No weight loss?

kimbell596 · August 2020

My calorie goal has been set for me. I do 10000 steps a day, between 4 and 5 miles. I track all my food but my weight is stuck. I don’t know what to do?

cmriverside · August 2020

Well, that's not enough info.

Your FOOD diary is not open for us to view, so I'll just leave this here:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1

General

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1

RockingWithLJ · August 2020

Are you tracking by weighing everything? What are you eating? A lot of people on this site seem to think what you eat doesnt matter just as long as you're at a calorie deficit however how your body is fueled is a big factor in how fast or slow you drop. IE your body will process 1000 calories of fruit differently than 1000 calories of donuts.
Less process foods, more cooking for yourself. Get your recommended servings of veggies fruits healthy fats and protein and see how it helps.

hipari · August 2020

RockingWithLJ wrote: »

Are you tracking by weighing everything? What are you eating? A lot of people on this site seem to think what you eat doesnt matter just as long as you're at a calorie deficit however how your body is fueled is a big factor in how fast or slow you drop. IE your body will process 1000 calories of fruit differently than 1000 calories of donuts.
Less process foods, more cooking for yourself. Get your recommended servings of veggies fruits healthy fats and protein and see how it helps.

Nope. Calories are calories, no matter where they come from. I will say though, for many people what they eat is a big factor in how they feel, which in turn is a big factor in whether they can maintain the calorie deficit.

KrissDotCom · August 2020

RockingWithLJ wrote: »

Are you tracking by weighing everything? What are you eating? A lot of people on this site seem to think what you eat doesnt matter just as long as you're at a calorie deficit however how your body is fueled is a big factor in how fast or slow you drop. IE your body will process 1000 calories of fruit differently than 1000 calories of donuts.
Less process foods, more cooking for yourself. Get your recommended servings of veggies fruits healthy fats and protein and see how it helps.

None of this is true at all. The body does not differ between what sugar type you are consuming, if doesnt know what is fruit sugar and what is sugar from other carbs, all of it is simply an energy source

The body can absorb things different, such as eating carbs with a protein can help diabetics with blood sugar increases, etc but the body doesn't know what form of carb you ate.

weight3049 · August 2020

kimbell596 wrote: »

My calorie goal has been set for me. I do 10000 steps a day, between 4 and 5 miles. I track all my food but my weight is stuck. I don’t know what to do?

How close are you to your goal? The less weight you have to lose the slower it comes off.

JBanx256 · August 2020

RockingWithLJ wrote: »

Are you tracking by weighing everything? What are you eating? A lot of people on this site seem to think what you eat doesnt matter just as long as you're at a calorie deficit however how your body is fueled is a big factor in how fast or slow you drop. IE your body will process 1000 calories of fruit differently than 1000 calories of donuts.
Less process foods, more cooking for yourself. Get your recommended servings of veggies fruits healthy fats and protein and see how it helps.

That's a negative. 1000 calories of Skittles is 1000 calories; 1000 calories of celery is 1000 calories. And the naturalistic fallacy is indeed a fallacy.

weight3049 · August 2020

weight3049 wrote: »

kimbell596 wrote: »

My calorie goal has been set for me. I do 10000 steps a day, between 4 and 5 miles. I track all my food but my weight is stuck. I don’t know what to do?

How close are you to your goal? The less weight you have to lose the slower it comes off.

Just to clarify, the closer to you are normal BMI the slower it comes off.

deeshiloh · August 2020

RockingWithLJ wrote: »

Are you tracking by weighing everything? What are you eating? A lot of people on this site seem to think what you eat doesnt matter just as long as you're at a calorie deficit however how your body is fueled is a big factor in how fast or slow you drop. IE your body will process 1000 calories of fruit differently than 1000 calories of donuts.
Less process foods, more cooking for yourself. Get your recommended servings of veggies fruits healthy fats and protein and see how it helps.

As others have said, this isn't quite how it works. Now, there is something to be said for focusing on nutrient-dense foods over calorie-dense foods but it's not that the former are processed differently it's just that they offer many people more volume and/or satiation for the same amount of calories, and thus help with the sustainability of an eating pattern. It's a way to make maintaining a calorie deficit or a healthy caloric balance easier.

OP, we can't really help you without more details. How long have you been tracking and exercising, and what were your habits like before that? What's your age/height/weight? How are you measuring what you eat? How much food are you logging? What does your day look like when you're not walking your 10,000 steps?

It can be easy to get frustrated by a lack of progress, but there's only so much other people can do to help you troubleshoot.

FitterFifteen · August 2020

How long have you been tracking calories? If less than 2-3 weeks, it’s not a surprise as some people take a while for it to show.

If it’s been longer and you haven’t lost during that period at all, then I suggest there’s more than likely an issue with how you’re tracking your consumption, ie you’re not weighing everything, or your scales aren’t accurate (you can test this with a known weight).

As others have pointed out, you need to give a little more detail to be able point out the problem accurately.

mylittlerainbow · August 2020

How long have you been stuck? Are you drinking enough or might you be constipated? Sometimes one or the other of those problems gets resolved and it suddenly comes off in a larger increment. How close are you to goal? I will trust that your logging is accurate; I've been stuck myself from time to time, sometimes for more than a month, and I know it can just happen for odd reasons we can't always figure out. I just keep persevering and eventually it starts coming off again.

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