Scale hasn't budged for almost six weeks!

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  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
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    There is solid research on the need to mix things up in the gym. When we start a new physical activity, we expend a lot of calories doing it. Over time, as we learn how to do it, we expend fewer calories. Starting new forms of exercise gives us the beginner's burn again.

    Thank you !!!!!!!!!
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    I'm still waiting for some information I can read up on to contradict what I have been told so far. Attacking the education of a specialist doesn't help change my mind, only information and scientific studies will do that. Where are they?

    The burden of proof falls on the person making the claim (you so-called "nutritionist" -- a title that is not subject to any professional regulation, btw).

    She has given me her evidence, I am waiting for yours so I can make up my own mind.
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  • Biggirllittledreams
    Biggirllittledreams Posts: 306 Member
    Most people underestimate calorie intake and overestimate calories burned from exercise. Let's pretend for a minute that you're being 100% accurate with both (which is impossible btw). In that case you just need to either increase your calorie deficit by about 100 calories a day and see how that affects your weight over the next month or so.

    Also, just for future reference, the "starvation mode" that you referenced in your original post doesn't exist.

    People don't really know how to gauge portion control anymore these days, which is hard when they tell you that '100 calories = 1/2 cup' and especially hard when they tell you a certain oz. or g. of food. Many companies actually use that as a selling point, using an abnormally small portion size so that they can advertise their food as low calorie. So for a short period of time, weigh/measure your food, or at least get used to estimating food with a measuring cup.

    Starvation mode doesn't translate as a slowed metabolism, and the concept of starvation mode is GREATLY overly exaggerated. There is actually a post going around posted a few minutes ago about just how exaggerated this concept is. Chances are, your digestion is really out of wack (which happens if you're making dietary changes but not drinking enough water/having enough fiber), you've altered your carbohydrate intake which can lead to bloating, you're wrong with estimated portion sizes, etc. I highly doubt that you're starving to the point of being on your death bed.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
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    There is solid research on the need to mix things up in the gym. When we start a new physical activity, we expend a lot of calories doing it. Over time, as we learn how to do it, we expend fewer calories. Starting new forms of exercise gives us the beginner's burn again.

    Thank you !!!!!!!!!
    This is false. "Mixing it up" has no scientific basis. What it does have, however, is serious marketing, as without this myth, the entire fitness industry would collapse. Do people burn less calories over time by doing the EXACT same thing? Yes. Why? Because as you lose weight, you burn less calories. As your body becomes more efficient, you burn slightly less calories. But let's be honest, if you are running (for example) the exact same distance at the exact same pace every day for years, then you are doing it wrong. That's not a question of needing to "mix it up," that's a matter of needing to progress. Bench press 100 pounds, that's fine. Bench press 150 pounds? Now you've "mixed it up."

    The whole "mix up your routines," or "muscle confusion," or whatever else anyone wants to call it is simply a marketing gimmick so that the fitness industry can keep churning out money grabbing workouts for people to buy. That's it.
  • Taymolly
    Taymolly Posts: 21 Member
    First off, thank you for everyone's posts it means a lot. :)
    Second, I've seen a lot of people complain about the fact I haven't opened my diary and I'm sorry about that. But it's because I use an app called Lose it! to log my calories intake. So I'm sorry about that, but I can tell you I log every day.
    Third, I'm kinda confused again. But what I understand is to not freak out? And eventually I will see the numbers drop on the scale? And also I do change my routine.
  • SugaryLynx
    SugaryLynx Posts: 2,640 Member
    http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/why-am-i-not-losing-weight/

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/872212-you-re-probably-eating-more-than-you-think

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1084912-good-starvation-mode-article
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    I'm still waiting for some information I can read up on to contradict what I have been told so far. Attacking the education of a specialist doesn't help change my mind, only information and scientific studies will do that. Where are they?

    The burden of proof falls on the person making the claim (you so-called "nutritionist" -- a title that is not subject to any professional regulation, btw).

    She has given me her evidence, I am waiting for yours so I can make up my own mind.
    What evidence has she exactly provided?

    I'll send you the studies if you give me your address.
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  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    I'm still waiting for some information I can read up on to contradict what I have been told so far. Attacking the education of a specialist doesn't help change my mind, only information and scientific studies will do that. Where are they?

    The burden of proof falls on the person making the claim (you so-called "nutritionist" -- a title that is not subject to any professional regulation, btw).

    She has given me her evidence, I am waiting for yours so I can make up my own mind.
    What evidence has she exactly provided?
    Well, she didn't give any evidence, just stated her opinion that she said was supported by evidence.

