Why does my weight not decrease even when I eat less according to a calorie calculator?
Calorie calculations are estimates based on entered values and may differ from actual intake and expenditure. Review food records, sleep, daily activity, and weight trends together and avoid excessive restriction.
A calorie calculator gives an average estimate from entered food and exercise. Actual intake, post-exercise eating, daily activity, and water changes may differ, so record food, activity, and weight under consistent conditions.
From a biomedical perspective, sleep, hormones, medicines, and health status can affect weight as well as energy intake and expenditure. Korean medicine may interpret digestion and energy decline as spleen qi deficiency (脾虛), heaviness and fluid retention as phlegm-fluid retention (痰飮), and circulation discomfort as blood stasis (瘀血), without assigning one cause.
Do not cut food or increase exercise excessively to match a calculator. If dizziness, severe fatigue, palpitations, pain, or unexpected weight change occurs, have the cause assessed and adjust the plan.
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