working out & eating well still can't loose 5lbs- why?
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I read every one of the replies. I did not see anywhere that you may have gained 5# of muscle. The scale can be deceiving. I know women that have lost many inches all over, but gained 10# because they reduced fat and gained lean muscle mass. Check your bf %. Your "plateau" could be that you have gained 5# of muscle. just be aware of this and don't live your life by the scale.22
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jtallen347 wrote: »I read every one of the replies. I did not see anywhere that you may have gained 5# of muscle. The scale can be deceiving. I know women that have lost many inches all over, but gained 10# because they reduced fat and gained lean muscle mass. Check your bf %. Your "plateau" could be that you have gained 5# of muscle. just be aware of this and don't live your life by the scale.
so much NO in this post
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jtallen347 wrote: »I read every one of the replies. I did not see anywhere that you may have gained 5# of muscle. The scale can be deceiving. I know women that have lost many inches all over, but gained 10# because they reduced fat and gained lean muscle mass. Check your bf %. Your "plateau" could be that you have gained 5# of muscle. just be aware of this and don't live your life by the scale.
OP would KNOW if s/he'd gained 5# of muscle, because there would be a LOT of deliberate hard work and eating at a surplus for that to happen. It's not going to happen on a 1200 (sometimes less) diet without a progressive lifting program.
That being said, yes - the scale can be deceiving in that fat loss is often masked by other factors. Diet soda is totally fine as far as calorie consumption/diet, but maybe it's contributing to some water retention (not likely, but possible, since everyone is different). Think about the 'gain' in terms of calorie math. How long did it take you to gain those five pounds? Considering that it takes 17,500 calories over your maintenance, did you consume 17k+ extra calories over 10 days? You'd notice if you overate by 1750 calories a day, IMO. If you track even reasonably well, and can be sure that you didn't eat nearly 2k extra calories every day for many days, you can be assured that you didn't gain that much fat. You're likely retaining water for any number of reasons and it may take a couple of weeks for everything to normalize. Just be patient and give it time.8 -
jtallen347 wrote: »I read every one of the replies. I did not see anywhere that you may have gained 5# of muscle. The scale can be deceiving. I know women that have lost many inches all over, but gained 10# because they reduced fat and gained lean muscle mass. Check your bf %. Your "plateau" could be that you have gained 5# of muscle. just be aware of this and don't live your life by the scale.
are you kidding????????? you think she accidentally put on 5lbs of pure muscle in a week and a half?????13 -
jtallen347 wrote: »I read every one of the replies. I did not see anywhere that you may have gained 5# of muscle. The scale can be deceiving. I know women that have lost many inches all over, but gained 10# because they reduced fat and gained lean muscle mass. Check your bf %. Your "plateau" could be that you have gained 5# of muscle. just be aware of this and don't live your life by the scale.
Wish I could put 5 lbs of muscle just like that...13 -
She is trying to break a plateau. Also exercise calories burned are not exact science so if she isn't losing weight and she is eating back exercise calories she may not be in a calorie deficit.0 -
TeethOfTheHydra wrote: »Maybe you've swapped some fat for muscle and so its not as simple as just saying there's 5 pounds to lose.
Nope. Do you have any idea how hard it is to build muscle? And what the necessary physiology is for this to happen? Eating 1200 calories? I think not!!7 -
Make sure you are weighing your food properly with a food scale and make sure are drinking plenty of water. It can also be muscle that your gaining and not fat.10
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SkimpyMrsCarter wrote: »Make sure you are weighing your food properly with a food scale and make sure are drinking plenty of water. It can also be muscle that your gaining and not fat.
muscle takes time to grow and in the right conditions, eating so little is not the right conditions for muscle to grow and not in a short time even if she were in a surplus of calories.5 -
SkimpyMrsCarter wrote: »Make sure you are weighing your food properly with a food scale and make sure are drinking plenty of water. It can also be muscle that your gaining and not fat.
Lol, no not muscle. See comments above yours.2 -
SkimpyMrsCarter wrote: »Make sure you are weighing your food properly with a food scale and make sure are drinking plenty of water. It can also be muscle that your gaining and not fat.
these comments just never end do they..did you not read all the prior responses to this???7 -
Look at the flow charts above.Far and away the most likely options to gain 5lbs in one week are 1. Time of month
2. Sodium causing water retention
3. Something diet causing constipation
Any of these the answer is drink extra water and relax.
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Muscleflex79 wrote: »SkimpyMrsCarter wrote: »Make sure you are weighing your food properly with a food scale and make sure are drinking plenty of water. It can also be muscle that your gaining and not fat.
these comments just never end do they..did you not read all the prior responses to this???
I love it so much honestly. I think because when I try to get inside the mind of someone like that it's more entertaining for me. I imagine it's something like: "Losing weight is so hard to do because I have to eat clean but every time I start doing that I gain five pounds of muscle within two weeks and the scale doesn't show weight loss."
