two weeks in not a pound lost

whitetail417

I've been using my fitness pal since about May, over the summer between using it and exercise I lost approximately 60 pounds. Of course during the holidays I put some of the weight back on, about 12 lbs or so. I started going to the gym again 5 days a week and watching my diet again two weeks ago and not a single pound has been lost! Any suggestions?

auddii

Keep at it. Weight loss isn't linear, and you might be retaining weight from starting up your exercise program, or retaining water from a salty meal. Just give it time. You obviously know how to effectively lose weight since you've already lost 60lbs.

missiontofitness

Do you weigh your food on a food scale?

fitbethlin

I agree with auddii. You might also try weighing everyday. If you can handle seeing the scale go up a little and then down a little without loosing your motivation, seeing the everyday fluctuation can help. It's statistically been shown to help people keep weight off - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21732212.

Statistics aren't everything though, so do what works for you. Whatever you've been doing for the past 2 weeks isn't making you happy though, so make a small change (add some weight lifting if you usually do cardio, drink a lot more water, commit to getting another hour of sleep a night, use measurements not weight as your metric, etc.)

whitetail417

missiontofitness wrote: »

Do you weigh your food on a food scale?

Yes I weigh everything , I eat 5-6 times a day, do 30-40 mins cardio 3 days a week and about 45 mins of weight training 4 days a week, one day a week is strictly cardio for about an hr and a half

whitetail417

Also really the only thing I drink is water, might have the occasional cup of coffee black but that's about it.

meritage4

It worked before it will work again. Be patient and keep at it! Since you have less weight to lose this time it will come off slower.

kenmiller75

Are you gaining muscle while losing fat? Muscle weighs more than fat so it won't show up on your scale. Are your clothes looser than when you started? Do you measure your waist, hips, chest, etc? Those will show positive results when the scale isn't.

beastmode_kitty

Yes I weigh everything , I eat 5-6 times a day, do 30-40 mins cardio 3 days a week and about 45 mins of weight training 4 days a week, one day a week is strictly cardio for about an hr and a half

Maybe knock the cardio down a bit. 1-2 days a week should be suffice. As long as you weigh all your food, and log everything, you should be good. Also could be water weight now that you have gone back to working out and logging everything.

Jolinia

Water weight probably, that happens when you start going to the gym again. I always gain several pounds of water when I get off my lazy butt after being sedentary.

girlviernes

Just stick with it, you know what to do. Tweaking might be in order if no loss in another 2 weeks.

whitetail417

kenmiller75 wrote: »

Are you gaining muscle while losing fat? Muscle weighs more than fat so it won't show up on your scale. Are your clothes looser than when you started? Do you measure your waist, hips, chest, etc? Those will show positive results when the scale isn't.

I'm assuming I'm gaining muscle, I'm getting stronger, my pants actually feel like the got tighter to be honest with you which is weird. I know my waist went up which is the problem area (spare tire) I'm trying to get rid of. I'll start measuring and see what happens. Thanks for all the advice.

daviddattrinh

Maybe you need to switch up your workout plan because your body is used to the same routine. Change it up and you will see results fast. We all hit plateau once in awhile.

loxterman

whitetail417 wrote: »

I've been using my fitness pal since about May, over the summer between using it and exercise I lost approximately 60 pounds. Of course during the holidays I put some of the weight back on, about 12 lbs or so. I started going to the gym again 5 days a week and watching my diet again two weeks ago and not a single pound has been lost! Any suggestions?

loxterman

Have you tried cutting out bad carbs(bread pasta flour sugar)? That always helps when I'm on a plateau.

whitetail417

loxterman wrote: »

Have you tried cutting out bad carbs(bread pasta flour sugar)? That always helps when I'm on a plateau.

Only bread is whole wheat and thats limited to wraps mostly. No sugar and no pasta again unless its whole wheat.

whitetail417

daviddattrinh wrote: »

Maybe you need to switch up your workout plan because your body is used to the same routine. Change it up and you will see results fast. We all hit plateau once in awhile.

I do different weights/muscle groups from day to day, and I usually change up the type of routine per muscle group each time as much as I can.

missiontofitness

loxterman wrote: »

Have you tried cutting out bad carbs(bread pasta flour sugar)? That always helps when I'm on a plateau.

There are no good or bad carbohydrates.

missiontofitness

whitetail417 wrote: »

loxterman wrote: »

Have you tried cutting out bad carbs(bread pasta flour sugar)? That always helps when I'm on a plateau.

Only bread is whole wheat and thats limited to wraps mostly. No sugar and no pasta again unless its whole wheat.

What you're eating is fine; please don't listen to the broscience though. There aren't good or bad carbs that will impede your weight loss, so don't let tha limit your choices potentially. There are breads and pastas that can spike your blood sugar and then make you "hungry" again soon after, but it doesn't mean they're bad. Wheat pasta and bread/wraps are a good choice, though.