Not losing!

I would say increase your calorie intake and eat more protein.

Have you gotten a physical recently? Is your thyroid functioning at satisfactory levels? If those things check out, and your calorie counts are accurate and adequate, then you may have to turn up the exercise intensity with intervals (for example) and/or check your food intake for content of proteins and carbs and fats and sodium.

Hitting a plateau in weight loss is common according to what I've read...and sometimes for weeks (like you). Don't despair as the weight will come off eventually. Easy to say but not so easy to do, right? Evidently, the body lowers its metabolism after a significant weight loss and it takes time for it to decide on a new equilibrium point. Once it does, the weight will once again move lower.

If you are eating only 1200 Max and working out on top of it then you may be putting yourself into starvation mode. 1200 is what we need to live on in the very least. And this is if we sit on our bum all day long. If you work out or have more active in the day then you need more calories. That is what I would suggest.

What kind of workout? And why everyday instead of 30-45 min 3-5 times a week? Workouts need to be tough and challenging.

Could it not be a case that you're putting on muscle and losing fat? Muscle weighs more than fat, so that could be an explanation. Have you measured yourself around you thighs and waist to see if you're shed any inches? Also, you say that you're eating your 1200 a day, but are you eating more if you exercise so that you always hit your 1200 goal on here i.e. if you've done 400kcal worth of exercise, are you upping your intake to 1600 to compensate?


I'm 168cm and weigh around 78kg, so we're very similar. I've only got the one friend on here at the mo, so feel free to add me if you fancy comparing notes.

Im having the same problem!

1200 cals doing the 30DS each day, my weekends usually go to pot but im good during the week! And the scales havent moved!!!!

I lost 2 pound in the first few days of the shread, then put it back on (which i havent recorded ;-/) and my weight hasnt moved since! Im soo frustrated!!!!!

i wanted to lose 5 pounds by my birthday 2nd Dec- but it doesnt look like im going to get anywhere near that!

I need HELLLLPPPPPPPP!!!!

xx

I've been the same way. I've been stuck at the same way for a few months now. I look a tad bit leaner, but haven't actually lost

Well your estimated BMR is around 1580 and you are working out 6 days a week so that would making you moderately active which means your body, on average, is burning 2170 calories a day. If you are only eating 1200, you have a huge deficit. So there are two major methods you can take on this. You can either eat a sedentary lifestyle and eat back your exercise calories or you can figure your lifestyle and exercise into the formula.

The first method, you would eat 1400 calories and eat back your exercise calories or you can eat 1700 calories each day and not eat back your exercise calories. But either way, you are severely under eating. By not eating enough, the only weight you will lose is muscle which will hurt you long term.

My real suggestion, eat 1700 calories a day (even when you don't work out) change your macro's to 40% carbs, 40% protein and 20% fats. After a month, evaluate where you stand. You may gain weigh at first, but it's normal as your body isn't used to the calories and you are forcing your body to metabolize. After a week, it will turn around and start shedding the weight.

I have a question for the fellow who suggested eating 2400 calories one day a week. I'm new at this tracking calories and all but I'm curious as to what this larger amount one day a week is all about. Thanks.

Could it not be a case that you're putting on muscle and losing fat? Muscle weighs more than fat, so that could be an explanation. Have you measured yourself around you thighs and waist to see if you're shed any inches? Also, you say that you're eating your 1200 a day, but are you eating more if you exercise so that you always hit your 1200 goal on here i.e. if you've done 400kcal worth of exercise, are you upping your intake to 1600 to compensate?


I'm 168cm and weigh around 78kg, so we're very similar. I've only got the one friend on here at the mo, so feel free to add me if you fancy comparing notes.

Why do people seem to think that muscle weighs more? It doesn't weigh anymore or any less. Just as a pound of feathers weighs the same as a pound of bricks. It's just that the feathers take up more space. Sorry but that really is one of my pet irks.

