Not losing weight~advice please
tesenychristi
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Hi!
I started myfitnesspal back in late December, and almost every day I have been under my calorie goal (lose one pound a week). However, I weighed myself yesterday and...well I seem the pounds won’t come off.
I know I can increase my protein content, but I don’t know what else to do. It quite frustrating to be eating better and not see results. (I do feel healthier, but the weight HAS to come off)
I started myfitnesspal back in late December, and almost every day I have been under my calorie goal (lose one pound a week). However, I weighed myself yesterday and...well I seem the pounds won’t come off.
I know I can increase my protein content, but I don’t know what else to do. It quite frustrating to be eating better and not see results. (I do feel healthier, but the weight HAS to come off)
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One thing not mentioned above is your scales. Do you weight at the same time, on the same day, in the same clothes, with the scale in the same place on a solid floor? I can change my weight by 4 lbs if I weigh in a different spot in my kitchen!5
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Probably not what you want to hear, but you're eating too much. You are not logging accurately, for whatever reason. Tighten that up, weigh your food. Set your TDEE (as accurate as you can) and don't bother with exercise calories - TDEE should give you enough information. Give it two consistent and accurate weeks. Reassess and adjust.5
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Food scale and accurate/honest logging...
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p17 -
Probably not what you want to hear, but you're eating too much. You are not logging accurately, for whatever reason. Tighten that up, weigh your food. Set your TDEE (as accurate as you can) and don't bother with exercise calories - TDEE should give you enough information. Give it two consistent and accurate weeks. Reassess and adjust.
What evidence do you have for this? OP didn’t say anything about how much they’re eating.
OP, how long has it been since the scale moved down at all? Your weight is not going to decrease every single week. That’s normal. You will lose fat if you’re consistently in a calorie deficit, but you shouldn’t expect the scale go to down like clockwork. If you’ve seen zero change, then you may not be in a deficit, but if you’re seeing slow change or it hasn’t been long since the scale moved down, that could be reasonable.7 -
Probably not what you want to hear, but you're eating too much. You are not logging accurately, for whatever reason. Tighten that up, weigh your food. Set your TDEE (as accurate as you can) and don't bother with exercise calories - TDEE should give you enough information. Give it two consistent and accurate weeks. Reassess and adjust.
What evidence do you have for this? OP didn’t say anything about how much they’re eating.
OP, how long has it been since the scale moved down at all? Your weight is not going to decrease every single week. That’s normal. You will lose fat if you’re consistently in a calorie deficit, but you shouldn’t expect the scale go to down like clockwork. If you’ve seen zero change, then you may not be in a deficit, but if you’re seeing slow change or it hasn’t been long since the scale moved down, that could be reasonable.
The scale went down intitially, but has crept back up the last week or so. My eating habits been improving (healthier snacks and more protein, less “bad” carbs). It just been frustrating since I’m hungrier now than a few weeks ago. I’m back on campus and walking up and down hills/stairs a lot.
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Carbs bad or good have zero impact on weight loss. Neither do healthy versus unhealthy snacks. Log your food accurately and stay within your calorie goal. That is all that matters to weight loss. The nutritional quality of the calories you take in has an impact on your health, but doesn’t change your rate of loss.tesenychristi wrote: »Probably not what you want to hear, but you're eating too much. You are not logging accurately, for whatever reason. Tighten that up, weigh your food. Set your TDEE (as accurate as you can) and don't bother with exercise calories - TDEE should give you enough information. Give it two consistent and accurate weeks. Reassess and adjust.
What evidence do you have for this? OP didn’t say anything about how much they’re eating.
OP, how long has it been since the scale moved down at all? Your weight is not going to decrease every single week. That’s normal. You will lose fat if you’re consistently in a calorie deficit, but you shouldn’t expect the scale go to down like clockwork. If you’ve seen zero change, then you may not be in a deficit, but if you’re seeing slow change or it hasn’t been long since the scale moved down, that could be reasonable.
The scale went down intitially, but has crept back up the last week or so. My eating habits been improving (healthier snacks and more protein, less “bad” carbs). It just been frustrating since I’m hungrier now than a few weeks ago. I’m back on campus and walking up and down hills/stairs a lot.
Since you mentioned a change in activity, I’m guessing that increased hunger due to activity has been leading to portion creep. Brains are tricky that way, some people eat more overall when they exercise.10 -
rheddmobile wrote: »
Carbs bad or good have zero impact on weight loss. Neither do healthy versus unhealthy snacks. Log your food accurately and stay within your calorie goal. That is all that matters to weight loss. The nutritional quality of the calories you take in has an impact on your health, but doesn’t change your rate of loss.tesenychristi wrote: »Probably not what you want to hear, but you're eating too much. You are not logging accurately, for whatever reason. Tighten that up, weigh your food. Set your TDEE (as accurate as you can) and don't bother with exercise calories - TDEE should give you enough information. Give it two consistent and accurate weeks. Reassess and adjust.
What evidence do you have for this? OP didn’t say anything about how much they’re eating.
