Not losing at all! Look at my diary...suggestions?

Are you drinking enough water?

Initial thoughts:
1. Not many veggies or whole grains (bread/cereal food group) in your diet
2. I see the calorie count is close to your goal, but it somehow looks like you're not eating enough, especially if you are working out a lot
3. Maybe swap out some of the processed foods with fresh?

Hi Lisa,
I took a look at your diary and it prompted several questions. How much water are you drinking? You also may want to change your settings to track your sodium intake, peanut tends to be kinda high in sodium and if you're not drinking enough water to flush it out, you could be retaining.
Good Luck!
Carol

I would eat more through out the day. Maybe up your clories for lunch by about 150 and then eat around 1400 total for the day. Your body may just not be getting enough calories. I know that my body cannot go below 1500 calories on a day when I dont workout and 1800 on a day when I do workout. That is its happy spot! Good luck!

Another thing is if you love peanut butter get all natural. I love peanut butter also & only use natural now. One of my good friends has lost over 100lbs and she is such an inspiration. She had told me to get the all natural kind so now I get Jif all natural low sodium. Its great! The next time you get peanut butter take a look at the ingreadients and see how different they are from regular to natural!

It looks to me like your mornings start off great, then you get derailed through the day.
I'd suggest stopping the shakeology lunches since I think they aren't keeping you feeling satisfied - which could be causing the afternoon snack attacks.
Instead try a sandwhich with lean protein, healthy fat and whole grain bread, and some veggies (at least 1-2 cups worth)
In the afternoon, BEFORE you start feeling too hungry, have an apple with only 2 tablespoons of your favourite peanutbutter.
Then make sure you have a decent dinner. Lean protein, and lots of veggies. Again add in some healthy fats and carbs too.

Try that for a week and see how you do.
I think you'll find the increase in healthy food makes you feel fuller and more satisfied longer, which is key to getting those binges under control.

Also, drink at least 8-10 cups of water. - more if you can. Its also great for controlling hunger, and helps your entire system run more smoothly.

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Maybe you are going overboard on the sugar and carbs.....try tracking sugars also and lowering your carbs. Fruit is very healthy but is also high in sugar and carbs. MFP has my sugars set to 24 grams a day (which I almost always go over) and it's amazing how much sugar is in everyday (seemingly healthy) foods.

I also tried a shake diet myself, / heb opti meals and they didn't help at all.

Ok.....I am a highschool teacher so eating throughout the day is almost impossible. I do drink water all day long but don't log it, I will try to though so I can see how much I drink.

I run and do crossfit workouts with a few Insanity DVDs stuck in there on non-running or crossfit workouts.

After a long run, I am not always hungry for a while so it is hard to eat dinner because I just go to bed.

Yes, I need to lose 10 lbs. Somehow in the past year, they appeared and I have not been doing anything different......workouts and eating were the same but lbs came on.

THIS IS FRUSTRATING!!

If your doing Insanity those workout range from 700-900 calories burned. I know crossfit workouts are extreme also. So, I'm thinking you are burning way more than you are eating. If you are working out later in the day and not hungry afterwards try increasing your breakfast. I eat anywhere from 500-700 calories in the morning. Have your Shakeology after you run and eat a sandwich with lean protien for lunch,

Just a few suggestions.

Hope that helps.

Diana

So I took a close look at the last week or two. I'm not an expert but the biggest things that stand out are:

You're eating a huge amount of carbs versus protein. On an average day you are eating 2-4x as much carbs as protein. I find that weight flies off the more protein I eat. I usually eat 150-175g of protein a day (sometimes up to 200) but only 125-150g of carbs. On my worst days they're about equal. You seem to be doing tons of exercise too, even more reason to eat more protein as your muscles will need it. I would at least double your protein intake and cut back on the carbs.

Furthermore, when I look at your full report, your sugar intake is wayyy off the scale (hence all the carbs). You basically eat very sugary fruits (strawberries, bananas, apples, etc), sugar-heavy yogurt (just one of some of those yogurts are an easy 50-100% of your daily sugar intake goal), sugar-added protein shakes, sugar-added peanut butter, the whole 9 yards. You're eating again, an easy 2-4x your goal rate for sugar (sometimes even higher). I find that sugar tends to spike insulin levels and causes fat gains.

Try a better protein shake. Good protein shakes have no sugar added and will have 25-30g of protein per scoop, not 18. ON or Myofusion are great.

Sugar-free yogurt is a must, the ones you are having are basically candy, unfortunately. Just because it's yogurt doesn't mean it's good for you.

Try natural peanut butter without all the fillers and sugar. It tastes better too. Even better, give PB2 a try. 45cals for 2TBSP instead of 200.

Try eating less sugary fruits and/or substituting some veggies instead.


Other than that, make sure you are measuring accurately on some of these things. For instance, you clearly love peanut butter. In some cases I saw 8TBSP in a sitting. The problem is, if you are rounding the scoops or just guessing, you can be way off. If you just rounded those scoops a bit you could have had 10TBSP or more, easily adding 200+ calories.

Make sure you're getting accurate figures for your exercise too. You could easily be eating too much (or too little) depending on how accurate the numbers are.