Frustrated...no loss in 10 days

Stephanielp · March 19, 2017

It's been nearly 10 days since my loss has in creased... I do work out and just started eating solid food again is this something normal my surgery was jan30

progress starts in the mind

sleevinpops · March 19, 2017

Hi steph, hope your doing well since surgery.

The stall is normal, I had a stall that lasted about the same time, finally started moving again on Friday. My nut had me increase my intake as I was not getting enough macros in as I increased my activity. If you are logging your meals and macros, have them check to make sure your, you may need to adjust them intake.

Stephanielp · March 19, 2017

I use the myfitnesspal but I don't know anything about macros I may need to educate myself I did just now finally switch back over to solid food from the Soups and stuff I wasn't ready before

progress starts in the mind

sleevinpops · March 19, 2017

Great, so here's how to do it.

Go to the goals tab, under nutrition goals, select calories and macronutrients goals.

Then input your target daily calories and %of carbs, Protein and fat.
I have mine set as follows: calories-800, carbs-20%, protein-50%, fat-30%.

Some important things to keep in mind:
1. The fats are all, both good and bad (butter is bad but almonds or salmon is good fats)

2. The app subtracts your calories burned from exercise, so it can be a bit confusing at first when monitoring the macros throughout the day. The best way to verify you are in the zone is, at the bottom of the page where you log your meals, select nutrition. This will show you your % of actual compared to your goal. Just keep within these targets and you will be fine.

I am in a group of other sleevers, if you want to add me to your friends list, my user name is sleevinpops. A lot of us also use Fitbit for activity tracker and step challenges, if you use Fitbit, you can friend me there as well, email is vban@charter.net.

All the best!