Two weeks of diet and no weight loss
Mustana07
Posts: 14 Member
Hello,I’m in a tough spot,I’m struggling with motivation after two weeks of dieting,barely eating 1200 calories I gained 1kg/2lbs...
I have no idea why is this happening and is really getting to me not seeing the numbers on the scale move.
Has anyone struggled with this?What could I do ?
I have no idea why is this happening and is really getting to me not seeing the numbers on the scale move.
Has anyone struggled with this?What could I do ?
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How are you measuring your food intake? using a food scale? normally at the start of cutting calories and eating at deficit the weight usually drops quickly - unless you are at a healthy weight already, and then it can take a little longer to see progress on the scales.
If you are logging accurately then keep going and have patience, the scale will move.9 -
I use a scale for my food.Im sure I’m logging everything accurately.Im most definitely not at a healthy weight,I’m considered obese,I weigh 87kilos at the moment...the most I ever weighed.I had a baby a year ago and not even when I was pregnant I wasn’t this weight.I lost all the baby right away but instead I gained about 10-15kg in the last year.2
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Are you weighing yourself at the same time as the last weigh in? For example you won't get an accurate read if you weigh yourself in the evening 45 mins after eating/ drinking a pint of water. Then weigh again in the morning 9 hours after eating and drinking. I always weigh in in the morning around 7.30 am.
Another thing to check is that you are using accurate measurements. 100gms of uncooked pasta is more than 100gms of cooked for example so if you are logging cooked and having uncooked it could be a massive difference. Raw vs cooked chicken/ rice etc etc.7 -
If you're logging accurately then just be patient. I most often stay the same, or about the same, for 3 weeks at a time before seeing a loss on the scale. Sometimes even longer. But if you're doing everything right you just have to trust the process.9
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I always weigh myself in the morning after using the bathroom and measure the food cooked.
I think I’m doing the right things.
Thank you for the answers,I will do my best to keep going,is hard because no one expects to gain weight while dieting:)) never happened to me before,I always lost like 5kg in the first month.3 -
Did you start a new exercise program at the same time? Because that can cause temporary water retention.
Another possibility, since you are a woman, is that your monthly cycle is causing temporary water retention. For women, it's usually recommended to track for 4-6 weeks to evaluate your weight loss and make necessary changes.
Aside from that, I'm wondering if you haven't chosen a weight loss rate that is too agressive. 1200 calories really is the bare minimum for women and is usually only appropriate for small, sedentary women.
I started my weight loss at 94kg, and even now at 80kg I'm eating way more than 1200 calories and still losing weight.11 -
I don’t exercise at all,I’m dealing with some heart problems and before I sort that I can’t exercise but not only I don’t exercise I don’t move a lot at all because I have a baby and I’m mostly stuck next to her.It could be my monthly problem... I really don’t know what to say or think .Did you start a new exercise program at the same time? Because that can cause temporary water retention.
Another possibility, since you are a woman, is that your monthly cycle is causing temporary water retention. For women, it's usually recommended to track for 4-6 weeks to evaluate your weight loss and make necessary changes.
Aside from that, I'm wondering if you haven't chosen a weight loss rate that is too agressive. 1200 calories really is the bare minimum for women and is usually only appropriate for small, sedentary women.
I started my weight loss at 94kg, and even now at 80kg I'm eating way more than 1200 calories and still losing weight.
With 1200 calories I eat enough healthy foods to feel full but if I feel like my body needs more I will eat more .3 -
Hi Mustano,
I know that your weight must feel a lot for you as you are used to weighing substantially less it seems, but it isn't huge.
I also don't know your age and this makes an incredible difference!
I have dieted practically every spring for most of my adult life because otherwise I couldn't look they way I want to in the summer here. When I was in my late teens and twenties I used to calorie count and eat 1000 calories a day. Then when I got older I used slimming world in the UK which is similar to weight watchers. I got used to eating much larger amounts of filling but relatively healthy food and the weight still came off predictably. I knew then that if I stuck to it I lost about 2lbs a week (about a kg) over the whole 2-3 month period. Once I hit 50 this was no longer working for me and I have to calorie count. 1200 per day on my fitness pal works pretty good. I also like you can add any exercise.
