Been working out but no weight loss HELP!!!!!

WillBFitNThin
WillBFitNThin Posts: 1
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For the past two months I have been in this fitness class and my friend says I look like I am losing inches but I am no longer losing weight. In fact, I feel like I am gaining weight. Now I haven't kept up my diet in the past two weeks and have been leaning more and more towards fast food and sugar. I think this is because of me not having my salads, now I don't eat them day in and out but I am use to a point to eating them. And since noticing the scale is not moving down but up, I feel like I am wasting my time in this class let alone even trying to loss weight. I am just back to where I started, and this has affected my desire to workout cause now I rather just eat myself to death then actually go out and workout.

I know there is a possibility that I am gaining muscle but I doubt that because I have this second chin that doesn't want to go away and I know its because I am fat. On top of this it has sparked up some depression and the common thought of I am wasting my time doing this and I should give up its not like I am doing anything, plus I am doing it wrong and will never do it right so why continue to waste my time or anyone else at that. Honestly, I do not know what to do now expect kill over and give up.

Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas. And yes, I was in a bad mood typing this.

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  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,336 Member
    First, get a tailors measuring tape and measure. Scales only measure weight, and the goal is fat loss.

    Second, are you staying within your calorie goal even eating fast food? If you calories are in line, you will lose fat.

    Third, you could be retaining water for one reason or another which would mask fat loss. Eating fast food tends to increase the amount of sodium you consume, and if it is a lot more than what you are used to you will retain water and that can add a lot of weight even while fat is being burned off. Generally measurements will still decrease which gets you back to my first point.
  • Rachelc1992
    Rachelc1992 Posts: 246 Member
    I have been having this problem for the last month, as all my friends on here will tell you because I haven't shut up about it. Make sure you are weighing your food and stay within your calories. Today finally after 4 weeks my weight has gone down !! I haven't changed anything in these 4 weeks, same amount of calories and exercise, but I didn't give in! And I'm clad because finally it's going to do something!! Dnt give in!! Think of your muscle :) and just keep eating at a deficit! You WILL get there :) x
  • Papillon22
    Papillon22 Posts: 1,160 Member
    You say you "feel" like you're gaining weight, what does that mean? Have you weighed yourself?
    I'd suggest that you go back to basics: log everything you eat (and weigh things), make the best choices you can and continue working out (which is good for your heart, it's not a waste of time!).
    You can do this! We all go through periods of time when nothing seems to work, don't give up!
  • DirrtyH
    DirrtyH Posts: 664 Member
    What you eat is way more important than exercise. Don't quit the fitness class, but pay more attention to what you eat. If you watch the Biggest Loser, they'll say that it's 50% diet and 50% exercise - that's crap. In my experience, it's more like 80% diet. You are very unlikely to lose weight through exercise alone.

    Don't give up! I know it's easy. I struggle with depression and I go through these periods where I'm like "it doesn't matter, no one's ever going to love me, who cares if I'm a fat cow" and i just eat everything in sight. It's hard to stay focused when your own body/mind is fighting you, but do it anyway.

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