How come Im not losing weight??

[gotfourboyz]

I would like to loose at least 10 pounds. This is week 6 of BFL and i have lost about 3-4 pounds

I am 5'6 and weigh 150 pounds I have not skipped a work out yet !

Here is my meals

8:30 1/4 c. Egg beaters, 1/2 c oatmeal with nutra sweet

11am Protein shake with a banana blended.. YUMMY!

1pm Whole wheat tortiall with low fat beans and Veggies

3:30pm Protein shake

6:00pm 1/2 Turkey burger on a whole wheat but with lettuce tomato and veggies

8:30pm Zone bar

I calculated this out and its roughly 1415 calories a day. Can someone help me figure this out please. I know there are formulas, but unfortunately, they really confuse me! LOL! Do i need to eat fewer calories maybe?

thank you !!!

[Nini]

Hi! I'm no expert, but I find that my body reacts better if I minize my starch portion in the evening. I often have no starch at all for my last meal, or if I do, only half a portion. Also, if I were you I'd drop the Zone bar. I only have 5 meals, I personally think 6 is too many; so you can make the turkey burger your last meal.
I sometimes think BFL is mainly aimed at guys, us girls sometimes need to have different "rules" - especially when it comes to losing weight.
Also, everyone will tell you not to look at the scale, rather measure yourself and take before and after pix, that's the best way to see your progress.
I hope this helps - remember, this is my personal opinion; not necessarily the "right answer"...

[Chris]

My guess is you're about 200 to 400 calories UNDER what you should be eating. Try eating slightly more food. Nuts, olive oil, and other healthy fats are a good place to start. You can get 20 to 30% of your calories from fat.

So eat a little more, then stick to the plan. For some people, it takes about 8 weeks for the weight to start coming off. Keep in mind that you're changing from the inside out... this takes time. Besides the scale weight not dropping, are your clothes getting looser? Are you losing body fat? What about energy levels? If you're feeling sluggish, then this almost certainly suggests too few calories. Fit women need at least 1500 calories per day... do not go below this, ever... Good luck

[gotfourboyz]

Originally Posted by Chris

My guess is you're about 200 to 400 calories UNDER what you should be eating. Try eating slightly more food. Nuts, olive oil, and other healthy fats are a good place to start. You can get 20 to 30% of your calories from fat.

So eat a little more, then stick to the plan. For some people, it takes about 8 weeks for the weight to start coming off. Keep in mind that you're changing from the inside out... this takes time. Besides the scale weight not dropping, are your clothes getting looser? Are you losing body fat? What about energy levels? If you're feeling sluggish, then this almost certainly suggests too few calories. Fit women need at least 1500 calories per day... do not go below this, ever... Good luck

YES! i have been feeling sluggish the past two days!! hmmm I think you are right! i need more calories. Ill incororate some nuts with my meals. Yes, im feeling a difference in clothes LOVEE that feeling.

Thank you!!!

[davey]

Originally Posted by gotfourboyz

I would like to loose at least 10 pounds. This is week 6 of BFL and i have lost about 3-4 pounds

I am 5'6 and weigh 150 pounds I have not skipped a work out yet !

Here is my meals

8:30 1/4 c. Egg beaters, 1/2 c oatmeal with nutra sweet

11am Protein shake with a banana blended.. YUMMY!

1pm Whole wheat tortiall with low fat beans and Veggies

3:30pm Protein shake

6:00pm 1/2 Turkey burger on a whole wheat but with lettuce tomato and veggies

8:30pm Zone bar

I calculated this out and its roughly 1415 calories a day. Can someone help me figure this out please. I know there are formulas, but unfortunately, they really confuse me! LOL! Do i need to eat fewer calories maybe?

thank you !!!

you need to measure your body fat percentage every week cos even though you say youve only lost 4 pound you might have actaully lost 12 pound of fat. you might hae lost 12 pound of fat and gained 8 pound of muscle (unlikely that you would gain tat much but this is just a EXAMPLE) which would mean youve only lost 4 pound of scale weight

measure body fat and if you are losing 2lb of fat a week it doesnt matter what the scales say

if however you are not losing much fat then youve hit a plateua for some reason. you might have to count caloires. consume 15-20% lss cals than your bmr. maybe increase cardio. maybe used the carb cycling method

[JonInJax]

Ditto what Chris said. If you're eating 1400 or so calories, you're eating too little. You should probably never go below 1800 calories, if you can help it.

