Didn't loose weight this week, but WHY?

XxQueenMxX

From last tuesday (145.8) to Friday, I lost 5 lbs (140.8. Then on Monday I was down a additional lb (139.8) (6 lbs total) Now, this morning I weighed myself and It said I went up a lb (140.8) WHY?

This is what I do. I drink herbalife shakes, for breakfast and dinner, I have a regular lunch (usually soup, salad or tuna), and two snacks a day, sometimes 3, after I do my Jillian 30 day shred workout. That last snack is after 9 pm though. I drink 5 cups of water at least/day. I think I should drink more water.

I"m thinking I MAY be losing inches, I can notice a difference in my waist, but IDK if it's just in my head. I've done the herbalife shakes before and the lbs fell off quick! I lost 30 lbs in about 3 months. I was bigger though. I went from 162 to 130.

ANy idea why I didn't lose this week? Oh, and I did have a cheese burger on wednesday could that be why I gained back a lb?

diannethegeek

1 week really isn't enough time to assess whether or not you're doing something wrong. You are going to have up weeks and down weeks for any number of reasons. Write it off unless it becomes a trend.

KarenJanine

Weight loss is not linear and everyone has day to day fluctuations owing to changes in water weight.

kducky22

A cheeseburger isn't going to make you gain a lb. Indulging once in a while keeps us sane, so don't worry to much about it. To me is sounds like you might not be eating too much; maybe your body lost in the first week or two but could be in starvation mode now? Or, it could just be normal fluctuation. I agree that a 1 lb weight gain can be discouraging, but it could have just been food that is still waiting to be digested, maybe you drank more water that day, maybe you haven't had a bowl movement recently, maybe you gained a lb of muscle... It could be a number of things other than fat so don't focus too much on it. Watching what you eat and doing the 30 Day Shred WILL get you those lbs you want, just remember to be patient :flowerforyou:

KarenJanine

, maybe you gained a lb of muscle...

It wasn't this - it takes a female about a month of eating in a calorie surplus along with ideal training conditions to gain 1lb of muscle. Just to clear that up.

XxQueenMxX

Thanks

Kducky, sorry if it's TMI but I just realized that in fact, I have not had a bowel movement in days!
Thanks for the motivation!

_Zardoz_

Weight loss isn't linear your metabolism doesn't have access to Google calender (other online calenders are available) so it doesn't know one week from the next. Patience

Elite4LifeDono

Lose*

kducky22

, maybe you gained a lb of muscle...

It wasn't this - it takes a female about a month of eating in a calorie surplus along with ideal training conditions to gain 1lb of muscle. Just to clear that up.

There is just no way that this is true... you don't need a calorie surplus to gain muscle (maybe if you are looking to bulk up). If you are working out more than you normally do, you will gain muscle regardless of calorie deficit/surplus.

XxQueenMxX

I still have not seen a difference in weight loss. But, I do see a difference in my body. I guess the 30 day shred is helping me, but i wish the lbs were coming off since I'm still 20 lbs over weight!

MinnieInMaine

, maybe you gained a lb of muscle...

It wasn't this - it takes a female about a month of eating in a calorie surplus along with ideal training conditions to gain 1lb of muscle. Just to clear that up.

There is just no way that this is true... you don't need a calorie surplus to gain muscle (maybe if you are looking to bulk up). If you are working out more than you normally do, you will gain muscle regardless of calorie deficit/surplus.

Whether you believe it or not, it is true. Gaining muscle and bulking is the same thing.

I think where you might be getting confused is that one CAN gain strength and endurance through working out and if they lose fat, they will see more muscle definintion. This is not the same thing as gaining muscle.

The actual stall or increases one sees when they start a new workout program or increase the intensity of their workout program is water and glycogen storage, which is part of the natural healing process. It's sort of like when you twist your ankle and it swells only less obvious to the naked eye as it's spread out over a larger area.

SaraLady89

I decided to start weighing myself daily because I once saw this cool post on here of a woman who did it daily then posted a picture of her weight loss chart. It went up and down but over a couple of months you could see her general weight going down even if you couldn't see it from day to day. Since I started doing it here are my weight measurements.

