Insanity + weightloss

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  • KateK8LoseW8
    KateK8LoseW8 Posts: 824 Member
    I only lost a couple pounds during the first month, but dropped 10 in the second month. Insanity is brutal, and your muscles are swollen. If you don't lose after the second month, I would suggest you reevaluate your calorie intake/measuring methods.
  • GillianMcK
    GillianMcK Posts: 401 Member
    Would also suggest a food scale rather than cups as measurement of food, cups are really only useful for measuring volume not weight, you could be going over on the calories because of this.
    If you get a foodscale, do an experiment by measuring 3 different cups of something and weigh them individually and see the difference in the weight between 3 cups of the same size!!

    Your cardio has to be improving just by doing Insanity!!
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,428 MFP Moderator
    If insanity builds strength and muscle weighs more than fat then I would say you are on track. You may have also hit the dreaded plateau which is usually when I have always given up. When I was a member of Weight Watchers they said if you hit the plateau go back through your meal journal and eat exactly the way you did the week where you lost the most weight. Just a thought. I am far from an expert or I would not be on here haha. Good luck to you on your goals!

    The OP isn't building muscle mass (at least enough to stall the scale). With an intake that low, and no progressive overload, mass gain is going to nearly impossible.

    I still go back to not losing inches at all. If that's true, you have to be eating close to TDEE so something in your logging isn't right. Either you're eating more than you think, or if you are eating back exercise cals the estimate is over exaggerated....(although it has only been 4 weeks).

    I would think it's water retention more than anything. Even if the OP is under reporting calories consumed, I would highly doubt she is off by 1000 calories. Lets think about it. If the OP is suggesting she is eating 800-1000 calories, even if she falls into the average miscalculation of 400-600 calories, that would still only give her 1300-1500 calories total. I doubt that would even be closer to her TDEE unless she had some metabolic syndrome.


    While I understand that there are a ton of people on this board who swear by miscalculating calories is always the failure, there are a ton of people who have increase calories and seen weight loss. And I have personally see this as well as worked with people who have done it'. Maybe it's hormones, maybe the additional calories help repair the muscles quicker releasing water weight, or something else.
  • freakhazerd2424
    freakhazerd2424 Posts: 611 Member
    I actually found on the beachbody message boards where Shaun T answered this very question. Here's the link to his response. Hope it helps!!

    http://www.teambeachbody.com/connect/message-boards/-/message_boards/message/264931839

    Thanks for the link
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    I actually found on the beachbody message boards where Shaun T answered this very question. Here's the link to his response. Hope it helps!!

    http://www.teambeachbody.com/connect/message-boards/-/message_boards/message/264931839

    Thanks for the link

    Did he really say that meal timing matters, and borderline compared it to starvation mode?
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    If insanity builds strength and muscle weighs more than fat then I would say you are on track. You may have also hit the dreaded plateau which is usually when I have always given up. When I was a member of Weight Watchers they said if you hit the plateau go back through your meal journal and eat exactly the way you did the week where you lost the most weight. Just a thought. I am far from an expert or I would not be on here haha. Good luck to you on your goals!

    The OP isn't building muscle mass (at least enough to stall the scale). With an intake that low, and no progressive overload, mass gain is going to nearly impossible.

    I still go back to not losing inches at all. If that's true, you have to be eating close to TDEE so something in your logging isn't right. Either you're eating more than you think, or if you are eating back exercise cals the estimate is over exaggerated....(although it has only been 4 weeks).

    I would think it's water retention more than anything. Even if the OP is under reporting calories consumed, I would highly doubt she is off by 1000 calories. Lets think about it. If the OP is suggesting she is eating 800-1000 calories, even if she falls into the average miscalculation of 400-600 calories, that would still only give her 1300-1500 calories total. I doubt that would even be closer to her TDEE unless she had some metabolic syndrome.


    While I understand that there are a ton of people on this board who swear by miscalculating calories is always the failure, there are a ton of people who have increase calories and seen weight loss. And I have personally see this as well as worked with people who have done it'. Maybe it's hormones, maybe the additional calories help repair the muscles quicker releasing water weight, or something else.

