No weight change in 5 weeks

Natchockins
Natchockins Posts: 3 Member
edited December 20 in Getting Started
I have been on 1200 calls a day and doing 4-5 days of exercise a week with one day with a personal trainer for the last 5 weeks.My exercises are a combination of HIIT and strength training. My goal is to lose 10lbs in 3 months but I haven’t even lost 1 lb yet. 1200 cals is from MFP based on my goal weight and age, height and weight etc. I have also readjusted my macros to increase protein. I am really disappointed with the lack of progress.

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    can you open your diary?

    do you weigh your food with scales?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Thanks for your comments. Yes, I do weigh everything, being a scientist I am quite particular about that. I don’t even try to eat the exercise calories as I think that these would go towards underestimate food cals, especially as it is difficult to accurately estimate eating out and take away etc. I can’t help thinking that I should restrict cals to 1000 a day or go on 5:2 fast diet. As I can’t help thinking even 1200 a day is too much for me as I am only 5.2 in height! I know some people might think that is too low but could it be that I have a very low BMR?

    do you eat out or get takeaway regularly?

    can you open your diary?
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    edited March 2019
    If you're being really accurate with logging your calories in the loss will show up - that's the science when we eat less than we burn.
    For what its worth I was 6 weeks seeing higher numbers on the scale (I get a lot of freaky fluctuations in general, I blame hormones mostly!), eventually dropped 0.5lb (I am aiming to get back to my low goal number again) - it just means I was eating close to maintenance calories and not having much of a deficit.

    Tighten things up and trust the process, it works.
  • Pickle107
    Pickle107 Posts: 153 Member
    I'm 5'3" and on 1200 cals a day, no exercise (well, almost never) and I've lost 9lbs in a month and a half. I've been eyeballing my portions or just taking the calories off the packet. As the others have said, weigh your food and hang on in there. Are you eating back your calories? MFP is planned so that you do. If you don't you're making life even harder.
  • shetland
    shetland Posts: 55 Member
    Did you happen to take body measurements? You might be losing inches and not pounds. Are your clothes fitting you any differently?
  • sarabushby
    sarabushby Posts: 784 Member
    Having one night out a week could easily erase your entire weeks deficit and put you right back at maintenance calories thus no weight loss.
    Consider how often you’re eating out/drinking/having take away and get in the habit of logging what you consume honestly (bearing in mind restaurant food can have a lot of hidden added fat compared to the same meal cooked at home). See what the impact of these meals is on your weekly total.
  • Natchockins
    Natchockins Posts: 3 Member
    Thank you all for your replies, I will be conducting an experiment over the next few weeks where I will consume exactly 1200 cals a day and no takeaways or eating out. Fingers crossed!
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