OP, how long has it been since the scale moved down at all? Your weight is not going to decrease every single week. That’s normal. You will lose fat if you’re consistently in a calorie deficit, but you shouldn’t expect the scale go to down like clockwork. If you’ve seen zero change, then you may not be in a deficit, but if you’re seeing slow change or it hasn’t been long since the scale moved down, that could be reasonable.
The scale went down intitially, but has crept back up the last week or so. My eating habits been improving (healthier snacks and more protein, less “bad” carbs). It just been frustrating since I’m hungrier now than a few weeks ago. I’m back on campus and walking up and down hills/stairs a lot.
Since you mentioned a change in activity, I’m guessing that increased hunger due to activity has been leading to portion creep. Brains are tricky that way, some people eat more overall when they exercise.rheddmobile wrote: »
Carbs bad or good have zero impact on weight loss. Neither do healthy versus unhealthy snacks. Log your food accurately and stay within your calorie goal. That is all that matters to weight loss. The nutritional quality of the calories you take in has an impact on your health, but doesn’t change your rate of loss.tesenychristi wrote: »Probably not what you want to hear, but you're eating too much. You are not logging accurately, for whatever reason. Tighten that up, weigh your food. Set your TDEE (as accurate as you can) and don't bother with exercise calories - TDEE should give you enough information. Give it two consistent and accurate weeks. Reassess and adjust.
What evidence do you have for this? OP didn’t say anything about how much they’re eating.
OP, how long has it been since the scale moved down at all? Your weight is not going to decrease every single week. That’s normal. You will lose fat if you’re consistently in a calorie deficit, but you shouldn’t expect the scale go to down like clockwork. If you’ve seen zero change, then you may not be in a deficit, but if you’re seeing slow change or it hasn’t been long since the scale moved down, that could be reasonable.
The scale went down intitially, but has crept back up the last week or so. My eating habits been improving (healthier snacks and more protein, less “bad” carbs). It just been frustrating since I’m hungrier now than a few weeks ago. I’m back on campus and walking up and down hills/stairs a lot.
Since you mentioned a change in activity, I’m guessing that increased hunger due to activity has been leading to portion creep. Brains are tricky that way, some people eat more overall when they exercise.rheddmobile wrote: »
Carbs bad or good have zero impact on weight loss. Neither do healthy versus unhealthy snacks. Log your food accurately and stay within your calorie goal. That is all that matters to weight loss. The nutritional quality of the calories you take in has an impact on your health, but doesn’t change your rate of loss.tesenychristi wrote: »Probably not what you want to hear, but you're eating too much. You are not logging accurately, for whatever reason. Tighten that up, weigh your food. Set your TDEE (as accurate as you can) and don't bother with exercise calories - TDEE should give you enough information. Give it two consistent and accurate weeks. Reassess and adjust.
What evidence do you have for this? OP didn’t say anything about how much they’re eating.
OP, how long has it been since the scale moved down at all? Your weight is not going to decrease every single week. That’s normal. You will lose fat if you’re consistently in a calorie deficit, but you shouldn’t expect the scale go to down like clockwork. If you’ve seen zero change, then you may not be in a deficit, but if you’re seeing slow change or it hasn’t been long since the scale moved down, that could be reasonable.
The scale went down intitially, but has crept back up the last week or so. My eating habits been improving (healthier snacks and more protein, less “bad” carbs). It just been frustrating since I’m hungrier now than a few weeks ago. I’m back on campus and walking up and down hills/stairs a lot.
Since you mentioned a change in activity, I’m guessing that increased hunger due to activity has been leading to portion creep. Brains are tricky that way, some people eat more overall when they exercise.
I’ve still been careful about this and even bring my lunch and snack to avoid buying fast food on campus. I don’t add back in my exercise calories, so I should be in greater deficit, which is why I’m so confused as to the weight gain.
I think I’ll invest in a newer, better food scale and see if that helps
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tesenychristi wrote: »rheddmobile wrote: »
Carbs bad or good have zero impact on weight loss. Neither do healthy versus unhealthy snacks. Log your food accurately and stay within your calorie goal. That is all that matters to weight loss. The nutritional quality of the calories you take in has an impact on your health, but doesn’t change your rate of loss.tesenychristi wrote: »Probably not what you want to hear, but you're eating too much. You are not logging accurately, for whatever reason. Tighten that up, weigh your food. Set your TDEE (as accurate as you can) and don't bother with exercise calories - TDEE should give you enough information. Give it two consistent and accurate weeks. Reassess and adjust.
What evidence do you have for this? OP didn’t say anything about how much they’re eating.
OP, how long has it been since the scale moved down at all? Your weight is not going to decrease every single week. That’s normal. You will lose fat if you’re consistently in a calorie deficit, but you shouldn’t expect the scale go to down like clockwork. If you’ve seen zero change, then you may not be in a deficit, but if you’re seeing slow change or it hasn’t been long since the scale moved down, that could be reasonable.
