Why am I not losing any weight? Frustrated!

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  • gpstrucker
    gpstrucker Posts: 930 Member

    haha I live in Zimbabwe...that stuff isn't available here. Guess I'm at a disadvantage then lol


    You don't have a postal service? You can buy them from Amazon or just about any other "mail order" website.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    How come only 20% fat out of curiosity?

    Zimbabwe very cool I lived for a short time in Nigeria. I can just imagine how green and lush it must be over there. I'm jealous.
  • CM9178
    CM9178 Posts: 1,251 Member
    I was going to say the same thing as many others here. If you haven't lost at below 1500 or at 1500, then you aren't eating enough. If 1500 is a 500 calorie deficit, and then you are exercising and probably burning a lot more calories, you aren't eating nearly enough.
    Figure out an accurate way to track how many calories you are burning and then eat back those calories so that you are actually netting 1500.
  • carmendeans
    carmendeans Posts: 18

    haha I live in Zimbabwe...that stuff isn't available here. Guess I'm at a disadvantage then lol


    You don't have a postal service? You can buy them from Amazon or just about any other "mail order" website.

    Haha not exactly. End up paying double the price because you need to order from Amazon through a courier. I'm moving to England in June so I'll just wait it out :)
  • geomars
    geomars Posts: 4 Member
    Intermittent Fasting will help you get rid of any stubborn fat. I am doing IF at the moment and it works quite well. What I do is 18/6 which means I have a 6 hour eating window to get all of my caloric intake for the day then I fast for 18 hours. It is not starving yourself, no it does not put your body into starvation mode, it puts your body into fat burning mode. You just need to make sure you get your calories in at your "eating window." My eating window is from 11am-5pm, after 5pm I don't eat until 11am next day. Eat high protein foods, mid-range carbs, and low fat foods.

    For those who worry that this will burn muscle, it does not burn muscle. It only burns fat and you actually gain muscle while Intermittent Fasting, if you include exercise of course. I've recently started IF and I've lost 5 lbs already granted it's probably some water weight there but the fat keeps melting off. I've also incorporated cardio and compound exercises, while fasted of course. When you're fasting and you exercise your body needs fat to burn off for energy, but since you are on empty it goes to the next best thing, your stored fat and it starts burning off stored fat. This is happening in my case, I exercise 2 hours before I break my fast, I do push ups, dips and cardio. I've gained muscle and I am still losing inches around my waist. I used to wear size large in shirts, I am down to Medium now, my pants are even more loose than before. This is just advice though, IF is not a diet but you can incorporated it with any diet that you are doing. IF just tells you when you can eat and when you cannot eat. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask, just trying to help.
  • carmendeans
    carmendeans Posts: 18
    How come only 20% fat out of curiosity?

    Zimbabwe very cool I lived for a short time in Nigeria. I can just imagine how green and lush it must be over there. I'm jealous.

    Those macronutrient ratios were recommended from a couple places. I did my research and that seemed to be the best ratio for fat loss and maintaining lean muscle. Yeah it is a pretty place but I'm ready to get to civilization!
  • carmendeans
    carmendeans Posts: 18
    Intermittent Fasting will help you get rid of any stubborn fat. I am doing IF at the moment and it works quite well. What I do is 18/6 which means I have a 6 hour eating window to get all of my caloric intake for the day then I fast for 18 hours. It is not starving yourself, no it does not put your body into starvation mode, it puts your body into fat burning mode. You just need to make sure you get your calories in at your "eating window." My eating window is from 11am-5pm, after 5pm I don't eat until 11am next day. Eat high protein foods, mid-range carbs, and low fat foods.

