Pounds not coming off only inches , why?!?!
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DeficitDuchess wrote: »You did not mention how much you are eating. Are you eating at a calorie deficit, or just eating "clean"? If you don't maintain a calorie deficit, you won't lose weight, no matter how clean you eat and no matter how much you exercise.
She's losing inches which, means she's losing weight & thus, she's consuming at; a caloric deficit!
Ummm @DeficitDuchess... I'm not sure where you are coming from with this. Did you read the title of the thread and her post? She is specifically asking why she is losing inches but not weight (and 1.4 pounds is not enough to represent 3 inches).
If the 3 inches is from her belly, the answer is that her muscles are getting toned although she isn't losing much fat. That leads to a tighter, leaner-looking belly, even without weight loss.
What does that mean, her muscles are getting "toned"? Are you saying that by working out, her muscles are getting slimmer, so her belly is getting smaller even though she isn't losing the fat on top of that muscle?
I think you are getting confused with recomp, which takes a lot longer than a month. The answer most likely is that she is doing a great job, and it's being masked by retained water weight because of the workouts.
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vespiquenn wrote: »Ignoring the age old weight vs volume muscle debate, in just a month, OP is not building muscle. If it were that easy, especially for a female, we would all be ripped.
It's more likely water retention from TOM, sodium, or a workout given the timeline.
Agreed, I hope this doesn't turn into a whole thread about the difference between the weight of muscle and fat. She couldn't have produced enough muscle in a month on a calorie deficit for this to even be brought up in the first place.0 -
I'm always amazed at how complicated people make weight loss. Calories in, calories out, keeping track a ridiculous number of macro nutrients. It's pretty simple; eat better and be more active. Eat better today than you did yesterday. Be more active today than you were yesterday and be more active tomorrow than you are today.
While I know that 3" in a month is not unheard of, this does seem like quite a bit to me. After doing the math, that's 1/3 of an inch for every hour you worked out. If I were go to challenge anything, it would be the accuracy of your baseline measurement. Measuring yourself accurately around your stomach and hips is nearly impossible.
The important part to focus on is that you are making progress.0 -
Brandi_Allison wrote: »Just remember that a pound of fat takes up a lot more space in your body than a pound of muscle. While you may have lost a little bit of weight, you're replacing your fat with lean muscle mass. Way to go on your progress!
Please stop saying this! It is just confusing people. She did not replace fat with muscle in one month, and if she ever did she would be having a very specific way of doing things.
Sorry people keep saying this on here OP. It just didn't happen. You're on the right track just keep up the good work. I know it stinks sometimes seeing people lose like 10lbs in a week just by changing what they eat, and here you are working your but off, and eating healthy, and you lost 1.4lbs. You are the right track, just remember, to be extremely accurate with you logging of food, and it will all work out.
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lifeandleaves wrote: »DeficitDuchess wrote: »fantumrunner wrote: »muscle weighs more than fat
No it doesn't, a pound of muscle & a pound of fat're each still; a pound!
Oh for goodness's sake - that is purely pedantic.
Muscle is more dense than fat, so a smaller volume of muscle will weigh the same as a larger volume of fat - so inches can come off as far is burned and muscle is built up without much change on the scales.
To the OP - great job! It sounds like you are building muscle and getting results!
OP has not added muscle in one month of boot camp and calorie deficit...muscle does not just magically appear, although, I wish it did.3 -
I'm always amazed at how complicated people make weight loss. Calories in, calories out, keeping track a ridiculous number of macro nutrients. It's pretty simple; eat better and be more active. Eat better today than you did yesterday. Be more active today than you were yesterday and be more active tomorrow than you are today.
While I know that 3" in a month is not unheard of, this does seem like quite a bit to me. After doing the math, that's 1/3 of an inch for every hour you worked out. If I were go to challenge anything, it would be the accuracy of your baseline measurement. Measuring yourself accurately around your stomach and hips is nearly impossible.
The important part to focus on is that you are making progress.
So just keep being more active everyday until, what? I'm at a full sprint everywhere I go, holding dumbbells? And how do you keep eating better everyday? Is there an optimal diet, and if so, where do you go from there?
Sounds much more simple than a planed out healthy well balanced diet everyday...
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I also attend FBBC. The inch loss is total not categorical.2
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so your getting smaller. umm sounds like its working. weight is just a number, nobody goes around picking you up and saying "oops you must be fat because your heavy" no they look at the way you look. losing inches means trimmer, smaller sizes and inturn you "look" like you weigh less. who cares about the scale number. IMO0
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DeficitDuchess wrote: »fantumrunner wrote: »muscle weighs more than fat
No it doesn't, a pound of muscle & a pound of fat're each still; a pound!
