Can anyone help me understand why I am not losing weight?

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  • gelarae
    gelarae Posts: 4 Member
    It may not be the most popular, but after reading Wheat Belly this weekend, I'm cutting the carbs. Most definitely, I'm cutting wheat products, but I think I need to go ahead and reduce the carbs in my diet as well for other reasons. What do you have to lose, except some weight???

    Good Luck!
  • meeperoon
    meeperoon Posts: 270 Member
    Right no offence but what was the point of mfp giving you a target if you arent going to follow it? It says 1200 to lose 2lbs a week. I was 191lb at 5"7 and ive stuck to 1200 religiously upping it to 1300 when i had totm. I am now down to 180.

    Those numbers are there for a reason, being given 1200 every day and eating 1800/1900 a day isnt going to help.

    Yes coming down from 2800 a day must be a shock but it has to be to lose weight!

    Dont ignore the formula, its worked for many others and if you want to eat more, exercise more!
  • rbryntes
    rbryntes Posts: 710 Member
    I'm using MFP to calculate calories burned during exercise. I have a HR monitor but I don't think it calculates calories burned. Hmmm.

    I think you misunderstand. Using the HRM helps get a more accurate depiction of how many calories you burned.
  • zta1989
    zta1989 Posts: 36 Member
    Thanks for starting this post. I've been frustrated since I've been at this for about 6 weeks now and have only lost 6 pounds (3.5 in the first week). I looked back through my diary and checked how much sugar and sodium I was having and it was off the charts on many days. While I met the calorie goal (or came in under b/c of exercise) and stayed in check on fat and carbs, the other little things that don't show up in the online diary unless you change the settings and don't see something else weren't within reasonable limits.
  • TVstfne
    TVstfne Posts: 19
    One tip to help with nighttime snacking...try brushing your teeth earlier. I don't know about you, but brushing my teeth is sort of a psychological trigger that I'm DONE eating for the night (plus a lot of things don't taste too good when you have that mint taste still in your mouth.)
  • stupidthick5150
    stupidthick5150 Posts: 39
    you should have you thyroid checked that might be why your not losing weight
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