Losing size but not weight. What's wrong??

Whatever your doing keep it up your looking good !!

Judging from the pictures, the fat is definitely coming off. Keep up the good work. And check your weight on a different scale. You're doing fine.

plami_9209 wrote: »

Thank you!! I've been working very hard. Its just I know I need to lose more fat and I'm not sure how to go about that.

More protein, less carbs. I`m not saying quit carbs, but don`t eat more than 20% carbs in your daily diet. That`s a sure way to lose fat.[/quote]
Here is some site to help calculate how many carbs daily person should eat when you on diet.
http://www.calculator.net/carbohydrate-calculator.html
Each one of us need carbs but in different demand. Some one who is very active, exercise a lot would be straggling with 20% of carbs. Carbs give you energy and to be successful with weight loss you need that energy. You shouldn't eat less then 130 grams of carbohydrates per day. 130g/ day is the average minimal usage of glucose that the brain uses on a daily basis. I love carbs and I eat from 240-300g a day and still I lost more then 100lbs. In my case carbs are my friend, sugar is enemy.

I can see your point here and am in the smae situation. yes , got a little more muscle and things are tighter and firmer but not leaner. not sure what to do Ive been at this for a year and as you staying at on a low calorie diet , often low carb. makes no differnce what I do it seems. Ive noticed certian other peopel are like this , they look obese but are very athletic and eat healthy. I have had 2 friends now who have faced this problem after taking prednizone steriods. (though I havent) they did everything to try to lose weight ,vegan diet , no carb diet , liquid diet, walking miles everyday, eliptocal everything. if you find an answer I'd love to hear about it.its weird like once the fat is there its not leaving come hell or highwater. oh well atleast with high water the fat will help us float. I think my body is waiting for the next great flood haha

That is an awesome result. Your question has already been answered above (muscle is denser so you weigh the same but get smaller - google 'body recomposition'). I just wanted to say congratulations and keep going.

Here is some site to help calculate how many carbs daily person should eat when you on diet.
http://www.calculator.net/carbohydrate-calculator.html
Each one of us need carbs but in different demand. Some one who is very active, exercise a lot would be straggling with 20% of carbs. Carbs give you energy and to be successful with weight loss you need that energy. You shouldn't eat less then 130 grams of carbohydrates per day. 130g/ day is the average minimal usage of glucose that the brain uses on a daily basis. I love carbs and I eat from 240-300g a day and still I lost more then 100lbs. In my case carbs are my friend, sugar is enemy.

Thank you! Carbs are not evil. And fat, too, while we're on the subject. We need to eat fat in order to lose it. Funny how that works.

Studies are now showing that if you consume 1.5 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight while doing strength training, you'll maintain muscle mass, but cut fat. There's a great article in the June issue of FitnessRX for Women about it. (If you're not familiar with the magazine, it's a good one. Contributors all have PhDs in their fields. Science based, no fluff.)

With your strength training, what you want to do is cut your body fat % and increase your lean muscle mass. It's a slow process, but by eating enough protein it can be done.

Also, how tall are you? At just shy of 160 lbs, I'm betting your BMR (ie, how many calories you need if you were in a coma, doing absoloutely nothing) is higher than 1200. If you're not fueling your body properly you won't see a change. I've been eating 2000 calories a day coupled with strength training four days a week and the occasional run with my dog and have been consistently losing 3.5 pounds a month. I'm 5'3". I could go faster, yes, but I want to build muscle and lose fat. If I were to be more aggressive with my cut I'd lose muscle mass, and I don't want to do that.

Weight loss doesn't matter, fat loss does. Keep going, you are making progress.

I think that "weight" doesn't matter. So what if you are overweight? You are losing fat if your pant size is going down. I agree water retention could be masking your loss and recomposition could be happening. If you are losing inches, then I stick with it. If you stop losing inches or weight, then tighten up on your tracking and measuring and I would opt to try HIIT instead of steady state cardio.