Oh really? So at that rate you could gain 10 pounds of pure muscle within a month! Why stop there? You could look like Arnold Schwarzenegger within a few months by almost doing nothing! I'd love to know the explanation of why if it's so easy to put on muscle why everyone is not just out there doing it and why people are wasting their time lifting weights at the gym for years. Between muscle being so easy to put on, weight loss stalls due to "starvation mode", and ACV it's no wonder people don't realize weight loss truly is about numbers, effort, and patience.8 -
someone may have suggested this already but right off the bat I would guess that you've hit a plateau. Congrats on losing 25lbs already though! That's amazing!! Sometimes our bodies get used our current routines and tend to start "maintaining" because it isn't challenging anymore.
Try switching things up though. Find new workouts to try, switch up what you do for cardio, and definitely try some new recipes.10 -
someone may have suggested this already but right off the bat I would guess that you've hit a plateau. Congrats on losing 25lbs already though! That's amazing!! Sometimes our bodies get used our current routines and tend to start "maintaining" because it isn't challenging anymore.
Try switching things up though. Find new workouts to try, switch up what you do for cardio, and definitely try some new recipes.
This could not be more wrong. Your body does not just get used to exercise and decide to stop losing weight. A "plateau" is because there is no longer a calorie deficit, or because your body is retaining water. A lot of people don't realize that they should be recalculating their calorie goals every so often as they lose weight because they won't be burning as many calories at a lower weight.8 -
someone may have suggested this already but right off the bat I would guess that you've hit a plateau. Congrats on losing 25lbs already though! That's amazing!! Sometimes our bodies get used our current routines and tend to start "maintaining" because it isn't challenging anymore.
Try switching things up though. Find new workouts to try, switch up what you do for cardio, and definitely try some new recipes.
This could not be more wrong. Your body does not just get used to exercise and decide to stop losing weight. A "plateau" is because there is no longer a calorie deficit, or because your body is retaining water. A lot of people don't realize that they should be recalculating their calorie goals every so often as they lose weight because they won't be burning as many calories at a lower weight.
As you become more efficient with an exercise it can burn fewer calories, additionally, after 25 lbs there is the possibility of some metabolic adaptation.
You're mostly right, but there are notable exceptions.2 -
stanmann571 wrote: »someone may have suggested this already but right off the bat I would guess that you've hit a plateau. Congrats on losing 25lbs already though! That's amazing!! Sometimes our bodies get used our current routines and tend to start "maintaining" because it isn't challenging anymore.
Try switching things up though. Find new workouts to try, switch up what you do for cardio, and definitely try some new recipes.
This could not be more wrong. Your body does not just get used to exercise and decide to stop losing weight. A "plateau" is because there is no longer a calorie deficit, or because your body is retaining water. A lot of people don't realize that they should be recalculating their calorie goals every so often as they lose weight because they won't be burning as many calories at a lower weight.
As you become more efficient with an exercise it can burn fewer calories, additionally, after 25 lbs there is the possibility of some metabolic adaptation.
You're mostly right, but there are notable exceptions.
My point is as long as there is still a calorie deficit, you will still continue to lose weight. A lot of times what people perceive to be a plateau is not really a plateau, but instead they no longer are eating at a deficit. The body will not just decide to stop losing weight in a deficit, the weight loss just may not be linear like one might expect.4 -
stanmann571 wrote: »someone may have suggested this already but right off the bat I would guess that you've hit a plateau. Congrats on losing 25lbs already though! That's amazing!! Sometimes our bodies get used our current routines and tend to start "maintaining" because it isn't challenging anymore.
Try switching things up though. Find new workouts to try, switch up what you do for cardio, and definitely try some new recipes.
This could not be more wrong. Your body does not just get used to exercise and decide to stop losing weight. A "plateau" is because there is no longer a calorie deficit, or because your body is retaining water. A lot of people don't realize that they should be recalculating their calorie goals every so often as they lose weight because they won't be burning as many calories at a lower weight.
As you become more efficient with an exercise it can burn fewer calories, additionally, after 25 lbs there is the possibility of some metabolic adaptation.
You're mostly right, but there are notable exceptions.
My point is as long as there is still a calorie deficit, you will still continue to lose weight. A lot of times what people perceive to be a plateau is not really a plateau, but instead they no longer are eating at a deficit. The body will not just decide to stop losing weight in a deficit, the weight loss just may not be linear like one might expect.
The point is that what is calculated to be a deficit may no longer be a deficit.
Take for example the graduates of "the biggest loser" Due to metabolic damage from Yo Yo and Prolonged VLCD their actual maintenance is up to 1000 calories a day lower than their calculated maintenance.0 -
Um, I have a friend who can regularly go down 3-5lbs after a good poo......could this be a possibility? Eating too little can cause constipation, yes?0
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katnadreau wrote: »Um, I have a friend who can regularly go down 3-5lbs after a good poo......could this be a possibility? Eating too little can cause constipation, yes?
Every morning... Problem is it comes right back after dinner1
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