I'm losing the wrong weight

stealthq

They do. Just double-checked. Copy and paste into the address bar. Just make sure you're only getting up to the last number. The rest of the line is my comment about the demographic for that study. The addresses you're copying should be the following:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19927027
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18589032

BenReedCreative

Firstly and most importantly of all.
THOSE SCALES ARE NOT ACCURATE. They are not even usually in the ball park. They will measure your weight fine, but the rest is utter rubbish. And i mean UTTER rubbish.
If you are still concerned however then:
Eat at least 120g protein a day.
Do some form of full body resistance training, even if minimal.

sijomial

I have Omron body fat scales too. Over a period of months and years they have provided a reasonable trend.

But over a period of days and weeks they are a bit of a joke. I'm maintaining my weight and if I believed my scales then I can miraculously go from 19% to 13% body fat in a matter of days while not actually gaining or losing any weight. Incredible wouldn't you say? (That's 'incredible' as in impossible to believe!!)

As an experiment I tried morning and afternoon measurements and in a few hours the reading will change by a few percentage points, that's due to differences in hydration and the amount of food in my system. By the way - the afternoon measurement is much closer to the truth than the morning one.

You are putting far too much faith in an unreliable device.

T1DCarnivoreRunner

I have Omron body fat scales too. Over a period of months and years they have provided a reasonable trend.

But over a period of days and weeks they are a bit of a joke. I'm maintaining my weight and if I believed my scales then I can miraculously go from 19% to 13% body fat in a matter of days while not actually gaining or losing any weight. Incredible wouldn't you say? (That's 'incredible' as in impossible to believe!!)

As an experiment I tried morning and afternoon measurements and in a few hours the reading will change by a few percentage points, that's due to differences in hydration and the amount of food in my system. By the way - the afternoon measurement is much closer to the truth than the morning one.

You are putting far too much faith in an unreliable device.

Yes, I know there is some risk on accuracy. I only weigh at least 2 hours after eating, and towards the end of the day. If I weigh in the morning, I'm too dehydrated for a good reading before a shower, and too hydrated for an accurate reading afterwards. Like I said, the trend has only had 1 outlier that definitely looks wrong.

T1DCarnivoreRunner

They do. Just double-checked. Copy and paste into the address bar. Just make sure you're only getting up to the last number. The rest of the line is my comment about the demographic for that study. The addresses you're copying should be the following:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19927027
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18589032

Yes, those are what I was using. It's odd, though... I tried several times on one computer and couldn't get them to work (other websites worked fine, so I know it was connected). I am now in a different location on a different computer and they work. Thanks for the followup!

okulyd

Stick to the diet. Exercise is easier when you have less extra mass to carry around.
Eat more protein like everyone said, it will help fill you up and help with blood sugar. You can't go wrong with more protein.

Weight loss is more about diet than exercise. It damn difficult to burn enough calories with the average hour a person has to spend per day working out to really get the 500 calorie deficit that is recommended to hit the 2 pounds per week. Focus on the food and weight should come off. If you lose muscle don't worry about it too much, you can build it back in November when you ready to focus on it.

likitisplit

I do body weight exercises three times a week. They take between 15 and 30 minutes a day. I could cut that down to 7-15 minutes if I needed to. However, I am still making progress at my level.

SeptemberLondon

As someone who stays very busy and has used that as an excuse in the past, I'd say to stop making excuses and find a way to do some resistance training if preserving muscle and adding strength are truly your goals. At a minimum you can start doing some body weight exercises, but I'd wager you could find time to get to the gym if you really wanted to. It will likely take some sacrifices, but it's doable if you really want it.

I absolutely agree with all of this.

With the relatively little I've learned so far, I'd say your protein is definitely too low. Check me on this, but I think the minimum should be .8 grams per pound of body weight to maintain lean muscle while losing.

Also, my boyfriend does pushups while studying, and I do squats while folding laundry. While everyone at work takes smoke breaks; I take crunch & squat breaks. These types of exercises are sufficient until you have more time, but I sincerely think you'll be glad you did.

I completely disagree with the previous comment to "wait until you lose weight", particularly if your complaint is that you're losing lean mass. Everyone's different, but this is an extremely strange suggestion to me.

Sthere

I briefly scanned your post are you avoiding wheat gluten if you have hashimotos?

T1DCarnivoreRunner

I briefly scanned your post are you avoiding wheat gluten if you have hashimotos?

No, I do not have Celiac's.

SeptemberLondon

I briefly scanned your post are you avoiding wheat gluten if you have hashimotos?

I don't know much about Hashimotos, but I have also heard gluten free recommended as a tool for those with the disease.

