Upped Calories and Losing finally but ....????

sara1077

I increased my calories (had been doing about 1200/1300) and am finally losing but is it just muscle? I had not been working out as good the last two weeks because of travel for Thanksgiving and work comittments. I've lost about 4lbs.

AckieJ

Bump. I wasn't losing for awhile and thought I'd increase cals to see if I started losing again.

Crazy4Healthy

Hard to know for sure whether you are losing fat or muscle, but unlikely to be ALL muscle. Try to keep your protein levels up to minimize muscle loss. You would be more likely to lose the muscle at the lower calorie levels than the higher. With the higher you are likely giving your body more of what it needs both nutritionally as well as to maintain muscle.

rmhand

Why would increasing your calories cause you to lose muscle?

Nerdy_Rose

Increasing calories helps preserve lean muscle mass as you lose weight. So does weight lifting.

llkilgore

You may have lost enough exercise related water weight for it to show up on the scale, but muscle? Not likely.

EatClean_WashUrNuts

Increasing calories helps preserve lean muscle mass as you lose weight. So does weight lifting.

ALL RIGHT HERE

BurtHuttz

Nope. Sounds like you're honing in on your magic healthy number of calories. Keep fine-tuning it until you have the energy to work out, you keep losing weight, and you feel good physically.

Then, enjoy your new lifestyle :-)

MoreBean13

What would make you think that?

Going from trained to untrained, i.e. losing muscle conditioning is not the same thing as losing muscle tissue. You catabolize muscle tissue when you need it for fuel. Losing conditioning just means the muscle you have is 'lazier'. Some small portion of all weight loss will be muscle, but like Nerdy_rose said- eating more and weight training help preserve the muscle tissue, making your loss a higher percentage of fat.

tryinghard71

I don't think you can lose muscle in two weeks. I was set at 1200 and was not losing. When I increased my calories, did more weight lifting and less cardio the weight started falling off.

Guamybear

how many calories are you eating now?

Lift_hard_eat_big

It's most likely water or poop loss.

sara1077

thanks! I only worried it was muscle because I have not been getting in my normal work outs.

love4fitnesslove4food_wechange

It's most likely water or poop loss.

no one loses poop--it goes in the toilet, duh!

Captain_Tightpants

no one loses poop--it goes in the toilet, duh!

Not so sure about that. I lost one around here somewhere. Maybe it's time I tidied my desk.

Lift_hard_eat_big

It's most likely water or poop loss.

no one loses poop--it goes in the toilet, duh!

One doesn't 'take a dump' they 'give a dump' ????

BurtHuttz

Speaking of which I lost a real trophy-winner that I've been looking for for months. I've checked the lint trap and my jacket pockets and have had no luck.. You know how sometimes you're not thinking and put the cereal in the fridge and the milk in the cabinet? Well, it's in neither of those places. I'm worried the dog may have eaten in :-(

WillardsMommy1

no one loses poop--it goes in the toilet, duh!

Not so sure about that. I lost one around here somewhere. Maybe it's time I tidied my desk.

Lol on this subject lately when I've been feeling that feeling when its about time to go for some reason the image pops into my head of my poop saying "I"m ready...to Paaarrrtaaaaaayyyyy".

From the movie Bridesmaids when she's on the plane. It cracks me up because now its almost involuntary.

xiamjackie

It is probably water weight from not working out. By not exercising for two weeks, your muscles have not had to retain water in order to recuperate.