Why can't I lose weight?

nygr8guy

I'm baffled. I walked approximately 5 miles on my treadmill every day this week, ate within my calorie allotment plus I ate some of my exercise calories. The scale didn't budge. It's not like I'm eating crap either, pretty much all healthy foods.
I'm not on medication, I drink lots of water.
This just kills my motivation because I work so hard to eat right and exercise, and I get no results, so I think why bother?
Anyone have any suggestions? It would be much appreciated!

How many calories are you thinking you burn for 5 miles walking?
Anywhere between 670-850...depends if I incline. I do it on the treadmill usually at 4.2-4.3.
I am wondering if you are overestimating the calories burned. As an example, I burn approximately 500 calories for running five miles, if I walked I would burn around about the same, but of course, it would take longer.

wwwdotcr

Exactly why you need to use Keto if you are trying to retain muscle. Weight loss is slower, but you definately keep your muscle loss to a minimum.

Maybe your muscles are toning up? So losing fat, but replacing with muscle mass

No! Just no. You don't gain muscle on a calorie deficit.

yes you can. you might be eating a calorie deficit, but your body is still operating at calorie parity. it takes what it needs to make up the deficit from your fat.

thats how fat loss works.

if you had very low body fat, and you ate a deficit, yes, you won't put on muscle mass. but when you have a casino buffet worth of body fat, like those of us trying desperately to lose weight often do, as long as you are getting the protein needed for building blocks, your body will take from it's fat reserves for energy.

thats how fat loss works.

umm not quite:


Many people think of weight loss within the context of fat loss, but it is actually a combination of body fat, muscle tissue and whatever substances they contain: in other words, a reduction of total body mass. The body normally does this automatically and without your conscious control. However, it is possible to influence the type of tissue that your body loses over time.

Muscle Loss

When your body faces a calorie deficit, it tends to indiscriminately grab energy from multiple sources. This is due to the fact that both muscles and fat contain energy. However, fat is much more energy-dense -- it contains nine calories per gram, vs. only four calories per gram from other sources -- so your body tends to prefer to use energy from the fat stores just beneath the skin. For this reason weight loss is on average 75 percent fat and 25 percent lean tissue, which means muscles.