What's different for me this go-around?

deceived1

Last year, for about 4 months, I started weighing/counting everything that went into my mouth (with estimations when eating out to the best I could). During this period, I didn't exercise AT ALL. Doing this, I went from 209 pounds to 180 pounds. I fell off a little bit and half a year later, I was sitting back at 195.

Right now I'm on day 35 of doing the same thing - weighing everything. However, this go-around, I've been way more active. I'm in the 5th week of a beachbody program (T25), and I'm biking 5-15 miles every three days or so (went from 0 exercise to this type of activity the same time I started counting calories again).

However, this go around, I haven't lost anything on the scale. Whereas the last time I did this, I was down maybe 10 pounds by this point.

I don't think much has changed in terms of my accuracy with weighing... I eat back only about 20% of my exercise calories (I underestimate them in the first place).

Just wondering if something like this is normal for a pretty significant increase in physical activity or if I need to re-evaluate my weighing/calorie goals.

thunder1982

Well there would have been some initial water weight due to the sudden introduction of exercise(holding extra water for muscle repair), though I would have expected this to have settled by now but if you are still getting used to the exercises, weigh the day after a long ride etc it could be water. Are you still sore the day after exercise, that can be an indication you are likely to still be holding water weight.

ogtmama

It's got to be the goal, right? What are your calorie stats?

deceived1

thunder1982 wrote: »

Well there would have been some initial water weight due to the sudden introduction of exercise(holding extra water for muscle repair), though I would have expected this to have settled by now but if you are still getting used to the exercises, weigh the day after a long ride etc it could be water. Are you still sore the day after exercise, that can be an indication you are likely to still be holding water weight.

Yeah - I was reading that water weight usually levels out by the 4 week mark, so I was just a little bit confused. Still a bit sore when I push myself hard, but nothing like the first few weeks where I couldn't walk. I have always weighed multiple times a day (15+/week) and have always looked at the trend of my graph opposed to daily fluctuations. I also was looking into "beginner gains" - though I'm not sure the type of exercise I'm doing would even produce effects like that (read: no weight training). I did read that most people agree that, if you do have these beginner gains, it would cap around ~2 pounds of muscle in a month.

eveandqsmom wrote: »

It's got to be the goal, right? What are your calorie stats?

Same calorie goals as last go around (-1 pound per week).

DaniCanadian

Is your food scale digital? Someone on here said they can start being off on weights if the batteries need to be changed.

deceived1

DaniCanadian wrote: »

Is your food scale digital? Someone on here said they can start being off on weights if the batteries need to be changed.

Yep, digital! That's a good point, I could make sure it's calibrated correctly. Didn't think to check that - thank you!