What did you do to lose weight?

I eat between my BMR (never under that) and TDEE (never over that). I weight train 3 days per week to preserve lean muscle mass. I do cardio 6 days per week.

I wait patiently for good things to happen. I don't give up after a couple of weeks, months, etc. I keep at it until I get to goal.

If you workout 6 days a week and burn 1200 calories each time you workout, and are only eating 1200-1400 calories, you need to eat more lol.

agreed.

Mix up your exercise too.

Strength & cardio.

I eat between my BMR (never under that) and TDEE (never over that). I weight train 3 days per week to preserve lean muscle mass. I do cardio 6 days per week.

I wait patiently for good things to happen. I don't give up after a couple of weeks, months, etc. I keep at it until I get to goal.

THIS!!

I keep trying to reply and it's not going through. I apologize if this gets double-posted.

Hi Unicorn!

I,like you, stalled in my weightloss plan, even though I love the MyFitnessPal app on the iPhone and I love using the website to calculate my recipes' calories, carbs, protein and % calories from fat, and to track my weight and inches lost.

I lost 4 lb in my first 2 weeks using MyFitnessPal, and then stalled, even though I really religiously tracked my diet and exercise for another 6 weeks. I was exercising lots, always hovering around my calorie goal, but frequently going over the recommended % calories from fat, sometimes 40% or 50% of calories were from fat. I didn't realize I was addicted to dairy and fat.

Long story made short about how I started losing weight again:

Watched "The Last Heart Attack" on CNN. Ordered and read the books "The China Study" by T. Colin Cambell and "Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease" by Caldwell B. Esslestyn. Watched DVD "Forks over Knives"

Stopped tracking food and exercise, stopped counting calories, stopped eating all meat, poultry, fish, dairy, eggs, oils.

Started eating as much as I want, when I want. Food is delicious, filling and it's impossible to overeat.

Lost 12 lb in the last 11 weeks.

I agree with the HRM idea, I seriously do not believe you regularly burn 1200 calories at a workout, unless you are doing 2 hour spin classes or something. Which leads me to think you are not measuring your calories as accurately as you could be either (weighing your food etc, counting EVERYTHING). Check that what you are believing you are doing is exactly what you are doing (I see you're a busy mum so you may not have that much time and need to take short cuts etc)
Like someone else said on here its not how much you eat but what you eat as well, make sure its clean. veges/lean meat/ wholegrains. NO junk.

cardio for an hour and ten mins. I have mixed it up a lot though to keep it interesting. Swimming, running is my go to, stationary bike, uphill walking, elliptical, stepping. I add some weight training but, not yet doing it regularly. Eating wise I cut out red meat and fatty meats like ham and pork. Trying to stick with fish and chicken a few nights a week and vegetarian the rest of the time. Breakfast I only have a protein shake. Cut out junk food obviously and junk drinks too so no juices, frapachinos or sugary beverages I even stopped drinking Naked juices oh they were so good. I go for no boxed or processed things so if I want a cookie I try to make healthy ones instead of buying them. I'm one pound away from a 26lb loss, and 2 from being in onederland so it seems to be working. I hope that helps

I wait patiently for good things to happen. I don't give up after a couple of weeks, months, etc. I keep at it until I get to goal.

THIS!!
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agreed as well. It is really hard especially when you feel like you are not seeing results. If you get good ideas from here and do some more research I think sooner or later you will find what works you just have to keep looking

Way I do it my dietitian told me is to look at it this way

As a female you don't wanna eat less than 1200 a day
As a male you don't wanna eat less than 1800 a day

Always burn more than you consume for great weight loss
Your body will always have a certain amount a day you will burn just sitting on your butt
For example my body alone is roughly 1600 a day just sitting around doing nothing
I consume around 1200-1400 a day

Low carb is key, heavier carbs in the morning

Whole grains keep you fuller longer & fresh fruit and veggies and lean meats
Personally I do red meat and taters 2x a week

Remember the heavier you are the more calories you will burn and the smaller you get the harder it gets but we can't let that get us down

Like example I gained 195lbs when I quit smoking, I was 135 when I graduated almost 12yrs ago, quit smoking gained weight but didn't get on track til March 2009 when my docs got on my case saying they didn't want me to have a kid til I was at a good weight, October 2010 I lost 156lbs then came stress of buying selling houses, now after my slack phase im back on track in the last month I lost almost 6 lbs

I been trying to burn a extra 500-1200 cals a day on top of the 1600 cals and everything else, one thing im trying to watch is sodium and carbs, not trying to burn 4000+ like I was last year a day cause my doc said if im trying to have a baby at the sametime don't over do it just do what I can

we can do this

Just remember burn more than you eat just don't consume under 1200 cals as long as ur getting 1200 and plenty of water your good (1800 for a guy)

Muscle weighs more than fat, muscle burns more fat

3500 cals to put ON a lb
3500 burned cals to take OFF a lb


If you eat less than those carbs your body will go into starvation mode and store everything & we don't want that!

hope that helps I know it helped me