5 weeks at the gym and no weight loss?? Help!!

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  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    I don't have time to answer all the questions y'all have asked, but I sure do appreciate the advice and motivation!! I really need that sometimes! I am sweating my butt off at the gym, counting calories and weighting and measuring all my food. I was told and under the impression that I needed to eat more calories for as much exercise that I'm doing. I will try to lower my calories. I have been trying to get at least 80g of protein a day. Which I have found difficult while trying to keep calories low. But again, thank you all for the great advice!

    80g is still really low......If you can't hit that I think you need to reassess your diet.

    This^. I try to aim for *atleast* 100g....ideally 120-140g.
  • Zeromilediet
    Zeromilediet Posts: 787 Member
    Weight loss is 80% diet; activity accounts for much less than one might think. Focus on 'what' you're eating and cut out or reduce anything with sugar or sweetening. Just that one thing will help ... it's incredible how much sugar (and sweeteners) is in virtually everything we eat and drink. Look to the gym for fitness and health, not weight loss.
  • EatClean_WashUrNuts
    EatClean_WashUrNuts Posts: 1,590 Member
    You have insufficient information. Anything anyone says is pure speculation.

    Open up your diary, if you are honestly tracking. Give us the information about your exercise. We also need to know if you calculated your BMR correctly.
  • embercakez
    embercakez Posts: 141
    I don't have time to answer all the questions y'all have asked, but I sure do appreciate the advice and motivation!! I really need that sometimes! I am sweating my butt off at the gym, counting calories and weighting and measuring all my food. I was told and under the impression that I needed to eat more calories for as much exercise that I'm doing. I will try to lower my calories. I have been trying to get at least 80g of protein a day. Which I have found difficult while trying to keep calories low. But again, thank you all for the great advice!

    80g is still really low......If you can't hit that I think you need to reassess your diet.

    This^. I try to aim for *atleast* 100g....ideally 120-140g.
    I agree...I try to intake at the least my body weight in grams. I hit 153 for protein yesterday...don't see how it's hard to hit 80.
  • frisby178
    frisby178 Posts: 4 Member
    Hi there - Im new to this too. I found that weighing myself did not help my state of mind at all as I became fixated on the numbers and got quite low if nothing was happening. Go by how you feel and how your clothes feel, a much better gauge, better still, measure yourself -its great seeing the difference. You get heavier the more exercise you do as muscle is heavier than fat, I do not agree with the BMR (basal metabolic wt) for that reason. I have the same story as you and didnt see any changes for ages, now, though, I am really feeling and noticing the difference and the pressure is off as i never, well, ok, once in a pink fit I weigh on the body fat scales at the gym - what I want to see is total fat down, muscle mass up - and it is now, just took a while to get going. This pall app is awesome, track everything, even little thing like one almond :), also track ALL exercise.

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