Medical reasons for not losing weight
Discussion
eztiger said:
The calorie balance sheet doesn't reset at midnight every day. It's entirely possible you're making good progress during the week - then wiping out this deficit you created in one go at the weekend with a big roast, alcohol and a pudding. There could be that fine a line.
I'd pay attention to the above intakes and adjust accordingly. If you *really* want to know if it's your diet then you need to take a zero tolerance approach to 'treats' until you get a baseline. So wipe out the roast (or heavily control portion size if it's what I have in my head as a traditional roast dinner), alcohol, puddings and mayo. See what happens.
Your Mayo in particular will be hugely calorie dense. Depending on your definition of teaspoon that could be 100 calories just there.
There's nothing wrong with snacks if they're taking him from 1500 to 1800 calories per day. The problem is we don't know what the OP's weight and calorific intake is.I'd pay attention to the above intakes and adjust accordingly. If you *really* want to know if it's your diet then you need to take a zero tolerance approach to 'treats' until you get a baseline. So wipe out the roast (or heavily control portion size if it's what I have in my head as a traditional roast dinner), alcohol, puddings and mayo. See what happens.
Your Mayo in particular will be hugely calorie dense. Depending on your definition of teaspoon that could be 100 calories just there.
alock said:
I watch quite a bit of TV and often see comments from others about how much TV some people watch. What do the non-TV watchers do? I'm typically awake until about 1pm (I don't need much sleep) but just don't fancy doing anything else between 11pm and 1am?
Do you read a book every night? Are you able to be creative at this time and do something productive? Do you just sleep more and are hence are less active than me for those two hours anyway?
I go to bed about 23:00..probably asleep by 23:30/00:00.Do you read a book every night? Are you able to be creative at this time and do something productive? Do you just sleep more and are hence are less active than me for those two hours anyway?
Last time I switched on a TV at home was few years back - I just find it awful, lowest common denominator, mind-numbing trash. I watched a bit the other week in a hotel - some documentary on C4; kept repeating stuff (I can remember what happened before an ad break, I don't have amnesia) and building up to revelations that were supposition really. News is awful now, although I still rate C4 News.
Final straw came for was when BBC news had the outcome of one of those celebrity dance type shows as their second item....
Adverts are for things I don't need and are patronising as hell.
Of an evening - gym, walk, read, run, cook, socialise, chat to family/friends on telephone, listen to radio (mostly R4), watch the occasional film on my ipad on Netflix or Amazon. Before I was single; my fiance and I would chat, cook together; do stuff.
I'll be honest I don't see where people find the time to watch all this rubbish.
I do occasionally do a box set - GOT, Walking Dead, Spartacus - but it will take me three or so months to work through a season.
I just don't understand why people would just sit there watching what is, on the whole, poorly produced, mind numbing junk.
That's just my opinion - and probably enough for this thread!
simoid said:
There's nothing wrong with snacks if they're taking him from 1500 to 1800 calories per day. The problem is we don't know what the OP's weight and calorific intake is.
Not sure where snacks came from - no ones mentioned that least of all me. 
We can assume from the issues outlined and the info we *do* have that the calorific intake may be too high. Ergo cut it back and see what happens - plenty of opportunity to do just that from the meals outlined.
Similarly plenty of opportunity from the meals outlined to see that, portion wise, they could easily be very high in calorie despite appearing to be not so bad on the plate.
eztiger said:
The calorie balance sheet doesn't reset at midnight every day. It's entirely possible you're making good progress during the week - then wiping out this deficit you created in one go at the weekend with a big roast, alcohol and a pudding. There could be that fine a line.
I'd pay attention to the above intakes and adjust accordingly. If you *really* want to know if it's your diet then you need to take a zero tolerance approach to 'treats' until you get a baseline. So wipe out the roast (or heavily control portion size if it's what I have in my head as a traditional roast dinner), alcohol, puddings and mayo. See what happens.
Your Mayo in particular will be hugely calorie dense. Depending on your definition of teaspoon that could be 100 calories just there.
Agree with this, from my experience its a week, week and a half ish of accumulated calories that matter, you need a defecit over the week. My weight generally fluctuates during the week but I will see a big shift 1 particular day.I'd pay attention to the above intakes and adjust accordingly. If you *really* want to know if it's your diet then you need to take a zero tolerance approach to 'treats' until you get a baseline. So wipe out the roast (or heavily control portion size if it's what I have in my head as a traditional roast dinner), alcohol, puddings and mayo. See what happens.
Your Mayo in particular will be hugely calorie dense. Depending on your definition of teaspoon that could be 100 calories just there.
I have salad cream instead of mayo and have sachets for uber strict portion control.
As for portion control, a small portion of food is just as tasty as a large portion, and you cant uneat what you've eaten but if you hungry later on you can grab a little healthy snack.
eztiger said:
simoid said:
There's nothing wrong with snacks if they're taking him from 1500 to 1800 calories per day. The problem is we don't know what the OP's weight and calorific intake is.
Not sure where snacks came from - no ones mentioned that least of all me. We can assume from the issues outlined and the info we *do* have that the calorific intake may be too high. Ergo cut it back and see what happens - plenty of opportunity to do just that from the meals outlined.
Similarly plenty of opportunity from the meals outlined to see that, portion wise, they could easily be very high in calorie despite appearing to be not so bad on the plate.
I agree entirely. The OP won't know if he's cutting his intake until he measures it - OP GET MEASURING!
