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PWatt2015
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I have been working out for around a month and half. I was on the birth control pills, so I didn't lose any weight. I have been off for two days and my weight went down by 2 pounds. I feel like that isn't enough especially since I have been breaking my butt daily in the gym. However, I looked at some pictures and noticed that my body looked smaller; especially in my tummy and back area. My butt seems to have went down a little.
My question is WHY HASN'T MY WEIGHT WENT DOWN!!!! It has remained the same!
I have been working out for around a month and half. I was on the birth control pills, so I didn't lose any weight. I have been off for two days and my weight went down by 2 pounds. I feel like that isn't enough especially since I have been breaking my butt daily in the gym. However, I looked at some pictures and noticed that my body looked smaller; especially in my tummy and back area. My butt seems to have went down a little.
My question is WHY HASN'T MY WEIGHT WENT DOWN!!!! It has remained the same!
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What about your diet? Have you been eating less?
To lose weight you have to eat less calories than you burn.0 -
Are you strength training? Remember, when you do that and eat healthy, you may not lose pounds on the scale, but you will lose inches and start to look smaller. Basically, your pound of fat that you lost, is being replaced with a pound of muscle.0
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Few things you have to know. First what is your goal? Is losing weight your main goal? If so, I will ask one question...what are you doing in a gym? People over estimate the "gym and weight lost thing". If dropping weight is your main goal, get your bum out doing cardio. One hour of gym might get you 250-400 calories burned while one hour running would get you 800-1000.
Again, eating is also important. I remember in my good "old days" before I go out for a run would get a banana and chocolate bar...about 400 calories and go run 30 minutes to burn 450 calories!!
Also, if you intent to really stick with a plan to either lose weight or get "healthy", I suggest you start to take measurement as previous poster said, gym might not make you lose weight, but will change how your body is shaped. And my last point is...be patient!! Results will comes, slowly but surely. Good luck!0 -
Muscle ways more than fat. If you work out a lot then you're going to gain muscle. I suggest that you stop weighing yourself and just take measurments once a week.0
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Sorry, you are not going to gain muscle eating at a deficit and it takes a long time to add a pound of muscle doing progress weight training. (newbie gains possible)
Yes, you will see your body shape changing so take measurements or pictures. But for weight loss you need to be in a calorie deficit.... usually by eating less with a little help from exercise.
What exercises are you doing? weight lifting, treadmill,???0 -
Are you strength training? Remember, when you do that and eat healthy, you may not lose pounds on the scale, but you will lose inches and start to look smaller. Basically, your pound of fat that you lost, is being replaced with a pound of muscle.
I did the powerpump, step, and strong classes. So, I will not lose weight?
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Sorry, you are not going to gain muscle eating at a deficit and it takes a long time to add a pound of muscle doing progress weight training. (newbie gains possible)
Yes, you will see your body shape changing so take measurements or pictures. But for weight loss you need to be in a calorie deficit.... usually by eating less with a little help from exercise.
What exercises are you doing? weight lifting, treadmill,???
Zumba, powerpump, step, bodycombat...etc
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I am in a deficit!0
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Hi
I have been working out for around a month and half. I was on the birth control pills, so I didn't lose any weight. I have been off for two days and my weight went down by 2 pounds. I feel like that isn't enough especially since I have been breaking my butt daily in the gym. However, I looked at some pictures and noticed that my body looked smaller; especially in my tummy and back area. My butt seems to have went down a little.
My question is WHY HASN'T MY WEIGHT WENT DOWN!!!! It has remained the same!
Birth control will not prevent you from losing weight. Some birth control cause you to retain a bit of water but your weight will go down when you lose fat and you will do that regardless of if you are using birth control or not.
Do you have a high sodium diet? Do you weigh in on a certain day of the week? Sodium causes you to retain water, too. I used to weigh in on Mondays after the weekend when I would eat out a time or two and consume higher levels of sodium than I am used to. I switched to Tuesdays to give myself Monday to flush out that extra water.
Do you weigh your food? Small inaccuracies in tracking can lead people to believe that their deficit is larger than it actually is. The exercise you are doing will not prevent you from losing weight. My advice it to stick with it for another few weeks. The results won't come over night. It didn't take us a week to put the weight on and it won't take us a week to shed it.0 -
angeldreamer wrote:Muscle ways (sic) more than fat.
No.
No, no, no, no, no.
Muscle does NOT weigh more than fat.
1 lb = 1 lb
1 lb muscle weighs EXACTLY THE SAME as 1 lb of fat.
