I CAN'T lose weight. :(

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  • cathipa
    cathipa Posts: 2,991 Member
    You have lost weight, so don't say you can't. You just aren't losing it at the rate you thought you would. You should be losing 0.5 pounds per week at your weight and height for healthy sustainable weight loss. Don't give up!
  • Jburch1982
    Jburch1982 Posts: 17
    You want to build muscle to burn the fat. Your intake might be to low with all the exercise. Your body goes into starvation mode and stores fat when it's not getting what it needs. Are you taking any supplements to improve your nutrition that your body might be missing out on.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    I would say it has to be your eating. Something is going wrong there. Yes more protein, and maybe you are eating too many carbs! What have you changed recently? Maybe added on some stress too?
    Macros are for satiation and fuel, calories are for weight loss. It doesn't matter how much protein or how few carbs she eats, if she's not eating at a calorie deficit she won't lose weight. :smile:
  • Jburch1982
    Jburch1982 Posts: 17
    Just don't give up. Weight loss is a steady climb up hill. Your doing great and it will happen.
  • kiyuchan
    kiyuchan Posts: 3 Member
    Think your body might be too used to the exercises. I was in the exact same position 6 weeks ago, stuck to the point where I wanted to give up. Are you gaining weight? Or does your weight just stay the same? For the last 2 days my weight has gone back down again. Think what you are experiencing is called a "weight loss plateau", you need to trick your body into losing weight again. Perhaps increase the intensity. I realised cutting calories did'nt work for me. Try using dumbbells when you're doing Zumba. I do Zumba and after increasing the intensity on it I'm building muscles on my arms and losing weight again.

    Don't give up hope. I have been there and I know the feeling it is frustrating when you know you're doing all the right things.
  • Makenna29
    Makenna29 Posts: 1 Member
    2 pounds sounds like a lot. I am 5'2 and l also started at 135lbs 9 weeks ago. If I'm lucky I lose maybe a pound a week. (more like .5 ) I go swimming everyday for a hour and did bootcamp 3x a week for month. ive lost 8 pounds in 9.5 weeks. I am pretty sure I am right on track. See if you have lost inches. You may be gaining muscle which weighs more than fat. Give it some time. Slow is good! Hang in there :)
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Height? Weight? Age? TDEE? You Calorie Intake?

    Are you logging? Do you log EVERYTHING? What do you estimate your calorie burns at for exercise?

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