    If a workout, or anything else for that matter, is working why change it? With my weight lifting, I've been doing the same routine but I make sure to advance in the amount of weights I lift. If I get bored I change things just a bit but that has nothing to do with my ability to lose or maintain weight.
  • lindaannkerr
    lindaannkerr Posts: 3
    I really don't understand what I'm doing wrong. My weight is 181, and I have a calories budget of 1300. I workout 3-4 times a week, and I burn around 500 calories by doing 20 minutes on cardio, and 40 minutes doing strength and ab workouts. When I don't go to the gym, I walk the dog for an hour. My problem used to be that my body was in starvation mode (because I didn't know that when I burned the calories at the gym, I needed to consume them back). But now it's been almost two weeks of consuming my calories back from workouts and being strict on my diet and nothing has changed. I lost three inches around my waist, and I notice a difference in the mirror, and every week the weights I can lift go up - but the problem is the scale hasn't changed. I measure my weight on two different scales (the one and the gym and the electronic one at my house), they both say different numbers (5 lbs difference), but the numbers stay consistently the same! I don't know why I'm not losing weight, am I gaining muscle? But it's not like I'm trying to gain all this muscle if so, I'm a girl, I don't want to have huge muscular arms. Someone please help?
  • lindaannkerr
    lindaannkerr Posts: 3
    drink at least 62 oz. of water each day, religiously. Shake up your workout routine. Do different things. The body get used to the same routine over and over. Add a few new things and skip a few old things. this works for me. Just Drink plenty of fluids. :smile:
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    I'm still waiting for some information I can read up on to contradict what I have been told so far. Attacking the education of a specialist doesn't help change my mind, only information and scientific studies will do that. Where are they?

    The burden of proof falls on the person making the claim (you so-called "nutritionist" -- a title that is not subject to any professional regulation, btw).

    She has given me her evidence, I am waiting for yours so I can make up my own mind.
    What evidence has she exactly provided?

    I'll send you the studies if you give me your address.
    Post them here.

    I am not going to scan and post 50 pages of medical studies.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    I'm still waiting for some information I can read up on to contradict what I have been told so far. Attacking the education of a specialist doesn't help change my mind, only information and scientific studies will do that. Where are they?

    The burden of proof falls on the person making the claim (you so-called "nutritionist" -- a title that is not subject to any professional regulation, btw).

    She has given me her evidence, I am waiting for yours so I can make up my own mind.
    What evidence has she exactly provided?
    Well, she didn't give any evidence, just stated her opinion that she said was supported by evidence.

    If a workout, or anything else for that matter, is working why change it? With my weight lifting, I've been doing the same routine but I make sure to advance in the amount of weights I lift. If I get bored I change things just a bit but that has nothing to do with my ability to lose or maintain weight.

    And you haven't given any evidence that mixing up workouts doesn't work, just stated your opinion.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    I'm still waiting for some information I can read up on to contradict what I have been told so far. Attacking the education of a specialist doesn't help change my mind, only information and scientific studies will do that. Where are they?

    The burden of proof falls on the person making the claim (you so-called "nutritionist" -- a title that is not subject to any professional regulation, btw).

    She has given me her evidence, I am waiting for yours so I can make up my own mind.
    What evidence has she exactly provided?
    Well, she didn't give any evidence, just stated her opinion that she said was supported by evidence.

    If a workout, or anything else for that matter, is working why change it? With my weight lifting, I've been doing the same routine but I make sure to advance in the amount of weights I lift. If I get bored I change things just a bit but that has nothing to do with my ability to lose or maintain weight.

    And you haven't given any evidence that mixing up workouts doesn't work, just stated your opinion.
    I didn't say changing up workouts doesn't work, I said if things are working why change them up. For me, changing up MY workout does not affect MY ability to lose or maintain weight. Keeping a calorie deficit is the only thing that causes a weight loss for me.

    If a changing a workout helps one lose weight, it would only because the new exercise increased their calorie deficit. It does not make sense that doing the same workout at the same intensity would just make someone stop losing weight because all that is required to lose weight is a calorie deficit. Heck, you don't even have to exercise to lose weight.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    I'm still waiting for some information I can read up on to contradict what I have been told so far. Attacking the education of a specialist doesn't help change my mind, only information and scientific studies will do that. Where are they?

    The burden of proof falls on the person making the claim (you so-called "nutritionist" -- a title that is not subject to any professional regulation, btw).

    She has given me her evidence, I am waiting for yours so I can make up my own mind.
    What evidence has she exactly provided?

    I'll send you the studies if you give me your address.
    Post them here.

    I am not going to scan and post 50 pages of medical studies.
    I don't think anyone is asking you to do that. Citations would work fine. :smile:
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