Trouble loading last 8lbs

jruiz4120 · August 2019

I do appreciate all the advice all of you are giving me but I have tried a scale but that didn’t work for me, more like my body doesn’t react well to it. I get head acks and some times air headed because I’m to active and need the calories. What I have been doing is eating 3 meals a day and a small healthy snack in between. I have gone from 226 to 214 in about 2 months doing this.

Danp · August 2019

jruiz4120 wrote: »

I do appreciate all the advice all of you are giving me but I have tried a scale but that didn’t work for me, more like my body doesn’t react well to it. I get head acks and some times air headed because I’m to active and need the calories. What I have been doing is eating 3 meals a day and a small healthy snack in between. I have gone from 226 to 214 in about 2 months doing this.

And that's no longer working right? Which means you need to do something different or continue to do what isn't working.

I'm confused as to how your body knows that food has been put on a scale and weighed that it reacts differently than food that hasn't been on a food scale? How can knowing the weight of the rice your eating (for example) magically make that rice different that give you a headache?

Weight loss is achieved by consuming fewer calories than you use. How can you achieve this if you don't know how many calories you're eating and how many calories you're using? "Meals" and "Snacks" aren't a standard measurement. 1 person can eat "3 meals a day and a healthy snack" and that would come to 1000 calories a day. That person would slowly starve to death, while another person can eat "3 meals a day and a healthy snack" and would be consuming 4000 calories a day and stack on weight.

apullum · August 2019

jruiz4120 wrote: »

I do appreciate all the advice all of you are giving me but I have tried a scale but that didn’t work for me, more like my body doesn’t react well to it. I get head acks and some times air headed because I’m to active and need the calories. What I have been doing is eating 3 meals a day and a small healthy snack in between. I have gone from 226 to 214 in about 2 months doing this.

Your body doesn't react well to a scale? Exactly what are you doing with that scale?

Like everyone else said, you're going to have to ensure that you are in a calorie deficit if you want to keep losing weight. You can ensure you're in a calorie deficit by weighing and logging all your food. Eating "healthy" is completely irrelevant to weight loss.

If you are getting lightheaded, that implies your calorie goal is too aggressive. When you're not weighing, you're clearly eating at maintenance. In order to lose weight but not feel lightheaded, you need a small deficit. Set MFP to lose 0.5 lb/week and weigh all your food.

If you're not willing to tighten up your logging, then there's nothing else we can do to help you.

emmamcgarity · August 2019

jruiz4120 wrote: »

I do appreciate all the advice all of you are giving me but I have tried a scale but that didn’t work for me, more like my body doesn’t react well to it. I get head acks and some times air headed because I’m to active and need the calories. What I have been doing is eating 3 meals a day and a small healthy snack in between. I have gone from 226 to 214 in about 2 months doing this.

Your current eating patterns resulted in a 12 lb loss over two months. Approximately 1.5 lbs per week. It sounds like you have had a fairly aggressive deficit if you only have another 8 pounds to lose. How long has it been since you lost any weight? You might just need to be patient.

JaydedMiss · August 2019

emmamcgarity wrote: »

jruiz4120 wrote: »

I do appreciate all the advice all of you are giving me but I have tried a scale but that didn’t work for me, more like my body doesn’t react well to it. I get head acks and some times air headed because I’m to active and need the calories. What I have been doing is eating 3 meals a day and a small healthy snack in between. I have gone from 226 to 214 in about 2 months doing this.

Your current eating patterns resulted in a 12 lb loss over two months. Approximately 1.5 lbs per week. It sounds like you have had a fairly aggressive deficit if you only have another 8 pounds to lose. How long has it been since you lost any weight? You might just need to be patient.

exactly what i was thinking you cant really say its not working so i dont see the issue lol. Be patient. Or cut out a snack..or eat smaller portions....or get a food scale and just use it to eat a more reasonable calorie count your night light headed on...Or move more... End of thread.

quiksylver296 · August 2019

@sarahlucindac's thread sounds so much like you, @jruiz4120. Take a read.

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10697068/how-i-stopped-kidding-myself/p1

steveko89 · August 2019

jruiz4120 wrote: »

I like food to much for a scale lol

Then get used to liking being 8 lbs from goal. Don't argue with sound advice.

Justin_7272 · August 2019

You've been given the advice you need to be successful. It might not be what you want to hear, but it's what you need to hear.

Weigh your food and properly track to lose OR keep your head in the sand and continue status quo hoping for the best.

We've lead the horse to water. At the end of the day you're the man in the mirror.

kshama2001 · August 2019

jruiz4120 wrote: »

I do appreciate all the advice all of you are giving me but I have tried a scale but that didn’t work for me, more like my body doesn’t react well to it. I get head acks and some times air headed because I’m to active and need the calories. What I have been doing is eating 3 meals a day and a small healthy snack in between. I have gone from 226 to 214 in about 2 months doing this.

Sounds like you were undereating last time you weighed.

With only 8 pounds to lose, set your weekly weight loss goal for a half pound per week.

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