1 lb of feathers weighs EXACTLY THE SAME as 1 lb of lead.
With an equal mass (1 kg) of muscle and fat, the muscle will take up less space, so you could be losing inches
while maintaining the same weight.
With an equal volume (1 L) of muscle and fat, the muscle will weigh more.
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If eating at a deficit and not doing serious weightlifting it's unlikely anyone will be gaining muscle while losing fat.If you work out a lot then you're going to gain muscle.
I suggest that you stop weighing yourself and just take measurments once a week.
It's hard for women* to gain muscle, even when eating a high-protein diet at a slight caloric surplus and working
very hard at weightlifting.
*(normal, natural women, with normal hormones, who aren't taking testosterone or steroids)0 -
Your weight hasn't gone down because you're eating more than your body burned.WHY HASN'T MY WEIGHT WENT (sic) DOWN!!!! It has remained the same!
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No, you didn't lose weight because you were eating more than your body burned.PWatt wrote:I was on the birth control pills, so I didn't lose any weight.
It doesn't matter what medicine you're taking, that's the only cause of weight gain:
eating more than your body burns.
Medicine can affect your metabolism, or appetite, but it does not give you calories to store as fat.
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2 lb in 2 days is normal fluctuation, probably unrelated to trying to get pregnant.I have been off for two days and my weight went down by 2 pounds.
I feel like that isn't enough especially since I have been breaking my butt daily in the gym.
If you chart your weight daily for several months you'll see.
Also, you'll see a normal rise just before your period and a drop just after, also pretty much
unrelated to what you're eating. Ride it out.
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Are you taking measurements? If not, start now.I looked at some pictures and noticed that my body looked smaller; especially in my
tummy and back area. My butt seems to have went (sic) down a little.
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Are you weighing / measuring your food?PWatt2015 wrote:I am in a deficit!
Are you using a heart rate monitor for cardio?
Most people underestimate what they eat, most machines overestimate calories burned.
If you're not losing weight, you're not eating less than you're burning.
Eat at your calorie goal. Ignore "net" or exercise calories.
For most people, most of the time, that lets the errors cancel out.
If you're losing too fast, eat a portion of your estimated calories burned.
Read these.
Especially read sexypants.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10012907/logging-accuracy-consistency-and-youre-probably-eating-more-than-you-think
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/819925/the-basics-dont-complicate-it/p1
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/872212/youre-probably-eating-more-than-you-think/p1
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/833026/important-posts-to-read/p1
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Hi
I have been working out for around a month and half. I was on the birth control pills, so I didn't lose any weight. I have been off for two days and my weight went down by 2 pounds. I feel like that isn't enough especially since I have been breaking my butt daily in the gym. However, I looked at some pictures and noticed that my body looked smaller; especially in my tummy and back area. My butt seems to have went down a little.
My question is WHY HASN'T MY WEIGHT WENT DOWN!!!! It has remained the same!
You didn't lose any weight because you didn't eat a deficit. That's the only possible explanation.
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You didn't lose any weight because you didn't eat a deficit. That's the only possible explanation.
I completely agree with PWatt2015
I lose weight even when I do NOT exercise, simply by adjusting my food intake. Exercise can you help meet low caloric goals by burning off excessive calories, but it alone will often not be enough.
Also, your food diary unavailable?!?! Makes me assume you are not actually eating appropriately, but we wouldn't know. So, asking for help, but providing an incomplete framework is not useful either.
Simple answer ---> EAT LESS0 -
Are you strength training? Remember, when you do that and eat healthy, you may not lose pounds on the scale, but you will lose inches and start to look smaller. Basically, your pound of fat that you lost, is being replaced with a pound of muscle.
No it isn't
OP, most likely you need to tighten up your logging by making sure everything you consume is logged, using a food scale, using the recipe builder instead of generic entries, being mindful of your calories burned estimations, etc.0 -
Funny...I stopped taking the pill...last couple of days my body went down 5 pounds.0
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Eat less - it has a more direct impact on your weight than your workouts0
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So she's messing with her hormones, including changing her mind about trying to get pregnant.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/33423594#Comment_3342359426JUL15 wrote:I took myself off the pill and gained 20 pounds in two months.
I am back on the pill and my weight has not budged.
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And inconsistent with amount of loss:08AUG15 wrote:I have been off for two days and my weight went down by 2 pounds
Ticker shows 2 lb loss.10AUG15 wrote:last couple of days my body went down 5 pounds
Diary isn't accessible, so we can't make suggestions about portions, logging choices (using correct entry), etc.
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