Consuming just 1400 Calories but still not losing weight. Plz Help

[andysidhu]

Hi Guys,

Can someone please help/advise me. I'm currently on a cut and consuming 1400 calories,working out 4 days a week, but I haven't lost weight for the last 4 weeks. My height is 5'6 and weigh 156 lbs, so I worked out my maintenance to be around 2000 calories.?

Have I somehow slowed down my metabolism?

Any advise would be much appreciated.

[straiders98]

You're probably counting wrong, 1400 is pretty low

[Geou]

Are you absolutely sure that you are consuming 1400 calories?

What would you be willing to bet on that? Check, double-check, and check your checking. Be generous with the amount of calories you attribute to each meal.

[andysidhu]

Im deff only consumin 1400 calories, I have double checked many times and even checked using my fitness pal.....

[Vaylor]

How long have you been cutting overall?

[armyguy29]

Are you counting literally everything that goes into your mouth? Sauces like ketchup or barbecue sauce, or any type of juice/milk can add a lot of calories pretty quickly.

[Nobodychange]

Im deff only consumin 1400 calories, I have double checked many times and even checked using my fitness pal.....

If your not weighing the food then myfitnesspal isn't much help. At 1400 you should be losing.

[andysidhu]

I dont have sausues and juices in my diet, trying to be clean as possible but its not working. Mind you im just trying to lose my fat on my stomach, as this is very stubborn, could this be the reason why?

[armyguy29]

Yeah, that's fat is pretty stubborn. I'm trying to get rid of mine right now as well. Unless you're stuck for 1.5-2 weeks, it's not really a plateau

[LighthorseLee]

do you weigh and measure your food?

[Vaylor]

Yeah, that's fat is pretty stubborn. I'm trying to get rid of mine right now as well. Unless you're stuck for 3-4 weeks, it's not really a plateau

Fixed that for you.

[andysidhu]

Yes, I do weigh and measure all my foods...

[TheMimbo]

Yes, I do weigh and measure all my foods...

No real secret to it, if you take in less then what you require, then you should lose. Unless your metabolism has adjusted to your deficit. It may just be stubborn fat depending on how lean you already are though.

[LighthorseLee]

OP, give us your height, weight and age? Do you even lift? Need some more info to help you out.

[andysidhu]

My height is 5'6, weight 156 lbs and am 27 years old. Yes, I do lift but lately I havent been able to attend as planned due to work. My program is to lift on Mon, Tue, Thu and Fri....But missing a few days here and there shouldnt be a reason why im not losing weight, right?

[daboss213]

Cardio?

[andysidhu]

No cardio...

[LighthorseLee]

How long has it been since you last lost weight? How much have you lost total? What was your weight at the start of your cut? Whats your BF%? How long have you been cutting?

You don't need cardio right now. Honestly bro, my girlfriend's maintenance is 1400. You may need to forget about cutting and get some muscle on your body.

[andysidhu]

I last lost weight around 1 year ago and that was around 17lbs. I started my cut around 8 weeks ago. The first 4 weeks, I was consuming 1700 calories and noticed I didnt lose weight so I further reduced it to 1400 calories. My body % is around 15-18%....
Thanks for the help guys!!!

[LighthorseLee]

take a month or 3 and eat at maintenance and lift heavy then give the cut another try.

[Jerseylump]

at 1400 calories, unless you have a metabolic/thyroid issue (highly unlikely) you will be losing fat; however, if you are new to training you may experience noob-gains (like I am getting now, but I am seeing results in the mirror even though the scale 'weight-loss' isn't reflecting my diet). have you seen any changes in the mirror? if not I can only assume that you are not counting correctly, what does your daily diet usually consist of?

[andysidhu]

Funny thing is Ive noticed my stomach get slightly flatter, but I there no measurement proof of this. My typical diet consists of 8 eggs, 90g of canned tuna, 70g of brown rice, a Banana, 150g of chicken and whey protein.

[DSUP]

Guys. This isn't rocket science. OP is 5'6" and 156 pounds. 1400 calories may have worked to get him there but now it's his maintenance. If you want to keep getting smaller, eat less. It's that simple.

However OP, you might want to just accept maintenance for awhile and create your calorie deficit with excercise.

[andysidhu]

Thanks DSUP, so 1400 calories being my maintenance doesn't sound good because after my cut, Il will start to add fat very easily. Is there a way how I can bring my maintenance back to my normal state of around 2000 calories?

[Vaylor]

I last lost weight around 1 year ago and that was around 17lbs. I started my cut around 8 weeks ago. The first 4 weeks, I was consuming 1700 calories and noticed I didnt lose weight so I further reduced it to 1400 calories. My body % is around 15-18%....
Thanks for the help guys!!!

Wait what? You have been cutting for a year now?

[Geou]

1400 calories being a grown man's maintenance is absurd. I maintain that either he's counting his calories wrong, or he's not weighing himself consistently enough to see the drop in his weight against water weight fluctuations.

If you believe 100% that you are eating at 1400 calories, then drop it by 200, and eat like that for a few weeks, then come back if you still don't see any results.

[Nobodychange]

1400 calories being a grown man's maintenance is absurd. I maintain that either he's counting his calories wrong, or he's not weighing himself consistently enough to see the drop in his weight against water weight fluctuations.

If you believe 100% that you are eating at 1400 calories, then drop it by 200, and eat like that for a few weeks, then come back if you still don't see any results.

Agreed. Bmr just by losing is more then 1400 so he should be losing.

[LighthorseLee]

OP needs to reverse diet and bulk for a while. No grown man should have a maintenance of 1400 cal.