What am I doing wrong? PLEASE HELP ! ! !

Your body needs more than 1000 calories to live on. You should make sure you get closer to the 1260 that MFP recommends. Also if you work out, make sure you also eat most of those calories back as well.

Hi there,

If you have been set a goal og 1260 calories you should be aiming to get as close to that as possible. Plus you are earning extra calories working out, you need to use these calories if possible otherwise your body thinks you are starving yourself and stores energy rather than burning it. Another big thing is that muscle is heavier than fat. You may well be losing inches rather that lbs/kgs. A good thing to do would be to measure your vitals. That way when you dont lose weight you will be able to see the inches/cms dropping off through the tape measure.

I hope this helps. My first weigh in is tomorrow. Fingers crossed its good news.

Jules.

You're doing nothing right. You're not eating enough, working out too much and rely too much on the scale. Eat more, exercise less, and take your measurements instead of relaying on the scale.

"I have been eating less than 1000 calories for atleast a month, on top of which I've also been working out"

^ THIS is what you've been doing wrong ^


You should NET a minimum of 1200 calories.
So if your goal is 1260, and you work out and burn 400, then you need to eat at least 1460! (You should be eating back some, if not all of your exercise calories)
you're not feeding your body properly, therefore, it is not doing what you want it to -- kind of like trying to drive a car without gas.

And also as Hiker said - take measurements too.

SW 303.4 (1/1/11)
CW 194.8 (down 108.6lbs)
GW 160
29 y/o 5'6''

I agree with everyone else.

Eat more!

I know when we tell you this you are probably like :huh: but it's true. Just try it for a few weeks and see what happens when you up your calories to match your exercise.

Hard to say with the little information you've given. Are you eating less now than when you initially lost? If so, go back to eating at the calorie level where you were losing. How many calories you need can depend on a lot of things and MFP recommendations are general recommendations. 1000 sounds very low for most people, but could be correct if you are very short.

Hi,
Agree with the eat more, exercise less, eat your exercise calories. PLUS we can't see your food diary. There are lots of philosophies out there, but IMO you should really restrict/cut out sugar, salt, junk food, white flours, white rice, white pastas, and oils. Go with whole foods, lean protein, add beans, lots of fruits and mainly veggies to your diet. Skip fast food and 100 calorie packs.

You'll get conflicting advice on diet. This is what helped me lose the first 7 of my last 10 pounds. I've lost 70 pounds and have been at this from every angle so far.

Keep at it. Find YOUR answers. One thing for sure, you will never succeed at this if you give up. NEVER GIVE UP. We have all done it/are doing it and there is no reason why you can't do it, too!
Susan

Same thing is happening to me. I'm just under my recommended calorie intake everyday and exercising my butt off -- seeing no results!
This is really weird to me because last year I lost 20lbs eating very little but I'm doing a lot more exercise this time around I believe.
it is SO fustrating!
I look in the mirror and all I can see is the same fat thighs and wobbly arms :I

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Thank you ! Thank you! I am in the same boat. MFP says I should be eating 1200, but I burn up to 700 calories a day biking (90 minutes @ 11 mph), staionary biking (60 minutes @ 12 mph) or walking 90 minutes at 3.5 miles per hour. I am so afraid to add all those calories, as I am not losing anyway. And when I have extra calories, I use it on empty calories like 100 calorie snack bars or vanilla ice milk. So I am going to try to up my calories on work out days to at least 1400 calories. Maybe my age is a factor? I am 61, and the daily exercise compensates for many hours of a sedentary life (reading, typing on computer!)