Also, I tend to minimize my carbs at night (after dinner). I opt for 1 - 2 Tbsp of natural peanut butter and a 1/2 cup of lowfat cottage cheese.

Try a 4 - 6 oz. turkey burger on a light whole grain bun. Also, try adding a few strips of grilled chicken to your tortilla.

Also, when do you workout: morning, noon, or night?

[jamesgarcia]

I see a few problems with your nutritional intake.

You aren't getting enough protein. You should have atleast a half cup of egg beaters.

A whole wheat tortilla plus the beans sounds like a double portion of carbs and zero portion of protein.

Your half turkey burger isn't enough. You need to have a quarter pound of ground turkey.

I'm positive that shorting yourself on the essential protein you need will limit your results.

What is the zone bar's nutritional content?

Originally Posted by gotfourboyz

I would like to loose at least 10 pounds. This is week 6 of BFL and i have lost about 3-4 pounds

I am 5'6 and weigh 150 pounds I have not skipped a work out yet !

Here is my meals

8:30 1/4 c. Egg beaters, 1/2 c oatmeal with nutra sweet

11am Protein shake with a banana blended.. YUMMY!

1pm Whole wheat tortiall with low fat beans and Veggies

3:30pm Protein shake

6:00pm 1/2 Turkey burger on a whole wheat but with lettuce tomato and veggies

8:30pm Zone bar

I calculated this out and its roughly 1415 calories a day. Can someone help me figure this out please. I know there are formulas, but unfortunately, they really confuse me! LOL! Do i need to eat fewer calories maybe?

thank you !!!

[Hilltopper]

I think James is on to something here. Protein is a little light. Nothing wrong with egg beaters but eggs don't have as much protein as meats. Beans don't have nearly as much protein either. I noticed you don't consume any chicken, any reason? Chicken breasts are super healthy, major protein source and so versatile. I eat 1-2 portions a day. Just had a chicken pita with some shredded brocolli salad and horseradish(fat free, no cals). Really good and I'm completely full. I think if you bump your protein consumption up, you'll drop fat quite a bit faster as you pack on muscle. Even if you add 400 calories in protein, you'll burn it back off without really trying.

Hill

[sherrylouz]

Just try to change your meal, maybe you will solve your problem. I eat high fiber foods for losing weight. Just try it.

[billy]

Originally Posted by gotfourboyz

I would like to loose at least 10 pounds. This is week 6 of BFL and i have lost about 3-4 pounds

I am 5'6 and weigh 150 pounds I have not skipped a work out yet !

Here is my meals

8:30 1/4 c. Egg beaters, 1/2 c oatmeal with nutra sweet

11am Protein shake with a banana blended.. YUMMY!

1pm Whole wheat tortiall with low fat beans and Veggies

3:30pm Protein shake

6:00pm 1/2 Turkey burger on a whole wheat but with lettuce tomato and veggies

8:30pm Zone bar

I calculated this out and its roughly 1415 calories a day. Can someone help me figure this out please. I know there are formulas, but unfortunately, they really confuse me! LOL! Do i need to eat fewer calories maybe?

thank you !!!

sounds silly but you need to eat more.

11am - protein shake with a banana. thats terribly low in calories for someone who weighs 150lb. protein shake is about 100 cals and a banana is only about 80 cals so you are getting only 200 cals in this meal if you are lucky

3.30pm protein shake - thats about 100 cals only. terribly low.

6pm - only half a turkey burger ? why ? why not have a full one ?

8.30pm - zone bar. thats about 210 calories (correct me if im wrong ). again thats terribly low.

if you cut calories too far you will lose a bit of weight initially but it will soon come to a stop cos your motabolism will slow down. but if you cut calories but only by a small amount (which is what happens when you follow bills advice of a fist of protein and fist of carbs in EVERY SINGLE meal) then you lose weight and the weight continues to come off week after week cos you havent slowed down your motabolism.

your 8.30, 1pm, 6 pm meals look ok although i would have a full turkey burger instead of half. and i would try and get a better protein source for the 1pm meal instead of low fat beans , maybe have a chicken breast instead. apart from that their fine and i woulddnt change them.

you might get away witht he zone bar cos you can cut calories slightly lower in your last meal of the day and the bar does have a good ratio of fat, protein , carbs. but 210 cals does seem pretty low. if you insist on having the zone bar then make sure you make up the extra calories in yuor first meal of the day. e.g by having the zone bar you are missing a few calories therefore add these calories to breakfast by maybe having a piece of fruit aswell as the egg, oats and nutri sweet .

