No weight loss...

Hi, I can't see you diary to see you calorie intake and exercise calories burned, so not sure how many people will be able to help you out. I started my weight loss journey in Jan and have lost 9.2 pounds. Only 6 of that since I started MFP about 55 days ago. I have however lost 2 sizes in my clothes, so it always isn't about the scale. We have similar goals and share current weight. If you need support on MFP, you may friend me if you like. I don't have all the answers, but I know how frustrating this can all be at times when you feel like you are doing all the right things, but the scale isn't showing you any love.... hang in there and keep on doing the execise and healthy eating and hopefully you will find the right combination to see you through to goal....

Hey, try eating a cleaner diet. I only went back a few days but i notice fast food almost everyday. Use those calories on things like lean meat, fish and vegetables and maybe throw in a few nuts like almonds or pistachios. This might help. Either way its better for you! Good luck

I believe your husband and mother is correct. The more you have to lose the faster it comes off. As you get closer to your desired goal it will be harder. I have been up and down in my weight for 10 years and have the same troubles as you. Your body is probably getting use to your current diet, you may need to change something. Don't forget as you are working out your body is reducing fat but your muscles are getting more dense. You must not give up, that is the hardest part. I know how discouraging it is when you step on the scale and don't see the difference you were looking. How often are you eating? You should really try to eat every 2 hours and drink a lot of water.

Ok, here are just a couple observations. I would try to get to reduce the processed foods to more lean proteins and fruit and veggies. I would reduce the cardio and add strength training. I love cardio, it is my stress reliever, so I have to do cardio... So I do 30 minutes of cardio on my strength training days (3 days a week) and I do two long sessions of 60 minutes on the days I don't doing strength training. Do you workout at home or a gym? There are some great videos to help you in the strength training dept if you only work out at home. Also, just my opinion, your carb counts are pretty high, somedays over 200, I would try to reduce that somewhat, but then again, if you start eating less processed stuff, and more good healthy stuff, that will naturally come down a bit. : ) As I said earlier , I am no expert and can only share with you what is helping me. Everybody is different, and has different likes and dislikes, you just have to find a starting point and fine tune it to meet your needs. : )

Ok, here are just a couple observations. I would try to get to reduce the processed foods to more lean proteins and fruit and veggies. I would reduce the cardio and add strength training. I love cardio, it is my stress reliever, so I have to do cardio... So I do 30 minutes of cardio on my strength training days (3 days a week) and I do two long sessions of 60 minutes on the days I don't doing strength training. Do you workout at home or a gym? There are some great videos to help you in the strength training dept if you only work out at home. Also, just my opinion, your carb counts are pretty high, somedays over 200, I would try to reduce that somewhat, but then again, if you start eating less processed stuff, and more good healthy stuff, that will naturally come down a bit. : ) As I said earlier , I am no expert and can only share with you what is helping me. Everybody is different, and has different likes and dislikes, you just have to find a starting point and fine tune it to meet your needs. : )

Mom22yorkies,
I am interested in the weight training dvd's you have in mind. Any suggestions?
I currently do Jm 30 day shred and ripped in 30 but I am looking for other ideas!

thanks!

The ones I use and like when I do a home workout are Jillian M "No More Trouble Zones" Jari Love "Ripped" Cathy Friedrich "Butts and Gutts" and "Muscle Max".. Also, Trainers Edge "Integrated Strength Training.... most of the time though, i do my strengtth training in the gym.

k like you said in the first post... im just gonna tell it like it is.

the goal when losing weight is to maintain the muscle mass while shedding body fat if the goal is aesthetics. now to maintain muscle mass there is a basic simple formula that you should follow and basic diet guidelines. caloric intake is most definately important for weight loss but energy balance between macronutrients is important as well...

with that said you should change the macornutrient ratios and you will probably have more success.. i looked at your diet and in my opinion it was way out of proportion in terms of the amounts of fats, carbs, and proteins and this is the formula to have ur appropriate macronutrient balance.


so you first start with your caloric needs which u determined is 1100 i believe.

2nd step is you determine how much protein you need in a day so you take ur bodyweight at i think it was 157lbs and determine the lean body mass u have or the amount of weight on ur body that is not fat... so basically you have to find ur body fat % but for now lets say .8g per lb of body mass since ur a woman and its 1g per lb if ur a man... so roughly you need 126g of protein a day (157x.8=125.6) and that would put u at roughly 20% body fat (157-125.6=31.4) (31.4/157=.20% body fat)... hope you followed the math so u know how to figure it out once u know ur body fat %

3rd step is to find out how much fat you need in a day and this one is easy roughly 1/4 of ur bodyweight in fat so (157/4=39.25g fat)

last step is to figure out how many carbs you need and to find this one it takes a little more math... protein is 4 calories per gram and fat is 9 calories per gram and basically we just have the rest of the calories from carbohydrates so...

126g protein x 4= 504
39g fat x 9= 351
504+351= 855
1100-855= 245
245/4= 61g carbs

so the macros would look like 126g protein, 39g fat, and 61g carbs in order to maintain muscle mass and keep ur metabolic rate from slowing down while losing calories asuming ur body fat is at 20% and u only can eat 1100 calories a day.

these are the basic guidelines most people should follow when constructing a weight loss diet because its imperative that people keep their muscle mass on their body because muscle is the key to success.

any questions ask.

* correction i just went back and saw that ur caloric needs were above 1100 calories so u just take 855 from whatever ur caloric goal is then get the number and divide by 4 for number of carbs per day

Goal is 30 lbs, activity is moderate or light I think? When I'm not working out, I'm just doing household things, cleaning, cooking, playing with child, so nothing too exciting/active.

Sorry for all the questions - but how tall are you? You base looks really low at 1200.

The only thing I noticed was not much exercise and a lot of processed foods. Not that my dairy is much better but Every day you have some fast food. Red Robin, burger king, McDonald. I suggest making your meals to go the night before if your eating out because you work. try to balance your meals about more or try to eat 4 300-400 calorie meals. If your not into running maybe try biking or something you do like.

OH that goal, its 2lbs per week. I DO run. I enjoy running, but it hurts. How much excercise should I be doing?

You should only be setting yourself at 1lb a week as you have less than 50lb to lose.

With regard to how much exercise you should be doing, that mostly preferance, but a few suggestions are:

- do not overtrain - give yourself at least 1, but preferably 2 rest days
- try to get a couple of sessions of strength training in
- mix up the cardio between low and high intensity (cardio is not actually necessary for weigh loss - but it does allow you to eat more and still keep a deficit and it has other benefits)
- fuel your workouts (eat enough)