Anyway to get to the point I wanted to make, I still try to bulk on loads of salads and vegetables, lean protein/fish. very little carbs .
I am a pescatarian anyway, so love prawns, salmon. I don't eat any potatoes, bread when dieting. Sometimes a small bowl of porridge.
Obviously I don't know why you haven't lost as much as you hoped, and I know this is soul destroying when you know you are sticking to it. Don't go under the 1200 calories because sometimes not eating enough actually halts things for a while. Try to keep on the move even if only housework etc.
I tend to try to eat everything between 12 noon and 8 pm, like a mini fast, but I am never hungry first thing anyway. It will come off, please don't get disheartened, you need to find what works for you. Try changing you food diary around a bit. Best of luck
Linda4 -
Ty for the nice message Linda.
I’m 31 years old.
Not only that I didn’t lost but I gained 2lbs ...maybe is water retention maybe my body doesn really wanna let the weight go ...3 -
Try not to give scale too much thought, our weight fluctuates so much from day to day for a variety of reasons. If you are faithfully being accurate at logging and eating the calories you are, weight loss will happen.
All the best but do come back and update us in a few weeks - by then you really should have seen a loss.3 -
I will be back for sure also I have an apoiment on Friday to see a nutritionist..maybe I will have an answer by then.3
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Seeing a dietician really helped me. Go with a list of questions so you are prepared (and get your money’s worth out of the session!).
Also take either this app, which you’ve been faithful and accurately logging to, or a paper list of what you’ve eaten, including product names.
She was able to go through and suggest healthier replacements for some name brand foods, and on my third visit suggested backing off the protein bars because of stomach upset. I hadn’t connected the dots on those two.
My dietician was worth every penny.
BTW, I got a terrific rate for using her because I was able to book the sessions at a discounted rate through my gym.6 -
I don’t exercise at all,I’m dealing with some heart problems and before I sort that I can’t exercise but not only I don’t exercise I don’t move a lot at all because I have a baby and I’m mostly stuck next to her.It could be my monthly problem... I really don’t know what to say or think .Did you start a new exercise program at the same time? Because that can cause temporary water retention.
Another possibility, since you are a woman, is that your monthly cycle is causing temporary water retention. For women, it's usually recommended to track for 4-6 weeks to evaluate your weight loss and make necessary changes.
Aside from that, I'm wondering if you haven't chosen a weight loss rate that is too agressive. 1200 calories really is the bare minimum for women and is usually only appropriate for small, sedentary women.
I started my weight loss at 94kg, and even now at 80kg I'm eating way more than 1200 calories and still losing weight.
With 1200 calories I eat enough healthy foods to feel full but if I feel like my body needs more I will eat more .
Your TOM can certainly cause water retention leading to your weight temporarily going up. Also, some medical issues like heart problems can also cause fluid retention. You probably just need to give it a couple more weeks to see the scale go down, but if your concerned talk with your doctor.6 -
Anyone got the flowchart handy?1
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After tightening up on my diet it took an entire month for me to see any progress. And my weight went up before it started going down. So if you have no health issues/concerns then I would say give it some time and stay consistent, be patient and don't throw in the towel.
And everything that flow chart says!4 -
Double check the entries you are using in the database, most are user entered and can be wrong. Avoid entries that say "Homemade" or "generic", avoid entries that are recipe style like "homemade mac & cheese" unless you've created the entry yourself. I'm not familiar with many of the foods you're logging, but I saw a couple that looked suspect.
Make sure you are logging everything - condiments, cooking oils, beverages, cheat meals, cooking nibbles, late night snacks, bad days that go off the rails, everything.
Don't log a medium banana, find an entry that uses grams and weigh that sucker.
You might not have to be that careful a logger forever, but a few weeks of it can really help you get a better feel for how much you're eating.
