Lifting weights, scale not really moving?

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  • BHFF
    BHFF Posts: 421 Member
    didnt see that my bad. Goals would be very important to know lol.
  • tillerstouch
    tillerstouch Posts: 608 Member
    BHFF wrote: »
    Funny, a lot of people with sound advice but the question that NO ONE has asked is....what is your goal? Lose weight? Gain weigh and build muscle? Tone? Cant answer anything till any of us know this.

    OPs questions is about stalled weight loss, they are trying to lose weight. Not to mention if they are trying to gain this is the wrong forum, as this is the weight loss one.
  • sammyliftsandeats
    sammyliftsandeats Posts: 2,421 Member
    BHFF wrote: »
    Funny, a lot of people with sound advice but the question that NO ONE has asked is....what is your goal? Lose weight? Gain weigh and build muscle? Tone? Cant answer anything till any of us know this.

    Because the OP's post was about a tiny loss, feeling a bit dejected by why the scale wasn't moving...


  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Yes starting a weight lifting routine can stall weight loss by causing water retention from soreness/inflammation but that's normally fairly short-lived.

    Doing weights and a small amount of cardio is pretty insignificant compared to knowing and adjusting your food/calorie intake.

    You could wait a couple of months to remove the Christmas & New Year factor or you could start logging properly otherwise there's a good chance in two months time you are going to be in the same place with your weight loss stalled but with some progress in the gym.

    Frequency of weighing yourself is very personal but my view is that I like data rather than guessing what's going on.
  • BHFF
    BHFF Posts: 421 Member
    Sorry to disagree but this is not a weightloss forum. This whole app is about health and fitness. Whether you want to lose weight, tone up or gain muscle everyone is welcome here.
  • sammyliftsandeats
    sammyliftsandeats Posts: 2,421 Member
    I believe @tillerstouch meant that it's the area/subforum that it was posted in. There are specific subforums for gaining weight, nutrition, recipes, etc.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    BHFF wrote: »
    Sorry to disagree but this is not a weightloss forum. This whole app is about health and fitness. Whether you want to lose weight, tone up or gain muscle everyone is welcome here.


    He's talking about the individual thread forum, not the MFP site as a whole.
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  • tillerstouch
    tillerstouch Posts: 608 Member
    BHFF wrote: »
    Sorry to disagree but this is not a weightloss forum. This whole app is about health and fitness. Whether you want to lose weight, tone up or gain muscle everyone is welcome here.

    Sorry maybe i should have said subforum. There are multiple categories, OP posted in the weight loss category. There are seperate categories for maintenance, weight gain, exercise, etc.
  • tillerstouch
    tillerstouch Posts: 608 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    BHFF wrote: »
    Sorry to disagree but this is not a weightloss forum. This whole app is about health and fitness. Whether you want to lose weight, tone up or gain muscle everyone is welcome here.


    He's talking about the individual thread forum, not the MFP site as a whole.
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    Thanks lol.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    BHFF wrote: »
    Funny, a lot of people with sound advice but the question that NO ONE has asked is....what is your goal? Lose weight? Gain weigh and build muscle? Tone? Cant answer anything till any of us know this.

    he said he wants to lose fat, build muscle, and lose body fat ...based on that advice was given....
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,316 Member
    samanthaluangphixay wrote: »
    mcouey84 wrote: »
    rileysowner wrote: »
    To all those saying the OP is putting on muscle, the mere fact that calories goals are being exceeded and logging is not consistent is where the issue lies. It is not that easy to put muscle on. If it was, more people would be big and muscular.

    Are you an endomorph? I am and I can build muscle walking to the mailbox.


    There's not enough information from the OP to say definitively which is why I stated "you may" before the rest...

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    Beat me to it.

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