Lost Weight, now can't lose anymore?

crd200012

So I've been dieting for almost a month now. I've lost about 12lbs and that's good. But I want to lose more than that and gain muscle as we'll. now I've just stopped losing weight. How can I change to start dropping again?

Sued0nim

weigh and log your food accurately
don't overestimate your exercise burns
follow a progressive lifting programme

accept that the most you can do is preserve LBM whilst eating at a defecit - apart from newbie gains and teenage boys you aren't building muscle in a defecit

emmy15rocks

Someone told me that if your cals are too low and you exercise a lot, you can lose weight by increasing your cals slightly?! I don't know if this is true. I think it's to do with not having enough fuel for the exercise you're doing so your body holds on to as much as possible

snowflakesav

12 pounds in a month is terrific. Weight loss is rarely linear. Stick with it. Gradually things will happen. There are other measurements of progess than the scale.

Sued0nim

emmy15rocks wrote: »

Someone told me that if your cals are too low and you exercise a lot, you can lose weight by increasing your cals slightly?! I don't know if this is true. I think it's to do with not having enough fuel for the exercise you're doing so your body holds on to as much as possible

it's bollocks

hope that helps

snowflakesav wrote: »

12 pounds in a month is terrific. Weight loss is rarely linear. Stick with it. Gradually things will happen. There are other measurements of progess than the scale.

^^this

terbusha

I've hit plateaus in weight loss too. You need to shock your system to get things moving again. This may mean increasing or decreasing your calorie intake or changing your exercise regime. One time I hit a plateau, and broke it by increasing my calories by 200 and the % of carbs. You'll just need to play with it.

How are you exercising now? If you start a more intense training program, that will help.

Sued0nim

terbusha wrote: »

I've hit plateaus in weight loss too. You need to shock your system to get things moving again. This may mean increasing or decreasing your calorie intake or changing your exercise regime. One time I hit a plateau, and broke it by increasing my calories by 200 and the % of carbs. You'll just need to play with it.

How are you exercising now? If you start a more intense training program, that will help.

a plateau is 6 - 8 weeks at the same weight whilst doing everything right

you do not need to shock anything ... not after a month of losing 12lbs

StaciMarie1974

Be patient. Do you mean in the past 30 days you've lost 12 pounds and all of a sudden you're at a roadblock? Do you expect to lose weight each time you weigh in? Unrealistic expectations is the problem. You won't lose every day or even every week. But in the long run, you should be able to lose gradually over the course of 4-8-12 weeks.

StaciMarie1974

Correction - you said almost a month.