Very toned up but somehow didn't gain muscle or lose fat

Bavan23
Bavan23 Posts: 125 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I've been eating maintenance per request of a nutritionist. I haven't been running due to chest pains, but my doctor said I was cleared to run anyways. I have been doing the elliptical 45 minutes a day, four to five days per week, for one month. I've been panting and sweating by the end. I went down two pants sizes and fit in my XS clothing, yet I weigh the same: 147 lbs at 5'2, very overweight.

What is going on? If I gained muscle, I would have seen a drop in BF percentage. Yet, I haven't seen a drop in BF percentage, and I am still the same weight. I'm eating maintenance with a binge here or there, but nothing that I didn't make up for later through extra exercise. I couldn't have binged over 3500 calories, and even if I did, that's just one lb. so why would my BF percentage be the same but I fit in smaller clothes with no muscle gain?

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  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    How are you determining your BF%?
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  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    ChriscoC wrote: »
    Tested at nutritionist
    shadow2soul wrote: »
    How are you determining your BF%?
    How is it being tested?
    Calipers, Bod Pod, Bioelectric Impedance (scale or handheld machine)
  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
    ChriscoC wrote: »
    Tested at nutritionist
    shadow2soul wrote: »
    How are you determining your BF%?

    How did they test it?
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  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    ChriscoC wrote: »
    stevencloser wrote: »
    ChriscoC wrote: »
    Tested at nutritionist
    shadow2soul wrote: »
    How are you determining your BF%?

    How did they test it?
    Tested with hand held machine.

    Then it is highly likely that the reading was wrong. Bioelectrical Impedance is actually a pretty inaccurate way to measure BF%. How hydrated you are, if you have had anything to eat, time of day, and various other things can all make the reading inaccurate.

    Omron a company who makes scales and handheld devices even states:
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  • Karen_can_do_this
    Karen_can_do_this Posts: 1,150 Member
    Ignore the scales. Except for food scales they're awesome.
    Get your nutritionist to measure you instead.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    ChriscoC wrote: »
    I've been eating maintenance per request of a nutritionist. I haven't been running due to chest pains, but my doctor said I was cleared to run anyways. I have been doing the elliptical 45 minutes a day, four to five days per week, for one month. I've been panting and sweating by the end. I went down two pants sizes and fit in my XS clothing, yet I weigh the same: 147 lbs at 5'2, very overweight.

    What is going on? If I gained muscle, I would have seen a drop in BF percentage. Yet, I haven't seen a drop in BF percentage, and I am still the same weight. I'm eating maintenance with a binge here or there, but nothing that I didn't make up for later through extra exercise. I couldn't have binged over 3500 calories, and even if I did, that's just one lb. so why would my BF percentage be the same but I fit in smaller clothes with no muscle gain?

    why do you make this assumption in bold? that is not accurate at all.
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