Switched to a cleaner diet, now not losing.

sarah329618
sarah329618 Posts: 23
in Health and Weight Loss
Hey everyone! I don't post here often but I'm always on the forums. I recently switched my eating habits and now I mainly eat clean foods. Lots of fruit, whole grains, skim milk ect... I have had some not so clean things in there too, a hamburger 85% lean, 3 strips of bacon, but those were at completely different times and I'm always within my calorie goal (1200-1600). I also started doing the Hasfit.com 30 days to fit workouts and they involve lifting dumbbells. I definitely get a workout from them. Since I've started this I have literally lost nothing. Before this I was eating any foods as long as it was within my calorie goal and sometimes no exercise and I would lose without a problem. The hasfit workouts are only 15 minutes long so I add in a 5 minute warm up and I always try to get it to at least 25 minutes long. I'm just looking for suggestions as to what I could do to help get me out of this. Could I be not losing because of me now lifting weights even though it's not a ton? Does your body take time to adjust to switching to clean foods? Did the one burger and bacon throw me off?

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  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    The burger and bacon are not thwarting your loses. In fact, there's not a good definition of "clean" food. Read this:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/822501-halp-my-sandwich-isn-t-clean

    That said, I personally have tried to cut a lot of my processed foods out of my diet, but I know that a splurge every now and then is fine. Also know that when you do splurge, the scale will go up the next day due to a higher intake of salt, and you'll be retaining water for the next day or two.

    With a new work out routine, you're going to see increases in water retention due to cortisol levels and your muscles repairing themselves. Give it time, don't freak out.
  • nicole_andan
    nicole_andan Posts: 127
    Hello, I'm no expert by any means but there are scales (I use the ones in the gym) that measure lean mass vs fat mass. When I started the gym I stopped losing weight but one of the guys at the gym showed me over a couple of weeks that actually my fat mass was reducing and my lean mass increasing (lean mass weighs more but takes up less space). Try doing measurements as well as that is a really good indicator. One more thing. If you are exercising but not drinking enough you apparently retain water which increases weight also.

    Like I said, I'm no expert and all of these might be urban myths that I stupidly believe! I would definitely try the measurements though, in a month I only lost 2lb but lost 3inches around my waist and hips and bust. It meant I could stop worrying about no loss on the scales.

    Good luck to you anyway xx

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