My weight isn't budging even after doing most things right

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  • Isra_1
    Isra_1 Posts: 44 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Isra_1 wrote: »
    Panini911 wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Do you use a food scale and log everything religiously, no skipping, cheating or forgetting? If no, start there.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1

    x100

    also, have you started a new exercise?

    has the scale not budged AT ALL? or just not as much as you want?

    Not AT ALL

    But in the OP you say you lost 1kg in 3 weeks?

    I said I didnt lose any weight in 2 weeks.
  • Isra_1
    Isra_1 Posts: 44 Member
    I need to clarify a few things here which most of you seem to be getting wrong. First of all, thankyou to everyone who replied and gave their two cents. I appreciate it alot. I realised after reading the concern of the first few comments that my measuring may be inaccurate and hence I have started keeping a tight check on those since today. (I used to measure using cups as a unit, but have started using an analogue food scale to do it.)
    I know that I'm not on a plateau because I only just started. I was referring it to mean that I've seen people generally lose a lot of weight without any troubles at the start and then hit a plateau somewhere along their journey.( i apologize if my OP didnt sound like that, but thats what I meant and I know the term plateau cannot be used for where I am).
  • Isra_1
    Isra_1 Posts: 44 Member
    Thankyou to everyone knocking some sense into me. I knew deep down that a 1000kcals wasn't sufficient. The reason I thought about jumping to it was because my best friend who's the same height as me did it that way without any regard for her BMI, TDEE and correct deficit. Two of my best friends have lost weight the wrong and unhealthy way and guide me to do the same (because they are convinced that what they did was the right way) and I think after not seeing results as fast as they did, I was ready to go down their path as well.
  • Isra_1
    Isra_1 Posts: 44 Member
    monkeyookook wrote: »
    snickerscharlie wrote: »
    monkeyookook wrote: »
    I'm going to guess that you're still eating more than you think. Very often, the recommended serving size is considerably less than you'd imagine. Cereal, for example, is probably less than half of what most people would tip into their bowl. So if you read the box, and it says 150 cals/serving, most people actually eat more than 300.

    The first time I weighed out what a portion of cereal actually is, I remember saying, "You've got to be kidding me. That's IT?"

    It was an eye opener, for sure. ;)

    It's insane. I think a lot of products are deliberately misleading. They tell you the calorie count per portion, but the image on the package shows much bigger portions. No wonder people struggle!

    Yes that is a marketing strategy! They don't have one serving in the images.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Isra_1 wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Isra_1 wrote: »
    Panini911 wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Do you use a food scale and log everything religiously, no skipping, cheating or forgetting? If no, start there.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1

    x100

    also, have you started a new exercise?

    has the scale not budged AT ALL? or just not as much as you want?

    Not AT ALL

    But in the OP you say you lost 1kg in 3 weeks?

    I said I didnt lose any weight in 2 weeks.

    So you lost 1kg the first week then nothing for the following 2?
  • cheryldumais
    cheryldumais Posts: 1,907 Member
    Sometimes it's really hard to figure out what's causing troubles because we know so little about you personally. If you have very little weight to lose like 20 lbs or less then you may have to be extremely accurate and patient. I lost 65 lbs the first year and the next 20 took another year. I had been weighing here and there and measuring mostly with cups and tablespoons which worked great in the beginning but as I got closer to goal weight I had to be really accurate to lose. Most exercise machines and devices like fitbit are suspected of overestimating our burns so many only eat half their exercise calories gained. Another thing to watch is the taste of this and that here and there. I found though I was eating great I was taking a bite here and there as I was cooking for hubby. He likes high fat food so needless to say an extra hundred or two calories daily can really mess things up. Try being very accurate in your weights and see if that does the trick.
  • cheryldumais
    cheryldumais Posts: 1,907 Member
    Sorry just realized you said you wanted to lose 70 pounds. Try measuring more carefully and if you are doing "cheat days" stop. Fit the food you want into a reasonable calorie range. 1000 even at your height is too low. You will have to be patient but there are lots of people on here who are short who lost the weight. Patience will be your best friend. Good luck.
  • Isra_1
    Isra_1 Posts: 44 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Isra_1 wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Isra_1 wrote: »
    Panini911 wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Do you use a food scale and log everything religiously, no skipping, cheating or forgetting? If no, start there.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1

    x100

    also, have you started a new exercise?

    has the scale not budged AT ALL? or just not as much as you want?

    Not AT ALL

    But in the OP you say you lost 1kg in 3 weeks?

    I said I didnt lose any weight in 2 weeks.

    So you lost 1kg the first week then nothing for the following 2?

    Yes
  • Isra_1
    Isra_1 Posts: 44 Member
    cheryldumais wrote: »
    Sorry just realized you said you wanted to lose 70 pounds. Try measuring more carefully and if you are doing "cheat days" stop. Fit the food you want into a reasonable calorie range. 1000 even at your height is too low. You will have to be patient but there are lots of people on here who are short who lost the weight. Patience will be your best friend. Good luck.

    Thankyou. I will for sure try and tighten things up from now.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    Isra_1 wrote: »
    Thankyou to everyone knocking some sense into me. I knew deep down that a 1000kcals wasn't sufficient. The reason I thought about jumping to it was because my best friend who's the same height as me did it that way without any regard for her BMI, TDEE and correct deficit. Two of my best friends have lost weight the wrong and unhealthy way and guide me to do the same (because they are convinced that what they did was the right way) and I think after not seeing results as fast as they did, I was ready to go down their path as well.

    Hopefully the scale shines some light on where the problem is and the fix becomes obvious. :smile:
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    One thing you may not have considered, hormones. Some months I only lose weight the week after my period, and in my years of logging my weight I have never lost weight in week 4 unless I was sick and not eating.
  • dbarfieldsr
    dbarfieldsr Posts: 9 Member
    There are plateaus you hit during weight loss. In my younger years I lost quite a bit of weight but did not maintain it.
    I was taught that on a normal diet your body will lose at first then you hit a weight that you cannot seem to drop below. This might happen several times during you overall weight loss cycle. Then one day you will notice a drop and you will start losing again.
    Keep on track, you will start to lose again, just be patient. Remember, you didn’t gain it all over night and you will not lose it all overnight. It is a process that takes time.
  • cathymohney
    cathymohney Posts: 2 Member
    OP best of luck to you - my "cheat" meal was last night out to eat: 4 oz grilled chicken breast and broccoli and 1 red wine. Hang in there and measure everything!
  • VeroniqueBoilard
    VeroniqueBoilard Posts: 71 Member
    Hang in there. Counting calories accuratly is the ONLY thing that works for me. Fad diet (with 1000 kcal or less) will send me in a binge eating cycle.

    I ate perfectly the last week, gained two pounds today. but my menstruation starts this week so I know (from experience) that if I keep going, after my menstruation start I will go down probably 3 or 4 pounds. It's been the same each month for me, menstruation seems to be the time were my body "adjust" and after it I see all the hard work of the last few weeks paying off.

    I ate a lot of carbs before bed one time, the next day I had "gain" 2 pounds. Suprise, the day after I was back to the original weight.

    Scale is very inacurate for everyday management, it's better long term. If you start to exercise, you can also measure with a tape. I always lose inch faster then weight (especially boooobs lol).

    You can do this, this work and when in doubt just browse the success stories section :)
  • purplefizzy
    purplefizzy Posts: 594 Member
    This, from @lemonlionheart, is great.

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