1/21 140.6
1/22 140.6
1/23 142.4
1/24 141.6
1/25 141.6
1/26 140.8
1/27 141.8
1/28 142.2

I'm just trying to say you are going to see normal weight flucuations it coul be from having too much sodium or it being because you worked out hard the day before, so don't worry.

ndj1979

wight loss is not linear..you will lose some weeks, break even other,s and maybe gain a little other times..the reasons are multiple - water retention, how much you pooped/peed, sodium intake, overrate one day and are bloated, regular bloat, etc, etc..

This is probably one reason that you should just weight yourself once a week at the same time …weight every day can get depressing for some people.

and why are you wasting your money on herbalife? Just eat real food, stay in deficit, hit macros, and work out/move more….

ndj1979

A cheeseburger isn't going to make you gain a lb. Indulging once in a while keeps us sane, so don't worry to much about it. To me is sounds like you might not be eating too much; maybe your body lost in the first week or two but could be in starvation mode now? Or, it could just be normal fluctuation. I agree that a 1 lb weight gain can be discouraging, but it could have just been food that is still waiting to be digested, maybe you drank more water that day, maybe you haven't had a bowl movement recently, maybe you gained a lb of muscle... It could be a number of things other than fat so don't focus too much on it. Watching what you eat and doing the 30 Day Shred WILL get you those lbs you want, just remember to be patient :flowerforyou:

so OP is in starvation mode and gained a pound of muscle???? Wow…first it is not starvation mode; second, you can't gain a pound of muscle while eating in a calorie deficit, and based on fact that OP is using meal replacement for breakfast and dinner, and only eating real food for lunch, trust me, she is not gaining muscle...

SunofaBeach14

Thanks

Kducky, sorry if it's TMI but I just realized that in fact, I have not had a bowel movement in days!
Thanks for the motivation!

Fiber is the answer

ndj1979

, maybe you gained a lb of muscle...

It wasn't this - it takes a female about a month of eating in a calorie surplus along with ideal training conditions to gain 1lb of muscle. Just to clear that up.

There is just no way that this is true... you don't need a calorie surplus to gain muscle (maybe if you are looking to bulk up). If you are working out more than you normally do, you will gain muscle regardless of calorie deficit/surplus.

what, did you really just say that? You need excess energy to build mew muscle and the only way to have said excess muscle is to eat in a calorie surplus. Hello, bulking up is gaining muscle..if you are building new muscle you need a surplus, period.

Please go read up on this and stop posting a bunch of myth/bro science as fact that other people will take as fact...

Phoenix_Warrior

, maybe you gained a lb of muscle...

It wasn't this - it takes a female about a month of eating in a calorie surplus along with ideal training conditions to gain 1lb of muscle. Just to clear that up.

There is just no way that this is true... you don't need a calorie surplus to gain muscle (maybe if you are looking to bulk up). If you are working out more than you normally do, you will gain muscle regardless of calorie deficit/surplus.

what, did you really just say that? You need excess energy to build mew muscle and the only way to have said excess muscle is to eat in a calorie surplus. Hello, bulking up is gaining muscle..if you are building new muscle you need a surplus, period.

Please go read up on this and stop posting a bunch of myth/bro science as fact that other people will take as fact...

^This. Zomg. I WISH building muscle was that simple. Now strength! I've spent 7 months retaining muscle I've already had and gaining strength but that is not the same as building muscle.

Francl27

Don't listen to all the people who will tell you you're building muscle, it's not possible if eating at a deficit.

I only lose weight 2 weeks out of 5, typically... I have 2-3 weeks stalls every month.

XxQueenMxX

wight loss is not linear..you will lose some weeks, break even other,s and maybe gain a little other times..the reasons are multiple - water retention, how much you pooped/peed, sodium intake, overrate one day and are bloated, regular bloat, etc, etc..

This is probably one reason that you should just weight yourself once a week at the same time …weight every day can get depressing for some people.

and why are you wasting your money on herbalife? Just eat real food, stay in deficit, hit macros, and work out/move more….

I've done herbalife before and I love the shakes, they help me with other things other than weight loss, Like I said, I've lost 30 lbs before within 3 months. That's one reason. The other, is because they are VERY convenient for me. I have no clue what you mean by macros, and that calorie deficit stuff. Once I reach my goal weight, I will stop them I guess. For me it's better to eat "real food" once I have reached my goal and am just trying to maintain the weight, rather than trying to loose weight.

helenoftroy1

Weight loss is not linear and everyone has day to day fluctuations owing to changes in water weight.