A few years ago I asked a similar question. For me, it wasn't what I ate but about portion size. Plus impatience as I expected the weight simply to drop off. It can take weeks of good eating and exercising before weight starts dropping.
If you are eating and exercising well, just persevere.
If you are eating and exercising well, just persevere.
MyFitnessPal or other calorie counting app. Essential, I modified my entire diet and portion size because of this, I really didn't have any idea of the calories I was consuming.
I now eat everything, but have a strict calorie limit per day and it really has worked (I chose 1500, could be 1800). As soon as I hit this, no more food for that day, so I could have a king size Dairy Milk and a salad, or I could have 3 footlong subways sandwiches. Incredibly simple but it works - energy in has to be less than energy out.
Oh, and it can be slow, you can go 2-3 weeks and maybe drop only 1kg, but the key is persistence and you'll get there.
I now eat everything, but have a strict calorie limit per day and it really has worked (I chose 1500, could be 1800). As soon as I hit this, no more food for that day, so I could have a king size Dairy Milk and a salad, or I could have 3 footlong subways sandwiches. Incredibly simple but it works - energy in has to be less than energy out.
Oh, and it can be slow, you can go 2-3 weeks and maybe drop only 1kg, but the key is persistence and you'll get there.
At the risk of merely parroting on here, myfitnesspal really worked for me.
It may well be that you do have an issue, but I would give this ago for 2-3 weeks just to see what happens.
I am not going to lie to you - being so damn anal about weighing and calorie counting is a MASSIVE pain in the arse. But it does orientate you around what has what in it, and does help you get into good habits. Quantity is massively important - I used to eat just tonnes.
Give a daily intake of 1500 calories a whirl for a few weeks and see what happens (you will require some discipline and will power I am afraid - It sucks, but it works).
It may well be that you do have an issue, but I would give this ago for 2-3 weeks just to see what happens.
I am not going to lie to you - being so damn anal about weighing and calorie counting is a MASSIVE pain in the arse. But it does orientate you around what has what in it, and does help you get into good habits. Quantity is massively important - I used to eat just tonnes.
Give a daily intake of 1500 calories a whirl for a few weeks and see what happens (you will require some discipline and will power I am afraid - It sucks, but it works).
Vocal Minority said:
At the risk of merely parroting on here, myfitnesspal really worked for me.
It may well be that you do have an issue, but I would give this ago for 2-3 weeks just to see what happens.
I am not going to lie to you - being so damn anal about weighing and calorie counting is a MASSIVE pain in the arse. But it does orientate you around what has what in it, and does help you get into good habits. Quantity is massively important - I used to eat just tonnes.
Give a daily intake of 1500 calories a whirl for a few weeks and see what happens (you will require some discipline and will power I am afraid - It sucks, but it works).
It may well be that you do have an issue, but I would give this ago for 2-3 weeks just to see what happens.
I am not going to lie to you - being so damn anal about weighing and calorie counting is a MASSIVE pain in the arse. But it does orientate you around what has what in it, and does help you get into good habits. Quantity is massively important - I used to eat just tonnes.
Give a daily intake of 1500 calories a whirl for a few weeks and see what happens (you will require some discipline and will power I am afraid - It sucks, but it works).
What I *thought* was a healthy breakfast of granola, yoghurt and orange turned out to be north of 1000 calories when I weighed it all up. Just swapping to a weighed portion of porridge saved me 600 calories a day 
WinstonWolf said:
What I *thought* was a healthy breakfast of granola, yoghurt and orange turned out to be north of 1000 calories when I weighed it all up. Just swapping to a weighed portion of porridge saved me 600 calories a day Stop confusing healthy and low calories. You're not a teenage girl.
Hoofy said:
WinstonWolf said:
What I *thought* was a healthy breakfast of granola, yoghurt and orange turned out to be north of 1000 calories when I weighed it all up. Just swapping to a weighed portion of porridge saved me 600 calories a day Stop confusing healthy and low calories. You're not a teenage girl.
Foliage said:
Hoofy said:
WinstonWolf said:
What I *thought* was a healthy breakfast of granola, yoghurt and orange turned out to be north of 1000 calories when I weighed it all up. Just swapping to a weighed portion of porridge saved me 600 calories a day Stop confusing healthy and low calories. You're not a teenage girl.
OP are you Male or Female?
Are we allowed to ask how much you weigh and what your target weight is? Given the exercise you're doing have you taken body measurements and how do your clothes fit?
If you're replacing fat with muscle then I've found the best indicator to be my clothes and the tape measure.
Are we allowed to ask how much you weigh and what your target weight is? Given the exercise you're doing have you taken body measurements and how do your clothes fit?
If you're replacing fat with muscle then I've found the best indicator to be my clothes and the tape measure.
Cycling twice a day for 10 minutes slowly does not count as exercise. You do boot camp of 120/150 minutes a week.
Try and do more exercise. Take a long and vigorous cycle route to and fro work.
I eat like a pig due to liking my food. To compensate, I do a minimum of 7 hours a week of vigorous exercise (brisk walking, running and weight training). To lose my initial weight I reduced my food (although I didn't calorie count).
Try and do more exercise. Take a long and vigorous cycle route to and fro work.
I eat like a pig due to liking my food. To compensate, I do a minimum of 7 hours a week of vigorous exercise (brisk walking, running and weight training). To lose my initial weight I reduced my food (although I didn't calorie count).
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