WHY am I not losing WEIGHT?????

Honey106 · February 2011

My husband and I started to exercise more and eat less- we started 1 month ago. He is now down 13 lbs and guess what- i gained 1 pound!

What I'm eating...

breakfast- coffee and either a banana or snack bar

Lunch- Yogurt with Flaxseed

Dinner - 1/2 cup if Brown rice- veggies and Chicken or Fish (nothing fried)

Exercise-

1 hour on Treadmill and 20 minutes of Pilates OR 1 hour of P90x

full check up - nothing wrong with thyroids

bennysmommy717 · February 2011

Sounds like your not eating enough.....I would put 2 snacks in your diet too, veggies, low fat cheese stick, rice cakes something in between bfast and lunch and then lunch and dinner.

Honey106 · February 2011

I'm also trying to follow the weight watchers points and i thought what i was eating was within my range.

bennysmommy717 · February 2011

Do you account for your exercise? Another thing is sometimes it takes 30-60 days to kick start your metabolism to lose weight. I started my weightloss plan and did not lose anything until after 30 days...just a thought.

bennysmommy717 · February 2011

mrsmarybethsnyder:
Do you account for your exercise? Another thing is sometimes it takes 30-60 days to kick start your metabolism to lose weight. I started my weightloss plan and did not lose anything until after 30 days...just a thought.

P.S. I don't know much about WW, but I am doing P90x/Insanity hybrid work out and following the P90x meal plan

mcp · February 2011

It doesn't look to me like you're eating nearly enough. Your breakfast is probably 100-200 calories and lunch maybe 150-200 calories, and not well balanced. Your dinner looks great (assuming your portions are good), but at the end of the day you're probably consuming less than 1000 calories. You body could be in "starvation mode." Try eating a balanced breakfast and lunch. For example, have egg whites and oatmeal with your banana at breakfast. Add a salad and ww pita at lunch. Throw in another piece of fruit or two for snacks.

beachbodymommy · February 2011

mrsmarybethsnyder:
Sounds like your not eating enough.....I would put 2 snacks in your diet too, veggies, low fat cheese stick, rice cakes something in between bfast and lunch and then lunch and dinner.

Agreed! You need to eat (fuel) your body every 2.5-3 hrs, ESPECIALLY if you're doing P90X. If you're doing WW's you also need to take into consideration the exercise you're doing. Are you doing online WW's? That's the easiest for me to keep track of what I'm eating and my points.

Honey106 · February 2011

Hmm, so much for what i was thinking of HEALTHY eating-

I guess I was looking at the less i ate the faster i would lose the weight on top of the exercise.

Starting tomorrow i will try to switch things up and post my results in 2 weeks- even if its 1/2 a pound

kclg10 · February 2011

How much water are you drinking? I have been on weight watchers since September and when I have my weekly weigh ins... I notice the weeks that I don't get all my water in, the weight loss isn't as much.

If your not, try keeping up with your water in take!

Also when your on the treadmill, what kind of work out do you do? If you run or walk the same pace every time you are going to get your body used to the work out and you won't see results... try changing it up... with speed and inclines!

Hope this helps!

DevonPow · February 2011

I am a lifetime WW member - you obviously aren't eating your points, you get 29 a day minimum, plus weeklies and activity. Also, where are your fruits and veggies?? One banana and zero vegetables is what your menu has said. My day today was oatmeal and a banana for breakfast, Greek yogurt for morning snack, salad and a turkey wrap with hummus and veggies for lunch, an apple and a babybel cheese for snack, and stir fry veggies and chicken for dinner. And I still have points left for dessert and haven't touched weeklies or the activity points I earn (and I earn a lot each day). Food is fuel for your body...the point of weight watchers is to teach you how to eat appropriately and in a way that you can maintain for the rest of your life. Do you attend meetings or just do online? You really need to re-read the materials.

Lisa602 · February 2011

beachbodymommy:

mrsmarybethsnyder:
Sounds like your not eating enough.....I would put 2 snacks in your diet too, veggies, low fat cheese stick, rice cakes something in between bfast and lunch and then lunch and dinner.

Agreed! You need to eat (fuel) your body every 2.5-3 hrs, ESPECIALLY if you're doing P90X. If you're doing WW's you also need to take into consideration the exercise you're doing. Are you doing online WW's? That's the easiest for me to keep track of what I'm eating and my points.

Agree! You should not go below 1200 calories a day.

Linz29 · February 2011

DevonPow:
I am a lifetime WW member - you obviously aren't eating your points, you get 29 a day minimum, plus weeklies and activity. Also, where are your fruits and veggies?? One banana and zero vegetables is what your menu has said. My day today was oatmeal and a banana for breakfast, Greek yogurt for morning snack, salad and a turkey wrap with hummus and veggies for lunch, an apple and a babybel cheese for snack, and stir fry veggies and chicken for dinner. And I still have points left for dessert and haven't touched weeklies or the activity points I earn (and I earn a lot each day). Food is fuel for your body...the point of weight watchers is to teach you how to eat appropriately and in a way that you can maintain for the rest of your life. Do you attend meetings or just do online? You really need to re-read the materials.

This exactly

IncogNeato · February 2011

Yup. You're starving yourself so your body is holding on to the weight. More food, more frequently, especially protein.

Mominator · February 2011

I'm posting before reading the responses, so forgive me if I am repeating anyone. Assuming that you are eating normal size portions, you are eating less than 750 calories per day. That is no where near enough food, I eat twice that, easily, exercise half as much and average 2-3lbs a week weight loss. Think of your body like a furnace, it needs fuel to burn, you have to feed your body in order for it to work effectively and that includes losing weight. I would highly recommend checking out sites like Livestrong.com and/or Sparkpeople.com and plugging in your information and getting an accurate calorie goal for the day.

Also, try not to think of it as a diet, but as a lifestyle change. Add more fruits and veggies, more whole grains, less packaged foods, drink plenty of water, eat health fats like nuts and seeds. It seems like simple calories in calories out, but there really is a science behind weight loss. It's not going to be easy, if it were easy, every one would be thin.

Good luck to you!!!!!

ETA: Here is what I ate today. I came in at just over 1250 calories which is actually at the very bottom of my calorie range and I feel like I ate a lot today.

b: plain oatmeal w/ 1T peanut butter and sliced banana and coffee w/ vanilla soy milk

l: vegetarian chili and an orange

s: apple w/ 1/4c almonds

d: grilled ocean perch, 1c cooked spinach, 4 pierogies

s: fresh veggies and salsa

I also drank close to 100oz of water today and exercised for only 30 minutes.

carlab44 · February 2011

I added your meals into sparkpeople, and while I made some assumptions to portions, it said your total calories are 709. That is less than 1/2 of what you should be eating. You DEFINITELY need to increase your food intake. Keep your banana and yogurt as your snacks, and add in a real breakfast and real lunch. And I agree you need more fruit and vegetables.

I lost 20lbs last spring using Sparkpeople (which if you aren't familiar is an online calorie tracker). I was also training for a 1/2 marathon, and I aimed to eat 500 calories per meal plus 150 calories per snack (two snacks a day).

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