^^^^ THIS!!!!
Don't get disheartened, you're in this for the long haul, it's a rollercoaster ride but by god it's good fun when you get there!

Rsharpe99

I used to not believe in that whole "starvation" thing. However, after dropping more than 2 lbs a week for three weeks, I really stepped it up 2 weeks ago and had my most disciplined week ever -- food wise-- and took in very, very few calories while maintaining exercise regime. The result of that hard week of going to bed hungry every night was that I lost 0 lbs. So, last week I decided not to torture myself and up my calories a little bit. The result, and quickly, was a loss of 1.2 lbs in just 3 days.

Short story long: I starved myself and did not lose weight. Then I started feeding myself and my weight began dropping again.

helenoftroy1

Also I saw something the other day about the 5lb rule, not sure how much is in it...
but always look to lose 5lb below your goal weight so it will come up to your goal weight. Something about the body storing stuff. Can anyone add to this? Not sure where I saw it now and was wondering if there was anything in it?

rduhlir

wight loss is not linear..you will lose some weeks, break even other,s and maybe gain a little other times..the reasons are multiple - water retention, how much you pooped/peed, sodium intake, overrate one day and are bloated, regular bloat, etc, etc..

This is probably one reason that you should just weight yourself once a week at the same time …weight every day can get depressing for some people.

and why are you wasting your money on herbalife? Just eat real food, stay in deficit, hit macros, and work out/move more….

I've done herbalife before and I love the shakes, they help me with other things other than weight loss, Like I said, I've lost 30 lbs before within 3 months. That's one reason. The other, is because they are VERY convenient for me. I have no clue what you mean by macros, and that calorie deficit stuff. Once I reach my goal weight, I will stop them I guess. For me it's better to eat "real food" once I have reached my goal and am just trying to maintain the weight, rather than trying to loose weight.

So...to summarize...you did herbalife before, lost 30 lbs. Didn't learn what truly happened while taking herbalife and how it created a calorie defict. Went back to eating normally, because after all you don't want to drink herbalife for the rest of your life everyday for breakfast and lunch, gained back the weight because you didn't learn how to properly balance out your diet and macros (which are carbs/fat/proteins)...then decided to do it all over again?

Wouldn't it be easier to eat "real food" while reaching your goal so you know how to shift into maintaining when you get there so you don't end up doing this again a third time?

XxQueenMxX

I do get what everyone is saying, and I appreciate the responses. I know everyone is different, and what might work for some, might not work for others. I guess, the reason why I'm so thrown off by not losing weight, is because like I've mentioned before, I have done the same diet before (minus the 30 day shred workout every night), instead I was doing zumba a couple days/week and I lost so much weight quick. So that's why I thought "hey, i'll do it again, and I'll loose these 20 lbs in no time". Also, I did think eating less is better, but I guess I'm wrong!

fitphoenix22

I can guarantee you didn't lose 6 pounds of fat in one week... you're losing water weight (most likely from cutting out processed foods and carbs). Once your body levels out after the first few weeks, you shouldn't expect losses like that. It's not a race. There will be days the scale goes down and other days the scale goes up - as long as it's trending downwards, you should relax and keep at it.

nxd10

Because weight loss isn't linear. It goes in fits and starts.

XxQueenMxX

wight loss is not linear..you will lose some weeks, break even other,s and maybe gain a little other times..the reasons are multiple - water retention, how much you pooped/peed, sodium intake, overrate one day and are bloated, regular bloat, etc, etc..

This is probably one reason that you should just weight yourself once a week at the same time …weight every day can get depressing for some people.

and why are you wasting your money on herbalife? Just eat real food, stay in deficit, hit macros, and work out/move more….

I've done herbalife before and I love the shakes, they help me with other things other than weight loss, Like I said, I've lost 30 lbs before within 3 months. That's one reason. The other, is because they are VERY convenient for me. I have no clue what you mean by macros, and that calorie deficit stuff. Once I reach my goal weight, I will stop them I guess. For me it's better to eat "real food" once I have reached my goal and am just trying to maintain the weight, rather than trying to loose weight.

