Why am I not losing weight?

cerise_noir

Nah, not muscle unless you're doing a heavy progressive lifting program and eating in a surplus. Muscle is very hard to gain for us females. I laugh whenever I see "oh it must be muscle" as I've been lifting for 2 years and have gained a little muscle, but lots of strength. A few seem to think muscle gain is easy. It's SO not easy. Nope. In the beginnings of a lifting/bodyweight program, the muscles will swell. This is not muscle gain.

I think you need to tighten your logging. Weigh everything that isn't a liquid. Yes, even prepackaged food.

gebeziseva wrote: »

Why aren't you earing gluten, dairy and sugar?

I'd like to know as well! Are you intolerant?

CattOfTheGarage

sarajstrong wrote: »

If you've lost 14 inches, then you ARE losing fat and gaining muscle. That's why the scale hasn't budged. Why did you seem to scoff at the previous commenter who suggested that? One would expect you to be gaining muscle working out as much as you are.

She will of course be gaining strength. That's not the same as your muscles getting bigger/heavier. My understanding is that if you start out unfit, your muscles can get quite a bit stronger during training, but not much heavier. To gain actual muscle mass, you need to be eating extra calories, as that extra mass has to come from somewhere.

I have also heard that it is possible to get some "beginner gains" in muscle mass, even in a deficit, but that they are very limited (and probably only possible by burning extra fat in order to supply energy for muscle gain, so I can't imagine you'd actually see much difference on the scale from a gain like that).

smantha32

FooleryTim wrote: »

You're probably just putting on muscle.

Not at 1400 calories a day. Physically impossible.

abbierumbach9787

evileen99 wrote: »

abbierumbach9787 wrote: »

cavia wrote: »

I took a look through a couple weeks in June and then this last week. It doesn't look to me like you are *weighing* your food items. You have repeating entries that are always identical. Are you weighing things to the exact same oz every time you have them? Fast food/meals out are always going to be off. I see a lot of room where you can tighten up your logging to get the scale moving down for you again.

Repeating entries - I always measure out my sunbutter, my turkey and shakes. Those are the main repeaters that I can think of off hand, which I know are measured. How else can I tighten it up? Thanks!!

Are you weighing or measuring your sunbutter? If measuring, you could be off by many calories.

I am - but good thought!