This is odd-not losing any weight

[Anonymous]

I have been doing IF for a month now. Stop eating 6:30pm begin eating 1:30pm. Eating low carbs, no sugar, essentially keto but I am not trying to only have 25 carbs a day or anything. I’ll eat handful of raspberries or blueberries every other day, a slice of Ezekiel bread occasionally. But generally I’ve been eating vegetables with olive oil, skinless boneless chicken thighs or breasts, lean turkey, cheese and chia seeds and some berries occasionally and very whole grain like Ezekiel bread or high fiber protein wrap. No refined sugar and no alcohol. Scale has only moved 1-2lbs in a month! I’m also strength training 3 days a week (50 minute class) and hard hiit class 2 days a week. What gives??? I’m 158lbs and 5’8. What’s strange is that I have built muscle, I know I have but how much? I want to get back to 145 b it all my clothes still fit fine I just don’t like that number on the scale.

[Anonymous]

I am eating nuts like almonds and almond butter on protein fiber wraps but no beans.

Example-

Lunch-asparagus, red pepper, garlic, 1 tablespoon of avocado oil, stir fried with 3 tenderloins of chicken breasts, 1/4 cheese on top, teaspoon of chia seeds

Snack-string cheese, Ezekiel bread with teaspoon of avocado or almond butter on top. OR kind zero bar ( no added sugar, low carb)

Dinner- veggies again, broccoli, mushrooms spinach garlic and whatever else stir fried and add in two eggs with some feta cheese. Or salmon or tofu for protein instead of eggs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am eating nuts like almonds and almond butter on protein fiber wraps but no beans.

Example-

Lunch-asparagus, red pepper, garlic, 1 tablespoon of avocado oil, stir fried with 3 tenderloins of chicken breasts, 1/4 cheese on top, teaspoon of chia seeds

Snack-string cheese, Ezekiel bread with teaspoon of avocado or almond butter on top. OR kind zero bar ( no added sugar, low carb)

Dinner- veggies again, broccoli, mushrooms spinach garlic and whatever else stir fried and add in two eggs with some feta cheese. Or salmon or tofu for protein instead of eggs.

Are you weighting and measuring all your food and how many calories are you eating?

If you cant accurate tell me how many calories you are eating then that is why you aren't losing weight.

[Anonymous]

You're eating too much. It's not that complicated. You need to cut down your portions.

[Anonymous]

You need to eat more. Way more protein and fat.

[Anonymous]

Count your calories for a couple of days. You’re probably eating more than you think.

[Anonymous]

So there's agreement: You're either eating too much or too little!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Count your calories for a couple of days. You’re probably eating more than you think.

+1 and it doesn’t really matter that you’re doing IF if you’re eating too much

[Anonymous]

I’m not eating that much at all! Ha, like really very little so I don’t know what’s going on. I will track better but today I had egg which (190 calories) 2 tablespoons of chia seeds (120) and a 1/2 protein wrap with almond butter (140 calories). I’m only eating again at dinner which will be chicken breast and veggies.

[Anonymous]

You’re losing half a pound a week. That seems like good, steady progress to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not eating that much at all! Ha, like really very little so I don’t know what’s going on. I will track better but today I had egg which (190 calories) 2 tablespoons of chia seeds (120) and a 1/2 protein wrap with almond butter (140 calories). I’m only eating again at dinner which will be chicken breast and veggies.

How consistent are you? Do you eat this way EVERY day? What about weekends? It is one thing to reduce calories for a few days and another to do it for a long period of time, like a month.

[Anonymous]

Consistent. Been doing this since June 9. Had a few cocktails-vodka/soda (2) one night in June. I’m finding it harder to do my workouts on the limited eating

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’re losing half a pound a week. That seems like good, steady progress to me.

+1

Half pound a week is very reasonable. People have unrealistic expectation of how fast you will/"Should" lose weight. To lose faster you REALLY need to eat very little.

Also weight yourself every day to track the trend as normal weight fluctuations can often mask weight loss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not eating that much at all! Ha, like really very little so I don’t know what’s going on. I will track better but today I had egg which (190 calories) 2 tablespoons of chia seeds (120) and a 1/2 protein wrap with almond butter (140 calories). I’m only eating again at dinner which will be chicken breast and veggies.

If those numbers are right, it’s possible you’re actually eating so little that your body is going into conservation mode. But almond butter is really calorie dense, I have it with my breakfast every morning and 2 tablespoons is like 200 calories.

[Anonymous]

I do think I’m having some water retention. My rings are tight and I have marking from my bra