When will the pounds drop off

deborandum
deborandum Posts: 5
in Health and Weight Loss
I have been watching my food intake and increasing my exercise for about 5 weeks now and whilst I have noticed a distinct difference in how my shape is changing, this isnt being reflected in any weight loss. I have maintained my weight but gone down a dress size.

When will my body kick in and start losing the pounds?

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    i dont see why it matters?

    would you rather have stayed the same dress size but see a smaller number on the scales?
  • Hildy_J
    Hildy_J Posts: 1,050 Member
    Good for you!

    Sounds like you are maintaining - eating exactly as many calories as you need. If you make a small reduction in your calories, you'll soon see a difference.

    All the best. :smile:
  • deborandum
    deborandum Posts: 5
    i dont see why it matters?

    would you rather have stayed the same dress size but see a smaller number on the scales?

    I suppose because I'm new to exercise and not too sure how my body reacts to it and to see only one set of results is frustrating. I'd like to see an all round difference.
  • Hildy_J
    Hildy_J Posts: 1,050 Member
    i dont see why it matters?

    Bit of a pointless/curt post?

    The OP has 70lb to lose, so she obviously wants to get healthy.
  • deborandum
    deborandum Posts: 5
    Good for you!

    Sounds like you are maintaining - eating exactly as many calories as you need. If you make a small reduction in your calories, you'll soon see a difference.

    All the best. :smile:

    Thank you. I am using MFP to note my calories and it has suggested 1526 calories a day so thats very manageable for me. I would rather lose weight slowly and eat fairly normally so as not to feel hard done by for not being able to have chocolate or curry!!!
    I will monitor it more over the coming 2 weeks and see if I can make a difference by reducing it slightly.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    i dont see why it matters?

    would you rather have stayed the same dress size but see a smaller number on the scales?

    I suppose because I'm new to exercise and not too sure how my body reacts to it and to see only one set of results is frustrating. I'd like to see an all round difference.

    losing a dress size in 5 weeks is great progress! it means you're losing fat which is ultimately what you want!
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Good for you!

    Sounds like you are maintaining - eating exactly as many calories as you need. If you make a small reduction in your calories, you'll soon see a difference.

    All the best. :smile:

    losing a dress size in 5 weeks is NOT miantaining!
  • HIITMe
    HIITMe Posts: 921 Member
    In my experience, Plus size clothes are more forgiving.... when you get down to smaller sizes, 5 pounds can make a HUGE difference in dress size, not so much in the biigger sizes

    when I had a HUGE amount of weight to lose, it was over 40 pounds before I saw a change in dress size... then dress sized changed with about every 10-15 pounds later
  • Hildy_J
    Hildy_J Posts: 1,050 Member

    Thank you. I am using MFP to note my calories and it has suggested 1526 calories a day so thats very manageable for me. I would rather lose weight slowly and eat fairly normally so as not to feel hard done by for not being able to have chocolate or curry!!!
    I will monitor it more over the coming 2 weeks and see if I can make a difference by reducing it slightly.

    Sensible lady - a life without chocolate is not a life worth living, let's face facts...

    The calorie reduction should already be built in to your 1,526 allowance. So.... perhaps you aren't losing let because your food logging needs to be a little more accurate?

    It's just a case of tweaking here and there to find the 'sweet spot' that will send you on your way. :smile:
  • Hildy_J
    Hildy_J Posts: 1,050 Member
    dress sized changed with about every 10-15 pounds later

    And THEN you had to keep buying all those new clothes... damn! :wink: :bigsmile:
  • HIITMe
    HIITMe Posts: 921 Member
    dress sized changed with about every 10-15 pounds later

    And THEN you had to keep buying all those new clothes... damn! :wink: :bigsmile:

    I am a Clearance Rack & Goodwill/Thrift store QUEEN....

    about every 8-10 weeks, Id take old, too big clothes to Goodwill...collect my receipt for tax purposes, then go inside & find GAP and American Eagle jeans for $6 or less...Ross Stores had work appropriate summer dresses for less than $15...
    From April til August I spent less than $300 on clothes and my closet is FULL!

    today I bought jeans for $5 from Aeropostale...
  • Hildy_J
    Hildy_J Posts: 1,050 Member

    I am a Clearance Rack & Goodwill/Thrift store QUEEN....

    Oh you're preaching to the converted, honey....

    Getting slim... buying new clothes... doing your bit for charity. Who could ask for more...? :bigsmile:
  • Fozzi43
    Fozzi43 Posts: 2,984 Member
    I'd rather see the difference in my mirror than on the scale.
  • Hildy_J
    Hildy_J Posts: 1,050 Member
    I'd rather see the difference in my mirror than on the scale.

    Good for you!

    *pins medal to Fozzi's chest* :wink:
  • dorisbunker39
    dorisbunker39 Posts: 80 Member
    You are not maintaining, you are losing fat and gaining muscle.... let go of that scale.

    What do you want more the number or your body shape?

    I am losing weight to look and feel thinner and have hardly lost any pounds this week but lost 91\2 inches in total off my body. Three weeks ago I could barely get on my size ''fat jeans'', now I am getting back into my size eights, nearly two+ dress sizes down. Join the revolution and not weigh your self each week. Do it every six weeks and measure yourself every week. It will be amazing for you.
  • Hildy_J
    Hildy_J Posts: 1,050 Member
    You know how at the top of your screen, it says: 'General Diet and Weight Loss Help' ?

    Scales are a necessary tool to measure weight loss. Not fat loss. Not volume loss. WEIGHT loss.

    That is all, kthxbai.
  • JADEPH0EN1X
    JADEPH0EN1X Posts: 162 Member
    Before joining mfp I only concentrated on the number on the scales , and like you the numbers weren't going down , or we're but painfully slowly !! I then read posts talking about NSVs , which I'd never heard of , but I'm glad I have now as seeing them is giving me the boost that I need to continue !
  • elisa123gal
    elisa123gal Posts: 4,324 Member
    when you start exercising... you gain "false water weight," it is from water holding in the small tears in your muscles from working out. it can keep the scale from reflecting a loss for up to six weeks. ( I read an aricle on this years ago on another fitness forum)
    I bet you start shedding pounds soon. You know you're smaller..so it means you've lost weight. Go by how your clothes fit too. If they're smaller...you're smaller. right? that stupid scale will catch up later.


    btw.. great work!!
  • deborandum
    deborandum Posts: 5
    Thanks for the comments folks. There is a huge difference across the board as to how people measure success....... None of it wrong!!

    I will continue with my circuits classes and not panic over the scales. It will change at some point in the future. Ive waited 33 years for weight loss so a few more weeks isnt going to hurt :laugh:

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