Not losing fat

gapeaches444

Hi, I have been religiously counting calories on MyFitnessPal and I wear a fitness tracker to encourage me to stay active. I exercise at the gym 6 days a week, mostly weights and some cardio. I understand why the scale hasn’t changed, as I’m feeling stronger and a gain of muscle. However, all my measurements are the same and I can’t seem to lose the extra fat. I have been going at this for 8+ months and have seen no real change despite working very hard. I eat ~1400 calories a day, workout often, and get plenty of sleep.
Height- 5’7”, weight- 132lbs, age- 20

TavistockToad

Do you weigh your food with scales?

pinuplove

You're on the lower end of normal BMI already, so any losses will be small and easily masked by water weight fluctuations. Have you considered recomp as an alternative to losing more weight?

When you say no real change, do you mean you've lost nothing? Or just not as much as you think you should have?

ETA sounds like you might be unintentionally recomping already

MikePTY

I agree with moving into a recomp. You would be better served by eating at maintenance, and slowly losing fat while gaining muscle.

gapeaches444

I do use a kitchen scale! And yes I have seen no change in my weight, except some normal minor fluctuations. I don't know much about recomp, but I am definitely going to look into it. If you have any advice on that, let me know!

TavistockToad

cbartlone wrote: »

I do use a kitchen scale! And yes I have seen no change in my weight, except some normal minor fluctuations. I don't know much about recomp, but I am definitely going to look into it. If you have any advice on that, let me know!

In 8 months you haven't lost any actual weight?

mom23mangos

Have you taken progress pictures? At that BMI, it's not like you have a lot of place to go, especially if you have a good amount of muscle mass. You may have been changing your body shape without a scale change. Your shape can change as well without much of a measurement difference.

sardelsa

cbartlone wrote: »

I do use a kitchen scale! And yes I have seen no change in my weight, except some normal minor fluctuations. I don't know much about recomp, but I am definitely going to look into it. If you have any advice on that, let me know!

This is a great thread about maintaining your weight and recomping. Which is sounds like you are pretty well doing already. Keep in mind it can take a lot of patience and you may not see dramatic changes in measurements or in the mirror.

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat/p1