First week and no loss!! Wth?
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Just finished my first week of counting calories and working out. I worked out for an hour 5 days and used approximately 1200 calories each day and lost nothing. What gives!? I can't give up because this weight has got to come off but I'm soooo disappointed!
Muscle build.0 -
You didn't gain it all in a week, you won't lose it in a week.
This ^^^^
I know you don't want to hear this but it's true
Took me years0 -
Weight goes on a hell of a lot faster than it comes off. You need to be more patient. It is also possible you didn't calculate your calorie goal right, maybe it needs to be adjusted.0
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You're miss calculating your calories, you're eating way more than you think you are
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Your body is in shock and is hunkering down for hard times so, on its own, and to keep you alive, it threw your metabolism into the basement. This week your body will figure out that this is the new normal and you will see good results at the end of next week. A pound or two per week should be viewed as a great success.0
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Just finished my first week of counting calories and working out. I worked out for an hour 5 days and used approximately 1200 calories each day and lost nothing. What gives!? I can't give up because this weight has got to come off but I'm soooo disappointed!
Muscle build.
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Eat to lose weight too. If you can manage it, spread your food out as much as possible. Keeps that metabolism humming. Too few calories will cause yet another stall. You are doing great, and as you wisely observed, how you feel is what this is all about.0
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Muscle build.
Definitely not this. Women can put on about 1 pound of muscle per month, typically, and that's with heavy lifting and eating a calorie surplus with lots of protein. Even those who gain muscle more quickly without using drugs (there are some) still have to do the heavy lifting and eating at a calorie surplus.
Muscles can get stronger without getting bigger (improved coordination between fibers, more capillaries in the muscle tissue, etc.). Many people don't seem to know this. The fact that you can lift more now than you could 4 weeks ago doesn't necessarily mean that you have added any muscle mass.0 -
I've been doing insanity for 5-6 weeks but only starting tracking calories about 2 weeks ago. Turned out I was still eating too much which is why I wasn't seeing results. So I finally lost about 3 lbs. I was so excited. Now I'm slowly gaining it back, and it's killing me. I get that you have to be patient at first, but this is crazy. Makes no sense to me. I feel almost exactly the same, and no one else has really noticed a difference either. Maybe a tiny one. Sigh.0
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Eat to lose weight too. If you can manage it, spread your food out as much as possible. Keeps that metabolism humming. Too few calories will cause yet another stall. You are doing great, and as you wisely observed, how you feel is what this is all about.
No, too few calories will make you lose weight.0 -
Just finished my first week of counting calories and working out. I worked out for an hour 5 days and used approximately 1200 calories each day and lost nothing. What gives!? I can't give up because this weight has got to come off but I'm soooo disappointed!
Muscle build.0 -
Its been a WEEK. one week. 168 hours. Please realize that this a marathon, not a sprint. If everything happened that instantaneously we would all be slim in no time. Patience is a virtue. It will happen. Give it time.0
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You didn't gain it all in a week, you won't lose it in a week.
Absolutely! It took me several weeks to see a loss when I started on here. I had already been exercising consistently, but not tracking my intake, so I learned that I was eating too much. You are most likely retaining water and that happens when you undertake a new exercise program. In the meantime, track your food intake diligently and weigh your food. Do you have a heart rate monitor? I got one and it really helps me figure out how many calories I'm burning along with my Fitbit.
Good Luck! You can do it!0 -
This is crazy... I JUST posted something about this a few minutes ago. I am experiencing the exact same thing as you weight loss wise as I started my weight loss journey a week ago as well and eating the same amount of calories as you. And to make it even weirder, we are the same weight and height! We just gotta be patient sister! We're in this together!0
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Its been a WEEK. one week. 168 hours. Please realize that this a marathon, not a sprint. If everything happened that instantaneously we would all be slim in no time. Patience is a virtue. It will happen. Give it time.
Though I think it's most likely water retention due to exercise. I think people should just diet alone for a few weeks first, or diet and walk, not diet and Insanity or otherwise 5+ hours of tough exercise they're not used to.0 -
Just finished my first week of counting calories and working out. I worked out for an hour 5 days and used approximately 1200 calories each day and lost nothing. What gives!? I can't give up because this weight has got to come off but I'm soooo disappointed!
Muscle build.
No. You can't build muscle on a deficit, especially one as puny as a measly 1200 cals/day.0 -
Are you tracking all of your food and drinks accurately?0
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uwotm8? lol0
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It will happen......trust what people tell you The key is not to get frustrated that you give up. You made a goal, and put yourself on a routine.....stick with it and good things will happen0
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Key words are "first week".
This ain't the Biggest Loser - the massive losses portrayed on that show, or in infomercials for exercise programs and weight loss products are not realistic.
THIS. Did you gain it in a week? No. So don't expect to lose it in a week. I can't stand people who expect the loss to happen immediately when the gain didn't happen that way0
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