3 weeks and I only lost 5 pounds!!!

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  • CrusherKun
    CrusherKun Posts: 353 Member
    Hello All,

    I'm just a little frustrated. I've been using my fitness pal for maybe 3 weeks or more... maybe 4 weeks. It has me at around 1700 calories and give or take i have tried staying within those ranges. I consume ALOT of protein and i lift a lot of weight about 3-4 times a week focusing on different muscle groups each day. thus far I have only lost about 5 pounds or so. I started my fitness pal weighing in at 268 pounds....and my lowest has been 259.4.... but i go back and forth from 259 to 262.4 or 263. And it seems i cant move lower than 263??? I just started measuring myself and my measurements dont seem to change much. but i have noticed some clothes feeling more "comfortable" and not super tight like they used to (shirts primarily).... I'm a male and I'm 30 yrs old. I have tried to be consistent with a high protein and low carb diet and on the weekends I'll refeed my carbs into my diet while maintaining my protein. I wont say I'm 100% by any means on my diet... more so like 85% give or take a little...

    First of all - how tall are you? TDEE is necessary to understand before you can truly get down on yourself or even create proper goals. If your goal is to build muscle, keep in mind also that you will not see huge weight loss....instead try to focus on Body Fat %.

    CK
  • matgh124
    matgh124 Posts: 25 Member
    sorry that was typo lol. i meant to say 249... not 149
  • matgh124
    matgh124 Posts: 25 Member
    @ CK i'm 5'9.5 I'm muscular in build but i definately have some fat. i took one of those fat % machines that measure your fat % at the gym and it said i was at 27% fat. i forget what the BMI was.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    I'd be super celebrating if I lost 5 lbs in 3 weeks.

    This isn't Biggest Loser - people don't lose 10lbs a week in real life.

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