Trying hard but the results seem slow

leafxxx
leafxxx Posts: 9 Member
edited 6:10AM in Introduce Yourself
I’ve been doing mfp for two weeks now , I’m being really strict and have. Bern with my 1200 count everyday. This is quite a big calorific drop as I’m a terrible snacked. The thing is, I’ve only lost a pound, well I lost two but then one came back. I really need a boost to keep going. Why am I not losing when people are losing between 1 and 2lbs a week? 😔

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  • harper16
    harper16 Posts: 2,564 Member
    Can you please make your food diary public?
  • leafxxx
    leafxxx Posts: 9 Member
    I could try.
  • leafxxx
    leafxxx Posts: 9 Member
    Think I’ve made it public. Scary ....
  • leafxxx
    leafxxx Posts: 9 Member
    There is only one week on there although I’ve been doing it two plus
  • leafxxx
    leafxxx Posts: 9 Member
    I think I’ve made it public now
  • harper16
    harper16 Posts: 2,564 Member
    Your logging doesn't appear to be accurate. Today's oatcake shows zero calories. You don't use any oil or butter?
  • leafxxx
    leafxxx Posts: 9 Member
    I didn’t have an oatcake, tried to take it off. It was a mistake but no, when I have one, I just grill it dry
  • harper16
    harper16 Posts: 2,564 Member
    leafxxx wrote: »
    I didn’t have an oatcake, tried to take it off. It was a mistake but no, when I have one, I just grill it dry

    Do you use a food scale and weigh everything? You have lots of general items listed.
  • leafxxx
    leafxxx Posts: 9 Member
    Yes. And I use the scanner on the app
  • harper16
    harper16 Posts: 2,564 Member
    leafxxx wrote: »
    Yes. And I use the scanner on the app

    The scanning app doesn't guarantee you'll get an accurate calorie count. You still need to vet the items.
    Keep up with your logging double check your items, and you'll see the results. There's nothing wrong with losing weight at a slower pace.
  • leafxxx
    leafxxx Posts: 9 Member
    Thank you. I’ll keep going. Also I’ve never been public or joined a group before so I want to commit
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Some of your calorie counts seem a bit low. For example, you've got two cups of plums for just 35 calories. Even if we assumed that a cup is an accurate measure for fruit (it isn't -- you'd ideally be weighing these), 35 calories for two cups seems really low (unless "British plum" is some low calorie variety that I am not familiar with).

    You're logging some bread in weight and others in slices. Is this because you're weighing some bread and not others? If so, why not weigh it consistently?

    318.75 ml is a very specific measurement of wine. Was this an actual measurement or an estimate?

    The "homemade pea soup" appears to be a generic database entry made by someone else. In this case, you don't really know how close your soup is to the one they used to come up with those stats. And you have no idea if your idea of a "bowl" matches theirs. The reality is that logging this way will never be more than a very rough estimate. It's okay -- I think we all do that sometimes. But the more often you do it, the less sure you can be that it is accurate and when you aren't losing as expected, that's very relevant.

    You're weighing onions to .5 of a gram, but then use "1 large" for the bell pepper in the same meal. I am not second-guessing you, but in the past when I've seen logging like this it is because the logger is sometimes not weighing the items but instead estimating what they think the weight is. Otherwise it's kind of hard to understand why you are so exact about the weight of some items (to even .25 of a gram) while using very generic descriptions for other things -- sometimes even within the same meal.

    I suspect that you may inadvertently be eating more calories than you think and that is why your loss is slower than anticipated.

  • leafxxx
    leafxxx Posts: 9 Member
    Ah yes. Ok. I can see that. I am new to this so I need to really to count and weigh more specifically and accurately. I am jumping about, using what’s in the app maybe too much.
    Thank you
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