Sounds like a silly question doesn't it? But this comes up all the time when people wonder why they are not losing weight and they believe they are tracking their food intake. It can be honest mistakes made or forgetting to input or the odd nibble of something and not tracking fluid. All these 'missed' calories will add up and could indeed be 'eating' away at your deficit and be putting back at your maintenance calories hence why you are not seeing a shift on the scales! So track everything that passes your lips. Don't forget the oils, sprays and sauces, accurately measure using grams and ounces rather than tablespoons and cups. Measure food as dry weight e.g. pasta, rice, meat. Record all your liquids drunk...yess that dash of milk in your tea/coffee still counts and above all record those nibbles! Make sure you are checking the labels of the food and see that they match with MFP entries as these can also be a little erroneous. Also DO NOT eat back the exercise calories! With all that done and you stick within your calories set that shows you are indeed in a deficit then....boom the weight should start to drop unless you have an underlying medical condition or are taking medication (which your Doctor should be able to help you with). Keep up your exercise, lift weights and walk lots (aim for 10k daily steps). Finally....be patient! The weight didn't come overnight so is not going to leave that quick wither. Enjoy the process and try not to fixate on the scales rather the processes/actions that you are doing on a daily basis. If you enjoyed this episode then please do rate and review and share the link as this will help others to find the show too. Thanks for listening