The scale went down intitially, but has crept back up the last week or so. My eating habits been improving (healthier snacks and more protein, less “bad” carbs). It just been frustrating since I’m hungrier now than a few weeks ago. I’m back on campus and walking up and down hills/stairs a lot.
Since you mentioned a change in activity, I’m guessing that increased hunger due to activity has been leading to portion creep. Brains are tricky that way, some people eat more overall when they exercise.rheddmobile wrote: »
Carbs bad or good have zero impact on weight loss. Neither do healthy versus unhealthy snacks. Log your food accurately and stay within your calorie goal. That is all that matters to weight loss. The nutritional quality of the calories you take in has an impact on your health, but doesn’t change your rate of loss.tesenychristi wrote: »Probably not what you want to hear, but you're eating too much. You are not logging accurately, for whatever reason. Tighten that up, weigh your food. Set your TDEE (as accurate as you can) and don't bother with exercise calories - TDEE should give you enough information. Give it two consistent and accurate weeks. Reassess and adjust.
What evidence do you have for this? OP didn’t say anything about how much they’re eating.
OP, how long has it been since the scale moved down at all? Your weight is not going to decrease every single week. That’s normal. You will lose fat if you’re consistently in a calorie deficit, but you shouldn’t expect the scale go to down like clockwork. If you’ve seen zero change, then you may not be in a deficit, but if you’re seeing slow change or it hasn’t been long since the scale moved down, that could be reasonable.
The scale went down intitially, but has crept back up the last week or so. My eating habits been improving (healthier snacks and more protein, less “bad” carbs). It just been frustrating since I’m hungrier now than a few weeks ago. I’m back on campus and walking up and down hills/stairs a lot.
Since you mentioned a change in activity, I’m guessing that increased hunger due to activity has been leading to portion creep. Brains are tricky that way, some people eat more overall when they exercise.rheddmobile wrote: »
Carbs bad or good have zero impact on weight loss. Neither do healthy versus unhealthy snacks. Log your food accurately and stay within your calorie goal. That is all that matters to weight loss. The nutritional quality of the calories you take in has an impact on your health, but doesn’t change your rate of loss.tesenychristi wrote: »Probably not what you want to hear, but you're eating too much. You are not logging accurately, for whatever reason. Tighten that up, weigh your food. Set your TDEE (as accurate as you can) and don't bother with exercise calories - TDEE should give you enough information. Give it two consistent and accurate weeks. Reassess and adjust.
What evidence do you have for this? OP didn’t say anything about how much they’re eating.
OP, how long has it been since the scale moved down at all? Your weight is not going to decrease every single week. That’s normal. You will lose fat if you’re consistently in a calorie deficit, but you shouldn’t expect the scale go to down like clockwork. If you’ve seen zero change, then you may not be in a deficit, but if you’re seeing slow change or it hasn’t been long since the scale moved down, that could be reasonable.
The scale went down intitially, but has crept back up the last week or so. My eating habits been improving (healthier snacks and more protein, less “bad” carbs). It just been frustrating since I’m hungrier now than a few weeks ago. I’m back on campus and walking up and down hills/stairs a lot.
Since you mentioned a change in activity, I’m guessing that increased hunger due to activity has been leading to portion creep. Brains are tricky that way, some people eat more overall when they exercise.
I’ve still been careful about this and even bring my lunch and snack to avoid buying fast food on campus. I don’t add back in my exercise calories, so I should be in greater deficit, which is why I’m so confused as to the weight gain.
I think I’ll invest in a newer, better food scale and see if that helps
MFP is intended for you to eat all exercise calories assuming they are calculated accurately. You risk undereating by not doing so.
Fat loss is 100% caused by consistently eating fewer calories than your body burns, not by how many carbs you eat, whether you eat fast food, etc.
Your increased exercise can cause water retention due to the normal muscle repair process. This is totally normal and not a cause for concern, but it can mask fat loss on the scale.7 -
@tesenychristi, what you are experiencing is very typical. Weight loss isn't linear. Your first month, especially if you've increased your water intake and reduced your carbs, you'll see a big drop in weight. It's so encouraging!! But that is mostly water. Carbs stored for fuel in the body store water with them, so when you reduce carbs, you store less water. When you drink enough water to stay well hydrated, your body stores less cause its like, "there's finally enough water, yay!!" After that initial whoosh, the body readjusts to the new normal and you might not see a loss for a week or so. Then, bam, you'll drop 2 pounds. The wild fluctuations are due to water.
Keep at it. If you are weighing every day you will see fluctuations all week long but the arc of your progress should bend downward. I use an app called Libra (a freebie) that trends your weight data over time. It helps me cut out the noise of weight fluctuations and see what my trend has been.
So you aren't really stalled. It's hard in the beginning to be patient. We've all been there. But hang in there with the logging. Your whoosh is coming.9 -
It's the same for me. I was losing weight fine for two weeks ... now the scales are stuck!
But I am not letting it get me down. I am planning on keeping this deficit going for the next seven months, so I'm trying to see it as a long-term thing.
I am eating significantly less and doing more exercise, so surely my weight HAS to change at some point.3
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