    For those who worry that this will burn muscle, it does not burn muscle. It only burns fat and you actually gain muscle while Intermittent Fasting, if you include exercise of course. I've recently started IF and I've lost 5 lbs already granted it's probably some water weight there but the fat keeps melting off. I've also incorporated cardio and compound exercises, while fasted of course. When you're fasting and you exercise your body needs fat to burn off for energy, but since you are on empty it goes to the next best thing, your stored fat and it starts burning off stored fat. This is happening in my case, I exercise 2 hours before I break my fast, I do push ups, dips and cardio. I've gained muscle and I am still losing inches around my waist. I used to wear size large in shirts, I am down to Medium now, my pants are even more loose than before. This is just advice though, IF is not a diet but you can incorporated it with any diet that you are doing. IF just tells you when you can eat and when you cannot eat. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask, just trying to help.

    Thanks for the advice! I've heard of a lot of people trying this but they complain about feeling tired and having bad breath :/ I did try it for a couple days but find it hard to adapt into a long term thing. If all else fails, I'll give IF a proper go to try shift that last stubborn fat :)
  • geomars
    geomars Posts: 4 Member
    Yea I completely understand, when I first tried it, it was very difficult because I wanted to cheat really bad. Thing is you get used to it. When I came across IF I did my fair amount of research, saw youtube videos on people talking about it and even success stories of people who went on IF and lost the fat they wanted. Just a couple tips if you do try it again, when you're fasting drink a lot of water, you can drink teas, black coffee (no sugar of course) and pretty much any drink that has 0 calories. But yea IF is definitely not for people who cannot control their cravings lol. If you are interested I can point you to some channels that talk about IF on youtube, or just simply go on it and type in intermittent fasting.
  • ctroxell2004
    ctroxell2004 Posts: 56
    keep in mind when you weight train you are adding muscle.....so that could be why you aren't losing the weight on the scale....

    are you clothes feeling looser?

    Don't like by the scale....!!
  • carmendeans
    carmendeans Posts: 18
    Yea I completely understand, when I first tried it, it was very difficult because I wanted to cheat really bad. Thing is you get used to it. When I came across IF I did my fair amount of research, saw youtube videos on people talking about it and even success stories of people who went on IF and lost the fat they wanted. Just a couple tips if you do try it again, when you're fasting drink a lot of water, you can drink teas, black coffee (no sugar of course) and pretty much any drink that has 0 calories. But yea IF is definitely not for people who cannot control their cravings lol. If you are interested I can point you to some channels that talk about IF on youtube, or just simply go on it and type in intermittent fasting.

    Yeah thanks would love to check out some channels :) I know the hodge twins do it :) They're really helpful. But yeah, think i need to do more research on it. I never get cravings so that's not a problem. It just isn't nice when say, you want to go out for dinner and your window for the day ended at 5pm you get me? It seems like a very rigid way to live.
  • carmendeans
    carmendeans Posts: 18
    keep in mind when you weight train you are adding muscle.....so that could be why you aren't losing the weight on the scale....

    are you clothes feeling looser?

    Don't like by the scale....!!

    Yeah my clothes are getting looser, but it seems odd how the scale is stuck on the EXACT number for a month and a half? haha its baffling! There's nothing wrong with the scale, but there seems to be something wrong with me :P
  • geomars
    geomars Posts: 4 Member
    Yea I completely understand, when I first tried it, it was very difficult because I wanted to cheat really bad. Thing is you get used to it. When I came across IF I did my fair amount of research, saw youtube videos on people talking about it and even success stories of people who went on IF and lost the fat they wanted. Just a couple tips if you do try it again, when you're fasting drink a lot of water, you can drink teas, black coffee (no sugar of course) and pretty much any drink that has 0 calories. But yea IF is definitely not for people who cannot control their cravings lol. If you are interested I can point you to some channels that talk about IF on youtube, or just simply go on it and type in intermittent fasting.

    Yeah thanks would love to check out some channels :) I know the hodge twins do it :) They're really helpful. But yeah, think i need to do more research on it. I never get cravings so that's not a problem. It just isn't nice when say, you want to go out for dinner and your window for the day ended at 5pm you get me? It seems like a very rigid way to live.


    Omg you watch the HodgeTwins haha, Yes! I love those guys, their channel fastingtwins helped me out BIG time! But yeah I get what you're saying.

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