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TammyGermiller
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30 days in low carb. Watching my macros and exercising. I have joint issues so I do cardio pool 2xs a week pretty hard. This exhausts me. Recovering from cancer treatment from 3 years ago. So how much have I lost? NOTHING. I have been almost perfect with my eating. I am so disgusted. Need to lose at least 30 pounds. Yes, I am drinking water. Yes, I have tried keto. Yes, I have tried intermittent fasting. Nothing works. Any suggestions?
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Use a food scale to help achieve a calorie deficit.24
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TammyGermiller wrote: »30 days in low carb. Watching my macros and exercising. I have joint issues so I do cardio pool 2xs a week pretty hard. This exhausts me. Recovering from cancer treatment from 3 years ago. So how much have I lost? NOTHING. I have been almost perfect with my eating. I am so disgusted. Need to lose at least 30 pounds. Yes, I am drinking water. Yes, I have tried keto. Yes, I have tried intermittent fasting. Nothing works. Any suggestions?
You mentioned carbs and a bunch of other stuff, but are you sticking to your calorie goal? Using a food scale for all solids food you possibly can? Double checking that the entries you are choosing in the database are accurate?
Check out the Most Helpful Posts threads pinned to the top of each forum, lots of great info there!22 -
I have been coming in under the calories I was told to eat. I just can’t get to 1800 with the macros given to me. I will check out the posts. Thank you2
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TammyGermiller wrote: »I have been coming in under the calories I was told to eat. I just can’t get to 1800 with the macros given to me. I will check out the posts. Thank you
For weight loss calories are king. Macros may help for satisfaction and perceived stomach fullness aiding in sticking to your calorie goal, but in themselves don't affect weight loss in significant ways.
Who gave you your macro guidelines and your calorie guidelines?
30 days is a good stretch of time and zero weight loss shows that you are not in a calorie deficit.17 -
TammyGermiller wrote: »I have been coming in under the calories I was told to eat. I just can’t get to 1800 with the macros given to me. I will check out the posts. Thank you
Always, always use a food scale. It will open your eyes to how much you actually eat.9 -
Good advice above here. My first thought was start measuring something other than carbs, too. I'm in a wheelchair, can't exercise much obviously. Doing it all with 1200 calories a day. 53 days, and I'm losing. You can too for sure.11
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Good advice above. My two cents: you've got some conceptual diet clutter going on - keto, macros, calories, etc etc. Clear the decks and simplify.
1. Put aside macros and other distractions for a while, and eat strictly to your calorie target using a scale to measure everything. Forget all the carb theories for a while; they only affect water retention, not fat loss, in any event. If you would love a slice of pizza, have one, same goes for pasta, a sub, whatever. Just eat what you like -- up to the calorie target and never beyond it, that's the key.
2. Lose weight for a month or two. You will lose weight if you do step 1.
3. Then, when you have a solid success under your belt, maybe take another look at macros if you feel that is important.
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what works is eating at a calorie deficit regularly over a long period of time. Keto, low carb, IF are way of eating that helps SOME people keep to the calorie deficit more easily but it's still the calorie deficit that leads to weight loss. (calorie deficit - eating/drinking fewer calories than your body burns).
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1399829/step-by-step-guide-to-losing-weight-with-myfitnesspal
a food scale is crucial for most. and while it seems lik ea no brainer thing a child can do, there is a learning curve. we all made lots of errors at the beginning and those can stall any progress.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1
However, if you have been working out a lot, your muscles may also be retaining water to repair themselves masking any losses.
http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/13 -
Thank you3
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what works is eating at a calorie deficit regularly over a long period of time. Keto, low carb, IF are way of eating that helps SOME people keep to the calorie deficit more easily but it's still the calorie deficit that leads to weight loss. (calorie deficit - eating/drinking fewer calories than your body burns).
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1399829/step-by-step-guide-to-losing-weight-with-myfitnesspal
a food scale is crucial for most. and while it seems lik ea no brainer thing a child can do, there is a learning curve. we all made lots of errors at the beginning and those can stall any progress.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1
However, if you have been working out a lot, your muscles may also be retaining water to repair themselves masking any losses.
http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/
ok WHY was my post flagged?!?!? what am i missing?
hopefully an accidental slip of a finger...8 -
oh my posts are woo ed all the time - even the most innocuous ones.
There are some woo happy and I'm sure flag happy readers here.
Maybe somebody skim read post (very skim read!! ) and thought your links were to advertising sites??
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paperpudding wrote: »oh my posts are woo ed all the time - even the most innocuous ones.
There are some woo happy and I'm sure flag happy readers here.
Maybe somebody skim read post (very skim read!! ) and thought your links were to advertising sites??
woo i get it's an opinion. flagging means moderators have to check it!1 -
Who the heck flagged? I don’t see a problem. Thank you for your response1
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One possibility not yet mentioned is that your personal metabolism is slower than the average guidelines given by MFP. Try re-calculating based on your current calories apparently being maintenance. (Subtract 250 calories if trying for .5 pounds a.week, etc.) They say metabolism rates usually only vary by ten or fifteen percent, but that's actually pretty significant, and the heavier you are the more off the calculations will get. For me I have to adjust down almost 20%, and I do weigh and measure foods.7
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Possible misunderstanding. Someone may have thought that flag was a way of marking the response for later reference like you'll 'flag' important emails.4
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Good advice above. My two cents: you've got some conceptual diet clutter going on - keto, macros, calories, etc etc. Clear the decks and simplify.
1. Put aside macros and other distractions for a while, and eat strictly to your calorie target using a scale to measure everything. Forget all the carb theories for a while; they only affect water retention, not fat loss, in any event. If you would love a slice of pizza, have one, same goes for pasta, a sub, whatever. Just eat what you like -- up to the calorie target and never beyond it, that's the key.
2. Lose weight for a month or two. You will lose weight if you do step 1.
3. Then, when you have a solid success under your belt, maybe take another look at macros if you feel that is important.
^^^ This. x100.3 -
Use a tape measure instead of the scale to assess your progress.5
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I think most people will find scale readings more accurate way of tracking weight loss myself
Although, yes, one can also corroborate with other things: waist measurements, clothes fittings etc.
If OP has lost no weight, I doubt the other things would of changed.0 -
You mention you are recovering from cancer. Is it possible that you are on a medication that is inhibiting weight loss?
As a fellow survivor, it has taken several years to get back on track for me.4 -
There are mistakes that people commonly make that cause them to not lose weight that we might be able to spot if you change your Diary Sharing settings to Public: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings
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