Heavy lifting and TDEE-20 has stalled my weight loss

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  • TygerTwoTails
    TygerTwoTails Posts: 108 Member
    I was having the same problem, so my scale now resides in the closet. I go by the numbers on the tape measure and the bar!
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Hard to say. I guess I'm just sort of in the ball park. By your description, if I was at a deficit, I couldn't continue on the 5x5 program because I would not be able to gain any more muscle and I would stall on weight lifting progression, which hasn't happened (yet).

    I will keep at 2050 for another couple weeks and see how it goes. I have to say I feel quite good and quite strong.

    :)

    You can get stronger without building muscle. I'm not 100% convinced that you can't build muscle on a deficit, but that is the prevailing sentiment amongst the muscley folks on MFP.
  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
    Hard to say. I guess I'm just sort of in the ball park. By your description, if I was at a deficit, I couldn't continue on the 5x5 program because I would not be able to gain any more muscle and I would stall on weight lifting progression, which hasn't happened (yet).

    I will keep at 2050 for another couple weeks and see how it goes. I have to say I feel quite good and quite strong.

    :)

    You can get stronger without building muscle. I'm not 100% convinced that you can't build muscle on a deficit, but that is the prevailing sentiment amongst the muscley folks on MFP.

    The prevailing sentiment is that you cannot build muscle on a deficit....unless you are

    1. Brand new to weight lifting
    2. Very overweight
    3. Regaining muscle lost from inactivity for a time.

    Most of these are for a very limited time which would apply to the OP since they have only been lifting 7 weeks..
  • dondimitri
    dondimitri Posts: 245 Member
    So progress was good at 1600 cal/day.

    Now progress is stalled at around 2000 cal/day.

    What to do?

    Is it really that complicated?

    Go back to 1600 cal/day.
  • persistantone
    persistantone Posts: 59 Member
    Why would you care about pounds when your body is shrinking and becoming stronger?
  • persistantone
    persistantone Posts: 59 Member
    I was having the same problem, so my scale now resides in the closet. I go by the numbers on the tape measure and the bar!

    Nice. :)
  • sailawaykate
    sailawaykate Posts: 126
    measure body fat percentage with some calipers. Screw the scale. It's useless when lifting; just make sure your pants don't get tighter and you're fine.

    This. Scale weight is all well and good, but it's not an accurate indicator of health or fitness. You're eating more, your waist is shrinking and you're not seeing weight loss? You're building muscle and feeding your body what it's been asking for strength and recovery! Forget lbs & kilos. You feel good and you are seeing changes. Don't sweat it!
  • 64GT
    64GT Posts: 22 Member
    Just back from the doc, where I was informed I "officially" lost exactly 15 pounds in 6 months!

    He thinks the stronglifts is a great idea and doesn't seem to care if I lose any more weight or not.

    Left his office and went to the gym, doing squats, shoulder press and deadlift.

    Feeling great and trying to pay attention to everyone who has been so helpful on here today.

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