Not able to loose weight ?

Sakshi4274

"Despite exercising daily for an hour, adopting intermittent fasting for the past three days, and maintaining a balanced diet with occasional homemade junk food, my weight remains unchanged at 69.70 kilograms. Any insights into why I'm not seeing any weight loss progress?"

Lietchi

Three days: is that how long you've been at your current routine? If so, you need a LOT more patience. At least one, preferably two months (or menstrual cycles, if applicable).

Our weight is made up of many more things than bodyfat, which means you need a longer period of time before you can determine whether or not you're losing bodyfat.
Also: some scales have 'fake consistency' built in, which sounds like it's the case with three identical weigh-ins three days in a row (weight fluctuates naturally every day): you can avoid fake consistency by first weighing yourself with a heavy object first and then doing your actual weigh-in.

PS: a balanced diet with occasional homemade junk food sounds great for health, but it won't lead to weight-loss unless you're in a calorie deficit. Are you counting calories?

nighthawk584

yes to Lietchi, 3 days in don't expect much. You need to be eating at a deficit for sure. burn more calories than you take in. Early in the game don't eat ANY junk food/ Stay strict to the calorie and quality of calories and you will begin to lose weight.

springlering62

My main advice? Delete “expectations” and substitute “patience” into your plan.

There’s a thousand threads here like yours where people quit after a few days because expectations weren’t met.

There’s a thousand more where people succeeded by exercising patience.

Which side do you want to come down on?

tomcustombuilder

3 days is not even scratching the surface. Check back in a month.

It’s like that video of that guy gets on the scale at the gym does a few sets of weights and then get back on the scale again thinking he’s going to have lost weight already.

These things take time, sometimes a lot of time and definitely takes a lot of patience

springlering62

tomcustombuilder wrote: »

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It’s like that video of that guy gets on the scale at the gym does a few sets of weights and then get back on the scale again thinking he’s going to have lost weight already.

Been there, done that!!!!! 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻

I was the Queen of Expectations.

xbowhunter

Classic case of calorie overestimation and expecting instant scale gratification...

springlering62

xbowhunter wrote: »

Classic case of calorie overestimation and expecting instant scale gratification...

If she’s only been at it a few days, she may be bang on for calories. It’s too soon to tell. Saying someone’s overestimating so early if they’re eating what’s been recommended could easily send someone into a binge and cut cycle. Her best bet is to take a deep breath, trust the process, and see where she stands after at least one monthly cycle (aka period, to be clear) , since depending on when she started this, her cycle could easily mask loss.

yirara

tomcustombuilder wrote: »

3 days is not even scratching the surface. Check back in a month.

It’s like that video of that guy gets on the scale at the gym does a few sets of weights and then get back on the scale again thinking he’s going to have lost weight already.

These things take time, sometimes a lot of time and definitely takes a lot of patience

I once managed to lose 2kg in 20 minutes activity! Beat that! I think I should market this somehow. I might get very, very rich. Though... I'm not good at ripping off people, so here you go: I lived in a country where it was 50C in the shade. I went out briefly, and went back inside. Result: 2kg lighter!