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fattgrlneeds2bthin
fattgrlneeds2bthin Posts: 32 Member
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I am getting frustrated, weighing food on scale staying below calorie range for 2lb loss. Exercising more drinking water, cut out soda and not losing at all gaining weight instead. I am sure probably some water weight due to muscle soreness and going from sedentary to lightly active. But still frustrating.

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  • fattgrlneeds2bthin
    fattgrlneeds2bthin Posts: 32 Member
    Also with muscle soreness how long does water take to flush out and how many pounds could it be?
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  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Weightloss is s SLOW process. It takes time, patience, dilligence. And weight fluctuates from day to day unrelated to true fat loss or gain. How long have you been doing what you're doing? Depending on how much you have to lose, 1/2 - 2 pounds per week is a good, healthy and realistic rate.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    -How long have you been doing this without a change in the scale? If it's less than 2 weeks, just wait for the water weight from the muscle repair to reduce.
    -How much weight do you have to lose? If it's less than 100 lbs, then 2 lbs per week may be too aggressive of a goal.
  • fattgrlneeds2bthin
    fattgrlneeds2bthin Posts: 32 Member
    Doubtful eating at a deficit maybe toning sadly underused muscles but I think probably some retained water due to muscle soreness. But very hard to see scale moving the wrong direction with all the work. And I didn't measure prior to starting so not sure it is making a difference. I don't notice clothing fitting different or think I look any difference. Ugh.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    catscats222 wrote: »
    muscle weights more than fat, could it be that you are gaining "nice" muscle?


    This not true!!

    http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/weight-loss-plateau-myth-muscle-weighs-more-than-fat/
  • fattgrlneeds2bthin
    fattgrlneeds2bthin Posts: 32 Member
    Agreed with queenliz a lb is a lb either way muscle doesn't weigh more just takes up less space than a lb of fat. So lb for lb you can weigh more and have lean muscle and be smaller than same weight in fat.
  • KateTii
    KateTii Posts: 886 Member
    If all you have done is cut out soda, it might still not be enough. Care to open your diary?
  • fattgrlneeds2bthin
    fattgrlneeds2bthin Posts: 32 Member
    I have over 100lbs to lose. Only a couple of weeks but using trendweight and weighing daily to average out daily changes and going up slowly. Making healthier choices and moving more, I know it will work and I just need to be patient and keep doing what I am doing. But with so much to lose I thought I would lose a little faster at first anyway. Thanks
  • daniwilford
    daniwilford Posts: 1,030 Member
    edited October 2015
    How are you logging your exercise in MFP? Have you changed your activity level on MFP and logging your activity as exercise? Do you use a fitness or heart rate gadget, like fitbit or garmin, synced to record you burns? If so do you have negative calories enabled? Are you doing aerobic type exercise or mostly strength training? Depending on the answers to these questions you could not be eating at the deficit you think you are. Do you take a rest day from exercise? How long have you been exercising and restricting calories? Is it close to your time of the month? I noticed some patterns with my weight loss fluctuations, I would gain a bit and then starting the day after my rest day (Sunday) the scale would start to drop for 2-3 days, the next few days I would gain small amounts, the the day after my rest day I would lose all I had gained plus a couple more pounds over 2-3 days. I am post menopausal but if I over eat sodium water weight can mask a loss. How much soreness do you have?
    Weight loss is all about eating fewer calories than you burn.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    fattgrlneeds2bthin wrote: »
    I have over 100lbs to lose. Only a couple of weeks but using trendweight and weighing daily to average out daily changes and going up slowly. Making healthier choices and moving more, I know it will work and I just need to be patient and keep doing what I am doing. But with so much to lose I thought I would lose a little faster at first anyway. Thanks

    Yep. If you know you are doing everything accurately then patience. You've got this!!
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    edited October 2015
    fattgrlneeds2bthin wrote: »
    I am getting frustrated, weighing food on scale staying below calorie range for 2lb loss. Exercising more drinking water, cut out soda and not losing at all gaining weight instead. I am sure probably some water weight due to muscle soreness and going from sedentary to lightly active. But still frustrating.
    Is it just that you're frustrated with not losing or are you frustrated with the whole process? You can put the soda back in, if you want it. If it's the sugar kind, you'll have to give up some food, but you can put it back in. You don't have to force water on yourself. If you've been doing that and it's a pain, stop. Just drink water when you're thirsty. That works fine!

    The weighing really is the best way to get the most accurate estimate. I'm sure you've already seen how big a difference it can make. You *could* lose weight without doing it - people do it all the time! - but if you don't weigh, you are going to need to make lost of adjustments and guessing...it won't be a lot less work.

    You have to figure out how much work is just work and how much is too much for you and then adjust until you have a plan you can live with.

    Weight loss is long journey and the more you need to lose, the longer it is. You're not going to see the scale change every week. Sometimes, you may go a month without a change and then drop a bunch of pounds in four days. People call it a whoosh. I'm not sure why it has that name. Maybe because it seems like a ton of weight magically falls off, whoosh! But there will be times when you're doing everything right and have to wait weeks to see the payoff. Patience is REQUIRED.

    If you just started exercising, you can pick up a couple pounds in "water weight." That's normal and natural. It's just a result of muscles that aren't accustomed to being used reacting to being used. Those few pounds can mask a fat loss. That's real!

    What isn't real is the idea that you gained so much muscle that you now weigh more. While muscle does weigh more than fat, it is highly unlikely that you gained several pounds of muscle in a week or two.

    Weight loss takes a long, long time and requires hard work all the way through. But if you stick with it, you will lose weight! Visit the Success Stories forum and you'll see. So many people have lost so much weight. You can, too! IF you don't give up!
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Take your measurements now so you have a baseline going forward.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    There are mistakes that people commonly make that cause them to not lose weight that we might be able to spot if you change the settings on your food diary to Public:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings

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