Help - OH not losing any weight

ChelleFeegan
ChelleFeegan Posts: 80 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I am after some advice for my husband.

He is using the fitness pal app - and has been since May, and he has not lost a lb.

He goes to the gym 3 times a week minimum and does a mix of cardio and weights.

He eats his calories (including any that he has earned from the gym) and usually is about 100 under. And since May has been over his daily allowance all of four times.

Why is the weight not shifting?

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

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  • sandrajune72
    sandrajune72 Posts: 492 Member
    Is he new to the gym and lifting weights? If so, it may be fat turning to muscle? Has he been measuring himself to see if he's lost any inches? Has he had to buy new clothes?

    I'm sure lots of others will have better advice for you, these are just the things that people ask time & time again when the scales aren't moving!

    Best of luck to you and your husband :flowerforyou:
  • ChelleFeegan
    ChelleFeegan Posts: 80 Member
    Hi Ya

    Thanks for coming back.

    I said that to him last night, but although his arms have gotten bigger, his waist hasn't shrunk... so... who knows.

    Are we doing it wrong though? This is the next question... He is allowed 1500 calories a day, yet if he burns an additional 400 he will eat more than his 1500 - should he not? Should he just eat the 1500 allowance?
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    The 1500 goal includes a deficit for weight loss, based on what you told it in terms of statistics and target weight loss etc etc.

    If you exercise in addition to the activity level you told it when setting goals, then you're supposed to retain the original deficit by eating more. There's a fairly high risk of eating into your deficit if you overestimate calorie burn during exercise though, so if the extra burn is 400 it won't harm to only eat 200 extra.
  • KevinNewton
    KevinNewton Posts: 6
    As much as i love MFP, i dont use the "macros" (proteins/fats/carbs) they recommend, because its basically wrong! Dont get me wrong Its good for the majority of the population that dont understand how to count calories, But sometimes you need to adjust your macros manually, Its called "nutrient partitioning". Anyway i wont bore you with the finer details.

    So im not sure what your partners carbs are at currently, but a good place to start for a male to get that fat loss going is drop his carb intake to around 120grams a day, maybe even lower if his current carb intake is close to that figure, You can either increase his protein intake slightly or fats to accommodate for the lower amount of carbs, so his still hitting his total calorie intake.

    Theres no reason why he should not lose weight if he does this. Unless his hiding snacks from ya :D, If he gets to the gym 3 days a week, make sure there purely weights, and he is also doing bench press/dead lifts/squats, those major compound movements will get the body burning fat and building muscle. on his off days, either do steady state cardio 40-60minute brisk walk, or ideally HIIT, run 30secs walks 30secs for 20mins for example.

    As far as eating his calories that he burns in the, Dont! ignore what calories you burn, Just train hard and stick to the total caloric intake, but try as i said and reduce he carb intake right down.... and use MFP as a tool to hit your macros that your manually worked out.

    Hope that all makes sense, Goodluck, Regards Kevin
  • StephJB1221
    StephJB1221 Posts: 225
    Is he clean eating? Its not just about amount of carbs..You need a certain amount of carbs, proteins and fats! 70% of your results is in the kitchen!

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