Over Three Weeks & NO Progress...:(

raichhype

Ok, here I am going to have to quote it all for you both, which is really sad. I really can not believe that I should need to do this.

working out 5-6 times a week is gonna build muscle, remember muscle is heavier than fat. Try measuring instead of weighing.

this person is confused about muscle and fat.

She's not confused, she's giving out wrong information which she's read somewhere and applied it to OP.

And she has read it somewhere and applied it to the OP and it would not be kind to try to explain it without putting her down because...

I used a quote which I've heard before and been proofed wrong. I don't know why this has had to turn into a mass discussion about how stupid I am.

DavPul

working out 5-6 times a week is gonna build muscle, remember muscle is heavier than fat. Try measuring instead of weighing.

Muscle does not weigh more that fat, a lb of fat is a lb of muscle, muscle takes up less space than fat. I would suggest making your diary public so people can help you, hard to say, when we have no idea what you are eating.

Muscle does not take up less space than fat. A cubic inch of muscle = a cubic inch of fat.

I just laughed so hard. thank you.

here you are laughing at a reply from someone giving an answer about muscle/fat

and here you are doing.....what, exactly?

skinnyinnotime

Nobody said that hon. I thought you'd read it somewhere and applied it here, I also didn't see anything wrong with the post that said 'no' in response to yours.

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cafeaulait7

I used a quote which I've heard before and been proofed wrong. I don't know why this has had to turn into a mass discussion about how stupid I am.

There are some phrases here that garner a kind of Pavlovian reaction among some folks. It's not you. You just stumbled across one of the phrases

Redbone723

is this a joke? It takes more than three weeks. This is a LIFE change.

What's the hurry? Today is a new day... so is tomorrow. And the next.

Uuuhhh...no it's not a joke! I wasn't looking to lose 30 pounds in 3 weeks; however, considering the drastic change I've made, I thought I would see at least a pound or two come off. SO since I was early on, I figured I'd come on the boards and get advice from POSITIVE people who are having success in their journey. Otherwise, keep negative, sarcastic comments to yourself, please and thank you!

yoovie

nevermind.

yo_andi

is this a joke? It takes more than three weeks. This is a LIFE change.

What's the hurry? Today is a new day... so is tomorrow. And the next.

Uuuhhh...no it's not a joke! I wasn't looking to lose 30 pounds in 3 weeks; however, considering the drastic change I've made, I thought I would see at least a pound or two come off. SO since I was early on, I figured I'd come on the boards and get advice from POSITIVE people who are having success in their journey. Otherwise, keep negative, sarcastic comments to yourself, please and thank you!

1. Weigh and measure your food to make sure you are accurately logging.

2. Eat back 50-70% of your exercise calories.

3. Be patient. Trust me it doesn't happen the way you think it will happen, or the way you want it to happen, or expect it to happen.

4. Don't take offense at every straightforward answer you get in the forums, and especially don't take offense to answers from people who have lost the weight, kept it off and been around these parts for a long time. They know what it takes and they will not blow smoke up your a$s.

Siansonea

Ah, the old "eat back calories" refrain.

Aren't the calories you're expending in exercise accounted for in your TDEE calculation?

Why should you "eat them back" if they're already accounted for in the equation?