Weight loss

Disneybound16
Disneybound16 Posts: 10 Member
edited December 2 in Health and Weight Loss
I have been on this meal plan for 5 weeks and have lost about 13lbs (no loss in 3 weeks) but I am losing inches. Has anyone else had this issue

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  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    not really an issue.

    If you are losing inches and/or lbs it's all good right?

    don't let just the scale weight determine your success. There are all sorts of numbers out there that can do that.

    For example

    BMI, BF%, inches, clothing size, weights lifted, miles walked/ran/ridden etc.
  • terbusha
    terbusha Posts: 1,483 Member
    If you're still losing inches, then you're still losing body fat and making progress. If you're close to your goal, then ride it out. If you still have a goo deal of weight to lose, then you may need to make an adjustment to get actual weight loss going again. Also, you can ramp up the intensity of your workouts to get it going again too.
  • paymentm
    paymentm Posts: 105 Member
    Have you been exercising as well? Muscle gain perhaps?
  • MissusMoon
    MissusMoon Posts: 1,900 Member
    paymentm wrote: »
    Have you been exercising as well? Muscle gain perhaps?

    Very unlikely in five weeks at a deficit.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,622 Member
    Disneybound16 wrote: »
    I have been on this meal plan for 5 weeks and have lost about 13lbs (no loss in 3 weeks) but I am losing inches. Has anyone else had this issue

    If you've lost 13 pounds in 5 weeks, but none in 3 weeks, I'm reading this to mean that you lost all 13 in the first two weeks. The implication may be that you initially lost a bit of fat, and a good lot of water weight (there are a bunch of reasons why that can happen at the beginning of weight loss). Then, if you start regaining a bit of the water weight (which isn't a problem, really - it's not fat), it can mask fat-weight loss as measured by your bathroom scales. If you're losing inches, this explanation seems even more likely.

    Patience! 13 pounds in 5 weeks is a good rate of progress, maybe a higher rate than you'd really want to continue, if optimum health is your goal.

    If the explanation is water weight, one of two things will happen:
    1. You'll drop the water weight again (if you're not menopausal yet, and it's been time of month, this is even higher odds), or
    2. The continued fat loss from your calorie deficit will eventually outpace the water weight gain, and you'll see the results on the scale.

    Be sure to drink adequate water, or equivalents. Doing so actually facilitates loss of water weight, oddly enough.
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