    I would agree with that, and wanted to say it, but my sticking point is the OP isn't losing any inches. If it were straight water weight I believe the OP would see more of a change on the tape and in the mirror.
  • rachbarr22
    rachbarr22 Posts: 3 Member
    I'm mid way through week 5 (recovery week) and i haven't lost a single pound but i have lost 13.5 inches overall so far. I would like to see the scales move but as long as the inches keep coming off i'll keep going, Don't be discouraged.
  • tcamp02
    tcamp02 Posts: 61 Member
    Meal timing does matter..it makes a huge difference whether you eat all your calories in one meal or spread them out over 5-6 meals a day. That's what he was saying. One big meal will put your body into starvation mode because your body isn't getting a constant flow of fuel.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,428 MFP Moderator
    Meal timing does matter..it makes a huge difference whether you eat all your calories in one meal or spread them out over 5-6 meals a day. That's what he was saying. One big meal will put your body into starvation mode because your body isn't getting a constant flow of fuel.

    Meal timing has been proven a myth by a large portion of the fitness community regardless of what beachbody would suggest. Unfortunately, there are a lot of myth still preached by beachbody. .. when I get off my phone I will provide links.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,428 MFP Moderator
    If insanity builds strength and muscle weighs more than fat then I would say you are on track. You may have also hit the dreaded plateau which is usually when I have always given up. When I was a member of Weight Watchers they said if you hit the plateau go back through your meal journal and eat exactly the way you did the week where you lost the most weight. Just a thought. I am far from an expert or I would not be on here haha. Good luck to you on your goals!

    The OP isn't building muscle mass (at least enough to stall the scale). With an intake that low, and no progressive overload, mass gain is going to nearly impossible.

    I still go back to not losing inches at all. If that's true, you have to be eating close to TDEE so something in your logging isn't right. Either you're eating more than you think, or if you are eating back exercise cals the estimate is over exaggerated....(although it has only been 4 weeks).

    I would think it's water retention more than anything. Even if the OP is under reporting calories consumed, I would highly doubt she is off by 1000 calories. Lets think about it. If the OP is suggesting she is eating 800-1000 calories, even if she falls into the average miscalculation of 400-600 calories, that would still only give her 1300-1500 calories total. I doubt that would even be closer to her TDEE unless she had some metabolic syndrome.


    While I understand that there are a ton of people on this board who swear by miscalculating calories is always the failure, there are a ton of people who have increase calories and seen weight loss. And I have personally see this as well as worked with people who have done it'. Maybe it's hormones, maybe the additional calories help repair the muscles quicker releasing water weight, or something else.

    I would agree with that, and wanted to say it, but my sticking point is the OP isn't losing any inches. If it were straight water weight I believe the OP would see more of a change on the tape and in the mirror.

    Its been a month, even if she lost, muscle inflammation and not consistently measuring the same spot could account for the lack of loss. Either way I am still trying to figure out if the op is using a food scale
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,428 MFP Moderator
    Meal timing does matter..it makes a huge difference whether you eat all your calories in one meal or spread them out over 5-6 meals a day. That's what he was saying. One big meal will put your body into starvation mode because your body isn't getting a constant flow of fuel.

    Meal timing has been proven a myth by a large portion of the fitness community regardless of what beachbody would suggest. Unfortunately, there are a lot of myth still preached by beachbody. .. when I get off my phone I will provide links.

    As promised, below is some science.

    Exercise and meal timing - http://www.jissn.com/content/pdf/1550-2783-10-5.pdf

    Meal timing/frequency - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/873411-myth-eat-frequently-to-stoke-the-metabolic-fire

    Meal timing and weight loss - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19943985



    Now some people do have variables; for example, those with medical conditions such as my wife... timing of nutrients is the biggest. She needs to have two packets of EmerengC and 3 nuun tablets a day to ensure her electrolytes are stable as she had a a medical condition called POTS which breaks down electrolytes. Some people, such as myself, cannot workout fasted. And some can't do low carb, such as myself. Seriously, if I dont' get 200g of carb a days , my workouts suffer.

    But having 5-6 meals vs 3 meals is completely irrelevant when it comes to training.
  • Gasset19
    Gasset19 Posts: 8
    Next time your mind gets stuck on a certain food, call a friend and redirect your brain by asking how her day's going. Research shows that cravings only last about 5 minutes, so by the time you hang up, the urge to devour junk will have subsided.
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    Meal timing does matter..it makes a huge difference whether you eat all your calories in one meal or spread them out over 5-6 meals a day. That's what he was saying. One big meal will put your body into starvation mode because your body isn't getting a constant flow of fuel.

    :huh:

    I know that's what he's saying....thinking about it a second time it makes even less sense.....

    So even though you meet your calorie goal for the day, you can still go into the dreaded "starvation mode". TBH, it looked like he made that one up on the spot.

    Please see psulemon's reply.

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