SO frustrated

[smackem]

I think i've tried it all out besides eating super healthy i just cant do that i can eat grilled chicken all day and i eat my vitamins and such but i cant seem to lose weight?! im 5,7 185 and i need to be back down to 160. ... any ideas to help me out?

[mavajo]

You're eating too much. I know you don't want to hear that, but it's reality.

What's your TDEE, and how many daily calories are you consuming to lose weight?

[smackem]

I wish i knew i never really looked i cut out all sodas i only drink one diet soda if that a day but mostly water.

You're eating too much. I know you don't want to hear that, but it's reality.

What's your TDEE, and how many daily calories are you consuming to lose weight?

[mavajo]

So I assume you're not tracking everything you eat?

Ugh, where's that dmac copy n paste when you need it...

Found it:

1. Get rid of your misconceptions
2. Calculate your calories and macros
3. Eat about 20% less calories than you burn each day while still meeting minimum protein and fat. Get the remainder of cals from carbs.
4. Buy a kitchen scale and weigh everything that you eat.
5. Count calories using a site like MyFitnessPal. Here's how to count properly.
6. Lift heavy weights to preserve muscle mass, on a program like Starting Strength. Why not your own routine? Read this.
7. If nothing happens after 3 weeks, reexamine calculations, and eat less.

[Znik]

I wish i knew i never really looked i cut out all sodas i only drink one diet soda if that a day but mostly water.

Thats your problem, track your calories and stay in a calorie deficit = weight loss.

[smackem]

i will start this week. and make sure im eating less i will respond back in a few weeks and see how it goes. I know im starting my training this week for my upcoming race so that will help a lot

[stang53188]

I get asked all the time at work "what's the secret" because I have been steadily losing over the last 1.5 years.

The secret is as old as time and has been mentioned here quite a few times. In vs out. It is feasible(not advised) but feasible to lose weight while eating nothing but junk(take mcd's for example). If you eat 2k cals of junk, but burn 2.5k cals a day, you wind up with a 500cal a deficit or, on paper, 1lb a week(3500cal) weightloss.

sodium intake on that kind of diet would probably kill your "visual losses"(on the scale) because of water BUT, feasibly you would still lose.....


Figure out your base and go from there.

Track everything.

Adjust accordingly.

Profit.

[etaskusut]

i will start this week. and make sure im eating less i will respond back in a few weeks and see how it goes. I know im starting my training this week for my upcoming race so that will help a lot

thats not how u do it, pay more attention!

[Miakiah]

I get asked all the time at work "what's the secret" because I have been steadily losing over the last 1.5 years.

You to?

OP no one ever wants to start tracking their calories, it seems tedious, I get it. I was you. But then I started and all of a sudden found out the reason why I wasn't losing weight. This was after cutting out all fast food and soda and still not losing, I actually gained by doing that and I couldn't figure it out, once I counted my calories I understood why.

[stang53188]

You to?

OP no one ever wants to start tracking their calories, it seems tedious, I get it. I was you. But then I started and all of a sudden found out the reason why I wasn't losing weight. This was after cutting out all fast food and soda and still not losing, I actually gained by doing that and I couldn't figure it out, once I counted my calories I understood why.

Seriously.... it's gotten to the point where I just want to pick them up and yell "BLOOD SWEAT TEARS AND DEDICATION IS THE SECRET YOU HAVE BEEN MISSING NOW PAY ME ALL THAT MONEY YOU SPENT ON FAT BURNERS BECAUSE I GAVE YOU THE REAL SECRET"

[mavajo]

Seriously.... it's gotten to the point where I just want to pick them up and yell "BLOOD SWEAT TEARS AND DEDICATION IS THE SECRET YOU HAVE BEEN MISSING NOW PAY ME ALL THAT MONEY YOU SPENT ON FAT BURNERS BECAUSE I GAVE YOU THE REAL SECRET"

And isn't it almost comical the way their expression droops when you tell them it was just good old fashioned hard work and perseverance?

Everybody always hopes you're going to tell them you found some super secret fat loss solution that doesn't require any sacrifice.

[sharpieblet]

OP if you read the rules you'd know you're not even supposed to talk about clen here...if you read the stickies, you'd know how to start losing weight....

caloric deficit. lift weights. give it time and in a few months or so you could easily be down to your target, maybe sooner.

[abridgel]

I was stuck at 232lbs for the longest time - my son was born and during that week I put on maybe 4-5lbs from all of the junk I consumed. July 15th I started counting my cals - take a look at my sig for results.

[RocknRollMuscle]

I think i've tried it all out besides eating super healthy i just cant do that i can eat grilled chicken all day and i eat my vitamins and such but i cant seem to lose weight?! im 5,7 185 and i need to be back down to 160. I was strongly thinking of hitting clen up and seeing how that works... any ideas to help me out?

If this is how much effort you put into trying to lose weight - even if you lose weight - you're just gonna get lazy and revert back to old habits and gain it back again. Welcome to most of America.

Weight loss is useless without behavior change. I suggest losing the "I just can't do it" attitude and start focusing on becoming confident, strong and makign your life REVOLVE around health, fitness, weight loss and learning everything about it inside and out.

Most here live and breath fitness. If you're not gonna be serious about this - you will fail. Losing weight and keeping it off is "not" easy - no matter what those infomercials say.

[smackem]

roger that guys i've started today after lunch ill have consumed 890 cals ill keep them below for sure. i think i just got a bit lazy compared to how i used to be. Time to start running 5 miles every other day again. ill report back but thank you everyone for your advice

[TheGhost9900]

roger that guys i've started today after lunch ill have consumed 890 cals ill keep them below for sure. i think i just got a bit lazy compared to how i used to be. Time to start running 5 miles every other day again. ill report back but thank you everyone for your advice

Sooooo, just to see if you have been paying attention to all the good advice thats been given. Did you work out your maintenance calories and figure out your macros? Post them up if you did. If not then I question how much your heart is really in this.

[smackem]

i didnt go crazy with it i only did the basics i need to stick to this to meet my goals
Net Calories Consumed* / Day 1,730 Calories / Day
Carbs / Day 238 g
Fat / Day 58 g
Protein / Day 65 g
I'm also throwing out all my unhealthy food (which isnt much) and going to the store tonight and getting new foods. Right now i move weight to much so i counted all yesterday it was at 2300 and thats because i went out for lunch. normally its about 2k

Sooooo, just to see if you have been paying attention to all the good advice thats been given. Did you work out your maintenance calories and figure out your macros? Post them up if you did. If not then I question how much your heart is really in this.

[TheGhost9900]

i didnt go crazy with it i only did the basics i need to stick to this to meet my goals
Net Calories Consumed* / Day 1,730 Calories / Day
Carbs / Day 238 g
Fat / Day 58 g
Protein / Day 65 g
I'm also throwing out all my unhealthy food (which isnt much) and going to the store tonight and getting new foods. Right now i move weight to much so i counted all yesterday it was at 2300 and thats because i went out for lunch. normally its about 2k

Hmm, not sure where you came up with those numbers. I used the calculators on IIFYM and came up with:

2,000 calories daily
172g carbs
185g protein
74g fat

You can go play with the calculators there to fine tune everything. But your protein and fats look to low in the numbers you posted.