your food on a food scale when you enter it? I just included yellow rice with my lunch and was livid when I realized how little 53 grams was for 200 calories. It was literally three bites. Damn that rice!
Did you weigh it cooked? You actually normally get 2 oz/56 g of uncooked rice for about 200 cal, and it's something like double the size when cooked.0 -
janejellyroll wrote: »lleeann2001 wrote: »Pipsqueak1965 wrote: »Not really possible - I am very small (5 foot and around 47 kilos), and if I consistently log 1400 average cals per day I lose weight (and this doesn't include the odd stuff I don't log - squash, the odd carrot I eat while making dinner, the odd bite of cheese when cooking, etc).
Should you be logging EVERY single thing that you eat ? This is what I am told.....I don't know
It sounds as if this person is seeing the results they expect, so there isn't really a need to change.
i suppose.0 -
Muscleflex79 wrote: »lleeann2001 wrote: »Muscleflex79 wrote: »lleeann2001 wrote: »Pipsqueak1965 wrote: »Not really possible - I am very small (5 foot and around 47 kilos), and if I consistently log 1400 average cals per day I lose weight (and this doesn't include the odd stuff I don't log - squash, the odd carrot I eat while making dinner, the odd bite of cheese when cooking, etc).
Should you be logging EVERY single thing that you eat ? This is what I am told.....I don't know
do what works for you - just keep in mind your body counts it whether you choose to log it or not!
You are.CORRECT sir...
thanks, but I'm not a sir LOL
oops. lol0
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