T1DCarnivoreRunner

I briefly scanned your post are you avoiding wheat gluten if you have hashimotos?

I don't know much about Hashimotos, but I have also heard gluten free recommended as a tool for those with the disease.

Both Hashimoto's and Celiac are auto-immune diseases, as is type 1 diabetes (which I also have) and Graves disease. First, one must have the genes to have these, and then something must trigger the auto-immune response (i.e. where the immune system attacks a part of the body mistaking it for a foreign object). The genes that cause these are the same, and the only difference between someone like me who has one of them and not another is the trigger. Many individuals have more than one (as in my case where I have both type 1 and hashimoto's) as a result of something triggering both immune responses. So I am at risk of Celac if something were to trigger the auto-immune response.

My guess is that you are thinking of a situation where someone has Hashimoto's and Celiac (which is quite common). Someone with Celiac should be concerned with gluten, of course.

Here is some information that also outlines the connection between the diseases: http://www.celiaccentral.org/thyroid/

bigislandgrrl

All this time wasted posting in this forum and you could have been working out. Id give up a little of your MFP posting time and exchange it for strength training.

parkscs

All this time wasted posting in this forum and you could have been working out. Id give up a little of your MFP posting time and exchange it for strength training.

No there's no time for that. Can't possibly do any sort of resistance training.

SeptemberLondon

I briefly scanned your post are you avoiding wheat gluten if you have hashimotos?

I don't know much about Hashimotos, but I have also heard gluten free recommended as a tool for those with the disease.

Both Hashimoto's and Celiac are auto-immune diseases, as is type 1 diabetes (which I also have) and Graves disease. First, one must have the genes to have these, and then something must trigger the auto-immune response (i.e. where the immune system attacks a part of the body mistaking it for a foreign object). The genes that cause these are the same, and the only difference between someone like me who has one of them and not another is the trigger. Many individuals have more than one (as in my case where I have both type 1 and hashimoto's) as a result of something triggering both immune responses. So I am at risk of Celac if something were to trigger the auto-immune response.

My guess is that you are thinking of a situation where someone has Hashimoto's and Celiac (which is quite common). Someone with Celiac should be concerned with gluten, of course.

Here is some information that also outlines the connection between the diseases: http://www.celiaccentral.org/thyroid/

Ahhh, okay... You may be right, I'm not sure whether celiac was a factor or not. I'm certainly not questioning YOUR expertise on the subject. I'm sure you've read everthing you possibly can & are doing all you can to minimize any responses. Those autoimmune diseases like to hang out in groups, I see...

T1DCarnivoreRunner

All this time wasted posting in this forum and you could have been working out. Id give up a little of your MFP posting time and exchange it for strength training.

No there's no time for that. Can't possibly do any sort of resistance training.

Like I said, I really truly wish you all were right about how much time I have. I can multi-task on MFP when doing things that cannot multi-task with weight lifting.

Here are my priorities... I realize some of you would prioritize differently, but I'm not changing these... in order:
1. Work - I work FT
2. Classes - I am a FT graduate student
3. Politics - I hold several leadership positions in several organizations. This is an election year, so I'm quite busy. The time spent here will decrease after the election, which is why I will have time to workout in November, and I don't have time now.
4. Weight loss - Yep, this comes after the other 3, and I'm not changing it. That means I'm trying to eat less for now because that is what I have time to do.
5. Fun stuff - hiking mostly. It's been longer than I would like since I've had time to go out and do as little as a 2-3 hour hike.

**Obviously, it would be easy to put "fun stuff" higher and stress eat as a way to be less high-strung when I have no time for leisure, but I have prioritized weight loss higher. So I'm very stressed, very busy, and yet I'm still thinking of what is possible to keep weight loss as a #4 priority. Couple that with the fact that I live in a rural area and drive about 25k-30k miles every year mostly for normal stuff that may take you much less time to do because you don't add an hour or 4 round trip... hopefully you get my point. I really wish you were right and I had time to workout.

WalkingAlong

I have Omron body fat scales too. Over a period of months and years they have provided a reasonable trend.

But over a period of days and weeks they are a bit of a joke. I'm maintaining my weight and if I believed my scales then I can miraculously go from 19% to 13% body fat in a matter of days while not actually gaining or losing any weight. Incredible wouldn't you say? (That's 'incredible' as in impossible to believe!!)

As an experiment I tried morning and afternoon measurements and in a few hours the reading will change by a few percentage points, that's due to differences in hydration and the amount of food in my system. By the way - the afternoon measurement is much closer to the truth than the morning one.

You are putting far too much faith in an unreliable device.

Yes, I know there is some risk on accuracy.

There is not "some risk on accuracy" with those scales. There is 100% assurance of inaccuracy. It's your scale.