30 days of logging and only 3.2lbs gone to show for it

I feel your pain! I've been logging in for a month also (and I've been killing it at the gym!) and I haven't lost a single pound! My clothes aren't fitting any differently either!
Hope you find something that works for you soon! Try not to get discouraged (I'm trying really hard too!)!

You're definitely not eating enough! Your body is going into starvation mode and basically just hanging on to every calorie you intake because it doesn't know when it will get fuel again! Eat back your extra exercise calories!! Also, I'd really watch your sodium; you seem to over by quite a bit each day so you may be carrying a lot of water weight too! Good luck to you!!

I also don't always have a lot of time to cook. I watch kids during the day and when the last one goes home I go to the gym for an hour then come home and make dinner. I used to go workout after I ate, but it was really hard on me to run and do the elliptical on a full belly.

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Here's how i do it. I eat mostly fresh foods. My normal day goes like this
Breakfast- high protein plain greek yogurt, maybe some cereal?
snack- apple
Lunch- (I dont eat meat but) leftovers, pita with spring mix and hummus, carrots/celery with hummus, Soup, Baked ramen, Salad. But you could eat all the above, chicken breast with brown rice, simple stuff you can make in advance and just pick up and go.
Snack- Fiber One bar, apple, carrots, zuchini
Dinner- Pasta, Pizza, Vegetarian Chili, Roasted potatoes, Breakfast night!


Really its so easy to make things in advance, freeze it, and then put it in tupperware. It sounds like you are on the right track as far as how you are doing things... this weight loss thing is slow so youve got to keep at it! Also, they are saying maybe eat "cleaner" like more fresh fruits, veggies, lean meats, etc. which doesnt have to involve a lot of cooking!

Also, make sure you are eating enough calories!

I eat it with celery now since the pita bread is so high in calories. Its a chick pea mix with garlic, lemon and tahini. I eat it everyday!

And by less processed foods, I meant more salad and vegatbles that are fresh and not prepared before hand. if you look at my diary you will see i usually eat leftovers for lunch and a high fiber/fat/protein breakfest.

Yes it is. At our Safeway it is kept in the little refrigerated area that has the special cheeses and stuff in it.

I just took a super quick look through your diary, not even looking at your food simply your calories. Almost every other day, you've got at least 600 calories remaining. You need to try your very best to eat back about 80% of the calories you get back after working out. You're body is not being refuelled and is going to stop doing anything, hence the lack of more weight loss.

I've been here for 200+ days and I've lost 20 lb.
That's about the same rate of loss. Approximately 1 lb every 10days.
There's nothing wrong with that.
Slow and steady wins the race.

I noticed in your diary that you are not keeping track of your total fat intake for the day. Hang in there though and don't give up! You'll get this figured out! We'll all help as much as we can even if it's just listening! :flowerforyou:

also..... 3.2 lbs in 30 days? thats nothing to sneeze at, you should be proud of what you have accomplished thus far. if you kept that steady, that would be nearly 40 lbs by this time next year.

Also, I don't think a mom of two and daycare is sedentary! I'm sure you get up with the kids throughout the day (just my opinion). And you say you also go to the gym...

In your original post you mention kitchen scales. You need to weigh the food you are eating. Most people over estimate the quantities if they don't weigh stuff. I would be careful about taking advice to eat more to lose weight, particularly when it comes from some people that have lost nothing! I carry a big defecit every day through exercise, and have lost 21lb so far...

I struggle with the same thing you do. I didn't look to see if it mentioned how much you currently weight and want to lose, but I've been kind of hanging around the same general weight for a couple of months. I recently calculated my BMR and TDEE, and I try to eat at LEAST my BMR (also sedentary - mine is 1,453) and less than my TDEE. I also noticed a huge difference when I ate a little more but posted a significant amount of calories burned. I've been doing 30 Day Shred and lost some serious inches, but not a single pound. I just started Ripped in 30 now, but pair it with Extreme Shed and Shred whenever I can. That leads to a 1,000 calorie burn, and I lost 2 pounds last week that way.

Then my kids and husband got me sick.

Feel free to add me - I totally know what you are going through, and maybe together we can find a trick that works for our bodies! :-)