6 weeks later..

annavalente

Ive been watching my calories for approximately 4 months now and working out 4 to 5 times a week for 6 weeks (between 30 and 50 mins cardio and some weight lifting)..when I starting working out I had lost around 10 or 11 lbs but since then ive lost absolutely nothing! I don't get it..i haven't changed my diet at all.

Is it really true about muscle weight v's fat weight?
Surely at some point the weight will start coming off again

Kicker12

Are you eating at a deficit? What is your TDEE? BMR? etc

TavistockToad

have you measured? are your clothes looser?

annavalente

I don't know TDEE and BMR but I tend to work around 1300 calories a day burning around 500 calories working out...if that makes sense?

annavalente

Yeah my clothes are slightly looser ...and I know this is great ..its just very sad to see the scale not moving at all
Maybe im just expecting too much?

RoughDiamondUK

Make sure your profile is up-to-date at: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided
Set it for a pound a week loss.
Then eat back at least 50% of your exercise calories -- sometimes the calories given for exercise are too generous.

Also, are you weighing your food with a food scale?

TavistockToad

I don't know TDEE and BMR but I tend to work around 1300 calories a day burning around 500 calories working out...if that makes sense?

there is such thing as too large a deficit. if you weigh and measure everything and are only getting 1300 cals, then you should be eating back exercise cals.

TamaraKat

^ I agree with what everyone above is saying!
Also; don't stress and chill! Only use the scale lightly - let loose clothes and measuring tapes be your true forms of measure as it is a truer form of management. Scales are prone to showing fluctuations in water weight and all the other variables, it's not too accurate!

MyJourney1960

I don't know TDEE and BMR but I tend to work around 1300 calories a day burning around 500 calories working out...if that makes sense?

there is such thing as too large a deficit. if you weigh and measure everything and are only getting 1300 cals, then you should be eating back exercise cals.

wait - are you eating 1300 total and then burning 500? then you are *actually* taking in only ~800 cals and that is very low. if you are working out then you need MORE not less calories.

second - you *are* losing weight if your clothing is getting loser. It's just not visible on the scale. don't worry about it.

tkbuc

You may want to recalculate your Net Caloric Intake now that you lost 10/11lbs.