11am protein shake and banana. add some oatmeal to it. either mix the protein power into the cooked oatmeal or just blend the dry oats , banana and protein. you might want to decrease the amount of oats a littel bit to make way for the banana but having sed that a banana is only 80 cals so you might not have to worry about it

3.30pm protien shake . again add oatmeal to it.

or have a myoplex for 11am and 3pm cos it contains both carbs and protein .

one last thing - add some olive oil and flaxseed oil to some of your meals. this is essential and it will top up your calories a bit .

so to round things off :

*HAVE A FIST SIZED PORTION OF CARBS, AND A FIST SIZED PORTION OF PROTEIN IN EVERY SINGLE MEAL. ADD VEG AND SOME ESSENTAIL FAT TO SOME MEALS . AND YOU WILL BE FINE

p.s - use your free day. if you reduce calories for 6 days then eventually the motabolism will slow down after those 6 days but pig out on the 7th day and the motabolism will not slow down

[billy]

Originally Posted by davey

you need to measure your body fat percentage every week cos even though you say youve only lost 4 pound you might have actaully lost 12 pound of fat. you might hae lost 12 pound of fat and gained 8 pound of muscle (unlikely that you would gain tat much but this is just a EXAMPLE) which would mean youve only lost 4 pound of scale weight

measure body fat and if you are losing 2lb of fat a week it doesnt matter what the scales say

if however you are not losing much fat then youve hit a plateua for some reason. you might have to count caloires. consume 15-20% lss cals than your bmr. maybe increase cardio. maybe used the carb cycling method

usually this is very good advise but in this particular situation i dont think its the right advice. the problem here is defeintaly eating too little and slowing downt he motabolism whcih has stopped fat loss

[billy]

Originally Posted by gotfourboyz

I would like to loose at least 10 pounds. This is week 6 of BFL and i have lost about 3-4 pounds

I am 5'6 and weigh 150 pounds I have not skipped a work out yet !

Here is my meals

8:30 1/4 c. Egg beaters, 1/2 c oatmeal with nutra sweet

11am Protein shake with a banana blended.. YUMMY!

1pm Whole wheat tortiall with low fat beans and Veggies

3:30pm Protein shake

6:00pm 1/2 Turkey burger on a whole wheat but with lettuce tomato and veggies

8:30pm Zone bar

I calculated this out and its roughly 1415 calories a day. Can someone help me figure this out please. I know there are formulas, but unfortunately, they really confuse me! LOL! Do i need to eat fewer calories maybe?

thank you !!!

also i have just picked up on your protein intake - its inadequate.

you weigh 150 pound therefore you need at least 150g protein everyday .

protein shake has about 25g protein and you have 2 of those so thats 50g. i think zone bar has about 20g protein (correct me if im wrong ). so thats 70g. 150 - 70 = 80.

so you need to get 80g protein from your other 3 meals . and i doubt eggs , beans and half a turkey burger contains 80g protein. eggs are very low in cals and it takes about 5 of them to get around 25g protein. beans dont have much protein in them , they are like half carbs half proetien. plus the protein in beans is a really poor source, its not as good as meat etc...

id definately swap the beans for meat. definately have a full turkey burger or maybe even swap it for some other form of meat (i always think of a turkey burger as a round thing covered in bread crums - not very healthy at all). and with the eggs make sure you have enough of them so thast you get atleast 20g prtoein .

and maybe consider mypoplex . even one a day would help cos it contains 42g of quality protien

[CelticBard]

For my complex carbs i'm having Lentils. Taste like bland brown beans. But for a 1/4 cup of them they contain about 14grams of protien and cars in equal proportions. Only bad thing is several times a day...kinda clears the room till your body adjusts. Just a warning.