So...to summarize...you did herbalife before, lost 30 lbs. Didn't learn what truly happened while taking herbalife and how it created a calorie defict. Went back to eating normally, because after all you don't want to drink herbalife for the rest of your life everyday for breakfast and lunch, gained back the weight because you didn't learn how to properly balance out your diet and macros (which are carbs/fat/proteins)...then decided to do it all over again?

Wouldn't it be easier to eat "real food" while reaching your goal so you know how to shift into maintaining when you get there so you don't end up doing this again a third time?

Actually, I drank the shakes from Jan 2012 to May 2012 then became pregnant and I stopped drinking the shakes. I did what I could doing my pregnancy and ate pretty good to not gain too much weight, inevitably I gained 40 lbs during my pregnancy. I had my baby Feb 2013, and from then til now I've lost 30 lbs, mostly from watching what I eat and drinking the shakes here and there. I understand what you are saying, but since I know the shakes do work, I wanted to drink them again. And to answer your last question, I would LOVE to learn how to eat real food, but I don't even know where to start!

33Freya

It's just one week- don't panic until nothing has happened for 3 weeks, then tweak your program after that. This is a marathon, not a sprint. You will have ups and downs. Just stay consistent with your calorie deficit and exercise and you'll see results.

erinbartholomew5

This has happened to me too, and it's annoying, but don't worry. You only gained .2 pounds. It sounds like you may have made a lot of tiny food decisions during the week that added up, or did something that was off-schedule. I doubt you will stop loosing weight, and weight lose really does change in speed. Also, although the cheeseburger probably didn't add that much weight, it can be helpful to minimize the damage by not eating both halves of the bun and not ordering fries.

brad2021hk

I can guarantee you didn't lose 6 pounds of fat in one week... you're losing water weight (most likely from cutting out processed foods and carbs). Once your body levels out after the first few weeks, you shouldn't expect losses like that. It's not a race. There will be days the scale goes down and other days the scale goes up - as long as it's trending downwards, you should relax and keep at it.

Yeah seriously. Just do the thought experiment. If you assume a pound of weight loss takes a 3500 calorie deficit, that's a 3000cal/day deficit for a week to lose 6 pounds. If you eat nothing and exercise for an additional 1000 calories...basically 1.5 to 2 hours of high intensity exercise for 7 whole days you could do the work to lose 6 pounds.

It's astounding how much energy is stored in a pound of fat and how efficient the body is at using it.

ndj1979

wight loss is not linear..you will lose some weeks, break even other,s and maybe gain a little other times..the reasons are multiple - water retention, how much you pooped/peed, sodium intake, overrate one day and are bloated, regular bloat, etc, etc..

This is probably one reason that you should just weight yourself once a week at the same time …weight every day can get depressing for some people.

and why are you wasting your money on herbalife? Just eat real food, stay in deficit, hit macros, and work out/move more….

I've done herbalife before and I love the shakes, they help me with other things other than weight loss, Like I said, I've lost 30 lbs before within 3 months. That's one reason. The other, is because they are VERY convenient for me. I have no clue what you mean by macros, and that calorie deficit stuff. Once I reach my goal weight, I will stop them I guess. For me it's better to eat "real food" once I have reached my goal and am just trying to maintain the weight, rather than trying to loose weight.

I promise I am not trying to be mean ….but if you did herbalife before, lost thirty pounds, gained it back, and now are on herbalife AGAIN, don't you think that you might want to try and do it differently this time, so that you do not end up losing the same weight and gaming it back?

A calorie deficit is simply where you create an energy deficit to lose weight. MFP does this for you if you just enter your stats into it it will give you a daily calorie goal to lose, say, one pound a week. Then, if you do any exercise you log that exercise and eat back your exercise calories so that you "net" the number that MFP gives you.

Example - you have to eat 1500 calorie a day to lose 1pd per week. You go for a run and burn 300 cals..you then eat 1800 - 300 burned = 1500 netted..

As far as macros this is the percent of your calories that come from protein, fat, and carbs. A pretty standard setting is 40P/30C/30F, you can adjust these in MFP settings.

I would then say that you should eat 80% healthy and 20% whatever it is you want = beer, pizza,ice cream,etc….

If you do this you can lose 30 pounds, or more, and keep it off for the long term….