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eviehowie
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Does anyone know how long my weight will go up because of muscle before I stay losing? It is really discouraging to be working so hard and trying to eat right and still not losing weight.
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Are you weighing your food and tracking everything?
Do you do weight training?0 -
How long has it been?0
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If you're in a calorie deficit, you should be losing weight, even if you're lifting/exercising. Is that your goal?0
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Evie, you need to provide much more detail
Your calorie goal?
Weight lifting, cardio or both?
How long have you been exercising/dieting etc?0 -
If you're over weight, and in a calorie deficit(losing weight) your muscle mass won't go UP. If you're gaining and in a calorie deficit, it's due to water weight.
You said you have been trying for a while now? Well as i originally said, if you're not losing you're not in a calorie deficit, so lower your calories.
Lower her cals? We don't know if she's tracking her current cals properly yet.
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It sounds like maybe you're retaining water. How long have you been trying to lose and how long has your weight been staying the same or going up? Likely you just need to be patient.0
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We don't know how many cals she's on currently. She might only be on 1200 or something (as I see on here so often when people want to drop weight fast) so lowering them would be unadvisable.0
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Does anyone know how long my weight will go up because of muscle before I stay losing? It is really discouraging to be working so hard and trying to eat right and still not losing weight.
It's a myth that you gain weight with muscles. Stop overeating and exercise more, and it will come off.0 -
atypicalsmith wrote: »Does anyone know how long my weight will go up because of muscle before I stay losing? It is really discouraging to be working so hard and trying to eat right and still not losing weight.
It's a myth that you gain weight with muscles. Stop overeating and exercise more, and it will come off.
A myth? No, you can gain weight from new muscle. But you need to be eating a calorie surplus, and weight training to gain muscle.
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Furrycatpig wrote: »atypicalsmith wrote: »Does anyone know how long my weight will go up because of muscle before I stay losing? It is really discouraging to be working so hard and trying to eat right and still not losing weight.
It's a myth that you gain weight with muscles. Stop overeating and exercise more, and it will come off.
A myth? No, you can gain weight from new muscle. But you need to be eating a calorie surplus, and weight training to gain muscle.
Yes you need to be lifting about four hours a day and eating 5,000 calories. That is NOT what the OP was talking about.0 -
atypicalsmith wrote: »Furrycatpig wrote: »atypicalsmith wrote: »Does anyone know how long my weight will go up because of muscle before I stay losing? It is really discouraging to be working so hard and trying to eat right and still not losing weight.
It's a myth that you gain weight with muscles. Stop overeating and exercise more, and it will come off.
A myth? No, you can gain weight from new muscle. But you need to be eating a calorie surplus, and weight training to gain muscle.
Yes you need to be lifting about four hours a day and eating 5,000 calories. That is NOT what the OP was talking about.
wut?0 -
If your eating at a deficit, your not gaining muscle.
To ensure your really eating at a deficit, you must weigh and measure everything you consume then log it accurately0 -
With the exception of newbie gains, you're not building muscle in a deficit. I would reevaluate your caloric intake.0
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Furrycatpig wrote: »We don't know how many cals she's on currently. She might only be on 1200 or something (as I see on here so often when people want to drop weight fast) so lowering them would be unadvisable.
If she's on 1,200 calories don't you think she'd be losing weight and not making this post? It's also possible she "THINKS" she's eating 1,200 calories but eating more. SO if she cuts her calories, she will be eating more than the number she thinks she's eating. Studies have shown that people have a tendency to UNDER estimate their calories consumed.
Lets say she's on 1,200 calories and not losing, then in that case, what would you recommend???
I'm not suggesting anything until we know how many calories she's on currently, how she's tracking her food, how long she's been on the plan and what, if any exercise she's doing.
My whole point is you can't give out advice without knowing key pieces of information.0 -
She's eating more than she's burning. Duh.0
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The amount of muscle you gain from normal exercise is unlikely to result in weight gain if you are eating at a deficit. A more likely explanation is that you are retaining water. You aren't likely to see gains from water weight for more than a couple of weeks. If you aren't losing weight by the third week, you are probably eating too much.0
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atypicalsmith wrote: »Furrycatpig wrote: »atypicalsmith wrote: »Does anyone know how long my weight will go up because of muscle before I stay losing? It is really discouraging to be working so hard and trying to eat right and still not losing weight.
It's a myth that you gain weight with muscles. Stop overeating and exercise more, and it will come off.
A myth? No, you can gain weight from new muscle. But you need to be eating a calorie surplus, and weight training to gain muscle.
Yes you need to be lifting about four hours a day and eating 5,000 calories. That is NOT what the OP was talking about.
I'm in to quadruple my time in the weight room and add a couple of thousand calories to my daily allotment! All the gains will be mine!
Or something...
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thesupremeforce wrote: »atypicalsmith wrote: »Furrycatpig wrote: »atypicalsmith wrote: »Does anyone know how long my weight will go up because of muscle before I stay losing? It is really discouraging to be working so hard and trying to eat right and still not losing weight.
It's a myth that you gain weight with muscles. Stop overeating and exercise more, and it will come off.
A myth? No, you can gain weight from new muscle. But you need to be eating a calorie surplus, and weight training to gain muscle.
Yes you need to be lifting about four hours a day and eating 5,000 calories. That is NOT what the OP was talking about.
I'm in to quadruple my time in the weight room and add a couple of thousand calories to my daily allotment! All the gains will be mine!
Or something...
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