HELP PLEASE??

lorabaybai
lorabaybai Posts: 43
edited November 10 in Health and Weight Loss
for the past 2 weeks i havent lost anything atall on my journey.. dont get me wrong i havent gained either!
a friend on this told me maybe im eating too little.. and stalling weight loss can this be right ? i thought i was over eating :huh:
when i started mfp i had 27lbs to lose.. i have lost 7lb so far..


i just went on to my goal page again after reading some net calorie forums .. i want to lose about 20lbs now and my aim for weight loss a week was set at 2lbs when it should have been 0.5lbs or 1lbs a week so i set it to 1lbs a week and it has gave me an extra 240 cals to eat per day .. so have i been under eating? or has my cheat days just caught up on me and thats why im not losing? HELP :( im so confused and very much stuck in a rut :indifferent:

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  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    for the past 2 weeks i havent lost anything atall on my journey

    Generally, this isn't a long enough period of time to assess any problems.
  • teelynn35
    teelynn35 Posts: 239 Member
    open your food diary, it will be easier to offer help based on what your eating
  • Mammamiamia
    Mammamiamia Posts: 1
    Hang in there. I agree that you should aim for small weight loss each week. I am on a 1200 calorie diet. I just started last week and I have lost 2 pounds. But I know that I could weigh myseldf tomorrow and it might show that I only lost one pound. It varies. I might suggest you weigh yourself only once a week. It might also help to do the measurement thing. I have not done this because every time I think of it I do not have a tape measure with me. But I have heard that the measurements would show the change.

    Good luck.
  • lizard053
    lizard053 Posts: 2,344 Member
    If you've been losing with cheat days, I doubt that's the reason for a stall. However, eating too little can cause it. Especially if you've been following your plan that worked for the first 7 pounds.
    I say up the calories so the goal is 1 pound a week, and enjoy! Keep everything else the same and see if it helps. It may take your body a week or two to lose again, but it will eventually! Keep up the hard work!
  • tuppance
    tuppance Posts: 132 Member
    I have found that one week I don't lose much (or anything0 then I have a bigger weight lose than I was expecting. I know from the past my most succesful diet was when I ate everything I should have - up to the allowed calorie limit.

    If you 'under' eat your body goes into starvation mode and holds onto every bit of fat it can - best fool it by eating more?
  • anarose13
    anarose13 Posts: 222 Member
    yes eating too little can stall weight loss, also eating the wrong things can be a big road block too. your body needs enough fuel to burn otherwise it just stores everything. try swapping some of your food out for lower calorie healthier options and upping your exercise just a little. might. help.
  • trdy77
    trdy77 Posts: 82 Member
    I was in the same place recently, took a look at my history turns out

    1. I wasn't drinking enough water

    2. My sodium levels were way too high

    3. I wasn't eating enough, If I keep my net calories no less than 800 and no more than 1200 that seems to be the goldilocks range for me.

    plus switching from cows milk to unsweetened almond milk has seriously curbed my bread cravings for some reason.
  • Xaspar
    Xaspar Posts: 726 Member
    would love to help, but I can't see any other information (Height, current weight, goal weight) are all things that are helpful for figuring out what you may have an issue with. Also, your food diary is not open so can't even make suggestions there.

    With that in mind ... it is pretty easy to figure out if you aren't eating enough. Go to your goals page and see what the "Calories burned from normal daily activity" is (it can be found in the "Your Diet Profile" section. (mine is 1840)

    Add that to the number of calories you have 'earned' from exercising each day. (I earned 580 calories from exercise so, 1840+580= 2420)
    Subtract the actual intake of foods: Today I ate 1200 calories. 2420-1200 = 1220
    Is the deficit really high? (900 to 1000 calories should be the max (I aim for between 500 and 800)) If so, you may not be eating enough. This is why people are advised to eat back their exercise calories (or at the very least, a portion of them).

    Try calculating it and see if there is a more reasonable goal than 1200 that you can reach.

    For instance, in my case, take the 1840 and subtract 500 calories and I get 1340, not 1200... that will support about one pound per week weight loss. Add in exercise and eat calories back to assure at least a NET of 1200 calories when all is said and done and it should help encourage a little more weight loss.

    My two cents. If I had more stats, I could make more specific suggestions.
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    for the past 2 weeks i havent lost anything atall on my journey

    Generally, this isn't a long enough period of time to assess any problems.

    You could be losing inches instead of going down on the scale. You need to give it more time.
  • carrie_eggo
    carrie_eggo Posts: 1,396 Member
    When did you start? 7 pounds is great! Be patient. :smile:

    With a smaller deficit (1/2 - 1 lb per week), you have less room for error (aka underestimating intake and over estimating expenditure), and more of a chance that water weight will mask your fat loss.

    1. Be consistent. Log your food everyday.
    2. Be accurate. Are you weighing/measuring your food? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY)
    3. Log ALL foods and drinks.
    4. Stay within your calorie goal AT LEAST 90% of the time.

    Keep up the good work!
  • lorabaybai
    lorabaybai Posts: 43
    would love to help, but I can't see any other information (Height, current weight, goal weight) are all things that are helpful for figuring out what you may have an issue with. Also, your food diary is not open so can't even make suggestions there.

    With that in mind ... it is pretty easy to figure out if you aren't eating enough. Go to your goals page and see what the "Calories burned from normal daily activity" is (it can be found in the "Your Diet Profile" section. (mine is 1840)

    Add that to the number of calories you have 'earned' from exercising each day. (I earned 580 calories from exercise so, 1840+580= 2420)
    Subtract the actual intake of foods: Today I ate 1200 calories. 2420-1200 = 1220
    Is the deficit really high? (900 to 1000 calories should be the max (I aim for between 500 and 800)) If so, you may not be eating enough. This is why people are advised to eat back their exercise calories (or at the very least, a portion of them).

    Try calculating it and see if there is a more reasonable goal than 1200 that you can reach.

    For instance, in my case, take the 1840 and subtract 500 calories and I get 1340, not 1200... that will support about one pound per week weight loss. Add in exercise and eat calories back to assure at least a NET of 1200 calories when all is said and done and it should help encourage a little more weight loss.

    My two cents. If I had more stats, I could make more specific suggestions.

    oops sorry for the lack of info,

    im 5ft5 ..
    current weight 156lbs
    goal weight 135lbs roughly..

    i just calculated and it came back at 1090 .. so realllly high ! my calories burned from normal daily activity is 1990
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