elphie754 wrote: » If you are not losing, you are not in a deficit.
ruggedshutter wrote: » Is your kitchen scale digital and accurate? I used to have a manual scale and I thought that it was good enough but it really was horrible. Do you eat back exercise calories? If so, what are you using to measure the calorie burn? Just trying to find things that could be causing your net calories to be too high.
RomaFilipe wrote: » elphie754 wrote: » If you are not losing, you are not in a deficit. So I lost 1kg 1st week on 2400 cals and suddenly I'm not in deficit at 2200 cals? I don't know doesn't seem that simple but ok. I'll go for 2200 cals one more week and reduce again if I don't lose any weight by the end of this week.
ncboiler89 wrote: » RomaFilipe wrote: » elphie754 wrote: » If you are not losing, you are not in a deficit. So I lost 1kg 1st week on 2400 cals and suddenly I'm not in deficit at 2200 cals? I don't know doesn't seem that simple but ok. I'll go for 2200 cals one more week and reduce again if I don't lose any weight by the end of this week. If you eat fewer calories than you burn you will lose weight. If you don't you will either maintain or gain. It's really that simple. That being said there is not enough info in your post to know for sure if you are losing, maintaining, or gaining. You could actually be doing any of the three.
DemoraFairy wrote: » It's only been two weeks. Weight loss isn't linear, give it a bit more time!
RomaFilipe wrote: » If I use BMR formula and multiply it by 1.55x (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/week) I'd be at 3000 cals/day. So there's apparently still an 800 cals difference here which should be enough to lose at least something.
TimothyFish wrote: » You gained 203 lbs or you weigh 203 lbs? If you weigh 203 lbs, 2200 is right at the number of calories you would burn without exercise. I would suggest that you enter your information into MyFitnessPal and let it tell you the number of calories you would aim for.
mistydring wrote: » From what I've read when you start a new exercise program, your body can respond with water retention and inflammation as it tries to repair the microtears in your muscle that are part of the process of building muscle. So, if you start a diet AND exercise regimen at the same time, it can look like you are "stuck" or even gaining a pound or two, even if you actually are losing fat. This happened to me, too. I started running and strength training at the same time that I started tracking calories, and I was pissed off to see I hadn't lost anything for a couple of weeks. But then the next week I dropped several pounds all at once and now I seem to be slowly and steadily losing. So, just stick with it and give it a few more weeks. If you don't see changes soon, though, you might want to adjust your daily calorie targets down a little and see if that does the trick. Good luck!