Why dont I lose weight when I work out and hold my calorie g

natalieshalom
natalieshalom Posts: 13 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
This is how I work out:
- 35 min walking before breakfast
- 2 miles run after lunch
- gym 3 times/ week

& I eat 1,200 kcal/ day.

Since I started working out I have gained 2 lb. I thought I would lose weight? Will the weight loss start soon?

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  • HealthyChanges2010
    HealthyChanges2010 Posts: 5,831 Member
    This is how I work out:
    - 35 min walking before breakfast
    - 2 miles run after lunch
    - gym 3 times/ week

    & I eat 1,200 kcal/ day.

    Since I started working out I have gained 2 lb. I thought I would lose weight? Will the weight loss start soon?
    It will! It's not unusual to gain a couple lbs at the begining, some do, some don't. Our bodies are all very different. Keep doing what you're doing and make sure you're getting in all 1200 cals and at least 1/2 your workout cals and your daily water and you'll be dropping the lbs before you know it!:flowerforyou:
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
    Honestly, if you're only eating 1200 and exercising that much then you are starving yourself and will not lose. You need to change your diary to 1lb a week or 1/2 lb a week so your target calories goes up, and you need to eat back your exercise calories.
  • ajk1412
    ajk1412 Posts: 1 Member
    The probability is that with all that exercise the weight gain is muscle, which is good as muscle weight burns more calories but you should be eating a bit more to fuel all that exercise, try using measurements as a guide, not just weight it tends to be more accurate.
  • KathleenAGarrity
    KathleenAGarrity Posts: 25 Member
    I had the same problem when I started, I wasnt losing any weight on the scale for weeks! But dont give up, keep going at it! Eventually it will start to drop. Keep an eye on your Calories and keep up the exercise!

    If you want to see some sort of progress, measure yourself and you will defo see the inches start to disapear before the scale starts to drop!
  • spiralgirl71
    spiralgirl71 Posts: 374 Member
    Sometimes that happens. Make sure that you net 1200 calories once the exercise calories are added to your daily allotment. You may have to eat some of your exercise calories in order to be fueling your body enough. Otherwise you may be slowing your metabolism down. Keep at the exercise though. Just play with the food a bit.
  • karebear32505
    karebear32505 Posts: 47 Member
    When you begin to work out your muscles retain water. SO that is why you see a weight gain. within a week or 2 your weight should go down. You know you don't have to work out SOOO Much to lose weight. If i was you. i would do the 3 days a week gym, and opt for either your walk or your run each day, not both. The more you work out., the harder and harder you will have to work out., b/c you body is working out so hard now...THat you will have to do all of that plus more -10lbs or so down the line!!!!! Relax, eat your daily calories, and ease on the working out a smidge! :tongue:
  • ThumperWabbt
    ThumperWabbt Posts: 82 Member
    Since I started working out I have gained 2 lb. I thought I would lose weight? Will the weight loss start soon?

    That's actually fairly normal. When you start working out not only are you adding muscle (and while muscle is more compact than fat, a fist size area weighs more than a fist size area of fat...) but you've also traumatized your muscles, which will cause them to grab onto water and not want to let go. Eventually, they will.

    When I started seriously walking and Trikking, I gained 2 pounds a week for 3 weeks running. I knew what was happening but that didn't keep me from being really ticked off about it. Week four, it all came off.

    You might also want to eat a little bit more. 1200 calories is a baseline, but when you work out, you need more fuel. It sounds counter-intuitive, but you need fuel to burn fat, and 1200 calories (for most people) just isn't enough fuel to get that fat-burning fire stoked.
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