Struggling to lose weight

duddy89
duddy89 Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Goal: Maintaining Weight
Can someone help.... been on a strict diet for 2 weeks now l, and started a weight training reignite. I eat 3 meals a day, and watch my macros (please see my diary) and I’ve gained half a stone? Can anyone advise what’s going wrong or how to address?

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  • angelsja
    angelsja Posts: 859 Member
    This
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Two weeks and you have started a new weight training regime....

    Soreness/inflammation/water retention would be my guess.

    "Watching your macros" - you need to watch your calories too, calories determine fat loss or gain.
    "3 meals a day" - the number of meals isn't really relevant beyond adherence.

    FYI - your diary is private. You would need to change your setting to make it public.
  • musicfan68
    musicfan68 Posts: 1,143 Member
    Are you weighing your food on a food scale? If not, you are probably eating more calories than you think you are.
  • steveko89
    steveko89 Posts: 2,223 Member
    23amazingallie wrote: »
    If you are strength training it is possible you gained muscle weight

    Yeah, not 7 lbs of muscle in that amount of time. As sijomial stated, could be water retention from new-to-you exercise and overall calories are more important than the specific macro breakdown for fat loss. Personally, I've experienced the most success by far when my logging is meticulously accurate and I can guarantee I'm in control of my intake. If you're eating back any of your exercise calories you could be cancelling out any deficit you're trying to create as most measuring/calculating methods are woefully inaccurate.
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