Need help :(

anniehughes882
anniehughes882 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 19 in Health and Weight Loss
When I was just eating healthy I lost more weight then what I do now I eat healthy and go to the gym how does that work?

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  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    CICO
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Are you in a calorie deficit? That's all that matters to losing weight.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    CICO still applies, so eating healthy is irrelevant, it's the deficit that matters. When starting a new exercise program, it's normal to retain water, while the muscles repair.
  • womenover40fitness
    womenover40fitness Posts: 1 Member
    Sometimes when you add in exercise you tone up, add muscle, so you don't see changes in total weight but .....how do you clothes fit, do you feel more toned etc?
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    womenover40fitness wrote: »
    Sometimes when you add in exercise you tone up, add muscle, so you don't see changes in total weight but .....how do you clothes fit, do you feel more toned etc?

    With the exception of "newbie gains", she's not adding muscle in a deficit.
  • anniehughes882
    anniehughes882 Posts: 3 Member
    I have changed my diet and eat very healthy but before I started the gym it seemed as tho I lost alot more weight then I do now I started to go x
  • DemoraFairy
    DemoraFairy Posts: 1,806 Member
    edited June 2015
    anniehughes882 wrote: »
    I have changed my diet and eat very healthy but before I started the gym it seemed as tho I lost alot more weight then I do now I started to go x

    Starting a new workout routine your muscles will retain water weight to repair (especially if your routine involves some sort of strength training). How long have you been going to the gym for? Do you eat back your exercise calories? How accurately are you tracking your calories, do you weigh everything?
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    How long have you been going to the gym?

    Don't forget that the first week of dieting will result in a bigger loss than subsequent weeks (due to water, glycogen, salt, and waste). Don't expect every week to be as big as your first.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Define eating healthy

    When you increase your exercise you can 1) gain temporary water weight and 2) need to eat more to fuel said exercise

    Eating healthy is not controlling calories, it is as possible to gain weight eating healthy if you eat over maintenance as it is to lose weight on the Twinkie Diet if you eat at a defecit http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/

    Yes that is a strawman argument but the point is .. control your calories and you will do better than guesswork

    good luck
  • SkinnyWannabeGal
    SkinnyWannabeGal Posts: 143 Member
    Yes, what rabbitjb said.

    When I was younger, my cousin would often eat a cookie or brownie as a meal while I ate salads. She hated fruits and vegetables or anything considered "healthy." But she used to stay thin and at the lower end of the healthy weight range for her age and height. I was usually at the mid to high end of the healthy weight range. She remained thinner than me for years while eating foods that weren't as healthy as the foods that I ate. Why? Because no matter what she ate, she either remained in a calorie deficit or was maintaining. She was also more active than I was. So even though I ate mainly salads and she ate mainly unhealthy foods, she always had less body fat than me. Sure, I ate healthy foods, but I ate more calories in healthy foods than she did in junk foods.

    Bottom line is, just because you eat healthy doesn't mean you'll always lose weight. You must keep track of your calories accurately and make sure there is a deficit.
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