not losing weight :(

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  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Um.... @h7463 is pretty much 100% wrong when it comes to muscle mass. You're not gaining muscle. Gaining muscle is extremely hard, takes hours and hours and hours of training, and a caloric surplus.....for guys. Gaining muscle is EXPONENTIALLY harder for women. It especially doesn't grow faster than fat is lost. That is absolutely preposterous.

    If you truly are only eating 1200 calories plus working out, you're not gaining muscle.

    KMasz's post is pretty much spot on.

    What I do agree with is pictures and tape measures better log progress than the scale does when you're lifting.
    THIS. Women have to eat at a surplus and lift like a beast to gain muscle. It's ridiculously difficult for us to put on muscle. When you first start lifting you usually get some water retention, but that would be gone after two months.

    Why not lift AND run? The lifting will help you hold on to the muscle you already have, and the running will help you lose fat. I don't understand why you think you have to do just one or the other.
    I agree. I left heavy 3 times a week for an hour, then run three times a week for anywhere from 35 to 60 minutes. I find results with both .

    Nina, with the exercise you do you should be eating more than 1200 calories, and you will still lose weight.
  • geekyjock76
    geekyjock76 Posts: 2,720 Member
    I can tell you for certain I am eating 1200 cals. Its frustrating because this is the same "diet" I used before while doing the running. I literally lost lbs weekly. Just a little discouraging
    Truth be told, anything larger than a 1 lb per week loss for someone of your stats is considered excessive. Sure, you may experience rapid weight loss - but it's likely going to be at the expense of significant loss in lean mass and an unfavorable body composition once you reach goal weight. Then you'll really be discouraged after realizing saving several lbs of lean mass could have made a huge difference in how your body looks. It's pretty hard to appear "toned" when excessive muscle mass atrophies.
  • ninav1980
    ninav1980 Posts: 514 Member
    I started lifting seriously in about November. Since Christmas I have lost around 2 lbs in total. So I know what you are going through. I eat quite a bit more than you do ( right around the 1700 mark) What I have found from my own experience..

    If you have NEVER lifted weights before and you are lifting heavy (heavy = heavy FOR YOU) then you will gain a little bit of muscle. It's normally referred to as 'noob gains' but it is very little and it does not happen for very long. Your weight loss normally stalls out or you gain for a little while when you start any new program .. There is a good article about it here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/595473-why-the-scale-goes-up-with-a-new-workout-program-must-read I didn't gain either when I started lifting but I also didn't lose ANYTHING for Months (I have only just recently seen the scale moving again).

    I will tell you that it will take longer than 2 months to see much. If you haven't taken measurements do it now as they will be probably your only indicator of progress for a while. Even though I have not lost any weight I have dropped from a size 12 to a size 8 in the time that I have been lifting (about 6 months) To me this has been amazing progress! I have also seen the definition starting and my body fat % has dropped a lot as well.

    I guess it depends on what your goals are. Personally, if I don't lose another pound I would be happy as long as I keep toning and re-shaping. I'd rather weigh more and look toned than weigh less and look flabby. Weight isn't the "be all and end all". Measure success by how you look, how clothes fit and how you feel instead of relying on the number on the scale and pretty soon you will reach your goal 'look' even though you may weigh more than you thought you'd want to ;)

    Thank you!!!! I'm going to keep going strong and hope for the best.

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