jandsstevenson887 Member

What is your height/weight and what do you have your MFP weekly goal set to? 1lb/week? It looks like you just recently made the adjustment so I would give it a couple of more weeks before you freak out.

I always see it as why you are supposed to put the mask on your self in the event of losing cabin pressure. You have to take care of your health so you can give your best to your parents. If you have more energy and are feeling good, that positivity will be contagious. I would try to give yourself 30 mins/day to focus on…

Can you make your log public? Fluctuations are very normal from one day to another. How many times have you weighed yourself?

This is why I'm thankful MFP does it for me. I hate math.

Are you logging your food? It is easy to think you are eating about the same but a few more calorie rich meals a week can ruin all the work you are doing working out.

I use what MFP says and average what Runkeeper or my exercise machine (after putting in age/weight) says and eat back most of my calories and it is working. I have MFP set to 1lb/week and I'm currently averaging 1.1lbs/week. I'm also not able to weigh my food so just underestimating and it is still working. I always try to…

Just log everything and you will get back on track quickly.

I love this: You tell MFP: I'd like to lose 1lb/week. MFP says: Hey, you should eat X calories every day to lose 1lb/week. You then decide to exercise and you burn 400 calories. MFP says: Hey you pecker, you said you wanted to lose 1lb/week. Now you need to eat X+400 because you told me you wanted to lose 1lb/week.

There is no starvation mode.

I can't do this without eating back most of my calories. It makes me want to work out. So far, working great for me.

I'm doing this for 6 months losing 1 lb/week so hopefully about 24-25lbs.

I don't think your body is "revolting". There has to be something else at work if you are really at a 1000 calorie deficit and not losing weight.

I would also advise you to log all your calories. It is easy sometimes to think you are "dieting" by drinking a shake but you make up the calories elsewhere. Otherwise, I agree with the other posts.

I'm in a remote area where I can't make my own food and I have no access to using a food scale so I've been estimating. I'm basically "eating out" every single meal. I've still lost almost exactly a 1lb/week and that's what MFP is set to. I think it is great to be precise but it hasn't seemed to affect me much.

I wouldn't change anything. You are going in the right direction and it is obviously working.

I only weigh myself once a week. Maybe this would be better for you. Pick one of your rest days and weigh in then and don't let the fluctuations bother you.

How long has this been happening?

Are you drinking more water on the days you work out and it is water weight?

Most of my days I have 100-300 calories left. If I go over 1 day every few weeks, no big deal.

I'm 5'3" and I've been losing 1lb/week. I started at 154 and I'm currently at 142 in 3 months. You can look at my diary.

I'm still trying to figure this out. I set my goal at 129lbs for now but I'm not sure if that's really where it should be.

This is why I believe most diets are all the same. All this does is create a calorie deficit by people cutting out that last snack of the day, ice cream, popcorn, whatever.

Good! Feel free to take a look at mine.

Can anyone see my diary? I thought it was open.

I've just started pre-logging and I love it. It keeps me on track.

I guess time tracking my food but I've been so happy with my weight loss that I don't mind.

That's weird. It says public. Hmmm...

And I'm about the same height and age. If you want, go through my diary. I try to make sure I don't eat back all my calories since my exercise calories can be over the actual burned and it is easy for your food to be over what you actually ate. I try to give myself at least a 200cal cushion if not more like 300-400.

Looked over a couple of weeks. You have several days in the red and several days very close to being over where you could easily be over if you miscalculated. I think you are erasing the good work you are doing with some 2000cal days. If I were you, I would lay off the alcohol and juices, have a higher protein breakfast…

I agree that chocolate fiber bars help me and on my big workout days I have 1 scoop of ice cream. I try to just eat whatever sweet it is more slowly and savor it. I still indulge, I just make sure it is logged and fits in with everything else.