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Not Losing

AngelaFuelleman
AngelaFuelleman Posts: 1 Member
in Getting Started
I'm eating healthier with higher protein and staying below my calories and I'm working out 6 days a week. I am not losing. It's been a month. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Any advice?

Answers

  • sollyn23l2
    sollyn23l2 Posts: 1,889 Member
    Are you counting caliries? Eating "healthier" is great, but doesn't really lead to weight loss directly. Too much of a good thing is still too much.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,462 Member
    edited September 2024
    Yep, what sollyn said.

    Log your food. Learn from your food diary.

    *edit to say, if you have been logging food for a month here, and you'd like to open your FOOD diary for us to see if you're making some of the common errors, go to FOOD settings...

    If it's been a month with zero pounds loss, lower your calories by 250 per day.
  • Hobartlemagne
    Hobartlemagne Posts: 603 Member
    Be consistent about weigh-ins. Do it at the same time of day. If clothed, wear something that's a consistent weight, day-to-day.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,462 Member
    kylemarakovits239 wrote: »
    Please answer me back now please

    What's going on, Kyle?

    Maybe if you ask something you'll get an answer.

    I suggest starting a new thread for yourself instead of adding on to someone else's.

    :flowerforyou:
  • rschneider9546
    rschneider9546 Posts: 1 Member
    Counting calories is key. A simple equation to get your calorie defect is to take your (realistic!!!) goal weight and x it by 12. Start there.

    Also, don’t let the number on your scale determine your success. Are you taking measurements? Are your clothes fitting better? Confidence up? More energy? These are all wins.

    Keep going ❤️ sustainable change takes time
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,441 Member
    edited September 2024
    rschneider9546 wrote: »
    Counting calories is key. A simple equation to get your calorie defect is to take your (realistic!!!) goal weight and x it by 12. Start there.

    I'm 100% on board with your advice about calorie counting, using multiple measures of success, and thinking about sustainability more than speed. Still . . .

    Changing estimating formulas - especially changing from a research-based estimate to a generalized rule of thumb - is IMO unlikely to be the real solution for OP.

    With any estimate - a rule of thumb like that, MFP, calorie calculator, fitness tracker - all a person has is a starting point. No matter the source, an individual's going to have to run the 4-6 week (or whole menstrual cycle or two) personal experiment, and adjust calorie intake based on actual results.

    A different, less personalized formula isn't going to change that.

    After a month's experience for a male, or a whole cycle for a female of relevant age, I think Riverside's "cut 250 calories" makes a lot of sense.

    Also, don’t let the number on your scale determine your success. Are you taking measurements? Are your clothes fitting better? Confidence up? More energy? These are all wins.

    Keep going ❤️ sustainable change takes time

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