I'm super active but not seeing results

[UtahRhett]

Hi,

Just curious if anyone else out there has bottomed out and is just maintaining?  I'm always buring more calories than I take in and I'm just not losing.  I'm very active and over 20,000 steps even 30,000...anyone else stuck like me and what did you do to get past it?

Thanks

Rhett

[LocoMutant]

Are you tracking what you are eating?  I would advise tracking everything you are eating in myfitnesspal, and that will give you an idea what you need to cut out.  Are you eating a lot of bad calories sweets, bread, ect.  I went Low FODMAP, Low Carb, Low Sugar, High Protien and Vegetable and dropped 64lbs so far.

[Baltoscott]

Yes, like @LocoMutant says: check your "calories in". Fitbitpal is a good app for that.   And don't cut back on your food intake too much or skip meals.  If you exercise a lot your body wants to eat more and it is easy to fall off the wagon later in the day if you don't eat throughout the day. 

[Mcore]

It's great to have you here @UtahRhett! Like @LocoMutant said, monitoring your food is a big part of your results, so I encourage you to do it, you'll see the difference. Also, remember to drink plenty of water. 

I wish you the best!

[reuel]

when you are not losing weight, you are not in a calorie deficit. its that simple.

as to why you are not in a calorie deficit, you are the only one who can answer that. also, take note that if you have been yo-yoing in the past, your metabolism is different from a guy who never needed to lose weight.

yours is more efficient, so the online calculations would be a bit off. you can always recalculate through trial and error.

[kayfort]

How old are you? I lost 110 lbs but after I turned 50 and began to maintain, I noticed that I was unable to eat the amount of food that was recommended (no difference in my workout routine) and even with less than the daily recommended calorie expenditure, my weight started creeping up. I don't know the solution but I do know that it is not always as simple as calories in and calories out.

[josephz2va]

One important thing is to consider the quality of the calories. Bad quality foods can be considered Donuts, Cookies, Candy, Chocolate, Powerbars, Protein Shakes. Good quality foods you can find a list online for Foods to Build Lean Muscle finding a meal plan based on such. 

Portion Control is also important to watch out for. Some people don't burn calories correctly. I know I don't even though I'm 2,000+ Deficit on Fitbit. My diet consists of 1200 to 1700 calories and I burn as much as I can. Yesterday was 1712 in and 4649 out.

It's easy to overconsume. Like peanuts, even though that's on a lean muscle build, overconsumption can make you gain weight. It's 200 calories average per small handful and 10-15 servings a can average. That's 2,000-3,000 calories a can.

You also don't need placebo pills As Seen On TV. Dr. Oz pills ain't for everyone. Just because they show a picture of a dude with a six pack don't mean the pills are gonna make you a six packer. It's the diet that counts. Not the pills.

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Another thing to consider is a fitness plan to include with the 20,000 steps. Fitstar part of Fitbit is one such plan to consider.

[bklynite]

In addition to the good advice, maybe try to see if there is something you can do differently to push past the plateau. Your body might be used to what you are already doing.

[Sfkn123]

Weigh your food with a food scale.

[Mcore]

I recently bought a food scale, so I believe this is great advice so you can learn how to calculate your food portions and getting used to doing it this way.

Thanks for your contribution @Sfkn123 @josephz2va.