Gaining weight??? What?!!

astralpictures

Also its not the amount of calories you eat it is how often you in a day and what is on that calorie. Example protien and sugar calories are different. Your body does not store proteins but will store sugar.

Huh? It has EVERYTHING to do with the amount of calories you eat, and what time of day or how many meals is unimportant. Your point about the source is also strange. Your body doesn't care if the calories came from carbs or protein; if there is an excess, it will store it as fat. You make it sound like your body doesn't store proteins, so you can eat 4000 calories of it and be okay. That is definitely not true.

astralpictures

I'm in the same boat..On week four of my diet and i haven't lost anything in a week..just maintained...the weight was pretty good for the first three weeks and now nothing...in the past this is usually the point where i get discouraged and frustrated and stop my diet..i'm trying to push through it and just keep eating right and working out...someone said its time to change up my workout routine so i found a personal trainer but if i don't see some weight loss soon I'm going to lose it..I wouldn't care if I lost an ounce I just want to see a loss

One week of no results only 4 weeks in is normal, and nothing to be discouraged about. It's also pretty soon to talk about plateaus and changing your regimen, although doing a variety of workouts is good in general. Many times I have seen no drop in my weight one week, then double the normal drop the next. There are many reasons for not seeing the scale move much for a short period of time. Just keep exercising and tracking what you eat and you'll do great!! It's about long term health, after all.

ecmont032

Thanks I needed that boost of encouragement ...I'll be patient!!

michail71

When will this idea die? You don't gain muscle eating at a deficit and a pound is a pound regardless of whether it's fat or muscle. Most likely you are retaining water between TOM and muscle repair. You're probably undereating as well which isn't going to help going forward.

Oh, is that why I eat at a deficit, but have maintained for 2 months, while my muscles have gotten larger and more firm (especially in my legs) since starting strength training?

For an untrained person it is possible to grow muscle on a deficit with fat loss but the net result should still be less weight if it was a true deficit.

It gets harder to do with the more lean mass you have. Typically people can gain 50/50 muscle/fat when on a surplus and weight training. When cutting a good target for loss is -10/-90. That's why body builders go through bulk/cut cycles.