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  • diviana
    diviana Posts: 53
    Just stick with what you are doing. If it isn't improving, change something up.

    I was over 500 lbs at my heaviest. I started very low calorie. Once I started getting stronger and could do more, I had to add in a lot more carbs. That seems counter intuitive, but my body needed more energy. Someone gave me this visual: a pound of fat is about the size of a brick. A pound of muscle is about the size of a pencil. Someone posted 2 pics at the same weight, but you can see a remarkable difference in her muscle tone (nice going, btw).

    My circumstances are very different from yours, but changing things up from time to time will keep your body going.
  • _Kate_P
    _Kate_P Posts: 132
    it has only been a week, but try lowering your calories even more and working out slightly longer and see what happens.
    no, don't lower intake and exercise more! if anything up your intake and exercise slightly less! your body could just be holding onto everything youve got because its not getting enough food to fuel insane workouts and normal body function. It also could just be that your body is retaining water. Is this a big jump in exercise? When you increase your workouts your muscles have a temporary "what the *kitten*!?!?" moment and hold a lot of water while they're repairing themselves. keep with the exercise though because your body will adjust and wont retain water
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