Taking longer than expected

snickerscharlie

88olds wrote: »

88olds wrote: »

U Kuo ki CB

No idea. None.

At my age, a bit scary.

I always blame the cat. <nods>

mmapags

rodnichols69 wrote: »

AnnPT77 wrote: »

rodnichols69 wrote: »

mikebxb wrote: »

thanks all for the tips and encouragement. I weigh and log everything. Target 2000 Cal, 125 Carb, 56 Fat g's, 250 Protein (2,300 Sodium, 56 Sugar. - I don't concern myself too much with Salt and sugar as I add little to none to my food. I dont usually exceed the Cals so I focus on Carbs and Fat. Dr says don't exceed 45 carbs / meal if I expect to lose weight... I readjusted my goals for a little more Carb to allow for snack.

Please keep in mind that the scale doesn't tell the whole story. If you are working out and eating right, you could be losing fat and gaining lean mass. Be sure to take measurements too.

Even for a guy, half a pound a week of muscle mass gain would be a really good result, and half a pound a week of fat loss would be about the slowest observable rate of weight loss (and observing it with certainty might take a month, given normal daily fluctuations of a few pounds +/-).

I do believe that some people, in some circumstances, can lose some fat while gaining some muscle, but it's not super common; and it's very, very likely that at least one of the two things (fat loss or muscle mass gain), if not both, will be very slow indeed.

I wish it were otherwise . . . .

I agree if the person is fit and working out regularly. I've seen guys who've been out of the gym for a while, come back to lose and gain 2+ lbs. of muscle each week for 2-4 weeks, then drop to normal or flat muscle gains. Because of that, it's not uncommon for someone trying to lose weight to initially stay flat, then suddenly see exciting weight loss progress. I'm saying patient and give it a couple of weeks.

Pretty much nobody not on gear gains 2 lbs of muscle per week ever. Their lean mass may increase but that is due to the increase in fluid retention at the beginning of a workout program. It's not muscle gain. Physiologically impossible for a natural.

try2again

mikebxb wrote: »

Mu version of starving myself.

This log would be insanity for a 120 lb woman, let alone a 200 lb man. And 400 calories of it in hard seltzer?

If you were to continue undereating like this, you would force your body to prioritize essential functions and eat into your lean muscle mass, not just fat stores. Is that really what you want?

mikebxb

Back on track BELLY BE GONE

eryn0x

mikebxb wrote: »

Today back to 213.5 lbs. here's yesterday's intake. -

Well there's your answer... even if this logging and your settings are accurate, it will still take 5 weeks for you to lose only a couple of pounds. (See: "If every day were like today"). So assuming everything is accurate (unlikely) either choose to be okay with slow progress, or change something.

I must echo that you should eat foods you enjoy. I will weigh and log in advance a potato that I plan to bake into fries; the wine I intend to drink later... just weigh and log and stay within a reasonable deficit. Understand that there are many formulas to come to the same solution. Last night I ate an entire pizza with a glass of wine, because I ate light all day. Today, woke up 1lb lighter!

mikebxb

I crushed thru the 210# barrier Today I weighed 209.6# !!!!!!!! Whoop Dee Doo!!! 87 days = 15 lbs lost. Belly Be Gone! (going)

mikebxb

buddy352

mikebxb wrote: »

Glad I started this MFP when I did. Else I might have found myself in as bad a shape as Buddy352 and headed for more than just "one skid down"

buddy352

Sorry Sir, None of that makes sense. You OK? Concerned.