The scales won't move!!!

CorrinaG74
CorrinaG74 Posts: 10 Member
in Motivation and Support
This is my 6th week of eating healthy and training with a personal trainer twice a week apart from also doing some swimming. I used to drink more than 1 litre of coke a day, pizza probably 3 times a week and generally just bad food choice. For 6 weeks I've been drinking nothing but water, I'm eating healthy with lots of veggies and salads and keeping track of everything. Until 2 weeks ago, I had lost 8 kilos which I was happy with, but then I went to London for a day and a half (literally) and when I came back I was up 2 kilos. When I was there, I didn't go mad and eat everything in sight, so I was pretty disappointed to see the 2 kilo increase. Since I've been back I'm back being super careful with what I eat, and training and I weighed myself this morning (after the shock on Monday) and I'm still up those 2 kilos.
I know all about muscle being heavier than fat, but surely in a bulk as big as mine some weight should be falling off? I don't want to build up my present bulk into muscle!! I'm so unhappy about this, I really want to do this and I'm so determined but days like today make me wonder what I'm doing wrong and if it's just a lost cause.

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  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    If you aren't losing weight, then you aren't creating a calorie deficit. Either you're underestimating the amount you eat, or overestimating the amount you burn.

    Could you open up your diary so we can see? It's difficult to comment on what and how much you're eating without seeing it.

    If you aren't using a food scale, definitely get one. This is one of the single most helpful things that I learned from this site. Get a digital food scale which has a tare function and different units like grams and ounces, and use it religiously. It will be one of the best $20 you will ever spend on your health.

    If you can afford it, get some sort of fitness tracker like Fitbit, Bodymedia, Vivofit, etc. It can help you keep track of how much you actually burn throughout the day and will motivate you to move more.

    Edited for typo.
  • Katrina_O_M
    Katrina_O_M Posts: 6
    Just keep eating healthily and exercising. These things really do work. The scales are probably broken!
  • df999
    df999 Posts: 1 Member
    Just give it time! I know it's hard because I felt the same way, but you just have to be patient! Good Luck!
  • LunaStar2008
    LunaStar2008 Posts: 155 Member
    You lost 10 kg which is a little over 22lbs. That is great, but you may need to reassess your numbers now. As others will probably tell you and as you can read on other threats with similar titles, you may have hit maintenance levels.

    Try for another week or two, change your workout rotine or upper the intensity, or just lower your intake about 200-300 calories and see what happens.

    Just a thought.
  • _KitKat_
    _KitKat_ Posts: 1,066 Member
    First if you are in a deficient, you will NOT build up bulk. It takes a lot to put muscle mass on, for a woman it is very hard and requires a calorie surplus.

    The 2kg gain after London, most likely was water weight, you went from water and veggies to yummy most likely high sodium food. So that now leaves 2 weeks of little progress.....have you reran your numbers? 8 kilos is more than enough to drop BMR and TDEE. Even running these numbers though, you most likely shouldn't cut calories anymore. The best and healthiest way is slow and steady....I know not the best thing to hear but it is the truth. 6 weeks is a short time frame, the first couple weeks the large weight loss was probably water as well as real weight loss, that pace can not be kept. You are also female....our cycle can make our weight fluctuate a lot, my weight range is about 4 lbs or 1.8 kg, so that always needs to be considered.

    Why are you being so restrictive with your diet may I ask? Unless there is a medical or ethical reason weight loss is a numbers game. Calories in vs calories out. If it fits in your calories, you will still have weight loss.

    *Log EVERYTHING

    *Weigh Solids

    *Measure liquids

    *Exercise for fitness
    (weight lifting is my recommendation)

    *Be Honest with Yourself

    *Measure yourself, take silly pictures and then enjoy your progress.

    And............

    *****MOST IMPORTANTLY******
    READ THIS


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    THEN READ IT AGAIN........ :drinker:


    If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal
    If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal
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    If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal
  • BruceHedtke
    BruceHedtke Posts: 358 Member
    Another thing you might want to keep track of (if you aren't already) is your sodium intake. If you are getting alot of sodium in your diet, that can cause water retention at times and your weight will go up. It can be discouraging because you're doing everything right but your weight is going up! It happens. Water retention happens. Just keep doing what you're doing and it'll balance itself out and the weight will keep going down.

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