Having trouble losing
Options
Jflowwers
Posts: 137 Member
Hi y’all,
So, I am back at it again after regaining 30-35 lbs after a stressfull year.
I have been keeping my calorie intake to 1200-1300 on non workout days and around 1400 on workout days. I do cardio with a minimum of 400 calorie burn, 5 days a week. I have started adding in strength training with a trainer and signed up for orange theory, although I think the combo is overkill as I could barely make it through yesterdays OT class as My legs were way too sore from the trainer. Anyways, I am eating clean, keeping my carb intake moderate and mainly coming from fruits and grain free bread. Tons of water. The scale hasn’t budged in a week, in fact it’s gone up.
What gives?? 😥
So, I am back at it again after regaining 30-35 lbs after a stressfull year.
I have been keeping my calorie intake to 1200-1300 on non workout days and around 1400 on workout days. I do cardio with a minimum of 400 calorie burn, 5 days a week. I have started adding in strength training with a trainer and signed up for orange theory, although I think the combo is overkill as I could barely make it through yesterdays OT class as My legs were way too sore from the trainer. Anyways, I am eating clean, keeping my carb intake moderate and mainly coming from fruits and grain free bread. Tons of water. The scale hasn’t budged in a week, in fact it’s gone up.
What gives?? 😥
6
Replies
-
one week is much too early to see results for many people, but more importantly if you just started a bunch of added exercise, your muscles are likely retaining water to repair themselves which may appear like more "weight" on scale but it is only water fluctuation (masking weight loss)
best to slowly ease into an exercise routine to ensure you don't over due it and get an injury.
make sure to eat back exercise calories.
did you get the calories goals based on MFP (entering your stats?)
8 -
Eat less29
-
Hi y’all,
So, I am back at it again after regaining 30-35 lbs after a stressfull year.
I have been keeping my calorie intake to 1200-1300 on non workout days and around 1400 on workout days. I do cardio with a minimum of 400 calorie burn, 5 days a week. I have started adding in strength training with a trainer and signed up for orange theory, although I think the combo is overkill as I could barely make it through yesterdays OT class as My legs were way too sore from the trainer. Anyways, I am eating clean, keeping my carb intake moderate and mainly coming from fruits and grain free bread. Tons of water. The scale hasn’t budged in a week, in fact it’s gone up.
What gives?? 😥
This says nothing about the quantity. How are you measuring these foods? Are you logging EVERYTHING you consume? Agree 1 week isn't enough time to judge how anything is working. Also new activity can cause water retention so there is that possible issue as well.8 -
Sounds like you went from zero to a million on the exercise in ... a week?
Your body needs to repair itself after all these killer workouts-and you’ll experience water retention while that’s happening.
That’s not a bad thing. That’s your body doing what it needs to do (the healing and repairing is when we get stronger).
8 -
Let me clarify, I started 6 weeks ago. I was merely stating that my weight hasn’t dropped much, and this past week it has actually gone up. To the person telling me to “eat less” when I stated I eat 1200-1300 calories a day, pretty irresponsible bogus advice.
I am weighing everything on a scale and logging EVERYTHING. Most days I have pre logged in the morning.6 -
What is “hasn’t dropped much” in numbers?1
-
what is "not much" in 6 weeks?2
-
@Duck_Puddle fluctuated between 3-5 lbs0
-
that isn't bad. it's progress in the right direction. and you added a new exercise (Strenght training) so again probably some water retention.
i'd double down on the logging. make sure everything is weighed and logged but DOUBLE CHECK all entries. lots of issues are caused by entries used in diary. Raw VS cooked, incorrect entries, and so on. I "use a scale and weight everything" but STILL finding errors in my logging when I double and triple check certain things.
i'd take more rest days for the exercise.
and keep at it.7 -
Wow, people are liking the Eat less advice when I am eating at a minimum. I thought this was supposed to be about positivity and support?6
-
So that rate of loss really is very reasonable. I know it’s not 17 pounds a week, but it’s really quite reasonable. With only 30-35 lbs to lose; it’s not realistic to attempt to lose 2 pounds a week. You should be aiming for 0.5-1.0% of your bodyweight as an absolute maximum. Probably closer to .5% as you don’t have a lot to lose.
I think the reason you’re seeing the gain is the excessive exercise. You’re going to be retaining water from that - which will make it look like you “gained”.
Also-how often are you weighing yourself? If only once a week, you could be doing yourself a disservice. Weight fluctuates every day for a million reasons. If you happen to be low on weigh-in day one or high in another, you aren’t getting real picture of your weight change.5 -
-
-
-
I am weighing myself everyday and logging my average once a week.0
-
diannethegeek wrote: »
And now someone has flagged it, which is definitely not how the flags are supposed to be used (unless they've changed it? I thought it was for things like nudity or hate speech only?)2 -
Wow, people are liking the Eat less advice when I am eating at a minimum. I thought this was supposed to be about positivity and support?
no. woo is NOT woohoo a positive.
Woo is a negative sentiment. "bad/non science"
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10623894/the-origin-and-meaning-of-woo
4 -
Ah! That makes a lot more sense. Thought it was like “woo”!8
-
Wow, people are liking the Eat less advice when I am eating at a minimum. I thought this was supposed to be about positivity and support?
no. woo is NOT woohoo a positive.
Woo is a negative sentiment. "bad/non science"
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10623894/the-origin-and-meaning-of-woo
Yeah, they made it gentler, but if you hover over the "woo" on desktop, the link preview shows the id as "wtf" lol.1 -
Now I saw a woo on my original post. Geez louise, can’t a beginner reach out? This stuff isn’t easy. Maybe this isn’t a great place after all.9
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 391.6K Introduce Yourself
- 43.5K Getting Started
- 259.7K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.6K Food and Nutrition
- 47.3K Recipes
- 232.3K Fitness and Exercise
- 393 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.4K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 152.7K Motivation and Support
- 7.8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.3K MyFitnessPal Information
- 23 News and Announcements
- 934 Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.3K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions