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

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  • eeejer
    eeejer Posts: 339 Member
    krayzcan wrote: »
    I weigh 160 and I'm 5'6. That's still overweight.

    If I were 5% body fat I would be considered overweight according to BMI.
  • LPflaum
    LPflaum Posts: 174 Member
    Ignore the BMI, ditch the scale. If you're trying to accelerate fat loss (and it seems like you've already lost a good amt of fat), adjust your macros so you're eating a ton of protein (feed those new muscles!!) and not many carbs. Your body will burn the fat calories you're eating and then dip into your stores to fuel the deficit.
  • Suzanne106
    Suzanne106 Posts: 149 Member
    I'm sure when you started this journey you would have been happy to drop 2 pant sizes but now that you've done that you aren't happy. It's kind of a damned if you do and damned if you don't mentality. Enjoy your success and stop obsessing!
  • VykkDraygoVPR
    VykkDraygoVPR Posts: 465 Member
    If you aren't losing weight, then you aren't eating at a deficit. You are probably eating right around maintanence. If you want to lose weight, invest in a food scale, and set your food goal to .5-1 lb loss a week. Should start seeing results pretty quickly.
  • jen_bush
    jen_bush Posts: 679 Member
    You are losing fat. Do you want to tell me that people who are ripped and have loads of muscle mass are overweight because their BMI says so? The world is not black and white.
  • ericabarker22
    ericabarker22 Posts: 1 Member
    Think in terms of FAT loss and not WEIGHT loss. I recommend getting your body fat tested so you can gage your progress that way. I say that you are on the right track if your losing inches and going down in sizes but your weight stays the same. If you are lifting, most likely you are gaining more muscle which takes up less space in the body than fat does. ;)

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