WHY CANT I DO IT!!???

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Do you use a food scale to measure your portions? maybe your portions are too high! Also, when you exercise you should be eating the extra calories that you get otherwise you can put your body into starvation mode and you won't lose the weight

ok i briefly looked at your diary.

Your macros are off - you need to adjust your settings for carbs/ fat and protein. I would recommend setting protein/fat/carb ratio to 40%/30%/30%

Now...here are a couple of comments to take you in the right direction:

1. You are eating way too many carbs and sugars and not nearly enough protein.
2. Stop eating Mcdonald's
3. Stop eating cereal for dinner (you ate 3 cups of special K which is 100g carbs and 8g of protein...that's terrible. You need to eat protein. i dont' care if you have a shake, hard boiled eggs or turkey breast but get your protein in. Try to get 100g of protein a day...you're nowhere NEAR that
4. Try to eat snacks that are a bit more filling - piece of low fat cheese, nuts, etc. Grapes are a fruit which is good but it's one of the top 3 sugary fruit out there which is not GREAT when you're on a diet. If you love fruit, have an apple, pear, plum, peach etc and stay away from bananas, pineapples and grapes. I am not saying never have them but not every day maybe

Really work on your macros and it will have your weight moving in no time.

Also log religiously - sauces, oils, etc. Either your diary is not accurate 100% or you are eating WAY TOO LITTLE

ok i briefly looked at your diary.

Your macros are off - you need to adjust your settings for carbs/ fat and protein. I would recommend setting protein/fat/carb ratio to 40%/30%/30%

Now...here are a couple of comments to take you in the right direction:

1. You are eating way too many carbs and sugars and not nearly enough protein.
2. Stop eating Mcdonald's
3. Stop eating cereal for dinner (you ate 3 cups of special K which is 100g carbs and 8g of protein...that's terrible. You need to eat protein. i dont' care if you have a shake, hard boiled eggs or turkey breast but get your protein in. Try to get 100g of protein a day...you're nowhere NEAR that
4. Try to eat snacks that are a bit more filling - piece of low fat cheese, nuts, etc. Grapes are a fruit which is good but it's one of the top 3 sugary fruit out there which is not GREAT when you're on a diet. If you love fruit, have an apple, pear, plum, peach etc and stay away from bananas, pineapples and grapes. I am not saying never have them but not every day maybe

Really work on your macros and it will have your weight moving in no time.

Also log religiously - sauces, oils, etc. Either your diary is not accurate 100% or you are eating WAY TOO LITTLE

This

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/457-unofficial-mfp-faq

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/23912-links-in-mfp-you-want-to-read-again-and-again

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10665-newbies-please-read-me-2nd-edition

In case you missed it.

if 1,000 calories is dangerous then why does my food page tell me to eat 1200? is that too little?

How long have you been trying?

Are you eating the right amount at the right times?
Do you exercise too much?

You joined in October, if its your first time dieting with this app, It doesn't happen over night. Some people metabolisms are screwed during there first month at dieting this way because there body's don't know when to burn cal's and how much it needs to burn before they eat again. Especially if your not balancing out food v's 'normal' exercise. too much exercise will cause your body to think "bugger this" and it starts to store fat where it can because it knows you will over exercise, and it needs it. This is why Athletes take in massive amounts of carb's and protein, because they need it for the exercise they endure... however, You don't need to exercise like an Athlete.

What you need to do is keep persisting! Eat the right food at the right times, 3 times a day. Avoid red meat* for dinner, OR if you are going to have red meat for dinner, have dinner at 5pm. Just do a Brisk 40min walk every day, thats enough for a normal person, eating normally. Sooner or later you body will sus out its balance, and correctly burn energy when it needs to and store less of it as fat.

It took my body months, my weight was up and down like a yo-yo. But now its really paying off.

It helps having a friend who can do it with you so you can encourage each other. Everyone here is happy to help!!

Don't worry about slipping one day during a week, everyone here does, and those who say they don't are lieing . As long as you keep to your weekly target YOUR WINNING!

I'm a wizard chief too, and dieting don't have to taste bland. If you need any yummy food ideas, i'll be glad to throw some your way.



*your body wont burn off red meat in the evenings, as a consequence it is stored as FAT instead of used as energy, as in the evenings most of us don't need energy to rest or sleep.

LOL, I didn't read what "nyctraveler" wrote, but yea, she's right. and "Tujitsu56" is right too.

1000 cal is defiantly seriously bad for your health. You body will enter a form of "Shock" which will cause you to burn little energy and store lots of FAT. You will feel tired all the time and start to sleep during the day.

1k calories? Not even something this website would suggest. 1200 (2lbs at less weight) is the lowest this website suggests. Eat more. Work out to burn off the calories... and don't expect immediate results.