It means that if you're working out you may be building muscle and losing fat, but because muscle is of a heavier mass, then you're naturally going to weigh the same but be smaller, hence why the scales are saying you way the same when your body was made up of more fat! 80kg of feathers will fill a whole room, 80kg of fat will fill a box! One of MY pet irks is somebody who can't think logically and will attempt to ridicule somebody because they think they're more intelligent! Note that I didn't say "A kilo of muscle weighs more than a kilo of fat". An inch of muscle on your thigs will weigh more than an inch of fat. FACT!

im going to bitew the bullet and eat more this week! Eep, this is so weird to eat more calories to try to lose weight!!!

eating more for a week may not produce results. You should try it for a month. Your body needs time to adjust.

Have you gotten a physical recently? Is your thyroid functioning at satisfactory levels? If those things check out, and your calorie counts are accurate and adequate, then you may have to turn up the exercise intensity with intervals (for example) and/or check your food intake for content of proteins and carbs and fats and sodium.

IMO, I would doubt it's the thyroid, She is only eating 1200 calories and burning 400 on average but as high as 1100 calories. The greater chance is more food required.

I am confused. Why is MORE food required? Before you guys jump on me.. I am not saying that she should starve herself but 1200 Cals seems good right?!? I am in the same boat (except my Thyroid is done - I take meds daily for it). But I eat pretty good, always <1200 Cals per day and exercise but the scale doesn't move. When it does finally move (usually once a month) it is a big drop - like 5 lbs. Why? I keep seeing people say to up the calories but I never understood why.

Thanks in advance

Have you gotten a physical recently? Is your thyroid functioning at satisfactory levels? If those things check out, and your calorie counts are accurate and adequate, then you may have to turn up the exercise intensity with intervals (for example) and/or check your food intake for content of proteins and carbs and fats and sodium.

IMO, I would doubt it's the thyroid, She is only eating 1200 calories and burning 400 on average but as high as 1100 calories. The greater chance is more food required.

I am confused. Why is MORE food required? Before you guys jump on me.. I am not saying that she should starve herself but 1200 Cals seems good right?!? I am in the same boat (except my Thyroid is done - I take meds daily for it). But I eat pretty good, always <1200 Cals per day and exercise but the scale doesn't move. When it does finally move (usually once a month) it is a big drop - like 5 lbs. Why? I keep seeing people say to up the calories but I never understood why.

Thanks in advance

It's a rather simple concept; Food is fuel. If you aren't getting enough fuel, your body will hold onto it and store as fat. It's a chemical reaction within the body (some will call starvation mode, but I think that is a whole new level) to ensure there is enough fuel to run your bodies systems. Your organs all have caloric requirements, so if you don't feed it enough, your body fights to hold onto calories. When you properly fuel your body with nutrients and fuel, it can burn more. People tend to think that eating less and exercise more works great but in reality when you do that method, you tend to lose a lot of muscle. And since muscle burns fat, you will actually hold onto the fat in your body by using this method. I actually just did a localize, MFP only, study to look at the correlation between calories and body fat, see below. Every single person who has low body fat eats 1800-3000 calories. So if your goal is to be skinny, have low body fat, and fit in general, you gotta fuel the beast.


The thing is, your goal should also be a small deficit (unless obese) so you can maintain muscle mass (or grow it; which requires a surplus) so you keep your metabolism going and burn more calories. I will tell you from first hand experience it works. I eat 2800-3000 calories a day and I have taken my body fat to 11% from 18%. I have helped countless men and women on this board lose more weight by eating more calories. And besides if you can eat more, why wouldn't you want to? Why would you want to stay at 1200 calories? Could you sustain that the rest of your life? I prefer the " eat more, burn more" method because if I have a bad diet day (or weekend, like this past weekend) my weight doesn't jump. Meaning, why eat 1200 calories when you can eat 2000+ calories and get better results.


http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/395948-caloric-intake-results