No real weight loss after solid 3 months trying

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I cant run. Both knees have a torn meniscus. I power walk 45 minutes 4 mornings a week. I do Pilates for abdominals 2x per week and yoga 2 times per week. I don't think I need weights -- all those down dogs, headstands, shoulder stands, handstands, and planks do the same thing -- right? (My arms and shoulders look absolutely fab.)

1200 calories per day. Hmm. So you are saying a person needs to eliminate 800 calories per day to show any weight loss at all? I need to ask my dietician that one.

Can anyone cite evidence to what they are recommending? Or is this all from personal experience?

I think I will have my thyroid tested.

Well clearly your dietician isn’t helping so idk why you need to ask her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I cant run. Both knees have a torn meniscus. I power walk 45 minutes 4 mornings a week. I do Pilates for abdominals 2x per week and yoga 2 times per week. I don't think I need weights -- all those down dogs, headstands, shoulder stands, handstands, and planks do the same thing -- right? (My arms and shoulders look absolutely fab.)

1200 calories per day. Hmm. So you are saying a person needs to eliminate 800 calories per day to show any weight loss at all? I need to ask my dietician that one.

Can anyone cite evidence to what they are recommending? Or is this all from personal experience?

I think I will have my thyroid tested.

No need to check with your dietician, I can pretty much guarantee that if you eat 1100-1200 calories a day and also keep up your current exercise regime you will lose a pound or two a week and be down to 115 in about 6 weeks. Do that and check back with me on August 6, you're welcome!

[Anonymous]

I too think that you still eat too many calories.

It doesn't really matter that you went from 2000 to 1500 because your maintenance rate is probably still about 1700 calories. So at best you only have 200 calories daily deficit - maybe even less if you don't track everything you eat religiously.

[Anonymous]

You are eating too much and perhaps you aren't counting absolutely everything you eat?

[Anonymous]

Switch up your cardio or find a way to make it harder. Swim for 45 minutes (no knee impact) or bike rather than your power walks, or add it in 2x per week. If you can’t do that, walk more steep hills.

Even if the total calories don’t change (not an expert on that) you can switch that up too. Fewer carbs, different lean proteins, different fats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I cant run. Both knees have a torn meniscus. I power walk 45 minutes 4 mornings a week. I do Pilates for abdominals 2x per week and yoga 2 times per week. I don't think I need weights -- all those down dogs, headstands, shoulder stands, handstands, and planks do the same thing -- right? (My arms and shoulders look absolutely fab.)

1200 calories per day. Hmm. So you are saying a person needs to eliminate 800 calories per day to show any weight loss at all? I need to ask my dietician that one.

Can anyone cite evidence to what they are recommending? Or is this all from personal experience?

I think I will have my thyroid tested.

I would not consider yoga a weights class even though there is some weight bearing. I've done yoga for 20 years and just started lifting weights a few months ago - it's a world of difference. I've also lost about 20 lbs between the weights, lowering my calories, and doing Intermittent fasting. Yoga has never had any impact on weight loss for me. It's not supposed to be exercise...

[Anonymous]

OP - do you weigh every solid and measure every liquid that goes in your mouth every single day?

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Have you lost inches?

[Anonymous]

If your goal weight is 115 then you should be eating between 1150 and 1380 calories a day, every day. At 1500 over 3 months you should have lost something. I would suspect that you were not tracking as accurately or as consistently as you think. Were you sticking to this even on the weekends? Did you weigh and measure everything? To check your consistency take a calendar and make a red X on every day you hit your calorie range and a black circle on every day you don't. it's a great visual for tracking how consistent you are really being

[Anonymous]

Have you tried intermittent fasting? I also could not lose weight and was always hungry until I changed *when* I ate. After a few weeks the constant hunger and cravings were gone and it was a lot easier to cut more calories. That was several years ago and I lost 20 pounds.

Recently I've noticed about 5 pounds creeping back on. I'm trying to start with just cutting back on sugar (I eat dessert and drink juice and soda so it's pretty easy to start there) but if that doesn't work I will do IF again. I'm still doing a messy version of it now since I usually skip breakfast and try not to eat after 7:00 at night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I cant run. Both knees have a torn meniscus. I power walk 45 minutes 4 mornings a week. I do Pilates for abdominals 2x per week and yoga 2 times per week. I don't think I need weights -- all those down dogs, headstands, shoulder stands, handstands, and planks do the same thing -- right? (My arms and shoulders look absolutely fab.)

1200 calories per day. Hmm. So you are saying a person needs to eliminate 800 calories per day to show any weight loss at all? I need to ask my dietician that one.

Can anyone cite evidence to what they are recommending? Or is this all from personal experience?

I think I will have my thyroid tested.

I would not consider yoga a weights class even though there is some weight bearing. I've done yoga for 20 years and just started lifting weights a few months ago - it's a world of difference. I've also lost about 20 lbs between the weights, lowering my calories, and doing Intermittent fasting. Yoga has never had any impact on weight loss for me. It's not supposed to be exercise...

I disagree with your opinion about yoga. Maybe you're doing it wrong?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I cant run. Both knees have a torn meniscus. I power walk 45 minutes 4 mornings a week. I do Pilates for abdominals 2x per week and yoga 2 times per week. I don't think I need weights -- all those down dogs, headstands, shoulder stands, handstands, and planks do the same thing -- right? (My arms and shoulders look absolutely fab.)

1200 calories per day. Hmm. So you are saying a person needs to eliminate 800 calories per day to show any weight loss at all? I need to ask my dietician that one.

Can anyone cite evidence to what they are recommending? Or is this all from personal experience?

I think I will have my thyroid tested.

I would not consider yoga a weights class even though there is some weight bearing. I've done yoga for 20 years and just started lifting weights a few months ago - it's a world of difference. I've also lost about 20 lbs between the weights, lowering my calories, and doing Intermittent fasting. Yoga has never had any impact on weight loss for me. It's not supposed to be exercise...

I disagree with your opinion about yoga. Maybe you're doing it wrong?

PP here - I've taught yoga for 15 years. You're welcome to disagree with my opinion, but I can guarantee you I'm not doing it wrong. Doing the body pump class at my gym is way different than taking or teaching yoga in terms of building my muscle strength and losing weight. Maybe your body is different.

[Anonymous]

Agree that yoga isn't really exercise. It's a complement to exercise and helps with balance and flexibility. But on days I do yoga class, I still work out because yoga isn't a workout.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 5’6”, on 1200/day + moderate exercise daily to lose 1 lb per week
1500/days sound a lot unless you are very actibe

Yes, for OP's size, she needs to eat 1000 cal/day to lose weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 5’6”, on 1200/day + moderate exercise daily to lose 1 lb per week
1500/days sound a lot unless you are very actibe

Yes, for OP's size, she needs to eat 1000 cal/day to lose weight.

This is a deeply ridiculous comment that reflects a lot of ignorance about energy balance and the science of losing weight. OP will lose weight if she’s in a calorie deficit. The fact is - demonstrates repeatedly with academic studies - that people usually don’t know within 40% how many calories they are consuming unless they eat 100% pre-packaged, portion controlled, minimally processed food and never eat any food or drinks out ever.

Also, OP’s calorie needs will be driven not just by height and weight but by her body fat %, how her food is prepared (humans can get fewer calories from some foods raw than cooked), her gut bacteria, her non-exercise activity thermogenisis, and her activity level. TDEE for one 5’6” woman can easily be double TDEE for another, and my TDEE can vary 75% depending on what I’m doing.