8,500 additional calories

golferd
golferd Posts: 400 Member
edited December 24 in Health and Weight Loss
That is how many calories I have increased per week. My weight is still not moving up or down. Still in the same range. I am trying to lose weight. Would you increase more? Inches are not decreasing either. I seem stuck, but most say to change up the diet, 8,500 is a big change.

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  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    additional calories of exercise or food ?
  • golferd
    golferd Posts: 400 Member
    Food
  • DonttrythatwithME
    DonttrythatwithME Posts: 214 Member
    Looking at your food diary have you seem to be over on carbs and under on protein, have you tried swapping them around?
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    How does this compare with your TDEE?
  • Angellore
    Angellore Posts: 519 Member
    Looking at your food diary have you seem to be over on carbs and under on protein, have you tried swapping them around?

    IAWT. Just had a sneaky peek and you don't seem to eat much protein, you're getting it from shakes only. Like, when you had the pasta with sauce you could have had less pasta and added a chicken breast or some low fat minced beef. Also eggs are your friend.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Dunkin Doughnuts for breakfast ! Well it's an interesting case study of how increasing your calorie intake won't help your weight loss. Good luck in your mission. Too much of a carb festival for me to comment.
  • golferd
    golferd Posts: 400 Member
    According to the calculator of insanity TDEE was 34xx. so, Mfp 2400+exercise aprox 500. Gives 1lb per week.

    3400-2900=500x7
  • golferd
    golferd Posts: 400 Member
    I went high on my proteins when doing p90x, my weight was not dropping.
  • golferd
    golferd Posts: 400 Member
    5-8, male, 34 desk job.
  • thaislcrd
    thaislcrd Posts: 76 Member
    Not only you seem to be going over on carbs and low on protein, but you also seem to be going way over your sodium daily goal, which is already high. Salt does not cause your body to gain or lose fat, but excess sodium causes fluid retention which manifests itself in the form of excess weight.
  • bellina1
    bellina1 Posts: 7
    Although you have obviously done well to lose 30lbs, if I'm brutally honest you eat a lot of junk. Pizza Hut, McDonalds, Papa Johns and full fat Pepsi all in one week and I saw that with only a quick glance of your diary!

    If it is an off week I apologise as don't get me wrong I've been known to frequent all of the above establishments, but it looks to me as though you need to get back to basics, eat fewer calories and eat healthier - lean meat, plenty of veg and some wholegrain carbs, you know how it goes!

    I'm neither for or against the whole "eat more, eat less, eat more protein, eat paper for a week or two" thing (in the past I have actually benefitted from eating a few extra calories and from low carb) but sometimes I think many people on here get preoccupied with it and lose sight of the most basic of principles - eat less, exercise more and you will lose weight! Although there of course will be ups, downs and the odd plateau!

    Good luck - I hope you achieve your goals! :smile:
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    These guys did something similar, +50% on calories by eating more and exercising less for 14 days :-
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    and they got a bit heavier :-
    Table%2B3%2Boverfeeding.jpg

    though nowhere near as heavy as I would have expected.
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