I can't take it that is not how a semicolon should be used. Just leave the semicolon's out please
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Brandi_Allison wrote: »Just remember that a pound of fat takes up a lot more space in your body than a pound of muscle. While you may have lost a little bit of weight, you're replacing your fat with lean muscle mass. Way to go on your progress!
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Brandi_Allison wrote: »Just remember that a pound of fat takes up a lot more space in your body than a pound of muscle. While you may have lost a little bit of weight, you're replacing your fat with lean muscle mass. Way to go on your progress!
Not replacing it but revealing it and all muscle is lean.0 -
OP in four weeks you have lost 1.4 pounds which is just a little over a half pound per week loss and you have lost inches, not sure what the problem is here. Keep doing what you are doing and when the water weight gain settles down you should drop off more weight. Just remember it is a marathon not a sprint.1
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Truly understand, same here! Hang in there, I just have the mentality now.... Let me see what happens if I don't quit!0
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animatorswearbras wrote: »kim808skittles wrote: »Are you doing your own measuring or is that part of the boot camp?Are you doing your own measuring or is that part of the boot camp?
I am being measured weekly by my coaches at the bootcamp ,Are you doing your own measuring or is that part of the boot camp?
No offense but they do have an interest in you losing inches...is it possible that they're holding it a little tighter than before?
fairly sure you'd feel them pulling it 3 inches tighter ;P
OP you're probably retaining water for muscle repair. Its very common when starting out a new intense routine that gives you DOMS, if you're at a deficit chances are you are building very little new muscle just retaining what you have and increasing your fitness, the inch loss suggests you are losing fat though. Well done and in time that water weight will shift too, it's nearly impossible to avoid water weight gain with increased intense exercise and it is not a bad thing or something to avoid but it will make your scales fluctuate all over the place.
Also inches are better than pounds inches are what everyone sees, the scale is just what you see in private. Well done.
Sorry? The op lost 3 inches from ONE measurement or from a series of measurements? To lose 3 inches from ONE measurement, none from the rest, and only a pound and a half lost? Now I think somebody wrote a number down wrong somewhere.
Eta: no another member just confirmed that measurements are TOTAL. You wouldn't notice them tugging in half an inch/one cm at each measurement.0 -
But muscle is denserDeficitDuchess wrote: »fantumrunner wrote: »muscle weighs more than fat
No it doesn't, a pound of muscle & a pound of fat're each still; a pound!
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Isnt the point of losing "weight" to lose inches and fat? I never understand why people worry about what the scale says when they are getting the actual results.1
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Fantastic job! You must feel fierce.
As for your weight loss, I would expect you'd I see a big change on the scale during the first month of your program. I'm guessing you are not creating the deficit you need: you are either overestimating your exercise cals or underestimating your food cals.0 -
I'm always amazed at how complicated people make weight loss. Calories in, calories out, keeping track a ridiculous number of macro nutrients. It's pretty simple; eat better and be more active. Eat better today than you did yesterday. Be more active today than you were yesterday and be more active tomorrow than you are today.
While I know that 3" in a month is not unheard of, this does seem like quite a bit to me. After doing the math, that's 1/3 of an inch for every hour you worked out. If I were go to challenge anything, it would be the accuracy of your baseline measurement. Measuring yourself accurately around your stomach and hips is nearly impossible.
The important part to focus on is that you are making progress.
So just keep being more active everyday until, what? I'm at a full sprint everywhere I go, holding dumbbells? And how do you keep eating better everyday? Is there an optimal diet, and if so, where do you go from there?
Sounds much more simple than a planed out healthy well balanced diet everyday...
Lack of intelligence, common sense, and any sense of decorum = a mean little troll.
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I'm always amazed at how complicated people make weight loss. Calories in, calories out, keeping track a ridiculous number of macro nutrients. It's pretty simple; eat better and be more active. Eat better today than you did yesterday. Be more active today than you were yesterday and be more active tomorrow than you are today.
While I know that 3" in a month is not unheard of, this does seem like quite a bit to me. After doing the math, that's 1/3 of an inch for every hour you worked out. If I were go to challenge anything, it would be the accuracy of your baseline measurement. Measuring yourself accurately around your stomach and hips is nearly impossible.
The important part to focus on is that you are making progress.
So just keep being more active everyday until, what? I'm at a full sprint everywhere I go, holding dumbbells? And how do you keep eating better everyday? Is there an optimal diet, and if so, where do you go from there?
Sounds much more simple than a planed out healthy well balanced diet everyday...
Lack of intelligence, common sense, and any sense of decorum = a mean little troll.
"After doing the math, that's 1/3 of an inch for every hour you worked out."
"Eat better today than you did yesterday. Be more active today than you were yesterday and be more active tomorrow than you are today."
Ah yes, you think that a person can lose inches during only their workout, and used a poorly worded inaccurate piece of advice and I'm the unintelligent troll...sure.
You gave a one person fits all advice when everyone has different needs.
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