Good luck!4 -
I took a look at your food diary and am curious about your entry for "Homeade - Ground Turkey and Vegetable Skillet" as it is in milliliters. Did you create that entry or is it something you found in the database? If you created it, why use ml rather than grams? If you didn't create it, it may have no resemblance to the food you actually ate.4
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I found out on the app,the food I made was only ground turkey with onions,carrots and peas and I’m sure the calories I ate were less than what I added that is why I didn’t payed much attention to what I added,initially I used the cup measurement because I couldn’t find it in grams,I had like 160grams of that.kshama2001 wrote: »I took a look at your food diary and am curious about your entry for "Homeade - Ground Turkey and Vegetable Skillet" as it is in milliliters. Did you create that entry or is it something you found in the database? If you created it, why use ml rather than grams? If you didn't create it, it may have no resemblance to the food you actually ate.0 -
Thank you.I make sure to log everything,I don’t use much condiments besides a bit of paprika and all spice and if I have to cook something I use a tiny bit of olive oil.Double check the entries you are using in the database, most are user entered and can be wrong. Avoid entries that say "Homemade" or "generic", avoid entries that are recipe style like "homemade mac & cheese" unless you've created the entry yourself. I'm not familiar with many of the foods you're logging, but I saw a couple that looked suspect.
Make sure you are logging everything - condiments, cooking oils, beverages, cheat meals, cooking nibbles, late night snacks, bad days that go off the rails, everything.
Don't log a medium banana, find an entry that uses grams and weigh that sucker.
You might not have to be that careful a logger forever, but a few weeks of it can really help you get a better feel for how much you're eating.
Good luck!
Even if I was off on my calories it couldn’t be by much and I would still see a loss of at least 500 gt or something.
I double check my calories online before adding them on the app,the app is more like a diary for myself.
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Thank you.I make sure to log everything,I don’t use much condiments besides a bit of paprika and all spice and if I have to cook something I use a tiny bit of olive oil.Double check the entries you are using in the database, most are user entered and can be wrong. Avoid entries that say "Homemade" or "generic", avoid entries that are recipe style like "homemade mac & cheese" unless you've created the entry yourself. I'm not familiar with many of the foods you're logging, but I saw a couple that looked suspect.
Make sure you are logging everything - condiments, cooking oils, beverages, cheat meals, cooking nibbles, late night snacks, bad days that go off the rails, everything.
Don't log a medium banana, find an entry that uses grams and weigh that sucker.
You might not have to be that careful a logger forever, but a few weeks of it can really help you get a better feel for how much you're eating.
Good luck!
Even if I was off on my calories it couldn’t be by much and I would still see a loss of at least 500 gt or something.
I double check my calories online before adding them on the app,the app is more like a diary for myself.
I thought the same thing, until I decided to log like it was my job for a few weeks and realized I was easily eating 300-400 more calories daily than I had previously been casually logging.
Hope you come up with a plan that works for you, best of luck.5 -
You said you have a heart condition. Either your heart (congestion) or the meds you take for it could be causing water retention. Talk to your cardiologist to see if that could be affecting your weight.3
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spiriteagle99 wrote: »You said you have a heart condition. Either your heart (congestion) or the meds you take for it could be causing water retention. Talk to your cardiologist to see if that could be affecting your weight.
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spiriteagle99 wrote: »You said you have a heart condition. Either your heart (congestion) or the meds you take for it could be causing water retention. Talk to your cardiologist to see if that could be affecting your weight.
I will ask my doctor about it,he did ask me if I get swollen feet when I went to see him but i wasn’t .2 -
Dont worry. One morning soon you will step on the scale and it will have gone down 4 lbs overnight 😀2
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A bit of an update,17 days of dieting and I lost almost 2kg/4lbs,I started taking some pills to help me eliminate water retention.A slow process but I’m going in the right direction.2
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A bit of an update,17 days of dieting and I lost almost 2kg/4lbs,I started taking some pills to help me eliminate water retention.A slow process but I’m going in the right direction.
please say your cardiologist is aware of these pills you started taking for water retention...because they could counter any other meds you take9 -
I'm not sure why you feel the need to take pills for water retention, our bodies are very good at dealing with that on their own...
good to hear you've had a loss though
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Of course,my doctor prescribed them.deannalfisher wrote: »A bit of an update,17 days of dieting and I lost almost 2kg/4lbs,I started taking some pills to help me eliminate water retention.A slow process but I’m going in the right direction.
please say your cardiologist is aware of these pills you started taking for water retention...because they could counter any other meds you take
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