Eating less and moving more no loss
So I eat roughly between 800 to 1200 a day. My drinks are raw milk or water. My exercise is walking and any farm work I do feeding watering etc. I take the stairs at work ( work on the third floor) park in the farthest area of the parking lot. All foods I cook are from home, chicken, fresh pasture eggs, etc. Rabbit when it comes in season. If I do a "cheat" day I eat nothing else but that meal for the whole day and drink plenty of water.
Made a goal in May to lose 20lbs in 3 months needless to say it didn't happen. I'm a female 5'3" and weigh 163 - 166.00. My goal is to be in the 130's again.
I tried looking at the TDEE but found it confusing the MFP calculator stated 1200 cals for me to lose? Yet nothing but my patience.
Made a goal in May to lose 20lbs in 3 months needless to say it didn't happen. I'm a female 5'3" and weigh 163 - 166.00. My goal is to be in the 130's again.
I tried looking at the TDEE but found it confusing the MFP calculator stated 1200 cals for me to lose? Yet nothing but my patience.
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are you using a food scale to weight all solid foods?0
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Are you weighing your food on a digital kitchen scale and logging it accurately?0
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Make your diary public, people can help you more.
That's a really low amount of calories, you could lose weight on more than that.0 -
No I do not weigh my food. I just eat 6 or 7 eggs a day and add a chicken thigh ( skinned) to my breakfast or my dinner.0
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You may actually not be taking in enough calories for your activity level. If you are going under 1000/day, that can be dangerous from a health stand point and it puts your body in "starvation mode".0
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All you eat all day long is 7 eggs and a chicken thigh?0
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If you stick to 1200, you will lose weight. But since you think you are eating 800 calories, there is something you aren't logging correctly.0
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You may actually not be taking in enough calories for your activity level. If you are going under 1000/day, that can be dangerous from a health stand point and it puts your body in "starvation mode".
NO NO NO NO NO NO
(the starvation mode thing...I agree it's not good to eat so few calories)0 -
FarmingCozy wrote: »
Why?0 -
janejellyroll wrote: »
Yeap love my raw milk. I'll have a glass in the morning and sometimes in the evening. But mostly water, I HATE soda's.0 -
FarmingCozy wrote: »
How long have you been doing this?0 -
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http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/3817-eat-more-2-weigh-less
Please do yourself a favor and follow this program. You need to eat more than you are right now.0 -
FarmingCozy wrote: »
Why would you eat such a massively unvaried & restrictive diet?
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FarmingCozy wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »
Yeap love my raw milk. I'll have a glass in the morning and sometimes in the evening. But mostly water, I HATE soda's.
How many calories are you ingesting in raw milk? I'm not sure how big your glasses are.0 -
FarmingCozy wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »
Yeap love my raw milk. I'll have a glass in the morning and sometimes in the evening. But mostly water, I HATE soda's.
How big is your glass?
If you don't measure your food, there is no way of knowing how much you are really eating.0 -
KingoftheLilies wrote: »FarmingCozy wrote: »
Why would you eat such a massively unvaried & restrictive diet?
Not to mention complete lack of many nutrients, fiber, etc.0 -
First, why you would only eat 800-1200 calories, or realistically, why would you aim to eat the little. With 23lbs to lose and being active, you probably need closer to 1500-1700 pre-exercise. MFP is giving you 1200 as you probably have i set to 2 lbs per week and sedentary, when it should probably be 1 lb per week and lightly active.
Having that, cleaning up your logging practices would be ideal. So getting a food scale would be great. Since these are all farmed products, you will have to find entries that are close (typical large eggs are 70-100 calories, skinless chicken breast is roughly 40 calories per ounce for white meat).
Also, how long have you been trying to lose weight?0
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