Why am I not losing weight? I need a smart explanation please

The scale can only measure the downward force. It cannot measure your clothes fitting better or how you feel about yourself. Water weight, hormonal changes, poop can all mask fat loss.

You're basically losing fat and holding water. The fat cells that shrink do not do so over all your body at the same time, so that's why you notice your clothes fitting better. I presume you mean a little less tight. I don't understand what 'feel lighter' means because I've lost 42 lb and I don't 'feel' lighter. Water is retained throughout the body uniformly because you have cells and tissue everywhere. So, why no measured weight loss? Water. Don't worry about it. If your exercising has been vigorous you've probably introduced some muscle strain that your body needs to heal. That retains water. If you've had a delicious diet with sodium regularly spiking over 2300 mg your body needs to retain water to handle the sodium. If your recent measurement coincided with your time of month, your body needed water to handle that. Try limiting your sodium intake and measure again in 2 weeks.

If you have been working out that whole time and building muscle, you may have changed the composition of your body. Muscle weighs more than fat, so if you are replacing some of the fat you are losing with muscle, you may see more of a change in the shape of your body than a change on the scale. It is also important to note what other's have said, and focus on a precise, well thought out diet. While working out and gaining muscle can boost your metabolism, if you are not careful with what you eat, it will not elicit the weight loss many of us are hoping for. As for your sedentary work environment, I recommend getting a pedometer or using an app on your phone to count steps. Aim for 10,000 steps a day by doing a few here and there when you can, and then going for a walk or hitting the treadmill when you have a chance. That should help you keep track of how much you have or have not moved throughout the day so you can offset it if need be.

IvyTide wrote: »

If you have been working out that whole time and building muscle, you may have changed the composition of your body. Muscle weighs more than fat, so if you are replacing some of the fat you are losing with muscle, you may see more of a change in the shape of your body than a change on the scale. It is also important to note what other's have said, and focus on a precise, well thought out diet. While working out and gaining muscle can boost your metabolism, if you are not careful with what you eat, it will not elicit the weight loss many of us are hoping for. As for your sedentary work environment, I recommend getting a pedometer or using an app on your phone to count steps. Aim for 10,000 steps a day by doing a few here and there when you can, and then going for a walk or hitting the treadmill when you have a chance. That should help you keep track of how much you have or have not moved throughout the day so you can offset it if need be.

She won't be building muscle if she is eating at maintenance.

The comment was made that it's not muscle if you're at maintenance. That's generally correct, but not always. For a beginner, which you seem to be, then yes, it can happen.

Good luck to you. Sounds like you are doing well. Keep up the great work!

If your are not losing weight - you are not eating at a calorie deficit . for weight loss to occur , one must be at at caloric deficit.
Since its been 4months with no loss, I would get yourself a food scale. Learn how to weigh all your solids and measure your liquids.
Just because someone goes to the gym doesn't automatically mean they will lose weight .
Remember- calories in - calories out

You're essentially recomping, which is good at your height/weight. I'd keep doing exactly what you're doing if I were you.

bernadettetarubal wrote: »

I've been working out since January, my clothes and pants fit better now, and i feel lighter and my friends told me that i am slimmer now, but reality check, nothing has changed on my weight. What the hell is going on here?

I don't know if you've been putting on any muscle or not. But just so you know, muscle is heavier than fat. You could be burning fat and putting on a little bit of muscle and breaking even on your scale.
By the way, it's also said that 1 pound of muscle burns about 10 calories in a resting state. So put on 10 pounds of muscle and your basal metobolic rate (how many calories you would burn if you literally just existed today) would go up accordingly. I hope that made sense. That isn't directly speaking to your issue. But saying, ironically, lean muscle is an excellent fat loss help as it burns calories while doing nothing. Haha
Hope this helps!

It could be Water weight but it could also be Muscle Mass gain.
If you lost Fat but out on Muscle than you could feel like you weigh less and look slimmer but have not lose any actually weight.

You're already very light, so weight loss will be very slow. I'm a lot heavier and my weight loss has slowed to a crawl. You say, you may have lost up to 2kg? That's a good deal for someone as light as you. Also, like others have said, beginners can gain muscle and lose fat simultaneously. If you're not counting calories accurately, then you have no room to complain.

cerise_noir wrote: »

I echo getting a food scale and weighing everything, and eat only a portion of exercise calories back (1/3 or so).

pumpkinRIP02 wrote: »

It could be Water weight but it could also be Muscle Mass gain.
If you lost Fat but out on Muscle than you could feel like you weigh less and look slimmer but have not lose any actually weight.

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pumpkinRIP02 wrote: »

It could be Water weight but it could also be Muscle Mass gain.
If you lost Fat but out on Muscle than you could feel like you weigh less and look slimmer but have not lose any actually weight.

I don't understand why so many think it's so easy and takes essentially no time to gain muscle...

This, especially women!

To summarize:
1. You don't count calories accurately.
2. Your burn is low since you're only 62-23 kg.
3. Waterweight could be masking fat loss on the scale.