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what am i doing wrong

truckerlad
truckerlad Posts: 8 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all newbie here so be nice :)

I decided I was going to start losing weight about 3 months ago starting off at 17 stone + 5 lbs there about im 5'10. Always been fairly stocky.

Anyway I was losing weight well and at slow pace eating around 1500 calories sunday-friday and doing what I wanted on saturdays. I started at the gym about a month ago I dropped to 14.10 stone about 10 days ago, I then started taking creatine to help with my workouts. Now I havn't shifted any more weight at all but I have made gains with my lifting.

Now what I think/pray is happening is that im replacing fat with muscle but I really don't know. Should I drop the creatine again and carry on as before or keep going and try exercise more im going every 2nd day.

I've got my 2nd personal training session tomorrow so will see what he thinks?

Any advice much appreciated and be nice:twisted:

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  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,416 Member
    Just keep going and forget the day to day stuff. If you continue to not lose weight and I don't mean after a day or two it's more than likely a math error in the amount of food your eating.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    I'm not sure how nice I'll be but here it goes :) You maybe eating more than you think especially if you overeat on the weekends.
  • truckerlad
    truckerlad Posts: 8 Member
    I do overeat on saturdays alot and enjoy a good drink aswell, I thought it was ok to have a cheat day or am I just talking bo**ocks there. There thing is before I started at gym I was still doing a cheat day and losing
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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    How accurate is your calorie counting because if you you are eating 1500 cals. a day when in actuality you are 1700 a day. That could mean an additional 1000 more a week and then add your cheat days. Boom!
  • truckerlad
    truckerlad Posts: 8 Member
    normally bang on I log everything,

    mrm27 - so overeating a saturday is just putting crap to everything during week?
    -god im dumb
  • sheepotato
    sheepotato Posts: 600 Member
    edited December 2014
    truckerlad wrote: »
    normally bang on I log everything,

    mrm27 - so overeating a saturday is just putting crap to everything during week?
    -god im dumb

    Yeah, the only way you can keep your deficit and still eat heavier on Saturdays is if you go a bit under all week and bank extra calories for the weekend. Otherwise you are wiping out most of the week's deficit by going over, even if it's just for a single day. You should still log your cheat days so you know where you stand calorie wise for the week.
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  • truckerlad
    truckerlad Posts: 8 Member
    nice one people onwards and upwards!
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    MrM27 wrote: »
    truckerlad wrote: »
    normally bang on I log everything,

    mrm27 - so overeating a saturday is just putting crap to everything during week?
    -god im dumb
    That does not make you dumb. Many of us have done that. That is a big reason why a lot of people make no progress. I have done that as well. Continuing to do it even though you know that's the issue would be dumb. Fix that now.

    This. If you truly want a high-calorie day instead of just eating reasonably all week, then calculate your estimated maintenance needs and subtract 20%. That's your average daily deficit needs. Then multiply that number by 7 to know your weekly deficit intake, and then arrange your weekly calories as you'd like so that you are still eating that weekly amount.

    Also you are likely retaining water right now.
  • MagnumBurrito
    MagnumBurrito Posts: 1,070 Member
    If you loaded creatine too, you gained some water weight. Probably 5 lbs, which will come off once you stop the creatine.
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