Is this Normal?
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You may already be doing this, but if not it helps me. I weigh every morning and track it on a weight trend app. It is very likely that if I only weighed one day a week I would not see nearly the change I have because of the flux from day to day, but with this app I can clearly see that the trend has been constantly down since the day I started. But beyond that every time I up the intensity of my workouts I hold onto water for days so I wouldn't get too worried this early. Good luck, and you are doing hella better than me being consistent with your food!0
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You may be gaining muscle while losing fat. Do you clothes feel looser? You could also be gaining water. And as for the calorie thing, my only guess is that you may not be burning as many calories as you think you are. The databases tend to overestimate.
gaining muscle on a 1100 calorie diet in 1.5 weeks?? no.
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OP, one and a half weeks is not long enough to see results. When you start a new workout program, you can retain water weight for a short time. Regardless, with your stats you should be able to eat more. I am 5'4" 130 lbs barely moderate exercise and I eat @ 1700 cals to maintain.
Please don't be defensive about the suggestions for logging. Every day, EVERY DAY, people post that they know their logging is correct, and once they finally open their diary, common mistakes are pointed out.
Regardless, if after 3 or 4 weeks you are still not losing, either you are crediting yourself with too many exercise calories, or you are eating more than you think. Best of luck!0 -
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Relax, take a deep breath and have a little patience. Your body is getting used to lots of new things and it needs time to figure out what's happening. My suggestion is to give yourself more time and IF after a couple of weeks you are in the same situation report back. If this is the case, which I doubt very much, then listen to what people are saying, don't get defensive they are trying to help, and reassess your diet then.
I think things will start moving over the next couple of weeks though so good luck!
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I'm 5 ft 5 I started on 1200 calories lost after 4 weeks. I have since learnt firstly I was eating high sodium and sugar so ihave lowered my levels, secondly measure waist, hips , thighs , arms, neck if I lose lbs I don't lose inches and vice versa. I weigh monthly now I care more about inches0
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Thank you!
Thank you!
You're welcome. One question, when you "eat back" exercise calories, how do you compute/estimate them?0 -
If you've recently started a new exercise regimen, water weight (needed to repair your newly-stimulated muscles) is masking the loss you're achieving via calorie restriction. Be patient for a few more weeks.
Yes, I started strength training Oct 29, dropped three pounds post-menstrually, gained seven pounds by Nov 10, stopped strength training due to a cold, and lost five pounds in two days.
I started back at the gym last night and am fascinated to see what happens next.
I hear the "new exercise water weight" goes away in about four weeks.0 -
Thanks everyone! I guess I just need a little more patience. I just didn't expect to be at a standstill. I will give it a few more weeks and if I don't see a change I will reassess0
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kshama2001 wrote: »If you've recently started a new exercise regimen, water weight (needed to repair your newly-stimulated muscles) is masking the loss you're achieving via calorie restriction. Be patient for a few more weeks.
Yes, I started strength training Oct 29, dropped three pounds post-menstrually, gained seven pounds by Nov 10, stopped strength training due to a cold, and lost five pounds in two days.
I started back at the gym last night and am fascinated to see what happens next.
I hear the "new exercise water weight" goes away in about four weeks.
I want the motivation to go back to the gym, can you give me some? I'm at the end of my travel season, so hopefully there will be more time for the gym. Maybe I should get those stretchy bands to keep up with resistance while traveling (sorry to derail the thread a bit).0 -
Thank you!
Thank you!
You're welcome. One question, when you "eat back" exercise calories, how do you compute/estimate them?
I wear a fitbit HR charge....0 -
Shanel0916 wrote: »
No, not as a woman on a 1100 calories in 10 days. I guess if you mean small as in like .01lbs...that could be possible...but nothing measureable.0 -
Thank you!
Thank you!
You're welcome. One question, when you "eat back" exercise calories, how do you compute/estimate them?
I wear a fitbit HR charge....
do you eat all of your exercise calories back?0 -
Thank you!
Thank you!
You're welcome. One question, when you "eat back" exercise calories, how do you compute/estimate them?
I wear a fitbit HR charge....
If I understand correctly, you're tracking your food on Fitbit and getting your exercise burns from Fitbit. Is your calorie goal for loss also from Fitbit? If so, would it be better to ask your questions on the Fitbit support forum?0 -
Activity trackers can be ridiculously inaccurate. Just one more thing that "could" be the issue.0
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Shanel0916 wrote: »
No...please stop with this 'building muscle' nonsense.
Over 4-6 weeks and eating at a small deficit...sure some could be built (but I would question whether it would even be measurable...certainly not enough to mask any fat lost).
But absolutely not averaging 1100 calories over 10 days.0 -
I don't measure exercise calories for accuracy (other than running/cycling) so I wouldn't be the one to ask. I just know that I have had 3 activity monitors and none of them were even close on my calorie intake on what I "should" be eating.0 -
janejellyroll wrote: »
Thank you!
Thank you!
You're welcome. One question, when you "eat back" exercise calories, how do you compute/estimate them?
I wear a fitbit HR charge....
If I understand correctly, you're tracking your food on Fitbit and getting your exercise burns from Fitbit. Is your calorie goal for loss also from Fitbit? If so, would it be better to ask your questions on the Fitbit support forum?
no my calorie goal for loss is not from Fitbit.0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »If you've recently started a new exercise regimen, water weight (needed to repair your newly-stimulated muscles) is masking the loss you're achieving via calorie restriction. Be patient for a few more weeks.
Yes, I started strength training Oct 29, dropped three pounds post-menstrually, gained seven pounds by Nov 10, stopped strength training due to a cold, and lost five pounds in two days.
I started back at the gym last night and am fascinated to see what happens next.
I hear the "new exercise water weight" goes away in about four weeks.
I want the motivation to go back to the gym, can you give me some? I'm at the end of my travel season, so hopefully there will be more time for the gym. Maybe I should get those stretchy bands to keep up with resistance while traveling (sorry to derail the thread a bit).
Well, my motivation was the end of swimming and gardening season, the memory of being snowbound last winter, and hearing "lift heavy" a gazillion times here
And Stacy!
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I tend to be pretty conservative when calculating calorie burns.
Weight lifting, I really don't count as a calorie burn at all. Not that I don't think there's probably some additional burn over just sitting at my desk, I'm of the opinion that with resting between sets, etc, it's not really all that much. I basically just count it as 'bonus' calories.
Cardio - I figure approximately 100 calories per mile run or about 100 calories for every 4 miles biked. That's about all I do for cardio.
Of course, different ages, weights, genders, etc will all factor into those estimations. It's probably overly simplistic, but it's worked for me.0 -
janejellyroll wrote: »
Thank you!
Thank you!
You're welcome. One question, when you "eat back" exercise calories, how do you compute/estimate them?
I wear a fitbit HR charge....
If I understand correctly, you're tracking your food on Fitbit and getting your exercise burns from Fitbit. Is your calorie goal for loss also from Fitbit? If so, would it be better to ask your questions on the Fitbit support forum?
no my calorie goal for loss is not from Fitbit.
Do you add exercises to your FitBit? Or just let it do it's thing?0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »
Yes it is ...but mine is the basic pedometer and not an HRM version...I am very dubious of the HRM versions ...I use mine for steps only, not to monitor hr across the day
I overlay mine with a chest strap HRM during workouts ...polar ft4
But @kshama2001 ...you lifting the heavy things :bigsmile:
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