I've been trying to lose weight for a month now, downloaded FatSecret and I'm counting every bite. But I'm not seeing any results even though I'm in a deficit. Maybe I'm entering food wrong or the app is lying? How do you even know if you're counting right?
Apps like FatSecret are based on standard calorie tables, which means they often get it wrong because the actual dish doesn't match the "average" one in the database. Weigh your food on a scale (not eyeballing it), and pick items in the app as precisely as possible - like, not just "egg," but "raw chicken egg" of a specific size. Honestly, you often won't see results over a month because weight fluctuates due to water, hormones, and sodium in food, so look at the trend over 2-3 weeks instead of obsessing over every single weigh-in.
If you're actually in a deficit (kitchen scale + honest tracking), then weight loss is happening - it might just be slower than you'd like. Sometimes it's worth double-checking your daily calorie calculation: turns out your "deficit" might not be as deep as you thought it was.
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